Damon Earl Holcomb

19 Nov 1953 in Shattuck, Oklahoma - 24 Sep 1995 in Eureka, Kansas 

Holcomb, Damon Earl, 41, Boeing Wichita sheet metal mechanic, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 1995. Service 3:00 p.m. today, Toronto (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: daughters, Lanie of Eureka, Diane, Megan, both of Willits, Calif.; mother, Dolores, of Toronto; brothers, Bill of Severy, James of Wichita; sisters, Debra Darrah of Wichita, Donella Spaulding of Rose Hill; grandmothers, Virgie of Shattuck, Okla., Lula Eggleston of Toronto. Memorial has been established with Children's Hospital Cardiac Care Center, Denver, Colo. Campbell-Kelly Funeral Home, Eureka.

I went to school with Damon at Martinson Elementary, Allison Jr. High and West High School. Being powerfully built and athletic, Damon certainly excelled in sports. At Martinson, they would hold "Field Day," a day with athletic events and ribbons for the top performers. One I recall was the softball throw, throwing from the southwest part of the playground slightly toward the northeast. Rick Brazil threw quite a distance and was the clear leader. That is, until Damon threw. Then Rick wasn't the leader anymore. At Allison, Damon was good at "throwing" the shot put and competed in that event on the track team. At West High, Damon was a running back/fullback on the football team. I think they burned him out on football, asking him to do too much too soon, just because he was so stout. I saw Damon, who must have been high school age, playing catcher on a baseball team with college-age guys at the Westside Athletic Field. Damon was known to fish along the Big Arkansas River, which was just a short walk from his house. Damon loved to hunt and fish anytime he could with close friends Jerry Klutts and J. R. Washee and others. I remember Damon and I bowhunting for deer on a farmer's property located just west of Wichita. An enormous cottonwood stands on the south side of Highway K-96 marking the spot where you turn north to get to the farm where we hunted. (In 2020 that big tree is still there.)
I was very glad to have known Damon. He was a good guy, easy going, pleasant and respectful of others. I know we all wish he'd been around a lot longer to enjoy his family, friends, as well as hunting and fishing in the outdoors, all that he loved so much.
(Larry E. Barnes)

The house where Damon grew up at 354 N Vine:

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