October 27, 2006
  The ADVOCATE 
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 10, No. 83
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 5, Column 4:
  
  "Christopher Stephen Whitcomb
  1973-2006
  Funeral services for Christopher Stephen Whitcomb, 33, Moran, were Wednesday,
  October 25, 2006, at Kincaid-Selma United Methodist Church, Kincaid, with Pastors
  John Sheehan and Lloyd Houk officiating.  Interment was in Kincaid Cemetery.  Mr.
  Whitcomb died Friday, October 20, from injuries he received in a one-vehicle accident
  north of his home east of Moran.
  Christopher Stephen Whitcomb was born October 3, 1973, at Iola, the son of John
  Douglas and Elizabeth Jane 'Janie' (Herynk) Whitcomb.  He attended Elsmore Grade
  School and graduated from Uniontown High School with the Class of 1992.  He worked
  in Colorado as a guide for elk and deer hunts right after high school.  He continued his
  passion for the outdoors where he loved to hunt and fish.
  Steve was a foreman for the Union Pacific Railroad where he has worked for the past 11
  years.  He was currently president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
  Division of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Southwestern Local Lodge 345.
  Mr. Whitcomb was preceded in death by his mother, Janie Whitcomb; and his
  grandmother, Rachael Herynk.
  Steve is survived by his companion, Kim Cole and her daughter Kyley, of the home; his
  father, Doug Whitcomb of Moran; his brothers, Michael Whitcomb and Wesley
  Whitcomb, both of Moran; his sisters, Madgelyn Gordon of Blue Springs, MO, and
  Antoinette Whitcomb of Merriam; his grandparents, Rollin Herynk and John and Ruth
  Whitcomb, all of Kincaid; three nephews and four nieces.
  The family suggests memorials be made to the Christopher Stephen Whitcomb Memorial
  Fund.
  Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola, was in charge of arrangements."
  
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon