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Steven A. Holcomb, age 60, of Lee, Fl. passed away on Sunday, March 29 at South Georgia Medical Center from complications of M.S. for which he battled courageously for many years. Steve was born on October 1, 1954 to Wayne and Antonette (Teofilo) Holcomb in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He graduated from Appleton West in 1972 and continued his education at Fox Valley Technical College. On May 28, 1978 he married Rebecca Steeves of Neenah, Wis and anxiously returned with his bride boom or bust back north to Alaska where they lived and raised their family for 22 years. The Holcomb’s first resided seven years in Tok where Steve held an array of jobs, but his main passion at the time was seasonal fire fighting. Steve built their log home from the ground up, harvested from Alaska’s wild terrain. He was a true outdoorsman and enjoyed living off the land as an avid hunter, fisherman and trapper. He then daringly proceeded to take a risky venture in Delta Junction, Alaska carving out 1,040-acre parcel of raw land and is a known legend to this day to have succeeded as Alaska’s largest hay producer. That included creating a hunter’s paradise and bison sanctuary. In 1999, due to his debilitating symptoms of M.S., the family moved to Lee, Florida. A farmer, conservationist and entrepreneur at heart, Steve developed a 10-acre paradise where his past few years even from his motorized chair, continued his joy of conservation practices. Above all these things he prided himself on being a father and a grandfather. He adored spending time with his grandchildren and they adored their “papa.”
He was preceded in death by both his parents, grandparents and an infant son, Abel.
He is survived by his wife of almost 37 years; his children: Gabriel Holcomb, of Adah, Pa.; Cain Holcomb, of Lee, Fl.; Christina Serene (Matthew) Moss and their children: Lily and Wyatt, of St. Augustine, Fl. and Natalie (Ross) Pickles, and their children: Ryon and baby on the way, of St. Augustine, Fl.; a sister, Suzi (Jeff) Perlewitz, of Appleton Wis.; his Auntie Clare Otto, of Lake City, Fl., and many other aunts, uncles, half brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews and children that considered him as their father and grandfather.
Steve's memorial service was held on Saturday, April 4 at the Church of the Nazarene, 915 Church Ave, Live Oak, Fl. at 3 p.m., with the Rev. Louis Medaris officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting live Palm trees or plants that will be in his honor for years to come as this was his next anticipated project.