Kathy Holcomb’s cousin passes away

Sylvia Gayle Voights, cousin of Monongah’s Kathy Sue Holcomb, passed away Tuesday, June 19.

She had been living in Fairmont.

Jennifer Holcomb, at same address as Kathy, is 1982 North Marion graduate.

Michael Holcomb is a 1989 North Marion graduate. He studied nursing at Alderson Broaddus and Davis & Elkins colleges before joining the Marion County Rescue Squad.

Denise Vozniak Holcomb also was a North Marion graduate. She married Andy Holcomb in 2007. They live in White Hall. Andy came from Upperglade, West Virginia.

Melissa Holcomb Moyers, another North Marion graduate from Monongah, is a teacher in Berkeley County who married Tony Moyers. They live in Martinsburg. Melissa is a Fairmont State graduate.

Sylvia’s obituary:

Sylvia Gayle Voights, 59, of Fairmont, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. She was born on May 21, 1959, the daughter of the late James Clarence Voights and Dora Lilly Hall Voights.

Sylvia is survived by her cousins, Sharon Talbot of Dayton, OH, Jim Trader of Huntington, Jane Baker of Fairmont, Bill Hall of Fairmont, Mary Ann Whiting of Fairmont, Ronnie Hall of Oceana, Vicki Stout of Fairmont, John Hall of Wichita, KS, Tracy Hall of Medway, OH, Kathy Holcomb of Monongah, Bob Trader of Chesapeake, VA, and Craig Hall of Carthage, IL; and an aunt, Carol Hall Dalrymple of Wooster, OH.

Sylvia was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and enjoyed knitting and being with her cats.

In accordance with her wishes, Sylvia will be cremated. The family will receive friends at Ford Funeral Home, 201 Columbia St., Fairmont, WV 26554, on Friday, June 22, 2018, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. A memorial service will be held in the funeral home on Friday, June 22, 2018, at 11 a.m. A private committal will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.FORDFUNERALHOMES.com .