Eleanor (Burkham) Holcomb's was one of 5 children born to:
Solomon Bertram Burkham, b. Dec. 28, 1854 in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV. and d. Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Mary 'Mamie' Lavina O'Donnell, b. Feb. 14, 1860 in New York, NY. and d. Jan. 17, 1945 in Reno, Washoe County, NV.
Solomon Burkham & Mary 'Mamie' O'Donnell were married on Sep. 24, 1877 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie Burkham's had 5 children:
1. Cecil Bertrand/Bertram Burkham, b. Sep. 22, 1878 in Bakersfield, Kern, CA. or Bodie, Mono county, CA. and d. Jan. 1972 in Reno, Washoe, NV.
2. Harlan Burkham, b. Jul. 1883 in Lundy, Mono Co., CA. and d. Aug. 14, 1914 in Jerome, Yavapai Co., AZ.
3. Eleanor 'Nellie' Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in Inyo County, CA. and d. Oct. 17, 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
4. Kathryn Lee 'Kate' Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA. and d. Jan. 25, 1912 in Bodie, Mono, CA.
5. unknown child Burkham (but the 1900 census states that Mamie was the mother of 5 children, so this child died before 1900).
In the 1900 U. S. census, 11 yr. old Nellie F. Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in CA., was attending school and living on Fuller St. in Bodie, Mono, CA. with her
45 yr. old father, Solomon B Burkham, a store keeper of general merchandise, b. Dec. 1854 in WV.
40 yr. old mother, Mamie L Burkham, b. Feb. 1860 in NY.
16 yr. old brother, Harlan V Burkham, a clerk in the store, b. Jul. 1883 in CA.
7 yr. old sister, Katie L Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA.
18 yr. old boarder, Mary E Roux, a servant, b. Aug. 1881 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie had been married for 22 years.
Mamie was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Eleanor's father, Solomon Burkham, died on Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
In the 1910 U. S. census, 21 yr. old Eleanor F Burkham, b. in CA., was unmarried, attending school and living on California St. in San Francisco Assembly District 40, San Francisco, CA. with her
50 yr. old widowed mother, Mary L Burkham, living off her own income, b. in NY.
17 yr. old sister, Kathryn L. Burkham, attending school, b. in CA.
Eleanor and Kathryn's father was b. in WV.
Mary was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Grant Holcomb and Eleanor Frances Burkham were married on Jun. 15, 1916 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Eleanor was Grant Holcomb's first wife.
The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA.), P. 10, Col. 2-3
Mon., Jun. 19, 1916
Becomes Bride
Miss Eleanor Burkham became the wife of Grant Holcomb at Trinity Episcopal Church on June 14. Miss Harriet Hayes was maid of honor and Edward Pugh was best man. The misses Ebeline Bridgett, Isabel Fowler, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey were the bridesmaids. All are university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California.
Both the bride and groom are well-known Stanford graduates and were very popular there during their term at school.
After the ceremony there was a supper at the home of Mrs. Burkham, 1840 Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained.
The Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to read the ritual of marriage, being an old family friend of the Burkhams.
The bride wore a handsome gown of white satin, veiled with lovely old lace. The corsage was of tuile, embroidered in seed pearls. The gowns of the bride’s attendants were in shades of orchid pink, blending with their bouquets.
Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will reside in San Bernardino, where Mr. Holcomb is established in the practice of law.
San Francisco Chronicle, P. 38
Sun., June 25, 1916
Burkham- Holcomb
Among the attractive June brides was Miss Eleanor Burkham, who was married to Grant Holcomb June 14. The ceremony was performed in Trinity Episcopal Church, and Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to officiate.
The bride looked charming in her robes of white satin, veiled in real lace. The bodice was of tulle, embroidered in seed pearls.
The maid of honor, Miss Harriet Hayes, and the bridesmaids, Misses Isabel Fowler, Ebeline Bridgett, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey, wore dainty gowns in shades of orchid pink, and they carried shower bouquets of roses, combined with tulle. After the ceremony, a supper was served at the home of the bride on Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained. Both the bride and bridegroom are well known Stanford graduates, and were social favorites there during their term at college. The bride’s attendants were all university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California. After the honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will make their home in San Bernardino, where the former has resided for some years.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 6, Col.1
Tue., Jul. 18, 1916
Attorney Grant Holcomb Returns With Bride
Welcomed by a company of relatives at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, at 892 G street, Attorney Grant Holcomb and his bride, formerly Miss Eleanor Frances Burkham, of san Francisco, arrived in san Bernardino Sunday evening.
A family dinner party had been arranged by Mrs. Holcomb and the welcome home to the bride and groom was notable because of the presence of the two grandmothers of the groom, Mrs. Margaret Grant, of Paso Robles, and Mrs. Nancy Holcomb, of San Bernardino. Mrs. Grant arrived from the north on Friday with her daughter, Miss Jessie Grant.
Others assembled to welcome the son of the house and his bride were Rev. James Robinson and wife, of Downey, formerly Miss Mamie Holcomb, and two little daughters, Edna and Jean Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Poole, Miss marjorie Poole, Professor Fred W. Nish, of Berkeley, and Sam P. Coy, Mr. Holcomb’s law partner, who was best man at the wedding.
The dinner table about which the guests gathered was most attractively decorated in La France roses and pink geranium blooms, and the place cards were decorated in California roses. The pink note was also carried out in the ices and cakes of the last course of the elaborate dinner served.
The young attorney and his bride have taken an apartment at the Colonial apartments in E street, as their own handsome bungalow, which is in course of construction in twentieth street, which will not be completed for probably six weeks.
Following their wedding, the sequel of a Stanford university romance, which was celebrated in Trinity Episcopal church, San Francisco, June 14, Attorney Holcomb and his bride went to Pacific Grove, on Monterey bay, where they spent some time, returning to San Francisco to make a short visit with Mrs. Burkham, the bride’s mother, before leaving for the south.
A warm welcome will be extended the charming bride of Mr. Holcomb to her new home in the south.
Grant & Eleanor Holcomb's children were:
1. Grant Holcomb Jr., b. Apr. 20, 1917 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 16, 1977 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
2. Kathryn "Kate" Lee Holcomb, b. Jul. 15, 1920 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 29, 2011 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA. She marr. Bill Dole.
3. William Robert 'Bob' Holcomb, b. Mar. 1, 1922 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 29, 2010 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino county, CA. Bob marr. Pearl Pennington. *- W. R. Holcomb was Mayor of San Bernardino from 1971-1985 and again from 1989-1993.
4. Theodore "Ted" Holcomb, b. Nov. 19, 1924 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 6, 2001
In the Jan. 13, 1920 U. S. census, 31 yr. old Eleanor B Holcomb, b. in CA., was pregnant and living on Twentieth St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
31 yr. old husband, Grant Holcomb, a self-employed lawyer in general practice, b. in CA.
2 yr. 8 mth. old old son, Grant Holcomb Jr., b. in CA.
Eleanor's father was b. in WV. and her mother in NY.
Grant's parents were both b. in CA.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 7, Col. 5
Fri., Jul. 16, 1920
Excerpt from: New Daughter Welcomed By the Grant Holcombs
Great happiness came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Holcomb at 459 Twentieth Street yesterday with the arrival of a charming baby daughter. The little girl has been given the name of Katherine Lee and she has been welcomed by her brother, Grant Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, grandparents of the new baby were made very happy by her arrival and she will also be greeted by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Burkham of San Francisco.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 1, Col. 6
Mon., Oct. 18, 1926
DEATH’S HAND UPON WIFE OF CITY’S MAYOR
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb Loses 10 Months’ Battle as End Comes in L.S.
RECONCILED TO OUTCOME
Husband and Mother Are at Bedside; Four Children Also Left To Mourn
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, died shortly before 10 o’clock last night at the California Lutheran hospital at Los Angeles.
It was the end of a 10 months’ battle in which medical and surgical science failed to check a disease that had first manifested itself just at Christmas time last year. In January Mrs. Holcomb submitted to an operation, and then began the long fight of science in an effort to save her life.
That the wife of the city’s mayor had been repeatedly at death’s door had never been publicly announced, although hundreds of her friends knew of the extreme critical condition.
Was Told End Not Far Away
Mayor Holcomb and Mrs. M. L. Burkham, Mrs. Holcomb’s mother, were with her when she passed away.
Waiting at their home here for news from the bedside were other relatives including four young children, Grant Jr., Katherine Lee, William Robert and Theodore.
Mrs. Holcomb was fully conscious that there could be no other outcome. The last resort of medical science had failed, and she had been told of the verdict of the physicians. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon she conferred with her close friend, Mrs. George W. Hellyer, and confided in her certain requests. Her farewell was with a smile. During the late afternoon and early evening Mrs. Holcomb began to sink.
Entered Many Civic Affairs
Mrs. Holcomb was 38 years of age. She was a native of Nevada. She was one of the best known young matrons of San Bernardino, and took an active part in the civic affairs of the city. As the wife of the mayor she had entered with enthusiasm the duty of aiding him in his work as the city’s chief executive.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, and are in charge of the Mark B. Shaw company.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Wed., Oct. 20, 1926
MRS. HOLCOMB’S SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY
City Will Pay Impressive Tribute to Memory of Chief Executive’s Wife
CITY HALL WILL CLOSE
Police Will Form Guard of Honor; Pallbearers Announced
Impressive tribute to the memory of the late Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, will be paid this afternoon at 2 o’clock when funeral services for the widely loved local matron are held in Calvary Baptist church. Rev. J. N. Field, pastor of the church, will deliver the eulogistic sermon, which will be preceded by music.
The sorrow of many friends at the death of Mrs. Holcomb is being expressed in a constantly increasing flow of wreaths and flowers that will surround the bier and adorn the grave in Mountain View cemetery this afternoon. Interment will follow the services at the church.
Pallbearers Are Announced
Members of a social club to which the Holcombs belonged will act as pallbearers at the funeral. They are Howard L. Way, Charles B. Hansen, John Ralphs, Jr., George W. Hellyer, Walter J. Hartzell of Redlands and J. M. Oakey.
Offices in the City Hall will be closed and municipal business will be suspended during the hour of the funeral, it was announced yesterday. Members of the police department will attend the funeral in uniform, and an official police escort will accompany the casket from the church to the cemetery. An additional official tribute came in the form of a beautiful wreath, a message from the city council in behalf of “The City of San Bernardino.’
Mrs. Holcomb died in Los Angeles last Saturday night after a protracted illness.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 18, Col. 1
Sun., Oct. 24, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women Open Year With Meeting Devoted to Political Measures
REDLANDS - Today’s meeting of the A.A.U.W. (American Association of University Women) was the first of the season and was featured by a luncheon at 12:30 o’clock.
At the opening of the meeting the members paid silent tribute to Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, of San Bernardino, whose death occurred this week. Mrs. Holcomb had been an active worker in the association and was regarded with sincere affection by all her associates. Mrs. Henry Goodcell have a beautiful memorial tribute to the deceased member.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 9, Col. 6
Tue., Oct. 26, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women To Meet In San Bernardino
The next meeting of the San Gorgonio branch of the Association of American Women will be held in Dan Bernardino Dec. 4. Members of the branch on Saturday heard a beautiful tribute paid to the late Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, who was a much beloved member of this branch, had been a vice president, acted in other offices, and had been solicited numerous times to allow her name to be presented as president.
Solomon Bertram Burkham, b. Dec. 28, 1854 in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV. and d. Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Mary 'Mamie' Lavina O'Donnell, b. Feb. 14, 1860 in New York, NY. and d. Jan. 17, 1945 in Reno, Washoe County, NV.
Solomon Burkham & Mary 'Mamie' O'Donnell were married on Sep. 24, 1877 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie Burkham's had 5 children:
1. Cecil Bertrand/Bertram Burkham, b. Sep. 22, 1878 in Bakersfield, Kern, CA. or Bodie, Mono county, CA. and d. Jan. 1972 in Reno, Washoe, NV.
2. Harlan Burkham, b. Jul. 1883 in Lundy, Mono Co., CA. and d. Aug. 14, 1914 in Jerome, Yavapai Co., AZ.
3. Eleanor 'Nellie' Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in Inyo County, CA. and d. Oct. 17, 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
4. Kathryn Lee 'Kate' Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA. and d. Jan. 25, 1912 in Bodie, Mono, CA.
5. unknown child Burkham (but the 1900 census states that Mamie was the mother of 5 children, so this child died before 1900).
In the 1900 U. S. census, 11 yr. old Nellie F. Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in CA., was attending school and living on Fuller St. in Bodie, Mono, CA. with her
45 yr. old father, Solomon B Burkham, a store keeper of general merchandise, b. Dec. 1854 in WV.
40 yr. old mother, Mamie L Burkham, b. Feb. 1860 in NY.
16 yr. old brother, Harlan V Burkham, a clerk in the store, b. Jul. 1883 in CA.
7 yr. old sister, Katie L Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA.
18 yr. old boarder, Mary E Roux, a servant, b. Aug. 1881 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie had been married for 22 years.
Mamie was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Eleanor's father, Solomon Burkham, died on Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
In the 1910 U. S. census, 21 yr. old Eleanor F Burkham, b. in CA., was unmarried, attending school and living on California St. in San Francisco Assembly District 40, San Francisco, CA. with her
50 yr. old widowed mother, Mary L Burkham, living off her own income, b. in NY.
17 yr. old sister, Kathryn L. Burkham, attending school, b. in CA.
Eleanor and Kathryn's father was b. in WV.
Mary was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Grant Holcomb and Eleanor Frances Burkham were married on Jun. 15, 1916 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Eleanor was Grant Holcomb's first wife.
The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA.), P. 10, Col. 2-3
Mon., Jun. 19, 1916
Becomes Bride
Miss Eleanor Burkham became the wife of Grant Holcomb at Trinity Episcopal Church on June 14. Miss Harriet Hayes was maid of honor and Edward Pugh was best man. The misses Ebeline Bridgett, Isabel Fowler, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey were the bridesmaids. All are university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California.
Both the bride and groom are well-known Stanford graduates and were very popular there during their term at school.
After the ceremony there was a supper at the home of Mrs. Burkham, 1840 Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained.
The Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to read the ritual of marriage, being an old family friend of the Burkhams.
The bride wore a handsome gown of white satin, veiled with lovely old lace. The corsage was of tuile, embroidered in seed pearls. The gowns of the bride’s attendants were in shades of orchid pink, blending with their bouquets.
Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will reside in San Bernardino, where Mr. Holcomb is established in the practice of law.
San Francisco Chronicle, P. 38
Sun., June 25, 1916
Burkham- Holcomb
Among the attractive June brides was Miss Eleanor Burkham, who was married to Grant Holcomb June 14. The ceremony was performed in Trinity Episcopal Church, and Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to officiate.
The bride looked charming in her robes of white satin, veiled in real lace. The bodice was of tulle, embroidered in seed pearls.
The maid of honor, Miss Harriet Hayes, and the bridesmaids, Misses Isabel Fowler, Ebeline Bridgett, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey, wore dainty gowns in shades of orchid pink, and they carried shower bouquets of roses, combined with tulle. After the ceremony, a supper was served at the home of the bride on Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained. Both the bride and bridegroom are well known Stanford graduates, and were social favorites there during their term at college. The bride’s attendants were all university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California. After the honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will make their home in San Bernardino, where the former has resided for some years.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 6, Col.1
Tue., Jul. 18, 1916
Attorney Grant Holcomb Returns With Bride
Welcomed by a company of relatives at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, at 892 G street, Attorney Grant Holcomb and his bride, formerly Miss Eleanor Frances Burkham, of san Francisco, arrived in san Bernardino Sunday evening.
A family dinner party had been arranged by Mrs. Holcomb and the welcome home to the bride and groom was notable because of the presence of the two grandmothers of the groom, Mrs. Margaret Grant, of Paso Robles, and Mrs. Nancy Holcomb, of San Bernardino. Mrs. Grant arrived from the north on Friday with her daughter, Miss Jessie Grant.
Others assembled to welcome the son of the house and his bride were Rev. James Robinson and wife, of Downey, formerly Miss Mamie Holcomb, and two little daughters, Edna and Jean Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Poole, Miss marjorie Poole, Professor Fred W. Nish, of Berkeley, and Sam P. Coy, Mr. Holcomb’s law partner, who was best man at the wedding.
The dinner table about which the guests gathered was most attractively decorated in La France roses and pink geranium blooms, and the place cards were decorated in California roses. The pink note was also carried out in the ices and cakes of the last course of the elaborate dinner served.
The young attorney and his bride have taken an apartment at the Colonial apartments in E street, as their own handsome bungalow, which is in course of construction in twentieth street, which will not be completed for probably six weeks.
Following their wedding, the sequel of a Stanford university romance, which was celebrated in Trinity Episcopal church, San Francisco, June 14, Attorney Holcomb and his bride went to Pacific Grove, on Monterey bay, where they spent some time, returning to San Francisco to make a short visit with Mrs. Burkham, the bride’s mother, before leaving for the south.
A warm welcome will be extended the charming bride of Mr. Holcomb to her new home in the south.
Grant & Eleanor Holcomb's children were:
1. Grant Holcomb Jr., b. Apr. 20, 1917 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 16, 1977 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
2. Kathryn "Kate" Lee Holcomb, b. Jul. 15, 1920 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 29, 2011 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA. She marr. Bill Dole.
3. William Robert 'Bob' Holcomb, b. Mar. 1, 1922 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 29, 2010 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino county, CA. Bob marr. Pearl Pennington. *- W. R. Holcomb was Mayor of San Bernardino from 1971-1985 and again from 1989-1993.
4. Theodore "Ted" Holcomb, b. Nov. 19, 1924 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 6, 2001
In the Jan. 13, 1920 U. S. census, 31 yr. old Eleanor B Holcomb, b. in CA., was pregnant and living on Twentieth St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
31 yr. old husband, Grant Holcomb, a self-employed lawyer in general practice, b. in CA.
2 yr. 8 mth. old old son, Grant Holcomb Jr., b. in CA.
Eleanor's father was b. in WV. and her mother in NY.
Grant's parents were both b. in CA.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 7, Col. 5
Fri., Jul. 16, 1920
Excerpt from: New Daughter Welcomed By the Grant Holcombs
Great happiness came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Holcomb at 459 Twentieth Street yesterday with the arrival of a charming baby daughter. The little girl has been given the name of Katherine Lee and she has been welcomed by her brother, Grant Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, grandparents of the new baby were made very happy by her arrival and she will also be greeted by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Burkham of San Francisco.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 1, Col. 6
Mon., Oct. 18, 1926
DEATH’S HAND UPON WIFE OF CITY’S MAYOR
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb Loses 10 Months’ Battle as End Comes in L.S.
RECONCILED TO OUTCOME
Husband and Mother Are at Bedside; Four Children Also Left To Mourn
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, died shortly before 10 o’clock last night at the California Lutheran hospital at Los Angeles.
It was the end of a 10 months’ battle in which medical and surgical science failed to check a disease that had first manifested itself just at Christmas time last year. In January Mrs. Holcomb submitted to an operation, and then began the long fight of science in an effort to save her life.
That the wife of the city’s mayor had been repeatedly at death’s door had never been publicly announced, although hundreds of her friends knew of the extreme critical condition.
Was Told End Not Far Away
Mayor Holcomb and Mrs. M. L. Burkham, Mrs. Holcomb’s mother, were with her when she passed away.
Waiting at their home here for news from the bedside were other relatives including four young children, Grant Jr., Katherine Lee, William Robert and Theodore.
Mrs. Holcomb was fully conscious that there could be no other outcome. The last resort of medical science had failed, and she had been told of the verdict of the physicians. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon she conferred with her close friend, Mrs. George W. Hellyer, and confided in her certain requests. Her farewell was with a smile. During the late afternoon and early evening Mrs. Holcomb began to sink.
Entered Many Civic Affairs
Mrs. Holcomb was 38 years of age. She was a native of Nevada. She was one of the best known young matrons of San Bernardino, and took an active part in the civic affairs of the city. As the wife of the mayor she had entered with enthusiasm the duty of aiding him in his work as the city’s chief executive.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, and are in charge of the Mark B. Shaw company.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Wed., Oct. 20, 1926
MRS. HOLCOMB’S SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY
City Will Pay Impressive Tribute to Memory of Chief Executive’s Wife
CITY HALL WILL CLOSE
Police Will Form Guard of Honor; Pallbearers Announced
Impressive tribute to the memory of the late Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, will be paid this afternoon at 2 o’clock when funeral services for the widely loved local matron are held in Calvary Baptist church. Rev. J. N. Field, pastor of the church, will deliver the eulogistic sermon, which will be preceded by music.
The sorrow of many friends at the death of Mrs. Holcomb is being expressed in a constantly increasing flow of wreaths and flowers that will surround the bier and adorn the grave in Mountain View cemetery this afternoon. Interment will follow the services at the church.
Pallbearers Are Announced
Members of a social club to which the Holcombs belonged will act as pallbearers at the funeral. They are Howard L. Way, Charles B. Hansen, John Ralphs, Jr., George W. Hellyer, Walter J. Hartzell of Redlands and J. M. Oakey.
Offices in the City Hall will be closed and municipal business will be suspended during the hour of the funeral, it was announced yesterday. Members of the police department will attend the funeral in uniform, and an official police escort will accompany the casket from the church to the cemetery. An additional official tribute came in the form of a beautiful wreath, a message from the city council in behalf of “The City of San Bernardino.’
Mrs. Holcomb died in Los Angeles last Saturday night after a protracted illness.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 18, Col. 1
Sun., Oct. 24, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women Open Year With Meeting Devoted to Political Measures
REDLANDS - Today’s meeting of the A.A.U.W. (American Association of University Women) was the first of the season and was featured by a luncheon at 12:30 o’clock.
At the opening of the meeting the members paid silent tribute to Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, of San Bernardino, whose death occurred this week. Mrs. Holcomb had been an active worker in the association and was regarded with sincere affection by all her associates. Mrs. Henry Goodcell have a beautiful memorial tribute to the deceased member.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 9, Col. 6
Tue., Oct. 26, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women To Meet In San Bernardino
The next meeting of the San Gorgonio branch of the Association of American Women will be held in Dan Bernardino Dec. 4. Members of the branch on Saturday heard a beautiful tribute paid to the late Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, who was a much beloved member of this branch, had been a vice president, acted in other offices, and had been solicited numerous times to allow her name to be presented as president.
Eleanor (Burkham) Holcomb's was one of 5 children born to:
Solomon Bertram Burkham, b. Dec. 28, 1854 in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV. and d. Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Mary 'Mamie' Lavina O'Donnell, b. Feb. 14, 1860 in New York, NY. and d. Jan. 17, 1945 in Reno, Washoe County, NV.
Solomon Burkham & Mary 'Mamie' O'Donnell were married on Sep. 24, 1877 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie Burkham's had 5 children:
1. Cecil Bertrand/Bertram Burkham, b. Sep. 22, 1878 in Bakersfield, Kern, CA. or Bodie, Mono county, CA. and d. Jan. 1972 in Reno, Washoe, NV.
2. Harlan Burkham, b. Jul. 1883 in Lundy, Mono Co., CA. and d. Aug. 14, 1914 in Jerome, Yavapai Co., AZ.
3. Eleanor 'Nellie' Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in Inyo County, CA. and d. Oct. 17, 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
4. Kathryn Lee 'Kate' Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA. and d. Jan. 25, 1912 in Bodie, Mono, CA.
5. unknown child Burkham (but the 1900 census states that Mamie was the mother of 5 children, so this child died before 1900).
In the 1900 U. S. census, 11 yr. old Nellie F. Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in CA., was attending school and living on Fuller St. in Bodie, Mono, CA. with her
45 yr. old father, Solomon B Burkham, a store keeper of general merchandise, b. Dec. 1854 in WV.
40 yr. old mother, Mamie L Burkham, b. Feb. 1860 in NY.
16 yr. old brother, Harlan V Burkham, a clerk in the store, b. Jul. 1883 in CA.
7 yr. old sister, Katie L Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA.
18 yr. old boarder, Mary E Roux, a servant, b. Aug. 1881 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie had been married for 22 years.
Mamie was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Eleanor's father, Solomon Burkham, died on Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
In the 1910 U. S. census, 21 yr. old Eleanor F Burkham, b. in CA., was unmarried, attending school and living on California St. in San Francisco Assembly District 40, San Francisco, CA. with her
50 yr. old widowed mother, Mary L Burkham, living off her own income, b. in NY.
17 yr. old sister, Kathryn L. Burkham, attending school, b. in CA.
Eleanor and Kathryn's father was b. in WV.
Mary was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Grant Holcomb and Eleanor Frances Burkham were married on Jun. 15, 1916 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Eleanor was Grant Holcomb's first wife.
The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA.), P. 10, Col. 2-3
Mon., Jun. 19, 1916
Becomes Bride
Miss Eleanor Burkham became the wife of Grant Holcomb at Trinity Episcopal Church on June 14. Miss Harriet Hayes was maid of honor and Edward Pugh was best man. The misses Ebeline Bridgett, Isabel Fowler, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey were the bridesmaids. All are university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California.
Both the bride and groom are well-known Stanford graduates and were very popular there during their term at school.
After the ceremony there was a supper at the home of Mrs. Burkham, 1840 Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained.
The Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to read the ritual of marriage, being an old family friend of the Burkhams.
The bride wore a handsome gown of white satin, veiled with lovely old lace. The corsage was of tuile, embroidered in seed pearls. The gowns of the bride’s attendants were in shades of orchid pink, blending with their bouquets.
Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will reside in San Bernardino, where Mr. Holcomb is established in the practice of law.
San Francisco Chronicle, P. 38
Sun., June 25, 1916
Burkham- Holcomb
Among the attractive June brides was Miss Eleanor Burkham, who was married to Grant Holcomb June 14. The ceremony was performed in Trinity Episcopal Church, and Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to officiate.
The bride looked charming in her robes of white satin, veiled in real lace. The bodice was of tulle, embroidered in seed pearls.
The maid of honor, Miss Harriet Hayes, and the bridesmaids, Misses Isabel Fowler, Ebeline Bridgett, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey, wore dainty gowns in shades of orchid pink, and they carried shower bouquets of roses, combined with tulle. After the ceremony, a supper was served at the home of the bride on Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained. Both the bride and bridegroom are well known Stanford graduates, and were social favorites there during their term at college. The bride’s attendants were all university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California. After the honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will make their home in San Bernardino, where the former has resided for some years.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 6, Col.1
Tue., Jul. 18, 1916
Attorney Grant Holcomb Returns With Bride
Welcomed by a company of relatives at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, at 892 G street, Attorney Grant Holcomb and his bride, formerly Miss Eleanor Frances Burkham, of san Francisco, arrived in san Bernardino Sunday evening.
A family dinner party had been arranged by Mrs. Holcomb and the welcome home to the bride and groom was notable because of the presence of the two grandmothers of the groom, Mrs. Margaret Grant, of Paso Robles, and Mrs. Nancy Holcomb, of San Bernardino. Mrs. Grant arrived from the north on Friday with her daughter, Miss Jessie Grant.
Others assembled to welcome the son of the house and his bride were Rev. James Robinson and wife, of Downey, formerly Miss Mamie Holcomb, and two little daughters, Edna and Jean Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Poole, Miss marjorie Poole, Professor Fred W. Nish, of Berkeley, and Sam P. Coy, Mr. Holcomb’s law partner, who was best man at the wedding.
The dinner table about which the guests gathered was most attractively decorated in La France roses and pink geranium blooms, and the place cards were decorated in California roses. The pink note was also carried out in the ices and cakes of the last course of the elaborate dinner served.
The young attorney and his bride have taken an apartment at the Colonial apartments in E street, as their own handsome bungalow, which is in course of construction in twentieth street, which will not be completed for probably six weeks.
Following their wedding, the sequel of a Stanford university romance, which was celebrated in Trinity Episcopal church, San Francisco, June 14, Attorney Holcomb and his bride went to Pacific Grove, on Monterey bay, where they spent some time, returning to San Francisco to make a short visit with Mrs. Burkham, the bride’s mother, before leaving for the south.
A warm welcome will be extended the charming bride of Mr. Holcomb to her new home in the south.
Grant & Eleanor Holcomb's children were:
1. Grant Holcomb Jr., b. Apr. 20, 1917 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 16, 1977 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
2. Kathryn "Kate" Lee Holcomb, b. Jul. 15, 1920 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 29, 2011 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA. She marr. Bill Dole.
3. William Robert 'Bob' Holcomb, b. Mar. 1, 1922 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 29, 2010 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino county, CA. Bob marr. Pearl Pennington. *- W. R. Holcomb was Mayor of San Bernardino from 1971-1985 and again from 1989-1993.
4. Theodore "Ted" Holcomb, b. Nov. 19, 1924 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 6, 2001
In the Jan. 13, 1920 U. S. census, 31 yr. old Eleanor B Holcomb, b. in CA., was pregnant and living on Twentieth St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
31 yr. old husband, Grant Holcomb, a self-employed lawyer in general practice, b. in CA.
2 yr. 8 mth. old old son, Grant Holcomb Jr., b. in CA.
Eleanor's father was b. in WV. and her mother in NY.
Grant's parents were both b. in CA.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 7, Col. 5
Fri., Jul. 16, 1920
Excerpt from: New Daughter Welcomed By the Grant Holcombs
Great happiness came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Holcomb at 459 Twentieth Street yesterday with the arrival of a charming baby daughter. The little girl has been given the name of Katherine Lee and she has been welcomed by her brother, Grant Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, grandparents of the new baby were made very happy by her arrival and she will also be greeted by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Burkham of San Francisco.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 1, Col. 6
Mon., Oct. 18, 1926
DEATH’S HAND UPON WIFE OF CITY’S MAYOR
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb Loses 10 Months’ Battle as End Comes in L.S.
RECONCILED TO OUTCOME
Husband and Mother Are at Bedside; Four Children Also Left To Mourn
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, died shortly before 10 o’clock last night at the California Lutheran hospital at Los Angeles.
It was the end of a 10 months’ battle in which medical and surgical science failed to check a disease that had first manifested itself just at Christmas time last year. In January Mrs. Holcomb submitted to an operation, and then began the long fight of science in an effort to save her life.
That the wife of the city’s mayor had been repeatedly at death’s door had never been publicly announced, although hundreds of her friends knew of the extreme critical condition.
Was Told End Not Far Away
Mayor Holcomb and Mrs. M. L. Burkham, Mrs. Holcomb’s mother, were with her when she passed away.
Waiting at their home here for news from the bedside were other relatives including four young children, Grant Jr., Katherine Lee, William Robert and Theodore.
Mrs. Holcomb was fully conscious that there could be no other outcome. The last resort of medical science had failed, and she had been told of the verdict of the physicians. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon she conferred with her close friend, Mrs. George W. Hellyer, and confided in her certain requests. Her farewell was with a smile. During the late afternoon and early evening Mrs. Holcomb began to sink.
Entered Many Civic Affairs
Mrs. Holcomb was 38 years of age. She was a native of Nevada. She was one of the best known young matrons of San Bernardino, and took an active part in the civic affairs of the city. As the wife of the mayor she had entered with enthusiasm the duty of aiding him in his work as the city’s chief executive.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, and are in charge of the Mark B. Shaw company.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Wed., Oct. 20, 1926
MRS. HOLCOMB’S SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY
City Will Pay Impressive Tribute to Memory of Chief Executive’s Wife
CITY HALL WILL CLOSE
Police Will Form Guard of Honor; Pallbearers Announced
Impressive tribute to the memory of the late Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, will be paid this afternoon at 2 o’clock when funeral services for the widely loved local matron are held in Calvary Baptist church. Rev. J. N. Field, pastor of the church, will deliver the eulogistic sermon, which will be preceded by music.
The sorrow of many friends at the death of Mrs. Holcomb is being expressed in a constantly increasing flow of wreaths and flowers that will surround the bier and adorn the grave in Mountain View cemetery this afternoon. Interment will follow the services at the church.
Pallbearers Are Announced
Members of a social club to which the Holcombs belonged will act as pallbearers at the funeral. They are Howard L. Way, Charles B. Hansen, John Ralphs, Jr., George W. Hellyer, Walter J. Hartzell of Redlands and J. M. Oakey.
Offices in the City Hall will be closed and municipal business will be suspended during the hour of the funeral, it was announced yesterday. Members of the police department will attend the funeral in uniform, and an official police escort will accompany the casket from the church to the cemetery. An additional official tribute came in the form of a beautiful wreath, a message from the city council in behalf of “The City of San Bernardino.’
Mrs. Holcomb died in Los Angeles last Saturday night after a protracted illness.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 18, Col. 1
Sun., Oct. 24, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women Open Year With Meeting Devoted to Political Measures
REDLANDS - Today’s meeting of the A.A.U.W. (American Association of University Women) was the first of the season and was featured by a luncheon at 12:30 o’clock.
At the opening of the meeting the members paid silent tribute to Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, of San Bernardino, whose death occurred this week. Mrs. Holcomb had been an active worker in the association and was regarded with sincere affection by all her associates. Mrs. Henry Goodcell have a beautiful memorial tribute to the deceased member.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 9, Col. 6
Tue., Oct. 26, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women To Meet In San Bernardino
The next meeting of the San Gorgonio branch of the Association of American Women will be held in Dan Bernardino Dec. 4. Members of the branch on Saturday heard a beautiful tribute paid to the late Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, who was a much beloved member of this branch, had been a vice president, acted in other offices, and had been solicited numerous times to allow her name to be presented as president.
Solomon Bertram Burkham, b. Dec. 28, 1854 in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV. and d. Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Mary 'Mamie' Lavina O'Donnell, b. Feb. 14, 1860 in New York, NY. and d. Jan. 17, 1945 in Reno, Washoe County, NV.
Solomon Burkham & Mary 'Mamie' O'Donnell were married on Sep. 24, 1877 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie Burkham's had 5 children:
1. Cecil Bertrand/Bertram Burkham, b. Sep. 22, 1878 in Bakersfield, Kern, CA. or Bodie, Mono county, CA. and d. Jan. 1972 in Reno, Washoe, NV.
2. Harlan Burkham, b. Jul. 1883 in Lundy, Mono Co., CA. and d. Aug. 14, 1914 in Jerome, Yavapai Co., AZ.
3. Eleanor 'Nellie' Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in Inyo County, CA. and d. Oct. 17, 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
4. Kathryn Lee 'Kate' Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA. and d. Jan. 25, 1912 in Bodie, Mono, CA.
5. unknown child Burkham (but the 1900 census states that Mamie was the mother of 5 children, so this child died before 1900).
In the 1900 U. S. census, 11 yr. old Nellie F. Burkham, b. Jul. 1888 in CA., was attending school and living on Fuller St. in Bodie, Mono, CA. with her
45 yr. old father, Solomon B Burkham, a store keeper of general merchandise, b. Dec. 1854 in WV.
40 yr. old mother, Mamie L Burkham, b. Feb. 1860 in NY.
16 yr. old brother, Harlan V Burkham, a clerk in the store, b. Jul. 1883 in CA.
7 yr. old sister, Katie L Burkham, b. Dec. 1892 in CA.
18 yr. old boarder, Mary E Roux, a servant, b. Aug. 1881 in CA.
Solomon and Mamie had been married for 22 years.
Mamie was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Eleanor's father, Solomon Burkham, died on Jan. 13, 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
In the 1910 U. S. census, 21 yr. old Eleanor F Burkham, b. in CA., was unmarried, attending school and living on California St. in San Francisco Assembly District 40, San Francisco, CA. with her
50 yr. old widowed mother, Mary L Burkham, living off her own income, b. in NY.
17 yr. old sister, Kathryn L. Burkham, attending school, b. in CA.
Eleanor and Kathryn's father was b. in WV.
Mary was the mother of 5 children, only 4 still alive by this census.
Grant Holcomb and Eleanor Frances Burkham were married on Jun. 15, 1916 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.
Eleanor was Grant Holcomb's first wife.
The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA.), P. 10, Col. 2-3
Mon., Jun. 19, 1916
Becomes Bride
Miss Eleanor Burkham became the wife of Grant Holcomb at Trinity Episcopal Church on June 14. Miss Harriet Hayes was maid of honor and Edward Pugh was best man. The misses Ebeline Bridgett, Isabel Fowler, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey were the bridesmaids. All are university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California.
Both the bride and groom are well-known Stanford graduates and were very popular there during their term at school.
After the ceremony there was a supper at the home of Mrs. Burkham, 1840 Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained.
The Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to read the ritual of marriage, being an old family friend of the Burkhams.
The bride wore a handsome gown of white satin, veiled with lovely old lace. The corsage was of tuile, embroidered in seed pearls. The gowns of the bride’s attendants were in shades of orchid pink, blending with their bouquets.
Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will reside in San Bernardino, where Mr. Holcomb is established in the practice of law.
San Francisco Chronicle, P. 38
Sun., June 25, 1916
Burkham- Holcomb
Among the attractive June brides was Miss Eleanor Burkham, who was married to Grant Holcomb June 14. The ceremony was performed in Trinity Episcopal Church, and Rev. M. Ainsworth came from Reno to officiate.
The bride looked charming in her robes of white satin, veiled in real lace. The bodice was of tulle, embroidered in seed pearls.
The maid of honor, Miss Harriet Hayes, and the bridesmaids, Misses Isabel Fowler, Ebeline Bridgett, Lucille Morin and Grace Dorey, wore dainty gowns in shades of orchid pink, and they carried shower bouquets of roses, combined with tulle. After the ceremony, a supper was served at the home of the bride on Franklin street, where the relatives and a few intimate friends were entertained. Both the bride and bridegroom are well known Stanford graduates, and were social favorites there during their term at college. The bride’s attendants were all university graduates, either of Stanford or the University of California. After the honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb will make their home in San Bernardino, where the former has resided for some years.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 6, Col.1
Tue., Jul. 18, 1916
Attorney Grant Holcomb Returns With Bride
Welcomed by a company of relatives at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, at 892 G street, Attorney Grant Holcomb and his bride, formerly Miss Eleanor Frances Burkham, of san Francisco, arrived in san Bernardino Sunday evening.
A family dinner party had been arranged by Mrs. Holcomb and the welcome home to the bride and groom was notable because of the presence of the two grandmothers of the groom, Mrs. Margaret Grant, of Paso Robles, and Mrs. Nancy Holcomb, of San Bernardino. Mrs. Grant arrived from the north on Friday with her daughter, Miss Jessie Grant.
Others assembled to welcome the son of the house and his bride were Rev. James Robinson and wife, of Downey, formerly Miss Mamie Holcomb, and two little daughters, Edna and Jean Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Poole, Miss marjorie Poole, Professor Fred W. Nish, of Berkeley, and Sam P. Coy, Mr. Holcomb’s law partner, who was best man at the wedding.
The dinner table about which the guests gathered was most attractively decorated in La France roses and pink geranium blooms, and the place cards were decorated in California roses. The pink note was also carried out in the ices and cakes of the last course of the elaborate dinner served.
The young attorney and his bride have taken an apartment at the Colonial apartments in E street, as their own handsome bungalow, which is in course of construction in twentieth street, which will not be completed for probably six weeks.
Following their wedding, the sequel of a Stanford university romance, which was celebrated in Trinity Episcopal church, San Francisco, June 14, Attorney Holcomb and his bride went to Pacific Grove, on Monterey bay, where they spent some time, returning to San Francisco to make a short visit with Mrs. Burkham, the bride’s mother, before leaving for the south.
A warm welcome will be extended the charming bride of Mr. Holcomb to her new home in the south.
Grant & Eleanor Holcomb's children were:
1. Grant Holcomb Jr., b. Apr. 20, 1917 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 16, 1977 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
2. Kathryn "Kate" Lee Holcomb, b. Jul. 15, 1920 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 29, 2011 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA. She marr. Bill Dole.
3. William Robert 'Bob' Holcomb, b. Mar. 1, 1922 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 29, 2010 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino county, CA. Bob marr. Pearl Pennington. *- W. R. Holcomb was Mayor of San Bernardino from 1971-1985 and again from 1989-1993.
4. Theodore "Ted" Holcomb, b. Nov. 19, 1924 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 6, 2001
In the Jan. 13, 1920 U. S. census, 31 yr. old Eleanor B Holcomb, b. in CA., was pregnant and living on Twentieth St. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
31 yr. old husband, Grant Holcomb, a self-employed lawyer in general practice, b. in CA.
2 yr. 8 mth. old old son, Grant Holcomb Jr., b. in CA.
Eleanor's father was b. in WV. and her mother in NY.
Grant's parents were both b. in CA.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 7, Col. 5
Fri., Jul. 16, 1920
Excerpt from: New Daughter Welcomed By the Grant Holcombs
Great happiness came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Holcomb at 459 Twentieth Street yesterday with the arrival of a charming baby daughter. The little girl has been given the name of Katherine Lee and she has been welcomed by her brother, Grant Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holcomb, grandparents of the new baby were made very happy by her arrival and she will also be greeted by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Burkham of San Francisco.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 1, Col. 6
Mon., Oct. 18, 1926
DEATH’S HAND UPON WIFE OF CITY’S MAYOR
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb Loses 10 Months’ Battle as End Comes in L.S.
RECONCILED TO OUTCOME
Husband and Mother Are at Bedside; Four Children Also Left To Mourn
Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, died shortly before 10 o’clock last night at the California Lutheran hospital at Los Angeles.
It was the end of a 10 months’ battle in which medical and surgical science failed to check a disease that had first manifested itself just at Christmas time last year. In January Mrs. Holcomb submitted to an operation, and then began the long fight of science in an effort to save her life.
That the wife of the city’s mayor had been repeatedly at death’s door had never been publicly announced, although hundreds of her friends knew of the extreme critical condition.
Was Told End Not Far Away
Mayor Holcomb and Mrs. M. L. Burkham, Mrs. Holcomb’s mother, were with her when she passed away.
Waiting at their home here for news from the bedside were other relatives including four young children, Grant Jr., Katherine Lee, William Robert and Theodore.
Mrs. Holcomb was fully conscious that there could be no other outcome. The last resort of medical science had failed, and she had been told of the verdict of the physicians. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon she conferred with her close friend, Mrs. George W. Hellyer, and confided in her certain requests. Her farewell was with a smile. During the late afternoon and early evening Mrs. Holcomb began to sink.
Entered Many Civic Affairs
Mrs. Holcomb was 38 years of age. She was a native of Nevada. She was one of the best known young matrons of San Bernardino, and took an active part in the civic affairs of the city. As the wife of the mayor she had entered with enthusiasm the duty of aiding him in his work as the city’s chief executive.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, and are in charge of the Mark B. Shaw company.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Wed., Oct. 20, 1926
MRS. HOLCOMB’S SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY
City Will Pay Impressive Tribute to Memory of Chief Executive’s Wife
CITY HALL WILL CLOSE
Police Will Form Guard of Honor; Pallbearers Announced
Impressive tribute to the memory of the late Mrs. Eleanor Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, will be paid this afternoon at 2 o’clock when funeral services for the widely loved local matron are held in Calvary Baptist church. Rev. J. N. Field, pastor of the church, will deliver the eulogistic sermon, which will be preceded by music.
The sorrow of many friends at the death of Mrs. Holcomb is being expressed in a constantly increasing flow of wreaths and flowers that will surround the bier and adorn the grave in Mountain View cemetery this afternoon. Interment will follow the services at the church.
Pallbearers Are Announced
Members of a social club to which the Holcombs belonged will act as pallbearers at the funeral. They are Howard L. Way, Charles B. Hansen, John Ralphs, Jr., George W. Hellyer, Walter J. Hartzell of Redlands and J. M. Oakey.
Offices in the City Hall will be closed and municipal business will be suspended during the hour of the funeral, it was announced yesterday. Members of the police department will attend the funeral in uniform, and an official police escort will accompany the casket from the church to the cemetery. An additional official tribute came in the form of a beautiful wreath, a message from the city council in behalf of “The City of San Bernardino.’
Mrs. Holcomb died in Los Angeles last Saturday night after a protracted illness.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 18, Col. 1
Sun., Oct. 24, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women Open Year With Meeting Devoted to Political Measures
REDLANDS - Today’s meeting of the A.A.U.W. (American Association of University Women) was the first of the season and was featured by a luncheon at 12:30 o’clock.
At the opening of the meeting the members paid silent tribute to Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, of San Bernardino, whose death occurred this week. Mrs. Holcomb had been an active worker in the association and was regarded with sincere affection by all her associates. Mrs. Henry Goodcell have a beautiful memorial tribute to the deceased member.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 9, Col. 6
Tue., Oct. 26, 1926
Excerpt from: University Women To Meet In San Bernardino
The next meeting of the San Gorgonio branch of the Association of American Women will be held in Dan Bernardino Dec. 4. Members of the branch on Saturday heard a beautiful tribute paid to the late Eleanor Burkham Holcomb, wife of Mayor Grant Holcomb, who was a much beloved member of this branch, had been a vice president, acted in other offices, and had been solicited numerous times to allow her name to be presented as president.
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