Antoinette Gallardo Holcomb
November 2, 1945 ~ February 17, 2017 (age 71) 71 Years OldShare using:
Antoinette Gallardo Holcomb
– Antoinette Jean Gallardo Holcomb, 71, died February 17, 2017, at Hospice Ministries surrounded by her family. Mrs. Holcomb was born November 2, 1945, in Canon City, Colorado, to Paul Gallardo and the late Beatrice Trujillo Gallardo. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi University for Women. She was formerly employed as a Department of Defense Civil Service employee, working for 36 years at Columbus Air Force Base, and most recently as the Director of EEOC. She was a member of Annunciation Catholic Church and the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Columbus, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her mother and her brother Paul “Sonny” Gallardo, Jr.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Eugene Holcomb of Caledonia, MS, her daughters and sons-in-law, Tonya Welch Sweeney and Rush of Brandon, MS and Tina Welch Dancer and Steven of Madison, MS, her son and daughter-in-law, Steven Welch and Karen of Pulaski, TN, her father Paul Gallardo and her brother Dennis Gallardo both of Florence, CO. She is also survived by six grandchildren Coty (Kaylee) Welch, Katherine Welch, Taylor Dancer, Parker Dancer, Seth Sweeney, and Sarah Sweeney and one great grandchild Asher Welch.
Visitation and Mass of the Resurrection were held on February 21, 2017, at Annunciation Catholic Church in Columbus, MS. A Rosary Service will be held on Monday, March 13 at 10:00am at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 622 W. 2nd Street, Florence, Colorado. A graveside service, officiated by Deacon Mike Patterson, will follow at 11:00am at Union Highland Cemetery.