We were sad to lean this news yesterday morning. Margaret COMBS, Ira Herbert March 5, 1929, gently passed away in his sleep on April 3, 2010 at 1:30 AM. He was 81 years old. Herb was raised in Viper, Kentucky. He served our country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, before settling in Middletown, Ohio. He retired after 35 years with the Middletown Paper Board Company.He was preceded in death by his parents, Dee and Judy Combs; by his wife, Dorothy; and by his siblings, Oma Farler and Dick Combs. Herb will be missed by his sister, Irene Caudill Swift, and his brothers Henry, Dale, and Dave Combs. His many nieces and nephews and stepdaughter, Judy Clark, and granddaughters Vanessa Grooms and Jessica Kilgore, will miss this dear man. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, April 5, with visitation from 1:00 - 2:00 PM, at the Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home. Herb will be buried in the Woodside Cemetery, next to his wife Dorothy. Military honors will be provided by the Middletown Combined Honor Guard. Published in The Middletown Journal on 4/4/2010