Robert William Corby 1917-1996

CORBY, MARTIN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/6/2012 at 23:51:53

Robert Corby
Estherville – Services for Robert W. Corby, 79, will be held Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville with the Rev. Brian Perry officiating. Interment will be in East Side Cemetery, Estherville, with military graveside rites by VFW Post 3388 and American Legion Post 91. He died Monday, July 1, 1996 at Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Visitation was held at the funeral chapel Tuesday evening.

He was born June 30, 1917 at Mason City, the son of Ralph and Bess (Martin) Corby. He attended school in Mason City. During WWII he served in the U.S. Army in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe. He has lived most of his life in Estherville. He worked for the Rock Island Railroad a while before working for the City of Estherville as an electrical lineman for many years. He later worked at Art’s-Way Mfg. at Armstrong several years before retiring in 1982. He was a member of the VFW.

He is survived by a son, Kenneth Corby of Runnels, Ia.

He was preceded in death by his parents. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, July 3, 1996)