COLBY, Craig Edward: Died 1988

COLBY, CHILDERS, BROWN, BYWATER, ROBERTSON

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Date: 2/9/2024 at 22:31:28

VB Reg
1988 JL 14

Craig E. Colby

Craig Edward Colby, 71, Mission, Texas, formerly of Fairfield, died Monday, July 4, 1988, at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas.

The funeral Mass was Friday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Mission with the Rev. Tomas Mateos and the Rev. Vicente Azcoiti officiating. Burial was in Spencer Cemetery in Van Buren County. A memorial has been established to the American Cancer Society, local chapter.

Colby was born May 28, 1917, in Des Moines County, the son of Norman Eli and Alma Childers Colby. A retired captain in the Air Force, he had lived in Mission for eight years. He married Ruth Brown, who survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Anita Bywater of Daleville, Ala., Karla Robertson of Chicago, Ill.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Source: "Scrapbook 1986 - 1988", Pg. 501,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA