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Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Terry, Peabody
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Doris Nathalie (Colby) Terry, 90
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Brentwood, NH - Doris Terry passed away on March 15, 2013.
Born in Bradford, MA to Charles L. and Mina (Peabody) Colby, she was educated in Bradford Schools and graduated from Haverhill High School in 1941.
Mrs. Terry worked for several Haverhill area department stores and later was employed by the IRS in Andover, MA. After retiring, she lived in Newburyport, MA where she was site manager for the Senior Nutrition Program for several years.
An avid reader, her interests included history, religion, poetry and genealogy. She spent many hours researching and documenting family history, going back many generations.
She was a woman of strong Christian faith, most recently attending Byfield Parish Church in Byfield, MA.
She was the widow of Milton C. Terry to whom she was married for 59 years. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she found great joy in her family, delighting in stories and photos of her great grandchildren.
She leaves two daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon Faith Terry-Yacovone and Robert Yacovone, of Newton, NH, Susanne V. and Donald O. Comeau Jr. of Danville, NH, two sons, Mark E. Terry and Myles C. Terry of Newton, NH, six grandchildren, Mia (Yi) Sohns of Macedon, NY, Jason Yi of NYC, Lauren Yacovone of Newton, NH, Mark E. Terry II of Auburndale, FL, Donald O. Comeau III and Timothy S. Comeau of Haverhill, MA, six great-grandchildren, Erica and Samantha Comeau of Haverhill, MA, Sarah and Nicholas Colby Sohns of Macedon, NY, and Summer Dowdy and Mark E. Terry III of Auburndale, FL. She also leaves a sister, Virginia M. Blaser of Bradford, MA. Several nieces and nephews also survive her. She was predeceased by her brother, Charles Colby Jr.
ARRANGEMENTS: Family and friends are invited to attend funeral services on Tuesday March 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home 116 Main Street (Rt. 121A) Plaistow Village, NH 03865.
Donations may be made to the charity of one's choice.
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Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Seynour, Benjamin
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CHESTERTOWN -- Simone M. "Monie" Colby, 64, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Adirondack Tri County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Creek.
Born April 6, 1948, in Lyon Mountain, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Alexis and Mildred (Benjamin) Seymour.
Monie's hobbies included cooking, baking, fishing and spending time with family and friends playing cards. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Gary S. Colby; two brothers, John Seymour and Rod Seymour; and one brother-in-law, Thomas Kirk.
Survivors include two sons, Benny (Jennine Rowe) Jeffords of Brant Lake, and GySgt Andy (Amanda) Jeffords, USMC of Missouri; one daughter, Lynn (Richard) Oehler of Warrensburg; one brother, Tony (Lynn Palmer) Seymour of Niagara Falls; five sisters, Jeanette Kirk of Niagara Falls, Doreen (Clem) McKinney of Lake Luzerne, Veronica (Ron) Vann of Saranac, Shelley (Butch) Simione of Glens Falls and Mary (Harry) Rousse of Glens Falls; one sister-in-law, Dottie Seymour Bowen of Green Island; one uncle, Keith Seymour of Hudson Falls; one aunt, Char (Paul) Sprague of Schroon Lake; nine grandchildren, Travis Jeffords, Richard and Reagan Oehler, Thomas and Trevor Jeffords, Taylor and Trenton Jeffords, and Lucas and Zack Raymond; two great-grandchildren, Joseph Jeffords and Bentley Jeffords; also many nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends may call from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2013, at Barton-McDermott Funeral Home Inc., 9 Pine St., Chestertown, NY 12817.
Memorials may be made to Adirondack Tri County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 112 Ski Bowl, North Creek, NY 12853.
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Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Hartwell, Prescott
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Melvin E. Colby, 98, of McIndoe Falls, passed away at The Pines in Lyndonville on Saturday, March 16, 2013. He had been living at home until a recent brief illness.
Melvin was born on Sept. 28, 1914, to Ira B. and Celia (Hartwell) Colby. He was delivered by Dr. J. M. Gibson in the house where Melvin resided all his life.
Melvin was a dairy farmer for most of his life. Milking his first cow at age 6, he often remarked, "I've milked cows for 50 years!" In 1934 he graduated from McIndoes Academy and took over the farm after his father died that July from a fall. He expanded the original farm bought in 1874 by his grandfather, Frederick Higgins Colby, and delivered milk to homes in McIndoe Falls, Monroe and East Ryegate for many years.
In February 1947, he traveled by train to Fort Meyers, Fla., to marry Rachel Ruth Prescott. He and his wife were both active in the McIndoe Falls Congregational Church, he as treasurer and she in the ladies aide society. He stopped farming in 1971 when much of his land was taken for the interstate. He also visited area farms for the U.S. Department of Agriculture until 1976. After retiring, they lived in Florida over the winter and traveled occasionally out west to visit family.
Melvin always had a positive, sunny attitude. He amazed everyone by how active he remained, clearing trees or digging out his basement in recent summers. He loved being in the sun and in recent years could often be found sitting in his front window or enjoying his back yard stretched out on the basement bulkhead. He was kindly thought of by his family and many friends as being a very sweet man.
Melvin was predeceased by his wife Rachel in 1995; two brothers: F. Kenneth Colby and Malcolm Hartwell Colby; a sister H. Evelyn Percy, and a grandnephew Thomas C. Chapman.
He is survived by a nephew Richard A. Willey of Barnet, and a niece Beverly Willey and her husband Richard W. Chapman of Clearfield, Utah, a grandnephew James Chapman and his wife Shanna of Clinton, Utah, a grand-niece Barbara Reed Chapman of American Fork, Utah, five great- grandnephews and a great-grandniece.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, June 1, at 2 p.m. at the McIndoe Falls Congregational Church.
Committal services will be held Friday, May 31 at 10 a.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in St. Johnsbury. Anyone wishing to attend is welcome.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the McIndoe Falls Congregational Church, PO Box 83, McIndoe Falls VT 05050.
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Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Andersen, White
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Virginia Ellen Colby Andersen, age 92, went home to heaven to be with her husband Pat and son Norman Saturday evening, January 12. Virginia was born in Loyal, Wisconsin, to James Richard Colby, a banker, and Mina White Colby, a homemaker and seamstress, on November 1, 1920. While attending business college in Wausau, Wisconsin, she met Albert Harold Andersen ("Pat") in a flower shop. She talked often about how handsome he was in that blue shirt the day they met. They were married on October 15, 1945, upon his return from serving overseas in World War II. Pat, the love of her life, passed away two weeks after their 25th wedding anniversary. Her heart has remained his since.
Virginia is survived by her children, daughter Deborah Anderson of Lake City, MN, and grandchildren Holly, Jeff, and Ryan; daughter Marlene Conroy of Lake Geneva, WI, and grandchildren Rick, Andy, and Jenny; son Alan Andersen of Eau Claire, WI, and grandson Zac; sister-in-law Margaret of Nashville, TN; and a multitude of great-grandchildren, and was preceded in death by her parents; husband Pat; son Norman; grandson Mark Douglas Osborn; brother James Colby of Memphis, TN; and dear friend Bruce Hepburn.
She loved her older brother Richard, who took great joy in teasing his little sister. When her daughters were young, she dressed them in beautiful dresses for Christmas and Easter, and she loved being the mother of two sons. Later in life, she enjoyed spending time baking chocolate chip cookies with her granddaughter Jenny's three sons.
Virginia was a devout Methodist, playing the organ and leading choirs in several churches along the way, and was last a member of Lake Street Methodist Church in Eau Claire, where she regularly attended Sunday services. She devoted much of her life to the care of her son, Norman, who died at age 30. Her life was also deeply affected by the untimely death of her beloved four-year-old grandson, Doug.
Virginia Andersen was a sweetheart. She loved to play and sing hymns, and she loved flowers, and sparkling jewelry, and taking long walks as her father once did. She was an elegant woman with a radiant smile who brought a quiet grace and a good amount of humor to a gathering. Her words for others were always kind, and she was often heard to comment, "true beauty comes from within." Virginia was a gentle woman who considered everyone she met a friend, who did unto others as she would have them do. She had lovely silver hair, and wore purple well, and will be dearly missed by those whose lives she graced.
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Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Houle
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Rita M. Colby
MANCHESTER - Rita M. (Houle) Colby, 90, of Manchester, passed away March 7, 2013, surrounded by the love and dedication of her family, at Bedford Hills Center.
Rita was born at home in Manchester on July 14, 1922, the daughter of Adelard and Antoinette (Grenier) Houle.
She attended local schools and worked in the electronics field all her working life. After retiring, she enjoyed traveling, playing bingo, knitting, reading, spending time with her family, and helping the less fortunate in her own little ways. Most of all, she was a very dedicated and loving mother (raising her three children, virtually alone) and grandmother, enjoying special moments, bonds and memories.
She was predeceased by her siblings, Armand, Gerard, Raymond and Theresa (Houle) Sloper.
She leaves her son, Larry and his wife Marilee Cyr Colby of Gilsum; her daughter, Judi (Colby) Mafera of Manchester; and her son Patrick of Manchester and daughter-in-law Marie of Bedford; three grandchildren, Lisa (Colby) Turski and her husband Todd of Bedford, Travis Colby and his wife Michelle of Rhode Island, and Jennifer Page of North Carolina; and a great grandson, T.J. Turski of Bedford, as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was and remains an inspiration to strength, honesty and love.
services: There will be no calling hours or services.
Durning, Bykowski & Young Funeral Home, 285 Manchester St., is assisting the family with arrangements.
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The Colby Family Association www.colby-family-association.org has been
updated with the March issue of the newsletter added and more - the latest!
- updates to the Descendants of Anthony & Susannah placed.
Take a look!!! Let me know what you think!
Tell me about your line; is someone missing??? (remember, only deceased
individuals are included on-line)
--
Alice Colby Volkert
President, Colby Family Association
www.volkertservices.com
In God We Trust
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Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Burig
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Grace B. Colby
September 27, 1924 - February 25, 2013
Grace B. Colby, 88, formerly of Mansfield, OH, died Monday, February 25, 2013 at Kingston of Ashland. Born September 27, 1924 in Washington, PA she was the daughter of Charles and Mary (Lindsay) Burig.
A homemaker, she was a member of First Congregational Church and the Humane Society. She was an avid bridge player, her greatest enjoyment was spending time with her family especially her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by two daughters, Katherine (Tim) Lauer of Greensboro, NC and their children, Jonathan (Julianna) Cupo, Timothy (Jessica) Lauer and Joe Lauer all of Greensboro, NC and Laurel (Bob) Derrenberger of Mansfield and their son, Christopher (Amy) Derrenberger and their children, Noah, Madalynn and Cooper all of Charlotte, NC, and daughter, Melissa (Shad) Cummins of Westerville, OH and their children, Morgan and Carter, a son, John K. Colby of Redding, CA and his sons, Jason Colby of Redding, CA and Joseph Colby of Japan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Colby; and a sister, Dorothy Keenan.
Memorial services conducted by Rev. Dr. David Hartzfeld will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at First Congregation Church. Friends and family may visit beginning at 11:00 a.m. Inurnment will be in First Congregational Church Columbarium. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or the Humane Society of Richland County.
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Surnames: Colby
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- John E. Colby, 79, of 3 Castle Bridge Court died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, at Moses Cone Hospital after a short illness.
Born April 10, 1926, he lived in Mansfield 73 years before moving to North Carolina.
Mr. Colby was a graduate of Mansfield Senior High and attended Miami University. He was a member of The First Congregational Church and a former member of the Mansfield Lions Club, Mansfield Art Center and the Johnny Appleseed Wood Carvers. Mr. Colby retired from General Motors in 1991 after 35 years of service.
Survivors include his wife, Grace B. Colby, to whom he was married 58 years. He is also survived by two daughters, Laurel Colby Derrenberger and her husband J. Robert of Mansfield and Katherine Colby Cupo and her husband Timothy Lauer of Greensboro, North Carolina; one son, John Kimberly Colby and his wife Judith Colby of Burney, California. His seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren include Christopher Derrenberger, his wife Amy and children Noah and Madalynn of Massillon, Ohio; Melissa Derrenberger Cummins, her husband Shad and daughter Morgan of Columbus, Ohio, Jon- athan Cupo, Tim Lauer and Joe Lauer of Greensboro, North Carolina, Jason Colby and Joseph Colby of Burney, California. Also surviving is a sister, Julia Colby Brodie and her husband Bill, of Granville, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred and Mary Colby.
A memorial service will be held in the chapel of The First Congregational Church on Friday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m. by the Reverand Clifford D. Schutjer. Family will meet with friends immediately following the service in the church parlor.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Red Cross or Habitat for Humanity.
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Surnames: Colby,
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- John E. Colby, 79, of 3 Castle Bridge Court died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, at Moses Cone Hospital after a short illness.
Born April 10, 1926, he lived in Mansfield 73 years before moving to North Carolina.
Mr. Colby was a graduate of Mansfield Senior High and attended Miami University. He was a member of The First Congregational Church and a former member of the Mansfield Lions Club, Mansfield Art Center and the Johnny Appleseed Wood Carvers. Mr. Colby retired from General Motors in 1991 after 35 years of service.
Survivors include his wife, Grace B. Colby, to whom he was married 58 years. He is also survived by two daughters, Laurel Colby Derrenberger and her husband J. Robert of Mansfield and Katherine Colby Cupo and her husband Timothy Lauer of Greensboro, North Carolina; one son, John Kimberly Colby and his wife Judith Colby of Burney, California. His seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren include Christopher Derrenberger, his wife Amy and children Noah and Madalynn of Massillon, Ohio; Melissa Derrenberger Cummins, her husband Shad and daughter Morgan of Columbus, Ohio, Jon- athan Cupo, Tim Lauer and Joe Lauer of Greensboro, North Carolina, Jason Colby and Joseph Colby of Burney, California. Also surviving is a sister, Julia Colby Brodie and her husband Bill, of Granville, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred and Mary Colby.
A memorial service will be held in the chapel of The First Congregational Church on Friday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m. by the Reverand Clifford D. Schutjer. Family will meet with friends immediately following the service in the church parlor.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Red Cross or Habitat for Humanity.
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