This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RonColby41 Surnames: Colby, Montey, Moser Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1163/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Orral C. Colby Red Cloud resident Orral C. Colby, 83, died Sunday, April 20, 1997, at Heritage Care Center in Red Cloud. Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Simonson-Williams Funeral Home chapel in Red Cloud with the Rev. Al Trucano officiating. Burial will be in Riverton Cemetery at Riverton. Mr. Colby was born Sept. 27, 1913, to Clarence and Minnie (Moser) Colby in Franklin County north of Riverton. As a small boy he moved with his family to Gillette, Wyo. They later moved to Denver. They returned to Riverton where he attended high school. On Sept. 24, 1932, he married Hazel Montey in Mankato, Kan. They farmed near Riverton. He also operated heavy equipment for land construction. In 1943 he and his wife purchased a farm northwest of Inavale in Webster County. In 1983 they bought a home in Red Cloud. They continued to maintain the farm. Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Alta Colby of Inavale; two sons, Melvin of Lansing, Kan., and Larry of Rock Spring, Wyo.; one brother, Delmer Hoyt of Shingletown, Calif.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.