This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RonColby41 Surnames: Colby Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.colby/1170/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robert E. Colby Colby, Robert E. Saginaw, Michigan Age 81, passed away quietly Thursday, December 11, 2008 with his family present. The son of the late Zenas and Margaret Colby, Robert was born November 29, 1927 in Saginaw. He served with the U.S. Army in Korea from 1954 to 1956. He retired from General Motors, served as board member of Wanagas Credit Union, and was past Chairman of U.A.W. Local 699. Bob's interests included Opera, Barbara Striesand, politics, reading, traveling, helping his daughter Arlene at the Redeye Coffeehouse, volunteering at the Local 699 Union Hall and at the Lawn Chair Film Festival. Surviving are his wife, Etsuko Colby (the love of his life); a daughter, Arlene C. Maul and her husband, Robert F. Maul; and daughters, Louise Andrews and Sue Lapieirre; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Dr. Archie Roy Colby, George Colby, and Arthur Colby. Funeral service will take place 11:00 a.m. Monday at Cederberg & Brietzke Funeral Home, 403 N. Michigan Ave. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., and on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Those planning an expression of sympathy may make memorials to The Melanoma Research Foundation, 170 Township Line Road, Building B, Hillsborough, NJ 08844. 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.