This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colby Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQJ.2ACEB/686 Message Board Post: Post-Tribune (IN) - January 15, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVERILL CLAYTON COLBY JR. Age 87 of Munster, Indiana, passed away January 5, 2003. Survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Rosemary; loving son, Averill (Sarah) Colby III of Valparaiso; loving daughters, Rosemary (Thomas) Nelson of Munster and Elizabeth (Joseph) Goclowski of Madison, Connecticut; 4 grandchildren, James A. Nelson of Phoenix, Arizona, Sarah E. Nelson of Munster, Indiana, Sasha S. Goclowski of Madison, CT, Maximilian Goclowski of Madison, CT. A memorial service will take place on Thursday, January 9, 2003, 11 a.m. at the St. Paul Episcopal Church in Munster, 1101 Park Dr., (corner of Park & Columbia), with Rev. Bennett Jones officiating. He was a graduate of Hammond High School, Class of 1934. A graduate of Purdue University, Class of 1938 in Mechanical Engineering. A retired Manager of Energy at the U.S. Steel, Gary Works. Past president of the Iron and Steel Engineers Association. A member of the Hammond Jaycees, Red Cross, and the Gary and Hammond Rotary Club. A Vestry member of St.! Paul's Episcopal Church. He was a 33rd Degree Mason. A 64 yr. member and past Potentate of Orak Shrine Temple. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Munster or to the charity of your choice in his loving memory. Burns-Kish Funeral Home of Munster in charge of arrangements, (219)836-5000. (NOTE: dob 3 Sep 1915)