This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colby, Judy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQJ.2ACEB/649 Message Board Post: From the Crystal Lake Herald Crystal Lake, Illinois (McHenry County) Thursday, April 23, 1936 George Colby, 86 years old, a retired farmer and lifelong resident of the McHenry region, died Friday afternoon at the old Colby homestead near McCollum's lake. He had been ill for several years with a heart affliction. Mr. Colby was born March 1, 1850, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Page Colby, who came to the McHenry region from Vermont in 1842. For many years he farmed the old homestead place, the land that his father had bought from the government when he settled near McHenry. Mr. Colby is survived by three children, Raymond Colby, with whom he resided, Guy Colby and Mrs. Nina Judy, and a brother, Willard Colby of Wauconda. The funeral service was held from the late home Monday afternoon at 2, the Rev. R. W. Pinnell, pastor of the McHenry Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in Woodland cemetery.