This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colby, Bowemaster Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQJ.2ACEB/671 Message Board Post: Obituaries -- April 19, 2001 Betty M. Colby Betty M. Colby, age 78, of Canton, OH, passed away Tuesday afternoon (April 17, 2001) in the Country Lawn Nursing Home following an extended illness. Born in Akron, OH, on May 29, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John and Lovina Bowermaster. She had lived most of her life in the Canton area and was a retired employee of General Electric Credit Co., retiring in 1983 after 20 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband, Omer Colby, who passed away Nov. 10, 1989 and also by a sister, Madeline Arnold. Survivors include her daughter, Cynthia Jacobs of Canton and her son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Estella Colby of Loveland, CO; her brother, Jim Bowermaster of Mt. Pleasant, SC; five grandchildren and their spouses, Patrick Jacobs and Stephanie, Shannon Jacobs-Lippert and Robert, Jennifer Calhoun, all of Canton, Sean Jacobs and Elizabeth Shimp of Massillon and William Colby and Kate of Loveland, CO; 11 great-grandchildren. There will be no services as her wishes were to be cremated. The Reed Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (Reed, 330-477-6721)