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- [S14] John Tipton, Find A Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 2012), 19 Aug 2017, Rosetta Jane Lovejoy COLBY, Memorial #76729667 (Reliability: 3).
Birth: Oct. 3, 1853
Clear Lake
Steuben County
Indiana, USA
Death: May 15, 1909
Laramie
Albany County
Wyoming, USA
Obituary
Mrs. Rosetta J. Colby, wife of W.W. Colby, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Bowman, 805 south Third Street, this afternoon, at 2 o'clock, of a complication of diseases, and the arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. Mrs. Bowman is at a hospital at Denver, undergoing an operation this afternoon, and there is a son in Nebraska who has been notified. Mrs. Colby has been ill but a few days, having suffered from an attack of la grippe. Last night she rested well but today her condition was not quite so favorable. A physician was telephoned for, but before he arrived she fell back and died in her bed. She was about 58 years of age, was born in Indiana, and had lived here for about four years. She was a member of the W.R.C. and her husband is a leading member of Custer post, Grand Army. She belonged to no church.
© Laramie Republican no. 235 May 15, 1909, page 8
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Parents:
Lauren Lovejoy (1825 - 1894)
Eunice Elenor Lindsey Lovejoy (1825 - 1884)
Spouse:
William Warner Colby (1845 - 1929)
Children:
Emma Mae Colby (1876 - 1877)*
Clara Belle Colby Bowman (1878 - 1961)*
Hannah Mable Colby (1884 - 1885)*
Siblings:
Rossetta Jane Lovejoy Colby (1853 - 1909)
Henrietta Estella Lovejoy Beckett (1862 - 1942)*
Willard Winfield Lovejoy (1864 - 1945)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Greenhill Cemetery
Laramie
Albany County
Wyoming, USA
Plot: Row D Lot 21 Space 5
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Originally Created by: Lostnwyomn
Record added: Sep 18, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 76729667
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