Idaho County ID Archives Obituaries.....Lemons, Colby Erskine June 17, 2007
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Boulder Daily Camera, June 20, 2007
                    COLBY ERSKINE LEMONS OBITUARY

	Family and friends are mourning the passing of Colby Erskine Lemons, 
87, who passed away comfortably at his home in Lafayette on June 17, 2007.  
Services will be held on Thursday, June 28th at 11:00 a.m. at Howe Darrell 
Mortuary, 1701 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. Colby was born in Boles, 
Idaho (formally known as Spring Camp) on April 14, 1920.  His family and 
relatives homesteaded and cattle ranched that area near the Hell’s Canyon of 
the Snake River on the Idaho-Oregon border since the late 1800s.  (His father, 
Walter Lemons,  was the state brand inspector for the State of Idaho in the 
1950s.)   After graduating from Grangeville High School in 1938, Colby entered 
the Ryan School of Aeronautics in San Diego as an airplane mechanic before 
serving in World War II in North Africa  with the United States Army Signal 
Corp.  After the war he managed a small airport in Caldwell Idaho before going 
to work  for Consolidated Aircraft (Convair) and Beech Aircraft in Kansas, 
Arkansas and  Colorado as an airplane quality control inspector  (a rather 
important job, he thought).  Later he worked for Bechtel as a power plant 
inspector in Colorado, Wyoming,  Pennsylvania and Michigan.  He retired with 
his wife Dotha “Dodie” Leinberger Lemons in Lafayette in 1983.  She passed 
away in 1994.  
Colby enjoyed airplanes, electronic tinkering,  fishing, cats, Santiago’s 
Mexican food  (especially the enchiladas), finding a good bargain and was a 
devoted recycler. His ashes will be buried beside his wife’s in the old 
Louisville Cemetery on Empire Road. He was known for his kind, gentle spirit 
and will be greatly missed.  He is survived by his daughter, Jacki Myers; his 
stepdaughter, Jetta Dailey; his stepson, Jerry Hanson, his son-in-law, Todd 
Myers and his granddaughter Taylor Myers.  Contributions will be accepted by 
the family to establish a fund for recycling efforts in Colby’s community.  


Additional Comments:
Residence at Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado at time of death.

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