Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Colbert, Edward L. 2002
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 13 March 2002

Mr. Edward L. Colbert, 82, of Ionia passed away March 11, 2002 at Metropolitan 
Hospital in Grand Rapids.  He was born the son of John and Bertha (Smorgansky) 
Colbert on July 7, 1919, in Boston, Mass.

He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1941 where he was active in 
the band.  Ed served in the U.S. Army landing with D-Day VI.  He attended Tufts 
University.  In 1948 he moved to Jackson, MI where he met and married the 
former Helen Egan.

He started his prison career as a counselor at the Jackson prison from 1949 to 
1958.  Ed then transferred to Ionia where he served as deputy warden and the 
warden for 17 years at the Michigan Reformatory.  Later he worked in Lansing 
with the Department of Corrections until his retirement from the state in 1977.

Ed kept busy after retirement teaching classes in Kalamazoo and Muskegon.  He 
was the director of the Ex-Offender Contact Center in Grand Rapids from 1979 to 
1986.  Those who knew him, knew of his lifelong zeal for Notre Dame.  He also 
enjoyed reading, travel and collecting art.  He will be missed by his family 
and friends.

Surviving are: two sons, John (Bobbie) of Chicago, Ill., Edward (Kelley) of 
Midland, MI, one daughter, Ann of Kentucky, three grandchildren, Egan, Emma and 
Ella.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Egan Colbert in 1988, his 
son James in 1957 and by his parents.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Thursday from SS. 
Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Ionia with Fr. Melvin Fox as presider.  The 
organist will be Mary Cusack.  A grave side service will be held at 2:30 p.m. 
Thursday at the St. Johns Cemetery in Jackson.

Visiting hours are 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday with 
a Rosary Service at 8 p.m. at the Rich St. Chapel of Cook Funeral Home in 
Ionia.  Memorial contributions can be made to the SS. Peter & Paul Education 
Trust Fund or the Metropolitan Hospital Fund in care of Cook Funeral Home.


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