OBITUARIES: Fanny Francis (Varner) Colbert; 25 Sep 1961. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ Johnstown Tribune-Democrat 25 Sep 1961 COLBERT -- Mrs. Fanny Francis, 69, 1516 Oliver Avenue, Conemaugh, died at 12:05 a.m. Sept. 25, 1961, at Memorial Hospital. Born Nov. 5, 1891, in Johnstown, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Monday) Varner. Preceded in death by husband, Harry Jr., 1956. Survived by these children: Cyril E., Confluence R.D. 2; Woodrow W., Nicktown; Mildred, wife of Harry Haupt, 1510 William Penn Avenue, and Donna, wife of Leonard Reed, 777 Somerset Street; also eight grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Sister of Norman, Ferndale Avenue; Mrs. May Moose, Summit Avenue; Herman, William Penn Avenue; Stanford, Latrobe. Member of Summit Methodist Church, Wesley Chapel, and WSCS of church. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at H.M. Picking & Sons Mortuary, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Rev. George E. Keeler. Interment, Wesley Chapel Cemetery.