OBITUARIES: Colbert, John E.; 1911.

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Johnstown Tribune
undated clipping

JOHN E. COLBERT DEAD.

Former Resident of Johnstown Expires at Home of His Son in West.

	Word has just been received here of the death of a former 
Johnstowner, John E. Colbert, aged seventy-seven years, one 
month, and twenty-one days, who passed away last Sunday [5 May 
1911-ed.] at Rutland, N.D. His death was due to pneumonia. The 
deceased was born in the State of Virginia and came to Johnstown 
in 1852. His wife, Lucinda Marsh Colbert died in Johnstown in 
1907.

	Mr. Colbert was one of the pioneer employees of the Cambria 
Iron Company, going to the West to join his sons three years 
ago. He is survived by two sons, James and Harry Colbert, both 
of Rutland; two brothers, William Colbert of the Twenty-first 
Ward and Otha Colbert, of West Taylor Township and by three 
sisters - Mrs. Helen Wonderly of Dale, Miss Tillie Colbert of 
Tanneryville, and Mrs. Ellen Van of the Twenty-first Ward. Mr. 
Colbert was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church.