OBITUARIES: William Colbert; Johnstown Tribune; 11 Jun 1917.

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William Colbert

Johnstown Tribune 
11 Jun 1917

WILLIAM COLBERT, OF COOPERSDALE, DIES SUDDENLY

Cambria Steel Company Pensioner Became Ill While Conversing on 
Street

HE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA

William Colbert, aged 79 years, died unexpectedly this 
morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Warsing, 19 
Cooper avenue, Twenty first Ward. Mr. Colbert was a Cambria 
Steel Company pensioner, having been retired about nine years 
ago. He left the Warsing home shortly after 9 o'clock this 
morning and was conversing with a neighbor at the corner of 
Royer and Butler streets when he became suddenly ill and started 
for his home. As he entered the residence he collapsed and a 
physician was sent for but Mr. Colbert could not be revived and 
passed away shortly before 10 o'clock.

William Colbert was born in the State of Virginia in July, 
1838, and was a child when his parents, Robert and Rebecca 
Colbert, located in this section. The deceased was a brother of 
Mrs. Helen Wonderly, Mrs. Ellen Vann, Miss Matilda Colbert and 
Otho Colbert.

In 1860, the deceased and Nancy Hess were married in this 
city, Mrs. Colbert having passed away at the Colbert home on 
Royer street in April, 1912. William Colbert is survived by 
these children: John Wesley, of Morrellville; Samuel, of 
Greensburg; Mrs. Rebecca Warsing and Jacob Colbert, of the 
Twenty-first Ward; Gilbert Scott, of Market street; Francis of 
Duquesne, and Bertha Irene, of Pittsburg. The late Mrs. 
Sylvester Kunkle was also a daughter of the deceased.

The deceased was a lifelong member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. He united with the mission below Coopersdale 
and was one of the organizers of the Cooper avenue congregation. 
For many years he was a member of the Official Board and was a 
class leader for some 30 years. The time of the funeral will be 
announced tomorrow.