OBITUARIES: William Jaret Colbert; Sep 1928.

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William Jaret Colbert

Johnstown Tribune
Sep 1928

	William Jaret Colbert, aged 76 years, died Saturday evening 
[26 September 1928-ed.] at the Memorial Hospital, where he had 
been a patient since September 12, when he was removed from his 
home, 524 Sherman street, Fifth Ward. Mr. Colbert was foreman of 
the drill presses in the car shop of the Cambria mills and was 
injured while at work in February.

	Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 
the late residence, in charge of the Rev. Dr. Samuel McWilliams, 
pastor of the Franklin-street M.E. Church, and the Rev. Charles 
H. Ashman, of the First Brethren Church. Interment will be in 
Grandview Cemetery.

	W.J. Colbert was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, 
October 19, 1849, and was one of a family of 11 sons and 
daughters. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma May (Betts) 
Colbert, and a daughter, Myrtle, wife of Ernest G. Husberg, of 
Chicago. A son, Franklin Colbert, died in infancy. Mr. Colbert 
is survived by a grandchild, Grace Isabelle Husbert [sic: 
earlier the name was written "Husberg"], and three sisters and 
three brothers - Mrs. Bella Wonders, Mrs. Ida Miller, Lula 
Colbert, and John, Harry, and Charles Colbert.

	The deceased was for many years an employee in the local 
steel plant. He was an active member for many years of the 
Methodist Church.