1916 - 1967

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• Birth	27 Aug 1916	Crystal Lake,Il
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Nov 1967	Charleston,Sc
  Buried	Holy Cross,Charleston,Sc
  Person ID	I94772	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Ernest Claude COLBY, *, b. 25 May 1884, Nunda,McHenry County,Il
  Mother	Bessie Alice LUND, b. 5 Sep 1884, Hannibal,New York
  Family ID	F41254	Group Sheet
  Married	31 Oct 1943	Cambridge,Ma
  Notes	at St. Patrick's Parish by Francis Murphy, witnesses Wm. McCool and Elizabeth Cook.
  Family ID	F41265	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrhythmia His birthcertificate is dated 10/14/1940 and signed by Ernest and notarized. Needed it for the Navy, probably. He skipped the 6th grade BIOGRAPHY: Served in the Navy in World War II, bothin the Atlantic and the Pacific. Was at the Normandy Landing, sharing quarterswith Ernest Hemingway! After the War, he left the Navy, married, tried hisown CPA business, then returned to the Navy. He reached the rank of Commander,turned down Admiral when it meant he'd have to be transferred, and retired. He died six months later.

• Sources

  [S1555] GEDCOM File : colby-volkert.ged, Alice Volkert (alice@volkertservices.com), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=colby-volkert&id=I18178), 15 Jan 2005.