Chloe L. (High) Colby
Marriages
Fred W. Colby - March 25, 1933
in Eagle, Colorado.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise - April 25, 1991
Thank you for Remembering...
Chloe L. Colby
1912-1991
Chloe is like a caterpillar, set free like a butterfly. It seems so fitting that her time to blossom would come in the spring, her favorite time of the year; when flowers and leaves are budding, and seeds are sprouting. And I'll bet, there's no other place she'd rather be than fluttering from garden to flowerbed, adding beauty and giving more life and love to all of God's glory and to all of those so special to her.
A special thanks to everyone for helping us through the illness and passing of our mother and grandmother. Knowing so many family, relatives and friends care, has made her life with us very special.
Love, Al, Annie Stacia & Shawn Colby
'Butterflies are Free'
Times go to the wayside,
and times go by--
Yet, memories linger forward
like a cool breeze, and the sun in the sky.
A person's life can be like a caterpillar
going here...going there
making subtle differences every where it
has been...
And then,
as it is older, and wiser,...just keep
growing,
and glowing brighter--until, one day
it gathers it thoughts, shares its memories,
and sets forth to begin a new life,
bursting free again;
with radiance, and color,
and a brand new set of wings...to share
with us...one another.
The wings of a butterfly;
light, and carefree--
a renewed spirit unselfishly sharing
beauty with every petal, every flower.
...sometimes basking in the rays of
sunshine
...sometimes being that ray of sun--in
our life, in our day.
One thing is for sure:
Butterflies....are...free.
--a friend of Chloe's
Eagle Valley Enterprise - April 11, 1991
Longtime Eagle resident and past Senior Citizen of the Year Chloe Colby died April 7 at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. She was 79.
Mrs. Colby was born April 4, 1912 in Ecru, Mississippi, the daughter of David Bolie and Nannie May (Stovall) High. The family moved to Eagle County in 1920. Chloe and Fred W. Colby were married on March 25, 1933 in Eagle.
She was an avid gardener and cook, and she enjoyed cards, games, and fishing.
Mrs. Colby is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Alfred and Annie Colby of Eagle, two grandchildren, Stacia and Shawn Colby, and many nieces and nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred, in 1973, as well as three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 10 at 11 a.m. at the Eagle Community United Methodist Church in Eagle. The Reverend Bruce Gledhill officiated. Interment followed at Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle. Memorial contributions may be made to the Eagle County Historical Society C/o Mary Ann Wilson, First Bank of Eagle County, PO Box 567, Eagle, Colorado 81631. Farnum-Holt funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7A - April 9, 1991
