(January 27, 1907-January 13, 1950)

Mrs. Eunice Babbitt Colbert, 43, wife of Kenneth Colbert, died Friday in Norwood after an illness of six months.

She was born in Childwold on Jan. 27, 1907, a daughter of Lee and Beatrice Babbitt and was married on July 5, 1930 to Kenneth Colbert, Norwood. The couple had resided in that village since their marriage.

Mrs. Colbert was a former school teacher, having taught for a number of years at the Red Brick school at Yaleville. She was also a former president of the Ladies’ Guild of St. Philip’s Episcopal church.

Surviving are her husband, her parents, and several brothers and sisters, Mrs. John (Myrtle) Davey, Norwood; Rodney and Mrs. Vernon (Martha) Mattice, Madrid; Mrs. Doran (Ethel) Martin, Norwood; Mrs. Milton (Lea) Tassno, Plattsburg; Mrs. George (Mae) Babbitt, Beaverton, Ore., and Harry Babbitt, Norwood.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Monday at the home and a half hour later in St. Philip’s church. Rev. Frank J. Hughes, rector, officiated and interment was in Riverside cemetery.

(From the Thursday, January 19, 1950 edition of the Potsdam Herald, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ http://news.nnyln.net).