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Eunice M. Colby

Eunice M. Colby, 95 of Mason City died Sunday, July 18, 2004 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services for Eunice will be held 1:30 PM on Friday at Grace United Methodist Church, 200 ? 14th Street NW with the Rev. Sarah Rohret Odoom officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Hampton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00 Noon until the time of service at the church on Friday. Memorials may be given to the Eunice M. Colby Memorial Fund. Eunice M. Colby was born on March 29, 1909 in Burlingame, Kansas the daughter of Osborne W. and Mabel A. (Atkins) Colby. Her family moved to Hampton and Eunice attended schools in Hampton and Mason City. She retired from the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1974 following 47 years of employment. Eunice then came to Mason City in 1996. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers. Eunice was know for her large flower and vegtable gardens. She also loved to fish and take care of her many cats. Eunice was also known affectionately by her nieces and nephews as ?Aunt Bug.? Eunice is survived by many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Fred, Harald and Orville; three sisters, Olive, Kitty and Gladys. Major Erickson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation:
12:00 AM to 1:30 PM at Grace United Methodist Church on July 23, 2004 (map/driving directions) 3:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Grace United Methodist Church on July 20, 2004 (map/driving directions)

Service:
1:30 PM at Grace United Methodist Church on July 23, 2004 (map/driving directions)

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