Shelby County Indiana
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Colee
Obituaries
Colee
Murphy Parks Funeral Home
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Janice F. (Clark) Colee
Jul 20, 1943 ~ May 18, 2026
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Janice F. (Clark) Colee, 82, of Boggstown, passed away Monday, May 18, 2026, at Morristown Manor. She was born July 20, 1943, in Sumner County, Tennessee, to Homer T. Clark and Telia Marie Clark.----------
Janice F. (Clark) Colee
Jul 20, 1943 ~ May 18, 2026
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Janice graduated from Morristown High School with the Class of 1961. She was a member of Boggstown Presbyterian Church. She was also a dedicated member of Topps and Weight Watchers and enjoyed spending time with her close friends from those groups. Janice had a love for gardening and tending to her flowers. She also enjoyed traveling down to Florida in her younger years. Above all, she cherished being a wife and mother and spending time with her grandkids.
She married Philip E. Colee on June 22, 1962, and he survives. They shared 63 loving years of marriage together. She is also survived by her son, Robert Colee; daughter, Cynthia Chambers; grandchildren, Jeffrey (wife, Kaitlyn) Chambers, Kyle (wife, Jessica) Chambers and Tabitha Robbins; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Judy Clark and Debbie Higdon; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; great-grandchild, Floyd Robbins; brothers, William Clark, Ronnie Clark, Richard Clark and Michael Clark; and half-sisters, Dean Clark Dorris and Jean Clark.
A Celebration of Life at Boggstown Presbyterian Church will be announced soon. Funeral directors Greg Parks, Sheila Parks and Stuart Parks are honored to serve Janice’s family. Online condolences may be shared at www.murphyparks.com.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Tuesday, August 3, 2004
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Forrest W. Colee, 81, died Saturday, 31 Jul 2004, Moses Lake, WA.Tuesday, August 3, 2004
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Born 7 Jan 1923, Shelbyville, s/o Roscoe and Maude Colee.
Married Betty Jean Rohlinger, 1943.
Survivors: wife; children, Gail Knapton (David), Jim Colee, Jeff Colee, all of Moses Lake; sisters, Juanita Mille, Beulah Davis, Dorothy Ciarletta (Nick), all of IN, Betty Cockerham, Rosemary Singer (John), Hazel Cover, all of FL; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.
Raised in Shelbyville.
Driver and salesman for oil companies incl Lake Petroleum, Conoco and Standard Oil. Worked with Budson Co, Fairbanks, Alaska, Bering Straits.
Volunteer fireman, mercant policeman.
US Army Air Corps, WWII, Larson Air Force Base, Solomon Islands.
Member of Teamsters and very active in the Assembly of God Church.
Moses Lake Assembly of God Church with Pastor Devon Wood officiating.
Burial: Ephrata City Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday February 17, 1944
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BURNS FATAL
TO MRS. COLEE
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Funeral For Flat Rock Resident To Be Friday
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Mrs. Cora Colee, age seventy-seven, died at the W.S. Major hospital at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday of burns received on January 16th, when her clothing became ignited from a kitchen stove in her home in Flat Rock. At that time she was saved from probable death when Chadwick Linke, U.S. Navy, a neighbor, was visiting at the Colee home, and wrapped a blanket around her and extinguished the flames.Thursday February 17, 1944
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BURNS FATAL
TO MRS. COLEE
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Funeral For Flat Rock Resident To Be Friday
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Mrs. Colee was born in Shelby county in January 27, 1867, the daughter of John and Maria [Thayer] Anderson. On September 10, 1885, she was married to Jacob Spurlin, who preceded her in death in 1909. Five children were born to the union and four survive.
On May 7, 1910, she was married to Thomas Colee, who survives. The surviving children are Mrs. Blanche Kennedy, Mrs. Sylvia Smith and Fred Spurlin, all of Indianapolis, and Ray Spurlin, of Glendale, California. There are 12 grandchildren.
Mrs. Spurlin [Colee] was a member of the Lewis Creek Wesleyan Methodist church and had spent the greater part of her life in Shelby county.
Funeral services will be held at the Charles Ewing mortuary, Friday at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Pickett officiating. Burial will be made in the Flat Rock cemetery.
Friends may call at the mortuary after noon today.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Margie Bell
The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday, December 8, 1943
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DEATH FOLLOWS LONG ILLNESS
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Mrs. Emily C. Colee,
seventy-two, wife of George H. Colee, died at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at
her home four miles east of Norristown after a long illness.Wednesday, December 8, 1943
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DEATH FOLLOWS LONG ILLNESS
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Born Feb. 7, 1871, in Washington township, she was the daughter of Lackey and Hannach Conlin. She was married to Mr. Colee, of Noble township, Aug. 18, 1894. Mrs. Colee was a member of the Geneva Methodist church.
Surviving are the husband; six children, Mrs. Frank Isley, of Washington township; Mrs. Alfred Durbin; Shelbyville; John W. Colee, Noble township; Lloyd W. Colee, Greensburg; Mrs. Paul Wilson, Decatur county; and Paul, with the United States Army serving in Italy; fourteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Timothy J. Colby, Flat Rock, and a brother, Walter Conlin, San Bernadino, Cal. A sister, Mrs. Minnie Anne Eason, died Nov. 4, 1943.
Funeral services will be announced by Loren H. Murphy.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Monday October 9, 1916
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MRS. ELIZABETH COLEE
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Died At Home of Daughter Here
At 7:40 O'Clock Sunday Night
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Mrs. Elizabeth Colee, 79, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John Vice, 536 West Washington street, at seven-forty o'clock Sunday evening, death being caused by cancer of the face, from which she had been suffering for the past twenty-two years.Monday October 9, 1916
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MRS. ELIZABETH COLEE
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Died At Home of Daughter Here
At 7:40 O'Clock Sunday Night
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She was born in Preble county, Ohio, September 26, 1836. She was married to John W. B. Colee, May 6, 1858, he passing away eight years ago. Four of the seven children born to them survive. They are Charles, of Rush county; Mrs. [Madora] Vice, at whose home she died; Thomas, also of Rush county; and George, of Noble township. A brother, George Thornburg, and a sister, Mrs. Ellen Copeland, of Noble township, also survive.
Mrs. Colee was a member of the United Brethern church, in Noble township. She had spent her entire life in this county and was well known.
Short funeral services will be held at one o'clock at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Vice, on Washington street, the Rev. W. E. Carroll, officiating, and the body will be taken to the Norristown M. E. church, where services will be held at two-thirty o'clock, with the Rev. Joseph McQueen preaching the service. Interment will be made in the Norristown cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Margie Bell
A Shelbyville Newspaper
August 13, 1908
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DEATHS ~ ~ FUNERALS
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John W. B. Colee died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. John Vice, 294 West Washington street, at 8:50 a.m. today, August 13th, 1908, of paralysis, aged seventy-two years. He leaves four children, three sons and one daughter. Time and place of funeral will be given later by M. G. Tindall.August 13, 1908
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DEATHS ~ ~ FUNERALS
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Contributed by Phyllis Fleming for Margie Bell
