Obit: Colby, Dennis Russell, Sr. #2 (1929 - 2015)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Colby, Mayville, Scheel, Clark, Zabel, Krug, Peters, Kempke, Ladd, Delo, Beltz

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/06/2016

Colby, Dennis Russell, Sr. (16 May 1929 - 23 December 2015)

Dennis Russell Colby Sr., 86k, passed away Dec. 23, 2015, at Ministry St. Joseph’s Hospital Palliative Care Unit in Marshfield with his family at his side. There will be no funeral services.

Dennis was born May 16, 1929, to Henry Dean and Lucy (Mayville). He married Naomi Scheel April 12, 1956.

Dennis was a kind and caring person and always willing to help out. Dennis kept busy mowing lawns, taking care of flowers and feeding the birds at the apartment complex where he lived. He also enjoyed spending time with his family and close friends: Joyce, Gus, Elroy and Carolyn.

Dennis is survived by his children: Dennis (Charlotte) Colby, Jr., Greenwood, Kimberly (Dorn) Clark, Greenwood, Constance (David) Zabel, Greenwood, Cynthia Krug, Greenwood, Dean Colby, Spencer, and Melissa (Mark) Krug, Greenwood; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, Great-grandson number 19 is due in February 2016. He is also survived by four sisters: Erma Peters, Neenah, Beverly Kempke, Pound, Virjean Ladd, Milwaukee and Nancy Delo, Loyal.

Dennis is preceded in death by his wife, Naomi, in 1995; his parents; three brothers; two sisters and grandchildren, Christina Clark and Kason Beltz.

You can shed tears that he is gone,
Or you can smile because he lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back,
Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him,
Or you can be full of the love that you shared,
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he is gone,
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back,
Or you can do what he would want: smile, open your eyes love and go on.

Cremation Society of Wisconsin, Altoona, is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be shared at www.cremationsociety-wi.com.