- Birth: Jan. 11, 1917
Gatliff
Whitley County
Kentucky, USA
Death: Sep. 18, 2008
Castorland
Lewis County
New York, USA
Eatro E. Colombo
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008
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CASTORLAND ? The funeral for Eatro E. "Tory" Colombo, 91, of 8613 Artz Road, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Scanlon Funeral Home, Croghan, with the Rev. Daniel L. Chapin, pastor of St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Croghan, officiating. Burial with military honors will be in St. Stephen's Cemetery, Croghan.
He died Thursday at his home, where he was under the care of his family and Lewis County Hospice. He had been in failing health for two years. Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
He worked for the former Boise Cascade in Beaver Falls, retiring in the 1980s after 50 years of service, and also co-owned and operated Colombo TV Sales and Service in Castorland with his late brother, Joseph. He was a former member of the International Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Union and enjoyed cars, drag racing at Esta Race Track in Cicero during his younger years. He also enjoyed caring for animals and discussing politics.
Born Jan. 11, 1917, in Gatliff, Ky., son of Francisco "Frank" and Mary Fillippini Colombo, he grew up in the mountains of Kentucky, moving with his family to Beaver Falls, where they purchased a farm on Artz Road. He attended school in Kentucky and Beaver River Central School, Beaver Falls. He entered the Army Air Forces on June 3, 1941, serving during World War II with the 347th AAFBU Squadron D as a gunner, flying A-20 bombers on reconnaissance submarine patrols along the eastern coast of the United States. He was honorably discharged as a corporal on Nov. 28, 1944, from Key Field, Miss. He married Evelyn E. Beddingfield on June 15, 1944, in Laurel, Miss.
Surviving besides his wife are a son and his wife, Michael and Kathleen, Beaver Falls; three grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, a great-granddaughter, two step-great-grandsons, a step-great-granddaughter, nieces and nephews.
Besides his brother, a sister, Carolina "Lena" Maciejko, died before him, on Sept. 10.
Donations may be made to Beaver Falls Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance Fund, Lewis County Friends of Hospice or Lewis County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
From the Watertown Daily Times
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