Cooweesta Colby

Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita Cooweesta Ann (Jones) Colby, 80 year old Vinita resident, died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born on March 18, 1933 in Vinita to Dennis and Myra (Clawson) Jones. Ann was named after her great-grandmother, Fannie Cooweesta Akin, she attended first grade at East Enterprise School near Hominy, she moved to White Oak and graduated High School from there in 1951. Ann and her sister Sallye were outstanding basketball players for the White Oak Ranchers. After High School she went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone as an operator, she continued work with them until December of 1976. On September 7, 1966 Ann married Delmer Dean "Del" Colby, they were married at the home of and by George Vaughn near Vinita. They moved to their farm in Bluejacket in 1976, where they ranched and done commercial hay baling. They ran Charolais and Limousine Cattle, Ann also went to work as a substitute rural mail carrier for Bluejacket Post Office. They retired from the farm in October of 2000 and built their present home north of Vinita. Ann was an expert genealogist, and done a lot of research for the Craig County Genealogy Society. Preceding her in death were her parents, her sister, Sallye Fleming in August of 2003. The family includes: her husband Del Colby of the home, two step-sons, Duane And Darrell Colby of Afton; nieces, Cooweesta Kirkland and Sallye Williams of Skiatook; nephew, Mark Fleming of Collinsville; sister in-law, Eileen Damron of Woodward; great-nieces, Mica Pattillo, Cooweesta Rust; great-nephews, Cole Williams and Buddy Fleming; numerous other relatives and close friends. The funeral will be held Monday, March 3, 2014 at 2:00 PM in the Luginbuel Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Skip McClain officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita. Friends may give to the Craig County Genealogy Society, P. O. Box 484, Vinita, OK 74301. Online condolences may be made at www.honoringmemories.com. Arrangements are by the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita.

Service Details

Monday, March 3rd, 2014 2:00pm, Luginbuel Funeral Home

Interment Details

Fairview Cemetery - Vinita