Dr. F. W. Nusbaum, county coroner, and Sheriff's Deputies Arthur Fout and Louis Trego, responded to the call from Musselman Station, near Roxabell. The engineer of the train, Delbert Nolan, noticed the brakeman slumped over in his seat shortly after the train had left Musselman. Mr. Colburn was already dead. The train then was backed to Musselman.
Dr. Nusbaum said death was due to a coronary thrombosis, and stated that Mr. Colburn had been under medical care.
He was born in Ross County on Oct. 8, 1909, the son of Albert and Estella Worthen Colburn. On Dec. 11, 1934, he married Roselyn Trader, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Shelby Colburn, Circleville and Lawrence Colburn, Cincinnati; six sisters, Mrs. Gladys Hatmaker, this city; Mrs. Blanche Batty, Vigo; Mrs. Pearl Ager, Mrs. Grace Farmer, and Mrs. Dorothy Warner, all of Columbus; and Mrs. Nell Ott, Miami, Fla.; two brothers, Carl Colburn and James Colburn, both of this city; and two grandchildren.
A sister and a brother predeceased him.
Mr. Colburn, a B&O employee for 20 years, was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Fawcett Oliver Funeral Home, the Rev. Clyde Blazer officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday.
Dr. F. W. Nusbaum, county coroner, and Sheriff's Deputies Arthur Fout and Louis Trego, responded to the call from Musselman Station, near Roxabell. The engineer of the train, Delbert Nolan, noticed the brakeman slumped over in his seat shortly after the train had left Musselman. Mr. Colburn was already dead. The train then was backed to Musselman.
Dr. Nusbaum said death was due to a coronary thrombosis, and stated that Mr. Colburn had been under medical care.
He was born in Ross County on Oct. 8, 1909, the son of Albert and Estella Worthen Colburn. On Dec. 11, 1934, he married Roselyn Trader, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Shelby Colburn, Circleville and Lawrence Colburn, Cincinnati; six sisters, Mrs. Gladys Hatmaker, this city; Mrs. Blanche Batty, Vigo; Mrs. Pearl Ager, Mrs. Grace Farmer, and Mrs. Dorothy Warner, all of Columbus; and Mrs. Nell Ott, Miami, Fla.; two brothers, Carl Colburn and James Colburn, both of this city; and two grandchildren.
A sister and a brother predeceased him.
Mr. Colburn, a B&O employee for 20 years, was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Fawcett Oliver Funeral Home, the Rev. Clyde Blazer officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday.
Family Members
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Adeline "Addie" Colburn
1893–1894
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CPL Donald A. Colburn
1894–1952
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Gladys Marie Colburn Hatmaker
1896–1983
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Blanche Colburn Batty
1898–1967
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Pearl A. Colburn Ager
1899–1981
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Carl Colburn
1901–1964
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Grace Elizabeth Colburn Farmer
1903–1987
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Rebecca R. Colburn Offerle
1905–1953
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James A. Colburn
1907–1963
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Nellie Irene Colburn Ott
1912–1999
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