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Genevieve K. Colle Obituary

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Genevieve K. Colle

Willoughby, OH

March 13, 1918 - December 15, 2014

Genevieve K. Colle Obituary

Genevieve Kennedy Colle

Services for Genevieve Delphine Kennedy Colle, 96, of Willowick, will be at 1 PM on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby.

Mrs. Colle passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.

Born March 13, 1918 in Cleveland, she was a resident of Willowick for the past 91 years residing in the home in which she was raised and in which she raised her family.

She was a member of Shoregate United Methodist Church, a charter member and Past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Willoughby Chapter 202 and the Galilee White Shrine. She was a 1936 graduate of the former Willoughby Union High School and attended Oberlin College. Her love of the creative arts, performing and writing poetry was well known by all.

Survivors are her children, Anne (Guy) Eberhart of Charlotte, NC; Jane Reynolds of Dayton; Linda Mericle of Charlotte, NC; Lois (Charles) Kuehne of North Fort Myers, FL; and Dr. Clarence F. Colle, III of Tazewell, TN; 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Clarence F. Colle, Jr. on March 7, 1996. Her parents, Peter and Jennie (Miller) Kennedy and brothers Cletus, John and William are also deceased.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM on Friday, December 19, 2014 and on Saturday from 11:30 AM until the time of the service at the funeral home. Members and friends of Willoughby Chapter 202 will conduct Eastern Star services at 7:30 PM on Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Thomas R. Snode of Shoregate United Methodist Church will officiate at the service on Saturday. Final resting place will be in Willoughby Cemetery.

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