ZEB COLBERT, JR.

MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA-Services for Zeb Coleman Colbert, Jr., 59 Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Charlie Carter will officiate. Burial will follow at Hickory Hill Cemetery, south of Ada. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. A Wake service will be held 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mr. Colbert died Monday, September 29, 2008 in the Iowa River at Marshalltown, Iowa. He was born June 1, 1949 at Talihina, Oklahoma to Zeb Colbert, Sr., and Hazel Parr Colbert. He graduated from Ada High School and received an Associate degree from Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas. He lived in this area most of his life and had moved to Marshalltown several years ago. Mr. Colbert was a carpenter and enjoyed fishing. As a youth he was an alter boy with the Episcopal church near Richmond, Virginia.

He was a Combat Veteran and served in the U. S. Army from May 6, 1968 to May 5, 1974. He received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal for serving Recon Missions on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Survivors include three brothers, Larry Wayne Colbert, Berkley, California, Larry Keith Colbert and wife Mary, Fittstown, and Gary Colbert, Ada; and nephews, nieces, cousins and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Bearers will be Doug Worcester, Bob Fox, Gary Fox, Roy Worcester, Weldon Fulsom, and Buzz Brown.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada