James Calvin ASHBY b. 27 Jul 1908 Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, USA d. 30 Dec 1996 Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1908 - 1996 (88 years)

Name	James Calvin ASHBY [1, 2]
Born	27 Jul 1908	Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, USA [3, 4]
Gender	Male
Census	1930	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
ED 25, pg 2A
413 Phelps James Ashby Head M 21 Nebraska Carol Ashby Wife F 20 Iowa Roberta Ashby Dau F 1 Colorado Harold Ashby Brother M 20 Nebraska Bernice Ashby S-in- F 22 Iowa James was a carman for the railroad.
Census	15 Apr 1940	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
ED 38-12, pg 9B
Precinct 14, Ward 2, 616 Oak Street James Ashby Head M 31 Nebraska Carol Ashby Wife F 30 Iowa Roberta Ashby Dau F 11 Colorado Nancy Ashby Dau F 9 Colorado Janice Ashby Dau F 5/12 Colorado James is a traveling salesman for a wholesale grocery. This is indexed under "Ceshby Or Ceshley".
Name	Jim Ashby
Church	First Christian Church
Died	30 Dec 1996	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA [5, 6]
Obituary	31 Dec 1996	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
Sterling Journal-Advocate
James C. Ashby, 88, of Sterling, died Monday, Dec. 30, 1996. Visitation will be at noon at the Chaney-Walters Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church with Revs. Gregory and Martha Jean Fitch officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund. Mr. Ashby was born July 19, 1908, to Walter and Florence Olive (Dee) Ashby in Winnebago, Neb. He lived in Sterling most of his adult life, where he was a grocery and ranch supply salesman. He married Carol Baird on May 28, 1928, in Sterling. She died Jan. 22, 1950. He married Lenna Wells on July 9, 1951. She died May 10, 1988. Mr. Ashby was a member of the First Christian Church. He is survived by three daughters, Roberta Kelley and husband Dean of Sterling, Nancy Ashby of Sterling, Janice Dermer and husband Walter of Aurora; a son, James Baird Ashby of Longmont; five step-children, Gene Wells and wife Joan of Phoenix, Ariz., Armor Wells and wife Mona of Port Townsend, Wash., Norma Wagner and husband Dave of Sterling, Dale "Bud" Wells and wife Janice of Denver, Kent Wells of Phoenix, Ariz.; two brothers, Bernard and wife Dorothy of Longmont, and Elton and wife Burnadene of Lakewood; a sister, Erma Curtis of Sterling; a sister-in-law, Bernice Ashby of Sterling; 22 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother Harold and sister Leone Reese.
Buried	2 Jan 1997	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
	Address: Riverside Cemetery Logan County Logan County, Colorado
Person ID	I5134	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	24 Jul 2016

Father	Walter ASHBY, b. 25 Oct 1874, , Tama, Iowa, USA , d. 10 Sep 1953, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA (Age 78 years)
Mother	Florence Olive DEE, b. 2 May 1891, Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA , d. 28 May 1971, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA (Age 80 years)
Alt. Marriage	6 Dec 1906	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Married	20 Dec 1906	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA [7, 8]
Family ID	F1151	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Carol BAIRD, b. 4 Aug 1909, , Woodbury, Iowa, USA , d. 22 Jan 1950, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA (Age 40 years)

Married 29 May 1928 Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA [9, 10]

Children

	1. Roberta Darlene ASHBY, b. 24 Jan 1929, , , Colorado, USA , d. 19 Oct 2006, , , Colorado, USA (Age 77 years)
	2. Living
	3. Living
	4. Living

Last Modified 24 Jul 2016

Family ID F2119 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Lenna F WELLS, b. 10 Sep 1907, d. 10 May 1988, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA (Age 80 years)
Married	9 Jul 1951 [11]
Last Modified	24 Jul 2016
Family ID	F2188	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Photos
Ashby, Harold, James and Walter

Notes

1930 Logan Co, CO Census pg
ASHBY, James head 21 Neb US US
Carol wife 20 Iowa Iowa Iowa
Roberta dau 1 Colo Neb Iowa
Harold brother 20 Neb US US
Bernice sil 23 Iowa Iowa Iowa

SSDI
J C ASHBY 27 Jul 1908 30 Dec 1996 (V) 80751 (Sterling, Logan, CO) 523-03-8042 Colorado

Sources

[S566] Thompson, L Elaine Ashby, Jim Ashby.
[S1060] Cemetery, Riverside, Sterling, Logan Co, CO, James Calvin Ashby.
[S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Ashby, J C.
27 Jul 1908
[S1060] Cemetery, Riverside, Sterling, Logan Co, CO, James Calvin Ashby.
1908
[S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Ashby, J C.
30 Dec 1996, last residence, Sterling
[S1060] Cemetery, Riverside, Sterling, Logan Co, CO, James Calvin Ashby.
1996
[S1357] 1910 Washington CO, ED 260, pg 10A.
married 3 years.
[S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Ashby, Walter.
to Florence O Dee, 20 Dec 1907, Woodbury, Ioway
[S767] Obituary, Sterling Journal-Advocate, 31 Dec 1996, James C Ashby.
"He married Carol Baird on May 28, 1928, in Sterling."
[S1359] Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006, (FamilySearch.org), Ashby, James C.
to Carol Baird, 29 May 1928, Sterling, Colorado
[S767] Obituary, Sterling Journal-Advocate, 31 Dec 1996, James C Ashby.
"He married Lenna Wells on July 9, 1951."