Colyer, Gail Joy

1931 - 2017  (85 years)

• Name	Colyer, Gail Joy
  Birth	22 Dec 1931	Albion, Edwards County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	COLY.G001
  _FGRAVE	178715265
  Death	21 Apr 2017	Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Burial	Noble Prairie Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois
  Person ID	I50270	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Colyer, Wallace C.,   b. 1893   d. 1972 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Walker, Louella M.,   b. 1894   d. 1991 (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F7845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rusk, Don D.,   b. 18 Aug 1925   d. 25 Dec 2010 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F18146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Dec 1931 - Albion, Edwards County, Illinois Death - 21 Apr 2017 - Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - - Noble Prairie Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Gail Joy Rusk, age 85, of Olney, passed away at 5:40 PM on Friday, April 21, 2017 at her residence in Olney. Services are pending at this time. Cremation Rites were accorded. Pastor Gary Wachtel will be officiating. Burial will be at Noble Prairie Cemetery in Noble. Gail was born on December 22, 1931, in Albion, the daughter of Wallace and Louella (Walker) Colyer. She later married Don D. Rusk in Mississippi. He preceded her in death. She worked as a Floor Lady at the Shoe Factory in Olney and at AMF. She also worked in the shoe department at Wal-Mart in Olney. She enjoyed being outdoors gardening and planting flowers. She was a people person. She will be sadly missed by her family, friends, and all who knew her. Gail is survived by her brother Dale Colyer and wife Norma of St. Louis; sister Lois Skelton of Olney and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband Don D. Rusk, parents Wallace and Louella Colyer, 3 brothers, Henry, Wallace Jr. and Donald Colyer, 3 sisters, Mary Shaw, Eva Lambert, Helen Duke-Rinehart and several nieces and nephews.