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1929
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2011
Robert Combs Obituary
December 3, 1929 - August 3, 2011
Billy is survived by his brothers Kenneth and Ralph and his sisters Judy and Patty, sons Charles and Darin and daughters Debbie, Pam and LaFern, twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Billy died at his home in Salem where friends there knew him as Bob.
He was preceded in death by his father William Riley Combs, his mother Pearl Alice Daniels and his brother Lloyd Lee Combs.
He came to Redding in the mid 40's and owned the Combs Lumber Co. on Eureka Way between 1958 and 1965.
A service was held August 6th in Salem.
He will be cremated and 1/2 of the cremains will be placed in Lawncrest Cemetery in his first wife Claire's grave and the other 1/2 on Mt. Hood.
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Debbie Hoover
August 5, 2011
Nature
As a fond mother, when the day is o'er,
Leads by the hand her little child to bed,
Half willing, half reluctant to be led,
And leave his broken playthings on the floor,
Still gazing at them through the open door,
Nor wholly reassured and comforted
By promises of others in their stead,
Which, though more splendid, may not please him more;
So Nature deals with us, and takes away
Our playthings one by one, and by the hand
Leads us to rest so gently, that we go
Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay,
Being too full of sleep to understand
How far the unknown transcends the what we know.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Poetry Foundation
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