James Hamilton Corbett, 78, of Rapids City and formerly of Savanna, Ill., died Wednesday at his home on Elk Creek Road. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll, Ill. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery at the corner of Elizabeth and Massbach Road near Savanna. Friends and family are welcome to attend a lunch at the Mount Carroll United Methodist Church following the services. Funeral arrangements have been made by the Kirk Funeral Home, Rapids City, and Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home.
He was born Oct. 31, 1924, in Savanna to Joseph and Myrtle Johns Corbett. He married Donna Gage in Calamus on April 6, 1952. He lived and worked on the family farm near Savanna. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1946 and served until 1948. In 1950 he re-enlisted and was stationed in California. He and his wife owned J & D Grocery in Charlotte for two years. He then returned to the Marine Corps as an active duty reservist and they moved to Waterloo. In December 1956 he enlisted with the U.S. Air Force and was stationed for 16 years in Denver, Colo., Anchorage, Alaska, San Antonio, and retired from Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapids City. He was an active leader in the Boy Scouts and was a Hunter Safety Course instructor in several states. He also bred Siberian Huskies.
Survivors include his wife, Donna, of Elk Creek Road, outside of Rapids City; a son, David (Rhonda) Corbett of Littlefield, Texas; three daughters, Mrs. Susan (Rex) Whitman of Ault, Colo., Mrs. Peggy (Hemo) Walters of Farmington, N.M., and Mrs. Nancy (Mike) Williams of Flora Vista, N.M.; eight grandchildren; and two sisters, Josephine Messmer and YaVonne Wells, both of Mount Carroll. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, two brothers and one grandson.
James Hamilton Corbett, 78, of Rapids City and formerly of Savanna, Ill., died Wednesday at his home on Elk Creek Road. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll, Ill. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery at the corner of Elizabeth and Massbach Road near Savanna. Friends and family are welcome to attend a lunch at the Mount Carroll United Methodist Church following the services. Funeral arrangements have been made by the Kirk Funeral Home, Rapids City, and Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home.
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