Obituary of Mary E. (Briggs) Colf

Mary E. (Briggs) Colf With great sadness, we would like to inform our friends and family of our loss this week. Mary E. (Briggs) Colf was an amazing mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend and she will be deeply missed by all. Mary passed away at her home in Dade City, FL on July 4, 2023, where her family had been taking care of her with the help of Gulf Side Hospice. Mary was born November 13, 1928 in Barrington, NY daughter of Erwin & Elizabeth (Green) Bodine. Mary retired from Michael Sterns in Penn Yan, NY where she was a seamstress. She then drove bus for Dundee Central School District, as well as working in the vineyards, and working for Greg Dibble at his store. Mary loved to hunt with her son and was famous for her rabbit potpie, and the many wedding and birthday cakes she made for years. Survivors are her only son Gordon and Sharon Briggs Dade City, FL. Grandchildren Sherrie Woodruff-Lurcock Zephyrhills, FL, Edward and Jennifer Woodruff Bristol, NY & Dunnellon, FL, Rick and Meghan Briggs Dade City, FL. Great Grandkids David & Lorana Woodruff Penn Yan, NY, Deetta Lurcock Zephyrhills, FL, Evalyn Woodruff Tampa, FL Nathan, Tyler, Logan Schuler Bristol, NY Kendal Dean, Lindlee Woodruff Bristol, NY & Dunnellon, FL., Emmitt Briggs of Dade City, FL; 2 great great grandkids; many sister & brother in-laws, nieces & nephews. Besides her parents she was predeceased by a brother Arthur Bodine; 2 sisters, Pauline Depew, and Barbara Reeves; her first husband Charles Briggs in 1988; a great grandson Joshua Woodruff in 1993; and her second husband Kenneth Colf in 2014. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Sunday August 13, 2023 with Lay Pastor Lew Ann Giles officiating, in Hillside Cemetery Dundee, NY with a Memorial Celebration of Her Life immediately following at the Dundee American Legion at Noon.