Andrus, Colebert Leroy Jr. was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN, later moving to Boston, MA. He died in Boston on August 7, 2022. He was preceded by his mother Jane, and father Colbert Sr., and his beloved rescue dog Saggio. He was devoted to his wife Alice, sons John and Phillip, daughter-in-law Alison, and grandchildren Jake and Will. Colby graduated from high school at The Blake School in Hopkins, MN. Childhood summers were spent on Leech Lake in Walker, MN where he became an expert trick water skier. His undergraduate education was at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and he then studied architecture at the University of Minnesota and Harvard Graduate School of Design. He practiced in Boston at The Architect's Collaborative and Goody and Clancy, and in Rome, Italy at Brown Daltas and Darwish Architects. In the late 1970s he founded SEDIA, a mid-century modern classic furniture store in Boston. He enjoyed long service as a board member of the Andrus-on-Hudson retirement community in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. He was an artist, who etched and painted in college, who captured the light of landscapes in Tuscany, and who spent his last years in Dalton, NH where he was a student of Elaine Gabriel. In lieu of flowers, his family suggests donating in his memory to Wesleyan University or the Joslin Diabetes Center.

Published on August 10, 2022