Colleen Annette Bost, 48, of Morrisonville, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at her residence.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 17, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Sutton Memorial Home in Taylorville. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Jan. 18, at 11 a.m. at Sutton Memorial Home with Pastor Clifford Davis officiating. Interment will follow at Morrisonville Cemetery.
Ms. Bost was born on June 30, 1975, in Taylorville, to the late Larry Bost and Rita (Spencer) Bost Greenwood.
Ms. Bost began her career as a customer service representative for State Farm in 1993, working under insurance agent Barbra O’Brien and then Joe Meeks. She quickly became a friendly and familiar face to all their clients and was proud of her work.
Outside of her day job, Ms. Bost was a writer whose work overflowed with her unique wit, observation and whip-smart sense of humor. She was a member of the Romance Writers of America and several related groups, including Chicago North Romance Writers, Heart and Scroll RWA and the Missouri Romance Writers of America, for whom she was the past secretary and the current membership chair. The joy Ms. Bost found in the presence of other writers led her to create Chapter HEA, an online author community that grew out of the RWA Pen2Paper group she was involved with. For her author friends, Ms. Bost was a daily source of exuberance and encouragement.
Ms. Bost cherished her time with her family. She was generous with her affection and had an uncanny ability to always find the perfect gift for the people she cared about. Everyone counted themselves lucky to be part of Colleen’s circle of loved ones. Ms. Bost was a warm and vibrant person who dedicated her life to the communities of family and friends who were drawn to her enthusiasm, loyalty and kindness. She loved them all as fiercely as they loved her, and she will be missed dearly.
Ms. Bost is survived by her sisters, Tracey (Sean) Wyant of Irving, Kristy (Allan) Larson of Atlanta and Linda (Ryan) Henry of Sullivan; step-father, Robert Greenwood of Morrisonville; and four nieces and six nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Larry Bost and Rita Bost Greenwood; grandparents; and many aunts and uncles.
Memorials in Ms. Bost’s honor may be made to the American Cancer Society or Morrisonville Community Ambulance Service.
