This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colby Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQJ.2ACEB/740 Message Board Post: Friday, December 16, 2005 James Colby PORTSMOUTH — James Tracy Colby Jr., 79, of Portsmouth, N.H., and Bonita Springs, Fla., died suddenly Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005 in Naples while recovering from injuries he sustained in a recent fall. He was born in Newton, Mass., and graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, and from Harvard College, Class of 1948. He was preceded in death in 1997 by his wife of almost 50 years, the late Rosalie Greenough Colby of Manchester. He began his business career as a merchandiser with B. Altman's in New York City. In 1955, he moved his family to Peterborough, where he worked as an agent for Northwestern Mutual Life, a broker for Occidental Life in Boston, and later as a private investment counselor. He was active in local service organizations and charities including the Lions Club, American Heart Association, and N.H. Easter Seals. He shared his hobbies of golf and tennis with his wife, Rosalie (Lee). For 25 years, they spent winters in Bonita Springs, and summers in Rye, at a family cottage on Wallis Sands beach where the couple first met and fell in love. "Jim" Colby is survived by his older brother and sister-in-law, Eleanor and F. Parker Colby of Concord; three sons and daughters-in-law, Kathleen and James T. Colby III of Chappaqua, N.Y., Andrea and Christopher Colby of Saunderstown, R.I., Deborah and Michael Colby of Naples, Fla.; along with eight grandchildren, nieces, nephews. ———— Family and friends are invited to gather for a memorial service to honor the life of James Tracy Colby Jr., 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7 at the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel, 84 Broad St., Portsmouth, N.H. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his honor to the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a charity of the givers choice.