This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colby, Pierce, Walbridge Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQJ.2ACEB/655 Message Board Post: THE MALONE FARMER Malone, New York Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, 1931 MRS. J. L. PIERCE PASSES AWAY AT BARRE, VERMONT Mrs. Joseph L. Pierce, sister of Mrs. Karl H. Walbridge, Malone, passed away Monday morning at the Washington County Hospital, Barre, Vermont, where she has been a patient for three years. Mrs. Walbridge had been with her sister at the hospital since last Saturday. Mrs. Pierce's maiden name was Allie Colby and she was born in Montpelier, Vt., May 19, 1877. She married Joseph L. Pierce in 1901, and their home has since been in Montpelier and Barre. She leaves besides her husband two daughters and two sons, Margery, Clyde and Clifton Pierce, Montpelier; and Mrs. Lawrence Craig , whose home is in Barre. Mrs. Walbridge is the only surviving sister. Her father, George L. Colby, resides in Malone with Mr. and Mrs. Walbridge.