This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colby, Hinkley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQJ.2ACEB/706 Message Board Post: Evelyn L. Colby Evelyn L. "Betsy" Colby, nee Hinkley, 76, of Wiscasset, died Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at her home in Wiscasset. Born on August 26, 1927 in Skowhegan, she was a daughter of Merwyn and Lillian S. (Mitchell) Hinkley. She was raised by her grandparents, Ethel Blanche and Clarence Plummer of Fairfield. Mrs. Colby attended the Fairfield school system and in 1945 graduated from Coburn Classic Institute. She was glad to have attended a Coburn reunion in the 1990s. She met her future husband, Jed Ellis Colby at Camp O-AT-KA and they were married on October 14, 1946. They lived for a time in Bath and before moving to Wiscasset. For 50 plus years she lived in Wiscasset. Mrs. Colby and her family went on multiple family camping trips and traveled to special spots both at Lake Moxie and Campobello Island in Canada. She and her daughter, Susan, traveled to the British Isles. This was her first and only trip outside North America. Her husband predeceased her in August, 1980. For 21 years, she worked as a switchboard operator at the Bath Iron Works, retiring in 1987. She was a lifetime member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit in Wiscasset. Her many hobbies included crocheting outfits for dolls, knitting, doing crossword puzzles, reading and watching or listening to sports events, especially the Celtics and the Red Sox. Mrs. Colby was admired for being able to do a cartwheel and getting her driver's license, both in her 50s. Survivors include her children, Jed Earl and Carol Colby of Edgecomb, Dawn Cates and her partner Harry Bonish of Vassalboro, and Susan and Timothy James of Wiscasset; grandchildren, Stacy and Johnnie Barnes of Dresden, Jed Ebden and partner Roxie Ayer of Wiscasset, Amy Cates and Wendy and Chad Grenier of Winslow, Jessica and Lindsay of Wiscasset, and Timothy (T.J.) James of Wiscasset and Lund, Sweden; great-grandchildren, Olivia Barnes, Natalie Green, Caitlin and Hailey Grenier, Trey James and Trinen Jeffrey; siblings, Earl W. and Dorothy Hinkley, Dover, N.J., Harold and Dolores Hinkley of Stroudsburg, Penn.; John and Sue Hinkley of Augusta, Helen and Ronald Greene of Zephyrhills, Fla.; sister-in-law, Maizie Argondizza of Portland; and many other family and friends. Mrs. Colby was predeceased by a brother, Leforest Hinkley in infancy. A memorial service was held on Monday, September 29 at the Lawry Brothers Funeral Home in Fairfield. There was a gathering of family and friends at Dawn Cates and Harry Bonish's home in Vassalboro following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship or charity of one's choice.