This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colby, Gosselin, Gavin, Lawrence, Burbank Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wQJ.2ACEB/709 Message Board Post: Lois G. Colby Claremont, NH -- Lois G. Colby, 77, of Martha Street in Claremont and recently a patient at Sullivan County Nursing Home in Unity, died Sunday, June 26, 2005, at Valley Regional Hospital. She was born in Springfield, Vt., on April 22, 1928, and was adopted by Joseph and Annie Gosselin of Springfield. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1946. She worked for five years in Albany, NY, for 20 years at Bryant Grinder Corp. in Springfield, Vt., for 11 1/2 years at Joy Manufacturing Co. in Claremont, and for 6 1/2 years at American Brush in Claremont. On Aug. 17, 1973, she was married to Dawson H. Colby, who died on Sept. 14, 1993. Survivors include one son, Alan Gavin, who made his home with Mrs. Colby in Claremont; one daughter, Diane Lawrence of Langdon, NH; three stepchildren, Susan J. Burbank of Livingston Manor, NY, Dawson H. Colby Jr. of Cement City, Mich., and Kenneth Colby of Poway, Calif.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandson. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Stringer Funeral Home in Claremont, with the Rev. Shawn M. Therrien of St. Mary Parish officiating. Interment will follow at Pine Crest Cemetery in Charlestown.