This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawrence, Hopkins, Spring Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DAw.2ACIB/2323 Message Board Post: Rexford, NY — Howard J. Lawrence, 78, died peacefully May 23, 2002, at St. Clare’s Hospital in Schenectady with all of his family around him. He was born in AuSable Forks, N.Y., on May 5, 1924, the son of the late Howard and Bessie Hopkins Lawrence. He was graduate of AuSable Forks High school and Plattsburgh State, Oswego. He was the beloved husband of Patricia Rooney Lawrence, whom he married on Sept. 16, 1950. Mr. Lawrence was a veteran of World War II, serving for 38 months in the U.S. Marine Corps, VMSB343 and VMF322. He participated in the Okinawa assault on April 1, 1945, and other South Pacific Campaigns. Howard worked for GE in Schenectady a total of 25 years. He then taught machine trades at the former Linton High School and at BOCES, New Karner Rd., retiring in 1984. He was the owner of the Lawrence Christmas Tree Farm at his residence in Rexford, N.Y. He was a member of the American Legion Post 0504, AuSable Forks, the National Eagle Scout Association, NYS Retired Teachers Association and a communicant of St. Edward the Confessor Church, Clifton Park. Survivors in addition to his wife include his loving children, John Howard Lawrence of Overland Park, Kan., Keith and Sharon Lawrence of Montgomery, Ohio, Andrew and Gabriele Lawrence of Los Angelos, Calif.; his cherished grandchildren, Kristal, Michelle, Jenny and Ashley Lawrence, all of Montgomery, Ohio and Tristan Lawrence of Los Angelos, Calif. He is also survived by his sister, Dorothy Spring of Wilmington, N.Y. He was predeceased by his brothers, Francis and Robert Lawrence. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Edward the Confessor Church in Clifton Park. Calling hours will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home, 1550 Rt. 9, Clifton Park, NY. Interment will be in the Gerald BH Solomon National Cemetery, Schuylerville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Boy Scouts of America, Twin Rivers 364, 258 Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, NY 12305 or to St. Clare’s Hospital Foundation, 600 McClellan St., Schenectady,, NY 12304. Im not related info from www.PressRepublican.com obituary archives