Gertrude G. “Trudy” (Greenlaw) Colby died Thursday afternoon, in the Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA after a short illness, she was 91. Trudy was born in Oceanville, Maine on April 22, 1918, the daughter of Howard & Nettie H. (Haskell) Greenlaw.

Trudy was educated in Oceanville & Stoningham Maine school systems. She continued her schooling in Boston and later became a legal secretary. In 1943, Trudy married the love of her life, Elgin M. Colby and settled in Hillsboro, NH and started their family. The couple shared 19 years together until Elgin’s passing at the age of fifty-one.

Trudy continued her working career and was employed with Stone & Webster in Boston, Hillsboro Hosiery Mills in Hillsboro, NH, Manchester Hosiery Mills of Manchester and The New Hampshire Insurance Company. She later worked for the law firm Wyman, Bean, Tefft of Manchester and the John Roy Legal Firm of Manchester, NH.  Trudy’s working career lasted over forty–six years until her retirement. Unable to sit still at home, Trudy worked for the local AARP office locating jobs for member of the organization. Trudy was a longtime member of the Eastern Star, Portia Chapter, of Hillsboro, NH.

In her spare time, Trudy enjoyed reading, working on her computer and enjoying computer games. She also loved working a good crossword puzzle, cooking and traveling.  Some of her travels had taken her to Australia, England, Alaska, and Panama Canal. She enjoyed her trip on the Princess Cruise Line’s Polynesian & Hawaiian cruise and down to the Caribbean Islands.

Trudy was the devoted mother of Sandra J. Colby. She was preceded in death by her loving siblings the late Arthur, Wyman, Selena, Basil, and Harold Greenlaw. 

Burial was in the Maplewood Cemetery, Atrium, NH on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 2 PM.

The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Hillsboro , NH is in charge of arrangements.

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