MEREDITH – Virginia Colby Theberge, 98 of Gilford died Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Forestview Manor.
Virginia was born on October 10, 1920, to the late Charles Freeman and Erma (Buzzell) Colby. A granddaughter of the DAR daughters of American Revolution War.
Virginia had an interesting life, making the most of the Great Depression era by creating simple fun into amore” friendships and family legacies by local mountain hikes, as a girl, starting at her roots and beyond explorations with sisters and when the babies came along safety pins to clip them to the sheets, family and then with her sisters and their families following their military men all over the world. Her diaries written in short hand a special kind of GAL she was and will leave behind knowledge and blessings for our future, traveling the world with her two sisters and many cousins, aunts and uncles along the way...a neighbors Girl Scout, National Honors Society Lakon, class of 1939, Laconia High School Graduate. She toured the country during WWII and afterward with her husband, Married 3/25/1942 to Aime before settling in Sanbornton. Building their home starting in 1950, working as a Secretary for Laconia Law Firm and Den Mother for the Boy Scouts .
Virginia was very involved in the Barbershop singing scene as Aime sang in quartets and the Lakes Region Chords men. Later, she took up motorcycling and rode well into her sixties.
Virginia is survived by two sons, Jerry Jon Theberge of Gilford and Steven Paul Theberge, five grandchildren; Bruce Hibbard and Jeanne Bickford of Belmont, Andrea Sue E. Theberge, Blais Keon and Katie Theberge Thompson , Great grandchildren Noah, Christian Blais, Gilford, Kaleb Hibbard Belmont, Amelia Aimee Theberge, Abby and Alana Thompson of Mayflower, AR., 8 great grandchildren; and five nephews Brian and Eric Faller, Clyde, Wayne Jacques In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Aimee Armand Theberge; sisters, Marjorie Colby Jacques and Shirley Colby Faller; and a great grandchild, Austin Colby Blais.
Calling hours will be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance.
Memorial services and burial will be private.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), 85 North State Street, Concord, NH 03301 or to the NH Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH 03247.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with arrangements.