Elmeria Diana Geoffrey1

F, #37528, b. circa 1922, d. Sep 13, 2013
Pedigree
Father*George Joseph Geoffrey2 b. Nov 10, 1888, d. Jun 10, 1941
Mother*Mary Ann Masta b. Oct 4, 1896

Family

Maurice Arnold Labor b. Sep 28, 1921
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*circa 1922 Elmeria Diana Geoffrey was born circa 1922 at Saint Valere, Arthabaska County, Quebec, Canada.2 
 She was the daughter of George Joseph Geoffrey and Mary Ann Masta.2 
Marriage*Jun 28, 1943 Elmeria Diana Geoffrey married Maurice Arnold Labor, son of William Walter Labor and Adelaide Mary Bowden, on Jun 28, 1943 at Evansville, Orleans County, Vermont, United States.1,3 
Death*Sep 13, 2013 Elmeria Diana Geoffrey died on Sep 13, 2013 at Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States.3 
ObituarySep 14, 2013  OBITUARY: Elmeria Labor of Island Pond died peacefully on September 13, 2013, in Newport.

She was born in 1922 in Saint-Valere, Quebec, to Georges Geoffroy and Mary Anne (Mastha) Geoffroy. At six weeks old, her family moved to Morgan, where the family farmed. She attended graded school in Morgan and Stanstead, Quebec, and attended high school in Orleans for a time.

She married Maurice Labor of Evansville in 1943, and they began their married life in Derby Line, later moving to Beebe.

Mrs. Labor was an active member of St. Edward's church, and a member of the Altar Society. She and her husband moved to Auburn, Massachusetts, in early 1967, where her husband found further work in the tool and die industry. While there, she continued with her love of homemaking, crafts, and gardening. After retirement, she and her husband lived seasonally in Morgan and North Fort Myers, Florida, for 20 years. Her most recent residence was at the Sunrise Manor in Island Pond.

She leaves behind her devoted husband of 70 years, Maurice; her children: Larry Labor and his wife, Pauline, of Morgan, and Cynthia Manning and her husband, George, of Campbellton, Florida; her grandchildren: Mark and Anne Labor, Sarah and Roger Start, Steve Labor and Jeannie Labor, Laura and Christopher Comtois, Tim Weeks, and Dawn Veilhauer, and their families; her ten great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her siblings: Valeda, George, Armand, Oscar, Mary, Antoinette, Mary Jeanne, John, and Cecile.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, September 19, at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Derby Line, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated. Friends may call from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 19, at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, at 4670 Darling Hill Road in Newport. Internment will take place in St. Edward's Cemetery in Derby Line.

Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.

Published in The Newport Daily Express (VT) - Monday, September 16, 2013.3
 
Burial*Sep 19, 2013 She was buried on Sep 19, 2013 at Saint Edwards Cemetery (AKA Fortin Cemetery), Derby Line, Orleans County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 117413638.4 

Citations

  1. [S4206] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at familysearch.org.com.
  2. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.
  5. [S1194] Vermont - Birth Record, online at www.familysearch.org.