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Lorraine DuBois Goodrich

Woodbridge VA – Col. Lorraine (Shaw) DuBois Goodrich, USMC (Ret.), age 70, native of Amherst MA, passed away on May 16, 2018.

Lorraine graduated from Amherst Regional High School in 1965. After graduating in German from UMass-Amherst in 1969, she joined the U. S. Navy in 1970,transferring to the Marine Corps a year later. After retiring from active duty, she joined the reserves until final retirement

Predeceased by her parents, Profs. Charles Nelson DuBois and Marron Shaw DuBois of Amherst MA and sisters, Charlotte Elfe of Columbia SC and Jacqueline Gentl of Salem MA, she is survived by her sister, Valerie Jhaveri of Seattle, Wash.

Lorraine will be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on October 2, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. A celebration of life service will follow at 11:30 a.m. at Mountcastle Turch Funeral Home in Woodbridge. More about Lorraine can be found on the funeral home’s website: mountcastle.net

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