Our Lantern will be lit in memory of Laurie Suzann Colon from 7/18/18 to 7/24/18

​Lantern Project: Since October 2013, Hope House has joined with other domestic violence programs around the state by implementing the Lantern Project. For our part in this statewide project, we added to the lamppost in front of Hope House a purple wreath. We will turn on the light for a week every time there is a death related to domestic violence in Wisconsin. We will post information online about the person(s) that was killed. If you drive by our building and see our lamppost on, please reflect on the deadly impact that domestic violence has on our communities. We know the list of stories we post here is incomplete. We strive to learn about and share these stories but know that there are some that we and the media miss. If you see a news story of a death in WI related to domestic violence and don't see it posted here, please feel free to let us know about it here. Thank you.

July 13th 2018 Laurie Suzann Colon, age 37, Kimberly, WI 

Obituary

​Laurie’s obituary, which appears in Tuesday's Post-Crescent, describes Greg as Laurie’s “soon to be ex-husband,” and calls her a victim of domestic violence. Laurie and Greg Colon were in the process of getting a divorce, according to Outagamie County court records.
The Outagamie County Coroner’s Office confirmed Tuesday that Laurie and Greg Colon died Friday.
Tina Kraut, a friend of Laurie's, said in an interview Tuesday morning that Laurie was planning to move to Pennsylvania — where she graduated from high school — after the divorce was finalized.
Kraut said she last spoke to Laurie last week and has had conversations with Laurie in which she described her husband as being controlling and verbally abusive.
“She was not allowed to go out or spend time with friends,” Kraut said.
Laurie Colon was born Dec. 29, 1980, in Stevens Point to Kenneth and Nadine Guilbault of Appleton. She graduated from high school in Lititz, Pennsylvania, but moved to the Fox Cities in 2005.
She worked at Convergys as a supervisor for years before she became a sales team leader at eplus.com, an internet security firm.
Her funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Valley Funeral Home in Appleton. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. A GoFundMe page for Laurie has raised more than $3,300 to benefit Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs in Appleton.
The Colons did not have children together, according to court records.
The Fox Valley Metro Police Department was sent to a single-family residence at 5:42 p.m. Friday and found a man and woman, both dead, police said Monday.
"As part of our initial investigation, there was a continued law enforcement presence at the scene of this investigation for several days," police said
No additional details have been released by police, who have not yet formally released the identity of the victims. The case was described as an ongoing investigation.

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