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Dr. Charles Douglas Lain

1945 - 2025

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1945

DIED

2025

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Swan-Law Funeral Directors

501 North Cascade Avenue

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Oct. 25, 2025

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

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Charles Lain Obituary

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Dr. Charles Douglas
Lain
December 6, 1945
September 18, 2025

Dr. Charles Douglas Lain Sr, 79. Colorado Springs, CO. September 18th, 2025, on the road in the Garden of the Gods. Bicycle accident.
The son of John Lain and Alice Pye, Dr. Lain received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis, in December 1970.
Married to Mary J. Lain in 1969. Father of Charles Douglas Lain Jr. Grandfather of Robin, Samantha, Noah, and Benjamin.
Practiced Rheumatology in Colorado Springs from 1976 to 2016.
Predeceased by his mother, Alice Pye, his father, John Lain, and his brother Michael Lain.
He was a force to be reckoned, could never sit still for a second. When he played Mariocart with his grandkids he always chose to play Peach. He will be missed.
Memorial at Swan Law, on October 25th, 2025.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gazette on Oct. 19, 2025.

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