James P. Lavoie, age 45, died Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Brigham and Women�s Hospital in Boston. He was the beloved husband of Lisa Marie (Clark) Lavoie, formerly of Palmer. He was born in New Bedford, March 3, 1963, the son of Philip and Irene (Senez) Lavoie of Dartmouth. Jim grew up in Dartmouth and graduated from Dartmouth High School. He continued his education at Southeastern Massachusetts University, receiving a degree in Marine Biology. He earned his Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of MA, Amherst. He worked for 8 years at Welch�s Technology Center in Billerica as a Senior Research Scientist. Jim was Sifu of Wu Tan Chinese Martial Arts and taught Tai Chi at the North Suburban YMCA in Woburn for many years. He was an avid surfer who enjoyed surfing the New England waters all four seasons. Besides his wife and parents he is survived by his two loving daughters, Marie Elizabeth Lavoie, age 7, and Kayla Lynn Lavoie, age 5, his brothers and sister-in-law, David Lavoie of Dartmouth, and Steven and his wife Julie of Dartmouth, his sister and brother-in-law, Theresa Moniz and her husband Michael of Acushnet, his 8 nieces and nephews, Daniel, Ryan, and Katherine McDonald of Westminster, Thomas and Shaun Lavoie of Rochester, Ma and Peter and Haley Moniz of Acushnet, and Isabel Lavoie of Dartmouth.