article_snippet.sent: Lane is pictured right with Lane long-term boyfriend, Chuck Tobin, who took Lane life last year .
article_snippet.sent: Authorities would not elaborate but Authorities confirmed Lane was gay.
article_snippet.sent: Lane had worked at the college for 18 years.
article_snippet.sent: Memorial: Flowers are seen at a makeshift memorial for Lane, who had worked at the college for 18 years . '
article_snippet.sent: his was on the school's dean's list with a grade point average of 3.6 or better and due to graduate in July with a degree in welding technology, the school said.