FARMINGTON – One of the last full-service gasoline stations in Farmington will close Monday when Pro-Service moves to the old Gray Ford garage.

Pro-Service will share space there with J&B Trailers and Jim Meader’s Auto Sales.

Pro-Service, now at Farmington Falls Road and Maple Avenue, has been an Irving’s gasoline dealer in addition to its automobile service.

Monday’s move will be a second change for owners Lonnie Swett and Leon Heckbert, who relocated the station once already from across the street.

Swett will retire but Heckbert will continue Pro-Service at the new location, he said.

Their Irving’s contract expired in August and Irving is looking for a buyer willing to sign a 10-year gasoline contract. The station will be closed in the meantime.

Efforts to reach an Irving’s representative Thursday were not successful.

A favorite station for many who don’t want to pump their own gas or those needing car service, the business has employed two full-time and four part-time employees. The only other full-service, a Mobile station on the Intervale, will close soon to make room for Rite-Aid, Heckbert said.

Lee Knowles of Temple, a Pro-Service employee who manned the pumps and cleaned windows over the past 10 years, said he feels badly for many older customers who have never pumped their own gas and don’t want to start.

The move also means a change for Robert Nichols, a partner of Nichols Welding, who runs J&B Trailer Sales and will share space with Pro-Service. James Meader, the owner of the former Gray Ford building, will continue his used auto sales at the site.

Keeping his quarter-ownership of Nichols Welding of Wilton, Nichols has returned to his original work of making custom-designed trailers and repairs. Nichols Welding will continue making production trailers, he said, while he’ll be doing more custom and design work.

While the business won’t officially open until next week, he’s lined up enough work to keep him busy, he said.

“I went from what will I do now to I’m already busy,” he said.

He plans to employ three to four people plus a secretary but doesn’t want to make the business as large as it was previously, he said, speaking of his former location near Hight Chevrolet before the operation was moved to the Bass Building in Wilton.

He will use the automobile showroom to display his trailers and will also carry trailer parts.

A third business change will occur when Farmington Medical Supply moves from Broadway to Nichol’s former building on Wilton Road. The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce occupies the top floor and the medical supply will take over the lower portion.

Store manager Brenda Laviolette plans to start renovations Oct. 1 for an Oct. 8 opening. The building, owned by the Nichols Group, will offer customers easier access than the Broadway site, she said.