Doris Eleanor Eastburn

Doris Eleanor Eastburn, a Laboratory retiree, died Aug. 20. She was 98.

She was born Nov. 8, 1913 and lived all of her life in the Bay Area — Berkeley, Danville and Livermore. She graduated from Berkeley High School in 1931, when jobs were quite difficult to come by. She worked as a live-in mother's helper, a file clerk in San Francisco's Woolworth Company and as a key-punch operator in Emeryville's PG&E office.

She met Cedric Eastburn at a business woman's sorority ball in San Francisco and married him Oct. 24, 1942. They moved to Danville, had two sons, Robert and Paul, and Cedric worked at LLNL until he died in 1965. Eastburn was a widow for 47 years after that, and moved to Livermore and went to work at LLNL very soon after husband's death, working in the Security Department from 1965-1982. At the Lab, she made a lot of new friends and brought much cheer to all her coworkers.

After retirement, she remained busy working in the Hospital Auxiliary, visiting people in hospitals and rest homes, at the Veteran's Hospital and remaining very active in her church, First Presbyterian, working in the office and joining in Bible Study Circles and the Women's Association. With retirement came more time to enjoy gardening and traveling, baking and entertaining and playing her piano and bridge 'with the girls.'

Up until her recent hospital visit, she was still taking daily walks 'around the block' and loved having lunch out with friends.

Doris is survived by her two sons; her daughter-in-law, Kathi; two grandchildren, Danny Eastburn and Cindi Mackanic; and six great-grandchildren.

A memorial service to celebrate her life will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian church in Livermore. In lieu of flowers, in honor of Eastburn, trim and enjoy your roses, take a friend out to lunch, call an old friend, bake some cookies or enjoy a long walk.