Susan Bennett

Susan Lacey Bennett of Livermore Died Nov. 21. She was 77.

Bennett was born June 2, 1936 in Los Angeles. She earned her bachelor's degree in geography/cartography at UCLA. Bennett loved to travel. After graduation she and a girlfriend spent a number of months touring all over Europe. They were in East Berlin just before the wall went up. When she returned to the States she took a job in Washington, D.C. working for the United States Army Map Service. She lived in D.C. for three years before moving back to the west coast for a job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She stayed there until she retired.

In 1982 she married Ernest (Ernie) Bennett and they had five children. Bennett and her husband loved to travel. They took many trips together, including places such as Russia, China and Europe. They loved spending as much time as possible up in their cabin at Lake Pillsbury, aptly named Shangri-La. Bridge was a lifelong hobby for them and they played with several groups of friends often. Bennett continued to play three times a week after her husband passed away in 2009.

She is survived by her brothers Mark (Robin) and Jim (Sue); children Kristine (Brett), Kathyrn (Brendan), Brian, Bradley (Ruth) and Bruce; nine grandchildren; six nieces and nephews; and four great-nieces and nephews.

Services celebrating her life will be held at the LDS Church, 950 Mocho St., in Livermore on Dec. 13, 2013 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to The Livermore 3rd Ward-Perpetual Education Fund, 1662 Vetta Dr., Livermore, CA, 94550.