Lucille Marie Blair's Obituary
A memorial celebration is being planned for Sunday October 9, 2011 1-4 pm at Baywood Court in Castro Valley for Lucille Marie Blair who passed on September 9, 2011 All who knew her and loved her are welcome to join us.Lucille was born the 2nd of 7 children on May 29, 1921 to Annie Fassler Noble and A. C. Noble in Greenacres, Washington. The family eventually settled in California and Lucille attended Modesto High School and Modesto Junior College. During her teen years playing tennis and baking became her hobbies.During the WW II years Lucille moved to the Bay Area and worked as a secretary in the ship yards. She later worked at Standard Oil and became one the stars of the companies’ ladies basketball team. In 1949 she married William Blair and raised 3 children, Beverly, Roger and Marilyn.While raising the children, Lucille became involved in many outside interests including being a Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader, Montclair Elementary School PTA, class room mother, and St. Moritz Ice Skating Club secretary. In the early 1980’s Lucille became a big fan of the Oakland A’s. She traveled to Spring Training several times to check out her “boys of summer”. She was active in the A’s booster club and became known as the “cookie lady” due to the hundreds of individually decorated and wrapped cookies she baked each month to distribute to the booster members and the team. After Bill’s death in 1995, she took up art at 75 years of age. Pencil drawings became her favorite. Lucille moved to Baywood Court in 2002 where she quickly made many, many friends. Lucille leaves behind her 3 children, son-in-law, 5 grandchildren, brother Charles and many nieces and nephews.
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