Lucille Phyllis Eastwood

Lucille Eastwood, 99, a Wenatchee resident for over 40 years, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. She was born on May 4, 1918 at Brooklyn Center, Minnesota to the late Henry and Laura (Monk) Engvall. She was raised in Brooklyn Center and received her elementary education there. Her Jr. High and High School education was at North High School in Saint Louis. Minnesota. She graduated in 1935 and went to work at Ralling Arno, (manufacturer of the Permanent Wave Machines), as a Bookkeeper. During W.W.II, the U.S. Government took over the manufacturing side of Ralling Arno and converted their equipment to the war effort .In 1942; she moved to West Seattle and went to work as a civilian in the war effort at the Boeing Aircraft Company. While working at Boeing in the height of the war, she worked 110 days straight in a row. She met Gordon Hood while working at Boeing and they were later married at their pastor's home in Seattle on May 25, 1949. Together, they became some of the original "Home Flippers" and flipped homes in North Seattle, Everett, Martha Lake, Startup, Gold Bar, Sultan and Spokane. While living at Kettle Falls in 1975, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon. Later that same year, she moved to Wenatchee and became the Receptionist and Bookkeeper for Dr. Earl Bolton. She met Carey Eastwood and they were later married in Wenatchee in 1982. They continued to make their home together in Wenatchee. Lucille continued working for Dr. Bolton and continued working their following the practices succession to Dr. Hal Harden. She retired in 1997 and they began to travel. They purchased a home at Desert Hot Springs, California, where they spent their winters. They again made their permanent home in Wenatchee and in 2002, her husband, Carey Eastwood, preceded her in death. Lucille was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist denomination at the Greenlake Church in Seattle in 1949. She has since been a member and was a current member of the Abundant Life Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was a longtime member of Good Sam's Travel Club. She especially enjoyed travelling and collecting unique fancy boxes. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, John & Neenah Hood, Palm Springs, CA; step son and his wife, Arland & Jackie Eastwood, Wichtia, KS; step daughter and her husband, Ruby & Stephen P. Harden, Wenatchee; eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two husbands, one brother, Earl Engvall and one granddaughter, Jasmine Hood in 1994. You are invited to visit her tribute online at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com and leave a memory for the family. Memorial Donations are suggested to the Abundant Life SDA church building fund. Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.

Lucille Phyllis Eastwood

May 4, 1918 - May 27, 2017