San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Douglas, Leona Eleanor February 22, 2006
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The Tracy Press
Leona Eleanor Douglas

June 30, 1915 — Feb. 22, 2006

Leona Eleanor Douglas, 90, a Tracy resident for the past 57 years, died 
Wednesday at Tracy Convalescent Hospital after a long illness.

A native of Venango, Neb., she moved to Oakdale in 1938 and to Tracy in 1948.

She was chief bookkeeper at the Tracy Press in the 1950s and early ’60s and 
later was a biomed secretary at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory before 
retiring in 1980.

Mrs. Douglas had been a member of the Tracy Woman’s Club. She was known as an 
excellent cook and seamstress who loved to travel. She enjoyed a lifetime 
hobby of refinishing antique furniture.

Known as “Granny” by family members, co-workers and friends, Mrs. Douglas was 
an avid reader who loved to play golf, cards and games. She never forgot a 
birthday, sending cards to family members and friends for more than 50 years, 
said her daughter, Joan Rickman.

Mrs. Douglas is survived by her daughter, Joan Rickman, and her husband, John 
C., of Tracy; siblings, Hugh Newell of Coupeville, Wash., Beulah Rhinehart, 
and her husband, Robert, of Napa; grandchildren, Karen Mizuno, John P. Rickman 
and Molly Rickman, all of Tracy, Thomas Rickman of Susanville, Robin Rickman 
of Redding, and Donald and Meghan Horrigan, and Sheelagh and John Carleton, 
all of Sunnyvale; great-grandchildren, Ricky and Marie Mizuno, Ryan and Riley 
Rickman, Kelli Rae and Bonnie Marie Rickman, Colby Horrigan and Mayzie 
Carleton; daughter-in-law, Suzie Horrigan of Sunnyvale; a sister-in-law, 
Thelma Douglas of Tracy; and a brother-in-law, Lindsey Douglas of Tracy.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Susie and Melvin Newell; husbands 
William Horrigan and Hunter Douglas; a son, Patrick Horrigan; and a brother, 
Harold Newell.

No services are planned. Interment will be in Tracy Cemetery. The Neptune 
Society is handling arrangements. 

Contributions in Mrs. Douglas’ name may be sent to the Tracy Woman’s Club 
Scholaship Fund, P.O. Box 466, Tracy 95378.

Published on Friday, February 24, 2006, in the Tracy Press. 


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