Eunice Hale OBITUARY

TROY – Eunice died on February 6, 2017 at the age of 94. She was born to Laura (Flack) Sherman and Raymond Sherman of Troy, New York on July 15, 1922, and grew up two blocks from the Hudson River. In Troy she developed many life-long friends. Eunice graduated from Lansingburgh High School in 1940. She did additional vocational training in the area before moving to Boston to work at General Electric. Eunice had a long career at Hewlett-Packard, starting as a draftsperson in the early years of Dymec, and retiring as a printed circuit designer in the late 80s.

In her retirement Eunice volunteered for the Children’s Health Council, working regularly at The Bargain Box in Palo Alto for over twenty years. She enjoyed gardening, reading, needlework, and weaving and was involved in the Black Sheep Weavers Guild. She took classes and did extensive explorations in genealogy; family history was tremendously important to her-celebrated family heirlooms, like her grandfather clock. She was a loyal friend and talked daily to her childhood friend, also from Troy, Sally Humphreys, who predeceased her by two years. Though Eunice was a quiet, unpretentious woman, she was also a spunky rebel. She delighted in dishing it out and a joking interplay with others.

Eunice’s oldest son, David Charles Hale died of melanoma in 1987. She leaves behind three other children: Christine Hale Apostolou who lives with her husband, Scott Apostolou; Jeffrey Hale who lives with his wife, Wing Cheng; and John Hale-all in Palo Alto. Eunice also leaves behind two granddaughters: Kate Apostolou, a senior at Carnegie Mellon University, and Sarah Hale, a junior at Harvey Mudd.

If you would like to donate in Eunice’s memory, please consider making your donation to the Children’s Health Council or the American Cancer Society.