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Bruce Hadden Eastman passed June 23, 2009.

seaellen — 2009-07-01 01:18:30Z

Bruce Hadden Eastman, 94, a resident of Albuquerque, NM and Salida, CO passed from this life June 23 after a brief and unexpected illness. Father, grandfather, and great grandfather, Bruce was a child of the depression, taking on what proved to be a life long practice of caring for his family. During the Depression, Bruce’s father of six was forced to move to various communities in Nebraska trying to find work in the banking industry. Bruce contributed to the family income as a paper boy, grocery clerk, handy man. A drafting class in high school provided the skills for him to illustrate a book for a college forestry professor and led to his love of the outdoors as well as a career path in forestry. As a Civilian Conservation Corps volunteer, his drafting skills enabled him to map much of the country around Fairplay, CO. It was during this time that he began to sketch forest scenes and old buildings encountered in his work. In time Bruce became a well-recognized artist whose fall cottonwood and old adobe winter scenes grace many local businesses and homes.

Bruce worked his way through Colorado A & M (now Colorado State). It was here that he met his wife of more than 60 years, Mary R. “Bobbie” Fuller. After graduation Bruce and Bobbie were married and moved to Ft. Defiance AZ where he was employed by the U.S Forest Service as a forestry adviser to the Navajo Tribe. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1943 working primarily in camouflage design during his active duty years. After discharge from active service in 1946, he served many years in the New Mexico National Guard, retiring from the Armed Services in 1974 with the rank of Major.

After his discharge from the Army, Bruce and Bobbie raised their family in Albuquerque where he worked for both the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. After retirement, Bruce and Bobbie moved back to Colorado living in Salida for more than twenty years. During this time they traveled, he painted and they entertained family and friends. He and Bobbie returned to Albuquerque to be near family when Bobbie’s health began to decline. After her death in December 2000, Bruce elected to maintain his own home, managing his own cooking, shopping and cleaning. He provided visiting great grandchildren (who lovingly called him Fav), the best pizza and Jell-O lunches imaginable. He was a humorous, artistic and gentle man and will be dearly missed by all of his children and grandchildren.

His daughters Judith Eastman Meyners (Richard), and Jane Eastman Schuman (Walter) of Albuquerque survive Bruce. Grandchildren are CH (MAJ) Eric Richard Meyners and Lois of Ramstein Germany, Brenda Meyners Sears and Lon of Bow Mar CO, Noel Meyners Harris and Alex of Omaha NE, Walter Bruce Schuman and Cody of Portland OR, Marney Schuman Powell and William of Temecula CA. Great grandchildren are Gustav, Mason and Elsa Meyners, Trent and Kara Sears, Zoë and Sophia Harris, Zane, Titus, Levi and Sullivan Powell. Also surviving are sister Betty Lowe and niece Darci White.

A Gathering of Friends and Family is planned for the morning of July 24 at the Villa Serena Club House, 1379 Wagon Train SE from10:00 to 12:00 am. Friends may call at any time between those hours. Private graveside services will be held at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe NM where Bruce will at last rest next to his beloved Bobbie.

Should friends wish, memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Ministry Center, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, ATTN: MCEUL-CH/Chaplains Office, CMR 402, APO AE 09180 (check donations payable to IMCOM-E CTOF-WW) or Heifer International. Go online to Heifer International and follow the links No flowers please.

Re: Nicole Albuquerque

fudget17 — 2008-11-28 00:27:22Z

Well.... this is Nicole... I know I found this a bit late, but I just so happened to be googling my name out of boredom and came across this. I knew I had a half-sister somewhere, but I never knew much other than that. I would be thrilled to meet with her or talk sometime. I didn't know how else to get ahold of you when I found this so I decided to just reply... I do hope you get this somehow. If Amy is interested, my email is fudget17@aol.com

Re: Albuquerque

collegegirl386 — 2003-11-20 05:16:59Z

Do you know of someone named Thomas Albuquerque. His mom is from Goa,India and his dad is from Lisbon,Portugal.

Re: Hello

jjalbuquerque — 2003-06-12 06:46:38Z

Hi! My husband, although raised in London, is an Albuquerque from the Dao region of Portugal. His father lives in Penalva do Castello. We currently live in Iowa.

ALBUQUERQUE FAMILY

2001-09-25 20:48:02Z

LOOKING FOR FRANCISCO DE ALBUQUERQUE. BORN IN BRAZIL DIED IN SYRACUSE NEW YORK 1940 PLEASE HELP ME

ROOTS - IVENS, TAVARES NETTO, MEDEIROS ALBUQUERQUE, FRANCO TAVEIRA

anataveira — 2001-09-04 08:49:07Z

I like to do research on genealogy.
If there is someone interested to exchange information please drop a message here or to the personal email - cu2bd@mail.telepac.pt
Besides my own family I am interested to build my children history on their father side:
PIQUES, SOUSA LIMA, REI, SOURTON, LE VELLY

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4338/ana.html

All the best
Ana

Nicole Albuquerque

2001-05-26 12:11:09Z

I am looking for my daughter's half sister Nicole Albuqurque. She was born May 12,1987
Her mother is Denise and her father is Armand David Albuquerque she was born in Pawtucket, Her parent divorced in 1989-90
she is 14 now . her sister Amy would just like her to know that she never knew about her and that perhaps someday they could meet. She should know that Amy only found out about her in MAy of 1996. Any information about her would be greatly appreciated.

Albuquerque

2001-05-21 07:19:26Z

Originate from Goa, India. How about that you Albuquerques in Brazil!

Hello Luciana and all others

2001-05-19 20:29:39Z

I do not know if after all this time you are still on checking for other Albuquerque's but I am back if you would like to talk! My e-mail is Temper64@hotmail.com. Drop me a line if you are still interested in trading info!

Albuquerques in Brazil

2000-09-19 12:08:50Z

Yes, there are lots of Albuquerques down here in Brazil, in the state of Goias.

hi!

2000-07-31 15:15:22Z

How are you?

In your last message you told me to e-mail you, but guess what? I don't have your e-mail address. I would enjoy getting to know about you and your family. If you feel like it, please let me know your e-mail address, and we can start trading information.

Looking foward on hearing from you.

Regards,

Luciana

Hello Luciana Sean

2000-06-01 13:04:01Z

Well I'ts good to know that there are more Albuquerques' out there. There were no postings on this board. E-mail me, I would like to talk more

Albuquerque

2000-06-01 05:50:01Z

Hi Jocelyn! Hi Sean!

Jocelyn, of course there are more Albuquerque's around the world!
Here, in Brazil, we have a whole bunch of them.

I live in Northeast of Brazil, in the state of Pernambuco; and I'm not sure which my origins are, because we were colonized by Portuguese, French, and Dutch people, and that just in Northeast! If you go down South you'll find the presence of
Japanese, German, Italian, Spanish and other cultures.

Although I don't know my origins, I feel very important because of this last name of mine. We even have a city, just for us! You know, the city of Albuquerque in New Mexico, USA.

I'd love to get in contact with other Albuquerque's, and get to know more about them.

Regards,

LUCIANA

Hey

2000-02-25 10:14:38Z

Hello,

Jocelyn and all the other Albuquerques out there.
I live in NY and I'm originally from Goa in India.
My ancestry is Portuguese-Indian. Please send me some e-mail
so we can get to know some more about each other.

Cheerio.

Hello

2000-01-05 15:51:18Z

So are there any more Albuquerque's out there?

I am in CA