Doris Maclean

Doris H. Maclean, aged 101 yrs., passed peacefully in her sleep at home during the afternoon of Sunday, February 5, 2023. Doris was predeceased by her beloved husband of 68 years Walter M. Maclean in July of 2022. Doris is survived by her son Walter Maclean (wife Ann), daughter Pamela Chan (husband Frederick), granddaughters Jennifer and Margaret Chan, grandson Ian Maclean (wife Kayla), great-grandson James Maclean, step-grandson Cole Fiedler (wife Megan, daughter Emersyn), sister-in-law Jean Mayes and many loved nieces and nephews. Doris was a native of Saskatchewan, Canada and resided in California for 20 years before moving to Sea Cliff, New York where she lived for the last 56 yrs. Born the third of three children on the family farm in Madison, Sask., to James W. and Ethel B. Hansen, Doris attended the two-room school in Madison, completing her last two years by correspondence course. Following graduation she studied nursing at Winnipeg General Hospital in Manitoba, Canada, becoming a Registered Nurse in 1944. After her graduation she moved to southern California with her parents where she joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, serving at the Army’s Hammond General Hospital in Modesto, CA and Madigan General Hospital at Fort Lewis, WA caring for wounded servicemen returning from the Pacific Theater, until her discharge with a rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the fall of 1946. Following her discharge from the Army, Doris pursued her Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health Nursing from the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1949. With her studies complete, Doris worked as a school nurse for the Richmond School District in Richmond, CA. She was active in the local chapter of the Sierra Club, as well as numerous local church and civic groups. She met her husband Walter in 1953 and they were married in Alameda, CA in 1954. In 1965, the family moved to Glen Cove, NY, relocating to Sea Cliff in 1966. While Doris did not continue her nursing career in NY, she pursued many other interests while raising her children and being a homemaker. She was an avid gardener, sewer, baker, and bridge player as well as a member of the Women’s Propeller Club. She and Walter were fifty plus year members of the Sea Cliff Yacht Club where she developed a mixed appreciation for sailing. They also traveled widely throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. She is remembered by those who knew her well as a soft-spoken, kind, funny, modest, resilient, and considerate lady who never gave up, no matter what life threw at her, handling everything with grace and dignity.

No local services are currently planned, and burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in her memory to either the Yosemite Conservancy or a Veterans charity of your choice.