Eleanor Pearce Westbrooke

1933 - 2021

Eleanor Pearce Westbrooke
April 5, 1933 - March 12, 2021
Longtime Albany Resident
Eleanor Pearce Westbrooke peacefully passed away from Alzheimer's disease on March 12.
Eleanor was born in Oakland, California to Donald and Helen Pearce and grew up in Piedmont, California with her five siblings, Janet, Carolyn, David, John and Marianne. Eleanor attended Holy Names High School and following her graduation attended Holy Names College, Oakland, California.
In 1955, Eleanor married Richard O. Clark and settled in Albany, California where she lived for nearly 60 years and raised her eight children: John, Larry, Donald, Chris, Helen, Richard, Caroline, and David. In 1973, Eleanor married her second husband, Edward Westbrooke. When her youngest was preschool age, she entered the workforce as a teacher's assistant at Cornell Elementary School in Albany and then as the executive assistant to the Dean and Registrar at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California. Eleanor was devoted in her faith through her personal relationship with Jesus Christ. She was a member of St. Ambrose Church and then later St. Mary Magdalen Parish, both in Berkeley. In addition, she loved her community of students and staff throughout her 25 plus years at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
Eleanor loved gardening, swimming, vacationing in the Sierra Nevada mountains and ballroom dancing. She also enjoyed visiting her grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Throughout her life, she had many devoted friendships and would often visit friends that were confined to their homes, some as far away as Sonoma County.
Eleanor was pre-deceased by her parents, her first and second husbands, three of her siblings, Janet Bostic, Carolyn Sugars, John Pearce and two of her children, Donald Clark and Caroline Clark. She was survived by her brother, David Pearce, who just recently passed, and her sister Marianne Springer. Eleanor is also survived by her son John Clark; her son Larry Clark, his wife Leslie and their daughters Brittany, Kathryn and Lindsey; her son Chris Clark, his wife Hiole and their daughter Sophia; her daughter Helen Yen and her children Andrew, Hannah and Samuel; her son Richard Clark, his wife Stephanie and their sons Jack, Josh and Colby; her son David Clark; and her granddaughter Jessica Clark Paddock. She is also survived by her step-children, Valerie Westbrooke, Kevin Westbrooke, Craig Westbrooke and Leslie Westbrooke Vultaggio, and their respective families.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the charity of your choice.


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