The Times Union (Albany, New York), November 20, 2005, Sunday

Copyright 2005 The Hearst Corporation
The Times Union (Albany, New York)

November 20, 2005 Sunday
3 EDITION

SECTION: CAPITAL REGION; Pg. C6

HEADLINE: LEAR, M. DORIS (ALUND)

BODY:
CLIFTON PARK -- M. Doris Alund Lear, 82, died Saturday, November 19, 2005 at her home with her family at her side.
Born and raised in Watervliet, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Margaret Tracey Alund. She was a 1942 graduate of Catholic Central High School in Troy. She worked in the NY Telephone office in Watervliet and was a member of St. Patrick's Church and its rosary society.
In 1943, she joined the US Navy W.A.V.E.S training at Hunter College, Bronx, N.Y. and was stationed in Washington, DC, serving at the Naval Air Station in Anacostia. She prepared maps for the fliers of the planes serving in World War II. In November 1943, she was chosen to participate at the famous Sixth War Loan Drive in Chicago, Ill. This affair brought 600,000 people a day to the Navy Pier to meet the famous movie personalities and view the latest equipment the Navy was using. Later, she was assigned to Qtrs D, the largest WAVES station, with 5000 women serving there. She was chaplain's assistant, visiting the hospitals for the sick and wounded in the war. She received the American Victory Medal as well as the American Campaign Medal.
Following her discharge, she moved to Waterford and became active in the Catholic Daughters of America and received a 25-year pin. She returned to the NY Telephone Co. in Albany and Colonie, where she was active as a union representative, before retiring in 1978. She was a well known speaker for women in the work force and placed many articles in labor journals. She was a graduate of the Russell Sage Cornell Labor Management Program.
In retirement, she joined the Shenendehowa League of Women Voters and was active in various political movements and received a beautiful framed picture of President and Mrs. Reagan, which arrived the day they left the White House. She was a member of the American Legion Post #1450 in Halfmoon and was a communicant of St. Bernard's Church in Cohoes. Just recently, she was the subject of a oral interview documenting her World War II experience in the US Navy, which is a part of the NYS Military History Museum in Saratoga Springs.
She was the wife of the late Arthur C. Lear; beloved mother of John G. (Beth) Lear of Clifton Park, Paul A. Lear of Oswego, N.Y. and Alida M. (Joseph) Bunk of Saratoga Springs; grandmother of Sara Margaret Lear, Nicholas Arthur Lear and Patrick Joseph Bunk; sister of Charles Donald Alund of Latham, William R. Alund of Cohoes, Lorraine C. Alund of Watervliet, Jane M. Kimball of Clifton Park and the late Thomas K. Alund and John M. Alund; also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. at St. Bernard's Church, Cohoes with Rev. Lawrence G. McTavey officiating. Interment, St. Mary's Cemetery, Waterford. There will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Bernard's Church, PO Box 137, Cohoes, NY 12047 or to Catholic Central High School, 625 7th Avenue, North Troy, NY 12182.

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