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BALFOUR, LILLIAN CATHERINE LUCKETT January 28, 1921 - September 14, 2014 Lillian Catherine Luckett Balfour, age 93, of Los Lunas, NM, passed away September 14, 2014 at the Belen Meadows Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. Lillian was born on January 28, 1921 in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of the late Leonard and Harris Luckett. While still a child, the Luckett family moved from Birmingham to El Paso, TX, where Lillian stayed through high school graduation. After high school, Lillian and her sister Lola moved to Albuquerque, NM, where she remained until the age of 88 when she moved in with her niece, Gayla Thomason, in Los Lunas, NM. Needing medical care, Lillian then moved to the Belen Meadows Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in May of 2014, where she remained until her passing. Lillian married Douglas Balfour in Albuquerque, NM, in 1948, and was blessed with the birth of a son, Bruce Balfour, in 1951. Lillian worked as a librarian at Sandia National Labs until her retirement in 1983. Lillian enjoyed being with her dogs, collecting coins, and sweepstaking. Lillian is survived by her two grandchildren, Courtney Balfour, of Dallas, TX, and Casey Balfour, of Austin, TX; her great-granddaughter, Haley Ann Simmons, of Dallas, TX; her two nieces, Arlene Horne, and her partner, Carlton Cann, of Greenville, TX, and Gayla Thomason, of Los Lunas, NM; and three nephews, Tom Horne and his wife, Linda, of Austin, TX, Paul Skotchdopole and his wife Yolanda, of Las Vegas, NM, and Phil Holtam and his wife Merilee, of Layton, Utah. Lillian was preceded in death by her son, Bruce Balfour, who passed away in 2001; her sister, Lola Skotchdopole, who passed away in 2005; her other sister, Virginia, who passed away in 1952; and her two nephews, Doug Horne, who passed away in 2011, and Mark Skotchdopole, who passed away in 2012. An informal memorial service was held at the home of her niece, Gayla Thomason, in Los Lunas, NM, on September 20, 2014. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
        Published on: Sun September 28, 2014