Norman Eastman

Norman Eastman, age 93 of Winnsboro, passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022 in Winnsboro TX. He was born on March 31, 1929 in Chatham, New Hampshire to the late Everett H. Eastman and Carrie E. Charles Eastman.

Norman was a heavy equipment operating engineer and worked on the construction of the Interstate Highway System from Connecticut to the Canadian border.

When he retired from road construction at age 65, he and his wife “Libby” moved to Alaska and together they built “8 stick and 4 log houses” in the 25 years they lived there. In their spare time, he and Lib hunted for caribou, elk, deer, moose, brown bear, big-horn sheep, and fished for salmon and halibut. Norm at age 68, Libby age 67, and a 15-year-old grandson, hiked the 33-mile Chiltook Trail from Alaska to British Columbia, made famous during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Norm lost Lib in 2010, in 2013 he moved to Texas and built a small house next to his daughter Joyce E. Rogers, where he lived for the remaining 9 years.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, C. Elizabeth "Libby" Smith Eastman; brothers, Herbert Everett Eastman and Nelson Eastman and sister, Dorothy Jean Eastman.

He is survived by his three sons, Gordon Eastman of Reading, Vermont, Loren Eastman of Warrenton, Virginia, and David Eastman of Lyndon, Vermont; daughter, Joyce Eastman Rogers of Winnsboro, Texas; brothers, Richard Eastman and Frank Eastman of Chatham, New Hampshire and Charles Eastman of Silver Lake, New Hampshire; nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life service will occur at a future date.