Doris MacNaught Faulkner, 96, died Dec. 1. Mrs. Faulkner was born on Saint George Street in Duxbury. She attended Partridge Academy and graduated from Duxbury High School in 1930.  A life-long resident of Duxbury, she worked as a telephone operator on Washington Street during the summers of 1929 and 1930 to help pay for her college education at Burdett in Boston.

She graduated with honors from Burdett, then went to work for Fulton Fish Company in Boston.  She met her husband in 1935 at the Fieldston Ball room at the height of the Big Band era. They were married in 1936.  Mrs. Faulkner retired from Battelle Laboratory, where she worked for 30 years. She was a lifetime member of the Pilgrim Church in Duxbury and at one time was superintendent of the Sunday school.

Mrs. Faulner leaves her daughter, Linda of Brant Rock; three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was the wife to the late Walter Faulkner and the mother of the late Judith.

Burial will be private. Memorial donations may be made in memory of Judith Faulkner, Dept. of Mental Retardation, 68 N. Main St., Carver, MA 02330.