Gary Anthony Bear

Gary Anthony Bear

Gary Anthony Bear died May 18. He was 61.

Bear was born Sept. 3, 1961, to Ken and Beverly Bear. He grew up in Livermore, California, where he graduated from Granada High School and went on to further his education by graduating with an associate of arts and electronics degree from Las Positas College.  He spent more than 30 years working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he worked as an environmental technologist.

Bear is survived by his wife, Sherri; his son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Carissa Bear; daughter, Kristi Mayfield; brother, Jeff Bear; sister, Laurie Jones; mother, Beverly Bear; granddaughter, Sophia Bear and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Ken Bear and his brother, Greg Bear.