Gerald Stephen Bell

Gerald Stephen Bell, a Livermore resident, died Dec. 15. He was 68.

Bell grew up in Castro Valley and served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Coral Sea. After serving a year in Vietnam, he went to work for San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard.

In 1973, he began working for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he retired after 32 years of service.

Bell loved the SF Giants, bowling, traveling, annual family camping trips to the Russian River, coin collecting and spending time with friends and family.

He is preceded in death by his parents, John and Vivian Bell and his brother Darryl.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Linda; his daughters, Jeri Hamera (Jim), Tamara Dayton (Ed) and Karen Moore (Jim); his sister, Vivian Griswold; five grandchildren, Benjamin, Matthew, Jacquelyn, Katie and Kevin; and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 20, at 10 a.m. at Callaghan Mortuary, 3833 East Ave., Livermore, Calif. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Livermore, Calif.

Memorial donations can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or the American Cancer Society.