Louis A. Maynard

Retiree and Livermore resident Louis Alvin Maynard died Sept. 25. He was 86.

Maynard was born in Chehalis, Wash. April 19, 1927. He joined the Navy as a young man and saw service in World War II, Korea and was on standby during the Cuban Blockade. In the U.S. Navy he trained under Admiral Rickover, the father of the nuclear Navy. In 1963, after 20 years, Lou retired from the Navy and settled in Livermore, Calif., with his wife Evelyn and his two children, Michael and Catherine (Kit).

He worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 25 years in the Nuclear Chemistry Department, retiring in 1989.

Lou was preceded in death by his wife Evelyn in 1999. He is survived by his children, Michael and Catherine (Dave); granddaughter, Stephanie Marino; and his adored great granddaughter, Angelique Marino.

Family and friends are invited to attend memorial services to be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 2, at the First Presbyterian Church on Fourth Street in Livermore. For more information, contact Callaghan Mortuary, (925) 447-2942.