Robert (Bud) Golden Koger

Robert Golden Koger, a retired Lab engineer, died at his home in Nampa, Idaho, on Nov. 5. He was 91.

Born in 1917 in Beaumont, Calif., he was the fourth of six children of Hazel and Robert G. Koger Sr.

After graduating in 1935 from Banning Union High School, he attended Los Angeles City College and went to work for Lockheed where he helped design parts of the P-38 Lightening, the Lockheed Constellation and the Air born Camera used during World War II and subsequent wars.

Koger received a degree in geophysics in 1955 from the then New Mexico School of Mines. He worked as a contractor for Shell Oil Company on a doodle bugging crew in Texas. After five years, he was sent to the Spanish West Sahara and a year later to Libya. He returned to the United States in 1962. After settling in Albuquerque and working for ACF and then EG&G, he was loaned to LLNL for design work.

Recognized as a solid engineer, the Lab hired him in 1967 to work in the weapons research program, where he worked until his retirement in 1982. He then moved to Nampa, Idaho, where he pursued his love of hunting and fishing.

Koger is survived by his wife, Beverley Koger; his sister, Marjorie Arthur; children, Robert D. Koger, David Koger, Mark Koger, Paul Koger, and Miquette Ihrig; six grandchildren and 12 great-grand children.

A celebration of his life was held in Nampa, Idaho. Donations can be directed to Legacy Hospice Care or cancer, heart or Parkinson’s research centers.