Steve Correll
June 30, 2015 - Steve Correll of Tuscon, Arizona died June 23. He was 61. Correll was an accomplished software engineer and worked for several prominent Silicon Valley companies and for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He was passionate about bicycling and…
Mary Eleanor Owen
June 30, 2015 - Mary Eleanor Owen of Livermore died June 18. She was 96.Owen was born Mary Eleanor Merch in Dayton, Ohio on May 21, 1919. Her parents were Hungarian immigrants to the United States. She moved to Livermore in 1955 with her first husband Charles Reitz who…
Daniel Marc Gogny
June 24, 2015 - Daniel Marc Gogny died May 25. He was 76.Gogny was recently busy working on a scientific demonstration at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where he was a part-time consultant, and was very pleased that he had completed his demonstration.…
Ralph F. Yetter
June 16, 2015 - Ralph Frederick Yetter died May 13. He was 81. Yetter grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict. Yetter received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University. His graduate…
Robert Floyd Hornbeck
June 16, 2015 - Robert Floyd Hornbeck of Livermore died April 24. He was 91.Hornbeck was born in Chicago, Illinois on Dec. 23, 1923. He served as an army pilot in World War II, during which he flew an A20 Havoc in many low-level combat missions. Later he became a B25…
John F. Burdoin
June 15, 2015 - John F. Burdoin of Dublin died June 8. He was 92.Burdoin was born in Duluth, Minnesota on March 22, 1923 to Sidney and Anna Burdoin and raised in Proctor, Minnesota. He attended the University of Washington ROTC and served in the Pacific during World War…
Howard K. Goldmacher
June 8, 2015 - Howard K. Goldmacher of Roswell, Georgia, died June 5. He was 82. Goldmacher graduated from City College of New York and accepted his first engineering position at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he traveled with his new bride, Iris. He…
Steven W. Mudge
June 2, 2015 - Steven (Steve) Westley Mudge of Santa Fe, New Mexico died March 15. He was 61.Mudge was born on April 27, 1953 in Riverside, California to George and Mary Mudge. He is a veteran of the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam War. His most recent…
David B. Cummings
June 2, 2015 - David B. Cummings, resident of Rocklin and longtime resident of Pleasanton, died May 20. He was 88.Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to David Williams Cummings and Charlotte Sarah Butler Cummings, he lived most of his life in northern California. While…
Albert Edward Ratcliffe
June 2, 2015 - Albert Edward (Ed) Ratcliffe died May 16. He was 90.Ratcliffe was born on May 29, 1924, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Albert Edward Ratcliffe and Florence Rudy Ratcliffe. He grew up in Evansville, Indiana with his parents and older brother, James Rudy Ratcliffe…
Cynthia (Cindy) Sachau
May 29, 2015 - Cynthia (Cindy) Sachau of Livermore died May 20. She was 55.Sachau was born in Castro Valley on March 4, 1960. She was a graduate of Tennyson High School in Hayward and continued her education at Chabot Junior College.She was employed at Lawrence…
Archer H. Futch
May 19, 2015 - Archer H. Futch, a long-time resident of Livermore, died May 16, in Columbus, Georgia. He was 90. Futch was born March 21, 1925 in Monroe, North Carolina. He lived in Monroe and Charlotte until his 18th birthday when he was drafted into the U.S. Army…
Richard “Dick” Post
May 5, 2015 - Livermore scientist Richard “Dick” Freeman Post died April 7. He was 96.Post was born Nov. 14, 1918, and grew up in Pomona. After he graduated from Pomona College, he began his work for the Navy. After the war, he earned a doctorate in physics from…
Jimmie Earl Younger, Sr.
April 30, 2015 - Jimmie Earl Younger, Sr., died April 25. He was 69.The youngest of five children, Younger was born on Aug. 4, 1945 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He was a proud Vietnam War Veteran who honorably served three tours on the USS Eldorado. While…
Sarah Mary Tiedemann
April 29, 2015 - Sarah Mary Tiedemann of Livermore died March 27. She was 95.Tiedemann was born in Oakland, California on Nov. 12, 1919. She graduated from Fremont High School in Oakland in 1937 and attended Merritt Business School and Whittier School. She was in the…
Jesse W. T. Meadows
April 29, 2015 - Jesse W. T. Meadows, formerly of Livermore, died April 13. He was 89.Born May 2, 1925 to Jesse and Blanche Meadows, the fourth of five children, he spent his earlier years in Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, New Mexico. After high school he enlisted in…
Doris June Stewart
April 29, 2015 - Doris June Stewart of Pleasanton died April 6 at Marymount Villa in San Leandro. She was 79.Stewart was born in Barbour County, West Virginia on July 2, 1935. She grew up in Junior, West Virginia and always spoke so fondly of her life there.She and her…
Lee Edward Davies II
April 29, 2015 - Lee Edward Davies II died April 5. He was 71.When he wasn't busy working hard for the Livermore Lab and EG&G/Bechtel Nevada, he loved to go fishing and camping in Stockton and Bridgeport with his family. He said he was the one who always caught the…
Michael Meltzer
April 28, 2015 - Michael Paul Meltzer died Feb. 8. He was 68.Meltzer was born Dec. 19, 1946, to Harold and Henrietta Meltzer, and grew up in Fresh Meadows, New York. He had a zest for life, a child's enthusiasm for learning and a tremendous love for family and friends.…
Tom Maxwell
April 28, 2015 - Tom Maxwell died March 30. He was 63. Maxwell was born Oct. 6, 1951. He grew up in Santa Maria, California, where he gained a love for “off-roading” on the local beaches.After high school, he joined the Navy where he learned what would become a life…
