Raymond P. Zimmer
Nov. 21, 2014 - Raymond P. Zimmer of Livermore died Oct. 23. He was 93.Zimmer was born on July 19, 1921 in Glentana, Montana on the family homestead, where he lived the life of a farm boy with his five siblings. He joined the military as a Marine in World War II. He…
Bob Simmermaker
Nov. 21, 2014 - Bob Simmermaker of Livermore died Nov. 9. He was 93. Simmermaker wa born January 8, 1921 in Bremerton, Washington to father Elmer J. Simmermaker and mother Charlotte Brock. He had two brothers Jess and Ralph. In his own words his education was “a hit…
Paul Weiss
Nov. 18, 2014 - Paul Weiss of Livermore died Nov. 7. He was 76. Born March 14, 1938, in New York City to Joseph and Eva Weiss, he was raised in New York and later in Miami, Florida. At 16, he received a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago where he completed…
Maria Manuela Pena
Nov. 18, 2014 - Maria Manuela (Mestre) Pena of Manteca died Nov. 13. She was 48.Pena was born April 13, 1966, in Lisbon, Portugal, coming to the United States when she was four years old.While working at the Holiday Inn in Hayward, she met and fell in love with Javier.…
Kenneth M. Dasher
Nov. 7, 2014 - Kenneth Madison Dasher of Livermore died Nov. 1. He was 87.Born on May 2, 1927 in San Pablo, California, Dasher was a HAM radio operator for many years and loved electronics and gadgets. He enjoyed fishing and watching football in his free time. Dasher…
Robert L. “Bob” Hotovec
Oct. 29, 2014 - Robert L. “Bob” Hotovec of Livermore died Oct. 13. He was 74.Hotovec was born in Peoria, Illinois to the late Dorothy and Frank Hotovec. He attended Woodruff High School in Peoria and joined the U.S. Navy shortly after his graduation.Hotovec completed…
Paul William Linnes
Oct. 29, 2014 - Paul William Linnes of Livermore died Oct. 13. He was 84.Linnes was born on Aug. 8, 1930 in Santa Monica, California and graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1948. He served in the National Guard before serving in the Army Air Corps and was a…
Gregg Hommes
Oct. 24, 2014 - Gregg Hommes died Oct. 20. He was 48.Hommes was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on March 24, 1966. He spent his formative years growing up in Hawthorne, New Jersey with his parents, Harry and Eunice, and two older brothers, Rusty (Glenn) and Wayne.Hommes…
Warren Howard Lowdermilk
Oct. 19, 2014 - Warren Howard Lowdermilk of Livermore died Oct. 19. He was 70.Lowdermilk was born in Ohio Sept. 15, 1944. He graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in physics in 1972. Immediately following his graduation, he began his 42-year tenure with the…
George John Wagner
Oct. 6, 2014 - Wagner was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 9, 1917, to Fred and Barbara Wagner. He started work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the early 1950s. He managed the Print Room for more than 20 years and retired in 1982.Wagner loved woodworking…
Frank Benton Gensheer
Sept. 25, 2014 - Gensheer died Sept. 25. He was 63.Frank Benton Gensheer was born on Dec. 21, 1950 in Durango, Colorado. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy. He met and married the love of his life, Ruth, while stationed in El Paso, Texas. They lived all over the…
Corey George Cate
Sept. 21, 2014 - Corey George Cate of Tracy died Sept. 21. He was 62.Born in Los Angeles on May 1, 1952, Cate earned a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1974 from California State University, Stanislaus. As a student he held the position of campus activities coordinator…
Harry F. Rizzo
Sept. 11, 2014 - Harry Frank Rizzo died Sept. 11 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85.Rizzo was born in Gibbstown, New Jersey on March 10, 1929. Starting in grade school, he worked several jobs to help support his family, selling hotdogs and snacks…
Neil S. Wolf
Sept. 4, 2014 - Neil S. Wolf of San Diego died Sept. 4. He was 76.Wolf was born Nov. 15, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York. He will always be remembered by family and friends as a brilliant, intellectually curious, vibrant Renaissance man who was both an accomplished…
Michael Sykos
Aug. 27, 2014 - Michael Sykos, of Kerrville Texas, died July 27.He was 84.Sykos was born Aug. 30, 1929, in Springtown, New Jersey. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines and then attended Oklahoma State University. Sykos retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in…
Darlene Miller
Aug. 27, 2014 - Darlene L. Miller of Hayward died Aug. 27. She was 62.Miller was born Nov. 28, 1951 to Larry and Louise (Lucy) Rodrigues. She retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with more than 25 years of service.Miller was an avid reader of crime drama…
Linda S. (Naasko) Durbin
Aug. 25, 2014 - Linda S. (Naasko) Durbin, of Greer, South Carolina, and formerly of Toivola, Michigan, died Aug. 25. She was 57.Durbin was born on June 16, 1957, in Hancock, Michigan, to Reino and Tyne (Lammi) Naasko and was a 1975 graduate of Jeffers High School in…
Paul Michael Evans
Aug. 24, 2014 - Paul Michael Evans died Aug. 24. He was 87.Upon graduation from high school in 1944, Evans joined the U.S. Navy and served during WWII as a control tower operator in Florida. After receiving an honorable discharge, he graduated from Catholic University…
Henry Paul Sartorio
Aug. 21, 2014 - Retired Laboratory employee Hank Sartorio died Aug. 21. He was 69.An attorney who worked in LLNL’s Patent Group, Sartorio was employed at the Laboratory from October 1977 until September 1998.During his career, Sartorio worked with retired Lab employee…
Thomas Michael Breunig
Aug. 12, 2014 - Thomas Michael Breunig of Roxbury/Sauk City, Wisconsin, died Aug. 12. He was 54. Breunig was born July 23, 1960, in Baraboo, Wisconsin to Donald and Margaret (Speth) Breunig. He received his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the Milwaukee School…
