Douglas Edward Magnoli
July 29, 2014 - Douglas Edward Magnoli, of Pleasanton, died July 29. He was 61.Born and raised in Pittsburg, California, he graduated as De La Salle High School's valedictorian in 1971. He then attended Yale University, graduating in 1975 with a bachelor of science,…
William A. Aceves
July 25, 2014 - William A. Aceves of Livermore died July 25. He was 86.Born in El Paso, Texas on July 31, 1927, Aceves was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and lived in Livermore with his family since 1953.He gave 37 years of service to the Lawrence Livermore National…
Robert Paul Reedy
July 22, 2014 - Robert Paul Reedy, of Santa Cruz, died July 22. He was 86.Reedy, the son of Thomas and Alice Reedy of Santa Cruz, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was recalled during the Korean War into the U.S. Air Force. After completing his AA degree from San…
Raymond L. Ward
July 18, 2014 - Raymond Leland Ward of Castro Valley died July 18. He was 82.Ward was born Feb. 12, 1932, in San Pedro, California. He earned a degree in chemistry from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Washington University in Saint Louis. Ward worked…
Richard Lee Sites
July 11, 2014 - Richard Lee Sites of Pleasanton died July 11, surrounded by his close family. He was 76.Sites was born in Schulter, Oklahoma on February 18, 1938 to Ollie Mae Shaw and Ben Sites. He moved to California in 1943 and lived his young life in San Francisco.…
W. Charles (Chuck) Neuenschwander
July 3, 2014 - W. Charles "Chuck" Neuenschwander died unexpectedly at Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek on July 3. He was 86. His loving wife of 65 years and his daughter were by his side.Neuenschwander was born in St. Louis, Missouri Aug. 14, 1927 to Walter and…
Vernette E. Conner
July 2, 2014 - Vernette Edward (Bud) Conner died July 2 in Boulder City, Nevada. He was 88.Conner was born April 9, 1926, in Floris, Iowa, to Dale and Janet Conner. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a tail gunner in a B-17. His…
James Leroy (Jim) Willows Jr.
June 21, 2014 - James Leroy (Jim) Willows Jr. of Pleasanton died June 21. He was 82.Willows was born on Oct. 21 1931 in Vallejo, the only son of James Willows, Sr. and Marguerite Patterson Willows. He grew up in the Bay Area and studied physics at UC Berkeley, where he…
Linda Ann Thompson
June 20, 2014 - Linda Ann Thompson died June 20. She was 66.Thompson grew up in Oakland and resided in Livermore for most of her life. She was an infectiously positive person, whose heart was full of love and acceptance. She worked at Lawrence Livermore National…
Virgie Guinn Shore
June 18, 2014 - Virgie Guinn Shore of Livermore died June 18. She was 85.Shore was born in Lavaca, Arkansas on Oct. 20, 1928, the oldest of four children. Her parents, Ted and Sallie Rogers Guinn, brought her and her siblings to California in 1935 and settled with them…
Marlene Sandberg
June 9, 2014 - Marlene Sandberg, a 48-year resident of Pleasanton, died June 9. She was 78.Sandberg was born Dec. 10, 1935, in San Diego. She spent most of her youth living in Oakland. She graduated from San Francisco State with a bachelor’s degree in education…
Stephen John Marchi
June 7, 2014 - Stephen John Marchi, a resident of Pleasanton, died June 7. He was 59.Marchi was born in Manchester, Conn. April 27, 1955 and graduated from Bedford High School in Bedford, Mass. and earned a BS in computer science from Cal State Hayward. He joined…
Charles Richard Veith
June 7, 2014 - Chuck Veith died June 7. He was 87.Veith was born in Riverside, California on Feb. 18, 1927. His family later moved to Palm Springs where he graduated from Palm Springs High. He joined the Coast Guard during World War II and served stateside until the…
Stanley K. Kinder
June 5, 2014 - Stanley K. Kinder died June 5. He was 80.Kinder was born on Oct. 21, 1933, to Frank and Lucile Kinder in Huntington, Utah. He served in the Navy in the Korean War aboard the USS Boxer. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in mechanical…
Rey Bocanegra
June 5, 2014 - Rey Bocanegra of Riverbank, California, died June 5. He was 59.Bocanegra was born in San Benito, Texas on Nov. 18, 1954. For the past 14 years, his residence was in Riverbank, California, having moved from Kennewick, Washington, to accept a position as a…
William Dean Daily Jr.
June 2, 2014 - William "Bill" Dean Daily Jr. died June 2. He was 70.Daily was born in Dallas Texas on Oct. 5, 1943. He lived in most states and many countries, including Panama and the Dominican Republic. He served as a religious missionary in the southern states and…
Ollie Joseph Loper
May 30, 2014 - Ollie Joseph Loper of Danville died May 30. He was 89.Loper was born July 27, 1924 in Washington County, Alabama to Joseph Edward Loper and Lola Copeland Loper. He attended Auburn University before his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1943 (…
Charles B. Schuchardt Jr.
May 22, 2014 - Charles Berry (Chuck) Schuchardt Jr. died May 22. He was 77.Schuchardt, known as Chuck, C.B., Pops and Coach, was born Jan. 3, 1937, in Findlay, Ohio to Charles Berry Schuchardt Sr. and Olive Schuchardt. He grew up in Livermore, was a 1955 graduate of…
Victor George
May 13, 2014 - Edward Victor George, a resident of Carlsbad, California, died May 13 after an eight-year battle with cardiovascular illness. He was 75.George was born in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1938, to Eddie and Josephine George. He received his bachelor’s degree in…
Robert Earl Sinclair
May 12, 2014 - Robert Earl Sinclair of Pleasanton, California died on May 12 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Livermore. He was 86.Born January 10, 1928 in Wichita Falls, Texas, Sinclair is remembered by his family as a loving husband, a wonderful stepfather…
