In Memoriam

Glenwood Clark

Nov. 19, 2013 - Glenwood Clark, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired), died Nov. 19. He was 86.Clark was born in Shreveport, La., on December 18, 1926. He attended Louisiana State University from September 1943 to December 1944, where he was a member and president of the…

Douglas Leon Sawyer

Nov. 15, 2013 - Douglas Leon Sawyer of Indio died Nov. 15 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was 79.Sawyer was born on Jan. 18, 1934 in Lake Stevens, Wash. and was raised in Granite Falls, Wash. with his two brothers, Donald and Gary Sawyer, and three sisters,…

James Sherman Desper

Nov. 1, 2013 - James Sherman Desper of Livermore died Nov. 1. He was 64. Desper was born Aug. 1, 1949, to Joann and Sherman Desper in Los Angeles, Calif. Desper worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 33 years. He supported Plant Engineering custodial…

John A. Warmouth

Oct. 21, 2013 - John A. Warmouth, also known as “Pappy," died Oct. 21. He was 84.Warmouth was born in 1929. Above all else, he was a Marine. He enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was under age and was sent home until his mother relented and signed papers allowing him…

Beverly JoAnne Hachman

Oct. 20, 2013 - Beverly JoAnne Hachman of Dublin died Oct. 20. She was 86.Born on Sept. 29, 1927, Hachman was a native of San Francisco. She and her family settled in Dublin in 1966. After retiring from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, she graduated from Cal…

Dale E. Showalter

Oct. 16, 2013 - Dale E. Showalter died Oct. 16. He was 87.Showalter was born on May 2, 1926, in the small farm town of Olathe, Colorado, to Mary and Clay Showalter. He was the youngest of six boys.He attended Olathe High School and after graduation in 1944 at 18, he…

Phillip David Castro

Oct. 16, 2013 - Phillip David Castro died Oct. 16. He was 48.Castro was born July 23, 1965 to Phillip Sr. and Naomi Castro. He was a Tracy native and Tracy High School graduate. He played football and baseball for Tracy High and also served in the United States Marine…

Angie Riggs

Oct. 15, 2013 - Former Lab employee, Angie Riggs, died recently.A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m.at the Old St. Raymond Church located at 6600 Donlon Way in Dublin, Calif.Riggs' obituary is not yet available. An update will be published…

Thomas Powell Wilcox Jr.

Oct. 15, 2013 - Thomas "Tom" Powell Wilcox Jr. died Oct. 15. He was 79. Wilcox was born April 18, 1934, in Detroit, Mich., to Thomas Powell Wilcox, Sr. and Ruth Emily Pelton Wilcox. He grew up and attended elementary and high schools in the Detroit area. He served in…

Shirley Guylene Hegarty

Oct. 13, 2013 - Shirley Guylene Hegarty of Livermore died Oct. 13. She was 78.Guylene Hegarty was born in Klamath Falls, Ore. and raised in Reno, Nev. She retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a programmer.Guylene Hegarty is survived by her husband of…

John Anderson

Oct. 2, 2013 - John David Anderson died Oct. 2 at his home in Pacific Beach, Calif. He was 82.Anderson was born Dec. 10, 1930 at Bemis Point on Lake Chautauqua, N.Y., to Emma Leonora McClure Anderson and Julius "Red" Granere Anderson. They lived in Jamestown, N.Y.,…

Barbara Birk Jones

Oct. 2, 2013 - Barbara Birk Jones died Oct. 2 at her home in Santa Cruz. She was 73. Birk Jones was born on March 8, 1940, to Madaline and Andrew Birk in Santa Barbara. During her teens, she loved riding horses in Hope Ranch and was an accomplished equestrian. She…

Clifford S. Gardner

Sept. 25, 2013 - Clifford Speer Gardner of Austin, Texas. died Sept. 25. He was 89.Gardner was born in 1924 to John and Caroline Gardner in Fort Smith, Ark. He studied at Phillips Andover Academy and Harvard, where he earned a bahelor's degree in physics in 1944. From…

Louis A. Maynard

Sept. 25, 2013 - 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…

Michael A. Felix

Sept. 16, 2013 - Michael A. Felix of Walnut Creek died Sept. 16. He was 82.Felix was born May 27, 1931. He was employed by Lawrence Livermore and Berkeley Lab and is survived by his wife, Alice, five children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.A memorial…

Jacques Denavit

Sept. 12, 2013 - Jacques Denavit died Sept. 12 in Pleasanton, Calif. He was 82.Denavit was born in Paris, France on Oct. 1, 1930 to Georges and Marie (Arnould) Denavit. He married Catherine Dahlinger of Nashville, Tenn. in 1954 and they raised three children in Evanston…

Joseph Fabyan

Sept. 10, 2013 - Joseph Fabyan of Rocky Hill, Ky., died Sept. 10 in New Albany, Ind. He was 89.A native of Denver, Colo., Fabyan was born on March 22, 1924 to John Fabyan and Frances Konty Fassler. He was married for 54 years to the late Louella Fabyan.Fabyan was a Navy…

Norbert Anthony Zimmerman

Sept. 9, 2013 - Norbert Anthony Zimmerman of Los Banos died Sept. 9. He was 86.Zimmerman was born July 17, 1927, in Maryville, Mo. He served in the U.S. Marines during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War and eventually retired from the Marines. Zimmerman was a…

Carlos Adolfo Colmenares

Sept. 8, 2013 - Carlos Adolfo Colmenares died Sept. 8 from complications of pneumonia. He was 81.Colmenares was born on June 17, 1932 in Ocana, Colombia, South America to Meliton and Anita Colmenares. He attended and graduated from high school in Colombia, going on to…

Ronald J. Vallene

Aug. 30, 2013 - Ronald J. Vallene of Atwater died Aug. 30. He was 73.Vallene was born on Nov. 20, 1939 to parents Eleanor and John in Cleveland, Ohio.Vallene was a retired disabled veteran who served his country in Vietnam as part of the United States Marine Corps.He…

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