In Memoriam

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…

Susan Irene Flynn

Aug. 25, 2013 - Susan Irene Flynn of Antioch died Aug. 25 from complications of peripheral artery disease. She was 73.Flynn was born Aug. 17, 1940, to George and Ruth Speer in Burlington, Tenn. She graduated from Livermore High School in 1958 and began her career at…

William F. Thompson

Aug. 22, 2013 - William F. Thompson of Alamo died Aug. 22. He was 84.Thompson was born June 15, 1929, to James and Bertha Thompson. He was a WWII veteran and retired employee of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Thompson was the loving husband of Suzanne…

Albert Samuel

Aug. 18, 2013 - Albert Samuel of Middletown, Md. died Aug. 18. He was 76.Samuel was born on Feb. 27, 1937, in Tanjore, South India to the late Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Duraikan. He married his wife, Jean on Dec. 20, 1969, in Madison Heights, Mich., and together they raised…

James Robert Kuhlman

Aug. 17, 2013 - James Robert Kuhlman died Aug. 17. He was 84.Kuhlman was born on March 7, 1929, to Arthur William and Marie (Hamlett) Kuhlman in Manchester, Iowa. He grew up in Edgewood, Iowa with his sisters Billie and Yvonne and his brother Jack.Kuhlman graduated from…

Teri Jones

Aug. 17, 2013 - Teri Jones, a member of the Global Security IT family, lost her battle to cancer on Aug. 17. She was 51.Jones started at LLNL in July 1990, spending 23 years in the Security Organization (starting in the Badge office) and moving into Computations'…

Carol Asher Mathews

Aug. 9, 2013 - Carol Asher Mathews of Livermore died Aug. 9, surrounded by her husband, her two sons, a daughter-in-law and granddaughter. She was 73.Mathews was born Aug. 3, 1940, in Smithville, Mo. She moved to California in 1966 and worked at the Lawrence Livermore…

Earl Anthony Thompson

Aug. 3, 2013 - Earl Anthony Thompson of Livermore died Aug. 3. He was 79. Thompson was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Aug. 20, 1933. He graduated from Central High School and received a degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University in East Lansing,…

Marla Lynn Nelson Hallen

July 31, 2013 - Marla Hallen of Livermore died July 31. She was 64.Hallen was born in Oakland. on Sept. 15, 1948, to Gordon and Arlene Nelson. She spent her life in service of others and was raised to respect the outdoors. She learned to hunt and fish and was an…

Calvin Macon

July 18, 2013 - Calvin Macon died at home in Pleasanton on July 18. He was 80.Macon was born in Harrisburg, Penn. on March 27, 1933. Following his retirement from the U.S. Navy after 22 years of service, he graduated from Cal State East Bay and the Sacramento Police…

Richard Dale "Dick" Hickman

July 17, 2013 - Richard Dale "Dick" Hickman of Pleasanton passed away on July 17. He was 81.Hickman was a long-time employee in the Hazards Control Department of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Hickman is survived by his loving wife, Lorna; his children, MaryJo,…

John Bolstad

July 16, 2013 - John Bolstad of Livermore died July 16. He was 66.Renowned for his exquisite taste in fine cuisine and knowledge of the arts, Bolstad was a lover of classical music and the opera. He grew up primarily in Boone, Iowa and St. Paul, Minn. He attended the…

William Evans Bahr

July 10, 2013 - William Evans Bahr, of Stockton, died Wednesday, July 10. He was 87.Bahr was born on July 30, 1925, in Ontario, Canada, to Otto and Margaret Bahr. He served in the Navy during WWII and also served in the Army in the Korean War. He was an Honor Guard that…

Eric Alan Cleveland

July 5, 2013 - Eric Cleveland of San Francisco died July 5. He was 54. Cleveland was born Aug. 3, 1958, to Richard and Shirley Cleveland. In 1976, he graduated with the inaugural class of the State College High School Alternative (Delta) program in State College, Penn…

Roberta Bachman

July 4, 2013 - Bachman was born Nov. 21, 1938, in Stockton, Calif. to Robert and Anna Spear. She was raised in Vallejo, Calif. in the 1950s. She married Teddy Rombough and had two children, Colleen and Steven. They divorced in 1975.Bachman worked at Lawrence Livermore…

Adolfo 'Eliu' Barela

June 27, 2013 - Adolfo 'Eliu' Barela, resident of Santa Fe, N.M., died June 27. He was 87.Born in Questa, N.M., to Celina and Vivian Barela, Barela served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, was employed by Sandia, Livermore and Los Alamos national labs as a draftsman and…

Leonard Allen

June 27, 2013 - Leonard Robert Allen died Thursday, June 27. He was 81.Allen was born Oct. 24, 1931, in Oklahoma City, Okla. He married his high school sweetheart in Reno, Nev., in February 1952. He was an electronics engineer for Lawrence Livermore Labs. He lived in…

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