Wallace Davis
June 21, 2013 - Wallace Davis of Livermore died Friday, June 21 in Walnut Creek after a courageous 24 year battle with Leukemia. He was 67.Davis was born March 24, 1946 to Pearline Davis and Ernest Snelling, both of Moultrie GA, where he was raised, the eldest of 10…
Eugene "Gene" Edward Donohue
June 20, 2013 - Eugene "Gene" Edward Donohue, age 62, died at Kaiser Medical Center in Fremont, Calif. on June 20.Donohue was born on Jan. 6, 1951 in Chicago, Ill., to John and Margaret Donohue. He was married to his beloved wife Sandra (Burt) Donohue for 30 years. He…
Everett (Gab) E. Garbini
June 17, 2013 - Everett E. Garbini (Gab) died in his home on June 17. He was 91.A third generation native of Livermore, Garbini was born Dec. 25, 1921 to Everisto and Esther Garbini. He was a World War II veteran who served with the Army in the Pacific.He was preceded…
Frances Margaret McCuistion Robinson
June 10, 2013 - Frances Margaret McCuistion Robinson, a former Lab employee and Turlock resident, died June 10. She was 91.Born March 13, 1922, in Millville, Mo., Robinson was the daughter of Charles and Margaret McCuistion, sister to Max and Edna Mode. After early…
John Roberts Murray
June 2, 2013 - John Roberts Murray, former LLNL employee, passed away on June 2 in Danville. He was 69.Murray was born in Medford, Ore., on Aug. 8, 1943, while his father was at an army camp training for World War II. He received bachelor's and Ph.D. degrees in physics…
Leonard E. Caley
June 2, 2013 - Leonard E. Caley, long time resident of Livermore, died June 2. He was 90.Caley spent his childhood in Cheyenne, Wyo., with brothers Keith and Kenneth, who taught him about hardships and hard work. He and his beloved wife, Dylis, raised Leonard, Jr.,…
Peter Moulthrop
June 2, 2013 - Peter Moulthrop, a Lab retiree and resident of Oakland, died June 2. He was 87.Born in Berkeley on April 7, 1926, he grew up in Oakland, graduating from Castlemont High School. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17. He served as a radioman on the USS Putnam…
Lloyd Gurr Guymon
May 29, 2013 - Lloyd Gurr Guymon, a resident of Livermore, died May 29. He was 86.Guymon was born on Dec. 3, 1926 in Parowan, Utah to Jess and Golda Guymon. He was raised on a large sheep and cattle ranch.When Guymon was 18, and before graduating from high school, he…
Willard Schmidt
May 28, 2013 - Willard B. Schmidt died of pulmonary disease May 28. He was 91.Born in Oakland on Jan. 17, 1922, he graduated from Castlemont High School. He served in the Army Air Corps in Greenland during World War II.Schmidt had a long career with the Lab, retiring…
Helen R. Smith
May 23, 2013 - Helen R. Smith of of Greenbrae, Calif. died May 23. She was 88.Born April 9, 1925 to Anthony Rupnik and Mary Pogacnik Rupnik, in Bridgeville, Pa. she graduated from Bridgeville High School in 1942.She worked for a time during World War II in a machine…
Paul Erwin Lund
May 21, 2013 - Paul Erwin Lund, life-long resident of Hayward, Calif., died on May 21. He was 85.Lund was born May 8, 1928, to George and Amanda Lund in the family home built by his father on Montgomery Street in Hayward. He graduated from Hayward High School in 1946,…
John Walden
May 21, 2013 - John (Jack) Walden, a Livermore resident, died after losing his fight with leukemia May 21. He was 83.Born Aug 6, 1929 in Steubenville, Ohio to Herbert and Loretta Walden, he graduated from Ohio University with a chemistry degree. He was employed by…
William Allen Ross
May 18, 2013 - William Allen Ross of Annandale and Falls Church, Va., died from complications of myositis on May 18. He was 88.A native of Aurora, Ill., Ross joined the Army Air Corps upon graduation from West High School in 1944, attending pre-flight school and…
Charles T. Smith
May 15, 2013 - Lab retiree Charles T. Smith of Atwater, Calif. died May 15. He was 76.Born in Castro Valley Sept. 24, 1936, he moved to Livermore and began working at the Lab in 1961. He was an electronics engineer designer in the Engineering Department, working on…
Delta Mae Peterson
May 14, 2013 - Delta Mae Petersen of Placerville, Calif. died at her home May 14. She was 77.She was born Jan. 12, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In her early years she worked at LLNL. Later, she volunteered at Placerville Pines and Hospice. She enjoyed playing bingo with…
Clarence E. Chittenden
May 12, 2013 - Clarence E. "Gene" Chittenden died May 12. He was 88.Born Dec. 24, 1925, in Dodge City, Kan. to Clarence E. and Emma L. Chittenden, he grew up in La Junta, Colo. and Vallejo. He graduated from Vallejo High School and served in World War II in the 8th…
Roger David Van Maren
May 6, 2013 - Roger David Van Maren died suddenly at his home in Livermore May 6. He was 53.Born in Oakland, Calif. March 15, 1960 to Dr. Harold B. Van Maren and Charlotte Boufford Van Maren, he attended The Academy in Berkeley and graduated from Miramonte High School…
Melvin Sterling Coops
May 1, 2013 - Melvin Sterling Coops died May 1, in Santa Rosa, Calif. He was 83.Coops was born in Sonoma, Calif. and graduated from Sonoma High School. He later attended Santa Rosa Junior College and graduated from UC Berkeley as a nuclear chemist.He worked for more…
Alan Winans
April 27, 2013 - Alan Ross Winans died April 27, after complications from a heart attack. He was 68.Born in Stockton, Calif., May 13, 1944, he graduated in 1962 from Franklin Senior High School where he majored in drama and English. He appeared in numerous high school…
Samuel P. Uselton
April 24, 2013 - Samuel Parker Uselton died April 24 at his home in Sunol. He was 61.Born May 28, 1951, he spent his early years in Dallas. During the 1960s he spent time in Austin, Texas where the music scene there sparked his interest in folk, rock and blues that would…
