In Memoriam

Vernon Matthews

April 7, 2013 - Vernon Matthews died April 7 at the Dell Rapids Nursing and Rehab Center in Dell Rapids, S.D. He was 93. Born March 26, 1920, in rural Flora, Miss., to sharecroppers, he was the fourth of six children.He survived the Great Flood of 1927 and malaria, and…

Norman Bettencourt

March 20, 2013 - Norman Bettencourt, a Lab retiree and resident of Brentwood, died March 20. He was 80.Born March 27, 1932, he worked at the Lab for 36 years in transportation.Bettencourt also was a cattle rancher in the Brentwood area.He is survived by his children;…

James Alan McGrew

March 18, 2013 - James Alan McGrew died March 18 in Oroville, Calif. He was 77.Born Dec. 14, 1935 in Woodland, he graduated from Woodland High School in 1954. He attended junior college in Livermore and worked at the Lab while attending college. After college he worked…

Robert G. Meisenheimer

March 17, 2013 - Robert G. Meisenheimer, a Lab retiree, died March 17. He was 92.Born May 6, 1920 in Parlier, Calif., he was raised in Fresno by his parents Elsie and Baze with his two younger brothers Dick and Jack. He later attended Fresno State University and…

Alan Lee Madeiros

March 16, 2013 - Alan Lee Madeiros, a machinist in Materials Engineering Division, died along with his wife Kathleen Elaine Madeiros, in a car accident March 16. He was 59.Madeiros was born in Danville, Calif., May 11, 1953. He worked as a machinist at LLNL since 1977,…

Richard David Albert

March 12, 2013 - Richard David Albert, a former Lab physicist, died March 12. He was 90.Albert was born Aug. 9, 1922, in in Elmira, N.Y. to Samuel Albert, the owner of a clothing store in Salamaca, N.Y., and Irene Mitchell Albert.His mother died shortly after giving…

Arthur L. Langhorst

March 10, 2013 - Retired Lab chemist Arthur Langhorst died March 10. He was 93.Born in Elgin, Ill. , Langhorst was a decorated World War II veteran and resident of Livermore for 52 years.He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Rita Langhorst.He is survived by…

Jack Hovingh

March 7, 2013 - Lab retiree Jack Hovingh of Pleasanton died March 7 from complications of type 2 diabetes. He was 77.Born May 5, 1935 in Allendale, Michigan, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1958 with degrees in math and mechanical engineering.He moved to…

Susan Joan Padilla

March 1, 2013 - Lab retiree Susan "Sue" Joan Padilla died March 1, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 60.Born April 3, 1952 in Susanville, Calif., she moved to Hayward, Calif. with her family at age four. She attended Eldridge Elementary, Tyrrell Jr. High…

Ralph Gonzalez

March 1, 2013 - Ralph Gonzalez, a material handler in the Supply & Distribution Division and LLNL, died last week.Gonzales was hired as a material handler in March 1977. He was a truck driver from 1981 – 1999 and then returned to being a material handlerin the…

Robert Rayzor

Feb. 26, 2013 - Retiree Robert William Rayzor died Tuesday, Feb. 26 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 77.Born May 8, 1935 "in paradise" as he liked to say, Rayzor grew up on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and moved to "the States" at the age of 13.Rayzor…

F. 'David' Storch

Feb. 23, 2013 - F. “David” Storch, died in his Pleasanton home on Feb. 23, after a long battle with cancer. He was 76. Born Dec. 5, 1936, in Madera, Calif. to the late Herman Storch and Hermie Lenz, he grew up in the Central Valley and later moved to the San Jose area…

David Sterling Dean

Feb. 21, 2013 - Dave Sterling Dean died Feb. 21. He was 79.Dean was born Oct. 4, 1933 in Woodland and graduated from Woodland High in 1951.He served in the Navy and eventually moved to Livermore, where he worked at the Laboratory, retiring after 33 years of service.He…

Tom E. Hamman

Feb. 20, 2013 - Tom E. Hamman, a longtime resident of Modesto, died Feb. 20. He was 82.He was born on Nov. 21, 1930 in Neshoba, Okla. to Fred and Opal Hamman.He was a veteran of the Korean War and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He worked for Cal-Trans for 35 years,…

Josephine Stuart

Feb. 19, 2013 - Josephine Stuart, a resident of Livermore, died Feb. 19. She was 60.She was born May 11, 1952 to Philip and Sarah Howard in Livermore. In her early adult life, she worked in modeling and fashion show production.She was employed at LLNL as a computer…

Joseph Lajus Brady

Feb. 17, 2013 - Joseph Lajus Brady Jr., a Laboratory retiree, died Feb. 17. He was 95.Born in Keokuk, Iowa, he was the son of Sara Barney and Joseph Lajus Brady. The family then moved to Pasadena, Calif., where Brady attended school.Soon after Pearl Harbor, Brady joined…

Dennis W. Murphy

Feb. 14, 2013 - Dennis Murphy, head of the Lab's Quality Assurance Office, died Feb. 14, due to complications from surgery. He was 66.Murphy was born on Jan. 22, 1947 in Lafayette, Ind. to Paul and Martha (Reynolds) Murphy.He received his undergraduate degrees and Ph.D…

Clarence Hoenig

Feb. 4, 2013 - Clarence Hoenig, a long-time politically active Livermore resident, died Feb. 4. He was 81.He was born Feb. 8, 1931 in Chester, Illinois, along the banks of the Mississippi River, to Ruby Juergens and Clarence Arthur Hoenig. His German grandfathers were…

Patrick Edward Tennyson

Feb. 3, 2013 - Patrick Edward Tennyson, a retired 26-year Lab employee, died Feb. 3. He was 81.Tennyson was born was born in Agar, SD on Dec. 1, 1931. He spent four years in the Marine Corps and served honorably in the Korean Conflict. He retired from Lawrence…

Maggie Gee

Feb. 1, 2013 - Lab retiree Maggie Gee, a longtime employee of A Division, died Feb. 1. She was 89.Born Aug. 5, 1923 in Berkeley, Calif., Gee had many fascinating chapters in her life. She was a political activist, WASP (Women Air Service Pilots), mathematician,…

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