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,…
Henry 'Hank' Costa
Jan. 31, 2013 - Henry "Hank" Anthony Costa a lifelong resident of Contra Costa County died at his home in Lafayette, Calif. on Jan. 31. He was 79.Born July 25, 1934, Costa was the only child of Henry and Eleanor (Fregulia) Costa. As a youngster, he worked every summer…
Mark Leonard Shaw
Jan. 27, 2013 - Mark Leonard Shaw, a resident of Livermore, died Jan. 27 after a battle with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 66.Born Dec. 18, 1946, Shaw served in the U.S. Navy for 23 years starting as an enlisted sailor and then becoming a…
Raymond Itaya
Jan. 24, 2013 - Raymond Itaya of Chatsworth, Calif. died Jan. 24. He was 81.Born May 7, 1931, he was raised in Stockton, Calif. by father, Harry Itaya, and mother, Florence Itaya, with his five brothers and sisters, Yosh, Mollie, Gladys, Joan, and Richard.The family was…
Richard Allen Palmer
Jan. 22, 2013 - Richard Allen Palmer, a Laboratory retiree, died Jan. 22. He was 69.Palmer was born Nov. 5, 1943, in Indiana and grew up in Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he learned electronic engineering, which he then taught on Treasure Island until his…
RoseMarie Wenker
Jan. 20, 2013 - Lab retiree RoseMarie Wenker of Navarre, Fla., died Jan. 20. She was 69. Wenker was a native of Kansas City, Kan., and had lived in Navarre the past 11 years. She was a computer programmer for the Lab. She was an avid computer enthusiast. Wenker is…
Wallace Clements
Jan. 20, 2013 - Wallace Edmund Robert Clements of Livermore and Montrose, Colo. died January 20, of complications from Alzheimer's. He was 89.Clements was born in Dixon's Corners, Ontario Canada on Fe. 3, 1923 and grew up in Ogdensburg, NY. His mother was Elma Dacie…
Vernon Shockley
Jan. 18, 2013 - Vernon (Vern) Shockley Vernon (Vern) Shockley, a former Nevada Test Site employee, died Jan. 18 in Spokane, Wash. He was 77.He was born on June 9, 1935, to Florence and Everette Shockley in Jerome, ID. He married Myrna Jean Ohman in 1965, and celebrated…
Marlene Roche Henselman
Jan. 13, 2013 - Marlene Roche Henselman died Jan. 13 in Medford, Ore. She was 77. Born Marlene Ann Roche in Newark, Calif. Sept. 2, 1935, she was a first-generation American citizen. Her parents immigrated to Newark, Calif. from the Island of Terceira in the Azores…
Juanita Kennedy
Jan. 10, 2013 - Juanita Kennedy died Jan. 10. She was 83.Born Oct. 10, 1929, in Colorado City, Texas, she and her family moved to California in 1953.Kennedy worked 28 years at the Lab as a print room supervisor and after retirement moved to Oakdale where she and her…
Forrest James Rogers
Jan. 10, 2013 - Forrest James Rogers, a Lab retiree and Livermore resident for more than 46 years, died after a long illness on Jan. 10. He was 74.Rogers was born in Canton, Ill., on Feb. 28, 1938, to Forrest and Vera (Bath) Rogers. He graduated from Canton High School…
Helene Marie Balsat
Jan. 6, 2013 - Helene Marie Balsat, a Lab retiree, died Jan. 6. She was 86.Born Nov. 10, 1928, in Fostoria, Ohio to the late Gustav and Bertha Balsat, she was the youngest of five children. She spent her childhood and early adulthood in Fostoria, graduating from…
Eugene Thomas James
Jan. 3, 2013 - Eugene Thomas James, a Lab retiree, died Jan. 3. He was 84.Born Feb. 15, 1927, in Okema, Okla., he was the oldest of 13 children.James worked for the Argo Pump Company in San Leandro, where he was involved in developing, setting and maintaining pumps for…
Louella Salavador Gregg
Jan. 2, 2013 - Louella Salavador Gregg died Jan. 2. She was 55.Born in Manila, Philippines on Sept. 14, 1957, Gregg immigrated to the United States on Aug. 31, 1976. She worked for Stanislaus County for 23 years and later for LLNL until the time of her death.She is…
John Marin Mihoevich
Dec. 29, 2012 - John Marin Mihoevich, a lifelong resident of Livermore, died Dec. 29. He was 74.Born Dec. 28, 1938, in Livermore, he graduated from Livermore High School in 1956.He served his country in the National Guard.He worked at the Lab for 43 years as a…
