In Memoriam

Thomas E. Riley Sr.

Sept. 12, 2012 - Lab retiree Thomas E. Riley Sr., a resident of Concord, died Sept. 12 at his home in Concord, Calif.Born in St. Louis, Mo., he was one of four children born to Thomas Riley and Eleonora Plank.He lived most of his life in Concord, with his wife of 67…

Ira Gragson

Sept. 12, 2012 - Ira Charles "Chuck" Gragson, a former Livermore resident, died Sept. 12 at his home in San Jose, Calif. He was 82.Born Jan. 29, 1930 in Phoenix, Ariz., he was adopted by Eugene Hoyt "Happy" Gragson and Naomi Maude Byars. Chuck and his family moved to…

Dr. George M. Lawton

Sept. 11, 2012 - Dr. George M. Lawton, a retired Lab medical director, died Sept. 11, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va. He was 84.Born Dec. 18, 1927, in Lowell, Mich. to Walter and Gladys Lawton, he graduated from Michigan State University in 1954 with…

George Griffith

Sept. 10, 2012 - George Durward Griffith, a resident of Long Beach, Calif., died Sept. 10, while sailing aboard his motorboat with family members near Catalina Island, Calif. He was 91.Born May 9, 1921, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked at Chevron…

John F. Waddell

Sept. 6, 2012 - John F. Waddell, a former resident of Lafayette, died Sept. 6.  He was 93.Born Oct. 3, 1918, in Duluth Minn., in 1925 he moved with his family to Sacramento where he spent the remainder of his childhood.After living in Berkeley for a number of years,…

James F. Scheimer

James F. Scheimer

Sept. 2, 2012 - James F. Scheimer died Sept. 2, at his home in Vienna, Va. after a long battle with cancer. He was 62. Born in Great Falls, Mont. Nov. 30, 1949, he grew up in Santa Cruz, Calif. where he met his future wife. He completed a bachelor's degree in physics…

Francisco Xabier Garaizar

Aug. 31, 2012 - Francisco Xabier Garaizar, a Lab employee who worked in Computation, died at his home in Oakland Aug. 31. He was 54.Born in Bilbao, Spain on Dec. 4, 1957, to Angel Garaizar and Maria Carmen Ruiz, he was proud of his Basque heritage even though he became…

Donald Walker Freeman

Aug. 30, 2012 - Donald Walker Freeman of Sequim, Wash., died Aug. 30 from complications of liver cancer. He was 85.Born July 13, 1927 in Modesto to Arvilla Elizabeth Wood and George Walker Freeman, he married Marilyn Mae Clarke on Aug. 5, 1951, in Stockton.Freeman…

Doris Eleanor Eastburn

Aug. 20, 2012 - Doris Eleanor Eastburn, a Laboratory retiree, died Aug. 20. She was 98.She was born Nov. 8, 1913 and lived all of her life in the Bay Area — Berkeley, Danville and Livermore. She graduated from Berkeley High School in 1931, when jobs were quite difficult…

Joseph Ronald Parlagreco

Aug. 16, 2012 - Joseph Ronald Parlagreco, a resident of Livermore, died Aug. 16 in his sleep. He was 82.Born March 6, 1930, in Utica, N.Y., to the late Frank and Wanda Parlagreco, he was a popular and active student. He played football and basketball, and was a member…

Susan Prohaska Stull Houghton

Aug. 16, 2012 - Lab retiree Susan Prohaska Stull Houghton of Livermore died Thursday, Aug. 16, after a short battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer. She was 65.Born Feb. 15, 1947, in Chicago, Ill., she grew up in Elgin, Ill, where she graduated from Larkin High School…

John Killeen

Aug. 15, 2012 - John Killeen, a pioneer of the U.S. fusion program, died Aug. 15. He was 87.Killeen began his association with fusion in 1956 while working as a post-doctoral fellow at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University after receiving…

Joseph Chmielweski

Joseph Chmielweski

Aug. 9, 2012 - Joseph Chmielewski, a Lab retiree and Hayward resident, died Aug. 9. He was 91.. Born in Dec. 17, 1920, in Kidder County, N.D. to Anthony and Frances Chmielewski, he served in Europe in World War II with U.S. Army Air Force 8th and 9th Divisions. After…

Stephen Petz

Aug. 5, 2012 - Stephen Petz, a resident of Manteca, died Aug. 5.  He was 64. Born May 21, 1948, in Stockton, Calif., he lived in Manteca for 20 years, but previously resided in Tracy. At Tracy High School, he played football and was undefeated as a wrestler. He…

Bob Berlo

Bob Berlo

Aug. 1, 2012 - Robert Berlo, a Lab retiree and Livermore resident, died Aug. 1, from complications of kidney cancer. He was 71. During his career at the Lab, he was an editor in TID, editorial division leader and deputy department head. Born March 29, 1941 in San…

Stanley Louis Hanel

July 30, 2012 - Retired Lab engineer Stanley Louis Hanel died July 30 at Pacific Gardens in Santa Clara following a battle with prostate cancer. He was 86.Born Dec. 23, 1925, in Nebraska, he graduated from high school during World War II.He was in training as a navy…

Astra Gabriel

July 30, 2012 - Astra Gabriel, a Livermore resident and Lab retiree, died July 30 after battling cancer. She was 69.Born Oct. 8, 1942, in Latvia, she grew up in the United States. She lived in Ohio until she moved to California with her family in 1960.She graduated from…

William Miller

July 29, 2012 - Lab retiree William C. Miller, a resident of Lafayette, Calif. died July 29. He was 91.Born in 1921 in LaCrosse, Wis., he moved with his family to Alameda when he was six.He graduated from Alameda High School where he played on the varsity football team…

William John Herlihy

July 23, 2012 - William John Herlihy, a resident of Pleasanton, died July 23. He was 90.Born Sept. 27, 1921, in San Francisco to Ida and Joseph Herlihy, he was a resident of Pleasanton, Calif. for 47 years and worked at the Lab.He served his community both as a…

Janet M.H. Johnson

July 19, 2012 - Janet Johnson died July 19, after a short struggle with cancer. She was 82.Born Nov. 16, 1929, in Montclair, N.J., she graduated from Montclair High School in 1947. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1951 and her master's…

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