Robert Ricker Baltzer
Dec. 3, 2013 - Robert (Bob) Ricker Baltzer died Dec. 3. He was 85. Baltzer was born Oct. 28, 1928 to Benjamin B. and Helen Baltzer in Quincy, Mass. where he grew up. After graduating from high school, he entered the Air Force at the age of 17, retiring after 16 years…
William E. Humphrey
Nov. 27, 2013 - William (Bill) E. Humphrey of Turlock died Nov. 27. He was 93. Humphrey was born in July 1920 in Monrovia, Calif. to Norman and Fannie Humphrey and was raised in the Phoenix area. After graduating high school, Humphrey joined the Army Air Corps. and…
Ralph J. Hersey Jr.
Nov. 26, 2013 - Born on Jan. 4, 1937, Ralph J. Hersey Jr. died in his home on Nov. 26, 2013 at the age of 76 after a 22-month battle against intestinal cancers.He was born and raised in Martinez, Calif. and moved to Livermore in 1962 to work at the Lawrence Livermore…
Larry Brixey
Nov. 25, 2013 - Larry Brixey died Nov. 25. He was 66.Brixey was born July 3, 1947. He worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the labor shop during the 80s and 90s. He left the lab in 2005 due to health issues.
Adolph T. Sisneroz
Nov. 22, 2013 - Adolph T. Sisneroz of Discovery Bay died Nov. 22. He was 81.Sisneroz was born Jan. 28, 1932 in La Salle, Colo., to Adolfo and Ascencion Sisneroz.He graduated from Washington Union High School in Fremont and joined the U.S. Marines at age 17. During his…
Susan Bennett
Nov. 21, 2013 - Susan Lacey Bennett of Livermore Died Nov. 21. She was 77.Bennett was born June 2, 1936 in Los Angeles. She earned her bachelor's degree in geography/cartography at UCLA. Bennett loved to travel. After graduation she and a girlfriend spent a number of…
Glenwood Clark
Nov. 19, 2013 - Glenwood Clark, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired), died Nov. 19. He was 86.Clark was born in Shreveport, La., on December 18, 1926. He attended Louisiana State University from September 1943 to December 1944, where he was a member and president of the…
Douglas Leon Sawyer
Nov. 15, 2013 - Douglas Leon Sawyer of Indio died Nov. 15 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was 79.Sawyer was born on Jan. 18, 1934 in Lake Stevens, Wash. and was raised in Granite Falls, Wash. with his two brothers, Donald and Gary Sawyer, and three sisters,…
James Sherman Desper
Nov. 1, 2013 - James Sherman Desper of Livermore died Nov. 1. He was 64. Desper was born Aug. 1, 1949, to Joann and Sherman Desper in Los Angeles, Calif. Desper worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 33 years. He supported Plant Engineering custodial…
John A. Warmouth
Oct. 21, 2013 - John A. Warmouth, also known as “Pappy," died Oct. 21. He was 84.Warmouth was born in 1929. Above all else, he was a Marine. He enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was under age and was sent home until his mother relented and signed papers allowing him…
Beverly JoAnne Hachman
Oct. 20, 2013 - Beverly JoAnne Hachman of Dublin died Oct. 20. She was 86.Born on Sept. 29, 1927, Hachman was a native of San Francisco. She and her family settled in Dublin in 1966. After retiring from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, she graduated from Cal…
Dale E. Showalter
Oct. 16, 2013 - Dale E. Showalter died Oct. 16. He was 87.Showalter was born on May 2, 1926, in the small farm town of Olathe, Colorado, to Mary and Clay Showalter. He was the youngest of six boys.He attended Olathe High School and after graduation in 1944 at 18, he…
Phillip David Castro
Oct. 16, 2013 - Phillip David Castro died Oct. 16. He was 48.Castro was born July 23, 1965 to Phillip Sr. and Naomi Castro. He was a Tracy native and Tracy High School graduate. He played football and baseball for Tracy High and also served in the United States Marine…
Angie Riggs
Oct. 15, 2013 - Former Lab employee, Angie Riggs, died recently.A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m.at the Old St. Raymond Church located at 6600 Donlon Way in Dublin, Calif.Riggs' obituary is not yet available. An update will be published…
Thomas Powell Wilcox Jr.
Oct. 15, 2013 - Thomas "Tom" Powell Wilcox Jr. died Oct. 15. He was 79. Wilcox was born April 18, 1934, in Detroit, Mich., to Thomas Powell Wilcox, Sr. and Ruth Emily Pelton Wilcox. He grew up and attended elementary and high schools in the Detroit area. He served in…
Shirley Guylene Hegarty
Oct. 13, 2013 - Shirley Guylene Hegarty of Livermore died Oct. 13. She was 78.Guylene Hegarty was born in Klamath Falls, Ore. and raised in Reno, Nev. She retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a programmer.Guylene Hegarty is survived by her husband of…
John Anderson
Oct. 2, 2013 - John David Anderson died Oct. 2 at his home in Pacific Beach, Calif. He was 82.Anderson was born Dec. 10, 1930 at Bemis Point on Lake Chautauqua, N.Y., to Emma Leonora McClure Anderson and Julius "Red" Granere Anderson. They lived in Jamestown, N.Y.,…
Barbara Birk Jones
Oct. 2, 2013 - Barbara Birk Jones died Oct. 2 at her home in Santa Cruz. She was 73. Birk Jones was born on March 8, 1940, to Madaline and Andrew Birk in Santa Barbara. During her teens, she loved riding horses in Hope Ranch and was an accomplished equestrian. She…
Louis A. Maynard
Sept. 25, 2013 - Retiree and Livermore resident Louis Alvin Maynard died Sept. 25. He was 86.Maynard was born in Chehalis, Wash. April 19, 1927. He joined the Navy as a young man and saw service in World War II, Korea and was on standby during the Cuban Blockade. In the…
Clifford S. Gardner
Sept. 25, 2013 - Clifford Speer Gardner of Austin, Texas. died Sept. 25. He was 89.Gardner was born in 1924 to John and Caroline Gardner in Fort Smith, Ark. He studied at Phillips Andover Academy and Harvard, where he earned a bahelor's degree in physics in 1944. From…
