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…
Palmer 'Ozzie' Osborn
April 15, 2013 - Palmer Osborn died April 15. He was 90.Born Feb. 12, 1923 in Hastings, Mich., he attended public schools there, graduating as salutatorian of his 1940 high school class.At 17, with a national scholarship, he entered Harvard University, graduating magna…
William Michael (Mike) Howard
April 13, 2013 - William Michael (Mike) Howard died suddenly Saturday, April 13. He was 68.Howard was a long-time LLNL scientist, whose work spanned many areas of chemistry and physics. He was born Jan. 22, 1945, in Philadelphia, Penn. He studied mathematical physics at…
Paul Dane
April 12, 2013 - Lab retiree Paul N. Dane died April 12. He was 94.Born August 27, 1919, in Bolckow, Mo., he was one of five children. After his mother died when he was 15, the family moved to San Francisco where he attended Galileo High School. While attending high…
Charles J. 'Chuck' Larson Sr.
April 9, 2013 - Charles "Chuck" J. Larson Sr. of Oro Valley, Ariz., formerly of Sunnyvale and Grass Valley, Calif., died April 9. He was 82.Born in Salt Lake City,on Feb. 22, 1931, he graduated in 1961 from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's of science degree in…
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…
