Patsy Corrine Wells
Oct. 12, 2012 - Patsy Corrine "Corky" Wells of Livermore died recently. She was 75.The youngest of 3 children, she was born Aug. 28, 1937 to Elbert and Ludie Hurst, a share-cropper family in Oklahoma.While in her youth, the family moved to California in hopes of…
William Charles King
Oct. 9, 2012 - Lab retiree William Charles King of Bountiful, Utah, died Oct. 9. He was 87.Born Dec. 15, 1924, in Pendleton, Ore. to William Earl King and Vashti Bell Hoskins, he enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and served in the Pacific theatre during World War…
William D. Schultz
Oct. 9, 2012 - William D. (Bill) Schulz died after suffering a stroke Oct. 9. He was 87. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 4, 1925, he was raised in Long Island. After a brief stint in the Army during World War II, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and then…
Patrick Barry
Oct. 4, 2012 - Patrick E. Barry of Pleasant Hill died Oct. 4. A fifth generation Californian, he worked at the Lab for more than 40 years.Born in Westwood to William and Lois Barry, he received a master's degree in chemistry and taught at Los Medanos College.He is…
Donald Hirzel
Oct. 1, 2012 - Donald Hirzel, a long-time Livermore resident, died unexpectedly Oct. 1. He was 73.Hirzel was born in San Francisco to George and Doris Hirzel and attended grade school there. His family moved to Menlo Park in 1952 where he graduated from Menlo-Atherton…
Richard Arie Van Konynenburg
Sept. 25, 2012 - Lab retiree Richard Arie Van Konynenburg of Livermore died from a heart attack Sept. 25 while visiting his son in Seattle, Wash. He was 70.He was born April 24, 1942 in Modesto to Franklin Van Konynenburg and Christina Vanden Akker, first generation…
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
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
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…
