In Memoriam

Gerald 'Jerry' L. Hadley

June 3, 2011 - Gerald ”Jerry” Hadley, a longtime resident of Livermore and a Lab retiree, died June 3. He was 79.Born April 13, 1932, in Ventura, Calif., Hadley moved to Oakland with his sister during the 1940s to live with his grandparents after their parents died.…

Stephen Alexander Lewis

May 26, 2011 - Stephen Alexander Lewis, a former Lab physicist, died May 26, at his home in Oakland after a nearly three-year battle with colorectal cancer. He was 70.Born February 5, 1941 in New York to David and Muriel Lewis, and was raised in Riverdale. He graduated…

Stanley Gee

May 21, 2011 - Stanley Gee, a Lab retiree and founder of a business that helped introduce Asian culture to the Tri-Valley, died May 21 at his Alameda home. He was 94.Gee fled from China to the United States at 18. He served in the Army during World War II. He married…

Janet M. Alves

Janet M. Alves

May 20, 2011 - Janet M. Alves died May 20 at her home in Tracy from cancer. She was 57. Born Oct. 8, 1953 in Tracy, Tracy had been her home her entire life. She worked at the Lab for 33 years and also was a partner on the family farm. She was a member of St. Bernard'…

Robert F. Rhodes

April 24, 2011 - Robert Rhodes, a Tracy resident and Lab retiree, died April 24, at Bethany Nursing Home in Ripon. He was 87.Born Dec. 20, 1923, in Eureka, Mont., he served in the U.S. Marine Corps for two years during World War II and then with the U.S. Army for 20…

Richard Lee Stark

April 23, 2011 - Richard Lee Stark, a longtime Livermore resident and Lab retiree, died Apr. 23. He was 77.Born Jan. 7, 1934, he moved from Sweet Home, Ore., to Livermore in 1957. He graduated from Oregon Technical Institute. He retired from the Lab after 39 years.Stark…

Kurt David Kennedy

April 10, 2011 - Kurt David Kennedy of Lafayette, a former Lab scientist, died April 10. He was 81.The son of inventor Harry E. Kennedy and Eileen Kennedy, he was born March 26, 1930 in Berkeley and grew up there.Kennedy received his bachelor of science degree in…

Melvin K. Bainter

April 9, 2011 - Melvin K. Bainter, who worked at the Lab for nearly 30 years, died April 9. Bainter was a World War II veteran. He volunteered with Seniors Helping Area Residents and Police in Manteca and also with Sons in Retirement. He was preceded in death by his…

Glen Haggin

April 8, 2011 - Glen L. Haggin of Livermore died April 8. He was 82.Haggin was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, Jan. 10, 1929 to Howard L. and Edythe Haggin.He graduated from the University of Iowa and served in the United States Army. He taught school in Iowa before moving…

Norval L. Parker

April 6, 2011 - Norval L. Parker, a Lab retiree and resident of Livermore, died April 6. He was 86.Born July 11, 1924 to Ida (Carmichael) and Derval Parker in Richmond, Calif., he graduated from Richmond High School and attended U.C. Berkeley before serving in the U.S.…

Marvin Jack Gibson

April 5, 2011 - Marvin Jack Gibson, a Lab retiree, died at his home in Livermore April 5, after a short battle with lung cancer He was 77.Gibson was born on March 27, 1934, to Arthur "Van" Gibson and Ollie Rebecca (Mitchell) Gibson in Skarda, N. M.After serving eight…

Laura Gilliom

Laura Gilliom

March 29, 2011 - Laura Gilliom, an analyst in the Lab’s Nuclear Assessment Program (NAP), died March 29, in Livermore. She was 52. Born in Boston, Mass., she was raised in Memphis, Tenn. Gilliom graduated from St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis as valedictorian in…

Shirley Ann (Henley) Darbee

March 13, 2011 - Retiree Shirley Ann (Henley) Darbee of Livermore died March 13 after a long illness.A native Caifornian, Darbee was raised in San Leandro and was a longtime resident of Livermore. During her 25-year Laboratory career, she worked in Storage and Disposal,…

Grace Robeson

March 8, 2011 - Grace Young Robeson, a Lab employee and former Livermore resident, died March 8 in Medford Ore. She was 88.Born Oct. 9, 1922, in Bainville, Mont. to Boyd and Eunice Whisnant, she was the youngest of six children.She married her husband Morrie in 1942 in…

Steven Savage

March 7, 2011 - Steven Thomas Savage, a former lab employee and resident of Castro Valley and Tracy, died March 7. He was 51.Born April 20, 1959, in Oakland, Calif., Savage grew up in Castro Valley where he also raised his family. He worked at the Lab for most of his…

Nancy Howard

March 6, 2011 - Nancy Woodside Howard of Houston, Texas, died May 6, of brain cancer. She was 74.Formerly of Livermore, Howard was born Sept. 8, 1936, in El Paso, Texas, where she grew up. She attended Dudley School and El Paso High School. Howard was raised at the…

Thomas Harper

March 2, 2011 - Thomas L. Harper, a Lab retiree, died Wednesday, March 2, from pancreatic cancer. He was 67.Harper was born May 3, 1943 in Salinas, Calif., to the late Thomas Lawrence and Anne Mae Harper. He attended Sacred Heart School in Salinas and was an Eagle Scout…

John B. Twiss

Feb. 17, 2011 - Long time Hayward resident, John B. Twiss, died Feb. 17, in Hayward. He was 94.Twiss retired from the Lab in 1980 as a sheet metal worker.He is survived by his wife Sylvia; son Dale and wife Carol Twiss of Livermore; daughters Marsha Brigleb and husband…

Manuel Franscisco de Morais

Feb. 14, 2011 - Manuel Franscisco de Morais died Feb. 14 after a long illness. He was 77.Born on July 14, 1933, in Terra Do Pao, Pico, Azores, he lived in Tracy for the past 29 years.De Morais worked as a firefighter for the American Air Force Base in Terceira, Azores…

Dorothy Jeanette Mendoza

Feb. 11, 2011 - Dorothy Jeanette Mendoza, a Lab retiree, died Feb 12. She was 82.Born Dec. 24, 1928, she was raised in Livermore, where she later married Frank Mendoza.Mendoza worked for Water Works in Sunol, at Wente Vineyards in Livermore and at LLNL, where she…

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