Olivette Chinn
March 20, 2009 - Olivette Chinn, a Lab retiree who served as a secretary to two Lab directors, Edward Teller and Michael May, died March 20. She was 94.A resident of Livermore, Chinn was born Sept 5, 1914, in Wichita, Kan. to Francis and Margaret Johnston. She worked at…
George Damoulos
March 7, 2009 - George Michael Damoulos, Livermore resident and former Lab Human Resources deputy director, died March 7 of respiratory failure after a long battle with complications from surgery.Damoulos was born April 4, 1932, in El Paso, Texas to Marguerite and…
Harrison ‘Jack’ Cochran
March 2, 2009 - Harrison “Jack” Cochran, who worked at the Lab during the 1960s, died March 2.A Pleasanton resident, he was born in Melrose Park, Ill., on April 29, 1932. He was a graduate of Kaysville High School in Utah and served in the U.S. Navy from 1948-1953,…
Miles Carl Waggoner
Feb. 26, 2009 - Miles Carl Waggoner, a Lab retiree and longtime Livermore resident, died Feb. 26 after a battle with cancer. He was 83.Born in Ponca City, Okla. on Dec. 9, 1925, to William and Mary Waggoner, he was the youngest of five children. He graduated from Ponca…
Charles Eugene Henderson
Feb. 14, 2009 - Charles Eugene “Chuck” Henderson, a Lab retiree, died Feb. 14 at his home in Klamath Falls, Ore. He was 77.The youngest child of Vern and Mabel (Illian) Henderson, he was born June 25, 1931, in Hot Springs, SD. He was raised in Ontario, Ore. He left…
Oran M. Barlow
Feb. 4, 2009 - Oran M. Barlow, a longtime Pleasanton resident, died Feb. 4. He was 83.Barlow graduated from Berkeley High School and served in the Navy. He worked at and retired from the Lab.His interests included astronomy, music, camping, tomato growing, genealogy…
Robert Lawrence Thorsen
Feb. 2, 2009 - Robert (Bob) Lawrence Thorsen, a Lab retiree and longtime Livermore resident, died Feb. 2 at his home after a long illness. He was 85.After graduating from Fremont High School in Oakland in 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and became a pilot.…
Delores J. Mason
Jan. 30, 2009 - Delores J. (Lopes) Mason, a Lab retiree, died Jan. 30. She was 66.Born Aug. 20, 1942, in Oakland, she graduated from Castro Valley High School in 1960 and received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from California State University East Bay (then…
John Markowski
Jan. 29, 2009 - John Markowski, a Lab retiree, died Jan. 29 at his home in Tracy. He was 60.Born Aug. 24, 1948, to Walter and Julia Markowski in Elizabeth, N.J., he moved to Tracy 17 years ago from Colonia, N.J.Markowski worked for the Lab for 16 years. He was an…
Ruth Amelia Camara
Jan. 24, 2009 - Ruth Amelia Camara died Jan. 24 in Oakland. She was 56 years old.Born in Glendale, Ariz. on Dec. 22, 1952, she was raised in San Leandro and moved to Livermore shortly after graduating from high school. Camara retired from the Lab in 2008 after 28 years…
Sharon Ann Rector
Jan. 24, 2009 - Sharon Ann Rector, a former Lab employee and resident of Livermore, died in her sleep at her home Jan. 24.She is survived by her husband, Jesse Rector.A memorial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Graham-Hitch Mortuary, 4167 First St.,…
Wayne C. Cowden
Jan. 10, 2009 - Wayne Cowden, a Lab retiree, died Jan. 10. He was 78.Born and raised in Colorado, he graduated from Mesa College and Colorado State College of Education. While in school, he participated in track and field and basketball.He served in the U.S. Army Signal…
Dale Edwin Nielsen
Jan. 6, 2009 - Dale Edwin Nielsen, an emeritus associate director who began work as a physicist in the early days of the Laboratory, died Jan. 6 in Sandy, Utah. He was 84.A resident of Midway, Utah, he was born June 23, 1924, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the eighth of nine…
Frank Lego
Dec. 29, 2008 - Frank Peter Lego, a resident of Livermore for 42 years, died Dec. 29. He was 77.Lego was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. At 14, he moved with his family to Los Angeles. He was an Army veteran and was drafted while still a Canadian citizen, receiving…
Bonnie Kay Davidson Heatherly
Dec. 9, 2008 - Bonnie Kay Davidson Heatherly, a resident of Manteca and a Lab retiree, died Dec. 9, at her home in Manteca, after a lengthy illness. She was 54.Heatherly attended elementary school in Hayward and Fremont. She graduated from Livermore High School in 1972…
Bonnie Kay Davidson Heatherly
Dec. 9, 2008 - Bonnie Kay Davidson Heatherly, a resident of Manteca and a Lab retiree, died Dec. 9, at her home in Manteca, after a lengthy illness. She was 54. Heatherly attended elementary school in Hayward and Fremont. She graduated from Livermore High School in…
Catherine Mount
Dec. 5, 2008 - Catherine Mount died Dec. 5 at Windsor Gardens Care Center in Salinas. She was 98.Mount was born June 20, 1910, in Bayside, N.Y. She had worked as a laboratory technician at the Lab.She is survived by sons, James and Penny Mount of Prunedale and Richard…
Joseph Farrington
Nov. 30, 2008 - Joseph Farrington, a Lab retiree, died Nov. 30 at Dameron Hospital in Stockton. He was 84.Born Sept. 11, 1924, in Jefferson, N.C., Farrington lived in Tracy 40 years before moving to Lockeford, Calif. in 2000.He served in the U.S. Navy during World War…
Timothy P. Lekin
Nov. 26, 2008 - Timothy Lekin, a former biomedical scientist at the Lab, died Nov. 26. He was 35.Lekin was the victim of a homicide currently under investigation in Hunt Valley, Md.Born May 15, 1973, in Williamsburg, Va., he graduated from Gilman School in 1991 and the…
Reginald Dennis (Kaaikaula) Wood Sr
Nov. 7, 2008 - Reginald (Kaaikaula) Wood, a former Lab employee, died of cancer at his home in Manteca Nov. 7. He was 73.Wood was born Dec. 28, 1934, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was raised in Hayward, Calif., attended Hayward High School and Chabot College, and served in…
