Ashton O’Donnell
July 28, 2010 - Ashton J. (Ash) O’Donnell, who worked on the atomic bomb during World War II and later helped to develop nuclear power for civic uses, died July 28, in San Rafael, Calif. He was 89. O’Donnell was born April 7, 1921, and grew up in Helena, Mont. He was…
Jack S. Steller
July 27, 2010 - Jack S. Steller died July 27 at his home in Berkeley. He was 88.Born Sept. 2, 1921, near Chicago, his family later moved to Pasadena, Calif., arriving during the great crash of 1929. Though his family felt the strain of the depression, he was able to…
Jack Steller
July 27, 2010 - Jack S. Steller, a 28-year Lab physicist retiree, died July 27 at his home in Berkeley. He was 88.Steller graduated in 1943 from Pomona College with majors in physics, chemistry and math, and married Sally Ellis, a classmate.After brief jobs developing…
Margaret P. Bowers
July 19, 2010 - Lab retiree Margaret P. Bowers, a resident of Pleasanton, died July 19. She was 89.Born Aug. 15, 1921, in Rock Springs, Wyo., she moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s where she earned her degree from Woodbury College. During that time, she met and…
Gordon S. Smith
July 19, 2010 - Gordon S. Smith, a Livermore resident for more than 47 years and a Lab retiree, died July 19 at Valley Care Medical Center. He was 82.Born June 10, 1928, he was the son of Blanche and Paul Smith of Kirkwood, Mo.He graduated from Washington University in…
Ellen Placas
July 16, 2010 - Ellen Placas, a longtime Livermore resident, died July 16. She was 89.Placas worked at the Lab as a non-destructive testing engineer until her retirement at the age of 65. She was one of the first women to work at the Lab in a non-secretarial position.…
Alex Yawornisky
July 2, 2010 - Alex Yawornisky, a Lab retiree, died July 2, after a five-year battle with cancer.A 30-year Lab employee, he retired in 1990 from construction management.Yawornisky devoted more than 40 years to Little League Baseball, 25 of which were carried out at the…
James M. LeBlanc
June 30, 2010 - James M. LeBlanc, a retired B Division physicist and resident of Livermore, died June 30. He was 85.Born Feb. 27, 1925, in Paducah, Ky., he grew up in Monroe, La. His interest in science led him to finish high school and begin higher education at the age…
John R. Kimlinger
June 30, 2010 - John R. Kimlinger of Sonora died June 30. He was 78.Kimlinger was born Sept. 26, 1931. He was a computer scientist at the Lab for 32 years and lived in Tuolumne County for 20 years.He is survived by his wife, Emily of Sonora.No services are planned.
Ervin Kenneth Hulet
June 29, 2010 - Ervin Kenneth Hulet (Ken), a noted Laboratory nuclear chemist whose accomplishments include discovering a new element, died June 29 of lung cancer at his home in Diablo, Calif. He was 84.Born May 7, 1926, in Baker, Ore., Hulet grew up in eastern Oregon…
Adrian C. van Dyk
June 29, 2010 - Adrian C. van Dyk died at his home in San Jose on June 29. He was 88.Born in Lewiston, Idaho, on Sept. 6 1921, to Adrian M. van Dyk and Francine (Zuur) van Dyk, he attended Lewiston High School and upon graduation boarded a train headed south to…
Doralee Marie Cardoza
June 27, 2010 - Doralee Marie Cardoza, a lifetime resident of Livermore, died June 27. She was 75.Born Feb. 18, 1935, she attended Fifth Street Elementary School and graduated from Livermore High School in 1952. She was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church.Cardoza…
Paul Ricky Rodriguez
June 27, 2010 - Services for Paul Ricky Rodriguez, who died June 27, will be held today (July 2) at 11:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 500 Fairview Avenue, Brentwood.A complete obituary will follow.
Chris Calsoyas
June 16, 2010 - Chris Calsoyas, a physicist who worked at the Lab during the 1950s, died June 16 at his home in Angwin, Calif.Born in San Francisco to Greek immigrant parents, he attended Gallileo High School and graduated from UC Berkeley with a Ph.D. in economics in…
Max Sharpe
June 12, 2010 - Lab retiree Max Sharpe died June 12. He was 88.Born in Detroit, Mich. on Dec. 3, 1921, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, and served for 22 years. Sharpe was a veteran of World War II as well as the Korean War and received many awards and…
Robert Eugene Sheaffer
June 8, 2010 - Robert Sheaffer died June 8 in Mt. Angel, Ore. He was 84.Born Dec. 2, 1925, in Harrisburg, Pa., to a family of 10 siblings, he enlisted in the Navy during World War II and served on a submarine as the ship's cook. Upon his return to civilian life,…
Joseph Michael Brown
June 8, 2010 - Lab retiree Joseph Michael Brown died June 8 in Lathrop, Calif. He was 64.Brown was born Sept. 26, 1945, in Stockton. He lived in Lathrop for five years and had previously lived in Tracy.He retired from the Lab as a maintenance supervisor. He was a…
Richard Adelmann Jr.
June 1, 2010 - Richard Adelmann Jr., died June 1 at his home in Los Altos. He was 93.Born Oct. 20, 1916, Adelmann was a native of Boise, Idaho. He moved to San Francisco in 1939 where he met his future wife Eugenia (Penny) Penick.He joined the Navy and served in World…
Theodore Clemenceau Stewart
June 1, 2010 - Theodore Clemenceau Stewart of Oakland, who worked at the Lab as an electronics technician and supervisor for more than 20 years, died June 1 at the Orinda Convalescent and Rehabilitation Hospital. He was 90.Born in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 28, 1920, he…
Robert (Bob) H. Falk
May 29, 2010 - Robert (Bob) Falk, a resident of Danville, Calif. who worked in the machine shop at the Lab for a number of years, died May 29, following a number of debilitating strokes and associated complications. He was 93.Falk was born Nov. 24, 1917, and raised in…
