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…
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…
Wilfredo (Willy) P. Arcebal
May 28, 2010 - Wilfredo (Willy) P. Arcebal, died May 28. He was 59.Born to Maria Pascua and the late Quiterio Arcebal on Oct. 12, 1950, in Sampaloc Manila, Philippines, he arrived in the United States in 1959 and resided in Vallejo, Calif., with Maria and Claro Somera.…
Neil Lascurettes
May 24, 2010 - Neil Warner Lascurettes, a resident of Livermore, died May 24 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 79.Lascurettes was born Jan. 8, 1931. He graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in engineering and then received an MBA…
Gerald Roy Baxter
May 24, 2010 - Mechanical engineer and metallurgist Gerald Roy Baxter, a Lab retiree and a 50-year Livermore resident, died May 24, in Walnut Creek, after a brief illness. He was 88.He was born in Edmonton, Alberta on Nov. 1, 1921, to Roy and Hazel Baxter during the…
Elliott Amon
May 16, 2010 - Elliott (Al) Woodrow Amon, a Lab retiree formerly of Walnut Creek, died May 16, in Roseville, Calif. He was 87.Born in Mercer, Pa., he graduated from high school in 1940. During his high school years, he worked as the janitor for the U.S. Post Office and…
William W. Richardson
May 14, 2010 - William W. Richardson died May 14, at his home in Oakdale, Calif. He was 65.Born in October 1944, he served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1970.He retired in 2004 from the Lab, where he worked in Computation for more than 33 years.He was a volunteer for the…
George Turpin
May 13, 2010 - George Turpin, a resident of Antioch, died May 13. He was 92.Born on Dec. 15, 1918, in Patoka, Ind., Turpin was a maintenance worker at the Lab for 25 years.He enjoyed fishing, gardening and taking care of his car. He served in the U.S. Army. Turpin was…
Edwin Arionus
May 9, 2010 - Edwin Arionus, a Lab retiree and resident of Spearfish, S. D. died May 9. He was 81.Born to Edwin and Mildred (Nelson) Arionus Sr., on Oct. 8, 1928, he attended school in Lead, S.D. until the age of 13 and moved to California with his parents to work in…
Dave Hare
May 8, 2010 - Dave Hare died May 8. Hare joined the Lab as a member of the shock physics group in H Division and participated in many experiments at the gas gun facility. He was a major contributor to diagnostic development at the High Explosives Application Facility…
Philip Dale Rule
May 7, 2010 - Philip Dale Rule, a resident of Concord, Calif., died May 7, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 70.Born Jan. 21, 1940, he was one of two sons of Charles and Palmira Rule. He was raised and attended schools in Jackson, Calif., and…
James Herbert Foote
May 3, 2010 - James Herbert Foote, a long-time resident of Livermore and a Lab retiree, died May 3. He was 80.Born in Tacoma, Wash., on Dec. 13, 1929, he resided in Livermore for almost 50 years. He also lived in Snohomish, Wash. and in Santa Paula, Walnut Creek, and…
Margaret M. Elliott
April 25, 2010 - Margaret M. Elliott, a longtime Tracy resident, died April 25, at the Alexander Cohen Hospice House in Hughson. She was 52.Born July 7, 1957, in Sun Valley, Elliott was raised on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Reservation in Roberts County, S.D. She moved…
Edward Erwin
April 24, 2010 - Edward Wilson Erwin died April 24 in Fremont, Calif. He was 93.Born Sept. 1, 1916, in Philadelphia, Pa., he was the youngest of nine children.He served in the U.S. Navy for 10 years and in the U.S. Naval Reserve.He was married to Geraldine Miller Erwin…
John Toman
April 23, 2010 - Col. John Toman, a resident of Pleasanton and a Lab retiree, died April 23. He was 79.Born May 5, 1930, in Scranton, Pa., he graduated from Girard College in Philadelphia and from the West Point Military Academy in 1953. He was assigned to the Army Corps…
Beverly Diane Cervone
April 23, 2010 - Beverly Diane Wheeler Cervone, a Lab retiree, died April 23. She was 81.Cervone was born Sept. 18, 1928, to Lora Irene Swisher Wheeler and James Knox Polk Raney Benjamin Wheeler, in Hoopeston, Ill.She married Tony Cervone in September 1949 and lived in…
Shirley Baak
April 20, 2010 - Shirley Mae Baak a longtime resident of Livermore, died April 20 in Cupertino after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 80.Baak and her husband, Herbert Baak, lived in Livermore from 1965 to 1984 and both worked at LLNL — Herbert as an…
Alfred Martin Ban
April 20, 2010 - Alfred Martin Ban died April 20. He was 87.Born in San Francisco on Aug. 29, 1923, to Martino Damjanovich and Ella Rostrela, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II.In the 1960s, he bought his house in Calistoga and enjoyed tending his vineyard,…
Robert Routh
April 18, 2010 - Robert W. Routh, a Livermore resident and Lab retiree, died April 18. He was 90.Born Sept. 18, 1919, in New York, he was the second son of James and Caroline Routh. He was raised in San Diego and lived the last 53 years in Livermore.Routh, along with his…
Robert A. Hansen
April 14, 2010 - Retired Cmdr. Robert A. Hansen of Manteca, died April 14, at his home. He was 81.Born Feb. 24, 1929, in Modesto, to Alvin and Bess Hansen, he was raised along with his sister in Ripon. He received his associate’s degree from Modesto Junior College, and…
