David D. Rabb
Jan. 26, 2010 - David D. Rabb died Jan. 26 in Modesto. He was 94.Born Aug. 1, 1915, in Denver, Colo., he was raised in Globe, Ariz. He attended the University of Arizona, graduating in 1939. He served in the Army in World War II and retired as a Lt. Col. in 1977.Rabb…
Albert Marks ‘Buzz’ Tullis
Jan. 22, 2010 - Albert Marks “Buzz” Tullis died at his home in Aptos, Calif., after a brave battle with cancer. He was 87.Tullis served his country during World War II. He worked at LLNL as an electrical engineer for 27 years.He had a love of gardening, especially roses…
Charles W. Day
Jan. 21, 2010 - Charles W. Day, who worked during the early days of the Lab as a welder, died Jan. 21. He was 87.Born May 25, 1922, in Lafayette, Tenn. to Cecil G. and Grace J. Day, he moved to Alameda, Calif. with his family when he was two. He later moved to the…
Judy Podesta
Jan. 19, 2010 - Judy Podesta, a long time resident of Livermore, died Jan. 19. She was 62.Born in Missoula, Mont., on Jan. 6, 1948, she was one of four daughters of Frances and Lowell Shepard. The family moved several times from Montana to Arizona, Southern California…
Leland H. Wright Sr.
Jan. 17, 2010 - Leland Heiner Wright Sr. died Jan. 17. He was 92.Born Sep. 24, 1917, in Ogden, Utah to Sanford Bingham and Viola Heiner Wright, he married his high school sweetheart, Margret Paine on Nov. 29, 1940, in the Salt Lake Temple.Wright was a graduate of Utah…
Max William Biggs
Jan. 14, 2010 - Dr. Max William Biggs, a medical director of the Laboratory from 1955-1980, died Jan. 14. He was 89.Born Aug. 4, 1920, in Cleveland, Ohio, he grew up near Akron, Ohio and graduated from Stowe High School.He graduated from Depauw University, where he…
O. Clinton Kolar Jr.
Jan. 12, 2010 - O. Clinton Kolar Jr., a Lab retiree and resident of Corvallis, Ore. died Jan. 12. Born in Southgate, Caif., in 1928, he was the only son of Oscar Sr. and Elizabeth Kolar. Kolar grew up in Los Angeles spending a lot of time with his large extended…
Lillie E. Mitchell
Jan. 10, 2010 - Lillie E. Mitchell, a Lab retiree, died of cancer Jan. 10, in Salinas Memorial Hospital. She was 78.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 16, 1931, she was the daughter of George and Frances Mitchell. She had lived and worked in Ontario, New York…
Charles Joseph Pass
Jan. 3, 2010 - Charles “Charlie” Joseph Pass, a Lab retiree, died from a stroke on Jan. 3. He was 86.Pass was born in Los Angeles on June 20, 1923. He served honorably during World War II aboard a destroyer as a sonar operator.He joined the Lab in the 1950s and worked…
Jack L. Garibaldi
Dec. 21, 2009 - Jack L. Garibaldi, a long time Pleasanton resident and Lab retiree died Dec. 21. He was 74.Born Aug. 17, 1935, in San Jose, he graduated from Amador Valley High in 1953.After serving in the Army for two years, he went to work on the Southern Pacific…
Glendon Benson
Dec. 20, 2009 - Glendon M. Benson, a resident of Danville and former mechanical engineer, died Dec. 20 at the Bruns House in Alamo.Born May 16, 1932, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Leonard Elsworth Benson and Esther Victoria (Nelson) Benson, he attended school there and was…
Rodney James Garcia
Dec. 18, 2009 - Rodney James Garcia, a former Lab employee, died at his home in Oakdale, Dec. 18. He was 42.Born Nov. 26, 1967, in Walnut Creek to Miguel Garcia and Kathy Polzin, he grew up in Tracy and moved to Oakdale in 2003 to raise his family.Garcia’s career…
Richard G. Thomas Jr.
Dec. 15, 2009 - Former senior Lab physicist Richard G. Thomas Jr. of Houston died Dec. 15. He was 86.A graduate of Phyllis Wheatley High School, he received a bachelor’s degree from Hampton Institute, a master’s degree from Columbia University, a Ph.D. from the…
Jean Webb-Sherrell
Dec. 11, 2009 - Jean Webb-Sherrell, of Las Vegas, Nev., a Lab retiree, died Dec. 11. She was 72.Born March 16, 1937, in Lake Providence, La., she was a 53-year resident of Nevada.Webb-Sherrell was employed with REECO, and then at the Nevada Test Site for 29 years. From…
Joan P. Accardo
Dec. 3, 2009 - Joan P. Accardo, a Pleasanton resident and Lab retiree, died Dec. 3, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was 62.Born in Oakland, she graduated from San Lorenzo High School in 1965. She recently retired from the Lab after 25 years.Over the years…
Christopher Law-Rence Anderson
Dec. 3, 2009 - Christopher Law-Rence Anderson, a former Lab employee, died Dec. 3 at home while under hospice care. He was 47.Born Feb. 16, 1962, in Turlock to C.L. Dux Anderson and Linda Anderson, he attended Turlock schools and graduated from Turlock High in 1980.He…
Alfred C. Marsh
Nov. 27, 2009 - Retiree Alfred C. Marsh died at his home in San Lorenzo, Nov. 27. He was 91.Born April 4, 1918, he was raised on a farm in Beebe, Ark. He came to the Bay Area in the early 1940s and worked in the shipyards until after the war. He became a journeyman…
James (Jim) Albert Gray
Nov. 22, 2009 - James (Jim) Albert Gray died Nov. 22, after a two and one-half year battle with cancer. He was 78.Born Feb. 24, 1931, in Ventura, Calif. to Rollin and Ethel Gray, he served two years in the U. S. Army and graduated from San Jose State College in 1955.He…
Frederick S. Blanchard
Nov. 20, 2009 - Lab retiree Frederick Blanchard died Nov. 20 from complications of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 92.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on Aug. 3, 1917, he moved with his family to California when he was six years old. He met and married his wife,…
Doretha Walker
Nov. 16, 2009 - Doretha Agnes Walker, a resident of Brentwood, Calif. died Nov. 16. She was 83.Born Jan. 13, 1926, in Nashville, N.C., she graduated from Enfield High School in Enfield, N.C. She married William Blond Walker Jr. Oct. 6, 1945 in Virginia.Walker was a…
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