Andrew “Andy” Lee Jorgensen
April 24, 2024 - Andrew “Andy” Lee Jorgensen passed away on February 3, 2024. He was 93. In 1955, Andy Jorgensen joined the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and met his future wife Mar. Schedules put them together at the Nevada nuclear test site. Andy Jorgensen retired…
Tammy L. Stankovich
April 16, 2024 - Tammy L. Stankovich died April 6. She was 61. Stankovich was born July 4, 1962, in Castro Valley, California to Rose and Albert Marks. She worked for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 31 years. She started in January 1991 in Security and made…
Charles Francis Smith
April 15, 2024 - Charles Francis Smith died March 26. He was 87. Smith grew up in Whiting, Indiana. He attended college at Purdue University. He graduated in 1958 with a bachelor of science in chemistry and then went on to earn his master of science in chemistry in…
Marjorie Ruth Leider
April 8, 2024 - Marjorie Ruth Leider died March 16. She was 91. Leider was born on June 20, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois. She attended the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in chemistry. She went to work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as one of…
Donald Merle McDougall
April 3, 2024 - Donald Merle McDougall died March 29. He was 89. McDougall was born Dec. 28, 1934, in Newberg, Oregon, the son of Merle and Myrtle (Ingraham) McDougall. He graduated from Taft High School in Lincoln City, Oregon in 1953. He went on to study electronics…
Leonard Alvin Lawson, Jr.
March 28, 2024 - Leonard Alvin Lawson, Jr. died on Feb. 14. He was 90. Lawson was born in Ukiah, California on Jan. 15, 1934 to Leonard Alvin Lawson, Sr. and Mary Elise Hiatt. He graduated from Marysville High School, then attended Yuba College before serving in the U.…
Barbara Lee Bascom
March 27, 2024 - Barbara Lee Bascom died March 2. She was 92. Bascom was born to Thelma and Robert Pedro in Redwood City, California on June 3, 1931. She graduated from Heald Business College, attended San Jose State University, and earned a paralegal certification from…
Bonnie Joyce Hughes (Welch)
March 13, 2024 - Bonnie Joyce Hughes (Welch) died Feb. 22. She was 83. Hughes was born on Dec. 6, 1940, in Stockton, California. She started her career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1959, where she worked for more than 30 years. She is survived by her…
Calvin George André
March 12, 2024 - Calvin George André died Jan. 26. He was 99. André was born on Aug. 1, 1924, and grew up in South Dakota. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 where his training took him to University of California, Berkeley. After the war, he settled in the Bay Area…
Hoyt Walker
March 7, 2024 - Hoyt Walker died Feb. 15. He was 72. Walker was born in Portland, Oregon, and attended Grant High School. He earned three bachelor's degrees in math, physics, and computer science at Oregon State University. He later earned two master's degrees in…
Rose Marie “Cookie” Sefcik
March 5, 2024 - Rose Marie “Cookie” Sefcik died Feb. 12. She was 68. Sefcik was born in Patterson, California on Nov. 26, 1955, to Miguel and Lucy Granillo and lived in Vernalis where she attended Rising Sun School. She attended Patterson High school and graduated…
George Donald Kramer
March 1, 2024 - George Donald Kramer died Feb. 10. He was 89. Kramer was born in Covington, Kentucky, on October 28, 1934, he was the youngest child of George and Rose Kramer. He was a graduate from Covington Latin School, Thomas More University and received a…
Robin Jane Goldstone
Feb. 29, 2024 - Robin Jane Goldstone died Feb. 22. She was 60. Goldstone was born April 14,1963, as the eldest child of parents Saul and Rhoda Goldstone. She attended California State University, Chico (CSUC) and graduated with a master of science degree in computer…
John TenBrook Rambo
Feb. 28, 2024 - John TenBrook Rambo died Feb. 8. He was 87. Rambo was born in Port Angeles, Washington on Sept. 26, 1936 to William Huber Rambo and Nell Anne Rambo (nee TenBrook). He attended Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon. Later finishing high…
Ronald Paul Koopman
Feb. 8, 2024 - Ronald Paul Koopman died Jan. 21. He was 80. Koopman was born on March 15, 1943, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Paul and Ilah Koopman. He graduated in 1961 from Ottawa High School. At the University of Michigan, he majored in mechanical engineering. He…
Charles (Chuck) Lincoln Folkers
Feb. 1, 2024 - Charles (Chuck) Lincoln Folkers died Nov. 14. He was 93. Folkers was born July 12, 1930, in Ackley, Iowa. He attended Ackley public schools, graduating in 1948. He attended Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa, majoring in ceramic engineering. He enrolled…
Sam Chakires
Jan. 25, 2024 - Sam Chakires died Dec. 25. He was 93. Chakires was born in 1930 to Christopher and Matina Chakires. He attended Fifth Street School and graduated from Livermore High School in 1948. After graduation, he worked in the carpentry field and helped build a…
Ray Finucane
Jan. 18, 2024 - Ray Finucane died Dec. 28. He was 80. Finucane served in Vietnam as a highly decorated Marine fighter pilot. He then received his masters degree in mechanical engineering at University of California, Los Angeles. He began his professional career at…
Kyran "Kim" Mish
Jan. 11, 2024 - Kyran "Kim" Mish died Dec. 8. He was 70. Mish was born Dec. 13, 1952, to Gloria V. Mish-Thompson and James I. Mish in Muskegon, Michigan. He earned his doctor of philosophy in engineering at California State University Davis in 1987. Then he joined…
Phillip Paul
Jan. 9, 2024 - Phillip Paul died June 18. He was 69. Paul earned his doctor of philosophy from Stanford University and spent 10 years at Sandia National Laboratories before becoming a chief engineer in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Bio program in…
