Arthur J. McAlice
Feb. 24, 2025 - Arthur J McAlice died Feb. 22, 2025. He was 92. McAlice was born in Rhode Island, and after his tour in the United States Navy, relocated to California. He was an electrical engineer who started at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in 1960.…
Delbert Wright
Feb. 13, 2025 - Delbert Wright passed on Sunday, Jan 26, 2025. He was 88. Wright was a longtime Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee. A longtime colleague offered a comment, having worked so closely with him over the years: his death comes not as a surprise…
Robert Wesley Taylor
Feb. 12, 2025 - Robert Wesley Taylor died Nov. 1, 2024. He was 92. Taylor earned a degree in chemistry from California State University, Berkeley before pursuing a doctor of philosophy in geochemistry at Pennsylvania State University. His sharp mind took him across…
Lawrence H. Thompson
Feb. 11, 2025 - Lawrence H. “Larry” Thompson, died Dec. 16, 2024. He was 83. Thompson was born on July 22, 1941, in Tyler, Texas. He graduated from John Tyler High School and went on to earn a B.S. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin. While his early…
Joseph Mazrimas
Jan. 28, 2025 - Joseph Mazrimas died Dec. 27, 2024. He was 87. The eldest of four children, Mazrimas was born to Joseph and Mary Mazrimas on Sept. 22, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. After high school, he received his undergraduate degree from Boston College before…
Joseph C. Behne Jr.
Jan. 23, 2025 - Joseph C. Behne Jr. died Jan. 4, 2025. He was 97. Behne was born in Abilene, Texas to Joseph C. Behne Sr. and Peggy Behne. He attended Lee Elementary School in Abilene prior to the family relocating to Dallas. There he attended Woodrow Wilson, Grenier…
Reynold Valentine
Jan. 22, 2025 - Reynold Valentine died Dec. 21, 2024. He was 81. Valentine was born to John and Marguerite Valentine. He started his career with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the Machinist Apprenticeship Program managed by the University of California in…
Howard Allen Scott
Jan. 16, 2025 - Howard Allen Scott died Nov. 25, 2024. He was 69. Scott was born to Harold and Naomi Scott, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, one of four brothers. He graduated in 1975 from Dartmouth College, majoring in math and physics, and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa…
William Walter Simmons
Jan. 15, 2025 - William Walter Simmons died Sept. 28, 2024. Simmons attended Austin High School in Chicago, Illinois and received a bachelor degree in physics in 1953 from Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He diligently continued his studies at the University…
Estelle Pabis Miller
Dec. 3, 2024 - Estelle Pabis Miller died Nov. 16, 2024. She was 76. Miller was born Sept. 9, 1948, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Adam and Stasia Pabis. She spent her childhood in Ontario, California. During high school, she managed bookkeeping at her father’s Jimmie…
Lee Davisson
Nov. 25, 2024 - Lee Davisson died Sept. 6, 2024. He was 62. Davisson was born to David and Billie Davisson on Sept. 1, 1962 in Indianapolis, Indiana. During his childhood, he had a newspaper route. After spending his childhood in Indianapolis, he graduated from high…
Jason Lee Umbarger
Nov. 18, 2024 - Jason Lee Umbarger died Oct. 9, 2024. He was 43. Umbarger was born on Sept. 10, 1981. He was a graduate of Granada High School, class of 2000 and attended Laney Jr. College. He dedicated his career to technical expertise, working as an HVAC…
Karen Cullinan Phillips
Nov. 12, 2024 - Karen Cullinan Phillips died Oct. 19, 2024. She was 90. Phillips was born in Washington on Oct. 18, 1934, to John Thomas Cullinan and Virginia Ystad Wheatley of Oregon. She grew up and attended boarding school at St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Spokane,…
Anthony Ray Ybarra
Nov. 11, 2024 - Anthony Ray Ybarra died Oct. 16, 2024. He was 59. Ybarra passed away peacefully surrounded by an outpouring of love from his family after a courageous fight with cancer. Ybarra and his twin brother Alex were born Feb. 3, 1965, to Ruben and…
Allen Leigh Kuhl
Oct. 29, 2024 - Allen Leigh Kuhl died Oct. 13, 2024. He was 79. Kuhl was born on Feb. 9, 1945, in Mankato, Minnesota, to Leonard and Ardis Kuhl. Before high school, his family moved to San Carlos, California, where he attended Junipero Serra Catholic High School. His…
Eva Elizabeth Kohot
Oct. 23, 2024 - Eva Elizabeth Kohot died Aug. 25, 2024. She was 74. Kohot was born on July 10, 1950, in Oakland, California to John and Olga Kohot. She graduated from Granada High School and went on to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo earning a…
John Arthur Flam
Oct. 23, 2024 - John Arthur Flam died July 4, 2024. He was 84. Flam was an Air Force veteran. After his discharge, he was hired by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the late 1960s and assigned as a mechanical technician at the Nuclear Explosives Assembly…
Mary Ann Ruth (Mansigh) Karlsen
Oct. 3, 2024 - Mary Ann Ruth (Mansigh) Karlsen died Aug. 28, 2024. She was 91. Mary Ann Ruth (Mansigh) Karlsen was born Sept. 12, 1932, in rural Otter Tail County, Minnesota. She was raised by her parents, Esther and John. She was the valedictorian when she graduated…
Robert (Bob) D. Gibson Jr.
Sept. 26, 2024 - Robert (Bob) D. Gibson Jr. died June 13, 2020. He was 66. Gibson was born to Robert Dean Gibson and Doris Mamie Gibson on March 24, 1954, In Norwalk, California. He attended San Ramon High School and graduated in 1972 and then attended to Diablo…
Charles “Chuck” William Meier
Sept. 24, 2024 - Charles “Chuck” William Meier died Aug. 27, 2024. He was 88. Meier was born May 18, 1936, in Batavia, New York. He graduated from LaSalle High School and earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. While in college…
