Obituaries

Raymond G. Elmore

LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a Florida resident who was recently visiting Los Alamos and is presumed missing since early Monday morning.

Police are searching for 44-year-old male Raymond G. Elmore. Elmore was last known to be driving a red 2021 Toyota 4 Runner with Illinois plate FP78051.

Elmore is 6’2” tall and weighs 200 lbs. with hazel eyes.

“We are concerned for the welfare and whereabouts of Mr. Elmore,” Deputy Chief Oliver Morris said. “We ask the public to please call the Los Alamos Police Department Consolidated Read More

WALTER A. STARK Jr. Jan. 6, 2023

Walter A Stark Jr., passed away peacefully in his apartment in Santa Fe amongst his closest family Jan. 6, 2023 after over a year battling cancer. 

Known since childhood as ‘Hootie’ to friends and family alike, Walt enjoyed a wonderful life that continually connected him to New Mexico. Raised in Las Vegas NM, Walt was an undergrad at Princeton and earned his PhD at Berkeley. His degrees took him back to NM to employment in Albuquerque in 1967, where he met his wife, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Brown. Moving to Los Alamos in 1973, the couple raised their son Chris and built a deep Read More

MICHAEL SCOTT WARREN Oct. 10, 1966 – Feb. 17, 2023

Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, Michael Scott Warren, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 56 from complications of cancer treatment. Mike was born Oct. 10, 1966, in Sacramento, California to Thomas and Lois (Bahr) Warren. He grew up in South Dakota. He received degrees in Physics and Engineering & Applied Science from Caltech and a PhD in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Mike’s work spanned many disciplines, with the recurring theme of developing and applying advanced software and computing technology to Read More

DOROTHY E. ALEXANDER Feb. 17, 2023

Dorothy E. Alexander of Casa Grande, AZ, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2023 at the age of 82.

Dorothy or Dottye as she was well known to all her friends, married Roger DiCamillo Sr. in 1960 and a few years later, had their son Roger.

Dottye had a very successful career with the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Computer Security Facility, and in the spring of 1986 remarried to Kenneth Alexander of Farmington.

From Los Alamos to Belen and finally settling down in Casa Grande, where they met some wonderful friends and enjoyed a happy loving retirement Read More

MANNY MARTINEZ Nov. 19, 1989 – Feb. 10, 2023

The family of Manuelito “Manny” Martinez announces the untimely loss of our beloved son, grandson, nephew, cousin, and friend. Manny passed away unexpectedly, in Los Alamos, February 10, 2023.

Manny was born in Santa Fe, raised in Santa Cruz, NM, attended school, resided and worked in Los Alamos. Growing up Manny was active in scouts, band, school clubs, football, rugby, chess, photography, squires and many, many other clubs/activities in Los Alamos, Española and Santa Fe. LA Youth football is where the name “Manny” came to be by Coach Cardon the day Read More

KIMBERLY ANN MCDONALD AMMONS 1958 – Feb. 12, 2023

Feb. 12, 2023, Kimberly Ann McDonald Ammons, loving wife and mother of three children, passed away at the age of 64.

Kimberly was born in Fort Bragg Army Medical Hospital in North Carolina in 1958. Daughter of the late Juanita and John Concannon.

Survived by her husband, Arrandle (Randy) Ammons, three siblings: Danny and Kelly McDonald and Marnie Concannon. A wonderful mother to three children: Heather, Breanna, and Johnathan Ammons. A loving daughter-in-law to Nathan Ammons Sr.

At one time an Accounting Manager at Tech Source in Los Alamos. Read More

LOIS ANN PRICHARD June 13, 1949 – Feb. 8, 2023

After 15 years of enduring and fighting carcinoid cancer Lois Ann Prichard passed away Feb. 8, 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A graveside service will be held in Provo, Utah Feb. 23, 2023. In Lieu of any flowers please send a donation to New Mexico Cancer Center in Albuquerque.

She had a passion for trout fishing, especially the streams in the Jemez Mountains, teaching young children, working in cub scouts and teaching young boys how to do fun things, growing a garden – vegetable and flowers, and painting and sketching, often landscapes and scenes Read More

ELBERT WAYNE COLSTON Dec. 11, 1938 – Feb. 15, 2023

Elbert Wayne Colston, 84, passed away at home surrounded by family, on February 15, 2023 in Oak Ridge, NC. Elbert was born on December 11, 1938, in Cardwell, MO, to Price and Gladys (Lowe) Colston.

Elbert graduated from Hadley Technical High School in St. Louis, MO. He met his wife Carolyn in St. Louis, and they were married on August 26, 1957, in Corinth, Mississippi. Elbert and Carolyn were happily married for 65 years.

In 1961, Elbert and Carolyn moved to Los Alamos, NM, where Elbert began a new job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Their two Read More

RUBY HELEN (BURKE) MEADERS March 5, 1921–Jan. 31, 2023

Ruby passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of January 31, 2023 to reunite with her beloved husband James (Jim) John Meaders (1919–1984).

Ruby was born on March 5, 1921 in Knowlton, Wisconsin. She was the oldest of two children born to Tillie Hartmann and her 2^nd husband Leon Burke; the family also had four older children from Tillie’s first husband, Max Kujawski, who died in 1917.

Ruby was a happy child, despite some extreme challenges. At age two she contracted Scarlet Fever. The illness robbed her of the hearing in her Read More

GLORIA S. STARNER (Lazarus) July 6, 1942 – Feb. 17, 2023

Gloria S. Starner (Lazarus), long time Los Alamos resident, passed away early Friday morning, February 17, 2023, at Aspen Ridge Lodge in Los Alamos, NM.

Gloria was born July 6, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY to Jack & Fay Schuster. She graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in Elementary Education and worked for a couple years as an Elementary School teacher in New York and Idaho.

Gloria and her former husband, Michael Lazarus then moved to Los Alamos in 1968 where they raised two children, Laurie and Mark. Gloria continued her schooling in mathematics Read More

TERRY ROBINSON Aug. 18, 1942 – Feb. 11, 2023

Terrance “Terry” Dee Robinson of Placitas, NM passed away peacefully at home on February 11, 2023, at the age of 80 years.

Terry was born on August 18th, 1942, in Carlsbad, NM. Terry enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandkids. He also enjoyed bowling, refereeing soccer, skiing, woodworking, fixing everything broken, reading, studying history, visiting national parks, and hot air ballooning.

Terry graduated from New Mexico State University and went on to an illustrious 36-year career in mechanical engineering working at Pantex Read More

IRMA FLORENCE MARQUEZ NORRIS Jan. 11, 1932 – Feb. 8, 2023

Chiquita pero picosa was how many knew Irma Florence Marquez Norris. Born and reared in Los Pachecos, a hamlet in Rio Arriba County, Irma was the youngest of four children, three daughters and a son born to Anita Bustos Marquez and Jose Marquez, on January 11, 1932.

Irma died at her Santa Fe home on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. She was 91.

Fond memories of growing up in Northern New Mexico, hard work on the family homeplace, a profound sense of community and a deep love of her extended family were always guiding principles in her life. As a child Read More

SERVERO ‘SLIM’ GONZALES July 2, 1929 – Jan. 31, 2023

Severo “Slim” Gonzales, 93, Espanola, passed away Jan. 31 of natural causes.

He was Born in Espanola, July 2, 1929. The Son of Bences Gonzales and Ernestina Romero Gonzales. He is preceded by: Donald (son), Victor and Raymond (Brothers), and Lauren Noell (sister).

Severo is survived by his Wife of 67 years, Aurora, two Sons, Glenn (Espanola) and David (Boston MA), Sisters, Stephanie Cruz (Boulder CO), Theresa McClendon (Newton, KS). Grandchildren, Andrea and Kristen (Loveland, CO), Elias, Elena and Bryan (Espanola) and Amanda (Santa Read More

DONALD L. UPHAM  Aug. 19, 1932 – Feb. 1, 2023

Don Upham, a longtime resident of Los Alamos, passed away suddenly in Santa Fe Feb. 1, 2023, due to complications resulting from a fall. He was 90 years old.

The youngest of seven children, Don was born at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 to Clifford and Marie Upham on a farm near Buchanan, Michigan. As with all in his family, he helped with the day-to-day running of the farm when not in school. A voracious reader from a young age, he had an innate curiosity in all topics and spent one summer of his youth reading each volume of the family encyclopedia from Read More

SEVERO GONZALES July 2, 1929 – Jan. 31, 2023

Severo “Slim” Gonzales, 93, Española, passed away on January 31, 2023, of natural causes.

He was born in Española, NM on July 2, 1929. The Son of Bences Gonzales and Ernestina Romero Gonzales. He is preceded by: Donald (son), Victor and Raymond (Brothers), and Lauren Noell (sister).

Severo is survived by his Wife of 67 years, Aurora, two Sons, Glenn (Espanola) and David (Boston MA), Sisters, Stephanie Cruz (Boulder CO), Theresa McClendon (Newton, KS). Grandchildren, Andrea and Kristen (Loveland, CO), Elias, Elena and Bryan (Espanola) and Amanda Read More

NANCY L. HOLDERMAN WARNES Dec. 11, 1933 – Feb. 1, 2023

Nancy L. Holderman Warnes passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at La Vida Llena Life Care Retirement Community in Albuquerque, NM.

Nancy was born Dec. 11, 1933, in Mishawaka, IN. She married her high school sweetheart, Dick Warnes, June 11, 1955. They raised their two children, Bill Warnes and Linda Penaloza, in Los Alamos, where they lived until moving to Albuquerque in 2004.

Nancy retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Budget Division.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dick and infant daughter, Annette Rose. She was blessed Read More

RICHARD C. SWENSON Feb. 3, 1934 – Jan. 27, 2023

Richard Charles Swenson, of Los Alamos, New Mexico, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 27, 2023, after a long battle following a stroke. He was a week short of his 89th birthday.

Richard was born on February 3, 1934, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to John and Elenor (Anderson) Swenson. He attended a one-room country school with one teacher and 9 students (grades 1-8). He went on to an Agricultural High School designed for children of farmers to attend school only 6 months out of a year with very limited academic education.

After high school, Richard Read More

EDWIN PHILLIP CHAMBERLIN Jan. 7, 1941 – Feb. 2, 2023

Edwin Phillip Chamberlin, age 82, of White Rock, NM, passed away on February 2, 2023, after a brief illness.

Phil was born on January 7, 1941, to Edwin and Gertrude Chamberlin in Glasgow, KY. After graduating from Ball High School in Galveston, TX, Phil went on to receive his PhD in Nuclear Physics at Texas A&M University.

In 1958, Phil met Mary Jo Watts and they wed in 1960, going on to have two sons, Edwin Phillip, Jr. and John William.

Phil joined Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1975, retiring in 1998 after considerable contributions to the Read More

CARL A. THORNTON Feb. 3, 1938 – Jan. 24, 2023

Mr. Carl A. Thornton passed away peacefully Jan. 24, 2023, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, at the age of 84 years old.

Carl is survived by his daughter Jennie Lois Thornton of Corrales, New Mexico, his son Carl Adam Thornton of Corrales, NM, and by his daughter in law Tamela Thornton of Corrales, NM, grandchildren, Josie Lois Dean, Brody Thornton Dean, Carson Adam Thornton, Chase Addison Thornton, Caroline Laura Joy Thornton.

Carl is preceded in death by his wife Lois Jerilyn Thornton, his brother Earl Thornton, and by his brother Glen Thornton. 

Carl was born Read More

MARY FULTON SANDSTROM April 1939 – January 2023

Mary Fulton Sandstrom was born in April of 1939 in Alton, Illinois.

She died peacefully in Louisville, Colorado, in January of 2023 of complications associated with autoimmune disease.

Mary’s father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and so she moved a lot as a child. Some places she hardly remembered but she always felt safest at her grandmother’s house in Alton, Illinois, where she played with numerous cousins from the Mather extended family.

She graduated high school in Fairborn, Ohio, and attended McMurry College in Jacksonville, Read More

MARJORIE ARLENE BEACH MCINROY Nov. 2, 1931 – Jan. 7, 2023

Marjorie (Marge) McInroy, 91, of Rio Rancho, NM, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on the morning of January 7, 2023.

Marge was born on November 2, 1931, to Floyd and Bertha (Louise) Beach in Mansfield, PA. She was the youngest of their three children, following brother Earl and sister Marie.

On September 5, 1953, she married the love of her life, Jim McInroy. Their marriage of 69 years served as an example of love and commitment. Over the years their love grew as did their family. They welcomed five children, Barbara, Robert, Read More

JOHN BARADA RAMSAY 1929 – Dec. 29, 2022

John Barada Ramsay (93) passed away at his home Dec. 29, 2022, one day after his 93rd birthday.

He was born in 1929 in Phoenix, Arizona to John Arthur and Helen Grace (Hernan) Ramsay. At a young age, he moved to El Paso, Texas to live with his Aunt Laura and Uncle John (Jack) Barada.

After graduation, he enrolled at Texas Western College (University of Texas El Paso today) where he found his groove in academia and really began to flourish. He graduated from Texas Western College in 1950 with a BS in Mining. He then pursued and received his Ph.D. (1954) in Analytical Read More

MARJORIE DELORES GALLIMORE Dec. 19, 1931 – Dec. 11, 2022

Marjorie Delores Gallimore, age 90, dedicated mother, friend and loved by all, was called home to her eternal resting place Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

Marjorie entered this world Dec. 19, 1931, in Middlesex, NJ. There she grew up and graduated from Bound Brook High School.

Over the years Marjorie loved working for Pan Am World Services, NASA and the Department of Energy while living in Melbourne, Florida, Las Vegas, NV and Los Alamos, NM.

She and her husband John Gallimore enjoyed their retirement years living in Angel Fire and then Albuquerque Read More

BEVERLY ANN MARKHAM Jan. 22, 1959 – Jan. 4, 2023

Beverly Ann Markham Warner, 63, of Chimayo, New Mexico, joined the Lord on January 4, 2023 in Los Alamos, New Mexico. 

Beverly was born in Manchester, Connecticut to Jack and Catherine Markham on January 22, 1959. Beverly moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico in the mid-1960s where she grew up and attended elementary, junior high and high school. Beverly graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1977.

Beverly is proceeded in death by her husband Sam Warner and father Jack Markham Sr. Beverly married her best, best friend Sam in 2004. Beverly Read More

EDWARD ROBERT BIRNBAUM Oct. 28 1943 – Jan. 21, 2023

Ed was born in Brooklyn, NY and spent most of the first 20 years of his life there, graduating in 1964 with a BS in Chemistry with Honors from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY). 

He earned a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL in 1968, and moved to Las Cruces, NM with his wife, Amy, to join the NMSU Chemistry Department as an assistant professor. He retired as a full professor from NMSU after 24 years and moved to Los Alamos, where he spent two years at LANL focused on the remediation of nuclear Read More

MARY VIRGINIA MITCHELL LITTLE 1923-2023

Mary Little passed peacefully into Heaven on January 14, 2023, two months shy of her 100th birthday.

Mary is survived by her son Robert Little, her daughter, Susan Bartholomew (Russell), grandsons Michael Bartholomew (Courtney) and Jacob Bartholomew (Sara), great-granddaughter Ellie, great-grandson Logan, brother Earl Mitchell (Jeanette), and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Edward Little, parents, Rober Harris and Mary Joyce Mitchell, and brothers Harris Mitchell, Edward Mitchell (Margaret), and Clyde Mitchell Read More

MIRIUM (MIMI) LAUVER ANSPACH

Mimi was the fifth of six children born to Orville and Mary Lauver. When she was eleven years old, her father died and Mary raised the six children on her own. Mary believed strongly that girls should go to school and have professional careers.

Mimi took her mother’s beliefs seriously to heart. She earned a B.S.N. from Wittenberg University, then went on to earn her nursing degree.

In 1950, she married Paul Parker Anspach, the son of a Lutheran pastor who was a good friend of her father’s. Parker had just graduated from Divinity School at the same time Mimi graduated from Read More

WARREN CHARLES SEVANDER July 9, 1950 – Jan. 15, 2023

On January 15, 2023, Warren Charles Sevander passed on to a better place at the age of 72. Warren was born on July 9, 1950, to his adoptive parents, Warner Sevander and Hazel (Ostwald) Sevander, in Chicago, Illinois.

He attended high school in Mt. Prospect, Illinois (Prospect High School) and Chicago (Roosevelt High School), where he graduated in the class of 1968. Warren attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois, and ultimately earned his B.A. from Bethel College of St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1977.

Warren had a passion for the Read More

ROBIN S. MCDOWELL 1934 – Jan. 16, 2023

Robin S. (Rod) McDowell died Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, at Evergreen Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington at age 88. He died with his devoted wife and both adoring daughters at his side, loving grandchildren and sons-in-law nearby (due to visitation restrictions) or en route.  

Rod was born in 1934 in Greenwich, Conn., and graduated from high school in Stratford, Conn. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from Haverford College in 1956 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from M.I.T. in 1961.

Having been twice a summer student at Los Alamos, he returned there in December Read More

MADELINE J. WILLIAMSON 1947–2022

Madeline passed away on December 28, 2022 after a long & fierce battle with cancer. She died at home with Birgitte and their dogs, in peace & beauty.

Madeline & Birgitte fell in love with Abiquiu and bought their property on the Chama in 2000. They built a house made for their extended pet family, the enjoyment of birds & the beauty of the river, and for music performance.

In 2008 the first season of the Abiquiu Chamber Music Festival opened and music continued to be played for twelve summers until Madeline’s last diagnosis in 2019. In that period Read More

GEORGE FRANCIS HURLEY Nov. 15, 1940 – Dec. 27, 2022

George Francis Hurley, 82, passed away peacefully at the Senior Care Center in St. Marys, GA with his wife Peggy by his side Dec. 27, 2022.

George was born Nov. 15, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts to Cornelius and Georgia Hurley. George graduated from MIT in 1964 with a Doctoral degree in Materials Science. He worked for Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, followed by Tyco Industries in Waltham, Massachusetts.

The family moved to Los Alamos in 1975, where George worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory until retirement in 2001. He worked various Read More

RONALD C. HYER May 25, 1936 – Jan. 13, 2023 

Ron Hyer, 86, longtime time resident of Los Alamos, passed away at his home in Pajarito Acres Jan. 13, 2023. 

Ron was born in Los Angeles, CA, and lived in many US states throughout his childhood. He went to Marquette University and received his graduate degree in physics from Louisiana State University.

Ron married Dianne Kendall LaCour and they moved to Livermore, CA, where he worked for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. The family of five then moved to Los Alamos in 1970 where Ron was a laser physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory until his retirement. Read More

FRANKLIN JOSEPH BUNKER Jan. 5, 2023

Franklin Joseph Bunker, age 95, a resident of White Rock, NM passed peacefully quietly Jan. 5, 2023. 

Frank will be joining his loving wife Patricia L. Bunker, his son Bruce R. Bunker, parents Raymond and Hazel Bunker and his brothers Arthur and Richard Bunker on his new journey. 

Frank’s successes in life consisted of being a Senior Engineer in the Photo Instrumentation Department at the EG&G’s Los Alamos Operations. In addition to his field and laboratory work at EG&G, Frank’s background in photography included two years of special studies Read More

NELL REED WILL 1924 – Jan. 15, 2023

Nell Reed Will passed away on January 15, 2023, at the age of 98, at her home in Sebastian, Florida, surrounded by loved ones. She was a caring and devoted mother, grandmother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend.

Nellie was born in Clayton, New Mexico, in 1924 to Harry and Cleofas Reed. Her indomitable spirit and resilient nature were due in part to the historic events she experienced firsthand, including the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and losing her brother Jack during battle in World War II, all before Nell had graduated from high school.

Nell attended Read More

DENNIS BREWSTER HAYES Sept. 16, 1938 – Jan 2, 2023

Dr. Dennis Brewster Hayes, of Cedar Crest, New Mexico has surrendered his earthly body after a short illness.

The son of Robert and Marian Hayes, he was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 16, 1938, the second of three children.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years Jan Hayes nee Gamble and his two children, daughter Denise and her husband Ryan, grandsons Nicholas and Alec, his son Doug and his wife Kathryn, his sister Barbara, and brother Bobby.

In 1957 Dennis met Jan, the woman with whom he would spend Read More