Obituaries

LINDA LEE KOLB Feb. 19, 1952 – July 31, 2022

It is with sadness we announce the passing of Linda Lee Kolb, 70 of Glendale, Arizona on July 31, 2022.

Linda was born February 19, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois where she resided until 1982 when she moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Linda married Mike Kolb on January 13, 1971, and had two children, Brian and Michelle. She worked for the Los Alamos School District in various roles but made the most profound impact on elementary students as a reading teacher. An avid reader of mystery novels herself, she found joy in increasing students reading confidence, and Read More

PAUL E. PARKER Jan. 20,1932 – Sept. 11, 2020               

MARY JO PARKER March 20, 1935 – June 14, 2022

The Parker family would like to invite friends and family to join in celebrating the lives of Paul and Mary Parker.

This celebration will take place at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 at Fuller Lodge.

“Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much.”

These words easily describe the lives of Paul and Mary Parker. With a foundation built from strong faith and love, together, Paul and Mary built a lifelong love, friendship, and example of what honor and commitment looks like. Throughout their life together they Read More

WARREN E. QUINN July 17, 1926 – May 14, 2022

Warren Quinn passed away peacefully on May 14, 2022, at age 95. 

A memorial service was held on June 4, 2022, at Emerald Heights in Redmond, Washington, where he lived. Warren’s ashes were buried at the Doss Cemetery in Mossyrock, Washington on July 23, 2022.

Warren was born to George and Rosa Quinn on July 17, 1926, in Chehalis, Washington. He grew up in the Mossyrock area near Chehalis and attended Mossyrock Public School.

He served two years in the U. S. Army near the end of World War II, mostly on Leyte Island in the Philippians, 1945-1947, attaining the Read More

MICHAEL KILGORE May 25, 1949 – July 31, 2022

Mike Kilgore was born May 25, 1949, in Los Alamos, NM, the son of Louis and Elma “Faye” Kilgore.

He graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a degree in Speech and Theatre. He graduated from Fort Hays State University with a master’s in communication.

Mike taught Speech and Drama at Santa Rosa, New Mexico, Fredonia, Towanda (Circle High) and Salina, KS.

He managed the Bridge Kastle in Wichita for 25 years, retiring in 2019.

Mike had loving friends throughout his career including Ted Yost (deceased); Dominick (Nicole) Yost, Fort Collins, CO; Read More

LEWIS EDGAR AGNEW JR. June 20th, 1926 – July 28, 2022

Lewis Edgar Agnew Jr., age 96, passed away on July 28, 2022, in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Margaret, four children and their spouses: Connie and Bill Noel of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Barbara and Niels Jacobsen of Atlanta, Georgia, Jane and Carl Bigler of Pagosa Springs and Flagstaff, Arizona and Jim and Lisa Agnew, of Tijeras, New Mexico. Lew is also survived by a most remarkable group of 13 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Lew was born June 20, 1926, in Kirkwood, Missouri to Lewis Edgar Agnew Senior Read More

THERESA ‘PAT’ DAY Oct. 5, 1922 – July 22, 2022

Theresa “Pat” Day went to be with Jesus on July 22, 2022, at the age of 99.

Pat was born on October 5, 1922, in Eason, Oklahoma where she lived with her brother and several half-siblings. Growing up she helped with the farm and studied hard in school. After graduating high school, Pat supported the war efforts by training and becoming certified as a riveter for war planes. Combined with her natural red hair, one could say that she was an original “Rosie the Riveter”.

Pat met Felix “Mose” Day and they married in 1943. In the same year that the couple welcomed their Read More

FRANCES CAROL KENDALL April 10, 1939 – July 9, 2022

Frances Carol Kendall passed away Saturday, July 9, 2022, after a short but courageous battle with cancer. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and was soon to become a first-time great-grandmother.

She and her husband of 63 years, Donald, raised and educated their 5 children in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2007 they moved to Los Alamos, NM to be near their oldest child, Gregory and their daughter-in-law Karen.

Frances was born the second of three daughters to Lillian and Frank Long in St. Louis, MO, and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with her Read More

ERNEST ATHERTON BRYANT Oct. 13, 1931 – July 27, 2022

Ernest Bryant was born Oct. 13, 1931 in Brewster, Massachusetts. He was very proud that his 13th birthday fell on Friday the 13th. His family moved to a farm in Maine where he and his siblings rose early every day to feed 600 chickens and gather the eggs.

He then attended the University of New Mexico where he met and married Bobbie M. Richards. After finishing graduate work, focused on nuclear chemistry, at Washington University in St. Louis he was hired by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Besides working at nuclear test sites, Ernest Read More

ELIZABETH “BETTY” PUTNAM HUEBNER Nov. 26, 1924 – July 23, 2022

Elizabeth “Betty” Putnam Huebner, nee Valonia Elizabeth Putnam born Nov. 26, 1924 passed away peacefully Saturday, July 23, 2022 at the age of 97. 

Betty completed her undergraduate degree at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia. She went on to complete her Master’s degree in nursing from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut where she met her husband of 63 years, Walter F. Huebner. 

Betty spent her professional career as a nurse in Los Alamos. She worked at Los Alamos Medical Center for several decades and Read More

VIRGINIA I. NELSON April 23, 1927 – July 10, 2022

Our Mother, Virginia I. Nelson, passed away in her home on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at the age of 95.

She was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 23, 1927, to Harry and Eleanor Eckert. She married Gilbert B Nelson on October 8, 1952, and his jobs took her to Elizabeth, NJ; Oak Ridge, TN; Los Alamos NM; Walnut Creek, CA; Rockville, MD; Denver, CO; and finally to retirement in Albuquerque, NM where all of her children live.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Henry Eckert and son Thomas W. Nelson. She is survived by her children Gilbert Read More