Obituaries

MARJORIE LORRAINE PORTER April 27, 1920 – Nov. 30, 2020

Marjorie Lorraine Porter, beloved friend and cool lady, passed away on November 30, 2020 at the age of 100 years and 7 months.

She lived in Los Alamos for the last three years with her friend Debra Lowenstein.

Margie was born on April 27, 1920 in Oakland, Calif. to Gladys Meyers Gonsalves and Jack Gonsalves. She grew up in Oakland but spent time in northern and southern California.

Margie was an only child and was especially loved by her grandparents Annie May and Daddy Walter. Margie practiced gymnastics as a young girl and excelled. However, Read More

THURMAN LAMAR TALLEY July 26, 1937 – Nov. 28, 2020

Thurman Lamar Talley of Los Alamos, NM, departed peacefully from this world on November 28, 2020. He was 83.

He was a devoted and inspiring husband, father, grandfather, brother, mentor and friend with a profound and authentic generosity of spirit.

Thurman was born into a caring, working-class family in Portales, NM, where he was an accomplished athlete and student. He studied at Rice and Eastern New Mexico universities, ultimately earning a doctorate in Nuclear Physics from Florida State.

In 1966, he returned to his native New Mexico with a Read More

ROBERT ‘BOB’ BOLAND  Sept. 11, 1937 – Nov. 24, 2020

1. Robert “Bob” Boland who died on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 in Albuquerque, NM was born September 11, 1937 to Willard Roy Boland and Mary Pauline Mitchell Boland, in Winter Haven, Florida. 

He earned his B.S. at Davidson College in North Carolina. His professional life was especially interesting. After graduating from Davidson, he was employed at NASA in Hampton, Virginia, where he met his wife of 60 years, Beryl Ann Pope. While with NASA, he was a member of the 3-person team which proved the feasibility of the mission to the moon. 

Leaving NASA Read More

JERRY JACOBY April 30, 1940 – Aug. 16, 2020

Jerry Jacoby, a gentle, caring man of service, passed rather suddenly from a heart issue in August 2020. He had been working in his loved yard overlooking the Sandia’s in Rio Rancho just the day before.

For 30 years, Jerry worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1968 to 1998 in various groups, finally in X-Division, considering himself a computational physicist.

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he got all of his degrees from Oregon State University. He also served as a supply officer in the United States Army from 1962 to 1964. He enjoyed 18 Read More

BARBARA SINKULA Nov. 19, 2020

Barbara Sinkula, age 59, of Los Alamos, New Mexico, passed away Nov. 19, 2020 after a year-long struggle with brain cancer.

She was born in St. Clair Shores, MI and grew up spending time at the family cottage on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario. She graduated from Oberlin College with degrees in Cello Performance and Biology.

Following her undergraduate degree, she spent two years in China teaching English through Oberlin’s Shansi program. Barbara received her doctorate in Civil Engineering at Stanford University and published a book on Chinese Environmental Read More

JEANNE MELANIE HURFORD Sept. 11, 1942 – Nov. 7, 2020

Jeanne M. Hurford – beloved sister, aunt, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away Saturday Nov. 7, 2020.

Jeanne was born Sept. 11, 1942 in Elizabethtown NY, to William M. Wattie and Augustine Norman Wattie. She attended a one room schoolhouse in Beekmantown, NY until the larger school was built.  She graduated from Beekmantown High School and attended Plattsburgh University.

In 1962, she married Dale Tremblay and together they had 2 sons, Mark and Michael. Jeanne’s family moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico where she began her long Read More

GERI WALTERS June 1, 1943 – Oct. 1, 2020

Geri Walters passed away October 1, 2020, in Kennewick, Washington.

Geri was born June 1, 1943, in Grand Junction, Colorado, to John and Caroline Huck. She was a graduate of Grand Junction HS and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in elementary education.

She was married in 1969 to Ron Walters, a scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Geri was an elementary teacher in Greeley, Colorado, for 4 years and 24 years in Los Alamos, New Mexico. After moving to Kennewick, Geri was an instructor Read More

LORIE C. TORRES Nov. 6, 2020 

Lorie C. Torres, 42, a resident of Los Alamos, was called home unexpectedly on Friday, November 6, 2020 after a week of battling injuries sustained in a car accident.

Lorie was a devoted mother, daughter, sister, auntie, Godmother, niece, cousin and friend.

She touched many lives with her words of encouragement, acts of kindness and unconditional love. She loved the Lord her God with all of her heart, mind, soul and strength and is now living eternally in His presence.

Lorie is survived by her Beloved Sons, Robert and Isaac Torres and their Father, Robert Torres; parents Read More

WILLIAM MAURITS VISSCHER May 1928 – Nov. 15, 2020

Bill Visscher was born in May 1928 in Memphis, TN and died on November 15, 2020 in Los Alamos, NM.

He grew up in Minneapolis, MN, graduated from the University of Minnesota and received a PhD from Cornell University. While in graduate school, he met Jean Dininny, the daughter of Robert and Elsie Woodford Dininny. They married in July 1951 and were together over 69 years.

Bill and Jean moved to Los Alamos in 1956 where Bill worked as a research physicist in the T-11 group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory until his retirement in 1991. He was an avid outdoorsman, Read More

Lydia J. Reynolds Oct. 25, 2020

Lydia J. Reynolds age 88, a resident of Santa Fe, died unexpectedly of natural causes on October 25, 2020.

Lydia was born to George L. Clark, a WWI veteran, and Mildred MacNulty Clark in Joplin, Missouri in 1932.

She grew up in Silver Spring and Annapolis, Maryland. In 1951 her family made the decision to move west for her father’s health. Her parents chose Colorado while she moved to Albuquerque and began taking classes at UNM. She married a classmate, John Leonhard, but became a widow at age 21 when he was killed in the Korean War.

Happily, in 1955 she met Wayne Reynolds Read More