Obituaries

MARGARET “CAROLYN” FOY TRELA April 7, 1936 – Aug. 7, 2025

Margaret “Carolyn” Trela (nee Foy) was born April 7, 1936, at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto,  CA, to Zed Lee Foy and Amabel Neeley Foy. Legend has it that she was born the night before her father’s oral exams at Stanford Graduate School of Education. Carolyn grew up in Boise, Idaho with her parents and older sister, Ginger, and where her father was superintendent of schools. She spent many an adventurous summer with cousins at her mother’s family farm in Columbia, SC.

In 1953, during Carolyn’s junior year at Boise High School, her father accepted Read More

JUDITH RAE WIDMAR WELSH LUTHER April 20, 1943 – Sept. 7, 2025 

Our beloved mother Judy passed away during the early morning hours of September 7, 2025, following a brief illness. She graced us with her love and humor until the end.  

Judy was born in Denver, Colorado on April 20, 1943, to Velma. When she was a young girl Bill Widmar entered their lives and adopted her and her sister after marrying Velma. She spent a lot of time in the mountains fishing with her dad and exploring the mountains of Colorado. She graduated from Holy Family High School in Denver in 1961.  

In 1963, she married Mike Welsh and Read More

JAMES NORTON ALBRIGHT June 4, 1943 – Sept. 2, 2025

Our dad, James Norton Albright, passed away on September 2, 2025. Jim was born on June 4, 1943, to Francis and Margaret Albright in Utica, New York. He grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island with two brothers, and shortly after graduating from Colgate University, Dad married his high school sweetheart Virginia Gormley. Our parents then moved to Chicago in 1965, where Dad earned his doctorate in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. During this time, they started their family amidst the backdrop of a city alive with social change and the Read More

JOSEPH WILLIAM YEAMANS April 27, 1944 – Aug. 25, 2025

Paonia, Colorado

Joseph William Yeamans passed on to his heavenly home on August 25, 2025, at eighty-one years of age. He died from complications of West Nile virus and pulmonary embolism at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction.

Joe was born on April 27, 1944, in Portland Oregon to Elizabeth Marks Yeamans and William Hughes Yeamans. He moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico at the age of ten. There he had many adventures in the woods, especially delighting in river running, hiking, and cycling. He graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1962. He continued Read More

JUDITH (CARROLL) HAMBLETON July 14, 1938 – Aug. 25, 2025

Judy passed away August 25, 2025, after a long battle with dementia. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on July 14, 1938, to parents Fremont and Carmel Carroll. She spent her childhood years in Ohio and the Pacific Northwest before moving with her family to Los Alamos in 1955. She graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1956.

After high school she moved to California and was part owner of a grocery store chain for many years. After the stores were sold, Judy trained in Interior Design and worked in that field until her retirement. 

Judy is survived Read More

PAT McCLELLAN March 17, 1940 – Aug. 27, 2025

Pat, as many that knew him, passed peacefully on August 27, 2025.

Pat was born on March 17, 1940, in Alamosa, Colorado to Orson McClellan and Olive Scott McClellan.

Pat was the youngest of the family with two older sisters and one older brother.

Pat spent his youth in Alamosa, working with his dad at the gas station selling candy, pumping gas, and working on cars.

In 1958, he graduated from Alamosa High School and started to migrate west to Arizona. He drove for Coca-Cola in Holbrook Arizona. It was there he met the love of his life, Kay Butler, and they got married Read More

PETER JOSEPH WALSH Jan. 19, 1949 – Aug. 31, 2025

Peter Joseph Walsh, succumbed to an extremely rare form of melanoma cancer in the early morning of August 31, 2025 surrounded by loving family.

He was born January 19, 1949 to Dr. Richard A. Walsh and Mary E. Walsh (nee Davis), deceased. The second of thirteen children, he was born at King’s County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.

The family moved to Letterman Army Base when his father returned from the Korean Conflict for a Residency in Orthopedic Surgery. Then a residency in General Surgery took the family to Fort Knox, KY for a few years.

Peter completed first Read More

NICHOLAS “NICK” D’EGIDIO Jan. 15, 1960 – Aug. 29, 2025

Nicholas “Nick” D’Egidio, 65, of Albuquerque, NM, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family Aug. 29, 2025.

Nick was born Jan. 15, 1960, in Newark, New Jersey, to Maria and Antonio D’Egidio.

Oct. 3, 1981, he married his wife, Amy, and together they built a life grounded in love, devotion, and perseverance. He is survived by Amy, his two sons, six grandchildren, and three sisters.

Nick spent much of his career working at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he took pride in his work. Known Read More

ROBERT ‘LARRY’ LAWRENCE MORTENSEN July 25, 1956 – July 23, 2025

Robert “Larry” Lawrence Mortensen passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at UNMH on July 23, 2025, 2 days shy of his 69th birthday, after a courageous albeit brief battle with severe illness.

Larry was born July 25, 1956, in Albuquerque, NM, to Gene and Gail Mortensen. Larry was raised primarily in Los Alamos and was the oldest of six children. He was instrumental in providing loving support and guidance to his siblings with his kind, strong, and steady presence. He graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1974 and Read More

ALICE RANAE BATES RILEY Oct. 16, 1943 – Aug. 26, 2025

Alice Ranae Bates Riley, cherished mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, left her earthly home on August 26, 2025, in Albuquerque, NM. She was born October 16, 1943, the first child of Irvin Theodore and Ruth Geraldine Nelson Bates in Rexburg, Idaho. Irvin was killed shortly before the birth of her sister Geraldine while in Okinawa, Japan during World War II in 1945. This was a formative event in Alice’s life, but while she experienced tragedy early, it brought her a rich childhood on a small Idaho farm with her mother, sister, stepfather Harold Read More