Obituaries

JOE ASA MARINER Sept. 3, 1923 – June 10, 2014

Joe Asa Mariner, 90, – soldier, scientist, musician, husband, and father – died peacefully at his home in Los Alamos, N.M., June 10, 2014, surrounded by family.

Mariner, who had lived in Los Alamos for 57 years, was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Jacksboro, Tenn., the son of George Washington Mariner and Nora Katherine Queener Mariner. He graduated from Jacksboro High School as valedictorian  in 1941.

He was in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, during World War II, serving  in New Guinea and the Philippines. He spent more than 30 months in the South Pacific, Read More

DOROTHY K. HULL Jan. 1, 1922–June 2, 2014

Dorothy K. Hull, known by family and friends as Dot, passed away on June 2. Born on January 1, 1922, in Roanoke, Va., she was 92. 

Dot married Robert E. Hull on March 17, 1944 and settled in Ft. Thomas, Ky.  They raised three children there in the greater Cincinnati area. Dorothy was a fun-loving, outgoing, person with a great sense of humor.  She managed their fairly modest income wisely.  As a result of growing up during the depression, she knew how to stretch a dollar, but we never wanted for anything (besides a pony). 

She enjoyed Read More

THOMAS INTRATOR Feb. 5, 1952–June 3, 2014

Thomas Intrator of Los Alamos died at home on June 3, 2014. He will be sorely missed as a wonderful friend, mentor, father and husband.

He was born on February 5, 1952 in New York City to Joan and Charles Intrator. Thomas moved to Los Alamos with his family in 1999 to begin plasma physics research in P-24 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Previously he had been at the Nuclear Engineering research faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Tom’s lifelong guiding principle was to make the earth a better place than he found it. Survivors include his Read More

DONNA HILL Jan. 6, 1931 – May 31, 2014

Donna Hill died peacefully on May 31st, 2014 after many years of illness. Donna Marie Lord was born to J. Donald and Agnes Lord on January 6, 1931 in Ellsworth, Maine. She attended the University of Maine and what is now Husson College where she obtained an RN degree. Donna served at Eastern Maine General Hospital as Head Nurse on the surgical ward.

She married her husband, George Hill, in 1952 and supported him for his last two years in college. They lived in St. Albans, West Virginia for eight years and then moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1962.

Donna loved flowers Read More

DENNIS L. SCHOLFIELD July 15, 1941 – May 19, 2014

Dennis L. Schofield, 72, former Los Alamos resident and graduate of Los Alamos High School class of ’59, recently passed away at his home in Colorado. 

A memorial service for Dennis will be held at Overlook Park in White Rock at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7 followed by a reception at the home of Doug and Phyllis Pippin, 76 Hacienda Dr. in White Rock. Read More

NORA SODERBRG Jan. 29, 1918 – May 28, 2014

Eleanora Soderberg of Los Alamos died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Sombrillo Nursing Facility.

She was born Jan. 29, 1918 in Ferry Hill, Sunderland, England. During World War II she was a staff sergeant in the British Army. While on leave in London, she met and later married Harold Soderberg.

In 1946, she emigrated to Brooklyn, N.Y. to be with her husband. They moved to northern New Jersey and lived there untill 1976. When Harold took an early retirement in 1976, they moved to Los Alamos.

Survivors include her daughter Marian Kirchner and grandson Geoffrey Read More

 

FILADELFIO A. MIERA May 24, 2014

Filadelfio A. Miera, 94, of Taos, passed peacefully into his Heavenly Father’s care on May 24, 2014 after a long and healthy life.

He was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served in many leadership capacities as a faithful servant to his family, congregation and community. He served in the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific Theatre during WWII in Okinawa, Saipan and Iwo Jima. He was a long-time rancher, an avid hunter and letter carrier for 35 years in Los Alamos.

Filadelfio was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, Read More

ROBERT D. STUART, Jr. April 26, 1916–May 8, 2014

Robert D. Stuart, Jr., believed to be the oldest living Los Alamos Ranch School graduate, has died at the age of 98.

The former Ambassador to Norway, long time chief executive of the Quaker Oats Company, and leader in civic and business affairs for more than 60 years, died May 8, 2014 en route from France to the United States with his beloved wife Lillan.

Whether business, politics, or philanthropy, Ambassador Stuart’s consistent ambition was to live up to the title of his privately published memoirs: Making a Difference. By all accounts, he Read More

ALICE KENNEDY WESTERVELT May 21, 2014

Alice Kennedy Westervelt, 89, a member of the Los Alamos community since 1955, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014 as a result of a fall.

She was preceded by her husband of 51 years, Donald and her parents. She is survived by her daughter, Mary and Mary’s sons, Matthew and Mark; son, Donald, Jr., daughter, Kimberly and husband Lorin, Kim’s son, Jason, and Jason’s son, Austen; son, Geoffrey and his wife Charlene and their children, Daniel, Kate and Michael; and son, Robert and his wife Anya and by her cat, Pinstripe.

A memorial service will be held Read More

MELVIN BROOKS May 12, 2014

Melvin L. Brooks, 96, a longtime resident of Los Alamos, passed away on May 12, 2014 of natural causes.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Alma C. Brooks. He is survived by his son James Brooks and Janet Patten of Alligator Point, Florida; daughter Marcia De Leon, son-in-law Roger DeLeon of Edgewood, New Mexico; daughter Marla Brooks and grandson James Brooks of Los Alamos.

Mel was a senior leader during the golden age of nuclear weapons science from the Manhattan project under Robert Oppenheimer and through the leadership of such giants as Norris Bradbury, Harold Agnew Read More