Obituaries

BETTY LOU MYERS

Betty Lou Myers passed away peacefully on March 29, 2025. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from high school, she enrolled in Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education.

In 1950, she married her college sweetheart, Bill Myers. In 1963, Bill accepted a position at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and they moved across the country to Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Betty Lou devoted a majority of her working career to the University of New Mexico campus in Los Alamos. She retired as Read More

MARGARET FERGUSON GIBSON Nov. 22, 1943 – March 31, 2025

Monday March 31, 2025, Margaret Ferguson Gibson, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at the age of 81.

Margaret was born Nov. 22, 1943, in Bronx, New York, to Leonard and Edith Ferguson. After her early childhood in New York, her family moved to Connecticut where she attended elementary through high school, graduating in 1961. She attended Stanford University in California and spent her college summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stanford in 1965 and met Read More

MITCHELL ERBIS FRANK March 3, 1947 – March 28, 2025

Mitchell Erbis Frank, born March 3, 1947, in Gothenburg, Nebraska, passed away at the age of 78 on March 28, 2025. He was the oldest of seven children and raised on the family farm until the age of 13 years old when his family moved to Arvada, Colorado. He attended and graduated from Arvada high school. Mitchell went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in Zoology and minor in Chemistry at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. He was drafted into the Army and served in the Vietnam War.

Once he was discharged from the Army he returned Read More

KAYE DIANE PETERSON July 30, 1946 – March 28, 2025

Our beloved, Kaye Diane (Christensen) Peterson, age 78, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at her home in Edgewood, Texas Friday, March 28, 2025. Her smile and laugh could light up a room and her passing has left us brokenhearted. 

Kaye was born July 30, 1946, to Eldon Lyle Christensen and Inez Evangeline (Knutson) Christensen in Fargo, North Dakota. Both Kaye and little brother Rod were born in North Dakota before the young family moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1952. They grew up in the beautiful Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico, adding Read More

WALTER FINLEY STEWART April 17, 1937 – March 29, 2025

Walter Finley Stewart, age 87, of Las Cruces, NM, passed away peacefully March 29, 2025 at his home in Las Cruces, NM. He was born April 17, 1937 in Hamlin, TX to Alvin S. Stewart and Minnie Marie Stewart. He was beloved by all his family members, especially his late wife, Marleen Stewart, of Las Cruces, NM, whom he married June 2, 1959.

He was raised in TX, with his five brothers. Alvin, Ronnie, Bobby, Lynn and John Stewart.

He received his BS in 1961 from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and his MS in 1970 also from New Mexico State University, Read More

CALVIN EUGENE KLATT March 17, 2025 – Aug. 15,1931

Calvin Eugene Klatt passed onto glory on Monday March 17, 2025. He was born in Syracuse, Kansas on August 15,1931. His family fled the worst Midwest dustbowl when he was three years old moving to Torrance County where they bought land to farm. They lived and worked in the Estancia Valley and Calvin graduated from Estancia high school in 1950. Then he joined the Navy and fought in the Korean war. In 1952 he married Oneta Norris, they lived in Santa Fe until moving to Los Alamos in 1955.

Calvin and Oneta had four children in Los Alamos before moving to East Read More

JACKIE MACFARLANE May 22, 1943 – Nov. 25, 2024

Jackie MacFarlane passed away peacefully at the age of 81 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a long battle with the motor neuron disease ALS. She is survived by her husband Bob, their three children John (Colleen), Tom (Anne), and Bill (Juniper), and five grandchildren, Chiara, Wilson, Amara, Tarn, and Claire.

She was born Janet Brooke Wilson on May 22, 1943 in Claremont, California, but her family and friends have always known her as “Jackie”. During her career as a math teacher, her students knew her as “Mrs. MacFarlane”, and later in life, her Read More

LEE ARLEN BUILTA Oct. 4, 1935 – March 23, 2025

It is with immense sadness that the family of Lee A. Builta announces his passing on March 23, 2025. Lee left this world peacefully at home, surrounded by his loved ones.

Lee, once named a Los Alamos Living Treasure, was a beloved figure in the Los Alamos and White Rock communities. He was renowned for his exquisite rose gardens. For many years, he dedicated his time to maintaining the gardens at Fuller Lodge, the LDS Church in White Rock, the Los Alamos Memorial Rose Garden, and the Los Alamos Demonstration Garden, among others. His late mother and first Read More

KARYN MARIE (HENCIER) HARRINGTON Sept. 6, 1951 – March 19, 2025

Karyn Marie (Hencier) Harrington, passed away March 19, 2025, at the age of 73 in Issaquah, Washington, after a valiant battle with Parkinson’s disease. Karyn’s legacy is one of strength, intelligence, and humor.

Born Sept. 6, 1951, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Vince and Jay Hencier, Karyn’s early years were filled with the love and laughter of a close-knit family including her sister, Jody and her brother, Rick. She achieved academic success early on, having earned an award for never missing a day of high Read More

BARBARA  ELLEN MILDER Jan. 15, 1946 – Dec. 14, 2024

Barbara  Ellen Milder (Harrison), 78, passed away unexpectedly on December 14, 2024, just a month shy of her 79th birthday. A lifelong resident of Los Alamos, Barbara was born on January 15, 1946, to Edwin and Polly Harrison (Gonzales) in the original World War II hospital adjacent to the Los Alamos Ranch School-era Ashley Pond. She was Edwin and Polly’s youngest child and only daughter. She graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1964.

Barb briefly moved to Albuquerque to study cosmetology. She received her cosmetology license in 1971 and then Read More