Obituaries

PATRICK JOSEPH BLEWETT June 4, 1929 – May 4, 2022

Patrick Joseph Blewett, 92, died peacefully at his home in Albuquerque in the early morning hours of May 4.

Pat, the youngest of six, was born June 4, 1929, to Patrick Henry and Margaret Campbell Blewett, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He grew up in Fond du Lac where he graduated from St. Mary’s Springs Academy in 1947.

He received his undergraduate degree in physics from Marquette University in 1951. Pat was commissioned in the United States Air Force at the advent of the Korean War as a First Lieutenant. The Air Force deployed him to Kirtland Air Force Base Read More

MARYANN ALLISON

I (husband Paul) will miss her immensely. She was born in Brooklyn to Helen and James Fanning, lived on Long Island and made life-long friends in school, graduated from Duquesne University in 1961, then went west to the University of Colorado in Boulder to get an advanced degree in anthropology.

I met her there just before moving to Los Alamos to start my new job. We courted long distance and married in August 1969, completing 52 years of marriage without too many complaints. We loved each other; this marriage was the best thing that ever happened to me. My family loved her and she them, Read More

MARVIN LINKE 1933 – May 3, 2022

Marvin Linke, age 88, passed away in his sleep at his home Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

He was born in Woonsocket, SD to Herman and Vesta in 1933. His parents eventually settled in Everett, WA.

He was naturally talented in baseball (as a pitcher) and art, where he did the artwork for the diplomas for his high school graduation. It was there that he met and married his wife, Betty. They moved to Bremerton, WA, where he worked as a draftsman at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

In 1956, he and Betty packed up their two kids, Jan, and Mike, and all their belongings and moved to Los Alamos, Read More

BETTY MAXINE COOPER Aug. 31, 1926 – April 16, 2022

Loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and wife Betty Maxine Cooper, 95, passed away peacefully April 16, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Maxine was born Aug. 31, 1926 in West Frankfurt, Illinois to the late Harry and Ethel Stratman of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Her loving husband of almost 74 years, Thomas James “T.J.” Cooper passed away at the age of 96 April 11, 2020. Her two daughters Nancy Holt, and husband Jim of Las Vegas, NV and Carolyn Cooper of Albuquerque, NM survive Maxine. Maxine and T.J. had one grandson Joshua Thomas Simpson, and Read More

JOSEPH BUSTOS May 1, 1972 – April 23, 2022

Joseph Bustos, 49, (AKA Nina) passed away unexpectedly on April 23, 2022, just shy of his 50th birthday.

Joseph was born on May 1, 1972 at Fairview Clinic and Hospital, to Wilfred and Dollie Bustos, from Hernandez, New Mexico.

Joseph was preceded in death by his Loving mother Dollie Bustos, brother Kenneth Bustos and sister Amanda Bustos. Maternal grandparents Jacobo and Lydia Maestas, (Hernandez) paternal grandparents Melquiades and Lugarda Bustos (Chamita), and numerous aunt’s uncles and relatives.

Joseph graduated from Española Valley High Read More

PAUL STEWART KRESSIN Sept. 13, 1958 – April 21, 2022

Paul Stewart Kressin, 63, graduated to heaven Thursday, April 21, 2022 at his home in Blanchard, Idaho.

The celebration of life service will be held at 5 p.m., April 30, 2022, at Spirit Lake Baptist Church in Idaho.

Paul was born Sept. 13, 1958 in Los Alamos, NM to Ivan and Marjorie Kressin. Paul earned his bachelor degree in city planning from UC-Davis.

Paul married MaryAnn Allgeier March 30, 1985 in Sacramento. In 1992, he moved to Los Alamos and joined his father’s real estate appraising business. The family retired to Blanchard, Idaho in 2015. Read More

GEORGE HARRIS ANDERSON Sept. 20, 1934 – Dec. 4, 2021

George Harris Anderson passed away peacefully at The Ridge Assisted Living Dec. 4, 2021.

George was born Sept. 20, 1934 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to George Harris Anderson and Bella Wold Anderson. His early years were in Lake Mills and Pringhar, Iowa. His father was superintendent of public utilities and his mother was a pharmacist.

In 7th grade he moved to Hartley, Iowa. He graduated from high school in 1952 having played alto clarinet in marching band, acting in many plays, singing in the chorus, glee club and church choir.

He graduated Read More

BILL BUZBEE 1936 – April 22, 2022

Bill Buzbee – mathematician, computer scientist, musician, international traveler, lover of good food and wine, died peacefully from internal complications at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, Colorado Friday, April 22, 2022. He was 85.

Bill was born in Gorman, Texas in 1936 to Elzie Lewis Buzbee and Willie Mae Buzbee, dry-land farmers who survived the depression and dust bowl periods in West Texas.

His early years were spent in rural farm life and in work as a roustabout in the surrounding oil fields. A lifelong lover of music, Bill gravitated Read More

MARY MARGARET ONSTOTT Aug. 22, 1926 – April 1, 2022

Mary Margaret (Peg) Onstott passed away at 95 on April 1, 2022, in Pomona, California. She lived a rich and fulfilling life overflowing with family, friends, travel, and service.

Born Aug. 22, 1926 in Quincy, Illinois, Peg experienced a somewhat itinerant childhood as her family moved several times during the Depression to find work. At one point they moved in with her aunt in New Orleans, who lived in a tiny one-bedroom house. Peg described visiting the docks there to scavenge for shrimp after the fishing boats came in. They stayed for about a year, Read More