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We accumulate and publish on a monthly basis the names of our friends with which we worked at INL - and are no longer with us. Felix Vandewiele assembles this information.

June 2010

Helen Miller Carter, 87, died 6/3/10. She worked at the INL and retired at the age of 79.

Anna Mae Simonson Jeffery, 98, died 6/11/10. She worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory as the Food Service Manager and retired in 1977.

Anna Lucille Kelly Wheeler, 89, died 6/16/10. She worked at the INL for General Electric and AEC.

Richard Walter Green, 84, died 6/18/10. He worked at the INL as a Technician for NRF for 32 years.

Gail Kent Bowman, 82, died 6/18/10. He worked at the INL for DOE starting in 1976 and retiring in 1993.

INL Employees that died other than in May 2010.

Milan "Bud" Bednar, 66, died 2/5/10. He worked at the INL at the Computer Center in

Technical Support. After working for 27 years he retired in May 2005.

INL Employees that died in May 2010.

Kim Lee Sohn Young, 45, died 5/1/10. She worked at the INL for Westinghouse Idaho

Nuclear, then at CPP on the WIPPS project.

Monte Ray Bowman, 79, died 5/1/10. He worked at the INL at TRA in Maintenance for

42 years. He retired in 1995.

Larry Dellus Nielsen, 76, died 5/5/10. He worked at the INL as a Carpenter.

Cloe Ann Beebe, 71, died 5/6/10. She worked at the INL as a Secretary.

George Ray Bradshaw, 76, died 5/10/10. He worked at the INL as a bus driver for 8 years.

Kip Knute Marler, 58, died 5/16/10. He worked at the INL for DOE as a Senior Rad Con

Tech for 20 years.

Garna Mae Hix Mickelsen, 63, died 5/26/10. She worked at the INL as an Administrative

Assistant.

Frederick Dean Lewis, 69, died 5/27/10. He worked at the INL.

Michael Garcia, 53, died 5/30/10. He worked at the INL for 22 years as a Fire Fighter & EMT.

William "Bill" Carl Heeding, 91, died 5/31/10. He worked at the INL as a Sewage Operator.

INL employees that died other than in April 2010

Murtis Ray Clifford, 80, died 2/7/10. He worked at the INL at TRA as a Pipe Fitter for 30 years.

INL employees that died in April 2010

Paul James Carter, 66, died 4/12/10. He worked at the INL as a Plumber and Pipe Fitter for

Argonne National Laboratory.

Boyd John Wood, 86, died 4/19/10. He worked at the INL as an Electrician.

Nello Bonicelli, 84, died 4/20/10. He worked at the INL for DOE starting in 1967 and retireing

in 1989.

Sandor "Jim" Silverman, 71, died 4/20/10. He worked at the INL starting in 1969 and retired 35

years later.

Darwin Bailey Wixom, 82, died 4/21/10. He worked at the INL for 36 years starting as a Draftsman,

then as a Boiler Operator, X-Ray Technician, and finally in Document Control and Management.

Ralph Chalmer Shank, 96, died 4/25/10. He started work at the INL in 1951 with Phillips

Petroleum Co. and was Manager of the Analytical Chemistry Branch at CPP retiring in 1977.

Dorothy Eames Black, 91, died 4/26/10. She worked at the INL as a Telephone Operator.

David Albert Olehy, 79, died 4/28/10. He worked at the INL for more than 37 years and retired

in January 1995.

LeRoy "Roy" Melvin Croft, 86, died 4/30/10. He worked at the INL for more than 30 years and

retired in August 1985

THOSE NO LONGER WITH US for March 2010 (Felix Vandewiele)

Those that died prior to March 2010

Ray Clifford died 2/7/10. He worked at the INL at the TRA in Maintenance.

James Esmond Sailer (52) died 2/23/10. He worked at the INL as an Environmental Engineer starting in 1991 with WINCO.

Those that died in March 2010

Harriet J. Makinson (80) died 3/3/10. She worked at the INL for Westinghouse at NRF as a Clerk for 30 years. She retired in 1999.

Mark LeRoy Hansen (55) died 3/5/10. He worked at the INL at the Chemical Processing Plant (CPP) for 22 years starting in 1974 as a Hoisting and Rigging Specialist then as a Maintenance Forman/supervisor over laborers Equipment Operators, Carpenters and Painters. He then worked as a sub-contractor for EG&G as a trainer and finally with the Department of Labor (DOL) Energy Employers Compensation Program where he helped former INL employees file claims.

David Joseph Morken (91) died 3/15/10. He worked at the INL as an Engineer at the Test Reactor Area (TRA). He started in 1969 and retired in 1984.

Albert "Dick" Richard Furrows (79) died 3/17/10. He worked at the INL as an Electrical Technician for 16 years.

Janet Eileen Madsen (67) died 3/18/10. She worked at the INL as an Administrative Specialist.

I. Moyle Workman (80) died 3/20/10. He worked at the INL as a bus driver from 1956 to 1989, logging more than a million miles.

Steven "Steve" Lynn Reynolds (70) died 3/21/10. He worked at the INL retiring in 1995.

Woodrow Parker (91) died 3/25/10. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory and retired from there.

Wilbert R. Beck (71) died 3/26/10. He worked at the INL as a Precision Machinist at the Advanced Test Reactor Area.

Norman LaMar Wheeler (67) died 3/27/10. He worked at the INL for 23 years.

John Manly Daniher (84) died 3/29/10. He worked at the INL at the Test Reactor Area (TRA) as an Engineer and retired in 1991.

February 2010

Dan Owen Reynolds, 60, died 2/3/10. He worked at the INL for DOE in various positions.

Milan (Bud) Bednar, 66, died 2/5/10. He worked at the INL for 26 years retiring in 2005.

Glenn (Bud) I. Fredrickson, 84, died 2/7/10. He worked at the INL as a Bus Driver for 30 years

and retired in1991.

Marvin Marcy Williamson, 76, died 2/7/10. In 1976 he went to work at the INL as Director

of DOE's Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory. He retired in 1988.

Mark Robert Owsley, 49, died 2/12/10. He worked at the INL in Security.

Robert Birdsall Benjamin, 73, died 2/23/10. He started work at the INL with Phillips Petroleum Co.

January 2010

Ruel Vernon Dye, 76, died 1/2/10. He worked at the INL in managerial positions in Engineering.

Harvey Bowles Ward, 75, died 1/3/10. He worked at the INL with Westinghouse for 9 years.

Richard Galen Mitchell, 79, died 1/5/10. He worked at the INL at TAN as a Hot-Shop Tech.

James Perry "Jimmy" French, 55, died 1/11/10. He worked at the INL as a Radiological Control

Technician.

Verdas Henry Reed, 96, died 1/12/10. He worked at the INL for AEC as a Carpenter until 1959.

Maria Elsa Richards, 69, died 1/12/10. She worked at the INL as a Reactor Operator.

Robert "Bob" H. Bailey, 93, died 1/16/10. He worked at the INL as an Electrician Forman

at the CPP.

Edith Alberta Brailsford Bowen, 82, died 1/22/10. She worked at the INL as a Secretary for EG&G.

Richard George Lehmann, 82, died 1/25/10. He worked at the INL as an Electrician.

Lowell Arthur Jobe, 95, died 1/27/10. He worked at the INL as a Senior Control Engineer

beginning in 1960 and retiring in 1980.

Carl K. Rasmussen, 82, died 1/28/10. He worked at the INL on the Security Force for ANL.

Glenn A. Phillips died in Jan. 2010. He worked at the INL as a Security Guard for AEC.

Owen John Walker, 86, died 1/29/10. He worked at the INL for 35 years as a Finish Carpenter.

G.Ross Darnell, 76, died 1/31/10. He worked at the INL starting in 1973 for Westinghouse at the

Expended Core Facility for 5 years then transferred to EG&G where he worked until retiring in 1995.

Glennys Lynn "Lynn" Olson, 67, died on 8/3/09. She worked at the INL for several

research groups in an administrative support capacity. Her last assignment, before her

retirement, was as a senior administrative secretary for the director of the Materials

Science group.

December 2009

Stanley Merle Hill Jr., 90, died 12/14/09. He worked at the INL in the early days when

the site was first started.

Eugene "Gene" H. Magleby, 78, Died 12/15/09. He worked at the INL beginning In 1955 with

Phillips Petroleum Co. in the Physics Department Cross-Sections Group at TRA.

He served as a Technical Administrator for different managers of the Science

and Technology Division. He later worked in the Hydro and NRC Radiological

Programs. He retired in 1988. He was a member of the American nuclear Society.

Donald LaRoy Parsons, 83, died 12/15/09. He worked at the INL as an Electronics

Technician for EG&G.

Geraldine Ruth Marie Kurtz, 94, died 12/15/09. She worked at the INL for Westinghouse.

Mervin Jessie Gardner, 82, died 12/17/09. He started work at the INL in 1951 as one of the first

site bus drivers. After driving for 21 years he became one of the Managers of Bus Operations

and held that position for 22 years He retired in 1994 after driving 1,379,00 miles without

an accident.

Douglas LaMont Taylor Sr., 75, died 12/17/09. He worked at the INL as a Carpenter.

Auther Russell "Russ" Tetley, 79, died 12/19/09. He worked at the INL for 23 years

retiring in 1993.

Darwin Clifford Bowden, 86, died 12/24/09. He worked at the INL as a Laborer and Concrete

Foreman.

Iganacio Resendez, 70, died 12/27/09. He worked at the INL for DOE with oversight responsibility

of the Idaho Operations Office. He retired in 1994.

John Orson Young, 66, died 12/30/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne -West for 35 years.

Duane Hansen, 78, died 12/31/09. He worked at the INL as a Bus Driver for 28 years,

driving over a million miles.

November 2009

Francis Lawton "Skeets" Bentzon, 89, died 11/2/09. He worked at the INL as a Nuclear

Physcist for 30 years, starting in 1954 and retiring in 1985. Prior to that he worked on

the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, NM..

Sally Jean "Gott" Amar, 52, died 11/4/09. She worked at the INL for several years.

John Jay Pitman, 87, died 11/4/09.He started work at the INL in 1956 as a Maintenance

Carpenter and retired in1980 having worked 23 years.

Verl Lee Bitter, 80, died 11/11/09. He worked at the INL as an Instrument Tech at CPP.

He also became a Foreman and retired in 1993.

Archie E. Ker, 78, Died 11/19/09. He worked at the INL as a Photographer for Westinghouse.

Joanne Marie Richter Flinn, 70, died 11/24/09. She worked at the INL for DOE-ID as a Personnel

Specialist.

Arthur Woodrow Reynolds, 94, died 11/26/09. He worked at the INL starting in 1959 with

Phillips Petroleum Co. and retired as a Health and Safety Technician in 1981.

Paul Reed Arnsberger, 76, died 11/28/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne National

Laboratory for 30 years, retireing in 1994.

Janet Lindsay Croley, 71, died 11/29/09. She worked at the INL.

October 2009

Debra "Debbie" Kaye Norman Grigg, 51, died 10/4/09. She worked at the INL as a Security Guard for 8 years.

Sylvia Gayle Barnett, 71, died 10/10/09. She worked at the INL for a short time.

Orville R. Meyer, 83, died 10/21/09. He worked at the INL on projects to improve the safety of nuclear power

plants. In his last 3 years before retiring in 1992, he was the principal investigator for the analysis of

unusal operating events at nuclear power plants.

Teresa Lynne Daniels, 51, died 10/26/09. She worked at the INL as an Administrative Assistant.

Norberto "Nole" Gonzales, 77, died 10/30/09. He started working at

the INL in 1966 with Westinghouse followed by other contractors and

retired in1991.

September 2009

Robert "Bob" E. Gray, 86, died 9/29/09. He worked at the INL for AEC in 1951 as Chief of the Courier & Shipment

Section and later as a Security Inspector. From 1978 until 1987 he worked for EG&G as a Security Inspector

then became a Consultant for DOE retiring in 1991.

Merlin LaVerne Bressler, 81, died 9/1/09. He worked at the INL leaving in 1954.

Jane Arnold, 79, died 9/3/09. She worked at the INL Chemical Processing Plant as a Technician.

Paul Edwin Litteneker, 78, died 9/6/09. He worked at the INL for DOE. He started work as a

Chemical Engineer, and retired as a Project Manager.

Darril Clair Sparks, 77, died 9/12/09. He worked at the INL for 33 years as an Engineer in the

Hot Cells and as a Reactor Operator, retiring in 1992.

Kimberly Steel, 41, Died 9/17/09. She worked at the INL for 18 years, most of the time in the

Payroll Deptartment.

Randall "Randy" Alan Mays, 61, died 9/19/09. He worked at the INL in the Special Programs

Department until his death.

Harold Dean Strand, 80, died 9/19/09. He worked at the INL as Assistant Division Director

of Budgets and Administration for Argonne National Laboratory for 32 years. He retired in 1991.

Edison Wayne Roberts, 77, died 9/21/09. He worked at the INL as an Electrical Engineer.

Charles "Charlie" Abrams, 88, died 9/23/09. He worked at the INL starting in 1965 as Manager

of Radiation Safety at the Naval Reactor Facility. In 1972 he joined Argonne National Laboratory

as Mnager of Safety Security and Safeguards. He retired in 1990.

Keith Harold Clark, 84, died 9/25/09. He worked at the INL.

August 2009

Phillip Eugene Brasket, 79, died 8/9/09. He worked at the INL for Aerojet Nuclear starting in 1975.

Ronald Jesse Drake, 75, died 8/10/09. He worked at the INL as a Project Manager for the PBF.

Clifford William "Bill" Kirkham, 85, died 8/12/09. He worked at the INL as an Instrument Repairman

and Power Dispatcher for more than 30 years.

Arlo Dwayne Summers, 63, died 8/22/09. He worked at the INL for 37 years as a Certified Health

Physicist, Nuclear Engineer and was a Licensed Professional Engineer.

Eldon LaRain Dayley,74, died 8/26/09. He worked at the INL.

David Joseph Henderson, 59 died 8/29/09. He worked at the INL for General Electric and EG&G.

Mary Jean Hansen Freund, 78, died 8/29/09. She worked at the INL as a Secretary.

Kent B. Seamons,78, died 3/28/09. He worked at the INL in Maintenance at TRA for many years. Glennys Lynn "Lynn" Olson, 67, died on 8/3/09. She worked at the INL for several research groups in an administrative support capacity. Her last assignment, before her retirement, was as a senior administrative secretary for the director of the Materials Science group.

July 2009

Karla Lorene Young, 59, died 7/1/09. She worked at the INL for a short time for Phillips Petroleum Co.
George Wellington Jackson Sr. 80, died 7/2/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory

starting in 1966 and retiring in 1983.

C. Gale Campbell, 74, died 7/3/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory in Material Handling.

Beverly Jeane Ystad Miller, 79, died 7/4/09. She worked at the INL for Westinghouse as a Secretary.

Robert "Bob" Andrew Grimesey, 80, died 7/4/09. He worked at the INL in Reactor Physics for 34 years

retiring in 1991. He designed a mathematical algorithm to calculate the cross section of elements in the

core of a nuclear reactor. This algorithm is currently in use by Physicists all over the world.

David Neal Thompson, 52, died 7/5/09. He worked at the INL.

Donald Wayne Reneau, 80, died 7/10/09. He worked at the INL for 31 years for General Electric

  at the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Facility for testing atomic aircraft.

Bobby Herbert Phillips, 79, died 7/13/09. He started working at the INL in 1957 for Argonne National

Laboratory and helped startup of Nuclear Power plants in several states. He was also a member of

  the Quick Response Team and the Desert Rats Group which took care of remote monitoring equipment

around the site.

William Rue "Bill" Cook 83 died 7/14/09. He worked at the INL for 20 years.

Michael Edward Jacobsen, 58, died 7/16/09. He worked at the INL as an Editor for EG&G.

Fern Eaton Humberger Chadwick 87 died 7/30/09. She worked at the INl for 25 years.

Lavern "Larry" Jewett 63 died 7/30/09. He worked at the INL drilling Monitor Wells.

June 2009

Howard Elliott Trautner 81died 6/5/09. He worked at the INL for Electric Boat Company.

David Neblett 59 died 6/5/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory starting in 1978 as a Chemistry Technician, then at EBR ll, and held many other positions thru the years.Earl Herve Arpin 84 died 6/5/09. He worked at the INL.

Earl Herve Arpin 84 died 6/5/09. He worked at the INL.

Leland Scott Hart 53 died 6/8/09. He worked at the INL for 28 years as a Fuels Operator Assistant.

R. Kent Shelly 60 died 6/10/09. He worked at the INL for several contractors.

Hugh Sharp 85 died 6/12/09. He worked at the INL starting with Phillips Petroleum Co. in 1968.

Robert (Spike) McCormick 70 died 6/23/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory.

James E. Rein 86 died 6/27/09. He worked at the INL as a Research Chemist.

George (Doug) Douglas Oliver Jr. 65 died 6/28/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory for 2 years.

William Alan Propp 68 died 6/30/09. He worked at the INL as a Chemical Engineer for Bechtel.

May 2009

Ray Young Parker 84 died 5/2/09. He worked at the INL at the Chem Plant for 35 years, retiring in 1986.

Donovan Howard Haroldsen 93 died 5/8/09. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratories

and retired in 1980.

H. Delbert "Del" Killian 74 died 5/10/09. He worked at the INL as a Mechanical Engineer, retiring in 1995.

Donnette England Scott 64 died 5/10/09. She worked at the INL as a Clerk for various contractors.

Willa Marjean Sutton 81 died 5/12/09. She worked at the INL for 36 years and retired in 1992.

Thelma A. Witzel 94 died 5/13/09. She worked at the INL as Cafeteria Manager for Westinghouse.

L. Dee Scott 69 died 5/14/09. He worked at the INL beginning in 1959. In 1961 he became the first

licensed Reactor Operator in North American Aviation which started his 50 year career in the Nuclear

Industry.

Franklin Edward Smith 96 died 5/16/09. He worked at the INL with the AEC from 1949 until 1972.

Warren N. Thompson 75 died 5/20/09. He worked at the INL for EG&G until 1996.

Richard G. Keller 89 died 5/21/09. He worked at the INL starting in 1955 with Phillips Petroleum Co.

and with subsequent contractors as a Chemical Operator, Reactor Operator and a Component

Technician retiring in 1981.

Traci J. (Anderson) Taul 54 died 5/30/09. She worked at the INL as an Engineer for over 25 years

and had her works published in several publications.

Gary Stanton Adams 80 died 5/31/09. He worked at the INL as a Chemist at the NRF Facility for

more than 30 years.

April 2009

Glen O. English (85) died 4/3/09. He worked at the INL at TRA as a Manager in the Applied Physics Department starting in 1955 and retiring in 1986.

Dawn Woods (55) died 4/3/09. She worked at the INL as a Radiation Safety Instructor.

John (Jack) Xavier Combo (86) died 4/3/09. He worked at the INL starting in 1962 for AEC. He served as Chief Counsel to ERDA (later the DOE) then as Deputy Manager and Acting Director of the INEEL site.

William Michael "Mike" Isom (53) died 4/5/09. He was working at the INL at the time of his death. He has worked at the site for the past 30 years. His last assignment was as an Operations Manager.

John Edward Jorgensen (84) died 4/6/09. He worked at the INL at TRA for more than 30 years as a Maintenance Supervisor.

Marlyn DeWane Reeser (71) died 4/6/09. He worked at the INL from 1964 until retiring on 1/31/1995.

Boyd Brigham Belnap (91) died 4/8/09. He worked at the INL as a Carpenter.

Adolph Kochevar (77) died 4/11/09. He worked at the INL at Argonne National Laboratory starting in 1964 and retired many years later.

Robert Dale Carruthers (69) died 4/18/09. He worked at the INL from 1992 until retiring in 2001.

Dirk Gombert II (53) died 4/19/09. He was working at the INL at the time of his death. He started in 1987 as a Chemical Engineer. He was a member of the licensed Professional Engineers.

John David Baker (59) died 4/23/09. He worked at the INL on chemical separation techniques. He holds several patents and is the author or co-author of over 50 journal articles. He shared the discovery of 5 new radioisotopes. He also designed purification techniques for every column on the periodic table.

John Michael Newman (38) died 4/26/09. He worked at the INL for the past 5 years at the Advanced Waste Management Treatment Plant as a Shift Supervisor.

Charles Raymond Climer (75) died 4/27/09. He worked at the INL starting in 1956 and retired in 1998.

Alton Anderson (88) died 4/27/09. He worked at the INL as a Chemical Technician for 29 years.

Robert Dale Johnson (71) died 4/28/09. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse starting in 1967 and retired in 1997 after 30 years of service.

March 2009

Robert Dwayne Hail 64 died 3/5/09. He worked at the INL in Construction for Bechtel.

Lawanda Grace Kidd 71 died 3/10/09. She worked at the INL as a Secretary.

Darwin Denning 88 died 3/20/09. He worked at the INL as a Remote Handling Tech

in the Hot Shops.

Leonard Wayne Christensen 94 died 3/25/09. He worked at the INL as an Instrument Specialist.

Leonard Solon Fisk 91died 3/30/09. He worked at the INL as an Accountant in the Finance Division

of AEC and DOE.
February 2009

Grant Foster Chandler 82 died 2/3/09. He worked at the INL for AEC in Security.

Elmo (Bill) Forbush, 80, died 2/4/09. He worked at the INL.

Thomas J. Mondada 80 died 2/5/09. He worked at the INL at NRF starting in 1954.

Max John Ricks 64 died 2/6/09. He worked at the INL at NRF starting in 1982.

Georde Leon Borsheim 72 died 2/10/09. He worked at the INL for a short time prior

   to leaving in 1985.

Bruce Allen Reynolds 52 died 2/16/09. He worked at the INL for Battelle Energy

   Alliance as a business lead for Alternative Fuels.

Betty Ruth Wyss Lang 85 died 2/17/09. She worked at the INL as the head baker at

   CFA and TAN. She started in 1975 and was known for her delicious desserts.

Gary Douglas Guinn 57 died 2/18/09. He worked at the INL at CPP from 1992 to 1984

   and from 1990 and to 1994 when he left to work at Rocky Flats, CO.

Dan William Colling 69 died 2/21/09. He worked at the INL.

Lyle Barclay Moss 84 died 2/22/09. He worked at the INL for AEC starting in1955

   and retired 33 years later in 1988.

Maurice (Mac) McLain 67 died 2/22/09. He worked at the INL for 24 years starting in

   1979 and retiring 24 years later in 2005.

Donald Wayne Brooks 68 died 2/23/09. He worked at the INL as an Auditor for many years.

  January 2009

James (Jim) Hugh McFadden (68) died 1/8/09. He worked at the INL.

Steven J. Williamson (58) died 1/9/09. He worked at the INL for NRF for 25 years.

Lester E. Jensen (72) died 1/9/09. He worked at the INL.

Dwight Elmer Thornton (84) died 1/17/09. He worked at the INL Power Burst Facility and for EG&G from

   1978 to 1981.

Helen Hanni Dowling (78) died 1/21/09. She worked at the INL starting as a Security Clerk for AEC,

   then leaving for a job in Germany and returning in 1957 and leaving again in 1960 for a job in Denver.

Gloria Ann Keller (72) Died 1/26/09. She worked at the INL as an Administrative Assistant with

   Phillips Petroleum Co. and following contractors and with DOE from which she retired.

Pamela Joan Yazzie Grover (48) died 1/28/09. She worked at the INL in Emergency Services.

Ivar Engen (76) died 12/1/08. He worked at the INL as an Electrical Engineer.

Floyd Muriel Hainline (64) died 12/10/08. He worked at the INL for over 30 years.

Lawrence Kenneth (Ken) Seymour (79) died 12/15/08. He worked at the INL as a Nuclear/Mechanical Engineer for AEC and AEC contractors.

Cheryl Marie Kosman (59) died 12/22/08. She worked at the INL for several years.

Ronald Joseph Thomas (60) died 12/22/08. He worked at the INL for Argonne West for 30 years before retiring.

Peter Dowell Randolph (82) died 12/23/08. He worked at the INL from 1958 for Phillips Petroleum Co. Idaho Nuclear Co., Aerojet Nuclear Co., EG&G Idaho and Lockheed-Martin. Most of his time was at TRA in Solid State Physics.

Kenneth Russell Dearden (87) died 12/24/08. He worked at the INL for AEC in the Fire Department for 20 years and retired as Fire Chief in 1979.

Eugene William (Bill) Colson (70) died 12/25/08. He worked at the INL starting with EG&G and with following contractors retiring in 2001 from Bechtel.

Hadley Clark Sorenson (87) died 12/25/08. He worked at the INL as a Security Guard and as a Fireman.

Gail George Hanson (89) died 12/29/08. He worked at the INL as diesel mechanic for 30 years.

Larry Lynn Holverson (57) died 12/30/08. He worked at the INL as a Sheet Metal Worker for 25 years.

Dorothy Marie Taggart (92) died 12/30/08. She worked at the INL.

John (Jack) Harley Bowling (93) died 12/31/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse-Bettis as an Engineering Officer of the watch at S1W Naval Reactor Prototype. He was also a Reactor Operations Supervisor for many years.

Ray Duane Sanders (77) died 11/26/08. He worked at the INL Starting in 1962 with Phillips Petroleum Co. He was registered as a Professional Engineer by the state of Idaho in1973. He retired in 1990.

Darlene Zoe Owens (83) died 11/3/08. She worked at the INL as a Nurse.

Leonard l. Hansen (72) died 11/6/08. He worked at the INL as a Security Inspector for DOE.

Juanita Rabe Byrom (82) died 11/11/08. She worked at the INL as a Substitute Nurse. She retired in1983.

Calvin Loy Moser (73) died 11/12/08. He worked at the INL as an Engineer.

Spence Andrus Barker (68) died 11/16/08. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Lab. West starting as a Junior Technician and retiring as a Senior Scientist 35 years later.

Nephi Michael Luker (82) died 11/17/08. He worked at the INL for the Atomic Energy Commission.

Walter Eugene Watters (81) died 11/17/08. He worked at the INL as Project Engineer for Aerojet Nuclear and EG&G.

Thomas Hejtmanek (87) died 11/20/08. He worked at the INL for several contractors retiring in1980.

James LaVern Allen (83) died 11/21/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse as a Crane Operator for 21 years.

Lyle E. Belnap (85) died 11/24/08. He worked at the INL as an Iron Worker and Heavy Equipment Operator.

Dale Jolly (79) died 11/26/08. He worked at the INL for 40 years starting in 1954.

Ellis Franklin Wells (83) died 11/26. He worked at the INL retiring in 1985.

Ronald (Ron) Lloyd Bingham (49) died 11/29/08. He worked at the INL as a Quality Control Inspector for 10 years.

Ken Litterford (65) died 10/3/08. He worked at the INL starting in the late 1970's as a Maintenance Specialist for Argonne National Laboratory until 1998 when he was medically retired.

Ralph Reed Throckmorton (62) died 10/11/08. He started working at the INL for DOE in 1986 as Assistant Chief Counsel and later as Chief Counsel. He retired in 2001.

Alice Carol Bromley (94) died 10/14/08. She worked at the INL as a Maintenance Supervisor for one of the contractors for many years.

Harold F. (Hal) Gallagher (87) died 10/17/08. He worked at the INL. He started to work in 1969 with Aerojet General and later worked for Argonne National Laboratory in Nuclear Power and Quality Assurance. He also taught classes in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Idaho.

Wilford Donald (Don) Anderson (87) died 10/18/08. He worked at the INL as a Spent Nuclear Fuel Foreman at the Chemical Processing Plant and retired in 1986.

Bill L. Wakeman (82) died 10/29/08. He worked at the INL and retired in 1987.

Reese Shipley Kern (86) died 10/29/08. He worked at the INL. He was Construction Project Manager of the Power Burst Facility Experimental Reactor. He also worked at TRA in Project Engineering where he was involved with the General Electric Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project that tested fuel in the ETR Loops.

Those that died earlier than September 2008.

Elmo Edgar Brown (91) died 8/29/08. He worked at the INL for AEC.

Duane Scott Allen (62) died 9/7/08. He worked at the INL for

   more than 15 years starting in 1978.

Luciano M. Ramirez (78) died 9/8/08. He worked at the INL as a

   bus driver, retireing in 1994.

Bethany Dawn Abegglen Fair (32) died 9/9/08. She worked at the

   INL as a Text Processor.

Roy Leo Hopla (78) died 9/12/08. He worked at the INL for Argonne

   National Laboratory in the Personnel Department.

Fred Clyde Nelson (92) died 9/13/08. He worked at the INL.

Doris Frances Butler (69) died 9/22/08. She worked at the INL for

General Electric as a Secretary.

William (Bill) B. Kerr (85) died 9/22/08. He worked at the INL. In

1957 he went to work for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).

   He retired in 1986.

James (Jim) Michael Bianco (50) died 9/23/08.He worked at the

INL.

Edward (Ed) Ray Palmer (66) died 9/23/08. He worked at the

INL. He worked with a team that did outside work for the Air

Force where he traveled to many parts of the United States

and several locations around the world. He retired in March, 2006.

Gala Gene Martell (43) died 9/28/08. She worked at the INL for

several years as a Security Guard.

Employees that died at times other than August 2008

Gale Evan Jones died in 2007 (about August). He worked at

   the INL in several areas.

Kitty Hadley died about 2 years ago. She worked at the INL in

   the Cafeteria.

Calvin Hogg (95) died in 8/2/08. He worked at the INL at TRA.

Eson Milton Freeman (94) died 8/16/08. He worked at the INL

   as a laborer and later as an electrician when the site first opened.

Charles Walter Morby (89) died 8/21/08. He worked at the INL in

   the 1950's.

Kenneth Stephen Seward (65) died 8/22/08. He worked at the

   INL as an Electrical Control Technician until he retired in 2006.

Thayne Shumway Huntsman (74) died 8/24/08. He worked at

   the INL for Argonne National Laboratory for 25 years.

Robert Lee Crumley (74) died 8/27/08. He worked at the INL

   in nuclear and electric areas retiring in1993.

A. Craig Smith (64) died 8/28/08. He worked at the INL starting

   with EG&G as a Computer Technician and retired as a Senior

   Scientist at ATR in 1999.

Erie Garrison (Garry) Blake (82) died 7/1/08. He worked at the INL for AEC from 1949 to1954. In 1954 he went to work for General Electric holding various management positions in  Industrial Relations and Human Resources for 34 years. He left the INL in 1972.

Marian June Hall (88) died 7/2/08. She worked at the INL.

Jim Ernest Thomas (61) died 7/8/08. He worked at the INL as a Computer Science Consultant.

Dr. Wayne K. Lehto (74) died 7/12/08. He worked at the INL. He made numerous contributions in the field of Nuclear Science.

Milburn Hawker Jr. (90) died 7/13/08. He worked at the INL for 10 years when it was known as The National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS).

Vance Ray Pewtress (90) died 7/21/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse for many years.

Caleb (Buzz) Flamm (88) died 7/22/08. He worked at the INL for DOE in the Maintenance Department and retired in 1985.

Lyman G. Wells (87) died 7/22/08. He worked at the INL He started in 1958 as a Machinist and eventually moved into Design Engineering. He retired in 1986.

Burke Russel Long (56) died 7/23/08. He worked at the INL.

William (Bill) Oscar Crownover (76) died 6/2/08. He worked at the INL from 1962 until he retired in 1999.

Carol A. Cavender Howell (68) died 6/3/08. She worked at the INL for DOE

Vernon Dean Ricks (74) died 6/4/08. He worked at the INL as an Accountant for Aerojet Nuclear and EG&G Idaho.

Arthur Leonard Erikson (80) died 6/4/08. He started work at the INL as a Chemist in 1956. He worked for various contractors including General Electric, Phillips Petroleum Co., Allied Chemical, Exxon, and Westinghouse. He retired in 1990.

Willis Lee Moore (73) died 6/9/08. He worked at the INL as a Boiler Plant Operator.

Bonnie Clements Decker (78) died 6/9/08. She worked at the INL for Argonne National Lab.

John Donald Moon Jr. (54) died 6/10/08. He worked at the INL as a Painter.

Doyle Vernon Dredge (80) died 6/12/08. He worked at the INL for 32 years..

Ronald (Red) Dwigans (80) died 6/14/08. He worked at the INL for AEC for many years.

Charles A. Nielsen (85) died 6/25/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse, NRF, at the Expanded Core Facility from which he retired.

Veldon C. Archibald (67) died 6/26/08. He worked at the INL as a Quality Assurance Engineer.

Marian June Hall (88) died 7/2/08. She worked at the INL.

Other than May 2008 Deaths:

86 year old Phoebe Ruth Davids Gilchrist died 1/30/08. She worked at the INL as a Nurse.

86 year old John Francis (Jack) Kaufmann died 4/19/08. He worked on the Manhattan Project, as

    a Chemical Engineer for Oak Ridge National Lab, at the INL for AEC, at German Town, MD,

  at Washington DC, and with Atoms for peace project, for a total of 32 years with the Federal

    Government, retiring in 1984.

May 2008 deaths:

69 year old Janet Maris Hill Wray died 5/1/08. She worked at the INL for EG&G starting in 1975.

59 year old Christine Kay died 5/6/08. She worked at the INL as a Bus Driver for 18 years.

61 year old Randy Lee Smith died 5/6/08. He worked at the INL.

85 year old John Easton Howell died 5/8/08. He worked at the INL at NRF in the Westinghouse

     Nuclear Program starting in 1955. After moving around the country with Westinghouse he returned

    to INL in 1963 and retired from Westinghouse in 1986.

64 year old Charles David England died 5/14/08. He worked at the INL as a Pipe Fitter and Truck

     Driver.

75 year old David Lewis Bailey died 5/16/08. He worked at the INL for AEC from 1957 to 1973.

72 year old Henry William Buschman died 5/16/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse at the

    Naval Reactor Facility and later at Argonne National Laboratory where he was manager of an

    Engineering Section. He held the position of Associated Division Director of the EBR II Operating

    Division when he retired in April, 2005.

74 year old Bonnie Lue Ikler died 5/18/08. She worked at the INL.

85 year old Walter Alfred French died 5/19/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse, NRF for

    28 years

78 year old Ray Lewis Christensen died 5/22/08. He worked at the INL as a Computer Operator for

    EG&G Idaho retiring in 1992.

57 year old Gregory R. Galles died 5/28/08. He worked at the INL as an Engineer for

     Westinghouse Bechtel-Bettis from 2001 until 2004.

77 year old Stanley Owen Johnson died 5/31/08. He worked at the INL as manager of the SPERT

    Project , the Fuel Safety Program Branch, and the Model Verification Branch.

90 year old John Edward (Bruce) Beck died 4/3/08, He worked at the INL for Aerojet General

     Nucleonics.

92 year old Frank Bush Sermon died 4/6/08. He worked at the INL in construction of EBR-2.

59 year old Kent Albert Christensen died 4/6/08. He worked at the INL for Argonne and at the Chemical

     Processing Plant.

63 year old Carol Adlene Mortensen died 4/6/08. She worked at the INL as a Technician for Scientech.

76 year old Joseph R. Kerscher died 4/12/08. He worked at the INL For 33 years as a Senior Nuclear

    Operations Engineer.

59 year old Kim Harold Young died 4/14/98. He worked at the INL for 27 years as an Electrical

    Foreman.

54 tear old Denise Marie Glore died 4/15/08. She worked at the INL for DOE.

80 year old Marvin (Mike) Alma Wade died 4/20/08. He worked at the INL for the Atomic Energy

    Commission, now DOE, in research and development. In 1988 he took responsibility to

    design a laboratory and identify analytical methods and equipment for the SIS (Special

    Isotope Separation Project). In his professional career he published several papers.

69 year old Curtis H. Gauss died 4/22/08. He worked at the INL for several contractors as a

    Maintenance Insulator at CPP and later as a Foreman. He retired in the year 2000.

71 year old Robert (Bob) L. Rowe died 4/23/08. He worked at the INL starting in 1965 and retired

    in 1995

68 year old LaJean Sessions Kinghorn died 4/26/08. She worked at the INL for a short time and was

    one of the first women bus drivers at the INL.

84 year old Bertie Mae Arroyo died 4/27/08. She worked at the INL as a Bookkeeper and in

    Administrative Support positions for General Electric Co.

61 year old Richard Albert Schiffern died 4/28/08. He worked at the INL as a Project Manager.

91 year old Vesta Dunn Pratt died 4/30/08. She worked at the INL as a Telephone Operator and

     retired from EG&G Idaho.

70 year old Jan Radtke died 4/30/08. She worked at the INL for EG&G as a Secretary until retireing.

.

March deaths:

85 year old Dan Norman Arnold died 3/6/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse Electric Naval

    Reactor Facilities starting in 1955 and retiring in 1985 after 30 years service.

78 year old Elizabeth Helen (Betty) Lawyer died 3/6/08. She worked at the INL for EG&G retiring in

    1995.

76 year old Yvonne H. Farmer Johnson died 3/11/08. She worked at the INL as a Custodian.

75 year old Kim D. Thompson died 3/11/08. He worked at the INL for a short time.

60 year old Jerry V. Gilbert died 3/11/08. He worked at the INL developing Safety and Data Security

    Systems for the Test Reactors and to track Transuranic Nuclear Waste at the site.

80 year old James Curtis Haire died 3/14/08. He worked at the INL starting in 1954 with Phillips

    Petroleum Co. with the building of SPERT 1 Reactor. He then advanced to Manager of the Safety

    Program Division with responsibility for all Government Reactor Safety Research at the Idaho

    Site. He was a founding father of the Local American Nuclear Society and

    was made a Fellow in the National American Nuclear Society for his contributions to nuclear

    safety. He retired in 1996.

83 year old John Wallace Ray died 3/15/08. He started work at the INL in 1954 with the Atomic

    Energy Commission as the Chief of Personnel Security where he was in charge of screening

    employment applications for the site. He retired in 1976

66 year old Darryl Ray Sessions died 3/15/08. He worked at the INL as a Bus Driver starting

    8/4/75 and retiring 3/1/03 after 28 years of service.

83 year old Luther (Luke) Handley Jones died 3/19/08. He worked at the INL at TRA as a Project

    Engineer Manager. He also had a Professional Engineer's License in Chemical Engineering.

72 year old Shirley Ann Pettit died 3/27/08. She worked at the INL for EG&G for a short while.

79 year old Robert Ira Shurley died 3/29/08. He worked at the INL as a Reactor Operator.

80 year old Robert Lewis Tromp died 3/31/08. He worked at the INL as a Chemist and Physicist.

    He was involved in hydrogen warhead testing at Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific.

NOTE: Employee who died in 2007.

50 year old Kathy Koyana died 1/12/07. She worked at the INL for many years in Finance and

    Education Training and Research Partnerships.
63 year old Bryant Evan Williams died 2/20/08. He worked at the INL for EG&G leaving in 1985 to

     take a job in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Blaine Merkley died 2/9/07. He worked at the INL as a Mechanical Engineer.

78 year old Kenneth D. DeCoria died 2/19/08. He worked at the INL starting in 1954 for General

    Electric on the Nuclear Jet Engine Project. When it was cancelled in 1961 he went to work for

    Argonne National Laboratory (ANL West). He retired in January 1994.

78 year old Elmer H. Cottrell died 2/21/08. He worked at the INL for 17 years as a Bus Driver

    starting in 1974 and retiring in 1991.

57 year old Robert D. (Bob) Jones died 2/4/08. He worked at the INL for the Department of Energy.

84 year old Gerald Olof Johnson died 2/6/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse.

64 year old John Kent Lough died 2/9/08. He worked at the INL for over 20 years before retiring due

     to health problems.

76 year old Harriet Evelyn Bird Hyer died 2/11/08. She worked at the INL and retired from EG&G.

47 year old Lita Jo (Jody) White Arava died 2/16/08. She worked at the INL for CWI as an

     Equipment Operator.

83 year old Alfredo Anselmo died 2/18/08. He worked at the INL in Nuclear Traffic Management for

   A.E.C. (Atomic Energy Commission) He was one of the first 14 men who started working on

    Oct. 10, 1949, at the beginning of site operations on the desert, for the A.E.C.

81 year old Levern Arthur Scott died 2/19/08. He worked for the INL as a Tile Setter and Pipe Fitter.

47 year old Lisa Jo Butler died 2/20/08. She worked at the INL For EG&G as a Secretary and

    Word Processor for several years.

83 year old Alva Rex Harris died 2/26/08. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse as a Special

     Investigator and in several administrative positions, retiring in 1982 after 31 years of service.

     He was one of the first people to go to work at Westinghouse Naval Reactor Testing Facility

     in 1951.

56 year old Shari Leatham died 2/26/08. She worked at the INL as a Bus Driver and in

     the Human Resources Department.

62 year old Thomas H. Woods died 2/27/08. He worked at the INL for 30 years as an Electrical

     Engineer and as an Electrical Draftsman.

86 year old Matthew A. Klein died 1/1/08. He worked at the INL from1957 until his retirement in

    1980.

80 year old Jason Ashworth died 1/4/08. He worked at the INL as a bus driver.

46 year old Lyman Jeffery Ipsen died 1/5/08. He worked at the INL as a computer specialist for the

    Department of Energy (DOE).

64 year old Robert Franklin Whitacre Jr. died 1/5/08. He worked at the INL for EG&G and DOE

    in Nuclear Waste Management.

71 year old Errol Dennis Covington died 1/14/08. He worked at the INL for a time after graduating

    from college.

57 year old Robert James Cole died 1/16/08. He worked at the INL since 1993 as Nuclear Reactor

    Operator Training Specialist.

77 year old Phyllis Elaine Robb died 1/18/08. She worked at the INL in the Maintenance

    Department.

78 year old Kenneth Dale DeCoria died 1/19/08. He worked at the INL for General Electric on the

    atomic airplane and for Argonne National Lab as an Engineering Technician, retiring from

    Argonne.

83 year old George Kingsley Wachs died 1/20/08. He worked at the INL for Bettis Westinghouse

    Atomic Power Laboratory and retired in 1984.

81year old Daniel T. Romney died 1/20/08. He worked at the INL from 1944 until his retirement

    in 1984.

70 year old Joseph Gerald (Jerry) Tocheri died 1/24/08. He worked at the INL in the early days

    of the site in Construction.

70 year old William Carl Cook died 1/27/08. He worked at the INL for several different contractors

    writing computer simulations for nuclear reactors. He retired in 1999.

85 year old Douglas Warren Hadley died 1/29/08. He worked at the INL at TRA as a Maintenance

   Foreman for more than 30 years.

86 year old Phoebe Ruth Davids Gilchrest died 1/30/08. She worked at the INL as a nurse for many

   years.

43 year old Karen Kimberly Knapp Stuart died 1/30/08. She worked at the INL as a Planner

    Scheduler.

80 year old Cleve George Weeks died 12/2/07. He went to work at the INL in 1958 and retired in 1988.

83 year old Gladys Virginia Jordan Woolf died 12/3/07. She worked at the INL for Phillips

     Petroleum Co. from 1953 to 1964.

77 year old Lewis Albert (Lew) Cook died 12/3/07. He worked at the INL for NRF and other

     contractors from 1958 to 1991. He worked with the S1W Reactor and participated in the

     design of the Loss of Fluid Test Facility. Near the end of his career he became the first

     Manager of the Stored Waste Examination Pilot Plant.

83 year old Ned Wilde died 12/7/07. He worked at the INL starting with Phillips Petroleum Co. in

    1961, where he analyzed data associated with Power Reactors. He also worked with the Loss of

    Fluid Test Facility, retiring in 1986.

72 year old Ronald Bernell Newbold died 12/11/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse Naval

     Reactor Facility for 30 years, starting in 1965.

68 year old Betty Mae Harker died 12/22/07. She worked at the INL for several years as a Secretary

78 year old C. Don Bush died 12/25/07. He worked at the INL for The Department of Energy (DOE),

    for General Electric in The Printing and Chemistry Departments at the Westinghouse Naval

    Reactor Facility.

79 year old Delmo R. Smith died 12/27/07. He worked at the INL as a Security Guard for 20 years.

86 year old Adele Schoop Seward died 12/28/07. She worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory

    as a nurse .

76 year old Vaun Marvin Kirby died 12/31/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse.

73 year old William Coleman Reed died 11/02/07. He worked at the INL as an Engineering Manager.

88 year old Elmo Lloyd Killion died 11/3/07. He worked at the INL as a Custodian.

74 year old John C. (Pete) Jones died 11/16/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse as an

    Accountant for 40 years, retiring 7/1/93.

82 year old Elmer Henry Rasmussen died 11/17/07. He worked at the INL as a Mechanic, retireing

    as a foreman in 1990.

82 year old Russell Neil Fee died 11/26/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse (NRF) as a Pipe

    Fitter and later for EG&G in the Engineering Department.

81 year old Louis Van Doizer died 10/3/07. He worked at the INL as a Nuclear Technician.

84 year old Hugh Sneed Cole died 10/4/07. He worked at the INL as a Chemist and retired in 1986.

81 year old Bill Slack died 10/6/07. He worked at the INL as a Security Guard.

84 year old Zane William Caldwell died 10/6/07. He worked at the INL for 17 years.

56 year old Neal Allen Thompson died 10/11/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse as a surplus

    manager.

90 year old Ray Theron Jacobs died 10/17/07. He worked at the INL for many years as a Project

    Engineer at the Test Reactor Area (TRA). He was a gifted scientist whose research and inventions

    are still used in text books of science and industry.

73 year old Alan D. Donaldson died 10/18/07. He worked at the INL as a Metallurgist.

78 year old Richard James (Dick) Beers died 10/19/07. He worked at the INL for Phillips Petroleum

    Co. from 1954 to 1959. He went to work for DOE-ID in 1959 and retired in 1986. The last 10

     years with DOE-ID he was The Assistant Manager for Enviromental Safety and Health.

71 year old Sherie Rachel Georgeson Faerber died 10/21/07. She worked at the INL in the Test

    Reactor Area (TRA).

84 year old John Raymond Pattee died 10/22/07. He worked at the INL for DOE for nearly 30 years

    retiring in 1984.

64 year old Glenda Faye Park Kimbro died 10/24/07. She worked at the INL for 15 years retiring in

2005.

60 year old Theron Michael Bradley Jr. died 10/26/07. He worked at the INL as the manager of Naval

    Reactors Idaho Branch Office at NRF for 20 years leaving for Washington D.C. in June 2002.

81 year old Jean B. Fletcher died 8/30/07. He worked at the INL for EG&G as a Principal

    Administrator retiring in 1991.

83 year old Melvin (Mel) C. Haggard died 9/4/07. He worked at the INL as a Bus driver retireing

     in 1984.

66 year old George (Tom) Thompson Wiser died 9/5/07. He worked at the INL as an Engineer.

84 year old George J. Curtis SR. died 9/14/07. He worked at the INL as a Senior

    Chemist/Scientist at the Chemical Processing Plant (CPP) for 37 years retireing in 1991.

85 year old Betty Tamashiro died 9/16/07. She worked at the INL as a Secretary fron 1965 to 1979.

82 year old Mary Bernadette Hanson died 9/24/07. She worked at the INL as a secretary for DOE

    until retirement.

75 year old James Edward Cox died 9/27/07. He worked at the INL. He wrote and edited

    Environmental Impact Documents. He retired in 1995.

79 year old Floyd Dale Williamson died 9/29/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse Electric

    in the Naval Reactor Facility for 31 years, retiring as the Assistant Director of Security.

87 year old Frank W. Decker died 8/19/07. He worked at the INL as a bus driver, logging over a million accident free miles.

91 year old Mary Helen Moore died 8/19/07. She worked at the INL as an Administrative Assistant to the Personnel Manager of

     Phillips Petroleum Co.

85 year old Frederick Shelly Kern IV died 8/19/07. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory, EBR1, TREAT, and

    EBR11. He retired in 1988.

72 year old Fredrick Isaac Gimple died 8/20/07. He worked at the INL as a Custodian for approximately 10 years.

81 year old Jean B. Fletcher died 8/30/07. He worked at the INL for Aerojet Company and EG&G as a Principal Administrator.

    He retired in April 1991.

66 year old Henry K. Peterson died 8/31/07. He worked at the INL as a Health Physicist and Radiological Engineer.

67 year old Burdett Young (Tom) Robison. He worked at the INL as a Quality Inspector and Engineer for 29 years retiring in 1999.

60 year old Robert Lawrence (Larry) Oliver died 7/3/07. He worked at the INL.

83 year old Harold George Miller died 7/7/07. He worked at the INL as a Machinist and

     Machinist Supervisor and helped set up reactors in Japan and Germany. He retired in

    1990.

63 year old Jinx Engles died 7/7/07. She worked at the INL for DOE as a Master

     Technician. Her job with Reactors took her around the USA and to Japan.

88 year old Russell Lafoay Gould died 7/10/07. He worked at the INL in construction.

80 year old Rozella (Rosie) Christensen died 7/14/07. She worked at the INL as a

     Telephone Operator.

85 year old Rose Poll Cousin died 7/25/07. She was employed by the Naval Housing

     Division in Idaho falls.

93 year old Lola Scott Butler died 7/25/07. She worked at the INL as a Secretary.

73 year old James Arthur (Jim) Schrader died 7/30/07. He worked at the INL at the

     Naval Reactors Facility in various positions and finally as a Nuclear Trainer for the

     Expended Core Facility. He retired in 1991.

83 year old James Andrew Mitchell died 6/1/07. He worked at the INL as a Pipe fitter,

     Pipe fitter Forman, and Quality Control inspector and retired in 1970.

51 year old Annette Lemmon Lusk died 6/4/07. She worked at the INL as an

     Administrative Assistant for DOE for the past 15 years.

87 year old Lowell Dee Barber died 6/6/07. He worked at the INL as a Security Officer

     and retired in 1981.

86 year old Melvin Davis died 6/8/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse Electric for

     25 years and retired in 1983.

85 year old John D. (Jack) Ford died 6/10/07. He came to work with Phillips Petroleum

     Company (the original INL contractor) in 1951. He worked as superintendent of the

     MTR and ETR and eventually in reactor safety. He retired in 1986.

90 year old Robert (Bob) George Nobles Sr. died 6/12/07. He worked at the INL for

     Argonne West from 1968 until retiring in 1980. He also worked on the Manhattan

     Project at the University of Chicago under the direction of Nobel Laureate Enrico

     Fermi. Under Fermi's guidance Bob and his colleagues initiated the first sustained

     nuclear chain reaction on Dec. 2, 1942.

81 year old Lorin Levi Miles died 6/13/07. He worked at the INL for several years in

     Purchasing for General Electric

92 year old Leda Weech died 6/13/07. She worked at the INL for Phillips Petroleum Co.

     in the Accounting Dept.

79 year old Frank Thomas Bithell Jr. died 6/22/07. He worked at the INL his entire career

     as an accountant and computer programmer.

75 year old Samuel Waldrop McChesney lll died 6/28/07. He worked at the INL from June

     1980 until July 1984.

71 year old Dean C. Kirkham died 3/5/07. He worked at the INL for EG&G for a short

     time.

77 year old Wallace David Hanson died 5/2/07. He worked at the INL for more than

     30  years as an Industrial Hygienist. He retired in 1995.

75 year old Harry William Heiselmann died 5/2/07. He worked at the INL as a

     Mechanical Engineer for many years.

80 year old Thomas L. Robinson died 5/3/07. He worked at the INL as an Accountant.

80 year old Paul Bertrum McCarthy died 5/8/07. He worked at the INL for ANL-W from

     August 1964 until he retired in 1990.

81 year old Wallace J. Kristofferson died 5/13/07. He worked at the INL in various

     positions, ending as a Personnel Director.

54 year old Steven Geary Murdock died 5/25/07. He worked at the INL as a Security

     Inspector.

85 year old Verelan Barger Jensen died 5/27/07. He worked at the INL for a brief period

     as a Bus dispatcher.

89 year old Anthony (Tony) Gagliano died 5/29/07. He worked at the INL as a Mechanical

     Engineer for Bechtel Corp.

81 year old Chancey Joseph Poliski died 4/2/07. He worked at the INL.

59 year old Ernest E. Seaman Jr. died 4/2/07. He worked at the INL.

87 year old Lloyd Maestas died 4/5/07. He worked at the INL as a Pipe Fitter &

     Plumber then later as a Draftsman and Engineer for Westinghouse and EG&G.

47 year old Bryan Craig Smith died 4/6/07. He worked at the INL for Argonne

     National Laboratory West for 27 years beginning in 1980.

74 year old Carol Jean Duncan died 4/7/07. She worked for the INL for the AEC,

     which is now DOE.

68 year old Douglas Wayne McLerran died 4/15/07. He worked at the INL as a

     Construction Surveyor retiring in July 2000.

75 year old Gwen (Chub) Cavill Bird died 4/17/07. He worked at the INL for 23

     years as an Operator and Electrician.

89 year old Mary Elizabeth Shafer Freeman died 4/18/07. She went to work at the INL

     for AEC/DOE in 1961as a Public Information Specialist and retired in 1984.

57 year old Robert Lynn Hoffman died 4/24/07. He worked at the INL as a Net Work

     Engineer and as a Field Service Technician retiring in February 2007 after 27 years

    of service.

66 year old Clare L. Bowden died 4/26/07. He worked at the INL in Security.

71 year old Raymond R. Sanders died 4/27/07. He worked at the INL as a Bus driver.

85 year old Ralph Waldo Marshall Jr. died 2/16/07. He worked at the INL as an engineer starting in 1971 and retiring in 1994. He was involved with the Sodium Loop Safety Facility, the High Temperature Gas cooled Reactor and the New Production Reactor project.

81 year old George Wehmann died 2/27/07. He worked at the INL for a short period of time.

91 year old Guy Edwqin Miskin died 3/2/07. He worked at the INL in construction.

69 year old Ralph Edward Haskell died 3/7/07. He worked at the INL as a bus driver until retiring.

83 year old Harold Lockwood (Lock) Seneff died 3/11/07. He worked at INL as Project Manager of S5-G from 1965 to 1966. In 1970 he became the Asst. Project Manager for LOFT. He left the INL in 1975.

81 year old Talcott (Tad) Erbe Hopkins died 3/17/07. He worked at the INL for AEC/DOE from 1963 until he retired in 1983.

70 year old Wanda died 3/20/07. She worked at the INL as a food service worker until retiring.

54 year old William (Bill) Jay Gutke died 3/23/07 He worked at the INL as a Mechanic.

87 year old John Richard (Dick) Hinchcliff died 3/29/07. He transferred to the INL in 1958 and worked in the Engineering and Construction Division of the Atomic Energy Commission, now DOE, until 1976.

3 members who died but when and where they worked is unknown at this time. They are: Jack Byrom from Sea Isle City, NJ.: Robert Byrom from Jacksonville, AL.: and Walter C. Davis from Idaho Falls, ID.

82 year old Robert Lewis Barnett died 1/31/07. He worked at the INL starting with Phillips Petroleum Company as a design Engineer and retired in 1980.

81 year old James William Codding Jr. died 2/3/07. He worked at the INL starting with Phillips Petroleum Co. in 1954 and retired from EG&G in 1981

45 year old Richard Charles Austin died 2/3/07. He worked at the INL starting in 1997 with the Naval Reactors Facility. At the time of his death he was a Senior Engineer with Bechtel Bettis.

68 year old Wayne LeVoy Peterson died 2/5/07. He worked at the INL.

71 year old Roberta Geisler died 2/6/07. She worked at the INL for the Department of Energy and retired in 1995.

76 year old Naoma June Irwin died 2/6/07. She worked at the INL for a brief time.

60 year old Brent Neil Jacobsen died 2/8/07. He worked as Manager at the INL Technical Library for 32 years starting in 1974.

58 year old Robert John Myler died 2/18/07. He worked at the INL for Electric Boat from 1988 to1989 before being transferred to New York.

69 year old Mark Allan Hoover died 2/25/07. He worked at the INL as an Engineer starting with Phillips Petroleum Co. and retiring from Lockheed Idaho Technology in 1995.
65+ year old Dr. Peter J. Collins died 2/27/07. He worked at the INL for 25 years for Argonne National Laboratory West as a Nuclear Physicist retiring in 1997.

91 year old George F. Giannini died 1/1/07. He worked at INL as a supervisor with EG&G. He retired in 1980.

Kathy Koyama (50) 1/12/07. She worked at INL for many years in Finance and for the last 6 years in Education Training and Research Partnerships.

79 year old Melvin J. Davis died 1/12/07. He worked at the INL as a Machinist at Argonne for 25 years.

94 year old J. William Jones Jr. died 1/16/07. He worked at the INL Westinghouse managing

     Nuclear Powered  Submarine Prototype development until 1962 when he was selected to be the

     President of Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut.

78 year old Eugene (Gene) Virgil Knox died 1/20/07. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear

    and Lockheed Idaho Technology.

83 year old Thomas A. Warburton died 1/21/07. He worked at the INL for Idaho Nuclear Corporation (INC)

   retiring in 1985.

63 year old Larry J. Yorgensen died 1/22/07. He worked at the INL Argonne National Laboratory leaving

   there in 1988 when he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

64 year old Ronald Clair Killion died 1/24/07. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory as a

   Heavy Equipment Operator,Crane Operator and Rigger.

80 year old Dale N. Anderson died 1/30/97. He worked at the INL as a Bus driver and later as a Boiler

   Operator retiring in 1991.

December 2006

75 year old Morris R. Hillyard died 12/1/06. He worked for several contractors at the INL during his 43 year career. He worked in Employment Services and Recruiting and served in various management positions.
84 year old John Franklin Holton died 12/1/06. He worked at the INL as a Mechanical Engineer for several contractors.
86 year old Paul Milford Snyder died 12/10/06. He worked at the INL and retired in 1984.
77 year old Preston Lowell Hawker died 12/14/06. He worked at the INL as a Reactor Operator for many years.
75 year old Belva Lou Spaulding died 12/21/06. She worked at the INL as a secretary at Westinghouse for several years.
90 year old LeRoy Smith died 12/24/06. He worked at the INL.
61 year old Jim Ray Stephenson died 11/25/06. He worked at the INL as a union construction worker.
89 year old L. Wayne Hammond died 11/26/06. He worked at the INL as an electrician retiring in 1982.

80 year old Robert Earl Remsburg died 11/14/06. He was a Reactor Maintenance foreman for Argonne National Laboratory West from 1969 until retirement in 1988.
69 year old Mary Sue Amaro died 11/16/06. She worked at the INL and retired as a Senior Environmental Technician.
44 year old Ted Alan Burke died 11/20/06. He worked as a Health Physics Technician at the INL.
79 year old Ted Edward Butt died 11/25/06. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse for 35 years.
64 year old Michael G. Hardin died 11/24/06. He worked with the Department of Energy as a Nuclear Engineer.
78 year old John (Jack) Smith Remsburg died 11/27/06. He was employed at the INL by Argonne National Laboratory West from 1959 until his retirement in 1990.

78 year old Melvin Robert Rosen died 10/15/06. He worked for a short time for the INL as a bus driver.
75 year old Jack I. Willis died 10/15/06. He worked at the INL as a supervisor at CPP for more than 25 years.
53 year old Bonnie Lee Moss died 10/21/06. She worked at the INL Willow Creek Building snack shop.
67 year old Jay Lester Beck died 10/27/06. He worked at the INL as a subcontract administrator for EG&G.
32 year old John Riley Hammer died 10/27/06. He worked at the INL for 8 years.
79 year old Robert C. Prescott died 10/28/06. He worked for the INL at Test Area North (TAN) as a
carpenter/millwright retiring in 1993.

52 year old Margaret (Maggie) Diane Wojciechowski died 9/5/06. She worked as an administrative specialist at the INL.
70 year old Guy Carlton Hansen died 9/8/06. He started work at the INL in 1962 and retired in Dec. 2001. He worked as a programmer and later as a system analyst.
76 year old Udell Leavitt died 9/11/06. He worked at the INL Chem Plant in an overseeing position for 29 years, retiring in Sept. 1984.
69 year old Doyle Egbert died 9/22/06. He worked at the INL site.
88 year old Roy Alvin Jensen died 9/30/06. He worked at the INL as a Health Physicist from which he retired after more than 25 years.

90 year old Jacob Neitzer Jr. died 7/29/06. He worked as a Machinist for Westinghouse at the INEEL.
66 year old LeVon Joseph 'Lee" Crow died 8/3/06. He worked for Westinghouse at the INEEL.
74 year old Robert I. Green died 8/10/06. He worked at the INEEL sit for many years.
73 year old Wendell Arnold Wagoner died 8/15/06. He worked as a technical writer at the INEEL.
83 year old Earl D. Graham died 8/16/06. In 1952 he went to work for the AEC as a Radiological Engineer. In 1957 he went to work for Argonne National Laboratory-West as a Health Physicist retiring in 1985 as assistant to the Manager of the Safety, Security and Safeguards Department.
81 year old Ivan Dale Cooper died 8/16/06. He worked at the INEEL as an Industrial Mechanic for 35 years
retiring in 1989.
76 year old Valeria L. Robertson Jones died 8/22/06. She worked for the AEC, now DOE, in several capacities mainly in the Health Physics area for 29 years retiring in 1986.

73 year old Coral Robinson Grimmett died 7/1/06. She worked at the INEEL for Westinghouse in 1953 and 1954.
80 year old Dan Burkey died 7/2/06. He worked as a crane operator at the INEEL for Westinghouse for 29 years.
88 year old Merle Loraine Smith died 7/4/06. He worked at the INEEL for Argonne National Laboratory from 1958 until retiring in 1979.
67 year old Victor "Vic" Thomas Berta died 7/8/06. He worked at the INEEL as a scientific specialist on nuclear reactors for more than 31 years.
78 year old George Adolf Freund died 7/9/06. He worked at the INEEL for Argonne National Laboratory in Research and Development for Reactors until retiring in 1995.
85 year old Laura Benson Taylor died 7/10/06. She worked at the INEEL for Westinghouse from 1955 until retiring in 1981.
83 year old Isaac Wilson Underwood died 5/24/06. (His Birthday) He worked as a safety systems coordinator for LOFT in 1964. He left Idaho but returned in 1967 to work until retirement in 1986.
81 year old Della Harris died 6/4/06. She worked for EG&G at the INEEL.
65 year old Bill Robson died 6/3/06. He worked at the INEEL.
67 year old Wanda Terry Aber died 6/4/06. She worked as a Secretary at the INEEL.
64 year old Ranae Hale died 6/9/06. She worked at the INEEL for many years retiring in 2001.
67 year old Richard Lee (Dick) Harker died 6/18/06. He worked for NRF for 37 years retiring in 1999.
70 year old F. Calvin Dye died 6/23/06. He worked at the INEEL as an Electrical Engineer for over 35 years.
92 year old Richard "Dick" Ivie died 6/21/06. He worked at the INEEL, TRA from 1950 until retirement in 1978.
70 year old Richard Louis Neff died 6/24/06. He worked at the INEEL for 35 years as a Heavy Equipment Operator.
89 year old Ila Bell Porter died 6/28/06. She worked several years at the INEEL retiring in 1979.
82 year old Dee Leon "Dee" Sager died 5/16/06.He worked at various jobs at the INEEL starting with Phillips Petroleum in 1957 and retiring with EG&G in 1986.
85 year old Jesse W. Jensen died 5/22/06. He worked as a truck driver for the INEEL.
68 year old Bill Ashton died 5/25/06. He worked at the INEEL.
55 year old Keith Stoneberg died 5/27/06. He worked at the INEEL as a Security Manager until 1993.
77 year old Earl G. Jones died 5/29/06. He worked for D.O.E. for 30 years retiring in 1989 as Director of Finance.
59 year old Lloyd Hardy died 5/28/06.He worked in Cathodic Protection at the INEEL.
68 year old Mary Ellen Peck died 4/14/06. She worked for the Naval Reactor Facility at the INEL.
85 year old Allen Earl Hemingway died 4/20/06. He worked as a Transportation Supervisor at the Idaho Nuclear Research Facility at the INEL for 33 years.
66 year old Norman Pace died 4/26/06. He worked at the INEL.
84 year old Cecil D. Lofthouse died 5/5/06. He worked at the INEL for General Electric as a Journeyman Tinner..
66 year old Khris Allen Dietz died 5/8/06. She worked as a Nuclear Physicist for Phillips Petroleum Co. at the INEL, retiring at the age of 40.
83 year old Charles Clifford Miles died 4/15/06. He worked for Argonne National Laboratory at the INEL as an Analytical Chemist for 27 years, retiring in 1984.
63 year old Allen Lee Titland died 5/14/2006. He worked as a Health Physicist at the INEL for 35 years retiring in 2005.
76 year old Don H. Lindsay died 3/19/06. He worked for Westinghouse Inc.
59 year old Joanna C. Tewell died 3/20/06. She worked for Bechtel Bettis for 40 years.
74 year old David B. Bleak died 3/23/06. He worked for Argonne National Lab. He was a hot cell Technician.
82 year old Glen Vincent Markham died 3/22/06. He worked at the INEL as a mechanical engineer from 1957 till retirement in 1985.
61 year old Sandra F. Owens died 3/30/06. She worked at Bechtel BWXT.
85 year old James D. Syme died 3/30/06. He worked as a project administrator-planner at INEL (TRA) retiring in 1983.
76 year old Boyd W. Mortensen died 4/5/06. He worked as a Health Physicist for the DOE for 36 years.
75 year old Calixte Doucette Jr. died 4/5/06. He worked as the Operations Manager of the Power Burst Facility (PBF).
82 year old William J. Hubacker Sr. died 4/8/06. He worked at the INEL for 13 years.
76 year old Donald Louis Price died 4/11/06. He worked for Westinghouse Electric retiring in 1987
68 year old Edward P. Treat died 4/15/06. He worked at the INEL for 33 years.
87 year old Floyd M. Benson died last December 14, 2005   He worked at the INL from October 1961 until retirement April 1982.

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