*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.  

INL Death Notices

2023

January 2023

Mark Verdoorn (66) passed away 1/1/23. He was an active employee, he worked in Org H510.

Reed Barrett Fanning (73) passed away 1/3/23. He worked at INL-CWI. He retired in 2011 after 20 years of service.

Takako Ugaki Nukaya (88) passed away 1/7/23. She worked at INL as an administrative assistant.

Marilynne Manguba (70) passed away 1/8/23.

Leland ‘Lee’ Frances Morrow Jr (88) passed away 1/10/23. He worked at INL as a chemical Engineer. He worked at ICPP in Fuel Processing Operations and as a shift foreman and supervisor.

William ‘Billy’ Ned Day (58) passed away 1/11/23. He worked at INL as a carpenter and in D&D.

Henry Brock Barkley Jr (95) passed away 1/11/23. He worked at INL as an Electronics Engineer, He worked at Bendix as supervisor of the Space Power Section. He worked for NASA at the Plum Brook Station as Chief of the Reactor Division. He worked for Aerojet Nuclear Company, the prime contractor for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, as the Assistant General Manager for Power Reactors. He then held several positions at Babcock & Wilcox, including Manager of International Business and Director of Space and Defense Systems. He ended his career as a consultant for Ebasco, in charge of all reactor systems.

Judy Gayle Walker (85) passed away 1/13/23. She worked at INL as an accountant.

John Ernest Selders (74) passed away 1/14/23.

Stanley Thomas Schuetz (75) passed away 1/14/23.

William G. Smith passed away 1/15/23.

Phyllis Jean ‘PJ’ Sayer Clark (84) passed away 1/15/23. She worked at INL in the Legal offices as a Paralegal.

John Bruce Reeder (71) passed away 1/16/23. He worked at INL as a custodian for 29+ years.

Bryce Wade Harmon (64) passed away 1/18/23. He worked at INL as a security escort.

Jennifer Dorothy Mitchell Buckmaster (51) passed away 1/20/23. She worked at INL as a health physicist.

Iris Dawn Hudson (79) passed away 1/23/23. She worked at INL-Westinghouse as a secretary.

Robert ‘Bob’ Randall Jones (97) passed away 1/26/23. He worked at INL on various nuclear programs for 37 years. His work included reactor operator and senior criticality safety engineer. He retired in 1991.

Grant Albano (74) passed away 1/27/23.

Karen Jo Benzon Sloan (80) passed away 1/27/23. She worked at INL-CWI. She worked in records management.

Paul Moskowitz (73) passed away 1/29/23. He was an active employee of INL, working in org D230.

James Jeppson (76) passed away 1/29/23.

Rolf Christian Strahm (91) passed away 1/31/23.

February 2023

Gene Allen Scott (74) passed away 2/1/23. He worked at INL as an Electrical Engineer.

William John Denson, Sr. (89) passed away 2/2/23. John was named President of Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company in 1993 and became Director of the INEEL when Lockheed Martin won the consolidated INEEL contract in October 1994. He provided strategic direction, leadership and management for all INEEL programs, activities and employees until he retired in 2002.

Gary David Spaulding (87) passed away 2/5/23. He retired from Argonne National Lab.

Dennis Kay Olsen (65) passed away 2/5/23. He worked at the Naval Reactor Facility as an engineer.

Charles Welker Briggs (82) passed away 2/8/23. He worked at INL for 20 years as a computer systems analyst. He served as the IREA Program chairman for several years and was an active member at the time of his passing.

Joyce Elizabeth (Obrey) Williams (90) passed away 2/8/23.

Audrian ‘Erky’ Erkenbrack (95) passed away 2/10/23.

Norman J. Porter (92) passed away 2/11/23.

Blake Thomas Burt (65) passed away 2/11/23.

Joe Lee Anderson (76) passed away 2/12/23.

John Marvin Fisher (91) passed away 2/15/23. He worked at the Naval Reactor Facility for 35 years as an electrical engineer.

Ronald ‘Nick’ J. Wade (79) passed away 2/15/23. He worked for many years at Westinghouse, EG&G & INEL in Nuclear Waste Management.

Jerome ‘Jerry’ Grenz (80) passed away 2/16/23.

Donald Carl Borrowman (88) passed away 2/16/23. He worked at INL as an electrician.

Donald Clyde Bird (85) passed away 2/21/23.

LeRoy Carl Meyer (92) passed away 2/24/23. He started his Electrical Engineering career with EG&G as lead engineer and manager of various scientific programs including radiation effects on electronics, environmental programs, and the effect of aging electrical equipment at nuclear power plants. In 1977 he transferred to INEL where he supervised the nuclear power reactor fuel research program and studied the rods from Three Mile Island. He also taught electrical and computer engineering courses at the Idaho Falls campus for the University of Idaho. He retired in 1995 but continued to teach. LeRoy served in many capacities for IREA. Most recently he had served as membership chairman and was an active member at the time of his passing.

Lynn Whiting (80) passed away 2/25/23.

Roland Floyd Maharry (82) passed away 2/28/23. He worked for Argonne National Lab for 42 years.

Roy E. Wagoner (101) passed away 2/28/23.

Jerald F. Cloward (64) passed away 2/28/23.

March 2023

Terry H. Tucker (75) passed away 3/5/23.

Richard Ford Sanders (85) passed away 3/7/23. He worked at Westinghouse for several years.

Charles Lynn Gibbons (92) passed away 3/10/23.

Greg Fennern (61) passed away 3/11/23. He worked at INL for 23 years.

Elmer Lyle Johnson (92) passed away 3/13/23. He worked at INL as a Mechanical Engineer for 36 years.

Jon Dale Wells (80) passed away 3/13/23. He worked at INL in Nuclear Waste Management.

Garry Mitchell Tolbert (79) passed away 3/18/23. He worked at INL as a mechanic and truck driver.

Victor Neil Thompson (86) passed away 3/19/23. He worked for Phillips Petroleum at the National Reactor Testing Station for a year, then at Argonne National Laboratory as an electrical engineer for 25+ years.

Jonathan Daniel Crosier (76) passed away 3/22/23. He worked at INL as an Electrical Engineer.

Alan ‘AJ’ Harold Johnson (70) passed away 3/23/23. He worked at INL as a Senior Lineman for 42 years.

Arlene Guidinger Drake (85) passed away 3/24/23. She worked at INL as an Administrative Specialist.

Jack Berggren (87) passed away 3/28/23. He worked at EINCO and WINCO in their Finance & Administration and Contracts departments until he retired in the 1990s.

Santiago Cisneros, Jr. (81) passed away 3/30/23. He worked at INL as an electrical engineer for over 20 years.

April 2023

Tordis ‘Tordie’ Combs (93) passed away 4/2/23. She worked at the Naval Reactor Facility as an industrial nurse.

Albert LeRoy Pendlebury (80) passed away 4/2/23.

Terence Denis Keating (59) passed away 4/7/23. He worked at INL as a Civil Engineer.

Barbara F. Garcia (69) passed away 4/9/23. She worked at INL for nearly 40 years in accounts payable.

Jerry Wayne Jackson (60) passed away 4/12/23. He worked at INL as a mechanical and design engineer.

Gerald ‘Jerry’ Sehlke (66) passed away 4/12/23. He worked at INL and NRF for 25+ years.

Ruth Marie Andersen Rogers (75) passed away 4/12/23. She worked at INL in Human Resources for 38 years.

Loren A. Webb (93) passed away 4/14/23. He worked at INL as a Communications Manager beginning in 1955 and retired in 1986.

Norman Smith Graham (99) passed away 4/18/23.

Lawrence Larsen (97) passed away 4/19/23. He worked at the Westinghouse nuclear facility where he worked half of his career. He worked at the Argonne National Laboratory as a mechanical engineer for the last part of his career.

Kenneth Somers Moor (81) passed away 4/19/23. He worked at INL as a Senior Advisory Scientist, Ecological Sciences. He had a passion for environmental research that began in college and extended from UNLV to the Nevada Test Site and ended at INL.

John B. Marlow (87) passed away 4/20/23.

Shirley Copeland (88) passed away 4/21/23. She worked at the INL library and the bus dispatch office.

Terry Lee Meikle (70) passed away 4/22/23. He worked at Argonne National Laboratories, INEEL and continued until his retirement from Battelle Energy Alliance in 2014.

Dennis Lynn Braswell (79) passed away 4/23/23.

Thomas Lew Eddy (89) passed away 4/24/23.

John Ronald Lee (74) passed away 4/25/23. He worked at INL as a technical writer.

Kenneth H. Tuck (73) passed away 4/26/23. He worked at INL as a pipefitter and retired as a manager.

James Edward Francfort (66) passed away 4/27/23.

Richard “Dick” Boyer (81) passed away 4/27/23. He worked at INL and then moved to Carlsbad, NM to become the first Radiation Safety Manager at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). He retired as a National Radiological Assistance Team Leader.

David Wayne Krekel (75) passed away 4/29/23. He worked for Argonne National Lab as a Senior Executive Manager.

May 2023

James Robert Wixson (75) passed away 5/1/23.

Preston Wayne Walden (84) passed away 5/1/23. He worked at INL as an engineer and trainer.

Zola Elaine Elizabeth Jorgensen (93) passed away 5/8/23. She worked at Westinghouse Electric Corp. as a secretary.

Phylus LaRaye Hedelius Barrett (84) passed away 5/10/23.

Michael Leon Taylor (79) passed away 5/12/23. He worked at INL from 1977-2006.

Rosalie Janet (Viraci) Watson (85) passed away 5/12/23.

Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lynn Neitzel (69) passed away 5/14/23. He worked at INL as a warehouse specialist.

Thomas Brake (71) passed away 5/16/23.

Mahendra Kanaiyalal Parikh (77) passed away 5/18/23.

Donald Scott (86) passed away 5/20/23. He worked at INL as a Master Technician.

David Leon Rowsell (61) passed away 5/20/23. He worked at INL at ATR and MFC where he spent most of his 32-year career. He retired as the ATR Plant and Project Engineering Division Director.

Ella Lee Ellis (83) passed away 5/21/23. In 1976 Ella went to work at Argonne National Laboratory-West, and then in 1987 she moved to the Chemical Processing Plant (CCP) where she worked in document control and security. She retired from Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company in 1995. Ella was an active IREA member and provided many lovely acrylic paintings for our silent auctions at IREA Banquets.

Bruce Arnold Wheeler (96) passed away 5/23/23.

Mary (Betscher) Booker (79) passed away 5/25/23. Mary dedicated her career as a Health and Safety Engineer to ensuring the safety of the people she worked with and the community at large. Her work frequently took her away from home to locations like Johnston Atoll in the South Pacific, Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama, Dubai and Russia. She also served as part of the Kosovo Peacekeeping Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and during her career she was awarded the Commander’s Medal for service at four different military base installations. 

Shirley Moore (88) passed away 5/26/23.

Valerie Lee Putman (68) passed away 5/26/23. She worked at INL as a Mechanical Engineer for EG&G (Physics Org.) in the late 1970’s and early ’80s, then transferred to ICPP and worked for ENICO and WINCO in the Criticality Safety Section in the 1980s and 1990s. 

William Kevin Van Orden (62) passed away 5/29/23. He worked at INL as a security guard, firefighter and EMT. He retired as a captain.

Richard ‘Dick’ Wagner (90) passed away 5/30/23. He worked at INL in physics. He was involved with Relap5, a computer program used to simulate and analyze the behavior of nuclear reactors under various conditions.

June 2023

Frank Edward Dingman (83) passed away 6/1/23. He worked and retired from INL-EG&G in micrographics.

Lynn Mangum (90) passed away 6/2/23. He worked at INL as a process operator for 39 years.

Robert Martin Horgos (91) passed away 6/4/23.

Frank Clayton Holmes (81) passed away 6/9/23. He worked at the Department of Energy in 1991, in the New Production Reactor Program, and later the Office of Environmental Management. He then transferred to Idaho Operations office in 1997 where he completed 46 years of government service, retiring in 2005. He returned to INL in 2006 as a consultant to assist in the life extension of the Lab’s Advanced Test Reactor (ATR). After years he retired again to enjoy the quiet life in Idaho Falls.

Dale Orin Batt (65) passed away 6/14/23. He worked at INL for 38 years software development and Cybersecurity where he managed Information Technology and Cybersecurity organizations. He also taught Information Technology classes at night school at the Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC) and College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) for 34 years.

Garth Rafael Thomas (85) passed away 6/15/23. He worked and retired from INL-EG&G as a quality inspector.

Nan-Pin Chien (76) passed away 6/15/23.

William Alonzo Jones (90) passed away 6/16/23. He worked at the Naval Reactor Facility (NRF) for over 35 years.

Julie L. Lytle (79) passed away 6/17/23. She began her career at Argonne National Laboratory as a secretary, then worked her way up to a Senior Business/Operations Specialist with EG&G Idaho, Inc. in their legal department.

Carol Mobley (76) passed away 6/18/23.

Carlan Kay Mullen (76) passed away 6/19/23. He worked at INL as a project engineer helping solve problems associated with Nuclear Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management.

Donald Kudera (89) passed away 6/20/23.  He worked as a Chemist at the Rocky Flats Plant before transferring to the INL.  He worked in the transuranic waste program and was involved with characterizing past waste disposals.

Mark Don Argyle (66) passed away 6/21/23. He worked at INL-IEC, as a chemical engineer.

Kurt Frank Smith (60) passed away 6/21/23. He worked at INL as a Decontamination Technician with INTEC and his “get things done” attitude brought him up through the company for 30+ years. He then worked with the J.C. Hall Company managing large Perlite insulation projects. Kurt adventured off to Mississippi for some deep-sea fishing and work with Industrial Construction Inc. (ICI) on contracts with his life-long friend upgrading space shuttle stands. Finally, he returned to where it all started out at the INL as a Technical Representative Subcontractor with Navarro Research and Engineering working with the Idaho Environmental Coalition where he demonstrated his profound knowledge and leadership skills on a daily basis.

Kody T. Staker (46) passed away 6/22/23. He worked at INL-CWI in drafting.

Jay Taylor (75) passed away 6/22/23.

Terri Lee (Garn) Heilesen (69) passed away 6/23/23. She worked at INL as an executive assistant.

Barbara Fay (Driscoll) Ellis (86) passed away 6/25/23. She worked at INL-AEC as a secretary.

Dwayne V. Bell (67) passed away 6/28/23. He worked at INL as a welding foreman.

Jimmy Ray Mason (82) passed away 6/29/23. In 1985 he went to work for Argonne National Lab as the Director of Security, retiring in 2001.

Jean L. Rytting (84) passed away 6/30/23. She worked at INL as a secretary and office manager for many years and retired in 1993.

July 2023

Bradley Mark Leavitt (44) passed away 7/3/23. He worked at INL as an Electrician.

John Howard Spickard (94) passed away 7/3/23.

Dennis Chinich (79) passed away 7/5/23.

Mark Andrew Broka (57) passed away 7/13/23.

Marti Louise (Carroll) Casper (76) passed away 7/16/23.

Ray Ottley Haroldson (95) passed away 7/17/23. He worked at Argonne National Lab Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-1). Unfortunately, his clearance took longer than expected and he missed the start-up of the first ever electricity from nuclear power by 2 weeks; however, he was the person who gave the command to flip the switch that powered the City of Arco for the United States’ claim to be the first to use nuclear power for peaceful lighting of a civilian community. His work took him to Clearwater, FL, Naperville, Illinois and Washington DC. Eventually, he worked for the Nuclear regulatory commission and just before retirement, he performed regulatory safety checks for various nuclear power plants throughout the country.

Dana Duane Killian (65) passed away 7/23/23. He worked at INL-CWI for 19 years.

Jeremy Eugene Jennings (49) passed away 7/27/23. He worked at INL as a Sample Handling Specialist and Critical Life Supervisor.

August 2023

Joyce Arlene (Christensen) Carlson (84) passed away 8/1/23. She worked at INL-Phillips Petroleum Company in personnel and security.

Jack L. Miller (88) passed away 8/2/23. He worked at INL as a heavy equipment operator.

Terrica Ann (Landon) Dutton (26) passed away 8/2/23. She was a current employee working in Information Technology.

Doris Lee Darling Ellis (82) passed away 8/4/23. She worked at INL as a secretary.

Richard Sandoval (68) passed away 8/6/23. He worked at INL as a motor coach operator.

Diane Kathryn (Denker) Kester (83) passed away 8/7/23. She worked at INL in a radio-chemist position from 1988-1996 when she retired.

Roger Sumstine (81) passed away 8/8/23. He worked at INL as an Electronic Engineer.

George “Reed” R. Weaver (93) passed away 8/9/23.

Jerry Dean Reed (89) passed away 8/11/23. He worked at INL as a Mechanical Engineer.

Dennis L. Whitten (70) passed away 8/14/23. He worked at INL as a Rigger at NRF.

Michael Butner (76) passed away 8/14/23. He spent 24 years contributing his expertise to the Nuclear Power Field, working with both DOE and Commercial operations. His professional journey took him to various corners of the United States, including Washington, Idaho, upstate New York, Arizona, and Texas. Throughout his life he achieved a degree in Nuclear Science Engineering and went on to complete his Masters in Instructional Technology.

Harry James Moody (78) passed away 8/16/23. He worked at INL as a physics consultant.

Robert (Bob) George Dalton (84) passed away 8/18/23. He worked at Argonne National Lab.

Walter Reinhardt (81) passed away 8/20/23.

Arthur ‘Mike’ Ackerschott (80) passed away 8/20/23. He worked at INL-Westinghouse for 27 years as an Ironworker.

James Winward Jenson (64) passed away 8/20/23. He worked at INL for 29 years.

James ‘Jim’ Leroy Clark (80) passed away 8/21/23.

William Lloyd McMinn Jr. (50) passed away 8/21/23. He worked at INL at the distribution warehouse.

Eric Ottewitte (85) passed away 8/24/23.

Vaughn Ervin Wixom (87) passed away 8/27/23.

Wallace Marcus Rees Jr. (70) passed away 8/28/23. He worked for Argonne National Lab for 35 years in security.

Riki N. Nagle-Ker (70) passed away 8/29/23. She worked at INL as a facility manager.

Patricia Hiller passed away 8/29/23.

September 2023

Pat Snyder passed away 9/4/23.

Victor W. Storhok (90) passed away 9/7/23. He worked at INL-EG&G beginning in 1977 at Test Area North, then in town finishing his career with Lockhead Martin Idaho Technologies Company.

Michael Reid Jackson (76) passed away 9/12/23.

Michael “Mike” Roy Myler (54) passed away 9/14/23. He worked at INL for 25 years.

Keith LeRoy Howes (90) passed away 9/15/23. He worked at INL as a bus driver for 19 years.

Delbert Myrland Simonsen (85) passed away 9/17/23. He worked at INL as a painter, retiring in 2001.

Valetta “Val” Petterborg (98) passed away 9/18/23. He worked at INL as a secretary, retiring in 1987.

James Lords (88) passed away 9/19/23.

Calvin Leon Rowsell (89) passed away 9/22/23. He worked at INL-National Reactor Test Station in 1961, retiring after 34 years of service.

LeWayne “Wayne” Schorzman (88) passed away 9/23/23. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory beginning in 1961, working his way up from security guard to Nuclear Fuel Manager retiring in 1995.

Lewis William Cramer (81) passed away 9/26/23.

Keith Wallace Ferguson (75) passed away 9/26/23.

Jack Holder (98) passed away 9/27/23. He worked for DOE as a design engineer.

Frederick A. Meichle (95) passed away 9/29/23. He worked at INL-National Reactor Testing Station, he was an Electrical Engineer, retiring in 1993.

Delores Jean Caciari Lagerquist (82) passed away 9/29/23. She worked at Argonne National Laboratory in the HR department until her retirement in 2004.

October 2023

Charles Aquilina (78) passed away 10/3/23.

Normajean Kontes (88) passed away 10/6/23. She worked for the Atomic Energy Commission at the Test Area North Facility, as a secretary for the Nuclear Aircraft Engine Project.

Helen Wilson passed away 10/7/23.

Larry John Davis (86) passed away 10/8/23. He worked at INL for 34 years.

William Yarbrough passed away 10/12/23.

Michael Glenn Bush (62) passed away 10/12/23. He worked at INL as a Network Security Engineer.

Dave Klingler (77) passed away 10/14/23.

Robert Cherry passed away 10/14/23. He earned his PhD in Engineering from Rice University and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT. He went on to contribute significantly to the field through his groundbreaking research, garnering patents, and writing numerous  papers still cited by engineering firms and universities across the globe. He worked in the INL Chemistry group and was known for his innovative and pioneering work in CO₂ sequestration and other projects related to nuclear energy. His dedication to pushing the boundaries of knowledge led him to contributions that will continue to influence and inspire generations of researchers.

Joseph “JC” C. Orme (91) passed away 10/16/23.

Frank Childs III (86) passed away 10/16/23. He was a Cal Tech-trained Mechanical Engineer and true rocket scientist.

Gerald Litteer (73) passed away 10/20/23.

Michael “Mickey” Alan King (67) passed away 10/20/23. He worked at INL as an operating engineer and surveyor for many years.

Lyle Schwartz (70) passed away 10/26/23.

William “Bill” Grof (78) passed away 10/28/23. In 1974, he accepted a job with Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked for Bettis thirty-three years, thirty-one of which were spent working at a Naval Reactor Facility located near Idaho Falls, Idaho. He retired in 2008.

Karen Wendt (68) passed away 10/28/23. She worked as a technician in the Materials Science group specializing in Non-Destructive Testing.

David Ross passed away 10/30/23.

November 2023

John T. Johnston passed away 11/3/23.

Richard Earl Stephens (95) passed away 11/3/23. He worked at INL as a bus driver.

Kathleen Ann Jennings-Mills (66) passed away 11/5/23. She worked at the Naval Reactor Facility (NRF).

Carl Harold Cooper (84) passed away 11/5/23. He worked at INL in Nuclear Engineering and Physics, retiring in 1995.

Burdell Walters (67) passed away 11/8/23. He worked at INL as a custodian.

Gary E. Wilson passed away 11/8/23.

Mary Veronica Bernadette (Fleming) Willcox (68) passed away 11/11/23. She took a job with the Department of Energy as a Physical Scientist working to ensure the proper cleanup of radioactive material at the Idaho National Lab. She was deeply passionate about her work and retired from the DOE after 26 years of dedicated service. She continued in various consultation roles as a recognized expert in her field for a short time following her retirement.

John E. Wilson  passed away 11/13/23.

Shirley Ann Zweifel Downs (86) passed away 11/15/23. She went to work at Atomic Energy Commission for General Electric, working in accounting and doing payroll for 500 people by hand.

Ted Rasmussen (83) passed away 11/19/23.

Helen LaRee Hayes Humphreys (90) passed away 11/19/23.

Leah (DeRoche) Brosie (87) passed away 11/21/23. She worked at INL-EG&G as an administrative specialist.

Dennis Ray Leonard (78) passed away 11/27/23. He worked at the Naval Reactor Facility (NRF) as a Print Technician.

Paul Dean Mecham (85) passed away 11/29/23. He worked for Westinghouse for many years.

2022

January 2022

Joseph Henry Keller (87) passed away 1/2/22. He worked at INL at the chemical plant as a chemist. He retired a second time in 2019.

Robert Melvin Brugger (92) passed away 1/2/22. His career as a nuclear physicist began with a summer job in 1951 as an electronics technician at White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico, and a “Summer Scientist” at E.I. DuPont deNemours in the summer of 1953 in Waynesboro, Virginia. After receiving his PhD in 1955, he and Barbara moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he worked for the US Atomic Energy Commission at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) until 1974. He began as a Research Physicist, moving up through the years to become Manager of the Nuclear Technology Division for Aerojet Nuclear. From 1962-1963 he moved to England for an assignment with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment on behalf of the US Atomic Energy Commission and Phillips Petroleum Company. In 1974, Bob accepted a position as the Director of the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) in Columbia, Missouri, and in August of that year he moved to Columbia to start the next phase of his career. During this time, Bob also served as a Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Missouri until 1991, working primarily with graduate students. From 1981-1982 he took a Sabbatical to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He took an appointment at the Medical Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York, in 1990, and in August of 1991, he retired from the University of Missouri, becoming Professor Emeritus of the Nuclear Engineering Dept. He worked as Senior Scientist at Brookhaven from 1991-1993, where he was coordinator of the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Program (BNTC), an emerging treatment for cancerous tumors. From 1993-1999, Bob worked as a private consultant, and as a part-time employee for the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center Reactor in Sacramento, California. Throughout his life, he continued to be fascinated by various forms of energy and followed the development and possibilities of Neutron Capture Therapy with great interest.

Marvin Joseph Walker (97) passed away 1/3/22. He worked at Atomic Energy Commission beginning in 1949 and retired as a captain after 30 years of service in federal law enforcement.

Carlton Roberts (81) passed away 1/3/22.

Boyd Jay Clark (83) passed away 1/5/22. He worked for INL right out of high school as a mailman. He retired in 1993 after 35 years of service.

Ella Russell (91) passed away 1/7/22.

Louis Mares (88) passed away 1/8/22.

Nicholas Nicolayeff (74) passed away 1/9/22. He worked for the Department of Energy as an auditor since 1982.

Ken E. Vander Linden (64) passed away 1/11/22. He worked at INL as a fireman for 27 years.

David Timothy Neal (74) passed away 1/11/22. He worked at INL (CWI) as a heavy equipment operator.

Dr. Billy Ray Dickey (90) passed away 1/12/22. He worked at INL-ICCP as Manager of Process Development in the 1960’s, 70’s and early 80’s, and later as Manager of Production Operations. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering at A&M in 1964. In 1987 transferred to the Hanford Nuclear site. In 1990, he accepted a transfer to the Savannah River facility in Aiken, South Carolina.

Donald Vernon Fluke (92) passed away 1/13/22. He worked at AEC in the personnel security for 30 years, retiring in 1983.

James Grants Arendts (81) passed away 1/17/22. He worked at INL as an Engineer. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Idaho and worked for a year and a half as a USNRC delegate engineer at the University of Stuttgart in Germany. In recent years he became an inventor and was issued 5 patents.

Larry Paul Beahm (77) passed away 1/17/22. He worked at INL as a Locksmith after 35 years of service.

Danny August Englund (92) passed away 1/20/22. He worked at INL as an Instrument Technician.

Michael G. Otis (67) passed away 1/20/22. He worked at INL-FLUOR, as a utility operator for 28 years, retiring in 2019.

Allan Scott Lockhart (82) passed away 1/20/22.

Meliton ‘Mel’ Moroni Garcia (86) passed away 1/21/22. He worked at INL as an Industrial Hygienist.

Michael ‘2 Tall Mike’ Hogan (67) passed away 1/23/22.

Joseph D. McKinney (76) passed away 1/24/22.

James ‘Jim’ Merrill Larson (84) passed away 1/27/22. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory for 27 years.  His most notable professional achievements included nuclear instrument development at Argonne’s Zero Power Physics Reactor (ZPPR) from the facility’s start up until his retirement from the lab in 1995. In addition to his engineering career, Jim was an affiliate professor at the night campus for the University of Idaho at the Idaho Falls Center for Higher Education from 1969 until 1999. After retirement, Jim worked as a consultant instrument developer and donated his time to the Nuclear Engineering Department at Idaho State University nearly to the time of his death. 

Isaiah Jedediah Gross (42) passed away 1/27/22. He was an active employee at INL, worked in Org F410 at ATR.

William Brewer (79) passed away 1/28/22. He went to work at the INL as a reactor operator, where he worked until his retirement. 

Florine ‘Mickey’ Marie Moran Gourley (87) passed away 1/29/22. She worked at AEC as a secretary in the early 1950’s.

Vernon S. Barnes (88) passed away 1/31/22. He worked at INL at the Chemical Processing Plant heavily involved in the shift labs and fuel storage water treatment for over 30 years.

John M. Quick (77) passed away 1/31/22.

February 2022

Juanita V. Warden (77) passed away 2/2/22. She worked at INL for over 20 years.

Carl Yrene (92) passed away 2/3/22. He worked in the field of Engineering.

Hal Gene Kraus (71) passed away 2/4/22.

Sharlene Eaton (93) passed away 2/5/22. She worked at INL as a legal secretary and retired as an administrator.

Douglas Elliot Airmet (69) passed away 2/6/22. He worked at INL-CWI/FLUOR as a technical writer and worked his way up to Cause Analysis Investigator and writer. He retired after 29 years of service.

James Donald Johnson (88) passed away 2/9/22.

Gayland R. White (83) passed away 2/10/22.

Thomas J. Anderson (62) passed away 2/10/22. He was an active employee at INL, worked in org D320.

Ray Lynn Murdock (78) passed away 2/11/22. He worked at INL as a maintenance electrician, retiring in 1998.

Kent Perrenoud (81) passed away 2/13/22. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory as an accountant.

Arlene Andersen Adams (85) passed away 2/14/22. She worked at INL in Technical Publications from 1981-1999.

Clinton Eddie Sims (76) passed away 2/15/22. He worked at INL as a bus driver for 42 years.

Jackie Stoumbaugh (69) passed away 2/16/22.

Bryce LaMar Rich (90) passed away 2/20/22. He worked at INL as a Health Physicist in Radiation Safety.

Ronald C. Harker (87) passed away 2/21/22. He worked at INL as a Health Physicist.

Jay W. Christiansen (90) passed away 2/21/22. He worked at INL for 39 years.

Dewitt Alex Paesl (99) passed away 2/28/22. He worked at INL-FLUOR.

Edward Eugene Holcomb III (73) passed away 2/28/22.

George Thomas Hames (85) passed away 2/28/22. He worked at INL as a Security Police Officer, keeping safe members of the Nuclear Engineering Program, including high ranking Naval Personnel and anyone who entered the site. This was his dream job and he took great pride in his duties, performing security checks of vehicles and busses, patrolling the INL monitoring for traffic violations, and deterring potential security threats. George was respected by fellow officers, took great pride in his work environment, and often planted flowers at his security check point and went out of his way to make sure desert animals did not perish due to lack of food and water. He’d often tell Jan and his kids funny stories of all the different animal interactions on the Arco desert and would tell friends one of his important duties on the INL was “keeping peace amongst the animals.” George was a dedicated professional, often taking overtime shifts, covering for his crew, and working additional night shifts after spending holidays with his family. George loved working in the quiet solitude and seeing all the different wildlife that visited him during his shifts. One of the things he loved about his profession was the physical demands and the various certifications required to be an INL security guard including Weapons Training, Physical Fitness Testing, SWAT Certification, and Doppler Radar Operation. Approaching retirement, George would tell stories of being able to compete with the younger guards. He retired after 18 years of honorable service at the INL in June 2001.

March 2022

Melvin John Ellwein (78) passed away 3/3/22. He worked at INL as an Ironworker.

Boyd Oley Anderson (88) passed away 3/4/22. He worked at INL for 27 years.

Paul E. Rule (58) passed away 3/5/22. Paul worked in Los Alamos, New Mexico as a security officer transferring to the INL as a Security Police Officer. Later he became an INL firefighter from January 1994 to April 2019. He then worked for Red Inc. as an Escort at NRF.

Pamela Michelle Packer Bleyl (49) passed away 3/6/22. She worked at INL as an administrative assistant and an EMT/firefighter.

James Martin Peavler (81) passed away 3/8/22. He taught at Northern Illinois University and held positions at Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and Phillips Laboratory, among others. He was also active in various volunteer organizations, including the National Ski Patrol.

Eugene Hochhalter (73) passed away 3/8/22. He worked at INL for IEC (FLUOR).

Raymond Wilkie Noble (75) passed away 3/10/22. He worked at INL for over 30 years.

Fredric ‘Fritz’ Kroetsching Wrigley (95) passed away 3/11/22. He worked at Philips Petroleum in 1950, then transferred to Idaho Falls in 1954. In 1959 he began is employment with Aerojet General, at the facilities in Sacramento, CA, Huntsville, AL and Lancaster, CA. In 1975 he returned to Idaho Falls to work for Allied Chemical/Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear, retiring in 1987.

Gary Scott (86) passed away 3/14/22. He worked at INL as a bus driver starting in 1978 and retired in 1995.

Roger Darrel ‘Pete’ Sargent (80) passed away 3/16/22. He worked at INL as an industrial and air conditioning mechanic.

Rosemary Buden (90) passed away 3/19/22.

Artell Joseph Lovell (88) passed away 3/28/22. He was a Metallurgical Researcher working at the Idaho Test Station, Hanford, and Oak Ridge.

Wayne Elvin Sawyer III (51) passed away 3/30/22. He worked at INL as a mechanic at the Advanced Test Reactor, Org G431.

Melvin Jensen (89) passed away 3/30/22. He worked at INL for 28 years working at various nuclear reactor safety programs.

Leon Watlington (85) passed away 3/31/22. He worked at INL as SR Draftsman. He was a supervisor and manager of Design and Drafting and retired in 1999.

April 2022

Terry Lee Taylor (76) passed away 4/2/22.

Luther Dale Watson (81) passed away 4/3/22. He worked at INL researching and calibrating brain radiation treatments. He wrote and published many articles concerning nuclear development.

Lila Fern Johnson (78) passed away 4/7/22. She worked at INL as a secretary.

Stanley Dale Blattner (57) passed away 4/9/22. He was an active employee at INL, working at CFA Org J352 as a Heavy Equipment Operator.

Ronald Smith (85) passed away 4/10/22. He worked at INL as a security guard.

Howard Wayne Case (76) passed away 4/11/22. He worked at IEC doing Program Controls.

George Everett Gruen (83) passed away 4/13/22. He worked at INL-Phillips Petroleum for 34 years, as a Nuclear Engineer. Everett was very active in the INL Retired Employees Association – serving in many officer capacities. He was original IREA web site master.

Lawrence Leon Hagen (80) passed away 4/17/22. He worked at INL as a firefighter and a training officer.

Keith Baker passed away 4/19/22.

Warren Paul Lindsay (91) passed away 4/22/22.

Bette Pauline Sutton (89) passed away 4/23/22. She worked at INL as a secretary.

Steven Alfred Conan (72) passed away 4/29/22. He worked at INL as a heavy equipment operator for 44+ years.

Robert J. Norris (83) passed away 4/29/22. He worked at INL in Nuclear Engineering.

May 2022

Vieto Torres (70) passed away 5/2/22. He worked at INL-IEC from 1984 until retiring in 2016.

Charles Garde Bowman (88) passed away 5/5/22. He worked at INL and retired from TAN.

Floyd Emerson Croy Jr (85) passed away 5/5/22.

Richard ‘Dick’ Eugene Schuman (70) passed away 5/6/22.

Juan Carlos Lucero (92) passed away 5/10/22. He worked at INL-EG&G, Inc. as an electrical engineer.

Eric E. Thomas (53) passed away 5/12/22.

Dorothy Marie Jensen (97) passed away 5/16/22. She worked at INL-EG&G, Inc.

Rena Ann Blackburn (84) passed away 5/16/22. She worked at INL as an office coordinator. She retired in 1995.

Judy Leona Webster (80) passed away 5/18/22. She worked at INL as an office specialist, beginning in 1981.

Kevin LeVoy Anderson (68) passed away 5/22/22. He worked at INL as a Facilities Manager and Firearms Instructor.

John ‘Jack’ Carl Lagerquist (81) passed away 5/23/22. He worked at INL-CWI.

Rosalynda Tissidimit Osborne (71) passed away 5/24/22.

Johnny ‘John’ Allen Jones (64) passed away 5/26/22. He worked at INL as a maintenance foreman.

Kenneth Bare (92) passed away 5/26/22. He worked at INL-AEC as a crane operator starting in 1961.

James LeRoy Smiley (88) passed away 5/27/22. He worked at INL as a computer systems analyst.

Larry Blang (80) passed away 5/27/22. He worked at INL-CWI as a welder.

Gary William Smith (71) passed away 5/30/22. He worked at INL for 18 years retiring from the Technology Transfer Group.

June 2022

Larry Harl Vincent (83) passed away 6/5/22. He worked at INL for 30 years as a construction foreman.

Darrell DeLoy Herndon (73) passed away 6/6/22. He worked at INL-CWI.

Dennis Clifford Neddo (78) passed away 6/7/22. He worked at INL as a bus driver.

Larry Wilk Simmons (88) passed away 6/9/22.

Ronald Hunter Raymond (78) passed away 6/11/22. He worked at INL for EG&G, Lockheed Martin in 1973.

Richard Allen Rankin (67) passed away 6/12/22. Richard enjoyed a historic career as a Technology Transfer Professional with more than 35 years of experience in the development, management, and commercialization of innovative technology. He served in several roles in technology transfer and commercialization, including most recently the Director of the Innovation and Partnerships Office at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and previously at Idaho National Laboratory as the head of the INL Technology Transfer Office, as well as managing the Licensing, Business Development, Intellectual Property and International activities of the Laboratory, and as a Principal Investigator and Manager in the R&D organizations. A recipient of the INL Lifetime Achievement Award for Inventorship, he was inducted into the INL Inventors Hall of Fame in 2003. Amongst others, he has received an R&D 100 Award, a George Westinghouse Innovation Award for the Westinghouse Corporations’ top inventors, and a George Westinghouse Signature Award for engineering excellence.

Donald Suckling (94) passed away 6/13/22.

LaRaine Hunter Simmons (88) passed away 6/18/22.

Cecelia ‘Sally’ Rosemond Keller Baldwin (79) passed away 6/18/22. She worked at INL-MTR.

Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Hatcher (74) passed away 6/18/22. He began his corporate career at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in Idaho Falls, ID as the Manager of Advanced Methods Research & Development where his team’s efforts resulted in industry leading research in the early development of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Analysis in the 1980’s. He then served 15 plus years at Lucent Technologies/AT&T Bell Laboratories where he was Director of Switch Software Development & Laboratory Operations. He retired from Lucent in the year 2000 and moved to Florida as Chief Operating Officer of Technology Control Services and then to Intel in New Jersey as General Manager. Upon his second retirement, he moved back to South Florida where he resided until his death.

Elene Clara Orr Monroe (73) passed away 6/19/22.

Harold William Davis (92) passed away 6/20/22.

Ronald Wood Leanna (75) passed away 6/22/22. He worked at IEC.

Luke David Clark (22) passed away 6/23/22. He worked at INL as a Radiological Control Technician in Operations beginning in 2020.

Roland Ooley (89) passed away 6/23/22.

Louard Crumbaugh Jr (83) passed away 6/24/22. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Engineer in research and development.

Lewis K. Hansen (77) passed away 6/25/22. He worked at INL as a computer programmer at IEC.

George Reimann (90) passed away 6/26/22. He worked at INL in materials science for over 20 years retiring in 1994. His refreshing out-look on life, sage advice, keen sense of humor, and deep materials knowledge was valued by his colleagues.

Louis C. Just (90) passed away 6/27/22.

Max Dolenc (79) passed away 6/27/22.

William Bradford Baker (91) passed away 6/29/22. He worked at INL, beginning in 1972 with Phillips Petroleum Co at the NRTS. He worked on the SPERT (Special Power Experimental Reactor Test) and PBF (Power Burst Facility) research programs. He also worked in the Experiments Engineering division at the ATR until he retired in September 2000.

Donald Richard Adams (92) passed away 6/30/22. He briefly worked at the EG&G government site.

July 2022

Kevin Lee Bagley (64) passed away 7/2/22. He worked at INL for 30 years.

Carolyn Jean (Schuetz) McIsaac (73) passed away 7/2/22. She worked at the Atomic Energy Commission.

Robert Scott Jr. (86) passed away 7/3/22. He worked at INL, he was involved with SPIRT-ONE and early computer data analysis gathering.

Margi Brown Riggs (75) passed away 7/4/22. She worked at INL as a Manager for the Training Directorate until her retirement in 2008.

Frank Phelps (89) passed away 7/5/22.

Adair Clark Clapp (68) passed away 7/7/22. She worked at INL beginning in 1979 working in security at the site. She transferred to transportation dispatch in town and later ran the office at the site landfill.

Barbara Bell Hocking Chaffin (93) passed away 7/8/22. She worked at INL as a janitor and worked her way up to a RadCon Technician.

Julius Berreth (92) passed away 7/9/22.

Douglas Lee Smith (63) passed away 7/9/22. He worked at INL as a pipe fitter.

Dale Hendrickson (90) passed away 7/9/22.

William D. Orr (73) passed away 7/15/22. He worked at INL-CWI.

Annie “Ann” Vivian (Davis) Rydalch (86) passed away 7/19/22. She worked at INL from 1979 until her retirement in 2010. Her work focused on helping to build a sustainable energy plan for Idaho and the nation, but she was particularly interested in nuclear energy and economic development. Her work with the Fort Peck Indian Reservation led her to be inducted as an honorary member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe in Montana. Ann was an IREA active member and board member serving as social chairman at the time of her passing. She planned many banquets and summer picnics.

Marilyn Wilde (83) passed away 7/19/22.

Matthew Thomas Brandley (72) passed away 7/23/22. He worked at INL for 25 years.

Sharon Lee Sweet Mecham (66) passed away 7/23/22. She worked at INL and Argonne National Laboratory for 32 years and retired in 2011.

Leman Dale Veile (85) passed away 7/24/22. He worked at INL as an Electrical Engineer, retiring in 2001.

Lyle ‘Mak’ J. McKinlay (76) passed away 7/24/22. He worked at INL-CWI as a radiation control technician.

Doyle DeVon Hammon (87) passed away 7/24/22. He worked at INL as an electrician from 1982 to 1995.

Larry Blang (80) passed away 7/27/22. He worked at INL as a welder for 26 years.

Shannon Kay Garnier Eddins (50) passed away 7/29/22. She was an active employee at INL, she worked in the D org.

Anthony Cardone (92) passed away 7/31/22. He worked at INL as a Geological Engineer.

August 2022

Gerald (Jerry) Klotzkin (81) passed away 8/3/22. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory.

John Eugene Birchler (81) passed away 8/4/22.

Donald Daniel Taylor (90) passed away 8/9/22. He worked at INL from 1959 to 1995.

Terry Wade (66) passed away 8/12/22.

Gordon Alvin Rigby (93) passed away 8/13/22. He worked at INL as a Hot Cell Technician for 35 years.

Virginia Ann Sievers Asper (75) passed away 8/16/22. She worked at INL as a secretary.

Raymon ‘Ray’ Lewis Critser (90) passed away 8/17/22.

Ted Dean Christensen (67) passed away 8/18/22. He worked at INL for 10 years.

Rulon Jay Young (73) passed away 8/19/22. He worked and retired from Westinghouse.

Benny Slade Beck (66) passed away 8/21/22. He worked at INL as an Electrical Journeyman.

Charles Wolfe (73) passed away 8/22/22. He worked at INL as an Experimental Reactor Operator. He joined the United States Navy and served on nuclear submarines for 10 years, then finished his Navy career in the Management Training Group at the Idaho National Nuclear Engineering Lab.

John Richard Nielsen (82) passed away 8/24/22. He worked at INL as an Electrical Engineer, working on improving safety systems for Nuclear Reactors, publishing a regulatory guide for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March of 1986. For this work he received the 1986 Best Product Award from the Registered Professional Engineering Association of Idaho.

Robert J. Birch (66) passed away 8/24/22.

William Dan Blake (88) passed away 8/26/22. He worked at INL as an Electrician for 20 years.

Theron A. Gardner (72) passed away 8/28/22.

Michael C. Hall (71) passed away 8/28/22. He worked at INL-CWI/Fluor.

Brian Douglas Simmons (38) passed away 8/29/22. He worked at INL as a security guard.

Sarah Wanda Baker Butt (88) passed away 8/30/22. She worked at INL as an Administrative Assistant.

Wendy Michelle (Madsen) Faler (71) passed away 8/31/22.

September 2022

Doreen Yukimi (Nakamura) Azevedo (67) passed away 9/2/22.

Robert Jesse Edwards (72) passed away 9/3/22. He worked at INL as a lineman and retired as a power dispatcher after nearly 30 years.

William Howard Newkirk (38) passed away 9/5/22. He was an active employee at INL, he worked in the H org at MFC.

Ralph M. David (89) passed away 9/7/22. He worked at INL as a mailman and progressed into a Quality Assurance Inspector. In 1961, Ralph trained the military to disassemble the nuclear reactor after the meltdown. Years later, his family watched Ralph in the training videos highlighted on the History channel.

Travis A. Hall (53) passed away 9/11/22. He worked at INL as an electrician at MFC for about 20 years.

Robert ‘Bob’ James Rader Sr. (75) passed away 9/14/22. He retired from INL in 2003.

Dale Jay Killpack (80) passed away 9/22/22.

Server Sadik (77) passed away 9/22/22. He worked at INL as an engineer.

Birney Phillips (84) passed away 9/23/22. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Engineer for 17 years.

Janice Fallert (80) passed away 9/23/22.

David C. Jenkins (86) passed away 9/25/22. He worked at INL as a chemical engineer.

Alan Brent Pearson (80) passed away 9/25/22. He worked at INL-CWI as a Radiological Control Technician for many years, then taught radiation safety until he retired in 2006.

Merville E. Greenidge (81) passed away 9/28/22.

Steven Keith Anspach (69) passed away 9/30/22. He worked at INL as an Electrical Engineer. He had a 43 year long career doing engineering work for different laboratories in both Colorado and Idaho.

October 2022

Duane Burton Smith (53) passed away 10/3/22. He worked at INL-NRF as a chemical engineer.

Delmar V. Miley (85) passed away 10/4/22. He worked at INL in the Material Science group. His scanning electron microscope work was unmatched. A talented scientist with a keen wit and always ready with sage guidance. Del retired in 1995.

Frank Jaggar (76) passed away 10/9/22.

Darrell Brig Wray (85) passed away 10/11/22. He worked at INL as a Health Physics Technician.

Kristoffer N. Kelly (45) passed away 10/15/22. He was an active employee at INL, worked at MFC org U310.

Donald Fay Nilsson (87) passed away 10/16/22. He worked at Westinghouse at NRF for 36 years.

Virginia Marie Grasmick (81) passed away 10/19/22.

Shirley Ann Christensen (76) passed away 10/23/22.

Robert ‘Bob’ Eugene Siedelmann (98) passed away 10/23/22. He worked as a Mechanical Engineer for Navy Nuclear Program.

LaRae Steffler-Blosch (77) passed away 10/27/22. She worked at INL as an administrative assistant and record keeper for 15 years.

Roy Phillips Hill (88) passed away 10/28/22.

Kelly Maril Welch (56) passed away 10/29/22. He was an active employee at INL as a Network Engineer and worked in org Y430.

Dean W. Gibson (83) passed away 10/31/22. He worked at INL as an electrician.

November 2022

Theodore A. Thomas (84) passed away 11/1/22.

Iva Jane Butler (79) passed away 11/1/22. Her career included working in cafeterias all over East Idaho, including the Idaho National Lab.

Ronald Fuchs (78) passed away 11/2/22.

Norman Ward Knox (97) passed away 11/3/22.

Emery Mead Belnap (93) passed away 11/6/22. He worked at INL as a pipefitter and retired after 38 years as a Supervisor of Maintenance.

Jack Edward Mott (85) passed away 11/6/22.

Carroll William ‘Bill’ Ison (91) passed away 11/7/22. He worked at INL for over 35 years. He worked as a Health Physics Technician and supervisor mostly at ICPP.

Helen Edna Sobieski (83) passed away 11/9/22.

James Lee Rohrbaugh (74) passed away 11/9/22. He worked at INL as an Electrical Engineer and retired as a manager of the Life Safety Systems division.

Bobby Archibald (86) passed away 11/10/22.

William ‘Bill’ Yurkowski, Jr (95) passed away 11/12/22. He worked at INL and his 40-year career in industry was heavily in Quality Assurance Management, Quality Engineering and Reliability Engineering.

Raymond N. Henken (95) passed away 11/13/22. He worked at INL as a Shift Supervisor at ETR and as a Document Controller at ETR & ATR.

Randall Lee King (72) passed away 11/14/22.

Kristie L. Wagner (70) passed away 11/18/22. She worked at INL as a chemist.

Ellis Job Hemsley (92) passed away 11/20/22.

Thomas Joel Smith (83) passed away 11/22/22. He worked at INL as a Systems Manager.

Steven Kent Kutterer (74) passed away 11/22/22. He worked at INL-CWI.

Robert ‘Bob’ Glenn Butler (90) passed away 11/26/22. He worked at Argonne National Lab as a security officer for 33 years.

Gloria Carol Blanchard Valenti (75) passed away 11/28/22.

Robert ‘Bob’ Edward Korenke (81) passed away 11/28/22. He worked at INL beginning in 1965 at the National Reactor Testing Station. He started at the Engineering Test Reactor (ETR) working on the testing and development of the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Systems for the Submarines. He also worked as a Mechanical Engineer, but ultimately became a Project Manager in Waste Management, holding a leadership role. During his 40 years of service, he was responsible for several Nuclear Energy related programs and projects for the Department of Energy. He retired in May 2005 as a Senior Project Manager responsible for the INL NE/DOE HQ Project for Advanced Gas Reactor Particle Fuel Development.

December 2022

Megan Daryl Allen (71) passed away 12/3/22. She worked at INL as an analyst for 35 years.

Linda Baxter (75) passed away 12/4/22.

Julie Hohbach Piper (55) passed away 12/4/22. She worked at INL as an employment attorney until 2011, then continued her attorney position for Hanford contractors in the Tri-Cities.

John D. Young (95) passed away 12/8/22. He worked at INL for 28 years as a Mechanical Engineer.

Richard Dean Fowler (83) passed away 12/8/22.

Reginald Greenwood (87) passed away 12/9/22.

Francis William Cleverley (88) passed away 12/11/22. He worked at INL beginning in the mid-1950’s at the ATR and retiring as a Senior Reactor Operator in early 1990’s.

Beverly Macaulay (84) passed away 12/11/22.

Royce Lanier Brookshier (91) passed away 12/12/22. He worked with various companies, working on missiles and missile silos, Gemini and Apollo space craft and finally nuclear programs with Westinghouse at INL and Hanford and lastly with Argonne National Lab, retiring in 1996.

David Arnold Daniels (83) passed away 12/13/22. He worked at INL as a migrant Nuclear Startup-Shutdown Specialist and retired as a consultant in EPA enforcement. 

Donald McNamara (88) passed away 12/14/22.

Michael Kenneth Dearden (80) passed away 12/14/22. He worked at INL as a security officer.

Thomas Charles Wheeler Jr (62) passed away 12/18/22. He worked at INL as a Registered Structural Mechanical Engineer for 37 years.

Geraldine ‘Geri’ White Duncan (90) passed away 12/20/22. She worked at INL as a secretary for more than 20 years.

Kathryn Hansen Browning (98) passed away 12/22/22. She worked at INL-EG&G as a graphic artist.

Don Allen Waddoups (94) passed away 12/22/22. He worked at INL as an Electrical Engineer from 1958 to 1972.

Robert Lee Nebeker (84) passed away 12/24/22. He worked at INL as a Chemical Engineer at ICCP for 35 years.

Joyce Marlene (Belvo) Yelton (80) passed away 12/25/22.

Richard Daley (73) passed away 12/26/22.

Marie Jephson (91) passed away 12/26/22.

Patricia G. Stoltenberg (69) passed away 12/30/22. She worked in the word processing group at WCB in the early 1990s.

David Scott Brockway (62) passed away 12/31/22. He worked at INL as a security guard for 15 years.

Kenneth Leon McClaskey (90) passed away 12/31/22. He worked at INL as a Sr Experimental Mechanic Technician.

2021

January 2021

Wilmer Wayne Rogers (75) passed away 1/1/21. He worked at INL, EG&G at CFA.

Mark C. Pettet (58) passed away 1/2/21. He was an active employee of INL, working in Org J211.

James Andrew Paul Dowalo (74) passed away 1/3/21. He worked at INL working in nuclear waste containment & later with Leak Testing Specialists. Many of those who worked with him considered him “a legend” in the field of nuclear leak testing.  Jim holds a patent, with the Department of Energy, for an internal nuclear pressure sensor to aid in leak detection.  Jim was honored with an award from the United States of America Department of Energy for his invention in 2010.

Harlan ‘Harley’ Fred Vollman (84) passed away 1/4/21. He worked at INL as a heavy equipment operator.

Albert Lee Campbell (84) passed away 1/6/22.

Edward James Hallinan (77) passed away 1/8/21. He worked for EG&G from 1981 to 1985 in Tech Publications and from 1986 to 1987 for WINCO in their Safety Analysis group. He then worked for Savannah River (SRS) starting in 1988 and retired from SRS in 2009.

William A. Emel (80) passed away 1/9/21. He worked at the Chem Plant starting mid-1960’s, working as a radiochemist. Later he worked in ENICO and WINCO, as the manager of the Radiochemistry Branch. He left INL in late 1984-85.

Richard R. Wright (91) passed away 1/10/21.  He had a life-long and dedicated career working for the Department of Energy (DOE-ID) in Engineering and Construction Management. For most of that time he was Chief of the Reactor & Research/Energy Projects Branch.

Harold Don Gronbeck (85) passed away 1/11/21. He worked for GE-KAPL (Knowles Atomic Power Lab) but was stationed at TRA as the GE-KAPL sponsor’s representative to the ATR experiments group. Both GE-KAPL and Westinghouse-Bettis had representatives at TRA monitoring irradiation testing of their fuel specimens in ATR. He retired in 1995. 

Donnell Alan Shehane (61) passed away 1/11/21. He worked for FLUOR as a Training Specialist.

Roger Graham Young (86) passed away 1/12/21. He was employed by Combustion Engineering located in Windsor, Connecticut. The company sent him for additional training which led him to relocate to the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls, Idaho around 1959-60. In 1961, Roger was involved in the aftermath of a nuclear accident and was instrumental in the recovery of three bodies.

Robert LeRoy Collins (95) passed away 1/13/21. He worked at INL as a Journeyman Electrician.

Kenneth H. Henry (79) passed away 1/16/21. Kenneth lived in Aberdeen, WA where he worked for Rayonier Inc.; Kennewick, WA where he worked for Rockwell/Hanford; and Idaho Falls where he worked for EG&G Waste Management (WM) from 1989 to 1995.

Mark T. Barnes (62) passed away 1/16/21. He worked at NRF for 20+ years as a journeyman painter.

Kerwin S. Pierce (63) passed away 1/17/21. Kerwin began his 30-year career working for the Department of Energy in 1989. His first job out of school was with EG&G-Energy Measurements at the Nevada Test Site. He transferred to Colorado where he worked at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site until 2002. He retired from Fluor Idaho (INL) in May of 2019.

Emory ‘Sam’ V. Mobley (92) passed away 1/17/21. He worked at INL from 1959-1997, working at EG&G in a variety or groups – Thermal Fuels Behavior Programs, Power Reactor Programs, and Nuclear Safety & Engineering. Sam was in a work-study program at the White Sands Proving Ground, at New Mexico University. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Washington state to the University of Washington work-study program at the Bomark project with Boeing aircraft. Sam obtained his Master’s degree in engineering in 1959. The family then moved to Idaho in August 1959, where he was hired at the site, the AEC, as it was known then. Sam retired from INEL in 1997, after working nearly 40 years in his field.

Gordon W. Olsen (86) passed away 1/18/21. He worked at INL as an engineer for more than 40 years where he worked on control systems for nuclear reactors and worked on engineering projects for the space shuttle as well as data management systems at Hill Airforce Base.

Fred Pope (95) passed away 1/18/21. He worked for Phillips Petroleum in Borger, TX, and later transferred to Idaho until his retirement in 1983. He worked at EG&G from 1981-1985 in Water Reactor Research Test Facilities at TAN, and in Personnel Assurance Tech Support (PATS) in 1986.

Elmo Elias Keller (90) passed away 1/18/21. In 1957 Elmo began a successful career at INL, starting as a custodian and gradually working his way upward through the ranks with study and experience to become an efficient and well thought of Safety Engineer.

Richard Henry Cox (85) passed away 1/19/21.

Richard Henry Cox (85) passed away 1/19/21. He worked at the NRF-S5G reactor plant for a few years (1964-68) while in the Navy, then worked at Argonne National Lab-West (ZPPR) until retiring in 1997.

Kim L. Duncan (65) passed away 1/19/21. She worked at INL as a compensation analyst, helping the lab reach their goals by putting her many talents to use bettering the organization and making strides in helping them hire the best minds.

Bruce L. Diehl (74) passed away 1/19/21. He worked for DOE-ID from 1981-1988, then EG&G in CFA Facilities & Maintenance (F&M) from 1989-around 1995.

Robert Donovan (76) passed away 1/19/21. He worked for ENICO and WINCO at ICPP.

Arthur Nolan (90) passed away 1/21/21.

Betty LaVaughn Adkins (94) passed away 1/23/21. She worked for various contractors at INL for 23 years as a nurse. When TAN was being built, she was the first woman to work on the north end.

Elbert Grant Rees (84) passed away 1/24/21. He worked at Argonne National Lab-West as an engineer for several years beginning around 1979.

Max E. Jackson (99) passed away 1/24/21. He worked at Argonne National Lab in Chicago and at the Idaho Falls Engineering Test Site.

Paul E. Reynolds (65) passed away 1/24/21. He worked at INL as a Rad/Con Tech for several years.

Phillip Neil Eldridge (76) passed away 1/31/21. He worked at INL for Westinghouse for 6-7 years.

February 2021

Martha Eitson (69) passed away 2/1/21.

David H. Napper (82) passed away 2/3/21. He worked at INL for various contractors from 1963-1993, as an Electrical Engineer.

Naomi Green (86) passed away 2/4/21. She worked at INL as a filing clerk for 18 years.

Robert Wayne Emery (73) passed away 2/4/21. He worked at INL beginning in 1982 as a security guard. He impressed the upper management so much that he was promoted into a management position. He was later in charge of all of the security processes there and after a 30-year career, retired in 2014.

David S. Leary (78) passed away 2/6/21. He worked at INL and retired after 30 years.

Sharon Hathaway (72) passed away 2/9/21. She retired from FLUOR, where she played a key role in Document Control.

Marvin Hooper (86) passed away 2/11/21.

Michael Dalton Henderson (70) passed away 2/13/21. He worked at INL as a computer operator.

Joel Ted Johnson (76) passed away 2/14/21. He worked at INL during the summers while going to college, probably back in the 1960’s.

Carol Anne Olson (69) passed away 2/19/21. She worked at INL (FLUOR) for 40 years, retiring in 2012.

David Lawrence Parks (74) passed away 2/20/21. He worked at INL for 40 years as a Project Manager over Nuclear Threat Reduction.

Nelda Hanson-Brittain-Richards (94) passed away 2/20/21.

Kendall Magill (90) passed away 2/22/21.He worked for EG&G at PBF through 1985 and then (and in Waste Management Programs at TAN and retiring from INL in late 1980s.

Denzel K. Jenson (89) passed away 2/23/21. He worked at INL beginning in 1953 in the Radiological Engineering field. He was manager of the ICPP Health Physics group for many years. He moved to LLNL in 1987 as a WINCO representative on the joint WINCO-LLNL SIS Project. After 2 years (’87-’89) the SIS Project was cancelled, and Denzel elected to stay at LLNL.  He retired after working a total of 43 years including his time at INL and LLNL.

Glenn E. Cederberg (94) passed away 2/27/21. He worked at INL (Westinghouse) for 32 years.

Keith B. Hanson (93) passed away 2/28/21. He worked at the Atomic Energy Commission lab.

March 2021

Edgar Wayne McKenzie (79) passed away 3/2/21. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory.

Juanita J. Williams (86) passed away 3/5/21.

Mary Eleanor Snyder (86) passed away 3/9/21. She worked and retired from Argonne National Laboratory from 1982-1996.

Bradley Scott Beseris (58) passed away 3/11/21. He worked at INL as an industrial mechanic for 35 years, retiring in 2018.

Harold Campen (91) passed away 3/11/21.

Raymond Eugene Mauseth (72) passed away 3/12/21. He worked at INL beginning in 1987, as a nuclear reactor operator and trainer until he retired 2012.

James L. Bonner (71) passed away 3/12/21. He worked for ENICO and WINCO at ICPP in the Production Department in the 1980s and 1990s.

John William Passey (76) passed away 3/14/21. He worked at the Dept of Energy, retiring in 2011.

Thomas C. Piper (85) passed away 3/14/21. He worked at INL beginning in 1966, primarily for Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company, he had his degree in Nuclear Engineering and also Mechanical Engineering, retiring in 1995.

Agness ‘Aggie’ Constance Lindenmayer Ferguson (84) passed away 3/15/21. She worked at INL as a secretary for various employers, eventually at and retiring from EG&G.

David Brent Williams (66) passed away 3/16/21. He worked at INL-FLUOR as a project manager of the carpentry department, retiring in 2008.

Clarence A. Moore (87) passed away 3/19/21.

Timothy James Klipfel (70) passed away 3/19/21. He worked at INL at CWI-INTEC from 1978-2012.

Carol Sandberg (81) passed away 3/20/21.

Franklin D. Smith (87) passed away 3/24/21. He worked at INL as a laborer, security, and health physics technician, retiring in 1991.

Arthur Paul Roeh (86) passed away 3/24/21. He worked for various subcontractors with the Department of Energy in Chemical Engineering. At INL he worked at ICPP for various contractors in the 1960s and 1970s and was involved in R&D for fuel reprocessing, especially on ROVER graphite fuel. He worked for EG&G in 1981 on Energy Programs, then he spent about a year working for Fluor-Daniels in California. He returned to INL working for ENICO and WINCO from 1983 to 1986, returned to Fluor-Daniels, returned to INL working for WINCO from 1989 to 1991, and then Fluor Daniels until he retired.

Robert Kenneth Gibbons (74) passed away 3/25/21. He worked at INL (CWI), as an Insulator.

Frederick William Ingram (78) passed away 3/29/21. He worked at INL as a project manager, retiring in 2002.

Harley Wayne Reno (82) passed away 3/30/21.

Richard ‘Dick’ Ellet Wood (93) passed away 3/31/21. He worked as a Physicist for GE and then the Dept of Energy.

April 2021

Kirsten M. Isham (57) passed away 4/1/21. She worked at INL-CWI.

Axel Hallan (84) passed away 4/2/21. He worked at INL as a nuclear engineer, operating various test reactors including ETR and LOFT, and eventually managed the WERF waste reduction facility.

Gerry Harley Garn (80) passed away 4/3/21. He worked at INL for 31 years as an accounting administrator.

Charles ‘Chuck’ William Dawley (80) passed away 4/5/21. He worked for Argonne at EBR-ll around 1963, for 40 years, working his way up to shift supervisor.

Glen Leon Howard (85) passed away 4/6/21. He worked at INL as a Naval Chemistry and Radiological Controls Instructor and as an Examination Testing Engineer.

Marvin Ellsworth Eld (84) passed away 4/10/21. He worked for NRF, Fluor Corp, and various site contractors. He also served as acting Director for the INEL nuclear Waste Management Program.

Rodney Von Westover (82) passed away 4/11/21. He worked at INL as a custodian.

Shirley Mae Lindberg (90) passed away 4/11/21. She worked for EG&G at TRA in the 1980s and 1990s.

Jerry Matkin Hoggan (77) passed away 4/11/21. He worked at INL spending most of his career at the site, he received many patents for his research. He retired in 2009.

Richard Ruland Hatton (89) passed away 4/15/21. He worked at INL in computer operations.

Robert Guymon (63) passed away 4/16/21.

Jere McClure (92) passed away 4/19/21. He worked for the EG&G Medical Department and Performance Assurance Tech Support.

Denny Jim Elmer (71) passed away 4/19/21. He worked at INL as a union worker in various construction jobs and retired from INL.

Lawrence ‘Larry’ Edward Howlett (69) passed away 4/19/21. He worked at INL in various positions, including a Level III Health Physics Technician.

Paul Leslie Hovey (96) passed away 4/23/21. He worked for Atomic Energy Commission (now DOE). He was employed by the various contractors as a budget supervisor, retiring in 1986 after 37 years of service.

Thomas J. Lewis (74) passed away 4/23/21.

Edward Walter Lyon (88) passed away 4/23/21. He worked at INL, employed by various contractors from 1967 to 1989, including Idaho Nuclear Corp., Aerojet Nuclear Corp., EG&G Idaho, Exxon Nuclear Idaho Corp., and Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Corp.

Richard Edward Burke (86) passed away 4/24/21. He worked at INL as a bus driver.

Matthew Baker (43) passed away 4/25/21. He was an active employee at INL, working in org U942 at MFC.

John Linebarger (89) passed away 4/27/21.

Dallas Raymond Hales (95) passed away 4/29/21. He worked for Argonne National Lab as a welder.

Thomas Clegg Sorensen (70) passed away 4/30/21.

Wilbur ‘Greg’ Dean Gregory (91) passed away 4/30/21. He worked at INL at the Manager of the Advanced Test Reactor Critical (ATRC). He retired in March 1994 after working for 36 years. When he retired, he received a letter from the Secretary of Defense thanking him for his contribution during the cold war.

May 2021

Captain John H. Cox (81) passed away 5/1/21. He worked for EG&G and Lockheed Martin as Facilities and/or Services Director. He had an extensive 30-year career with the Nuclear Navy Program.

Van Gene Bagley (88) passed away 5/2/21. He worked for INL as a bus driver, driving 2 million miles without an accident.

Stephen Edward Everette (80) passed away 5/3/21. He worked for EG&G in Earth & Life Sciences and in Waste Programs until 1985.

Karen (Haderlie) Covert (80) passed away 5/3/21. She worked for the Department of Energy as a custodian.

George Lowell Smith (92) passed away 5/5/21. He worked for INL as an electrical engineer.

Antone Stefano Cominotti (64) passed away 5/12/21. He worked at INL (FLUOR) as a mechanic.

Glen Reed Longhurst (77) passed away 5/12/21. He worked at INL for 30 years, as a Mechanical Engineer. He focused his academic preparation in aerospace and nuclear energy.  He was literally a “Rocket Scientist.” His career contributions at the Lab included pioneering work in beryllium technology research and tritium safety. In 1995, he and a colleague founded the IEA International Workshop on Beryllium. This organization continues as an industry leader in beryllium research. In 2019, Glen received the Mario Dalle Donne Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Fusion. 

Charles Todd Elverson (32) passed away 5/13/21. He was an active employee and worked in Org B674. He was a Geospatial Data Scientist and Software Developer at the Environmental & Geological Engineering Department. He earned his master’s in forest hydrology from University of Minnesota, where he also earned his bachelor’s in environmental science and conservation biology.

Bonnie (Beesley) Stevens (91) passed away 5/13/21. She started working for EG&G Idaho working her way up to a computer technician.

Janet Wilkinson (89) passed away 5/13/21. She worked at Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for several years as a secretary.

Lois Joann Coyte Cissel (92) passed away 5/17/21. She managed the cafeteria at Westinghouse.

Graeme C. Galbraith (90) passed away 5/18/21. He worked for Westinghouse, who operated the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, staffing their second prototype plant at the Naval Reactor Facility. Graeme retired in 1989, as the chief refueling engineer servicing the four naval reactors then operating at NRF, which established the processes for refueling the nuclear aircraft carriers, the USS Enterprise and the USS Nimitiz.

Claire Martin Moser (85) passed away 5/19/21. He worked as a Nuclear Physicist for Phillips Petroleum, Aerojet Nuclear, and Energy Incorporated.

Artie Seth Waters (62) passed away 5/20/21. He worked at INL as a carpenter, and retired in 2016.

Dana Keith Morton (69) passed away 5/21/21. He worked at INL as a Mechanical Engineer. He contributed greatly to the solutions of safely storing spent fuel, as he performed extensive, and often groundbreaking work as a Section III American Society of Mechanical Engineering Code member.

Peter Michael ‘Mike’ Swendsen (74) passed away 5/21/21. He worked at INL for a short time in the early 70’s.

Billie Lynn Peterson (77) passed away 5/21/21. She worked at INL as a writer editor.

Thomas E. Cox (79) passed away 5/24/21. He worked at INL in the Physics Departement, TMI-2 Recovery Program, and Nuclear Materials Evaluation group.

Benjamin Karl Knutson (44) passed away 5/25/21. He worked at INL briefly in computer networking and technology, before joining the Navy.

JoAnn Judy (70) passed away 5/29/21. She worked for MK-Ferguson.

Marilyn Dawn Meppen Laird (84) passed away 5/31/21. She worked at INL in a secretarial job at the Test Engineering Dept for General Electric Company.

June 2021

Elton Lynn Call (80) passed away 6/1/21. He worked at INL as a Project Manager in Security and Head of Security at MK until retirement in 2000.

Julie James Hand (55) passed away 6/2/21. She worked at INL beginning in 1990, she had a number of accomplishments while working at the INL but was most proud of her U.S. patent for a zero-headspace extractor.

Robert L. Hoffman (58) passed away 6/5/21. He was an active INL employee, working in Org H610. Bob started his career in nuclear science working in such places as Tennessee, New York, and Idaho. He spent 13 years working at the Lab as a research and development engineering scientist.

David John Forker (73) passed away 6/5/21. He worker at INL-EG&G as a project manager, retiring in 1999.

John Robert Cox (75) passed away 6/6/21. He worked in Performance Assurance Tech Support, Enviromental Safety & Quality, and the New Production Reactor (NPR) groups over his time at INL.

Judy Lambert Hastings (77) passed away 6/7/21. He worked for the Dept of Energy working in contract cost and price analysis where she worked until her retirement in 2003 after 32 years. 

Mark Douglas Jeffs (54) passed away 6/8/21. He worked at INL-FLUOR.

Jean Terry Barnes (86) passed away 6/9/21. She worked for Atomic Energy Commission-Westinghouse as a secretary.

Anthony ‘Tony’ Wayne Burgess (56) passed away 6/14/21. He worked at INL-AMWTP.

Gail Ernest Bingham (86) passed away 6/16/21. He worked at INL as Manager of Major Projects at ICPP for ENICO and WINCO, most notably the New Waste Calcining Facility (NWCF). He continued as a senior engineering manager until his retirement, after which he consulted with the Department of Energy for several years.

Carol Harper (81) passed away 6/17/21.

Robert Leo McVean (97) passed away 6/21/21. He worked at Argonne National Lab at the reactor testing site beginning in 1957.

Edward Allen Jennrich (69) passed away 6/24/21. Ed was an Engineering Officer on the USS Grayling submarine and traveled the world, including a trip under the North Pole.  He received the Gold Dolphins Achievement medal, the Expeditionary medal, and the National Defense Service medal.  Post his time in the military, Ed worked as an Operations Manager at AECOM/URS.  Co-workers acknowledged Ed as a leader, mentor and person who can be relied upon.  Ed retired in 2017 after 37 years.

Connie Ann White Longmore (74) passed away 6/24/21.

Tim M. Taylor (64) passed away 6/25/21. He worked at INL as a carpenter.

Reno Tam (86) passed away 6/29/21. He worked at INL for Argonne National Lab as a Radiation Safety Technician in the Health Physics Group, retiring in 1990.

July 2021

Leora Jane Peck Rogers (80) passed away 7/1/21.

Mark P. Roberts (80) passed away 7/2/21. He worked at INL for 30 years, first in security and then as a chemist.

Gary LaVere Ellis (83) passed away 7/3/21. He worked at INL as a welder.

Dennis Delos Lambert (83) passed away 7/4/21.

Dorothy ‘Janie’ Wayne (88) passed away 7/6/21. She worked as a registered nurse at Argonne National Lab where she retired in 1995.

Frederick Crocker (79) passed away 7/6/21.

Dwaine Moore (78) passed away 7/7/21. He worked at INL for US Department of Energy for 23 years as Fire Chief, retiring in 1993.

Devon William Mecham (82) passed away 7/17/21. He worked at INL as a mail clerk and after completing many college classes, he ended his career as Senior Project Engineer. He retired in 2001.

Robert Dinneen (55) passed away 7/17/21. He worked for FLUOR.

Robert Dennis Butikofer (71) passed away 7/18/21. He worked at INL-CWI as a plant operator.

Richard L. Miller (89) passed away 7/19/21. He worked at INL and was a chemist, metallurgist, geothermalist and part-time rock hound!

Robin ‘Rob’ J. Holmes (72) passed away 7/19/21.

Martha Elizabeth Morris Terrell (85) passed away 7/21/21.

Theodore ‘Ted’ Kinnaman (78) passed away 7/21/21. He worked at INL as a mechanical engineer and built his skills into a 34-year career supporting all manner of projects at the INL site. He was especially proud of his work on the Engineering Test Reactor sodium loop project. 

Kenneth H. Latham (97) passed away 7/23/21.

David Steven Sill (62) passed away 7/25/21. He worked at INL previously, and currently worked for DOE-ID for 33 years in Radiological Chemistry.

Harold Dean Brown (88) passed away 7/26/21. He worked at the AEC as a warehouse supervisor.

Gene Harold Dressen (78) passed away 7/27/21. He worked at INL as a computer programmer.

Edith Juanita Whiting (80) passed away 7/28/21.

Arnold ‘Ron’ Leslie Ayers Jr. (81) passed away 7/28/21. Ron worked most of his career within the nuclear energy field, first with Ebasco Services in New York City until 1976 and then out at the INL site for different companies. While he mostly worked locally, his job included travel to Pennsylvania, Texas, and Kazakhstan. He was especially proud of his work in cleaning up the Three Mile Island reactor, and in later efforts to recover and store spent reactor fuel from around the world.

Ralph William Hurzeler Jr. (86) passed away 7/28/21. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory.

Jay Buys (90) passed away 7/29/21.

Joseph Edward Uptergrove (74) passed away 7/30/21. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Power Research Officer.

James Rider (70) passed away 7/31/21. He worked for FLUOR.

Stanley Scott Abbott (72) passed away 7/31/21. He worked at INL from 1969-2012.

August 2021

Deloy ‘Nelly’ Albert Nelson (89) passed away 8/1/21. He worked at INL-Advanced Test Reactor as a laborer, then mechanic, then foreman and eventually a maintenance planner and retired in 1995.

Douglas Antol (74) passed away 8/1/21.

Christopher Lee Wilcox (46) passed away 8/2/21. He worked at MFC, org J402.

Karen Alice Russell Daniel (77) passed away 8/4/21. She worked at INL for over 30 years.

Steven Leon Littleford (65) passed away 8/4/21. He worked at INL as a bus driver.

William H. Garner Jr. (80) passed away 8/4/21.

Donald R. Jones (80) passed away 8/4/21. He worked at INL as a System Analyst for Lockheed Martin serving in the aero industry, INEL, and Seimens.

Paul Warren Watrous (79) passed away 8/7/21. He worked at INL in Human Resources and assisted with submarine construction programs.

Lyndon Rigby Smith (88) passed away 8/8/21. He worked at INL for Phillips Petroleum at the National Reactor Testing Station.

Thomas Larson (79) passed away 8/9/21. He was an INL-FLUOR retiree.

Donald Eugene Baxter (77) passed away 8/12/21. He worked at INL as a nuclear engineer.

Donna ‘Beth’ Elizabeth Griebenow (86) passed away 8/14/21. She worked at INL as a secretary for the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) Chemical Processing Plant, and spouse of Merle Griebenow.

Patrick R Dugan (89) passed away 8/14/21. He worked at INL as a Science Fellow and Director of the Center for Bioprocessing Technology. Dr. Dugan earned a Ph.D. (Microbiology) from Syracuse University and from 1964 until 1987 was a faculty member at the Ohio State University where he held a variety of position (Professor-Microbiology, Chair-Department of Microbiology, Dean-College of Biological Sciences and Professor Emeritus).

Charles ‘Chuck’ Arthur Collins (74) passed away 8/15/21. He worked at INL as a property manager.

William ‘Bill’ Wallace Kirchner (71) passed away 8/16/21. He worked at INL as a computer technician.

Darrell McQuarrie Smith (88) passed away 8/18/21. He worked at INL in property control.

Donald Dean Carlson (71) passed away 8/18/21. He worked at INL where he worked at the Naval Reactor Facility for 38 years.

Kent Ray Hastings (80) passed away 8/19/21. He worked for Atomic Energy Commission, working closely with INL.

Joseph Albert Hanny (88) passed away 8/20/21. He retired from EG&G in 2000.

Robert Bruce Butler (74) passed away 8/24/21. He worked at INL for 2½ years, he had his degree in Civil Engineering.

Herbert Lowell Magleby (88) passed away 8/25/21. He worked at INL as a mechanical/nuclear engineer.

Ernie J. Miller (65) passed away 8/27/21. He worked at INL-Argonne National Lab in security in 1985. He worked his way up until he was a facility manager when he retired in 2013.

Lee Plansky (82) passed away 8/27/21.

James Frances Williams (70) passed away 8/29/21. He worked at INL in the engineering department, retiring in 2016 after 27 years of service.

September 2021

James ‘Jim’ Findley Shaffer (88) passed away 9/1/21. He worked at INL for various contractors between 1959 and 1993, he was a Geological Engineer.

Gail Adele Gerling Cordes Vachon (83) passed away 9/3/21. She worked at INL in Computer Science at a time when a computer took up a whole room. She worked in the nuclear industry until her retirement in 2002. During her career, she published several papers in the area of neural networks, multi-variate control and patterns, and intelligent systems. She was active in the American Nuclear Society and was president of the Idaho chapter for a time.

Roy Lee Flowers (86) passed away 9/4/21. He worked at INL as a demolition welder.

John Patrick Morgan (88) passed away 9/4/21. He worked at INL for 43 years and worked at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP), retiring in 1996. He was instrumental in obtaining many patents during his career as an engineer.

Scot B. Cox (70) passed away 9/6/21. He worked at NRF as an Operations Manager for 30 years, retiring in 2009.

Glenna Dene Williams Harris Transtrum (91) passed away 9/7/21. She worked for INL starting as a secretary and retired as a liaison in Public Relations, working for over 20 years.

Blair Daniel Johnson (100) passed away 9/9/21. He worked at INL, he helped start up the Materials Testing Reactor at the National Testing Reactor site where he worked for 25 years as a Health Physicist, retiring in 1976.

Garry Richard Burke (61) passed away 9/11/21. He worked at AMWTP as a Radiation Technician Supervisor, retiring in 2020.

Herman Larry Spilker (88) passed away 9/11/21. He worked at INL beginning with his legal career as a staff attorney for Idaho Nuclear Company. He was promoted to General Counsel and served in that capacity for several subsequent INL contractors. He would never admit this, but upon his retirement in 1995, he was world renowned in his specialty of Government Contract Law as it relates to the nuclear industry. His talents were often sought after until he decided to retire for good. Along the way, Dad was also a University Professor and taught Government Contract and Labor Law for the University of Idaho for 42 years.

David Ray Underwood (78) passed away 9/12/21. He worked at INL as an electronics technician.

Craig Powell (85) passed away 9/12/21.

William ‘Bill’ Serrano (83) passed away 9/13/21. He worked at INL as a nuclear physicist, retiring in 1995.

David Eason Thomas Roemer (27) passed away 9/13/21. He was a current employee at INL working at MFC.

Kay Jolley Schwarz (89) passed away 9/14/21. She worked at the Atomic Energy Commission as a PBX operator.

Robert W. Beddrew II (59) passed away 9/15/21.

Roy Reynolds (80) passed away 9/17/21. He worked at INL as a graphic designer despite offers for jobs at such places as Disney. The job enabled Roy to continue his artwork at home. His INEL career earned him many awards for his graphic design work. The Department of Interior chose Roy’s watercolors to illustrate the Montana Bison Management Plan. He retired after 25 years of service.

Kelel N. Thueson (84) passed away 9/17/21. He worked at INL as a bus driver for 17 years.

James E. Mullaney (95) passed away 9/17/21.

George F. Marriott (90) passed away 9/23/21.

Bryce J. Woodbury (53) passed away 9/24/21. He was an active employee at INL, worked at MFC org H327, as a nuclear safety engineer and team scientist on the INL’s Radiological Assistance Program Region 6 team.

Lewis Earl Town (88) passed away 9/26/21. He worked at INL for Westinghouse as a Procurement Manager, retiring in 1992.

Merle W. Jephson-King (84) passed away 9/29/21.

Beverly Ann (Berrey) Aldana (86) passed away 9/30/21.

October 2021

Harry Paul Mann (83) passed away 10/1/21. He began his storied career as a U.S. Naval Officer when he was commissioned as an Ensign in 1959. He was accepted into the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program by Admiral Hyman Rickover in 1961, he dedicated the next eight years preparing for his career as an Engineering Duty Officer (EDO). After receiving a Master of Science Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State University in 1969, he was given his first EDO staff assignment as a Ship Superintendent at Charleston Naval Shipyard. Steady promotions and increased responsibilities followed, with assignments in Virginia Beach, VA, Idaho Falls, ID, Bremerton, WA, Washington, D.C. and Portsmouth, VA. His roles during this time included Repair Officer, Instructor, Detailer, and Production Officer. In 1985, at the rank of Captain (0-6), he reached the pinnacle of his career when he was awarded the prestigious position of Commanding Officer, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, in Vallejo, CA. After retiring from his 30-year Navy career in 1989, Harry worked in key leadership roles for the Defense Contractor EG&G, including General Manager of Rocky Flats in Colorado. He retired from EG&G in 1995.

Mistee Dawn Jacobson (38) passed away 10/3/21. She was an active employee who worked as a Senior Instructional Designer within the Department of Homeland Security.

Marvin J. Nielson (91) passed away 10/6/21.

Mary Louise Grover Prine (79) passed away 10/6/21.

Burton Hanson Koske (76) passed away 10/7/21. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Engineer.

Roger Kay Thompson (65) passed away 10/8/21. He worked at INL (FLUOR) & DOE as a website designer with 36 years of service.

James T. Armstrong (84) passed away 10/8/21.

George Craig Bailey (73) passed away 10/8/21. He worked at INL, Argon & INTEC in drafting & design.

Charles Edward Hughes (78) passed away 10/10/21. He worked at INL as a project manager, with 27 years of service.

John R. Snyder (78) passed away 10/10/21. He worked at INL with a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1972. John pursued corn hybrid research. Later in life his interests grew to include the development and application of a wide range of other technologies, and he applied his talents in technology transfer at the Purdue University Research Foundation and then at the Idaho National Laboratory, where he was awarded a patent.

Kathleen Anne Otter (67) passed away 10/11/21. She was an active employee at FLUOR.

Allen James Oswald (84) passed away 10/11/21. He worked at INL for 26 years with various contractors as a Project Engineer, Staff Engineer, Senior Scientist, and Advisory Engineer.

John Lloyd Griffith II (92) passed away 10/12/21. He worked for Westinghouse and the Atomic Energy Commission. He oversaw numerous alternate clean energy programs, including hydroelectric power, geothermal energy, and biomass energy.

Elva Laura Scott DeRoche (96) passed away 10/16/21. She worked at INL around 1967 and was the first to become a female manager in the Plant Services.

John David Weyand (82) passed away 10/16/21.

Sharol G. Park Whitaker (77) passed away 10/17/21. She worked at INL as a librarian for 23 years.

Kenneth Sumpter (82) passed away 10/19/21.

Tracey Joe Daun (59) passed away 10/19/21. He worked at INL (FLUOR) for 21 years.

Marilyn Marriott (Spiers) Brower (87) passed away 10/23/21. She worked for the U.S. Department of Energy and worked her way up from secretary to Department Manager.

Les D. Birch (63) passed away 10/24/21. He worked at INL as a fuel handler and nuclear quality inspector.

Robert ‘Bob’ D. Bowman (96) passed away 10/26/21.

James ‘Jim’ Lee Gregory (73) passed away 10/26/21. He worked at INL (FLUOR). He served as a Naval Reactors Technical Assistant at the Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho. He retired as a Lieutenant Commander in 1988. After retiring from the Navy, Jim held several responsible positions at INL. He served as the Safety Oversight Review Committee Chairman and the Radiological Controls Manager at the Advanced Test Reactor. At the Idaho Cleanup Project he chaired the Performance Evaluation Board and the Independent Safety Review Committee. Because of his extensive experience at nuclear facilities, Jim performed and lead numerous independent reviews at Department of Energy Nuclear facilities. Jim also taught many courses on leadership, communication, and teamwork throughout the United States.

Dennis Norman Bingham (75) passed away 10/27/21. He worked at INL in Bio Engineering, he was an inventor and held numerous patients, and was the recipient of several Research and Development Awards.

Brent Alan Detering (65) passed away 10/28/21. He worked at INL as a chemist, his research led to 16 patents.

Eric Horman (57) passed away 10/28/21. He was a current employee at INL, working at MFC org H640 in Radiation Protection.

Rodney Lynn Shaw (61) passed away 10/31/21. He worked at INL as a mechanical engineer, beginning his career in 1988 at INL, and worked for 33 years.

November 2021

James M. Bower (77) passed away 11/2/21.

Diane Becvar (77) passed away 11/2/21.

Reinita Gayle Cordingley (80) passed away 11/6/21.

James ‘Jim’ Froman Boland (94) passed away 11/10/21. He secured a job at Westinghouse after graduation from college. He worked on the nuclear reactor prototype for the first nuclear submarine Nautilus. He later joined Argonne National Lab where he worked on other groundbreaking projects including EBRI, EBRII and TREAT. He retired from Argonne after 25 years.

Dell Ray Hansen (81) passed away 11/11/21. He worked at INL as a bus driver for 17 years.

David William Smith (89) passed away 11/12/21. He worked at INL for 38 years as a quality craftsman.

Robert Michael Simonds (65) passed away 11/15/21. He was an active employee at INL, working in Org F440. He began at INL in 1986 as a Project Control Specialist.

Amy Louisa Pratt Christensen (86) passed away 11/20/21. She worked at INL as a nurse at the dispensaries.

Gerald A. Dineen (82) passed away 11/22/21.

John ‘Ray’ Karvinen (90) passed away 11/23/21.

Walter Arthur Ryder (93) passed away 11/25/21.

John L. Waddell, Jr. (77) passed away 11/28/21.

December 2021

Don F. Harmon (89) passed away 12/1/21. He worked at INL as a senior materials engineer and physicist for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 38 years, retiring in 1995.

Branden James Smith (40) passed away 12/4/21 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was an active employee at INL; he worked at ATR.

Helen Elaine Grimaud (60) passed away 12/4/21. She worked at INL in safety.

Cheryl Ann ‘Cheri’ Casper (71) passed away 12/9/21.  She worked at Argonne National Lab as a cook and a custodian for 16 years.

Robert E. Turner (96) passed away 12/10/21.

John Robert Hyland (64) passed away 12/11/21. He worked at INL-FLUOR.

Jeffrey Darrel Beasley (64) passed away 12/11/21. He worked at INL-FLUOR as an electrician and retired in 2017.

Shirley Alice Kidd (86) passed away 12/15/21. She worked at INL as a Trainer.

LeMoyne ‘Lindy’ Dale Lindberg (84) passed away 12/22/21. He worked at INL as an engineer.

Jon Monasmith (81) passed away 12/23/21. He worked at INL as a mechanical engineer.

Edward William Parsons Jr. (84) passed away 12/25/21. He worked at INL as a mechanical engineer, he was involved in several radiological waste handling and fire protection pilot projects.

Robert Kay Adams (83) passed away 12/26/21. He worked at INL-AEC and Aero Jet General in computer security.

Gary Hammer (89) passed away 12/29/21. He worked at INL as a Technical Writer and Editor, retiring in 1995.

Brent Henry Messervy (72) passed away 12/31/21. He worked at INL as a production planner.

Darrell Glen Hinckley (90) passed away 12/31/21. He worked for Argonne National Lab in Idaho Falls, then moved to Atlanta, GA and worked for Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He returned to IF working for NFC and the Dept of Energy.

2020

January 2020

Gary J. Cottle (70) passed away 1/2/20. He worked at INL as an electrician from 1978 to 2003.

Stanley Stantliff (90) passed away 1/6/20. He worked at Argonne National Lab as a security guard and as an engineering technician, retiring in 1992.

Jack H. Faller (92) passed away 1/9/20. He worked at INL as an electrical engineer from 9/8/58-6/29/89.

Virlow ‘Kay’ Petersen (86) passed away 1/9/20. He worked at INL as a Heath Physicist.

Donna Parmer (84) passed away 1/11/20. She worked at INL from 4/21/80-1/30/95.

Bernell A. Clark (83) passed away 1/16/20. He worked at INL beginning in 1966 as a bus driver, from 9/29/71-12/17/92, driving in some of the worst Idaho weather, he received the Million Mile Award, and was accident free.

Wallace Dalton (76) passed away 1/20/20. He worked at INL in electronics and instrumentation at the Naval Reactor Facility for 35 years.

George ‘Mike’ Shook (62) passed away 1/20/20. He worked at INL from 7/9/90-1/25/06.

Ramon G. Landon (79) passed away 1/21/20. He worked at INL from 1/4/93-2/28/05.

Alverta ‘Amy’ M. Miller (81) passed away 1/21/20. She worked at INL at ICPP processing personnel security clearances from 1/14/80-1/30/95.

Dale Gray (94) passed away 1/28/20. Dale was an early pioneer in developing nuclear power reactors. He first worked in the Idaho Reactor Research Facility. Because of his skills and personality to work well with others, he was assigned to help install the first reactor in a nuclear submarine, the Nautalus. Next, he was assigned to work on the Three Mile Island nuclear residential power plant. This work then took him to Texas to manage the installation of a nuclear reactor in the first merchant ship Savannah. The country was then ready for attempts to develop nuclear rocket engines, which was done outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. His final pioneering activity involved developing alternate methods of capturing energy from nuclear reactions, he finished this work in the Tri Cities Washington.

Charles ‘Chuck’ T. Bernhard (93) passed away 1/30/20. He began working for American Standard Corporation and later for Westinghouse at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA. He transferred with Westinghouse to the Naval Reactors Facility at the Idaho National Laboratory outside of Idaho Falls, ID, where he retired in 1988.

Patricia L. Chase (91) passed away 1/30/20. She worked at INL from 2/9/57-1/30/85 as a computer technician.

February 2020

AnnaDawn Hinckley Goldman (87) passed away 2/1/20. She worked at the National Research Facility.

Alfred ‘Erwin’ Higley (85) passed away 2/7/20. He worked at INL for 27 years as a chemist.

John R. Chappell (85) passed away 2/7/20. He worked at INL from 9/29/75-1/6/93, at the Loss of Fluid Test Facility (LOFT) for three years before transferring to hydropower. There, he served as a liaison between the Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE-funded hydropower projects across the country. John was active in IREA in its early years, coordinating group travel activities and chairing the consumer affairs committee until 2004.

Dennis H. Speas (86) passed away 2/8/20. He worked at INL from 4/22/57-1/30/95.

Raymond Fujii (80) passed away 2/8/20. He worked at Argonne-West as a metallurgical technician in EBR-II fuel analysis and later worked as a security guard for DOE-ID and then Protection Technology Inc.

Mark L. Stoneberg (67) passed away 2/15/20. He worked at INL from 2/4/76-10/20/14.

Roger G. McBride (78) passed 2/15/20. He worked at INL from 3/25/74-7/7/96 as a bus driver.

Chester G. Motloch (72) passed away 2/17/20. He worked at INL as a scientist from 1/16/89-6/17/05. He received 5 patents for his battery research during his career and a R&D 100 award for his inventions.

Shirlene A. Marler Lords (84) passed away 2/18/20. She worked at the Atomic Energy Commission for a few years.

John F. Hanek (74) passed away 2/23/20. He worked at INL (CWI) from 2/3/86-2007. He spent his entire career working in the Nuclear Power, industry, working at Duane Arnold Nuclear Station in Iowa, Susquehanna Nuclear Station in Pennsylvania, Hope Creek Nuclear Station in New Jersey, and at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). He was certified by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as an Operator Licensing Examiner and conducted NRC operator licensing exams for 13 years at over 30 Commercial Nuclear Power Stations. He retired from the INL in 2007 and starting in 2009 took on several consulting assignments for Epsilon Systems Solutions retiring again in 2016.

Delubina ‘Della’ Bloom (94) passed away 2/23/20. She worked at INL from 10/24/77-1/30/95.

Patricia A. Woolf (80) passed away 2/23/20. She worked at INL from 9/30/91-1/30/97.

David H. Schoonen (93) passed away 2/24/20. He worked at INL from 8/6/56-6/29/87. He worked many years in the Test Reactor Facilities. David was one of the original charter members of IREA back in 1990.

George J. Bruha (88) passed away 2/26/20. He worked at INL from 10/6/80-5/28/92. While in the Navy he was an instructor at NRF, and later worked at the Chemical Processing Plant as a project engineer.

Robert ‘Bob’ I. Wartchow (93) passed away 2/26/20. He worked at INL from 5/6/55-5/28/87 as a bus driver.

Kenneth H. Alberts (73) passed away 2/27/20. He worked at Argonne National Lab for 20 years.

March 2020

Dale B. Harris (89) passed away 3/7/20. He worked at INL from 6/21/76-1/30/95 as a Quality Engineer, Industrial Engineer and salesman for employers including: Convair Astronautics, Martin-Marietta Corp., Aerojet General Corp., Lew Williams Chevrolet, All Car Leasing, General Atomic, EG&G Idaho National Laboratory, Exxon Nuclear Idaho Co. and Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co. While he was a project manager in Quality Assurance Engineering at Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company, Dale got in his morning run chasing after the bus.

Norman ‘Brad’ Stockton (64) passed away 3/8/20. He worked at INL 8/29/83 until an unknown date, then rehired 8/30/04 and retired 4/4/13.

James (Jim) A. Carter (84) passed away 3/10/20. His career at the AEC-DOE site in Idaho Falls in 1958. He worked for Phillips Petroleum Co at the 3 reactors ETR, MTR and ATR. Prior to his retirement in 1995, he was working in the robotics program.

Norman Del Fowler (73) passed away 3/11/20. He worked at INL from 11/17/80-4/14/11, as a security officer.

Dee Edwin Larsen (78) passed away 3/12/20. He worked at INL from 3/1/76-10/2/83. He worked for IBM and helped found Amdahl Corporation. He then began work at the INEL. Dee was among the pioneers developing the microprocessor. 

Charles E. Guy (82) passed away 3/12/20. He worked for Mobil Oil in Libya from 1963-1966. He came back to the States to finish his masters’ degree in Nuclear Engineering. He then took a job with Westinghouse in 1967. He worked for various shipyards across the country throughout his career, then settled in Idaho and worked for the INL until his retirement in 1998.

Lynn Humphries (76) passed away 3/13/20. He worked at INL in management.

Kevin O. Keefe (62) passed away 3/16/20. He worked at INL from 5/31/94-8/17/17.

Thomas A. Varelmann (84) passed away 3/16/20. He worked at INL from 1/24/72-1/30/95.

Carl ‘Butch’ R. Seelhoff (73) passed away 3/16/20. He worked at INL.

Mark C. Staley (65) passed away 3/19/20. He worked at INL for 30 years.

Kirby S. Dawson Jr. (86) passed away 3/20/20. He worked at INL from 4/1/58-4/27/95.

Charles L. Jeffery (84) passed away 3/21/20. He worked at INL from 12/22/58-6/24/01. He supported the Physics group, was a wizard at all things electronic, and always willing to provide insightful guidance to fellow researchers.

James Larry Frisbie (81) passed away 3/22/20. He worked at INL as a draftsman.

Garry Leon Fife (80) passed away 3/24/20. He worked at INL as a Radiological Controls Technician from 3/5/75-1/30/95.

Alfred B. Hunter (78) passed away 3/24/20. He worked at INL from 11/15/76-6/24/01.

Judith Y. Lindsay (58) passed away 3/24/20. She worked at INL in the transportation department.

Eileen F. Anderson (90) passed away 3/25/20. She worked at INL for Westinghouse Electric until 1957.

April 2020

Miles E. Lawrence (78) passed away 4/9/20. He worked at INL, spending many years as a manager and engineer with two patents. He was an inventor, mechanic, fisherman, hunter, traveler, outdoorsman, gold miner, and he also rebuilt most of his home.

Evelyn LaRene Smith (91) passed away 4/17/20. She worked at INL as a computer librarian for EG&G.

Veda Sears (97) passed away 4/18/20. She worked at Argonne National Lab in 1985 in the graphic arts/media development department.

Joe Dell Heileson (76) passed away 4/20/20. He worked at Argonne National Lab as a Nuclear Materials Accountant with 33 years of service, retiring in 1999.

Ronald C. Rope (65) passed away 4/17/20. He worked at INL beginning in the mid 1980’s, for 24 years, as an Environmental Scientist.

Richard J. Hernandez (86) passed away 4/20/20. He worked at NRF beginning in 1985 and retiring in 1996, after a long career as an ironworker.

James ‘Jim’ Milton Jackson (64) passed away 4/28/20. He worked at INL for several contractors for almost 30 years, retiring in 2017.

May  2020

Hundley Merton Kline (99) passed away 5/1/20. He worked at INL as a mechanical engineer of about 45 years. He worked on the NASA Mercury Mission, designed parts of aircraft landing gears, breaks for cars, and ended his career at INL in 1992.

Zane C. Hall (94) passed away 5/6/20. He worked at NRF accepting a job in 1955 as the Director of Security where he remained until 1986 when he retired.

Harlin K. Summers (84) passed away 5/11/20. He worked at INL starting work at the National Reactor Testing Station in 1961 and progressed through several different contractors and name changes as maintenance planner and telephone design engineer until he found the “best job in the world” as a tour guide taking visitors to site locations and helping them understand the complexities of the varied operations. He retired in 1998, but returned part-time until 2004.

Milton Holmes passed away 5/15/20. He worked at INL in the Photo Lab from 1957-1975.

John (Jan) Cusimano (88) passed away 5/19/20. He worked at INL as a physicist for 37 years.

William Thomas Balmer (78) passed away 5/20/20. He worked from 1981-1995 for EG&G in Business Computing, Information Services, and Computer Operations & Data Processing, all at the Computer Science Center (CSC).

Kerry A. Hersley (75) passed away 5/20/20. She worked at INL, beginning her career as a secretary for Aerojet-Nuclear. She worked her way up to an executive buyer for EG&G and Lockheed-Martin, then transitioned to a procurement agent for Bechtel, Battelle, CH2M Hill and Fluor.

Scott Doman (59) passed away 5/24/20. He worked at INL as a Radiation Tech, and eventually took the position as Radiation Safety Site Manager at a Department of Energy facility in Paducah, KY.

Kent Dale Willford (75) passed 5/25/20. He worked at INL as a RadCon Tech for 29 years.

Joseph M. Gasidlo (84) passed away 5/30/20. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory for 35 years as an experimental physicist.

June 2020

Roger J. Mockli (67) passed away 6/2/20. He worked at INL as an Environmental Sampling Technician.

Patricia L. Miller (87) passed away 6/4/20. She worked as a secretary for the Naval Reactor Facility for a few short years before becoming a full-time homemaker.

Kermit Clark (98) passed away 6/8/20. He worked at INL at the test facility as a maintenance technician.

Douglas P. Baker (75) passed away 6/14/20. He worked for INL driving bus and retired in 2006.

Edna ‘Eddie’ B. Hales (90) passed away 6/17/20. She worked at Argonne National Laboratory for 17 years, retiring in 1993.

Charles J. Clark (82) passed away 6/18/20. He worked at INL until his retirement in 1996, studying in the vocational electronics program.

Evonna C. Hammon (84) passed away 6/18/20. She worked at INL as a punch card operator on one of the new computers.

William ‘Bill’ F. Steele (56) passed away 6/19/20. He worked at INL for 33 years. He began his career in 1986 at the Specific Manufacturing Capability (SMC) in process development and engineering. He later moved to the Project Management Office (PMO) and had 12 years in that arena. Recently he managed the new Research and Collaboration Building at MFC.

Virginia C. Moore (82) passed away 6/22/20. She worked for EG&G’s Waste Management division and then moved to Engineering and Project Management working there until she left the site in 1987.

Gary McLaughlin (64) passed away 6/27/20. He started at INL in 1990 working in Engineering at WCB and later at Nuclear Research and Engineering at TRA.

July 2020

Orangella Arnetta “Netta” Hagan (72) passed away 7/4/20. She worked at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) and Westmark Credit Union.

Stanley T. Fenn (76) passed away 7/3/20. He began his career at INL with Argonne as a janitor, then pursued his degree in machine design and ended up as a project manager. He retired in 2000 after a 35-year career.

Don Zufelt (88) passed away 7/8/20. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Reactor Operator until his retirement in 1996, he began his work there in 1960.

Richard Rigg (75) passed away 7/17/20. He worked in nuclear engineering research at Bettis Atomic Power Lab in Pennsylvania, the NRF and in the late 1970’s he started working for Argonne National Lab-West in Idaho Falls. He found his niche in designing, manufacturing and testing remotely operated equipment in harsh environments and creating new tools for performing remote operations.

Darrell D. Patterson (78) passed away 7/19/20. He worked at INL, Westinghouse/Aerojet Nuclear Corp/TAN, and Engineering Inc. (EI) as a Quality Control Engineer and manager until his retirement in 2002.

David A. Rucks (67) passed away 7/22/20. He worked at INL for 15 years.

Robert G. Berg (58) passed away 7/25/20. He was a seismic monitoring site technician, spending countless days traveling to, inspecting, and maintaining remote seismic monitoring stations scattered across the Idaho Wilderness. He worked with the INL to keep Idahoans safe from potential nuclear disasters and Yellowstone eruptions by making sure the seismic functioned smoothly at all times.

Jay D. Green (92) passed away 7/25/20.

Ronald M. Savage (82) passed away 7/27/20. He was hired by A.E.C. fire department at the N.R.T.S. site. He made a career of fire service, working his way up through the ranks and in a few years became Chief of the department. He retired in July of 1988 after 33 years of government service.

Christian ‘Chris’ Dahl (66) passed away 7/30/20. He worked at INL from 1978-2017.  He worked as a chemical engineer supporting fuel reprocessing at ICPP for several years.  Later he was manager of a Systems Analysis group in the WINCO Applied Technology Dept., doing chemical process modeling.

August 2020

Jerry Kent Gray (86) passed away 8/7/20. He worked at INL from 1955-1992 working as an electrician.

Dean Berry Hagmann (85) passed away 8/7/20. He worked at INL, where he designed and developed remote handling technologies that are still being used today to handle radioactive fuels and assemble/disassemble experimental technologies. In 1982 he left Idaho Falls, and continued to work in design and project management in the nuclear industry in Oak Ridge TN, Indonesia, Del Mar CA, and Richland WA. He retired from the DOE Hanford Facility in 1999.

Beverly Grace Streeper (88) passed away 8/8/20. She worked at INL, EG&G’s Waste Management division and then moved to Engineering and Project Management working there until she left in 1987.

Terry L. Betz (74) passed away 8/10/20. Terry worked at INL for 35 years, holding positions in operations, management and training during his career. Terry started his career in the mailroom and it ended with him being one of the Country’s recognized experts in Nuclear Safety Training and the Systematic Approach to Training.

Jacob Cornell Johnston (87) passed away 8/10/20. He worked at DOE as a Senior Auditor.

John Van Eps (94) passed away 8/11/20. He worked for AEC for 35 years retiring in 1991.

Helen Hancock Jensen (88) passed away 8/12/20. She worked at INL, retiring in 1995.

Joseph Ray Fielding (85) passed away 8/16/20. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Physicist for many years and eventually as a Nuclear Safety Manger. He authored a publication following experimental tests to identify the trajectory, quantity and identity of each radioisotope released from water being interjected into a nuclear reactor; these tests confirmed many theoretical aspects of potential effects of small space reactors crashing to earth.

Robert L. Battleson (75) passed away 8/16/20. He worked for Argonne West.

Martha Finck (60) passed away 8/19/20.

Wilma Gayle Ashment (79) passed away 8/21/20.

Gretchen E. Matthern (59) passed away 8/25/20. She worked at INL since 1988, as a Chemical Engineer.

Robert Van Treek (94) passed away 8/25/20.

Joseph Paul Bacca Jr. (88) passed away 8/28/20. He started at NRF and retired from ANL in 1995.

Lowell Herman Frauenholz (83) passed away 8/31/20. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Engineer.

September 2020

Kelley S. Oliver (90) passed away 9/2/20. He worked for EG&G in Quality Control and Compliance and Capital Programs (C&CP).

Joseph Paul Sekot (85) passed away 9/3/20. He worked at INL as a Mechanical Engineer.

John Koenig (86) passed away 9/4/20. He started working at Phillips Petroleum Company, retiring from Argonne in 1992 with 25 years of service.

Mauna Walker Kerswell (71) passed away 9/4/20. She worked at CWI.

Tom E. Robbins (83) passed away 9/6/20.

Eva Deanna Ruth McGary (76) passed away 9/6/20. She worked at INL as an accountant and retired in 2000.

Robert Burroughs (75) passed away 9/6/20. He worked at NRF for 40 years in Human Resources, retiring in 2003.

Dwayne Harold Bonjour (78) passed away 9/6/20. He worked for American Protective Service (AMER/PS) and Protection Technology Idaho (PTI).

Marvin J. Bennett (88) passed away 9/6/20. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory for 31 years.

Roger Wayne Snyder (89) passed away 9/16/20. He worked for EG&G for 3 years beginning 1976.

Michael Szpakiewicz (81) passed away 9/17/20.

Leighton Michael Willis (77) passed away 9/18/20. He worked for American Protective Service (AMER/PS) and Protection Technology Idaho (PTI).

David Lee Hendrix (73) passed away 9/24/20. He worked at INL and later transferred to Argonne where he worked as an experimental technician and laser welder.

Dennis Marvin Kiser (81) passed away 9/27/20. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Engineer.

Blaine O. Davis (54) passed away 9/27/20. He was an active employee at INL, working in org G220 at the ATR.

Mark Vernal Marchant (64) passed away 9/27/20. He worked for B&W in Operations at TAN for over 20 years.

Richard Craig Alvey (59) passed away 9/28/20. He worked at BNFL, now FLUOR, for 24 years as a network administrator in IT/IM.

Jay Dean Thomas (84) passed away 9/28/20. He worked for EG&G in Quality Control and ES&Q Requirements.  He was active for many years as a member and officer in the American Society of Quality Control.

Kent Lindsay Geisler (84) passed away 9/29/20. He worked at INL, beginning at Westinghouse as an engineer technician, working for 37 years.

Jimmy Veeneman (84) passed away 9/29/20. He worked at the National Reactor Testing Station.

Michael ‘Mikey’ John Beck (71) passed away 9/29/20. He worked at, working at FLOUR until retirement 6/5/17.

October 2020

Lois Rothwell (82) passed away 10/3/20. She worked at INL as an administrative assistant from 1/7/80-1/30/95.

Grant C. Howard (93) passed away 10/4/20. He worked for Westinghouse Electric in Arco on the USS Nautilus Submarine prototype.

Scot Gaeth (62) passed away 10/5/20. He was an active employee at INL and worked in org H322 at MFC.

Clyde Hammond (92) passed away 10/8/20. He worked at INL working his way up to become the Manager of Transportation.

Benjamin R. Hunter (91) passed away 10/10/20. He worked at INL, ICPP, as a radiochemist. At the time of his retirement he was the longest running employee of the INL having worked 51.5 years.

Donna Sue Stoll Parrish (88) passed away 10/10/20. She worked at INL, EG&G as an Executive Secretary.

Stanley Verl Ottley (91) passed away 10/12/20. He worked at INL, he started at Westinghouse in 1959 and worked there for 30 years, retiring in 1989.

Laurence ‘Larry’ Scott Beller (90) passed away 10/14/20. He began in 1966 with Argonne National Lab and moved to EG&G leading a research team in the Nondestructive Evaluation group in the Materials Science Directorate retiring in 1996. Many in the community know Larry was an incredible and much-loved Boy Scout leader and an advocate for Girl Scouts with his beloved wife, Dot.

Elias Guerra (67) passed away 10/15/20. He worked at INL as an electrical engineer.

Wayne N. Clark (62) passed away 10/15/20. He worked at INL.

Harry Henze (93) passed away 10/17/20. He worked from 1981-1992 for EG&G at the Loss of Fluid Test (LOFT) facility at TAN, and in Waste Management Programs at TAN.

Larry Wheeler (67) passed away 10/17/20. He was an active employee of INL working in org J310 at CFA. He was hired as a laborer. He eventually went through training and became a journeymen electrician, then later on was hired as a power dispatcher, which was the current position he held. Larry was active in the INL union, and was in the union presidency. 

Karen Bahr Stoddart (72) passed away 10/18/20.

Phillip Ray Jackson (89) passed away 10/21/20. He worked at INL as a process operator for 29 years.

James Gerald Kraupp (82) passed away 10/22/20. In 1975, James had an opportunity to start his career at the INL Nuclear Site in Arco, Idaho. He started with Westinghouse Electric at NRF, first as a Reproduction Operator in the print shop. In 1979, he became an Armed Guard working for the Security Services at NRF. In 1980, and for the next 19 years he worked in Operations Material Control, setting up many inventory programs. He retired in 1999.

Joseph W. Henscheid (92) passed away 10/24/20. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Physicist, with a 30-year career.

Raymond Hogan (90) passed away 10/25/20. He worked at INL in several positions during his 41-year career.

Reba Dell Newton-Elliott (91) passed away 10/25/20. She worked at INL as a dosimetry technician.

Bobby L. Richmond (91) passed away 10/26/20. He worked at INL (AEC) as a licensed journeyman electrician for 19 years.

Floyd M. Butler (85) passed away 10/27/20. He worked at INL as an engineering technician, retiring after 30 years of service.

Sylvan Greenhalgh (95) passed away 10/30/20. He worked at INL starting as a security guard, and working his way to become a Security Manager.

Erin James Boye (58) passed away 10/31/20. He was an active employee of INL.

November 2020

John Alvin Yeates Jr. (101) passed away 11/1/20. He worked at INL from 7/14/51-1/29/81 as an electrical engineer at the National Reactor Testing Station (now Idaho National Laboratory) west of Idaho Falls until retirement in 1981. His proudest achievement was succeeding in designing and managing the power line connection of a small nuclear-powered electrical generator to temporarily provide power directly to the town of Arco, Idaho in 1954. As part of President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” program, this demonstration became an historic milestone that helped launch the nuclear power industry.

Dale Milton Teel (84) passed away 11/5/20. He worked at INL as a Mechanical Engineer.

Ray Charles Ruiz (60) passed away 11/6/20. He worked at INL in Security.

James Merle Priest (84) passed away 11/7/20. He worked at INL as a bus driver.

Leo Jacobs Rigby (86) passed away 11/10/20. He worked at INL until his retirement in 1995.

Jack Archibald Haslam Sr. (71) passed away 11/10/20. He worked at INL as a journeyman electrician.

William Palica (92) passed away 11/14/20. He worked at INL as a Chemical Engineer and Project Manager.

Darrell B. Staples (85) passed away 11/15/20. He worked at Argonne National Lab for 35 years, at the NRTF (EBR 2 area).

Sam Kelly Jr. (67) passed away 11/16/20. He worked at INL as a Chemist, also worked at Hanford in New York and Washington States in the early 1970’s until about 1993.

Malcolm (Mac) David Carnes (82) passed away 11/16/20. He worked at Argonne National Lab for the majority of his 33-year career.

Earlen Lawrence Wade (85) passed away 11/16/20. He worked at INL as a Laboratory Technician, retiring in 2003.

Lloyd Ronald Makey (86) passed away 11/17/20. He worked at INL for many years, first as an electronics technician at the Advanced Test Reactor and later as various position in the Quality Control department.

Annette Merrill Bair (76) passed away 11/20/20. She worked at INL briefly as a secretary at AEC.

Ray Mortimer Perry (98) passed away 11/20/20. He worked at INL as a bus driver. He earned a safety award for having accumulated over a million accident free miles on the daily trek to and from the desert. He retired after 30 years behind the wheel.

Paul Z. Miller (86) passed away 11/21/20. He worked at INL as a bus driver, retiring in 1995.

Douglas Jay Inns (64) passed away 11/21/20. He worked at NRF until his retirement.

Robert D. McCormick (89) passed away 11/21/20. He worked for EG&G in various Light Water Reactor (LWR) fuels research and Engineering Department programs.

Lyman ‘Pete’ Peterson Wilde (91) passed away 11/22/20. He worked at INL as a bus driver for 33 years, retiring in 1992.

Donnel Ray Weber (94) passed away 11/22/20. He worked at INL as a boiler operator.

Judie Corrine Gneiting Boltz (79) passed away 11/24/20. She worked at INL in an administrative job.

Ronald H. Bodily (92) passed away 11/25/20. He worked for various contractors at the Dept of Energy for 32 years.

Eugene ‘Snuffy’ G. Adams (85) passed away 11/25/20. He worked at INL at the Chemical Processing Plant for many years in Quality Assurance, serving as a Quality Control Manager.

Melvin Keith Nielson (82) passed away 11/25/20. He worked at INL beginning in the library, and retired 35 years later as a supervisor over the Chemical plant.

Norman Anthony Peterson (93) passed away 11/25/20. He worked for the Atomic Energy Commission.

Kenneth Feliciano (72) passed away 11/25/20. He worked at INL as a purchasing agent.

Louise Cook Allen (92) passed away 11/26/20. She worked and retired from INL.

Brent Dee Wartchow (66) passed away 11/27/20. He worked at INL as a machinist for over 35 years.

John David Tuttle, Jr (82) passed away 11/27/20. He retired from Safeguards & Security for nuclear facilities.

Vance Eli Spaulding (93) passed away 11/28/20. He worked at INL for 8 years as a secretary for the Chemical and Atomic Energy Commission.

Vinson Baledge (71) passed away 11/29/20. He worked as a reactor operator at Argonne National Laboratory.

December 2020

Michael Vargo (91) passed away 2/2/20. During his early career as an electrical engineer with the Westinghouse-Bettis Atomic Power Division in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania he was involved in building the first nuclear-powered U.S. Navy surface vessels, the USS Long Beach missile-cruiser (CGN-9) and the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), and USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601). In 1970, he transferred to Idaho Falls to head the AIW Modification Project at the Naval Reactors Facility for the Atomic Energy Commission at the NRTS by Westinghouse. Mike transferred to EG&G working as manager of Test Reactor Technical Support, Power Reactors Special Projects Office, and Program Operations & Evaluation. He also oversaw Occupational Safety and Health Act (OHSA) at the site, the cornerstone legislation for workplace health and safety, and consulted in clean-up audits at Three Mile Island and Rocky Flats. He retired in 1995.

Kay L. Johnson (82) passed away 12/3/20. He worked for several groups during his time at INL – as an industrial safety engineer for ENICO and WINCO from 1981 until 1984, then for EG&G from 1985 through 1995 in Health & Safety, Performance Assurance Tech. Support, Science & Technology, and ES&Q Requirements. He wrote the safety manual on hoisting and rigging which is still in use today. He worked at INL for 30 years.

Robert S. Hope (89) passed away 12/5/20.

William ‘Bill’ Glen Miller (85) passed away 12/9/20. He worked at INL as a machinist, retiring in 1996.

Elmo Wayne Killian (78) passed away 12/11/20. He worked at INL as a Computer Software Engineer.

Louis LaMoyne Marsden (91) passed away 12/11/20. He worked for ENICO and WINCO in several organizations: Finance & Administration, Safeguards & Security, Security Projects, and Quality & Performance Assessment. He retired in 1996.

Larry Roland Watson (77) passed away 12/11/20. He worked at INL as a Project Manager, retiring in 2001.

William ‘Bill’ Hansen (82) passed away 12/12/20. He worked at INL on infrastructure development projects.

Brian Kent Morishita (71) passed away 12/13/20. He worked at INL for nearly 40 years. He was a business systems analyst, business systems manager, and financial planner for multiple INL organizations. From 1996 to 2012, he was the executive director of the Financial Management Systems Integration Council for improving government financial management effectiveness. Finally, he worked at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies on a team that reviewed and selected new and innovative proposals for cutting edge research. He retired in 2015.

Kerry Judy (54) passed away 12/14/20. He was a current employee of FLUOR, working at INL for the past 25 years.

Francis Harrison (83) passed away 12/14/20. He worked for Argonne National Lab for 10 years as a purchasing agent.

Donald Peterson Biggs (75) passed away 12/17/20. He worked at INL as a nuclear pipe welder.

Wayne Hanks (76) passed away 12/18/20. He worked at INL as a bus driver, retiring in 2017.

Dan B. Nielsen (58) passed away 12/19/20. He worked for FLUOR.

Lynn Ward Ball (79) passed away 12/20/20. He worked at INL as an engineer. He worked in ICPP Operations as a shift foreman and shift supervisor through the 1970s. He moved to the Hanford site in late 1978, but returned to INL in about 1981 and worked for EG&G in their Quality Control and Waste Management Programs groups at least until 1995.

Cyril Kay Stowell (97) passed away 12/21/20. He worked at AEC as an industrial firefighter.

Val Elbert Haddon (74) passed away 12/23/20. He worked at INL as a carpenter.

Dennis B. Schanz (73) passed away 12/23/20. He worked at INL (FLUOR) as a Health Physics Technician, Radiological Engineer, and Project Manager from 1983 until his retirement in 2009.

Delbert Gail Larsen (84) passed away 12/23/20. He worked at INL for 30 years, retiring in 1996.

Shirley Fielding Coffey (89) passed away 12/24/20.

Merlin Hyrum McAffee (78) passed away 12/24/20. He worked at INL as a Radiation Control Technician, retiring in 2005.

Lyman Cox Dye (88) passed away 12/25/20. He worked for 33 years at INL working at Argonne West from 1981 through 1992.

Carl Borror (84) passed away 12/26/20. He worked at NRF as a Chemistry Manager.

Ben Lindsay (89) passed away 12/27/20. He worked at INL as an electrician from 1956 until his retirement in 1993.

Merceline Bel Pokibro Boyer (81) passed away 12/27/20.

Timothy Hobley (51) passed away 12/31/20. He worked at INL as a security guard.

2019

2018

January 2018

Douglas M. James (63) passed away 1/4/18. He was employed at INL for a few years.

William G. Clark (87) passed away 1/6/18. He secured a career as a welder at INL where he continued to work for many years.

Preston B. Brimhall (96) passed away 1/8/18. He worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and retired from the Department of Energy. He also served in the Idaho House of Representatives for several years.

Allen E. Jantz (66) passed away 1/10/18. He worked at CWI on environmental restoration projects. He was living in Kuna, ID at the time of his death.

David A. Ren (75) passed away 1/13/18. He worked at INL from 8/3/78-9/30/99.

Tom R. Lewallen (81) passed away 1/22/18. He worked in the ENICO Quality Assurance (QA) organization for several years in the 1980s and later in QA for other contractors at INL from 10/6/80-1/30/00.

Frederick W. Shortman Jr. (95) passed away 1/25/18 in Ephrata, WA. He worked at INL 10/29/73-1/30/85.

Robert K. Telford (67) passed away 1/26/18. He worked for 27 years as a Utility Operator for various contractors at CPP (now called INTEC).

Dennis ‘Duke’ M. Anderson (82) passed away 1/27/18. Duke started his 42 year journey at the INL on 6/5/53 at the age of 18 and retired 3/30/95.

Thomas F. Rich (86) passed away 1/28/18. He worked at INL from 8/13/74-1/30/92.

Rodney ‘Rod’ D. Parsons (71) passed away 1/28/18. Rod worked in the Labor Pool before he went to work in the Sheet Metal Shop in a four-year apprenticeship program. He also worked at INL as a waste processor – Rod described this position as being a “high-tech, redneck, garbage man”.

February 2018

Lyman R. Chamberlain (94) passed away 2/2/18. He worked at INL 1/27/58-8/29/87.

Kenneth Ludlow (90) passed away 2/3/18. He worked at CPP from 3/21/52-7/30/86.

John D. Morris (79) passed away 2/4/18. He worked for Bechtel Corporation.

Pearl ‘Eileen’ Rudledge (76) passed away 2/4/18. She worked off and on for AEC and the USDOE-Richland.

Steven D. Paul (72) passed away 2/5/18. He worked at INL as a Security Supervisor from 7/25/88-12/31/14.

William R. George (77) passed away 2/6/18. He worked at INL from 8/12/74-2/28/2000.

Justus L. McClurkin Jr. (91) passed away 2/9/18. He worked at Argonne National Laboratory.

Paul A. Huff (83) passed away 2/11/18. He worked at INL from 8/18/65-9/23/82.

Lola A. Gossi Coates (90) passed away 2/11/18. She worked at INL from 3/23/87-4/28/94.

Lorna L. Flowers (80) passed away 2/13/18. She worked at INL from 4/19/77-9/11/85.

Jeffry G. Cox (61) passed away 2/13/18. He worked at INL as an Operator for CWI.

William J. Maeck (88) passed away 2/13/18. Bill’s work entailed developing methods for the analysis of uranium, plutonium and fission products. Several of his methods were developed and published in “Analytical Chemistry.” In 1975, Bill was part of a team of scientists that traveled to South Africa to study the natural reactor of uranium in the Okla mines, 12/29/55-5/30/84.

Gary E. Blake (56) passed away 2/14/18. He worked at INL from 1/22/07-12/7/12.

Maurice J. Sexey (87) passed away 2/14/18. He worked at INL from 5/16/66-1/11/79.

Paul E. Miller (59) passed away 2/17/18. He worked at INL from 1/27/86-7/5/99.

Violet Gayle Randall-Ball (75) passed away 2/20/18. She worked at INL from 11/26/90-12/30/98.

Connie L. Fowler (64) passed away 2/21/18. She worked at INL as an escort guard.

Donald L. Schurman (79) passed away 2/22/18. He worked for INL from 1984 until retirement, at EG&G-NRR&T. He was a human factor researcher, and his work had a major impact on the nuclear industry, most especially his work in human error that shaped human reliability analysis, which in turn made commercial nuclear plants safer for all. Don also had many major publications that significantly contributed to the field and he was always there to help the junior researchers learn about the field and how excellent research should be done. He could always be depended on for thoughtful, innovative contributions and was a valued and well-respected colleague.

John ‘Pete’ E. Peterson (88) passed away 2/23/18. He worked at NRF.

Michael R. Sharpsten (62) passed away 2/23/18. He worked at ICPP-CWI, with 25 years of service for INL.

Wyndell C. Banister (83) passed away 2/24/18. He worked at INL 12/29/72-6/28/90.

Harry Barsalou (94) passed away 2/24/18. He worked years ago at INL.

Daniel H. Stevenson (86) passed away 2/25/18. He worked at INL working at LOFT as a Mechanical Engineer and Project Engineer as well as other site locations throughout his career from 10/28/63-1/30/95.

Rae Ann Hansen (80) passed away 2/25/18. She worked at INL from 6/17/85-6/1/89.

Louis K. Yaegle (79) passed away 2/26/18. He worked at INL from 2/15/64-1/30/95.

Merle V. Daun (84) passed away 2/26/18. He worked at INL from 1/21/80-1/30/95.

March 2018

Joanne T. McCrady (74) passed away 3/5/18. She worked at INL from 1/3/86-4/4/94 in the Human Resources Department until her retirement.

Ileen Munford (87) passed away 3/6/18. She worked at INL as a custodian from 3/4/85-1/30/95.

Larry Trued (73) passed away 3/7/18. He worked at INL for CWI in the Information Technology group at the time of his retirement.

Velma L. Johnson (90) passed away 3/9/18. She worked as an X-ray Technician at INL from the early days of the AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) from 11/16/60-6/29/93.

Marcella V. Watts (94) passed away 3/9/18. She worked at INL as the nurse supervisor from 11/2/71-9/29/86.

Robert Villarreal (81) passed away 3/8/18. He worked at Argonne National Lab for 29 years then worked at and retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Rosemary E Harding (62) passed away 3/12/18. She worked for CWI.

Guy A. Poulsen (84) passed away 3/13/18. He worked at INL.

Blanche T. Howell (83) passed away 3/15/18. She worked at INL from 12/15/86-1/30/95.

Marvin M. Sheetz (67) passed away 3/17/18. He worked at INL from 6/4/80-4/1/85.

Thomas ’Tommy’ Roy (51) passed away 3/20/18. He worked at INL.

Larry W. Broome (64) passed away 3/21/18. He worked at INL as an electrician in 2004.

William J. Lewis passed away 3/21/18. He worked at INL from 2/24/58-1/2/77.

Gerald ‘Ike’ Ikard (90) passed away 3/24/18. He worked at INL as a pipefitter/welder in the middle 50’s through the early 1960’s.

Karen Hayes (72) passed away 3/26/18. She worked as a stenographer at the Chemical Processing Plant for a short while.

Charles ‘Wayne’ Bills (93) passed away 3/26/18. He worked at INL from 5/13/54-6/7/81. He was hired as the Director of the Health & Safety Division. He had the dubious honor of being placed in charge of cleaning up the first nuclear accident (the SL-1 reactor) to occur in the US in 1961. He worked at the National Reactor Testing Station serving as assistant manager of the facility until he retired.

Tyler K. Williams (35) passed away 3/28/18. He worked at INL for 12 years.

Virginia ‘Ginny’ L. Wilson (60) passed away 3/27/18. She worked at INL as a Rad Con Technician.

Howard R. ‘Bob’ Lundeen (75) passed away 3/27/18. In 1973 he moved to Idaho Falls to work at INEL and remained there for 38 years until he retired as a project manager.

Dan E. Berrett (67) passed away 3/29/18. He worked at INL for 35 years.

April 2018

Herbert A. Bohrer (74) passed away 4/2/18. He worked at NRF, as well as several INL contractors throughout his Naval career from 1/27/82-6/21/90.

Alvin E. Arave (81) passed away 4/3/18. He worked at INL as an electrical engineer from 8/22/63-1/30/95.

Doyle Keith Metcalf (90) passed away 4/5/18. He began work as a draftsman at the AEC, working his way up the ladder, retiring from INL as an engineer from 2/1/55-3/29/90.

Abe L. Winterbottom (74) passed away 4/6/18. He worked at INL from 9/25/75-9/16/03 as a pipefitter.

Scott Hawke (59) passed away 4/6/18. He worked as a nuclear and safety consultant for the INL and Argonne.

Charles R. Clapp (81) passed away 4/6/18. He worked as a guard for INL.

Clair Blackburn (78) passed away 4/10/18. He worked at INL from 2/23/71-5/6/81.

Joan R Keller-Wilhite (86) passed away 4/12/18. She worked briefly at INL for several years.

Karen K. Thueson Davenport (74) passed away 4/13/18. She worked as a secretary for the NRF.

Lawrence A. Zaladonis (96) passed away 4/13/18. He worked at INL from 1/21/52-6/29/86 in engineering and design on several nuclear reactor plant systems. He also worked in project engineering. He was proud of his projects and several patents that he helped to develop.

Christine H. Beckstrand Nelson (79) passed away 4/14/18. She worked at INL for 19 months in the early 1960’s.

Armel Lee Cates (75) passed away 4/14/18. He worked at INL from 10/13/69-6/24/01.

Joseph Griffiths (85) passed away 4/18/18. He worked at INL from 8/7/89-1/30/95.

Robert Steele (80) passed away 4/23/18. He worked at INL from 3/21/77-12/28/95.

Lawrence Hunt (72) passed away 4/23/18. He worked at INL from 4/20/88-11/19/01.

Ken T. Jenkins (73) passed away 4/29/18. He worked at INL as a printer for 20 years retiring 10/5/87.

James ‘Doug’ Crotts (61) passed away 4/29/18. He worked at INL until he retired in 2010.

May 2018

Robert A. Long (88) passed away 5/3/18. He worked for Westinghouse for 20 years at the National Reactor Testing Station, then DOE for another 20 years.

Charlene D. Weinkauff (76) passed away 5/5/18.  She worked as a custodian, then worked her way up to an Administrative Assistant at INL from 9/4/79-6/24/01.

Norval B. Wease (85) passed away 5/5/18. He worked at INL from 11/1/71-1/30/95.

Dorothy A. Cullen (80) passed away 5/9/18. She started working at INL in 11/281977, working for the next 20 years until her retirement in 12/30/96 from Aerojet Nuclear and EG&G Idaho in various capacities, including office administrator and technical writer.

Marian J. DuMars (64) passed away 5/14/18. She worked as a computer programmer for INL from 2/4/80-11/15/01.

Kenneth V. Beard (62) passed away 5/15/18. He worked at INL for 26 years as an engineer and land surveyor.

Dallas G. Allen (82) passed away 5/18/18. He worked at INL from 1/11/90-3/1/2000 as a machinist.

Doyle Ellis (86) passed away 5/19/18. He started working at the INL for General Electric and Westinghouse, where he worked for 40 years.

Shirley C. Burns (87) passed away 5/21/18. She worked for INL as a bus driver from 1/27/92-3/8/92.

Neil D. Williams (92) passed away 5/22/18. He worked at INL from 9/12/50-4/29/86.

Orin E. Marcum (97) passed away 5/24/18. He began his career with the Argonne National Laboratory. He worked on the EBR-1 Breeder Reactor as a reactor operator. He was on the team that produced the first electrical power to come from a nuclear reactor plan. He retired in 1984 after 33 years.

Elmo D. Crooks (93) passed away 5/25/18. He worked at the INL from 9/30/59-7/30/86.

Harold Ralph Orme (88) passed away 5/29/18. He began working at the INL from 2/19/59-1/30/95.

Fred W. Dykes (90) passed away 5/30/18. He worked at INL from 6/4/52-1/28/93. Fred earned his degree in chemistry from Idaho State University and spent his entire career at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. He worked to improve plant capability, increase operator safety and mitigate environmental impacts. Fred and his colleagues published many papers dealing with innovative and technological advances in the safe handling of radioactive materials. Fred’s technical career lasted 41 years.

Donna I. Jenkins Garriott (90) passed away 5/31/18. She worked at INL as a secretary from 3/14/77-1/30/95.

Michael Mecherikoff (85) passed away 5/31/18. He worked at INL from 10/12/87-5/30/91.

June 2018

Limon David Kimbro (73) passed away 6/1/18. He worked for CWI as a Senior Quality Engineer.

Donald J. Peters (83) passed away 6/1/18. He worked at INL from 11/11/74-1/30/95.

James Ullom (76) passed away 6/3/18. He worked at INL from 10/21/76-12/11/86.

Helen M. Bankhead Bates (69) passed away 6/3/18. She worked for org H610, from 6/25/12 to present.

Harold M. Lee (91) passed away 6/5/18. He retired from the NRF in 1992.

Carlyle ‘Lew’ Pelot (76) passed away 6/7/18. He worked at INL from 5/3/82-6/4/00.

Edwin F. Poulter (93) passed away 6/10/18. He worked at INL working for security and later with the fire department until his retirement, achieving the rank of captain.

Theodore D. Cline (74) passed away 6/12/18. He worked at INL from 5/7/84-6/24/01.

Moylen ‘Mick’ Young (90) passed away 6/16/18. He worked at INL from 12/18/51-8/30/87. He worked at the Chemical Processing plant in two periods. Allied Chemical Corp. was operating the Chem Plant in the mid-1970s when he moved with them to South Carolina to work on Allied’s Barnwell fuel reprocessing plant. This plant was never finished, so Mick moved back to Idaho and rejoined the Chem Plant in 1983, working in Projects.

Thaylon R. Hobbs (93) passed away 6/17/18. He worked at INL as a security guard and bus driver from 5/1/51-4/27/89.

Beth N. Howard Smith (92) passed away 6/23/18.

Maris Cukurs (79) passed away 6/25/18. He worked at INL from 6/15/65-1/30/95 managing major construction around the country.

Willard L. Adams (83) passed away 6/25/18. He worked at INL 12/6/82-1/30/95 where he was involved in Quality Control and Security Management.

Don C. Barg (83) passed away 6/25/18. He worked at INL from 9/22/86-9/27/00. He worked in the specialized field of health physics (radiation protection).

Jacqueline B. Combs (83) passed away 6/26/18. She worked at INL from 5/28/85-6/18/96.

Margarita C. Niebuhr (80) passed away 6/26/18. She worked at INL from 7/16/90-6/24/01.

David H. Janke (70) passed away 6/29/18. He worked at INL from 5/7/74-5/22/03. He trapped rabbits and mice for radionuclide studies, netted sage grouse, collected water, soil, air, plant samples, and maintained the pollution prevention program.

July 2018

Marvin R. Green (88) passed away 7/2/18. He worked at INL from 3/4/74 retiring 3/30/1992.

Armando Alberico (88) passed away 7/3/18. In 1962 he moved his family to Idaho Falls for a position at the National Reactor Testing Station, starting as a technician and worked his way into an engineering position, retiring in 1992.

Max ‘Mic’ Rowberry (75) passed away 7/7/18. He worked at INL from 12/15/70-6/24/01.

Wiley Randy Spruill (56) passed away 7/7/18. He worked at INL from 12/9/96 as a radiological protection manager.

Elden Blaine Thompson (71) passed away 7/10/18. He worked at CWI holding various roles in management and quality assurance.

Ivan R. Thomas (69) passed away 7/12/18. He was an active employee working in the M510 org. He starting working 8/13/79.

Don D. Deming (91) passed away 7/14/18. He worked at GE Hanford and later AEC Hanford. In 1962 he was transferred to AEC-Idaho Operations Office (NRTS), and retired from DOE-ID in 1986. 

Lucy Duncan (67) passed away 7/15/18. She worked at INL from 4/16/90-4/19/00

Roland N. Smith (85) passed away 7/16/18. He began work for Argonne as a research technician and then as a reactor operator.

Stephen R. Peterson (75) passed away 7/17/18. He worked at INL from 3/12/73-11/19/01 as a Process Operator, then Senior trainer.

Stephen Upton (69) passed away 7/18/18. He worked at INL from 11/24/86-9/6/94.

Robert Rohrdanz (85) passed away 7/18/18. He worked at INL from 3/9/76-4/28/88. After working on LOFT and several other challenging programs, he accepted an assignment as an exchange engineer at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) in Japan. In addition to his regular duties there, he had soon volunteered to teach conversational English to fellow employees and to local high school students.

Colleen Stander (67) passed away 7/23/18. She worked at INL for 34 years starting as an administrative assistant working for the Nondestructive Evaluation group. She worked hard to further her education which culminated with a Master’s Degree from the University of Idaho. She then worked as a scientist in Environmental Management. She was credentialed as a Registered Environmental Manager and a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager.

Adaruth Mays Waddoups (84) passed away 7/27/18. She worked many years for Westinghouse as a secretary.

Robert A. Goodell (98) passed away 7/29/18. He worked at INL from 6/18/56 as a mechanical engineer until his retirement in 1986.

John R. Goodrich (95) passed away 7/31/18. He spent most of his career working at Argonne National Laboratory as an electrical engineer and retired in Idaho Falls in 1988.

August 2018

Douglas T. Woodall (69) passed away 8/1/18. He worked at INL from 1/3/83-4/2/91.

Ferdinand H. Jensen (92) passed away 8/1/18. He worked at Argonne for 18 years.

Robert Barry (92) passed away 8/6/18. He worked at INL from 11/13/61-3/28/91.

Karen F. Jensen (57) passed away 8/6/18. She worked at INL from 6/14/95-6/12/96.

Lyle D. Sloan (70) passed away 8/7/18. He worked as a Pipefitter and Planner at INL for 38 years, retiring in 2011.

Clarence (Curly) Shore (94) passed away 8/10/18.

Marion J ‘Dr Mac’ McMurtrey (91) passed away 8/12/18. He worked at INL as a chemist.

Kenneth ‘KC’ Lloyd (69) passed away 8/12/18. He worked at INL from 11/9/87-4/23/04 as a project manager.

Robert ‘Bob’ Metzger (74) passed away 8/14/18.

Billy Dean Stoddard (84) passed away 8/14/18. He worked at INL from 2/15/67-1/30/95.

Joan McFate Autry Olson (79) passed away 8/14/18. She worked at Westinghouse.

Kris A. Smith (65) passed away 8/17/18. He was a Senior Health Physicist at INL retiring in 2015.

Morris Sedies (69) passed away 8/17/18. He worked at INL from 1/9/78-10/12/89.

Robert Bratton (60) passed away 8/18/18. He was an active employee working in the G420 Org as a Nuclear Research facility engineer, beginning his career 12/9/91.

Glenda Lowry Bauer (84) passed away 8/21/18. She worked at the National Reactor Testing Station.

Larry R. Guymon (78) passed away 8/22/18. He worked at INL before starting his own business M&I welding.

Laura M. Mathews Ray (87) passed away 8/22/18. She worked at INL as a nurse from 5/22/89-5/9/05.

Robert Gordon Stedtfeld (91) passed away 8/24/18. He worked in sheet metal for many Eastern Idaho companies such as INL.

Arvon Ray Anderson (87) passed away 8/29/18. He worked in Reactor Operation and Planning and Budgeting for 36 years at INL, retiring in 1993.

Richard B. Knighton (80) passed away 8/29/18. He worked at Westinghouse NRF and INL-WINCO from 1978 to 1995 when he retired.

Garnel Roylance ‘Roy’ McBride (92) passed away 8/30/18. He worked at Argonne National Lab.

Howard ‘LaJon’ Morgan (76) passed away 8/30/18. He worked for INL for 30 years.

September 2018

Edwin Bruce Criswell (66) passed away 9/3/18. He worked at INL as Operations Manager, ATR facility from 2/10/97-3/1/12.

Marilyn Sue Peterson (80) passed away 9/4/18. She worked at INL from 12/5/68-1/30/95.

Janice M. Brown (82) passed away 9/6/18. She worked at EG&G and Lockheed, 9/14/77-and retiring 1/30/95.

Matthew P. Spanbauer (84) passed away 9/10/18. He worked in INL Craft Maintenance from 8/19/57‑3/30/99. He worked at TRA at the time of his retirement.

Lorraine D. Tullis (56) passed away 9/16/18. She worked at INL from 4/9/84-11/17/01.

Howard Clark Mitchell (97) passed away 9/17/18. He worked at INL from 1955, with 33 years of service.

DeWayne ‘Dutch’ L. Hansen (89) passed away 9/18/18. He worked as an Instrumentation Technician in nuclear research at the INL from 10/2/52-1/28/93.

Richard ‘Dick’ L. Blackledge (95) passed away 9/21/18. He was recommended and hired for the then AEC as the Public Information Officer in 1963.

Sharon L. Zeigler (65) passed away 9/23/18. She worked at INL, EG&G, contractors and DOE for 23 years, beginning in 1977.

Carl M. Stoots (57) passed away 9/23/18 from a climbing accident, he was an active INL employee, beginning his career with INL 1/15/90. He worked as a Directorate Fellow and department manager of the Nuclear Science & Technology, Thermal Sciences and Safety Analysis Department at the Idaho National Laboratory. Carl was an internationally recognized researcher with over one hundred publications and four patents. He was awarded the INL Laboratory Director’s Award for Exceptional Engineering Achievement, the Federal Laboratory Consortium Outstanding Technology Department award and the Stoel Rives Innovation award for energy technology for his work in high-temperature co-electrolysis. Carl was an invited international researcher at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics, University of Erlangen, Germany.

Sharon L. Zeigler passed away 9/23/1/8. She worked at INL from 7/12/93-3/30/00.

Linda L. Snarr (76) passed away 9/24/18. She worked at CWI as a secretary from 10/1/94-1/30/06.

Allyn R. Phillips (87) passed away 9/24/18. Allyn worked for Westinghouse, EG&G, Lockheed Martin and Rockwell, where he was awarded Nuclear Engineer of the year for his work on the M-1A1 Abrams Tank. He later retired from EG&G.

Lyle G. Dickerson (78) passed away 9/25/18. He worked for INL in the early 60’s in nuclear research.

Cecil Dale Coleman (84) passed away 9/26/18. He worked at INL from 5/9/66-1/30/95.

John ‘Jack’ Ringquist (81) passed away 9/26/18. He worked at Argonne, at the EBR II facility.

Marie Helen Mueller Putnam (85) passed away 9/27/18. She worked at INL from 8/12/63-1/30/95 – she had a brilliant scientific mind and was a pioneer in computer programming.

Helen A. Criddle (89) passed away 9/29/18. She worked at INL from 5/17/93-9/12/01.

John Stoffel (87) passed away 9/30/18. He worked at INL from 7/12/71-5/5/88.

Lloyd Kindred (74) passed away 9/30/18. He worked at INL from 4/12/82-3/30/95.

October 2018

Linda J. Firkins (70) passed away 10/1/18. She worked as a secretary for INL.

Paul F. Bills (57) passed away 10/4/18. He worked at INL as a quality assurance inspector from 11/9/92-10/26/12.

Michael L. Carboneau (68) passed away 10/4/18. He worked at INL from 7/2/79-2/15/07 in nuclear engineering. He loved math, research and science and was a brilliant engineer and scientist.

Richard N. Steffens (70) passed away 10/7/18. He worked at MFC as a machinist, and ended his career at INL as a Radioactive Waste Inspector.

Roland L. Gentillon (91) passed away 10/8/18. He worked as a facility engineer for the Navy at the INL for 38 years.

Howard J. Wilson (80) passed away 10/9/18. He worked at INL as a material specialist from 7/8/68-1/30/95.

David C. Hanson (91) passed away 10/9/18. He worked at INL from 5/21/70-1/30/89.

Robert (Bob) L. Eden (86) passed away 10/12/18. He worked at INL.

Tracie L. Blattner (63) passed away 10/14/18. She worked at INL as a Security Inspector from 10/1/88-4/24/13.

Ronald L. Dixon (78) passed away 10/14/18. He worked at INL in Personnel Management from 1/13/80-9/19/01.

Sally E. Johnson (88) passed away 10/14/18. She worked at INL from 1/25/82-1/30/95.

Neldon H. Marshall (87) passed away 10/15/18. He worked at INL from 7/3/58-1/30/95 in the new field of computer science, which would be the focus of his career. He worked on the committee to develop standards for the FORTRAN scientific computing language.

Dr. Leon Forman (79) passed away 10/20/18, former INL nuclear scientist from 9/15/86-9/29/92. He was a recipient of the Department of Energy’s National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal in 1987, Dr. Forman was also co-recipient with his INL colleagues of two R&D 100 awards during his time in Idaho Falls. Presented annually by R&D Magazine, the awards acknowledge the 100 most technologically significant new products of the year. Both awards recognized the INL teams for their work in arms control technologies: the PINS Chemical Assay System in 1992 and the Gamma Neutron Assay System in 1995. He was a U.S. Army veteran and former U.S. Department of Energy employee, Dr. Forman also led the test special project group at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and worked as a consultant at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He was also nominated for the E.O. Lawrence Award in 1978 and authored the 2014 book, At the End of Nuclear Weapons Development.

Gary L. Bourne (85) passed away 10/25/18. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Chemist from 10/22/84-8/30/95.

Rodney Hughes (61) passed away 10/27/18. He worked at INL from 3/5/80-8/29/14.

Robert ‘Bob’ G. Bearden (91) passed away 10/27/18. He worked as a contract engineer and consultant at the DOE for 40 years. He worked as a Physicist, Nuclear Safety Engineer and Fire Protection Engineer.

Rodney D. Hughes (61) passed away 10/27/18. He began working at INL in 1980 as a laborer, advancing to a heavy equipment operator and the lead until retiring in 2014.

John R. Carlson (80) passed away 10/29/18. He worked at INL from 10/17/83-4/30/08.

John E. Lenartz (73) passed away 10/30/18. He worked at INL from 5/4/92-5/27/04.

November 2018

Kay Lloyd Mylar (84) passed away 11/2/18. He worked at INL as a reactor operator.

Linda Marshall (69) passed away 11/4/18. She worked at INL from 7/28/86-3/14/93.

Earl Feinauer (93) passed away 11/8/18. He worked at INL as a Nuclear Physicist.

Gerald ‘Huck’ D. Hulsey (76) passed away 11/12/18. He worked at INL from 8/20/84-7/7/96.

Arthur ‘Milo’ Packer (82) passed away 11/14/18. He worked in the Nuclear Energy Industry at INL before retiring.

Yvonne R. Lucero (86) passed away 11/13/18 in Arvada, CO.  She worked at INL from 1977 – 1983 for EG&G Idaho as Branch Manager in Industrial Relations and later as Branch Manager in Security.  In 1983, she was founder and President of Lucero Computer Products and continued her service to the community of Idaho Falls through her work with the Chamber of Commerce and various corporate & charitable boards.

Gayle George Blackburn (84) passed away 11/16/18. He worked at INL as a program lead in procurement for 44 years, from 3/8/56-1/30/95.

Robert E. Woods (94) passed away 11/18/18. He worked at the Naval Reactor Facility as a Nuclear Reactor Operator.

Stephen W. Duce (67) passed away 11/21/18. He worked for EG&G briefly in the mid-1980’s in the Science & Technology Organization.

Paul ‘Butch’ A. Polus (75) passed away 11/26/18. He worked at INL from 12/19/66-1/30/99.   Paul had a renowned career as a Nuclear Engineer. He retired from the Hanford Nuclear Site but often served as an advisor during the site’s decommission.

Edward S. Brown (98) passed away 11/27/18. He worked at INL from 2/10/47-5/30/83. He began his career as a chemical engineer at Phillips Petroleum in Phillips, Texas, and transferred to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1954 where he continued work for Phillips and several other companies that conducted nuclear research for the Atomic Energy Commission and Idaho National Engineering Laboratories.

Helen Renee Bench (79) passed away 11/30/18. She worked at INL for several years as a secretary for the analytical branch manager.

December 2018

Mary Craighill Verwolf Stevens (63) passed away 12/1/18. She worked for several years with EG&G as an Inorganic Analytical Chemist from 2/11/91-9/1/94, then moved to the Dept of Energy, retiring in 2015.

Ronald H. Torgerson (79) passed away 12/6/18. He worked at INL in security.

Cort A. Zimmerman (94) passed away 12/9/18. In 1963 he was employed at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant as a Corrosion Engineer and retired in 1989 from INL.

Ilene T. Hall (81) passed away 12/10/18. She worked in the ENICO and WINCO financial groups as a budget analyst.

Jean L. Hardman (75) passed away 12/14/18. She worked at INL from 8/12/74-1/9/83, as an accountant.

Leonard M. Spraker (88) passed away 12/14/18. He worked at INL from 924/62-1/30/95. He started working at INL before joining the military. After returning from the military he again joined the INL team, first as a surveyor, then as a nuclear reactor operator.

Emil O. Cherney (83) passed away 12/15/18. He worked at Argonne National Lab for 22 years in critical maintenance.

Arthur S. Mehner (78) passed away 12/16/18. He worked at INL from 2/23/76-4/9/81.

Kirt Jamison (59) passed away 12/20/18. He worked at INL as a Systems Engineer from 2/1/99-7/6/17.

Rhett B. Young (43) passed away 12/22/18. He was employed by Fluor Idaho as a radiological technician.

Jason C. Mohr (35) passed away 12/25/18. He was working for INL Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project.

Judith A. Lish (78) passed away 12/26/18. She worked at INL from 5/8/80-4/26/00.

Gary A. McFadden (72) passed away 12/26/18. He worked for INL from 6/27/86-3/30/12 as a Security Police Office.

Douglas C. Wray (81) passed away 12/27/18. He worked for INL from 9/22/86-9/28/03 in facilities management, retiring in 2003.

Robert E. Lee (47) passed away 12/28/18. He was an active employee working for the U630 org at MFC. He worked at INL from 3/23/15 until his death.

Gregory J. Horton (69) passed away 12/28/18. He worked at INL as an Emergency Preparedness writer and coordinator from 1/14/91-1/24/13.

James W. French (68) passed away 12/29/18. He worked for CWI and worked in the nuclear industry for 42 years.

Eldon George ‘Eddy’ Dees (82) passed away 12/30/18. He worked at INL for as a Nuclear Technician for Westinghouse for 32 years.

2017

January 2017

Dustin Childress (27) died 1/6/17. He worked at the INL catering food services for the INL.

David “Hoop” Harper (77) died 1/7/17. He worked at TRA, CFA, and RWMC as a Carpenter for 20 years until retiring in 2005.

John Byrom died 1/1/17. He worked at the INL as a Safety Engineer. He authored the Health and Safety Procedures for the nuclear industry. He was a founding member of IREA, served in several IREA leadership positions, and was an active member while living in Idaho Falls. He was instrumental in starting the Westmark Credit Union for INL employees.

David Russell Pilkington (54) died 1/7/17. He worked as a Radiation Technician at various nuclear facilities across the country. His most recent employment was at INL.

Clement B. Potelunas (70) died 1/7/17. He worked as an Environmental Engineer at various companies including INL.

Gary J. Warren (72) died 1/9/17. He worked as a Technician at the INL.

DL Wright Weaver (88) died 1/9/17. He worked for AEC at the site where he assisted the developers of the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and submarine.

R.G. Larsen (90) died 1/12/17. He was the 37th employee hired by AEC. He worked in security until 1952 then transferred to the photographic department as a Photographer. After retirement from INL, he worked in photography.

Lyle Arnold Millard (82) died 1/14/17. He worked at the INL.

Murry Irving Byington (90) died 1/15/17. He worked at INL in Security.

C.G. “Smitty” Smith (82) died 1/23/17. He worked at the INL as a Laborer.

Cecil Padilla Perez (84) died 1/27/17. He worked for Westinghouse as a Pipefitter and in Construction.

Milton Roddy “Rod” Fisher (88) died 1/29/17. He worked at the INL.

Earl William Krenz (93) died 1/30/17. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory as the Civil Structural Leader. After retiring he was very involved with the AARP Tax-Aide organization.

Harold Ronald “Ron” Hilker (80) died 1/31/17. He worked at the INL as an Engineer for several groups.

February 2017

Leonora Taylor (87) passed away 2/3/17. She worked at the INL for 6 years, retiring in 1995.

Dwain Sjostrom (74) passed away 2/4/17. He was a Dafter/Artist at the INL for 33 years, retiring in 2001.

Utahna Hibbs (61) passed away 2/7/17. She worked for the INL as a Custodian at ATR from 1999 until retiring in 2011.

Rhea Wilcoxen (91) passed away 2/8/17. She worked for the INL from 1977 until she retired in 1979.

Russell G. Murdock (83) passed away 2/8/17. He worked at the INL as a Computer Programmer. He retired after 17 years in 2001.

Chuck Abbott (59) passed away 2/13/17. He was an active employee working in the Y420 org.

Donald Elison (80) passed away 2/16/17. He worked at the INL from 1978 until he retired in 1985.

Albert Knox (81) passed away 2/20/17. He worked at the INL from 1992 until he retired in 1995.

William Pendlebury (73) passed away 2/26/17. He worked at the INL as a Utility Operator from 1977 until he retired in 2006.

Rex Wadsworth (88) passed away 2/27/17. He worked at the INL from 1967 until he retired in 1988.

March 2017

Gerald “Jerry” Stuart (93) passed away 3/2/17. He worked at the INL from 1980 until he retired in 1985, his S# was 000745.

Marjorie Tegnell Clearwater (84) died 3/4/2017. She worked in the Security Clearance office of the Naval Reactor Rest Facility for Westinghouse. She then worked as an Administrator in the Low-Level Waste Department of contractors, EG&G and Lockheed. Following her retirement from INL in 1995 she pursued her love for painting.

Leonard Plaizer (82), died 3/5/17. He worked at the INL as an Industrial Painter for Argonne National Laboratory.

David LaMar Olsen (67) died 3/11/17. He worked for 38 years at the INL Chemical Processing Plant beginning in the mid-1970s as a shift foreman, process makeup area supervisor, and facilities disposition engineer after fuel reprocessing was terminated. He retired in 2011.

Thomas Tamashiro (90) passed away 3/15/17. He worked at the INL from 1956 until he retired in 1990.

Betty Reiman (83) died 3/16/17. She retired from the INL where she worked as a Secretary for 14 years. She retired in 1993.

John “Jack” Barnes (87) passed away 3/20/17. He worked on a Survey Crew at the AEC.

Robert Longhurst (86) passed away 3/22/17. He worked at the INL as a Bus Driver for 33 years and retired in 1992.

Janice Arene Johnson Clark (78) passed away 3/28/17. She worked at the AEC.

Arvin Lords (81) passed away 3/29/17. He worked at the INL with electronics for 20 plus years. He then moved to Nevada where he helped with bomb testing. While in Nevada, he also worked in the gold mines. He returned to the INL until his retirement in 1995.

William Gray (77) passed away 3/29/17. He worked at the INL as an Advisory Engineer for 15 years and retired in 1998.

Ralph Horton (82) passed away 3/30/17. Ralph taught at Washington State University from 1961-1976 and then moved his family to Idaho Falls for a job with INEL (Idaho National Engineering Laboratory) from 1975-1982. He then moved his family to Murray, Utah, after he took a job with Christensen Diamond Products in 1982 where he worked until his retirement in 1999.

John Richard “Dick” Wheeler (82) passed away 3/30/17. He worked briefly for the AEC. Then he formed his company, Wheeler Electric.

Melvin Asay (90) passed away 3/31/17. He started working in 1943 at a “new plant” run by the Navy that was starting about 25 miles from Blackfoot in the Arco desert called, The Naval Proving Ground (NPG). He became a Heavy Equipment Operator and retired in 1989.

April 2017

Duane Sarkela (74) passed away 4/1/17. He worked for INL from 1979-1990.

Jesse Boyd Leavitt (82) passed away 4/1/17. He worked at the INL with the police force for 19 years until 1982.

Frank Jensen (80) passed away 4/6/17. He worked for the INL from 1977 to 1991, in the Engineering field.

Denverd Gentry (72) passed away 4/9/17. He worked at the INL for a few years in the early 1980s.

Donald L. Terry (85) passed away 4/9/17. He worked at the INL as a Boil Operator for 40 years. He retired in 1995.

Donald W. Keefer (85) passed away 4/15/17. He worked at INL 1977-1994, with an academic background in physics and metallurgy. He served in various management position with the Materials Science group, first at the ARA-1 location and then at the in-town research facility. Don also worked in DC on a material science out-plant assignment.

Barbara Brown (85) passed away 4/17/17. She worked at AEC for several years.

Doyle Elison (88) passed away 4/17/17. He worked as a graphic artist for the INL for 38 years, retiring in 1993.

Gary Lords (82) passed away 4/19/17. He worked at INL as a printer and graphic artist, retiring in 1995 after 37 years.

George Archibald (89) passed away 4/20/17. He worked at INL as an engineer for 48 years.

Ervin Mathews (96) passed away 4/23/17. He worked at the INL as an ironworker.

Theodore “Ted” G Fullmer (69) passed away 4/23/17. He worked for INL from 1967-2001 when he retired.

Keith Whittle (90) passed away 4/25/17. He worked at the AEC for 30 years as a mechanic, from 1956-1986.

Lynn Moon (72) passed away 4/25/17. He worked at the INL as a laborer at ATR from 1995 until he retired in 2009.

Dale Mason (78) passed away 4/30/17. He worked at the INL as a bus driver from 1975 until he retired in 1995.

Varsel ”Art” Peterson (81) passed away 4/30/17. He worked for 33 years for Argonne National Lab, retiring in 1994.

May 2017

Larry Hochwart (77) passed away 5/4/17. He worked for 37 years at INL where he worked as a health physicist, retiring in 1999.

Elaine Krupp Ritchie (86) passed away 5/6/17. She worked at INL as a personal secretary.

Larry L. Davies (82) passed away 5/13/17. He retired in 1995 after 38 years of driving bus.

Robert Kirkham (69) passed away 5/14/17. He worked at INL from 1982 until his retirement in 2006.

Jack Lane Draney (88) passed away 5/21/17. He worked at the AEC for several before starting his own CPA private practice.

Marvin Jardine (80) passed away 5/21/17. He worked at INL from 1961 to his retirement in 1995.

George W. Eldridge (79) passed away 5/23/17. He worked at INL (Morrison Knutson) as resident engineer from 1971-1979.

Bernice Poliski (86) passed away 5/24/17. She worked at INL as a telecommunications supervisor from 1970 until 1990.

Robert E. Willis (74) passed away 5/25/17. He worked at INL as a custodian from 1991 until his retirement in 2009.

Willard O. Olson (84) passed away 5/26/17. He worked as a Nuclear Engineer at INL, teaching new reactor operators the physics and fluid mechanics required for understanding a reactors operation, from 1975 until his retirement in 1998.

Geraldine ”Jerry” Colvin (84) passed away 5/29/17. She worked at INL from 1956 to 1995. She retired from INL as a Senior Administrative Assistant. While at INL and during her retirement she was involved in Search and Rescue holding local, state, and national leadership positions. She taught many AARP Driver Safety classes so seniors could obtain reduced vehicle insurance rates. Jerry was an active volunteer in many capacities at the Idaho Falls Senior Citizens Community Center. She served as IREA secretary for many years early in her retirement.

INL Employees who died in other than March-May 2017

December 2016

Ronald Arnett (74) passed away 12/16/16. He worked at INL as an Engineer from 1988-2007.

Maurice William “Bill” Echo (91) died 12/17/16. His academic background in chemistry and physics served him well at INL where he ran the mass spectrometer at CPP and conducted other research. He worked at INL during the mid1950s and returned to INL in 1975. In addition to his contributions at INL, Bill was one of the founders of the Alpine Club and served as the charter President.

Jimmy Wilburn (74) passed away 12/31/16. He worked at INL as a Procurement Technical Specialist from 1985, retiring in 2003.

January 2017

Jag Singh (80) passed away 1/3/17. He worked at INL as an Advisory Engineer from 1976 until retiring 1997.

Sunder Bhatia (82) passed away 1/8/17. He worked at INL from 1976-1982. He was inducted as a member in the “Cold War Patriots;” the result of his service to the United States Department of Energy in Idaho and Richland, Washington nuclear facilities.

Robert Thornton (78) passed away 1/15/17. He worked at INL from 1967-1983.

John D. Miller (83) passed away 1/18/17. He worked at INL from 1963 until retiring in 1992.

Cecil Perez (84) passed away 1/27/17. He worked for INL from 1991-1995.

INL Employees who died in other than June-October 2017

Janet Elizabeth Moore Brown (59) passed away 2/24/17. She worked as a Machinist at INL for 5 years, then transferred to EG&G at Rocky Flats, CO.

Orin “Jack” DeMuth (90) passed away 4/19/17. He worked at INL from 1/4/54 – 7/30/86.

June 2017

Elbert Tolman (76) passed away 6/3/17. He worked at INL from 6/17/63 – 7/14/88.

LaVoy ‘Doc’ Walker (89) passed away 6/4/17. He worked in Government Security for INL, and as Branch Chief before retiring in 1983.

Vern Conlin (82) passed away 6/5/17. He worked at INL for 30 years as a fireman, retiring 1992.

Ray L. Hadley (101) passed away 6/6/17. He worked at INL, AEC from 1951-1981, as an administrative assistant to the assistant manager of research and development. He was then a financial assistant for Jim Zane, department manager.

Gerald C. Wolz (83) passed away 6/10/17. He worked as a Nuclear Reactor Operations Engineer at Argonne National Laboratory.

Joseph “Joe” Empey (64) passed away 6/11/17. He worked as an equipment operator at INL from 1989 to retirement in 2013.

James Cline (86) passed away 6/12/17. He worked for INL from 19571991. From 1957-1974 he worked at the National Reactor Testing Station. He co-created the Nuclear Environmental Services division of Science Application International in Gaithersburg, MD. Then he served as a lead scientist until his retirement in 1991.

Elmer LaVar Palmar (83) passed away 6/14/17. In hired on in 1957 to work as an engineer at the INL, retiring 1995.

Violet ‘Pat’ Stricklan (81) passed away 6/15/17. She worked at Argonne National Lab as a custodian for 11 years until she retired in 1991.

Robert Hammer (80) passed away 6/20/17. He worked from 5/4/64 until his retirement on 9/17/87. He worked at ICPP for several years as an expert research chemist at the Chemical Processing Plant-chemistry of fuel reprocessing.

James P. Hogan (90) passed away 6/20/17. He worked at INL from 8/17/87 – 1/30/95.

Charles Collins (94) passed away 6/22/17. He worked at INL from 9/5/61 until his retirement 7/30/85.

Ted Watanabe (93) passed away 6/24/17. He worked at INL for 38 years as a physicist with Phillips Petroleum Company at the National Reactor Testing Program. He retired in 1992.

Joseph “Joe” Keller (34) passed away 6/25/17. He worked for CRI as a computer technician.

Alex Csorsz (77) passed away 6/30/17. He worked at INL from 6/21/83 until his retirement on 6/30/92.

July 2017

Vernon A. Lofgran (85) passed away 7/1/17. He worked for INL from 8/19/74 until his retirement 1/30/95.

Sigmunt Roland (91) passed away 7/3/17. He worked at INL from 11/19/62 until his retirement 7/30/89.

Arnold G. Briggs (92) passed away 7/4/17. He worked for INL as a security guard where he was a Master Sharp Shooter. He worked from 4/1/85 until retirement 7/29/88.

Lela Rodgers (94) passed away 7/6/17. She worked at INL from 7/25/60 – 8/29/85.

Clarence A. Frickey (85) passed away 7/8/17. He worked at the INL with Argonne West National Lab as a chief technician, working with manipulators in the hot cells. He retired in 1994.

Richard E. Carter (82) passed away 7/9/17. He worked for INL for 32 years as a bus driver. He worked from 6/27/63 until his retirement 1/30/95.

Herbert “Dean” Colpus (74) passed away 7/11/17. He worked for INL as a radiological control shift supervisor, where he retired after 20 years.

Damon L. Orr (50) passed away 7/11/17. He worked from 4/200011/2001.

Fred O. Haroldsen (91) passed away 7/14/17. He worked at INL in Mechanical Engineering from 6/8/61 until his retirement 2/27/91.

Robert Beatty (82) passed away 7/19/17. He worked at INL from 6/17/57 – 1/28/93.

Robert E. Williams (70) passed away 7/20/17. He worked at INL from 10/1/76 – 6/26/03.

Roland Prine (81) passed away 7/20/17. He worked at INL as a health physicist from 2/13/1984-1/31/1995.

August 2017

Clinton Kingsford (77) passed away 8/1/17. He worked at INL from 7/17/89–5/27/04. Clint went to work at INL in 1989 and for the next 17 years it took him to work on projects at the INL Site, Florida, Ascension Island, Portugal, and Hawaii designing and overseeing windmill projects, sewer systems, and roads. Clint was a licensed Land Surveyor; Professional licensed Civil and Structural Engineer

Michael E. Hanni (67) passed away 8/2/17. He worked as a firefighter at INL until he retired in 2011.

Uriel “Wally” S. Wallace (87) passed away 8/3/17. He worked at INL for over 30 years with a career culminating in extensive work involving research and development of automated welding.

Ken C. Phillips (80) passed away 8/4/17. He worked as a safety engineer for INL from 9/7/76 to 2/23/2000. He was a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.

Glen R. Standley (87) passed away 8/13/17. He worked for INL from 5/11/64 – 6/29/92, driving bus for 13 years, then in management until his retirement in 1992. He received the Million Mile award for driving one million miles without a preventable accident.

Floyd F. Curtis (79) passed away 8/13/17. He worked for INL as an operating engineer.

Walter R. Heald passed away 8/15/17.

Alberta Nielson (87) passed away 8/16/17. She worked for INL from 8/1/83 – 1/30/95.

Eugene “Gene” I. Place (80) passed away 8/17/17. He worked at INL.

Frances Ruth Cox Street (64) passed away 8/18/17. She worked at INL.

Ray K. Spaulding (88) passed away 8/18/17. He worked as a bus driver from 11/9/55 – 8/30/90.

Bruce N. Bradley (70) passed away 8/21/17. He was an Electrical Engineer working for INL for 5 years.

NaDean Moore (74) passed away 8/22/17. She worked at INL.

John H. Ellis (80) passed away 8/23/17 He worked at the Naval Reactors Facility as an engineer, retiring in 1997 after 30 years of service.

Boyd T. Williams (91) passed away 8/23/17. He worked at the INL from 2/21/84 – 3/29/90, in the accounting and supervisory roles.

David R. Andersen (80) passed away 8/24/17. He worked at INL as a bus driver from 11/25/96 – 9/16/2003.

Donald D. Patterson (69) passed away 8/25/17. He worked at INL.

Jere B. Wilkinson (77) passed away 8/26/17. He worked at INL from 3/26/84 – 6/24/01.

James O. Perrine (70) passed away 8/27/17. He worked at INL from 3/26/80 – 7/18/91.

September 2017

Larry C. Walton (82) passed away 9/1/17. He worked at INL as a computer programmer from 1/30/61 – 10/16/86.

Richard A. Clemons (81) passed away 9/2/17. He worked as a Mechanical Engineer for EG&G from 6/13/57 – 1/30/95.

Kenton L. Covington (80) passed away 9/2/17. He worked as a financial manager from 5/24/67 – 1/30/95.

Josephine “Jo” W. Moncur Spraker (86) passed away 9/4/17. She worked at INL.

Mark M. Jackson (70) passed away 9/6/17. He was a bus driver from 7/15/02 – 2/13/13.

James E. Claver (79) passed away 9/6/17. He worked at INL from 1/14/85–10/30/2000.

Larry G. Johnson (79) passed away 9/7/17. He worked at INL from 7/12/76 – 6/7/2000.

William Theodore “Ted” Steinman (79) passed away 9/8/17. He worked at INL for 30 years.

Gregory W. Archibald (69) passed away 9/8/17. He worked as a mechanic at INL from 8/29/73–1/12/06.

Charles W. Reich (86) passed away 9/10/17. He worked at INL from 1956 until his retirement in 1992.

Jenille S. Miller (50) passed away 9/11/17. She worked at INL in the Human Resource Office.

Clifford Roberts (90) passed away 9/12/17. He worked at INL from 4/24/77 – 9/19/90.

Frank Lafe “Bud” Gamett (88) passed away 9/13/17. He worked at the National Reactor Testing Station.

Eugene DeGiulio (81) passed away 9/14/17. He worked at INL from 11/16/53 – 1/30/91. He started as a cook at the AEC and then began working as a computer programmer. He worked hard and advanced continually in his field and knowledge and finished his career as a senior data center manager at EG&G where he retired.

Dona L. Atwood (85) passed away 9/19/17. She worked as a tool crib attendant for INL from 4/11/881/30/95.

Thora Marlene Rasmussen (81) passed away 9/19/17. She worked at INL as a secretary.

George E. Lohse (90) passed away 9/19/17. He worked at INL for 33 years as an engineer and plant manager, from 3/26/53 – 6/29/86.

Drew L. Johnson (76) passed away 9/20/17. He worked in the INL maintenance department from 8/9/766/4/01 as a painter.

Thomas “Tom” William Hoffman (74) passed away 9/24/17. He worked at INL as a reactor operator, from 10/26/87 – 12/13/95.

Doreen Jonak (61) passed away 9/24/17. She worked for EG&G and CWI where she retired after 35 years of service, as a skilled crafts person, an operator, and a first-class lock smith.

Stanley K. Jacobson (80) passed away 9/24/17. He worked at INL for 40 years from 2/28/66 – 6/24/01.

Sarah Elizabeth “Beth” Barnes (87) passed away 9/26/17. She worked at Westinghouse Electric Corporation at INL as a teletype operator for 37 years and retired in 1988.

Jimmy Auten (74) passed away 9/27/17. He worked at INL as a scheduler and planner at Naval Reactor Facility and Central.

Robert Carrington (75) passed away 9/29/17. He worked at INL 5/19/972/28/07.

October 2017

Pedro R. Gonzales (89) passed away 10/4/17. He worked at INL from 11/5/71 – 4/18/91.

Charles D. ‘Bud’ Howell (87) passed away 10/5/17. He worked at Naval Reactor Facility until his retirement in 1994, after 45 years of service.

John ‘Jack’ Henry Clark (83) passed away 10/5/17. During his career he worked as an engineer at ATR and on the West Valley project from 9/5/57 – 1/30/95.

David G. Ellis (81) passed away 10/8/17. He worked at INL’s CPP facility from 12/5/77 – 1/30/95 retiring as a shift supervisor. Many of you know Dave as he prepared the candy guess jar for our IREA spring banquet and served on the Social Committee for many years.

Albert E. Millhouse (72) passed away 10/8/17. He worked at INL for 23 years as an operation manager, as well as Naval Reactor Facility.

Raymond Gump (91) passed away 10/9/17. He worked at INL from 6/26/57 – 7/30/86.

LeRoy ‘Red’ M. Schenk (86) passed away 10/9/17. He worked as a bus driver at INL from 12/12/55 – 1/30/92.

Merril J. Duffin (80) passed away 10/14/17. He worked at INL from 12/1/68 – 6/24/01.

Hugh J. Helbert (86) passed away 10/19/17. He worked at INL 4/13/59-9/29/93. He worked for EG&G working his way up to be a Senior Instrumentation Engineer.

Margaret Andersen Jackson (86) passed away 10/24/17. She worked at AEC.

Harry J. Taylor (89) passed away 10/25/17. He was a bus driver at INL from 1/17/57 – 10/5/88.

Don E. Storer (89) passed away 10/31/17. He worked for Argonne.

INL Employees who died in other than October 2017-December 2017

Gregory W. Archibald (69) passed away 9/8/17. He worked as a mechanic at INL from 8/29/73 – 1/12/06.

November 2017

Doyle J. Fisher (67) passed away 11/1/17. He worked at Argonne for 33 years.

Audra S. Koplin (87) passed away 11/2/17. She worked at the AEC Weather Bureau, and then transferred to Westinghouse.

Joseph V. Burch (76) passed away 11/2/17. He worked at INL for 39 years in the mail room, then as a security guard and finally as a senior engineering technician for the Materials Science organization when he retired in 2001.

Kirk W. Bailey (61) passed away 11/7/17. He worked at INL from 6/15/09-8/25/15.

Richard D. Struthers (78) passed away 11/8/17. He worked as a manager at INL from 7/16/80-2/3/99.

Joann Berrey (86) passed away 11/11/17. She worked at INL from 11/4/91-9/15/03.

Clayton S. Miller Jr. (79) passed away 11/13/17. He worked at INL from 3/10/86-7/7/96.

Susan K. Bird (69) passed away 11/13/17. She worked at INL from 4/28/80-9/15/11. She worked in the Nuclear Chemistry organization.

Jeanette V. Scott Barnes (71) passed away 11/14/17. She worked for Westinghouse.

Howard Wilkin (80) passed away 11/15/17. He worked at INL from 11/17/75-8/20/81.

Clyde Toole (84) passed away 11/17/17. He worked at INL from 12/5/55-7/7/96. Working for Phillip’s Petroleum Company he stated at INL in 1995. With nuclear energy research still in its early years, he loved the adventure of developing modern technology. He was very instrumental in leading INL’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development Office. He was an active IREA member serving in several positions. At the time of his passing he was a member-at-large on the IREA board.

P. Graham O’Neil (72) passed away 11/18/17. He worked at INL from 10/1/94-9/26/96.

Donald J. Bird (64) passed away 11/21/17. He worked as a construction supervisor at INL.

Edward G. Borrowman (78) passed away 11/24/17. He worked at INL 10/1/66-6/24/01.

Charles F. Rushing (90) passed away 11/25/17. He worked at INL 2/5/90-1/6/93.

George A. Huff (92) passed away 11/25/17. He worked at INL from 10/1/53-12/30/68.

Leo M. Miller (84) passed away 11/27/17. He worked as an instrument technician at the Chemical Processing Plant at the INL. He worked 31 years retiring in 1995.

Leslie S. Smith (71) passed away 11/27/17.

Gregory D. Thompson (55) passed away 11/28/17. He worked in the ESH&Q and N&HS directorates. He began his career with INL 6/15/87.

December 2017

Barbara Ockerman (70) passed away 12/4/17. She worked at CWI.

Bob J. Bybee (94) passed away 12/6/17. He worked at INL in the field of instrumentation.

Patrick R. Leonard (80) passed away 12/7/17 in Corvallis, Montana. His degree was in Physics. He started his INL career in the 1970s at NRF and then worked at other INL locations until his retirement. He worked at INL from 9/29/89-1/30/95.Lloyd G. Neuman (67) passed away 12/11/17. He worked for INL as a Reactor Operator for Argonne.

Gerald ‘Jerry’ R. Sorensen (84) passed 12/15/17. He retired years ago from Westinghouse.

Felix R. Vandewiele, Jr (92) passed away 12/16/17. He worked at INL from 7/1/53-1/30/91. He began as an engineer in project engineering at the Test Reactor Area working for Phillips Petroleum Company and retired as a manager in 1991. Felix was very involved in IREA serving a president of the organization as well as serving in several other positions. His last position with IREA was as our historian.

Kenneth L. Rohde (94) passed away 12/18/17. He worked at INL for 32 years at the Chemical Processing Plant from 7/5/49-4/29/81. He managed the Fuel Processing Technology organization at ICPP for many years prior to his retirement.

Robert “Bob” G. West passed away 12/18/17. He worked at INL

Angela “Angie” M. Perez (52) passed away 12/21/17. She was an active INL employee, working 4/21/86 until her passing. She worked as a Tool Crib Attendant Tech 3 at SMC.

Gerald D. Richards (85) passed away 12/30/17. He worked in many positions at Argonne National Lab, after 30 years as a security guard, nuclear reactor operator and a senior engineering technician.

2016

January 2016

Joe P. Perez (71) died 1/3/16. He worked at the INL as a Bus Driver. He was very proud of his driving record of 1,500,000 miles accident-free.

Kezia Maxine Heaton Brady (89) died 1/8/16. She worked at the INL for AEC.

Kaye Knapp Hales (66) died 1/17/16. She worked at the INL.

Emma Louise Moultin (67) died 1/21/16. She worked at the INL for various contractors from 1983 to 2005. She retired in 2005.

John “Jack” R. Davis (62) died 1/21/16. He worked at the INL for 31 years and retired in 1995.

Agnes Edith Funk Hobday (92) died 1/26/16. She worked at the INL as a Supervisor in Word Processing. She retired in 1981.

Doris Mercedes Tanner Smith (70) died 1/31/15. She worked at the INL

February 2016

Rebecca “Becky” L. McQuary (59) died 2/1/16. She worked at the INL.

Roger Wayne Cushman (65) died 2/4/16. He worked locally as a master plumber and most recently as a Planner at INL.

Warren Edward Nyer (94) died 2/4/16. He worked at the INL as a Physicist at TRA on the MTR (Materials Test Reactor). In 1954 he was appointed Head of the Nuclear Safety Program for Phillips Petroleum Co. For a complete list of all the activities he was involved in see the February 16^th issue of the Post Register.

Arel LaMar Olsen (93) died 2/5/16. He worked at the INL as Site Services Manager for 29 years.

Thomas “Tom” John Zielinski (79) died 2/7/16. He worked as the Nuclear Project Engineering Manager for DOE.

Thomas Francis Fallon Jr. (71) died 2/7/16. He worked at the INL for 35 years.

Lyle Fulmer Hansen (84) died 2/11/16. He worked at the INL as a Print Shop Supervisor for EG&G for 40 years.

John “Clyde” Lusk (88) died 2/12/16. He worked at the INL for AEC starting in 1961.

Dennis Clyde Kunerth (63) died 2/16/16. He worked at the INL for 31 years in the Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) group as a lead scientist. His research included detecting materials properties using many NDE techniques. He retired in 2015.

Amous Edward Sprabeary (83) died 2/20/16. He worked at the INL as a Painter.

David Owen Turner (71) died 2/21/16. He worked at the INL.

Ronald Lorenz Thompson (69) died 2/24/16. He worked at the INL as a Reactor Operator.

Murray “Duane” Harper (81) died 2/28/16. He worked at the INL as a Technical Engineer in the Materials Science group. He retired after 43 years at INL.

March 2016

Amy McAfee DeCoria Rice (91) died 3/9/16. She worked at the INL in the Idaho Falls cafeteria.

Dean B. Kofoed (91) died 3/13/16. He worked at the INL.

Shirley Ann Williams (72) died 3/14/16. She worked at the INL as a Security Guard.

Michael Hal Derbidge (67) died 3/20/16. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory for more than 30 years, ending his Career as the Chief Operating Officer.

Larry James Siefken (73) died 3/28/16. He worked at INL starting in 1966. The focus of his INL research involved safety analysis of nuclear power reactors. After retiring from INL, Larry worked part-time for Innovative Systems Software, continuing to apply computer codes for safety analysis of nuclear power reactors and mentoring engineers from around the world.

Jon VanderHyde (78) died in March 2016. He retired from INL in the 1990s and was residing in Albuquerque, NM at the time of his passing.
Jon worked at WCB and EROB in Planning and Budgets, Administration, and Business Management Systems.

April 2016

Jack L. Clark (77) died 4/1/16. He worked at the INL for 27 years in various staff positions and then Management in the Radiological Industrial Safety Organization.

Paul Edward Alexander (69) died 4/3/16. He worked at the INL as a Telecommunication Engineer.

Dexter Dwaine Klingler (64) died 4/8/16. He worked at the INL as a Bus Driver for 23 years.

Brent Duane Laird (59) died 4/8/16. He worked at the INL as an Electronics Technician for 35 years.

Daniel David O’Connell (87) died 4/9/16. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory (EBR-2) as a Reactor Operator.

Peter Templeton Isaksen (67) died 4/14/16. He worked at the INL as a Nuclear Engineer.

Gloria Joan Harrison Cartan (84) died 4/17/16. She worked at the INL as a Chemist.

Ruben B. Hancock (86) died 4/17/16. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse as a Janitor then as a Security Guard until retiring.

Harold G. Rothwell (90) died 4/19/16. He worked at the INL as a Welder for 30 years.

Robert Strand Peterson (88) died 4/20/16. He worked at the INL as a Nuclear Physicist.

James “Jim” Albert Shawyer (84) died 4/20/16. He worked at the INL in Project Management for 33 years.

Janet Mae Richeson Duke (79) died 4/25/16. She worked at the INL as a Waitress, Telephone Operator, and as an Administrative Assistant.

Delwin “Del” Murdock Romrell (93) died in April of 2016. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse and at Hanford’s FFTF as Manager  as Manager of the Electrical Engineering Department.

May 2016

Floyd K. White (75) died 5/1/16. He worked at the INL for the Navy.

E. Dwain Sweet (88) died 5/8/16. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory.

Gordon K. Olsen (84) died 5/10/16. He worked at the INL in the Graphic Department.

Richard Edward Dickinson (88) died 5/12/16. He worked at the INL for the Navy Training Facility with the new recruits.

Louis Z. Bodnar (84) died 5/15/16. He worked at the INL for DOE. He retired in 1987.

Max Dee Polson (78) died 5/16/16. He worked at the INL as a Security Guard.

Grant Ottley Haroldsen (92) died 5/17/16. He worked at INL in the Chemical Processing Plant (CPP) Process Development Section in the mid-1970s, and in the CPP Safety Analysis Section from 1978 until retiring in 1987.

Margaret “Maggie” McGovern died 5/18/16. She worked at the INL for Science Applications International Corp (SAIC,) an INL subcontractor, for more than 10 years disposing of nuclear waste.

Terry Bruce Arrington (76) died 5/28/16. He worked at the INL for EG&G from 1977 until he retired in 1995.

Richard “Stretch” Leo Ahlman (64) died 5/30/16. He worked at the INL for 36 years starting at the ETR as an Experimental Power Reactor Operator until 1982. He then transferred to the Chemical Processing Plant (CPP) where he worked at the coal fired plant and as a Senior Utility Operator.

June 2016

Robert Douglas Hamelin (51) died 6/1/16. He worked at the INL as a Technical Writing Specialist.

Kenichi David Kaneko (76) died 5/3/16. He worked at the INL for the Naval Reactors Facility teaching Navy students Chemistry and Radiological Controls from 1976 to 2003.

Bettie Mae Morgan (86) died 6/10/16. She worked at the INL as an assistant to the Director of AEC during the 50’s and 60’s.

Walter James Mings (81) died 6/11/16. He worked at the INL as an Engineer.

Laura Ann Adams (83) died 6/12/16. She worked at the INL as a Secretary for several DOE Contractors.

Galen Richard Smolik Sr. (72) died 6/26/16. He worked at the INL in the Materials Science group. He was awarded a US patent for engineering advanced neutron absorber materials. He retired in 2006 after a 33year career. Following his retirement, Galen devoted much time to family and volunteering in the community.

Thomas “Tom” Davis Lee (69) died 6/21/16. He worked at the INL.

Burdett W. Warner, Jr (88) passed away 6/27/19. He worked at INL from 2/28/77-12/9/82.

Darryl Leon Lowe (80) died 6/28/16. He worked at the INL for over 32 years.

July 2016

Kristine Nelson Inskeep (63) died 7/1/16. She worked at the INL as Security Awareness Trainer for the last 4 years.

Alvin Julius Steitzer (80) died 7/2/16. He worked at the INL as a Material Handler before retiring.

Trent Tate Packer (72) died 7/2/16. He worked at the INL on the Ml Al Tank Program. He retired in 2006.

Layman Austin Lott (79) died 7/3/16. He worked at the INL as a Research Physicist. Prior to coming to INL, he worked at Rocky Flats. He was a Manager in the Nondestructive Evaluation Group in the Materials Science department. He published many referred research papers which are still cited today.

Rue Thomas Stears (95) died 7/12/16. He worked at the INL as an Electrician at EBR1.

Roger Paul Hearn (87) died 7/6/16. He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratories for 30 years and was Manager of Site Engineering when he retired in 1990.

Robert Lee “Bob” Park (76) died 7/11/16. He worked at the INL starting in 1972 as an Engineer for APRO Jet Bechtel and EG&G.

George Lawrence Peterson (86) died 7/14/16. He worked at the INL at TRA.

Stanley “Stan” Walter Cramer (88) died 7/19/16. He was an illustrator working at the INL for Lehigh Design and later provided oversight to the INL Drafting Department.

Ronald W. Keeling Sr. died 7/20/16. He worked at the INL at NRF.

Andrew William Butler (59) died 7/25/16. He worked as a Health Physicist for BEA. His last assignment, starting in the early 2000s, was providing HP assistance at the Idaho Research Complex located in Idaho Falls.

Kurt Ronald Ackerman (54) died 7/29/16. He worked at the INL as an Equipment Operator.

August 2016

Bryant Bush (72) died 8/2/16. He worked at the INL in Security.

Lucy “Penny” Pendlay McSpadden (56) died 8/2/16. She worked at the INL.

Richard “Gil” Penn Moore Gildersleeve (94) died 8/10/16. He worked at the INL as a Construction Manager for AEC from 1957 to 1978. He retired in 1978.

Harry Lester Brown (92) died 8/11/16. He worked at the INL in Metallurgy and provided technical writing support in the Materials Science department. Prior to coming to INL, he worked at Los Alamos. He retired in 1986. He had a passion for recycling all types of items and baking bread. He always shared his finds and mini-bread loaves with his INL friends.

Myron Lufkin Davenport (92) died 8/11/16. He worked at the INL as an Electronics Technician for Argonne National Laboratory.

Dr. Larry D. Schlenker (83) died 8/12/16 in Utah. He worked at Exxon Nuclear Idaho Co. (ENICO) and Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co. (WINCO) in the 1980s performing safety analysis and engineering analysis work primarily in support of the Fluorinel and Storage (FAST) facility. He then transferred to EG&G-Idaho in 1990 and worked several years in the Nuclear Reactor Research and Technology (NRR&T) and Environmental and Earth Sciences (E&ES) groups.

Gregory “Greg” Duke (57) died 8/15/16. He worked at the INL and was a member of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union # 648.

William “Bill”, Owen Boyce (84) died 8/23/16. He worked at the INL as a Chemist for Westinghouse at the Naval Reactor Facility for 40 years.

Sheryl Ybarguen (75) died 8/16/16. She worked at the INL for many years as an Administrative Assistant.

Jerald Leatham (80) died 8/27/16. He worked at the INL for 27 years.

Richard Leroy Moore (73) died 8/30/16. He worked at the INL as a Thermodynamics Specialist and retired after 40 years as a Senior Engineering Specialist.

September 2016

Glen Briscoe (87) died 9/6/16. He worked at the INL as a Physicist earning recognition as one of the leading Nuclear Safety Risk Analysts and presenting at various International Conferences.

Farrel “Flip” L. Sims (83) died 9/16/16. He worked at the INL for DOE.

Jane A. Hoffman (92) died in September 2016. She worked at the INL for EG&G. She started working at INL in 1980 at the age of 57 and retired at the age of 70.

Fred Siedenstrang (91) died 9/22/16. He worked at the INL at TRA in various jobs including reactor cooling upgrades, stress analysis and safety improvements.

Glennis “Glenn” Lewis Rodgers (60) died 9/23/16. He worked at the INL in Records Management for many years. He retired in 2001.

October 2016

Kenneth Myers (86) died in October of 2016. He worked at the INL in the Personnel Department for Westinghouse Electric Company at the Naval Reactors Facility for 5 years. He retired in 1989.

William Brandon Scouten Jr. (42) died 10/2/16. He worked at the INL for NRF as a Crane Operator.

Marvin A. Struhs (80) died 10/5/16. He worked at the INL in Security. He retired in 1999.

Barth Tim Combe (85) died 10/12/16. He worked at the INL.

Winnie Hanni (88) died 10/15/16. She worked with INL contractors for nearly 20 years. She retired from EG&G in1987.

Tyrell “Ty” Jerome Kremer (52) died 10/15/16. He worked at the INL in Safety.

Milton John “Jack” Barnett (73) died 10/19. He worked at the INL as an Instrument Technician for 39 years.

William Phillip Polkinghorn (85) died 10/22/16.He worked at the INL for Westinghouse in the ECF Engineering Group and with Aerojet Nuclear Company as a Senior Engineer in the Design Engineering Branch.

Melvin Richard “Mel” Daniel Sr. (84) died 10/25/16. He worked at the INL as a Security Officer for Bechtel.

Ross Kent Christiansen (39) died 19/26/16. He worked at the INL for 10 years.

Donald “Don” Combs (85) died 10/26/16. He worked at the INL as Mechanical Engineer for 30 years. His positions included Technician Supervisor, Project Engineer, and Manager of the Energy Management Department. He was honored with DOE’s Outstanding Employee of The Year award. In retirement Don was active in IREA taking photographs at all social functions he attended.

Fred “Ferd” Ehlert Sr. (69) died 10/27/16. He worked at the INL.

James Barnhart (79) died 10/29/16. He worked at the INL as a Quality Engineer.

INL Employees who died in other than November 2106 – January 2017

Fred “Ferd” Ehlert (79) died 10/27/16. He worked at the INL as an Electrician.

November 2016

Jay Thurston Chambers (88) died 11/1/16. He worked at the INL as an Electrical Engineer for DOE.

Brian Jay Paul (80) died 11/4/16. He worked at the INL in Management. He retired in 1993 from ECF.

Larson W. Bowen (69) died 11/8/16. He worked at the INL as an Electrician.

Lynn J. Nelson (90) died 11/14/16. He worked at the INL for 16 years.

Paul William Schwabedissen (89) died 11/14/16. He worked at the INL in several positions for 33 years and retired in 1989 as a Buyer.

Donald Dee Streett (80) died 11/29/16. He worked at the INL for Westinghouse Naval Reactors Facility for 30 years. He finished his career as Operation Manager for ECF.

December 2016

Arlo Jay Moffat (86) died 12/2/16. He worked at the INL as Research Scientist for Phillips Petroleum Company.

Danial Michael Howard (43) died 12/5/16. He worked at the INL as Super Computer Administrator. He excelled at every level at the INL winning several awards and recognition for solving the unsolvable.

Robert “Bob” Irvin Jones (83) died 12/7/16. He worked at the INL for 35 years.

Billie Nordstrom Dean (93) died 12/7/16. She worked at the INL.

Neldon Grant Porter (91) died 12/8/16. He worked at the INL for many years and retired from there.

Lawrence “Larry” Anthony Corsini (76) died 12/13/16 He worked at the INL for Argonne National Laboratory.

Evelyn Aline “Rusty” Broughton (72) died 12/16/16. She worked in the INL Medical Department as a mental health counselor in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Richard Fredrick “Dick” Farman (81) died 12/20/16. He worked at the INL.

John Danz died in December 2016. He worked at the INL for 33 year and retired in 1994.