This page has been created so that BNL family, friends and colleagues may send their memories of life experiences, contributions, and achievements of BNL retirees or employees who have recently passed. Each submitted obituary will be briefly summarized in the next issue of BREA News, along with a link to this page, where the full submission will be found.
Retirees and current employees are welcome to submit obituaries, which may be their original writing or a piece published in a newspaper or other media. Please e-mail articles, photos and/or internet links to be published to msrowe.hi@gmail.com, with “Obituary” in the subject. If you are unfamiliar with e-mail and need assistance, contact BREA News Editor Mona Rowe, 808.638.1966; she will be happy to help you.
All information about the individuals on BREA’s BNL Obituary page is supplied by BNL retirees and employees. Brookhaven National Laboratory and its staff assume no responsibility for the accuracy of the given information.
Adams, Elinor Betty (1942-2015) ~ Long Island Advance and Easthampton Star, June 23, 2015
Aikman, Robert A., 79, March 2, 2011 ~Family
Anderson, Robert Christian, 101, January 9, 2019 ~ The Vermont Journal
Anschutz, Townsend (1945-2014) ~ Brookhaven This Week, June 28, 2014
Apelskog, Maria, 60, October 5, 2017
Arnesen, Hank, 82, October 17, 2022
Allen, Richard, 85, January 20, 2023 ~ The Southhampton Press
Amunden, Christopher, 42, October 18, 2019 ~ Brookhaven This Week
Atkins, Harold L. (1926-2015) ~ Newsday, May 1, 2015
Auerbach, Elliot (1932-2015) ~ The New York Times, December 23, 2015
Austin Jr., Worth “Pete” (1938-2017) ~ LI Advance, March 8, 2017
Avant, Harold, 84, May 10, 2017 ~ Brookhaven Bulletin
Baldwin, Michael, 75, September 20, 2023
Bamberger, Joseph, A., 94, January 20, 2022 ~ Family
Baillargeon Jr., Roland, 79, March 23, 2023
Batchelor, Kenneth, 86, April 7, 2018 ~ Family
Baltz, Anthony, 81, December 21, 2023 ~ Family
Barancik, Jerome (1937-2014) ~ BREA News, June 23, 2014
Barry, John J. (1949-2015) ~ South Shore Press, May 27, 2015
Benjamin, John Allen, 81, November 3, 2019
Bertsche, Al, 83, November 20, 2017
Biancarosa, James, 53, June 12, 2022 ~ Family, Science Thursday – Aug. 2021
Bornstein, William (1925-2015) ~ Bryant Funeral Home, November 30, 2015
Boruch, John, 99, March 6, 2019 ~ Family
Bozoki, George, 93, November 16, 2023 ~ Family
Briones, Louis, May 2009
Brodowski, John, November 1, 2023 ~ Family
Brown, Bob, 94, September 26, 2020 ~ Family
Brown, Donald Paul, 92, November 7, 2022 ~ Family
Brown, Ralph L. (1948-2015) ~ The Bulletin, September 19, 2015
Brown, Ralph, 93, December 28, 2022
Brynda, William J., 83, December 5, 2019 ~ Family
Bunselmeyer, Jean (1941-2014) ~ BREA News, June 23, 2014
Borg, Donald (1926-2014) ~ BREA News, April 15, 2014
Carollo, Patricia, 71, February 23, 2018
Cardarelli, Michael, 87, April 11, 2020, ~Family
Carlsen, Susan T., 73, June 27, 2023
Castillo, Vincent J. (1941-2014) ~ South Shore Press, Brookhaven This Week, November 3, 2014
Chimienti, Len, 84, February 2, 2019
Chrien, Robert Edward (1930-2016) ~ The Long Island Advance, October 7, 2016
Christianson, Carl A. (1924-2015) ~ Riverhead News Review, December 31, 2015
Christianson, Marjorie, 99, January 20, 2023
Merker-Christie, Ruthie, 74, March 29, 2021 ~ Family
Clancy, Michael (1940-2014) ~ South Shore Press, July 20, 2014
Coccorese, John J., 55, September 15, 2011
Colombo, Peter (1924-2016)
Colsmann, Paul (1922-2013) ~ The Dominion Post, May 30, 2013
Comstock, David A. (1941-2015) ~ South Shore Press, August 29, 2015
Como, Andrew, 78, August 26, 2019
Conforte, Matthew, 87, April 22, 2018
Connelly, John R., 88, May 11, 2017
Connell, Helen, 94, May 21, 2022
Corliss, Lester, 96, May 28, 2015
Courant, Ernest David, 100, April 21, 2020 ~ Family, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Cowgirl, Melvyn, 86, December 21, 2022
Culwick, B. Bryan, 88, February 7, 2020
Czajkowski, Carl (1948-2014) ~ The Suffolk Times, October 14, 2014
D’Angio, Robert, Jr., 74, November 27, 2018 ~ Family
Dahn, Eleanor Carman, 88, June 12, 2019 ~ Family
Daly, Alyce (1932-2016) ~ Newsday, August 27, 2016
Danby, Gordon T. (1929-2016) ~ The New York Times and Newsday, August 2, 2016
David, Donald (Don) (1930-2017) ~ Family, March 19, 2017
David, Regina (1931-2016), ~ LI Advance, September 7, 2016
Davis, Donald, 96, June 11, 2019, ~Family
Dell, George F (Fritz), 88, May 5, 2020 ~ Long Island Advance
Diem, Richard, 73, April 22, 2020 ~ Riverhead News Review
Dienes, George Julian “Jay” (1918-2014) ~ Family, December 4, 2014
Dillingham, Robert W., 101, December 7, 2018 ~ Family
Dioguardo, John (1922-2013) ~ Family, August 16, 2013
Dioszegi, Istvan, 64, September, 29, 2018 ~ Family
Dowling, Donna M., 65, October 11, 2018 ~ Family
Doulos, Richard, 69, September 27, 2015 ~ Family
Economos, Constantino (Connie), 90, November 9, 2020 ~ Brooklyn Tech Alumni
Edwards, Paul G., 86, October 27, 2017
Euler, Harold R. (1921-2010) ~ Family, March 15, 2010
Fajer, Jack, 85, October 25, 2021
Fenton, James (1924-2014) ~ Family & Tampa Bay Times, May 3, 2014
Fitch, Val (1924-2015) ~ Brookhaven This Week, February 5, 2015
Forsyth, Eric, 91, August 22, 2023 ~ Family, Yacht Fiona, Long Island Authors Group, Long Island Advance
Fort, Ann (1934-2016) ~ Martin Funeral Home, March 3, 2016
Forman, Leon, 79, October 20, 1018 ~ Family
Fox, Bernadette, 91, December 14, 2022 ~ Family
Garber, Donald (Don) I. (1936-2016) ~ Civic Sentinel, March 12, 2016
Garber, Meyer, 89, December 14, 2017 ~ Family
Gassner, Harold, 83, June 15, 2023
Geib, Robert (1954-2014) ~ Brookhaven This Week, May 28, 2014
Genoino, Gabriel (1951-2014) ~ Brookhaven This Week, July 9, 2014
Gianopoulos, Robin R. (1929-2014) ~ Canine Chronicle and Dan’s Papers, December 11, 2014
Gillespie, Norma Gertrude (1922-2017)
Gottschalk, Robert (1935-2015) ~ South Shore Press, January 31, 2015
Greenberg, Dennis, 81, September 27, 2020
Gremillion, Arthur Jr., 77, January 26, 2022 ~ Family
Grignon, Ann, 91, March 14, 2019 ~ Family
Guiffree, Joe, 57, April 10, 2004 ~ The Bulletin
Hahn, Richard, 88, January 31, 2022 ~ Family
Harbottle, Garman (1923-2016) Garman Harbottle Named Senior Scientist Emeritus
Hastings, Julius (1920-2117) ~ Family, Brookhaven This Week, March 30, 2017
Haufman, Jacob L. (1932-2010) ~ BREA News, July 27, 2010
Hendrie, Joseph, 98, December 26, 2023 ~ Family, New York Times, American Nuclear Society , Remembrance
Heinrichs, John C., 76, January 25, 2019
Heinrich, Mary Lynn (Micki), 73, November 5, 2022 ~ Family
Hempfling, William, 72, April 29, 2019
Higgins, James, 77, January 9, 2024 ~ Family
Hoblit, Sam (1958-2015) ~ Brookhaven This Week, March, 16, 2015
Hobson, Woodrow W. (1921-2016) ~ Riverhead Local, June 14, 2016
Horton, Peter D., 76, August 10, 2019
Hughes, Eleanor, 78, September 12, 2018
Iuliano, James, 89, September, 23, 2022, ~Family
Isaacs, Hugh (1936-2016)
Ivero, Dorothy Elizabeth (Betty), 93, January 11, 2023 ~ Family
Jellett, Elizabeth, 86, January 22, 2017 ~ Family,
Jochen, Ernest, 84, February 19, 2017
Jones, Joseph “Howard” (1937-2014) ~ Long Island Advance, June 23, 2014
Jones, Keith W, 88, July 28, 2017 ~ Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kahana, Sidney, 88, October 8, 2021
Kane, Walter, 91, April 29, 2018 ~ Family
Kapfer, Henry J. (1925-2012) ~ BREA News, June 1, 2012
Kaszuba, Robert, 74, January 25, 2018
Kato, Walter (1924-2014) ~ The Wellesley Townsman, November 29, 2014
Kehl, Robert C. 87, February 20, 2019 ~ Family
Keohane, John, 92, August 13, 2015 ~ Family
Kelley, Mary Anne (1934-2014) ~ Long Island Advance, July 21, 2014
Kistner, Ottmar Casper, 89, November 25, 2019 ~ Family
Klamut, Carl J. (1926-2014) ~ BREA News, December 27, 2014
Koehler, John T. (1922-2015) ~ Family, Newsday, December 1, 2015
Kraner, Wilson Hobert, 83, January 18, 2018 ~ Long Island Advance,
Krinsky, Samuel (1945-2014) ~ Times Beacon Record, Brookhaven This Week, April 26, 2014
Kuczynski, Anna, 95, July 4, 2019 ~Family
Kukacka, Lawrence, E.,91, January 14, 2023
Kunnman, Walter, 86, September 12, 2020
Lamb, Collos, 74, December 27, 2020 ~ Family
Langdon, Franklin, 85, November 22, 2017 ~ Long Island Advance
Latham, Henry G. (1925-2014) ~ Long Island Advance, November 25, 2014
Laurie, John (Jack) B. (1936-2016) ~ O.B. Davis Funeral Home, February 17, 2016
Lawrence, Leslie “Big L,” 84, July 11, 2020 ~Long Island Advance, BREA Obit
Ledbetter, Myron C., (1923-2016) ~ Newsday, June 1, 2016
Leitgeb, Edward (1928-2016) ~ The Long Island Advance, April 30, 2016
Levine, Melvin (1925-2014) ~ Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 4, 2014
LeFevre, Marian Ellison (Willis), 96, January 14, 2020 ~ Family
Lombardi, Robert James (1961-2015) ~ August 2, 2015
Lotto, Harvey, 89, December 19, 2022
Ludewig, Hans (1939-2013) ~ Brookhaven This Week, October 29, 2013
Lynn, Kelvin Gideon, 71, January 2, 2020 ~ Family, Washington State Universary
Marron, Jim, 72, December 28, 2021 ~ From Memorial Zoom; Family
Manowitz, Bernard, 95, January 5, 2018 ~ Family,
McChesney, Harvey, 98, July 8, 2017
McDowall, Ralph “Mickey,” 87, March 21, 2023
McKeown, Marilyn, 95, April 2, 2021 ~ Family, Then and Now: Early Days at BNL (See Page 3)
Mead, Joseph William, Jr, 85, April 15, 2019 ~ Family
Megna, James, 84, August 27, 2022 ~ Family
Meier, Robert E, 84 ~ July 28, 2017
Meinhold, Charles, 83, November 3, 2017 ~ Long Island Advance,
Meyerhoefer, George, 87 ~ February 25, 2017
Miezianka, Edward S., 87, December 18, 2018
Miglionico, Gary (1959-2014) ~ Brookhaven This Week, October 11, 2014
Miller, Geraldine Callister, 90, March 3, 2021 ~ Long Island Advance
Minn, Alfred, 75, May 19, 2020
Morgan, Gerry, 96, May 5, 2023
Monaghan, Robert L., 89, May 27, 2022 ~ Family
Moskowitz, Paul, 73, January 29, 2023 ~ Newsday
Mulderig, Ronald, 79, December 18, 2022
Munhofen, N. Blair (1920-2016) ~ Long Island Advance, February 14, 2016
Netusil, Noelwah (1932-2014) ~ Newsday, December 27, 2014
Newman, Leonard, 91, March 2022
Nielson, Charles (1942-2016) ~ Meet Charlie Nielson
Norton, Elinor, 92, November 6, 2021 ~ Family
Okula, Richard, 87, June 28, 2022 ~ Family
O’Leary, Vincent R. (1928-2015) ~ Bryant Funeral Home, December 4, 2015
Olness, John W. (1929-2015) ~ Family, February 15, 2015
Olson, Howard D. (1921-2016)
Onsrud, David C, 87, February 23, 2018
Ozaki, Satoshi, 88, July 22, 2017 ~ BNL Press release, Newsday,
Palumbo, Michael (1948-2014) ~ Family, January 30, 2014
Paquette, Grace M. (1923-2015) ~ Newsday, March 2, 2015
Passell, Laurence (Larry), 96, December 17, 2021 ~ Family
Pate, Howard R. 93, April 22, 2017
Paul, Peter (1932-2017) ~ Times Beacon Record, March 11, 2017
Peterson, Bernice (1923-2013) ~ Newsday, November 21, 2013
Penney, John A., 99, December 27, 2021 ~ Family
Pfeiffer, Vannett Donald (1935-2015) ~ Long Island Advance, March 12, 2015
Phillips Sr., Jack E. (1922-2016) ~ 27East.com, October 14, 2016
Phillips, Leigh, 92, May 15, 2020 ~ Family
Philip, Mary Fuller, 89, August 11, 2020 ~ Family
Pittinger, Clarence, 81, June 12, 2019
Prach, Thomas Frank, 88, January 30, 2020 ~ Family
Price, Glenn A., 96, February 12, 2019 ~ Family
Preses, Jack, 73, April 8, 2021
Podlaski, Norma (1925-2016)
Pontieri, James A. (1930-2015) ~ Long Island Advance, November 11, 2015
Powell, James, 86, May 27, 2019
Pozzoli, Paula, 63, November 19, 2023 ~ Family
Rabinowitz, George, 86, February 1, 2018
Racaniello, Vincent Patrick, 92, February 19, 2019 ~ Newsday
Rahm, David (1927-2016) ~ David Rahm’s Retirement Celebration
Raka, Eugene C. July 26, 2019 ~ Family
Ramirez, Jean, 61, February 12, 2021 ~ Family
Smith-Ramundo, Frances, 72, May 16, 2023 ~ Family
Rankowitz, Seymour, 94, November 25, 2019
Ratzke, Horst, 85, April 3, 2019
Ratzke, Pete M, 61, May 29, 2023, ~ Family
Raphael, Alan T., 60, November 20, 2011 ~ Family
Reily, James J., 92, December 6, 2020
Repeta, Louis E. (1931-2014) ~ Family, November 14, 2014
Robbins, Donald Jay, 80, April 14, 2020
Rundlett, George “Buzz” (1940 -2014) ~ Family, April 25, 2014
Russell, Jerome “Jerry” (1927-2015) ~ Family, May 3, 2015
Ryder, Richard, 80, December 21, 2022
Sakitt, Mark, 82, August 11, 2020 ~ New York Times
Saunders, Milton Robert (1933-2014) ~ BREA News, October 9, 2014
Savino, Joseph (1930-2017) ~ LI Advance, April 2, 2017
Salvati, Anita, 83, February 26, 2022 ~ Family
Saurino Carole, 81, May 17, 2020
Seubert, Elizabeth, 79, June 12, 2022 ~ Family and Friends
Scholtz, Arthur E., 87, January 21, 2022 ~ Friends
Schuster, Milford (Mel) H. (1933-2015) ~ Family, November 5, 2015
Schwarz, Harold, 89, February 7, 2018 ~ LI Advance
Schwender, George E. (1922-2015) ~ Family, December 8, 2015
Scott, William (Bill) Alexander (1930-2015) ~ Long Island Advance, September 8, 2015
Seelin, Andrew, 58, February 13, 2017 ~ Brookhaven This Week,
Setlow, Richard “Dick” (1921-2015) ~ Brookhaven This Week & Newsday, April 6, 2015
Sherwood, Bonnie Elizabeth (1947-2015) ~ Ruland Funeral Home, June 29, 2015
Sillas, Janet (1931-2015) ~ Community Journal & Brookhaven Bulletin, February 26, 2015
Skelton, Richard, 86, May 5, 2019
Smith, Mary (Semerjian), 97, December 6, 2019 ~ Newsday, December 8, 2019
Smith, Sharon, 74, August 20, 2020 ~ Family
Sneed, Robert E. (1935-2014) ~ The Mexia News, October 24, 2014
Sondericker, Dale Armstrong, 85, March 6, 2022
Sondericker, John “Jack” Herbert, 90, December 15, 2022
Sparrow, Rhoda (1916-2017) ~ New York Times & BREA News: Happy Birthday to Rhoda, 100 Years Young!
Spencer, Robert W. 96, September 23, 2017 ~ Family,
Spiro, Julius (1921-2015) ~ Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Home, August 25, 2015
Stafford, Harriet, 90, January 3, 2022
Stampf, David (1951-2014) ~ Brookhaven This Week, October 12, 2014
Stauber, Robert, 64, June 7, 2003 ~ The Bulletin
Stemm, Henry P. (1930-2015) ~ South Shore Press, February 3, 2015
Strier, Frederick J. (1917-2014) ~ Newsday & Long Island Advance, September 16, 2014
Strongin, Myron (1936-2013) ~ Jan/Feb BREA Newsletter, Peter D. Johnson, October 8, 2013
Strongson, Morris, 77, April 16, 2020 ~ Family and Friends
Swinson-Cruz, Christina, 39, Dec. 12, 2018 ~ Brookhaven This Week
Sutin, Norman, 93, January 31, 2022 ~ Family, The New York Times
Taylor, William F., 88, February 2, 2022 ~ Family
Terwilliger, Robert C, 88, April 20, 2017
Thiede, Jeanette, 95, January 14, 2022 ~ Family
Thieberger, Peter, 86, August 20, 2022 ~ Long Island Advance
Thorn, Michael, 63, August 16, 2019 ~ Family and Friends
Tichler, Joyce, 83, December 5, 2022 ~ Family
Tichler, Paul Robert (“Bob”), 90, June 3, 2022 ~ Family and Friends
Toler, Lawrence “Larry” (1937-2015) ~ Riverhead News-Review, May 10, 2015
Tooker, Doris E. “Dorry” (1927-2015) ~ BREA News, January 11, 2015
Torre, Anthony P. (1918-2016) ~ South Shore Press, April 16, 2016
Tuttle, Donald “Tim” R. (1921-2014) ~ South Shore Press, October 11, 2014
Tuttle, William A. (1919-2010) ~ BREA News, November 6, 2010
Valli, E. Paul, 79, July 9, 2022
Velasco, Albert (1929-2014) ~ Family, December 25, 2014
Wagner, Ronald (1928-2013) ~ Newsday, June 19, 2013
Walcott, Lee McLloyd, Sr.,70, February 2, 2021
Ward, William, 73, September 24, 2020 ~ Bulletin
Weinstock, Eugene V. (1927-2014) ~ The New York Times, October 8, 2014
Weirshousky, Walter, 83, December 23, 2022
Weltz, Josephine, 91, November 5, 2022
Wesson, Abass, 75, April 29, 2019 ~ Family
Weston Jr, Ralph Emerson, 94, April 22, 2018 ~ New York Times
Whitehead, Janet, 82, November 8, 2018 ~ Long Island Advance
Wilkins, Jr, Russell, 62, March, 21, 2022, ~Family
Xu, Jun (Jason/Gene), December 2018 ~ Family GoFundMe/Obit
Zguris, Michael, 85, November 26, 2022
