OBITUARIES
Wendell Obituary
Oct 31, 2013
Wendell Leroy Ellis, 90, of Lenoir City, passed peacefully on October 31. He was born November 24, 1922 in Alva, KY to R.W. and Nora Ellis. He was the oldest son of eight children. The family moved to Lenoir City in 1941. He served in the Navy during 1942-43. He was a retired millwright from the Oak Ridge Y-12 plant....
Mary Obituary
Oct 26, 2013
Mary Jo Newman Ellis, 84, of Lenoir City, passed peacefully to her heavenly reward on October 26, 2013. She was born August 7, 1929 in Soddy, TN to the Reverend C.M. and Hazel Newman. She was the oldest of four children. The family moved to Lenoir City in 1941 when Reverend Newman took the pastorate of the Sixth Ave Church...
Arminta Obituary
Oct 18, 2013
Arminta M. Robinson, age 98, of Oak Ridge went home to be with the Lord Friday October 18, 2013 at the Brakebill Nursing Home. Ms Robinson was born January 15, 1915 in Kingston, Tennessee to the late Robert Christian and Alyce Kelsay Ladd. She left her East Tennessee home and went to work at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New...
Betty Obituary
Oct 18, 2013
Betty Sue Dunning, 84, of Oak Ridge, passed peacefully on October 18 after a long illness. She was born September 15, 1929, in Dardanelle, Arkansas, to the late John Cary (J.C.) and Rosa Lee Bowman, the seventh of nine children. The family was engaged in farming, and later moved to Wyatt, Missouri, where she graduated from Diehlstadt High School in...
Hazel Obituary
Oct 9, 2013
Hazel Eugenia Crossno, age 79, of Oak Ridge passed away Wednesday October 9, 2013 at Briarcliff Health Care Center. Hazel was born June 16, 1934 in Ware Shoals, South Carolina to the late Jesse R. and Lula Mae Turner Webb. Hazel was a longtime Oak Ridger and a member of Robertsville Baptist Church. She was last employed by Anderson Memorial...
Helen Obituary
Oct 9, 2013
Helen Freeman French, born December 23, 1934 died October 9, 2013, she was born a coal miner's daughter and left this earthly world a ROSE. Devoted wife and mother lived a full beautiful life. Helping her husband James D. French in the successful French's Food Markets from 1955-1980, while at the same time actively involved in every aspect of her...
Ronald Obituary
Oct 3, 2013
Ronald King Hull of Harriman died Thursday, October 3, 2013, at the age of 73. As a long time Oak Ridge resident he was a graduate of Oak Ridge city schools, attended Tennessee Technological University and later served in the United States Navy. He retired from K-25 after 32 years of employment. Ronnie is preceded in death by his parents...
Jack Obituary
Sep 26, 2013
Jack Lovegrove, age 89, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday September 26, 2013 at Methodist Medical Center. Jack was born April 11, 1924 in Jonesboro, Tennessee to the late Arthur B. and Hattie Osborne Lovegrove. He joined the Navy in 1943 and served in WWII until 1946 attaining the rank of MM2C. Jack loved his country and considered it a...
Thomas Obituary
Sep 10, 2013
Thomas Eugene Zava passed away at 9:30 Tuesday morning, September 10 at Park West Medical Center. He was born in Victoria (Lunenburg County) Virginia on September 16, 1922. Tom's parents immigrated from Europe in the early 1920's, and Tom held the distinction and privilege of being the first in his Albanian family to be born in America. Tom graduated with...
Maurice Obituary
Sep 6, 2013
Maurice Harl Kunselman born 1921 in Meadville, Pa crossed through the veil Friday evening September 6, 2013 to join his son Philip and his wife Lois who preceded him in death. He is survived by his three remaining children, Frank Bret Kunselman, Carol Jo Papac and Adrienne Mulligan. He is also survived by six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Maurice,...
William Obituary Jr.
Sep 2, 2013
William Jenkins Wilcox Jr. Oak Ridge pioneer, city historian William Jenkins Wilcox Jr., 90, Oak Ridge pioneer and longtime resident, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, at NHC Healthcare of Oak Ridge. The son of attorney William J. Wilcox Sr. and Kitty Rogers Wilcox, Bill was born Jan. 26, 1923, in Harrisburg, Pa. He grew up in Allentown, Pa. He attended...
William Obituary Jr.
Aug 25, 2013
WILLIAM LEITCH "BILL" MARSHALL, JR. Chemical Scientist and Longtime Resident of Oak Ridge William Leitch Marshall, Jr., a resident of Oak Ridge since 1949, passed away quietly in his sleep in the early hours of Sunday, August, 25th, 2013. William Leitch Marshall, Jr., was born December 3, 1925 in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of William L., Sr., and Georgia...
Lois Obituary
Aug 20, 2013
Lois Jean Mattox Weir, age 80, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday August 20, 2013 at her home. Lois was born January 23, 1933 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late Clifford and Emma Hoffman Mattox. She first moved to Oak Ridge in 1955 and stayed until 1980 when she moved to Georgia and then returned to Oak Ridge in 1985....
William Obituary Sr
Aug 18, 2013
William Rogers Sr. , age 77, of Powell passed away Sunday August 18, 2013 at his home. He was an avid member of the Eagles of Oak Ridge and the Moose of Oak Ridge. Survivors include his son William Rogers Jr. and his wife Kristyl, step children; Vincent Green, Rhonda Atherton and family, and Roxanne Black and her husband Jimmy,...
James Obituary
Aug 16, 2013
James Robert Brunner, 69, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died Friday morning August 16, 2013 at Methodist Medical Center. He was born October 22, 1943, in Detroit Michigan, the oldest of five children born to George and Mary Louise Brunner. After graduation from Sacred Heart High School in Roseville, Michigan, Jim served in the United States Marine Corps. at the rank of...
Dorothy Obituary
Aug 7, 2013
Dorothy Merle Gunderson Alford, age 83, of Oak Ridge passed away Wednesday August 7, 2013 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Dorothy was born August 17, 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the late Lloyd and Ellen Millington Gunderson. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Home Economics at the University of Minnesota and was last employed by Millers Department Store...
Hazel Obituary
Jul 26, 2013
Hazel Thomasine "Tommy" Huffman Foust, 82, of Oak Ridge passed away Friday July 26, 2013 at Methodist Medical Center. She was born August 25, 1930 in Pulaski, VA to Robert T. Huffamn and Hazel Winifred Hufford Huffman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Harriman Church of God. She loved music, and was an accomplished soloist. Tommy was...
Frank Obituary
Jul 9, 2013
Frank Foust, age 85, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday July 9, 2013. Frank was born January 27, 1928 in Lake City, Tennessee to the late William Owen and Dora Miller Foust. A veteran of the United States Army and Navy Frank moved to Oak Ridge in 1945. Frank was employed with ORNL for 48 years until his retirement in...
Noroma Obituary
Jul 7, 2013
Noroma Shannon (Mrs Robert L. Shannon) died peacefully in her sleep on July 7, 2013 in Alpharetta, Georgia. She was born October 18, 1924 to Paul and Myrtle Walker in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she completed her early education, graduating from South High School. At the onset of WWII, she moved to San Diego, California to live with her grandparents and...
Edward Obituary
Jul 5, 2013
Edward Von Halle, an internationally known scientist, died peacefully in his sleep at his Oak Ridge home on July 5, 2013. Also active in the Oak Ridge community and a devoted husband and father, he was 87. Ed was born on June 30th, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York, and spent his earliest years there. He won the Westinghouse Prize in...
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