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Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Obit Messenger results for 10/25/09.
- (Contra Costa Times)
Ellis Denton (Sandy) Branchcomb Resident of Martinez Born March 24, 1924 in Gideon, Oklahoma, and resident of Martinez, CA since 1946 passed away on October 22, 2009 at age 85. Sandy is preceded in passing by his wife Elaine; and survived by his son David (Jody) of Orangevale, CA; granddaughter Sara Gergis (Dan) of Antelope, CA; grandson Wyatt Branchcomb of Puyallup, WA; and great-granddaughter Hannah Gergis of Antelope, CA. Sandy grew up in Hood River, Oregon and joined the Navy in 1943. He served on the submarine USS Puffer during WWII and earned the Bronze Star during that ship's 7th war patrol. Sandy met Elaine while his ship was docked in Martinez and married Elaine in 1946. Sandy retired from Shell Oil Company in 1984 after 39 years of service. Services will be held on October 29, 2009 at 11:00am at Connolly and Taylor in Martinez. Private interment to follow. Rememberances may be made to the American Cancer Society.
- (Post Register)
Orville R. Meyer, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 21, 2009, at his home in Idaho Falls. He was born on March 4, 1926, on a small dairy farm near Cornelius, Oregon, to Fred C. Meyer and Regina (Miekly) Meyer. He attended one-room public and parochial grade schools and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He learned the farmhand skills of handling horse-drawn equipment and dairy cattle until the age of 17, when he volunteered for the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served for three years in the American theater and was discharged as a lieutenant J.G. Orville obtained a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. He also did graduate studies in nuclear engineering at the University of Tennessee. He joined the project at Westinghouse to develop a nuclear powered propulsion plant for U.S. Navy submarines and was the lead engineer for the reactor plant control systems for the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine. He was also the chief test engineer for the reactor power plant for the USS Skipjack, the first fast attack submarine and the USS George Washington, the first fast attack submarine armed with ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads. He joined the INEL in 1966 and worked on projects to improve the safety of civilian nuclear power plants. In his last three years before retiring in 1992, he was the principal investigator for the analysis of unusual operating events at nuclear power plants. He also gained an appreciation for improvements in the professional training of operators and management and their continued dedication to safe and efficient operation of civilian nuclear power. He married Donna Chambers in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, on October 18, 1952. They enjoyed 57 years together. He is survived by his wife, Donna; two sons, Eric and Grant of Albuquerque, New Mexico; his daughter, Robyn Meyer of Tucson, Ariz.; and sister, Stella Jimes of Hillsboro, Oregon. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Helen Meyer (Breljie), Wilma Meacham (Breljie), Mildred Johnson (Meyer) and Esther Wiley (Meyer); and three brothers, Henry Breljie, Martin Breljie and Harold Meyer and his parents. He had a lifetime fondness of fishing, hunting, horses and of reading, especially history, biography and the natural sciences. He loved and was proud of his wife and his children. As per his wishes, private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home in Idaho Falls. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.buckmillerhann.com.
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Obit Messenger results for 10/25/09.
