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Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Obits From The Oak Ridger 10 Mar 2004
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:31:49 EST
>From The Oak Ridger 10 Mar 2004
Leonard Frederick Fagan, 68, of Clinton,
Robert T. Santoro, 68, of Kingston,
Audrey M. Stewart, 78, of Oliver Springs,
Vada Lee Williams, 90, of Clinton,
Laura Evelyn Hensley, 67, of Oliver Springs,
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Leonard Frederick Fagan, 68, of Clinton, died Monday, March 8, 2004, at his
home. Born May 2, 1935, in Morgan County, he was the son of Roger and Letha
King Fagan. Mr. Fagan was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He retired from
Mullins Carpet as a carpenter salesman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded
in death by two brothers, Jim Fagan and Dudley Fagan, and by a sister, Alberta
Dimples Mullins. Mr. Fagan is survived by his wife, Barbara Fagan; two
daughters, Angela Poole and husband, Steven, of Clinton, and Donna Parke and
husband, Chuck, of Illinois; three sons, Freddy Fagan, Joe Fagan and wife, Meggie,
and John Fagan and wife, Stephanie, all of Clinton; and by six grandchildren,
Katie Fagan, Murray Fagan and Gwyneth Fagan, all of Clinton, and Bekah Parke,
Daniel Parke and Hannah Parke, all of Illinois. He is also survived by his
brother, Harold Fagan, of Oak Ridge; two sisters, Phyllis Hanson and husband, Ken,
of Oak Ridge, and June Disney of Kingston; his stepchildren, Kathy and Lynn
Bumgardner of Oliver Springs, Missy and Robbie Nolan of Clinton, and Todd and
Sonya Linkes of Kansas and their mother, Joyce Linkes, of Clinton; seven
stepgrandchildren, Ashley Bumgardner, Adam Bumgardner, Chad Nolan, Ada Nolan, Isaac
Nolan, Joshua Linkes and Jonah Linkes; his special friend, Shane Simmons, of
Clinton; and by several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 11, 2004, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton
with Chaplain Clay Mulford officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March
12, at Fagan Cemetery in Coalfield. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8
p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Robert T. Santoro, 68, of Kingston, died Monday, March 8, 2004, at the
University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. According to his family, he was
a leading world expert in nuclear radiation research, a retired colonel in
the U.S. Army Reserve and a long-time distinguished scientist at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. During his 46 years in the field of theoretical, analytic and
experimental nuclear physics and engineering, Mr. Santoro authored or
co-authored more than 390 professional reports and journal articles and frequently
presented papers at scientific meetings around the world. Among his many
accomplishments, he was elected Fellow in the American Nuclear Society, and he
co-authored a handbook for spacecraft designers that estimated effects of space
radiation on astronauts. His calculations determined shielding design criteria for
high-energy accelerators at the Fermi Lab, Brookhaven National Laboratory and
the Harry Diamond Laboratories. He also developed techniques for using charged
and neutral particle radiation in cancer radiotherapy. In 1993, Mr. Santoro
was selected by the Department of Energy to serve as a senior member of the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Joint Central Team at the Max
Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching, Germany. In 1994, he was
appointed to lead the ITER Nuclear Analysis Group and was responsible for all of the
nuclear analysis of ITER systems and management of ITER integral experiment
programs being performed in Europe and Japan. After five years in Germany, Mr.
Santoro returned to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Computational Physics
and Engineering Division, where he assumed leadership roles in several programs
with the U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency, U.S. Army National Ground
Intelligence Center, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency. Mr. Santoro played a key role in an international effort that
resulted in the resolution of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki dose reconstruction
discrepancy that has lingered for almost 50 years. He also served on the NATO panel that
sets policy for all NATO force operations in nuclear environments. "He is an
enormously creative, productive and enthusiastic researcher," Dan Ingersoll,
former head of ORNL's Nuclear Analysis and Shielding Section, once wrote about
him. Joe Pace, a co-worker at ORNL for more than 30 years, said, "He had a
rare combination of technical skills and leadership ability - honesty,
congeniality and common sense." Mr. Santoro was also a highly decorated army officer.
His awards include the Legion of Merit, two Meritorious Service medals, four
Army Reserve Components Achievement medals, three Army Commendation medals, three
Army Reserve medals and the National Defense Service medal, among others. Mr.
Santoro was a 1958 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He made Oak
Ridge his home from the time he was a co-op student there in 1956 until his move
to Germany in 1993. After returning, he and his wife, Janice Hildebrand
Santoro, moved to a lakeside home in Kingston, where his family said he enjoyed
fishing and boating, his favorite pastimes. Despite his highly technical
background, with master's degrees in physics from the University of Tennessee and the
Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, his family said he cultivated many
lasting friendships with people from virtually every walk of life. According to
his family, Mr. Santoro was a frequent early morning visitor at Brackett's
Barbershop in Kingston, where he engaged locals in playful debates on politics,
world events, race, religion, family and sports. Mr. Santoro was born July 24,
1935 in Newark, N.J. and grew up in nearby Little Silver, N.J. He was preceded
in death by his father, Joseph Santoro. In addition to his wife, Mr. Santoro
is survived by his daughter, Lori Santoro and husband, Craig Miller, of
Knoxville; and by two granddaughters Marcela and Lorena, both of Knoxville. He is
also survived by his mother, Edith Santoro; his brother, Donald Santoro; his
sister, Marion MacLaughlin and husband, Donald; his niece and nephew, Melissa
MacLaughlin and Christopher MacLaughlin, all of Little Silver. A memorial service
will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 2004, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. A
military burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 12, at Oak Ridge Memorial
Park. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to
Casa de Sara, P.O. Box 30306, Knoxville, TN 37930-0306. The family will receive
friends immediately following the memorial service. Weatherford Mortuary is in
charge of arrangements.
Audrey M. Stewart, 78, of Oliver Springs, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at
Fort Sanders Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. Born Oct. 18, 1925, in Oliver
Springs, she was the daughter of Jack and Lettie Brummett Wright. Mrs. Stewart
was a member of First Baptist Church in Oliver Springs. She worked at
Tennessee Eastman in Oak Ridge, after which she worked as a teacher's assistant at
Norwood Elementary School for 27 years. In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her husband, John W. Stewart, and by two brothers, Frank
Wright and Clarence Wright. Mrs. Stewart is survived by three children, Brenda
Grayson and husband, Larry, of Knoxville, David Stewart and wife, Ann, of Oak
Ridge, and Teresa Lowery of Oliver Springs; four grandchildren, Jay Grayson, Amy
Grayson, Josh Stewart and Chelsea Lowery; two great-grandchildren, Tucker
Boswell and Ansley Grayson; her sister-in-law, Gloria Lee Cole, and husband, J.
Mack, of Mascot; a special cousin, Bill Hatmaker of Oak Ridge, who was
considered as a brother; and by several extended family members, friends and neighbors.
The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 2004, in the chapel of
Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Todd Johnson officiating.
Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 12, at Anderson Memorial Gardens on the
Oliver Springs Highway in Clinton. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8
p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Vada Lee Williams, 90, of Clinton, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at Methodist
Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Her family said she was a devoted pastor's wife,
mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and
Maude Anderson. Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband of 71 years, the Rev.
George Williams; her son, Ronnie Williams and wife, Bobbie, of Clinton; her
daughter, Betty Brooks and husband, Jack, of Clinton; her grandson, Mark
Williams and fiancee, Lyndsay Hill, of Clinton; and by her sister-in-law, Christie
Sowders, of Clinton. The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 2004, at
Second Baptist Church in Clinton with the Rev. Henry Linkenfelter, the Rev.
W.C. Carlton, the Rev. Ronald Guthrie and the Rev. Mike Thompson officiating.
Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 12, at Woodhaven Memorial Gardens in
Claxton. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Friends may call at their convenience Wednesday, March 10, at Holley-Gamble
Funeral Home in Clinton.
Laura Evelyn Hensley, 67, of Oliver Springs, died Wednesday, March 10, 2004,
at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs
is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time.
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