David Lloyd Williams was born January 2, 1916 in Grand Junction, Colorado and died at his home in Los Alamos on May 18, 2009.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Myrtle Catherine Williams; a sister, Eleanor Hill of Denver, Colorado; three children: Clinton Williams of Los Angeles, California, Cynthia Stevens and husband Larry of Fort Collins, Colorado and Beverly Watkins and husband Russell of Newbury, Park, California; three grandchildren: Jeremy Watkins, Jason Watkins and Heather Stevens; nephews Ronald Merling of Fallon, Nevada, David Hill of Denver, Colorado; nieces Deanna Terrell of Fallon, Nevada and Patsy Cline of Hobbs, New Mexico and their families and cousins in Colorado and Wales.
David graduated from Fruitvale High School if 1933 and then attended Mesa College in Grand Junction working fall quarters at Holly Sugar Company Laboratory. With an Associate of Arts Degree and Teaching credentials he taught school for 3 years in middle school and high school as well as coaching baseball and basketball.
He returned to College at Colorado University in 1940 and received a BA and MS degree in Organic Chemistry. He was member of the American Chemical Society and Alpha Chi Sigma. In 1944 he was recruited by a Chemical Warfare Department research group at M.I.T. in Cambridge Mass. In 1946 David Joined the Quaker Oates Co. Laboratory in Chicago. In 1949 he was employed by the Health Research Laboratory in Los Alamos where in worked until retired in 1980.
David loved sports and outdoor activities; tying artificial flies for fishing. He had many favorite fishing holes and streams in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. He was a long time skiing fan enjoyed slopes in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. He also studied mineralogy and was very skilled in lapidary work.
He worked with youth programs such as Little League Baseball and Boy Scouts.
After retirement David and Myrtle enjoyed visiting our nation's 50 states and many other parts of the world.
There will be a memorial service on Wednesday, May 27 at 2:00 P.M. at Fuller Lodge.
In lieu of flowers one may make a memorial gift to the Visiting Nurses of Los Alamos or the American Heart Association.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Myrtle Catherine Williams; a sister, Eleanor Hill of Denver, Colorado; three children: Clinton Williams of Los Angeles, California, Cynthia Stevens and husband Larry of Fort Collins, Colorado and Beverly Watkins and husband Russell of Newbury, Park, California; three grandchildren: Jeremy Watkins, Jason Watkins and Heather Stevens; nephews Ronald Merling of Fallon, Nevada, David Hill of Denver, Colorado; nieces Deanna Terrell of Fallon, Nevada and Patsy Cline of Hobbs, New Mexico and their families and cousins in Colorado and Wales.
David graduated from Fruitvale High School if 1933 and then attended Mesa College in Grand Junction working fall quarters at Holly Sugar Company Laboratory. With an Associate of Arts Degree and Teaching credentials he taught school for 3 years in middle school and high school as well as coaching baseball and basketball.
He returned to College at Colorado University in 1940 and received a BA and MS degree in Organic Chemistry. He was member of the American Chemical Society and Alpha Chi Sigma. In 1944 he was recruited by a Chemical Warfare Department research group at M.I.T. in Cambridge Mass. In 1946 David Joined the Quaker Oates Co. Laboratory in Chicago. In 1949 he was employed by the Health Research Laboratory in Los Alamos where in worked until retired in 1980.
David loved sports and outdoor activities; tying artificial flies for fishing. He had many favorite fishing holes and streams in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. He was a long time skiing fan enjoyed slopes in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. He also studied mineralogy and was very skilled in lapidary work.
He worked with youth programs such as Little League Baseball and Boy Scouts.
After retirement David and Myrtle enjoyed visiting our nation's 50 states and many other parts of the world.
There will be a memorial service on Wednesday, May 27 at 2:00 P.M. at Fuller Lodge.
In lieu of flowers one may make a memorial gift to the Visiting Nurses of Los Alamos or the American Heart Association.
David Lloyd Williams was born January 2, 1916 in Grand Junction, Colorado and died at his home in Los Alamos on May 18, 2009.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Myrtle Catherine Williams; a sister, Eleanor Hill of Denver, Colorado; three children: Clinton Williams of Los Angeles, California, Cynthia Stevens and husband Larry of Fort Collins, Colorado and Beverly Watkins and husband Russell of Newbury, Park, California; three grandchildren: Jeremy Watkins, Jason Watkins and Heather Stevens; nephews Ronald Merling of Fallon, Nevada, David Hill of Denver, Colorado; nieces Deanna Terrell of Fallon, Nevada and Patsy Cline of Hobbs, New Mexico and their families and cousins in Colorado and Wales.
David graduated from Fruitvale High School if 1933 and then attended Mesa College in Grand Junction working fall quarters at Holly Sugar Company Laboratory. With an Associate of Arts Degree and Teaching credentials he taught school for 3 years in middle school and high school as well as coaching baseball and basketball.
He returned to College at Colorado University in 1940 and received a BA and MS degree in Organic Chemistry. He was member of the American Chemical Society and Alpha Chi Sigma. In 1944 he was recruited by a Chemical Warfare Department research group at M.I.T. in Cambridge Mass. In 1946 David Joined the Quaker Oates Co. Laboratory in Chicago. In 1949 he was employed by the Health Research Laboratory in Los Alamos where in worked until retired in 1980.
David loved sports and outdoor activities; tying artificial flies for fishing. He had many favorite fishing holes and streams in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. He was a long time skiing fan enjoyed slopes in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. He also studied mineralogy and was very skilled in lapidary work.
He worked with youth programs such as Little League Baseball and Boy Scouts.
After retirement David and Myrtle enjoyed visiting our nation's 50 states and many other parts of the world.
There will be a memorial service on Wednesday, May 27 at 2:00 P.M. at Fuller Lodge.
In lieu of flowers one may make a memorial gift to the Visiting Nurses of Los Alamos or the American Heart Association.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Myrtle Catherine Williams; a sister, Eleanor Hill of Denver, Colorado; three children: Clinton Williams of Los Angeles, California, Cynthia Stevens and husband Larry of Fort Collins, Colorado and Beverly Watkins and husband Russell of Newbury, Park, California; three grandchildren: Jeremy Watkins, Jason Watkins and Heather Stevens; nephews Ronald Merling of Fallon, Nevada, David Hill of Denver, Colorado; nieces Deanna Terrell of Fallon, Nevada and Patsy Cline of Hobbs, New Mexico and their families and cousins in Colorado and Wales.
David graduated from Fruitvale High School if 1933 and then attended Mesa College in Grand Junction working fall quarters at Holly Sugar Company Laboratory. With an Associate of Arts Degree and Teaching credentials he taught school for 3 years in middle school and high school as well as coaching baseball and basketball.
He returned to College at Colorado University in 1940 and received a BA and MS degree in Organic Chemistry. He was member of the American Chemical Society and Alpha Chi Sigma. In 1944 he was recruited by a Chemical Warfare Department research group at M.I.T. in Cambridge Mass. In 1946 David Joined the Quaker Oates Co. Laboratory in Chicago. In 1949 he was employed by the Health Research Laboratory in Los Alamos where in worked until retired in 1980.
David loved sports and outdoor activities; tying artificial flies for fishing. He had many favorite fishing holes and streams in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. He was a long time skiing fan enjoyed slopes in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. He also studied mineralogy and was very skilled in lapidary work.
He worked with youth programs such as Little League Baseball and Boy Scouts.
After retirement David and Myrtle enjoyed visiting our nation's 50 states and many other parts of the world.
There will be a memorial service on Wednesday, May 27 at 2:00 P.M. at Fuller Lodge.
In lieu of flowers one may make a memorial gift to the Visiting Nurses of Los Alamos or the American Heart Association.
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