Jane Onderko passed away on January 2, 2007, one day after her 91st birthday.
Visitation was on January 5, 2007, at Callaghan Mortuary in Livermore, CA. Services followed at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Livermore, CA. Interment with military honors was held at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in Livermore, CA.
A resident of Livermore, CA, since 1996, Jane was born Gioconda Maria Amenta in Middletown, CT, the fourth of five children, to Sicilian immigrants Giovanni and Emanuela (nee Milardo) Amenta. She studied opera and was a talented seamstress, sewing elaborate clothing for herself and others.
Jane enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1944 and did basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. As a member of the Women's Army Corps, Jane supported the Director of Military Intelligence in Oak Ridge, TN, during the Manhattan Project. She achieved the rank of Tech Sergeant, receiving a Meritorious Unit Service Plaque, an American Service Medal, a WWII Victory Medal, and a Good Conduct Medal.
After mustering out, Jane relocated with the Manhattan Project to Los Alamos, NM, where she supported Drs. Edward Teller and Frederic de Hoffman during the development of the first hydrogen bomb. There she met and married John Onderko, an Army Major stationed at Los Alamos. They later relocated to Nevada, where Jane worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the U.S. Department of Energy/Nevada Operations Office) during the nuclear testing program. While with the Safety & Health Office, she went to Amchitka, Alaska, for the Cannikin event. She retired from the DOE/NVOO in March 1987.
Jane was a charter member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., the non-profit organization established to build the Women's Memorial in Washington, DC. In retirement, she enjoyed art, needlepoint, travel, and reading.
Jane is survived by her daughter, granddaughter, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to:
Women's Memorial Foundation
Dept. 560
Washington, DC 20042-0560
http://www.womensmemorial.org/
Visitation was on January 5, 2007, at Callaghan Mortuary in Livermore, CA. Services followed at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Livermore, CA. Interment with military honors was held at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in Livermore, CA.
A resident of Livermore, CA, since 1996, Jane was born Gioconda Maria Amenta in Middletown, CT, the fourth of five children, to Sicilian immigrants Giovanni and Emanuela (nee Milardo) Amenta. She studied opera and was a talented seamstress, sewing elaborate clothing for herself and others.
Jane enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1944 and did basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. As a member of the Women's Army Corps, Jane supported the Director of Military Intelligence in Oak Ridge, TN, during the Manhattan Project. She achieved the rank of Tech Sergeant, receiving a Meritorious Unit Service Plaque, an American Service Medal, a WWII Victory Medal, and a Good Conduct Medal.
After mustering out, Jane relocated with the Manhattan Project to Los Alamos, NM, where she supported Drs. Edward Teller and Frederic de Hoffman during the development of the first hydrogen bomb. There she met and married John Onderko, an Army Major stationed at Los Alamos. They later relocated to Nevada, where Jane worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the U.S. Department of Energy/Nevada Operations Office) during the nuclear testing program. While with the Safety & Health Office, she went to Amchitka, Alaska, for the Cannikin event. She retired from the DOE/NVOO in March 1987.
Jane was a charter member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., the non-profit organization established to build the Women's Memorial in Washington, DC. In retirement, she enjoyed art, needlepoint, travel, and reading.
Jane is survived by her daughter, granddaughter, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to:
Women's Memorial Foundation
Dept. 560
Washington, DC 20042-0560
http://www.womensmemorial.org/
Jane Onderko passed away on January 2, 2007, one day after her 91st birthday.
Visitation was on January 5, 2007, at Callaghan Mortuary in Livermore, CA. Services followed at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Livermore, CA. Interment with military honors was held at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in Livermore, CA.
A resident of Livermore, CA, since 1996, Jane was born Gioconda Maria Amenta in Middletown, CT, the fourth of five children, to Sicilian immigrants Giovanni and Emanuela (nee Milardo) Amenta. She studied opera and was a talented seamstress, sewing elaborate clothing for herself and others.
Jane enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1944 and did basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. As a member of the Women's Army Corps, Jane supported the Director of Military Intelligence in Oak Ridge, TN, during the Manhattan Project. She achieved the rank of Tech Sergeant, receiving a Meritorious Unit Service Plaque, an American Service Medal, a WWII Victory Medal, and a Good Conduct Medal.
After mustering out, Jane relocated with the Manhattan Project to Los Alamos, NM, where she supported Drs. Edward Teller and Frederic de Hoffman during the development of the first hydrogen bomb. There she met and married John Onderko, an Army Major stationed at Los Alamos. They later relocated to Nevada, where Jane worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the U.S. Department of Energy/Nevada Operations Office) during the nuclear testing program. While with the Safety & Health Office, she went to Amchitka, Alaska, for the Cannikin event. She retired from the DOE/NVOO in March 1987.
Jane was a charter member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., the non-profit organization established to build the Women's Memorial in Washington, DC. In retirement, she enjoyed art, needlepoint, travel, and reading.
Jane is survived by her daughter, granddaughter, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to:
Women's Memorial Foundation
Dept. 560
Washington, DC 20042-0560
http://www.womensmemorial.org/
Visitation was on January 5, 2007, at Callaghan Mortuary in Livermore, CA. Services followed at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Livermore, CA. Interment with military honors was held at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in Livermore, CA.
A resident of Livermore, CA, since 1996, Jane was born Gioconda Maria Amenta in Middletown, CT, the fourth of five children, to Sicilian immigrants Giovanni and Emanuela (nee Milardo) Amenta. She studied opera and was a talented seamstress, sewing elaborate clothing for herself and others.
Jane enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1944 and did basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. As a member of the Women's Army Corps, Jane supported the Director of Military Intelligence in Oak Ridge, TN, during the Manhattan Project. She achieved the rank of Tech Sergeant, receiving a Meritorious Unit Service Plaque, an American Service Medal, a WWII Victory Medal, and a Good Conduct Medal.
After mustering out, Jane relocated with the Manhattan Project to Los Alamos, NM, where she supported Drs. Edward Teller and Frederic de Hoffman during the development of the first hydrogen bomb. There she met and married John Onderko, an Army Major stationed at Los Alamos. They later relocated to Nevada, where Jane worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the U.S. Department of Energy/Nevada Operations Office) during the nuclear testing program. While with the Safety & Health Office, she went to Amchitka, Alaska, for the Cannikin event. She retired from the DOE/NVOO in March 1987.
Jane was a charter member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., the non-profit organization established to build the Women's Memorial in Washington, DC. In retirement, she enjoyed art, needlepoint, travel, and reading.
Jane is survived by her daughter, granddaughter, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to:
Women's Memorial Foundation
Dept. 560
Washington, DC 20042-0560
http://www.womensmemorial.org/
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