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William Joseph Wynne

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
7 Dec 1998 (aged 85)
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
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Albuquerque Journal (NM) - Sunday, December 13, 1998
William Joseph Wynne, 85, died Monday, December 7, 1998 at a local caring center. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 17, 1913 to Elizabeth (Bowen) and William Wynne. He worked as a machinist cameraman for Warner Brothers Film Studio in New York and for Heiland Research in Denver, CO during the years of WWII. He was recruited for the laboratory shops in Los Alamos, NM in 1951. He worked as a machinist on cameras for the optics group under Berlyn Brixner until retirement in 1976. He had lived in The Meadows Mobile Home Park since then. He married Alice Giltner Cox in 1963. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Virginia Evans Barela and son-in-law, Paul A. Barela of Houston, TX; a sister, Margaret Ryan of New Jersey; a step-son, L.E. (Ric) Cox and his wife, Cynthia and two step-grandchildren, Jill and Tyler Cox, all of Hobbs, NM; a brother-in-law, William Giltner and his wife, Peggy of Colorado Springs, CO; and by six Giltner nieces and nephews, their spouses, and ten great-nieces and nephews. He enjoyed skiing, fishing, hiking, rock hounding, square dancing, round dancing, and jewelry making. In Los Alamos he and Alice belonged to the Geological Society and to Mountain Mixers Square Dance Club. In Albuquerque, they were members of Fiesteros Round Dance Club, Allemanders Square Dance Club, and a gem and mineral club. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to KNME, Sandia Hospice, or Cancer Society in his name. Following his wishes, no services will be held. Cremation by Sunrise Society of New Mexico.
Albuquerque Journal (NM) - Sunday, December 13, 1998
William Joseph Wynne, 85, died Monday, December 7, 1998 at a local caring center. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 17, 1913 to Elizabeth (Bowen) and William Wynne. He worked as a machinist cameraman for Warner Brothers Film Studio in New York and for Heiland Research in Denver, CO during the years of WWII. He was recruited for the laboratory shops in Los Alamos, NM in 1951. He worked as a machinist on cameras for the optics group under Berlyn Brixner until retirement in 1976. He had lived in The Meadows Mobile Home Park since then. He married Alice Giltner Cox in 1963. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Virginia Evans Barela and son-in-law, Paul A. Barela of Houston, TX; a sister, Margaret Ryan of New Jersey; a step-son, L.E. (Ric) Cox and his wife, Cynthia and two step-grandchildren, Jill and Tyler Cox, all of Hobbs, NM; a brother-in-law, William Giltner and his wife, Peggy of Colorado Springs, CO; and by six Giltner nieces and nephews, their spouses, and ten great-nieces and nephews. He enjoyed skiing, fishing, hiking, rock hounding, square dancing, round dancing, and jewelry making. In Los Alamos he and Alice belonged to the Geological Society and to Mountain Mixers Square Dance Club. In Albuquerque, they were members of Fiesteros Round Dance Club, Allemanders Square Dance Club, and a gem and mineral club. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to KNME, Sandia Hospice, or Cancer Society in his name. Following his wishes, no services will be held. Cremation by Sunrise Society of New Mexico.


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