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OBITUARIES Albuquerque Journal Friday, September 3, 2010 D3 FUNERALS INDEX BOCK AmemorialservicewillbeheldatFirstBaptist RIVERSIDEFUNERALHOME OFALBUQUERQUE 225SanMateoNE 764-9663 Margery(Margaret)Brasuela Ore.Shewas94yearsold. MargaretEvelynTankersleywasbornon schoolandgraduatedfromWestTexasState. 1939. AfterlivinginseveraltownsthroughoutNew Murphy.Ateacher,shetaughtforover25years tentutoredstudentstohelpthempasstheir SATs. MargerylovedCubaandlovedlivinginNew Mexico.Shewasactiveinmanyclubsanden- joyedsquaredancingandreading.Inthespring everycolorimaginable.ShewasontheBoardof theCubaCreditUnionandvolunteeredatthe finesontheirbooks.Forhergrandchildrenand andawarmsnickerdoodle.

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French 1111UniversityBlvd.NE. (505)843-6333 VALLEJOS InLovingMemory ofLarryVallejos WAGNER andnephews.Hewasprecededindeathbyhis Reininger.RexgraduatedfromClovisHigh schoolin1943.HeenteredtheUSArmyMedical CorpswhereheservedintheEuropeanTheatre ofOperation.HewasaMedicontheH.M.S. QueenMary.HewasagraduateoftheUniversi- AmericanDentalAssociation.Rexwasapast- LoboClubandhewasFellowoftheAmericanIn- stituteofOralBiology.Cremationhastaken placeandamemorialservicewillbeheldonSat- masChapel.IntermentwilltakeplaceatSanta FeNationalCemeteryatalaterdate.Should guestbookforRexat: www.RememberTheirStory.com. French 10500LomasBlvdNE (505)275-3500 WHATLEY courageousbattlewithpancreaticcanceron advocateforeducatorsasPresidentofAlbuquer- taughtatTrumanMiddleSchoolfortenyears andduringthelastsevenyearsheworkedwith disadvantagedstudentsandtheirfamiliesinthe TitleIHomelessProjectwithAPS.Donissur- manylovingniecesandnephews.Hewaspre- cededindeathbyhismotherBeverlyGarcia, brotherGarrettWhatleyandfatherJamesWhat- ley.VisitationwillbeFriday,September3,2010, beatSunsetMemorialPark.Inlieuofflowers memorialdonationsmaybemadetoAPSTitleI onlineguestbookforDonat www.RememberTheirStory.com. French 10500LomasBlvdNE (505)275-3500 Astronaut on First Operational Shuttle Flight By Lloyd Jojola Journal Staff Writer William B.

Lenoir, a Placitas area resident and former NASA astronaut who flew as a mission specialist on the first operational flight of the space shuttle, has died. Lenoir, who was 71, died Aug. 26 at University of New Mexico Hospital from head injuries sustained the same day in a bicycle accident near his home, his family said. Launching from Kennedy Space Center, on Nov. 11, 1982, mission specialist Lenoir was aboard the STS-5 space shuttle Columbia flight the first flight to deploy commercial satellites, according to NASA biographical information compiled on Lenoir.

was the first operational flight of the Spaceship Columbia and became known as the the space agency says. commercial communications satellites were successfully deployed from the cargo bay, a new first. In addition to collecting precise data to document the performance during launch, boost, orbit, atmospheric entry and landing phases, STS-5 carried a Gateway Special experiment, three Student Involvement Project experiments and medical The Columbia and its crew orbited Earth 81 times before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, on Nov. 16, ending a mission that came years after Lenoir spotted a brief mention in science or aerospace magazine that piqued his interest. said basically, you want to become an astronaut? Here, fill this And he cut it out, filled it in and said, the Samantha Moore, a daughter of his, told the Journal was a scientist.

A lot of the astronauts I believe were in the Navy or Air Force and they came in as pilots. But he was one of the first few chosen as a scientist, and how he flew, was in the capacity of being a mission she said. Miami-born Lenoir graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in electrical engineering in 1961, followed by a and doctorate. He served as an MIT instructor in the mid-1960s and was named an assistant professor of electrical engineering in 1965 his work included teaching electromagnetic theory and systems theory in addition to research in remote sensing, according to NASA. A story recently published on collectspace.com says Lenoir worked as a researcher and investigator on Apollo application experiments, which would evolve into the 1970s Skylab space station.

Lenoir was selected as a NASA scientist-astronaut in 1967 and completed his initial academic training and 53-week course in flight training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. Ultimately, he logged more than 3,000 hours of jet flying time, and he was a registered professional engineer in Texas. NASA said he served as backup science-pilot for Skylab 3 and 4 and during Skylab 4 he was co-leader of the visual observations project and coordinator between the flight crew and the principal investigators for the solar science experiments. From September 1974 to July 1976, Lenoir spent about half his time as leader of the NASA Satellite Power Team, which investigated potential of large-scale satellite power systems for terrestrial utility and to make recommendations to NASA headquarters, the agency stated. Lenoir, among his honors, was awarded Exceptional Service Medal in 1974 and its Space Flight Medal for the 1982 mission.

said it was very Moore recalled her father saying about the in- space experience. look out of the window and just see immense black He remembered one time, alone in part of the shuttle, positioning himself in the middle of the room, breathing easy and closing his eyes. then he felt like there was movement Moore said. he opened his eyes am I and he realized that every time the blood pulsed through his body, his body rocked just a little bit from the effect of the blood pulsating through all of his veins. said that was a kind of neat The collectspace.com article says served during the Nov.

11, 1982 launch as the first flight engineer, aiding commander Vance Brand and pilot Robert Overmyer from his seat on flight deck. Five days later, when it came time to return to Earth, he traded places with fellow mission specialist Joseph Allen, becoming the first to experience a shuttle reentry from the middeck. and Allen were scheduled to establish another first together the first spacewalk from the shuttle but after being delayed a day due to Lenoir becoming ill, the outing was canceled due to mechanical issues with both of their Lenoir logged more than 122 hours in space, NASA said. After the mission, Lenoir was responsible for the direction and management of mission development in the Astronaut Office, the agency said. He resigned from NASA in 1984 to work for management and technology consulting firm Booz, Allen Hamilton Inc.

in Arlington, the space agency said. He returned to the agency in 1989 as associate administrator for space flight before resigning in 1992, when he became vice president of the applied systems division for Booz, Allen Hamilton. In January 2008, Lenoir and his wife, Terri Waite, a retired NASA engineer, moved to the Placitas area, where Lenoir had been serving as the president of the Diamond Tail Ranch Homeowners Association. of the joys of his life in New Mexico was his family said. also was very active as a MIT alumnus, yet still had time for woodworking, cooking and Twice married, first to Elizabeth Frost, whom he met as an undergraduate, and then to Waite, Lenoir is survived by his wife, Terri Waite; son, William B.

Lenoir Jr. of Centreville, daughters, Samantha Moore of Potomac Falls, and Lara Alves of Spring, Texas; four grandchildren; and sister, Barbara Barnes of Sebring, Fla. William B. Lenoir Carlos R. Montoya NASA Picked Scientist in NA A William B.

Lenoir, a NASA astronaut flew as a mission specialist on the STS-5 Columbia space shuttle in November 1982. Lenoir logged more than 122 hours in space. Bataan Survivor Owned Restaurants By Lloyd Jojola Journal Staff Writer Carlos R. Montoya, a former Albuquerque restaurant owner and operator and World War II veteran who survived the Bataan Death March, has died in San Diego. The Pena Blanca native, who moved to Albuquerque in 1935, was 95.

He died Aug. 24 uncle was a very industrious Adrian Armijo of El Paso. hold back on doing things. He had those restaurants in Albuquerque and even he even had a restaurant in San Diego. So he was an entrepreneur and very A military burial took place Tuesday at Riverside Nation- al Cemetery in California.

Montoya, a member of the New Mexico National 200th Coast Artillery, began his military career at age 25. He left for the Philippines from Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1941. He was taken prisoner after the Bataan peninsula was surrendered in April 1942. walked the Bataan Death March for 7 Montoya recounted in a profile posted on the website of the U.S.- Japan Dialogue On POWs, a California-based nonprofit organization. we reached San Fernando, the Japanese gave us our first meal.

Everybody was hungry, but what a meal! The soupy rice they served even cover the bottom of my mess kit. Then they herded us into a boxcar. We went all the way down to Capas. The car was packed so tightly that guys at the center breathe and they died family said he endured camps in the and Montoya said he was afflicted with dysentery and malaria before he was taken by ship to Niigata, Japan, where he served as forced labor at a coal yard. In the U.S.-Japan Dialogue On POWs piece, Montoya candidly recalled the postwar struggle he endured, including the heavy drinking and anger that followed in the several years after his service.

was still very angry. I drank to get my memory out of he would say. It was a friend in Albuquerque who encouraged Montoya to go into the restaurant business. found a small place and thought my wife and with 2-4 employees, could do it. I opened up a Mexi- can reads the U.S.-Japan Dialogue on POWs information, which can be found at www.

us-japandialogueonpows. org. Montoya and his first wife, Ofelia, opened and managed Cocina de Carlos Restaurant on north Second Street in Albuquerque, Armijo said. The restaurant was later moved to Lomas NE. life also has been detailed in the book A Tale of written by J.L.

Kunkle (I-Socket Press). survivors include his wife, Betty Johnson Montoya, and children, Charles Donald, Marilyn and Martin Montoya. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ofelia Montoya, and children, Nora, Linda and Robert Montoya. He had 10 grandchildren and two great- grandsons. POW gave account of his experience as prisoner The Washington Post WASHINGTON Joseph Wilkes, a Washington architect who had a taste for modern buildings and displayed a bent toward environmental awareness long before it became fashionable in architecture circles, died Aug.

18 at Montgomery Casey House in suburban Rockville, Md. He had prostate cancer. He was 91. In the 1960s, Wilkes co-founded Wilkes Faulkner, a small firm that specialized in designing contemporary homes. The firm also won institutional and commercial contracts, such as the National Great Ape House, Small Mammal House and Reptile House buildings and alterations and additions to the embassies of Venezuela and Japan.

In the 1970s, the firm won federal contracts to build post offices for the Brookland and Congress Heights neighborhoods. The buildings featured trellises that turned the facades into a tangle of wisteria, an effect that The Washington former architecture columnist, Wolf Von Eckardt, called and business partner, Winthrop Faulkner, did most of the design work. Wilkes, an expert in construction methods and materials, was responsible for the nuts-and- bolts work of translating the drawings into buildings. Wilkes taught at the University of Maryland at College Park from 1971 until 1985. He was the editor of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Architecture (1988) and the co-editor of (1999).

He retired in the mid-1980s after moving from Montgomery Rock Creek Woods to Annapolis, where he and his sons designed and built an energy-efficient, passive- solar home on the banks of the Severn River. Architect a Pioneer For Eco-Friendly Construction Joseph Wilkes FlowerssayItall andPeoplesMakestheDifference 884-1600 WorldwideDelivery.