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Warren KELLIHER Obituary
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had been a Hampton resident for 45 years.
Warren was an engineer for NASA where he was one of the coordinators for the Viking Project. He was also a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
Warren was preceded in death by his wife, Rosemary McDermott Kelliher. He is survived by his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Richard and Doris Light of Fairview, Texas; nieces, Lisa Edge of Redlands, Calif., and Jennifer Light of Fairview, Texas; and many friends and colleagues at NASA.
A funeral liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church by the Rev. Msgr. Robert Perkins.
The family wishes expressions of sympathy to take the form of contributions to the Cat Corner, 85 Fulton St. in Hampton 23663.
Arrangements are by Berceuse Funeral and Cremation Traditions in Hampton, 757-825-8070. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
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Richard Light
December 6, 2010
Warren loved his work at NASA but still had time for his family. Warren lost his wife, (Pat), 6 years ago, but still continued to discuss weekly with his family. We did not understand what he was doing at NASA but knew it was important. We will truly miss Warren as a family member.
Ben Clark
December 5, 2010
Professionally, Warren Kelliher was an organic chemist who was extraordinarily dedicated to NASA and space research, always endeavoring to develop better ways of making complex measurements on other planets for exploring the universe. On Viking, he was the NASA engineer made responsible for an x-ray instrument which accomplished the first compositional measurements of martian soil in the history of mankind.
In his younger years, he was an excellent player on both the basketball and tennis courts, once serving as a line judge in a tournament which included Martina Navratilova, Arthur Ashe and other stars of the time. He even tried out for the football team while pursuing his studies at Notre Dame (class of ’56).
Privately, Warren was kind-hearted to a fault, a real gentleman who could become exasperated but never mean-spirited. He kept his cool and his smile under all adversities. During his battle with cancer, he would be complaining only mildly about the various inconveniences, while always accommodating the special challenges and facing the future with an admirable optimism.
Those who knew or worked with Warren will miss him, now and always.
Ingrid Carlberg
December 4, 2010
Serving Langley Research Center for nearly 49 years with 3 patents, the Mission Viking elemental analyzer and a new miniature borehole probe to his credit, Warren Kelliher was one of NASA's truly brilliant minds. He dreamed of adding a 2nd successful space mission to his career.
Warren was my cherished friend and mentor of 24 years, and I will miss him dearly. A kind man with multidisciplinary expertise, Warren regularly spoke with some of the greatest scientists of the Apollo and Viking eras. Because I supported his research, my daughter and I had the privilege of meeting scientists who shaped NASA's legacy. I am honored to have served NASA under Warren's mentorship and credit my broad engineering experience to his diverse guidance. Our NASA family will miss him deeply, and I can only hope that we successfully complete development of Warren's latest instrument for an exploration mission in his memory.
Ed Prior
December 3, 2010
Warren was one of the best physicists I ever knew----and one of the hardest workers at NASA. I'll miss his enthusiasm.
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