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Esperanza M. Barbier, 89, of Largo, Fla. died January 20, 2005 at Sun Coast Hospital, Largo. She was born in the Republic of Panama and came to Largo in 1992 from Pensacola. She was a school teacher.
Robert W. (Bill) Barnes, 79, of Tampa, Fla. passed away July 10, 2004. He worked on the construction of the Bridge of the Americas in 1962 and then returned to the Canal Zone in 1964 to work for the Maintenance Division. He retired as a foreman from the Maintenance Division in 1984.
Bruce E. Caldwell of Big Foot, Texas died February 1, 2005. He was born in Ancon, Canal Zone on November 21, 1939. After enlisting in the Air Force in 1960, he returned to Panama where he worked with the postal service until 1969.
Gordon H. Dalton, 88, died March 25, 2005 in Pinehurst, N.C. of cancer. After World War II, he became a purser aboard the Panama Line’s S.S. Cristobal, where he met Margaret Stapleton and they married in 1947. During the 1960s, he opened his own travel agency. The Daltons left Panama in 1974.
Juan “Johnny” Durán, 77, passed away February 6, 2005 in Montclair, N.J. Although the family lived in Panama, Johnny attended Canal Zone schools most of his life and graduated with honors from BHS in 1945. He worked all of his life in the coffee business, first in the family business in Panama and later in the New Jersey and New York areas.
Paul Louis Elia, Jr., 58, of Lusby, Md. died on January 12, 2005. Paul was raised in the Canal Zone. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer for 13 years from 1964 to 1977 and was an active reservist until he retired in 1991.
Captain William Farrell, 74, passed away on February 1, 2005 in St. Augustine, Fla. He served two years in the U.S. Navy and joined the Panama Canal organization as a ship’s pilot in 1960 and retired in September 1992.
Peter Germain Flynn, 74, passed away in Chatsworth, Calif. on March 10, 2005. He was born in Gorgas Hospital and graduated from BHS in 1949. His parents and grandparents were all residents of the Canal Zone and his maternal grandfather Richard Roberts was a Roosevelt Medal holder. His maternal grandfather and his father Peter Germain Flynn Sr. both worked on the construction of the Panama Canal.
Margaret C. Grier, 84, of Fullerton, Calif. passed away on January 2, 2005. She was born in the Panama Canal Zone where her father was an engineer during the construction of the canal. She graduated from BHS and left the Canal Zone to attend college and work in the United States.
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Jean Dennis Herbert passed away October 20, 2004 in Trenton, N.J. She was the daughter and granddaughter of Roosevelt Medal holders. She was born in Colon and graduated from BHS in 1937. After graduation, she became a Registered Nurse in 1942 and worked until 1994 in that capacity.
Daile D. Keigley died in Nashville, Tenn. on March 10, 2005. He went to the Canal Zone in June of 1938 with the U.S. Army and after his discharge on May 4, 1940, he joined the Panama Canal Company as an accountant. He retired in 1969 as Chief of the Reports and Analysis Staff in the Comptroller’s Office.
Patricia L. Koenig, 72, passed away on September 21, 2003 in Hollister, Calif. She was born in the Panama Canal Zone and graduated with honors from CHS. She was a champion swimmer and diver in the 1940s. She worked for many years in social work in California.
Helen D. Ledgerwood, 93, of Seminole, Fla. died March 24, 2005. She went to the Canal Zone in December 1939 where she raised her family. She was an accountant in the Payroll Branch of the Comptroller Division and was a night and weekend auditor for the Canal Zone Credit Union until her retirement in 1964.
Josephine “Jo” Elizabeth Marquard, 82, died October 17, 2004 in Kingwood, Texas. She moved with her family to the Canal Zone and graduated from CHS in 1942. She and her husband Warren lived on the Atlantic and Pacific sides and retired to San Jose, Calif. in 1970. They moved to Kingwood in 1995.
Alice F. Myers, 78, of Spring Hill, Fla. died February 16, 2005. She moved to Spring Hill from her native Ancon, Panama in 1983.
Berta Isabel (Escobar y Garcia de Paredes) Quinn, 97, of Panama City, R.P., passed away on August 16, 2004. She was the widow of Marcus Patrick Quinn, Roosevelt Medal descendant, who died in 1977. She retired from the Internal Security Office of the Panama Canal Company.
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