.William H. Beebe II, 84, of Kerrville, Texas, died April 26, 2007. He was retired from the U.S. Army and was married to Rosalie Merrill of Kerrville.

Rudolph “Rudy” Burda, 92, died in David, Panama, on January 10, 2008. He went to the Isthmus with Pan American Airways in 1938. He was later transferred to Guatemala and then returned to Panama as Station Manager in David where he helped organize COPA Airlines. In 1953 he was employed by the Panama Canal Company as an optician on the Pacific side until he retired in 1974.

Joseph Allen Carlisle, 64, died in Seattle, Wash., on July 19, 2007. He worked for many years at Pedro Miguel Locks as the supervisor of the Locomotive Repair Component Facility and retired as a lockmaster in July 1999.

Gertrude “Trudi” Garni Clontz, 91, of Aiken, S.C., died January 31, 2008. Trudi moved to the Canal Zone where she worked for the U.S. Army for three years and then transferred to the Department of Justice. In 1969 when her husband retired, she resigned as an Administrative Assistant in the U.S. Attorney’s office. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society and for many years was the Canal Record reporter for South Carolina.

Captain Ennis (Danny) E. Daniel, 82, of Randolph Center, Vt., died April 30, 2007. From 1958 to 1986 he worked for the Panama Canal Company as one of the senior pilots on the Canal and lived in La Boca and Diablo Heights. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Lois E. Harrison, 93, died February 26, 2008. Born in the Canal Zone she retired from the Canal Zone District Court as a Clerk of Courts. She and her late husband C.W. Harrrison owned property in El Valle. She was known for her trip up through Central America by bus with Patsy Detamore.

Marion M. Hebert, 88, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died February 25, 2008. She was born in Colon and moved to Florida in 1965 from Fitchburg, Mass.

Birdie Elizabeth (Tedder) Helé, 90, died in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., on January 25, 2008. She was born in the Canal Zone, raised in Pedro Miguel, and graduated from Balboa High School. She worked as a secretary at Albrook AF Base, Balboa Maintenance Division, and the Balboa Engineering Trade School.

Emley Mead Henter, 95, died in St. Petersburg, Fla., on March 9, 2008. She moved to Panama as an infant and spent the next 60 years there, graduating from Balboa High School in 1930. She worked for the Police Department, Port Captain’s Office, and the State Attorney’s office until 1972. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

George J. Hoffman, Jr., 86, died in Aiken, S.C., on February 13, 2008. He retired in 1981 and resided in St. Petersburg, Fla., until recently moving to Aiken. A World War II veteran, he served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific with the Seabees on Guam. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

George Francis Klein, 74, died in an auto accident in Bejuco, Panama, on March 9, 2008. He retired from the Army and then worked for 18 years with the Panama Canal Commission in the Industrial Division. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Olive L. Krouse, 86, died in Springfield, Pa., on January 20, 2008. She was born in Ancon, grew up in Balboa, and graduated from Balboa High School in 1938. She was an airplane pilot receiving her license at the age of 58. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Robert H. McFarland, a former District Judge for the Panama Canal Zone, died on March 31, 2008, of heart failure in Mississippi. He was appointed a U.S. District Judge for the Canal Zone by President Carter in 1978 and served two years.

Margaret “Olga” Norman, 95, died in Kent, Wash., on March 19, 2008. She moved to the Canal Zone with her husband and son in 1945 where they lived for the next 28 years until her husband retired in 1973. She lived in Coco Solo, Balboa, and Ancon during those years.

Captain Rodman Alexander Morris Oakes, 78, of Old Lyme, Conn., died January 28, 2008. He was a retired Senior Panama Canal Pilot and USCG Unlimited Ocean Master. He was the last U.S.-hired pilot trainee in 1981.

Mary “Betty” Land Peterson, 95, died in Burke, Va., on March 6, 2008. She went to the Canal Zone in 1939 for a visit and became a nurse at Gorgas Hospital in 1940 and married her late husband in 1943. She lived in the Canal Zone for 27 years until 1970 and then in Hollywood, Fla., until 1989 when she moved to Virginia.

Dortha H. Phillips, 88, of Lake Forest, Calif., died on March 15, 2008. She married Noble “Buddy” Phillips in 1991 and they visited the Panama Canal Zone where he was born and worked until retiring. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

William J. “Bill” Powell, 88, of Tampa, Fla., died February 10, 2008. He served in World War II in the Canal Zone, worked as a CPA for the Panama Canal Company and other government agencies in Washington, D.C., until he retired in 1974. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Marjorie Jean Mann Scarborough, 89, of Clarksville, Ark., died January 19, 2008. In 1969 she and her family moved to the Canal Zone where they lived in Ancon. She and her husband retired in 1984 to Clarksville. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Norbert Michael Schommer died in Deltona, Fla., on March 2, 2008. He retired from the Panama Canal Company in 1972 as Chief Budget Officer of the Budget and Statistical Section of the Supply Division. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Christian S. Skeie, 63, died in Miami, Fla., on January 11, 2008. He grew up in the Canal Zone, graduating from Balboa High School in 1963. He spent ten months of the year in Panama and was active in the Panama Canal Society and the Panama Canal Museum.

Ruth Francis Roelofson Stroop, 102, of Sarasota, Fla., died March 4, 2008. She and her husband raised their family in Cristobal until retirement in 1954.

Stephen Bahrd Tanner, 71, died in Hendersonville, N.C., on December 7, 2007. He went to the Canal Zone in 1968 and later married Marty Irvin in 1970. He and Marty timed the Ocean to Ocean Cayuco races for 17 years. In 1988 they retired to Hendersonville.

Bernard Tibbotts of Port St. Lucie, Fla., died on February 20, 2008. He worked for the Dredging Division and later the Ports Division as a Chief Engineer. He and his late wife Florence (who died December 26, 2007) lived in Gamboa, Ancon and La Boca. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Kenneth “Ken” Baker Tucker, 83, of Athens, Ga., died March 19, 2008. In 1952, he accepted a position with the former Canal Zone Government to teach Social Sciences. He also coached the Panama Canal College’s boys and girls tennis teams. He retired in 1992.

Edward K. “Lucky” Wilburn died in Clearwater, Fla., on January 28, 2008. He was employed since 1940 with the Panama Canal Company and retired as a Tugboat Captain in 1977. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.