Elvira Maria Dejernette de Gonzalez, 89, died November 27, 2002, at the Cherokee County Nursing Home in Centre, Ala. She worked at Gorgas Hospital as head nurse in the women’s ward and surgical ward until her retirement in 1972. 

Marguerite (Rita Engelke) Grammer, 61, of Siloam Springs, Ark., died January 30, 2003. She graduated in 1959 in the last class from Cristobal, C.Z. She worked at Wal Mart in Bentonville, Ark., in store planning and retired from personnel in 1989. She then began a twelve-year career as a travel agent for Tyson Foods International in 1990. 

Helen Kat, 89, died November 22, 2002 in her home in Coral Oaks, Fla. She was married to Jimmy Bradley and after he passed away in 1951, she continued to work for the Panama Canal Company. She married Captain Bert Kat in 1957. 

Maurice L. McCullough, 85, of Sarasota, Fla., died January 1, 2003 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He and his wife moved to the Canal Zone in August 1939 where he worked for the Motor Transportation Division and retired as Superintendent in 1976.He was active in baseball, basketball and golf. 

Captain Raymond “Ray” Novak died at his winter home in Wickenburg, Ariz., on March 16, 2003. He began his career with the Coastal Geodetic Survey out of Seattle to Alaska, followed by service with MSTS and American Mail Line. He retired in 1992 after 22 years with the Panama Canal. 

Alice Ray (Ward) Wier, 78, wife of Major General (retired) James A. Wier, passed away March 6, 2003, after a long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis and congestive heart failure. She attended elementary school in the Canal Zone and graduated from Balboa High School in 1943. When her husband retired in 1976 from Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, they moved into the home she designed near Tabernash, Colo.