july_ 2004

Rosemary Kavanaugh Anderson, 86, of Gainesville, Fla., passed away on June 9, 2004 at home with her family at her side. She taught elementary school on both sides of the isthmus for 34 years. She and her husband, Frank A. Anderson, Jr. (deceased) retired to Dothan, Ala. and spent 25 years there before moving to Gainesville.

Retired Lt. Col. Wayne L. Bart, 83, of San Angelo, Texas passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence on November 1, 2000. Lt. Col. (then Major) Bart was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone, where he was professor of military science and tactics for the ROTC units at Cristobal and Balboa.

I. Robert Berger, MD, died on June 14, 2004 in Bradenton, Fla. at the age of 94. He went to the Panama Canal Zone in 1940 where he served in the Army during WW II. He managed the outpatient clinic at Gorgas Hospital where he enjoyed treating countless patients for over 30 years. After retirement in 1972 he and his wife returned many times to Panama to visit.

Norman B. Davison, 90, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., passed away suddenly in his home on May 23, 2004. He arrived in the Panama Canal Zone in August 1942 where he worked in the Supply Division, initially on the Atlantic side and later as marketing superintendent at Balboa, a position he held for 13 years prior to retiring in 1973 with 31 years service.

Mike Greene passed away in his sleep on June 29, 2004, in Sarasota, Fla. No further information available at this time.

Mary Ethlyn Grimes, 94, passed away May 15, 2004. She moved to the Panama Canal Zone in 1931 to work as a beautician in Panama and then in the Canal Zone. She resided in the Canal Zone for 39 years until retirement in 1970.

John Wilson Hayden, 88, died May 22, 2004 in Salinas, Kansas. He went to Panama in January 1940 to work as a mechanic in the Motor Transportation Division. He and his family lived in Diablo Heights except for a year in the “flats” in Balboa until May 1950 when he moved to Salinas.

William Gonzales Hill, 89, died on May 16, 2004, in Fort Myers, Fla. after a long period of declining health. He attended school in the Canal Zone and graduated from Cristobal High School in 1936. He worked for United Fruit Company before employment by the Panama Canal Health Department in 1944 and retired in 1976 to Aiken, S.C. and later moved to Fort Myers Beach, Fla. in 2000.

Maycel Jean (Johnson) MacLean, 75, of Wenatchee, Wash. passed away May 8, 2004 at Hospice House in Dade City, Fla. after a year-long battle with cancer. She went to live in the Canal Zone in 1952 for 21 years where she and her husband raised their family until 1973.

William Ross Newland, 75, of Sun City Hilton Head died June 5, 2004 at his home. He was born in Ancon, Canal Zone and attended Canal Zone schools. He served as an officer in the Army during the Korean War and retired from Amica Mutual Insurance Co. after 25 years of service in Baltimore, Richmond, Va., and Coral Springs, Fla.

Edward Borne Parker, 83, of Slidell, La., a retired employee of the Panama Canal Company, died June 7, 2004 at Slidell Memorial Hospital. No information available as to his employment with the Panama Canal Company.

Dawn Marie Robinson, 35, of Paris, Illinois died June 7, 2004 in Paris Community Hospital. She was born in Cristobal, Panama on February 4, 1969, to Larry Felgenhauer Sr. and Sondra Kay Walters Felgenhauer.

Luke Price Standefer, 75, passed away quietly on May 25, 2004 in a Houston hospital. He went to Panama in 1941 with his family and resided on Rodman submarine base. He graduated from BHS in 1945 and CZJC in 1946. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea.