Manuel H. Arosemena, 81, of Palm Harbor, Fla. died February 21, 2005 at home. He retired as an engineer in 1980 from the Panama Canal Co. and was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Jean E. Beeby, 87, of Titusville, Fla. passed away on June 15, 2004. She was the widow of the Reverend William H. Beeby of the Balboa Heights Baptist Church. They resided in the Canal Zone for 32 years until his retirement and their move to Titusville.

Curtis Hart Bliss, 83, passed away February 14, 2005 in Rockledge, Fla. after a short illness. He was born in the Canal Zone and graduated from CZJC in 1939 before serving in the U.S. Army during 1945 and 1946. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Ricardo Burton, 50, of St. Petersburg, Fla. died February 9, 2005. He was born in the Panama Canal Zone and came to Florida 14 years ago from Indianapolis.

Milton Cohen, 85, died November 18, 2004 in San Diego, Calif. He served 31 years with the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps and was the Assistant Health Director from 1961 to 1966 with offices in both the Administration Building and Gorgas Hospital.

Willie Marie Duvall, 82, of St. Petersburg, died February 24, 2005. She moved to St. Petersburg in 1974 from the Panama Canal Zone, where she graduated from Cristobal High School in 1941 and attended Canal Zone Junior College. She was a clerk in the Panama Canal Zone for 20 years.

Doris (Conner) Fredette, 79, passed away on January 30, 2005. Doris went to the Canal Zone as a youngster, graduated from Balboa High School in 1944, then trained as a cadet nurse at the Mayo Clinic. Both she and her husband attended the yearly get-togethers of the BHS Class of 1944.

Curtis Henry George, 95, of Huntsville, Ala. died on February 9, 2005 following a brief illness. In 1941 he accepted a job with the Panama Canal Company and moved his family to Panama. He remained there until his retirement in May 1971 as electrician foreman. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Doris Susan “Sue Barfield” Greer, 59, passed away November 4, 2004 at home in Monroe, La. She graduated from Cristobal High School in 1963, attended secretarial school in New Orleans then transferred to Monroe where she graduated and married. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Capt. C. W. “Bill” Lewis, 85, passed away February 1, 2005 in St. Augustine, Fla. He moved to Panama in 1951 where he worked as a Panama Canal Pilot and, ultimately, Port Captain, Cristobal until his retirement in 1979.

Richard Lewis Pennington, Jr., 59, of Hermiston, Ore. died January 28, 2005. He was born in Margarita, Canal Zone, grew up and attended schools in the Canal Zone then joined the Navy. He returned to the Canal Zone where he worked as a police officer until 1978. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Marion Schjeveland Thompson, 74, passed away in Atlantis, Fla. on September 25, 2003. She spent most of her childhood in the Canal Zone, graduating from Balboa High School in 1947 and Canal Zone Junior College in 1949. Her parents and grandparents were all Panama Canal retirees.

J. Morton “Mort” Thomson, Jr. of Memphis, Tenn. died December 11, 2004. He joined the U. S. Navy and at the end of World War II was stationed at Coco Solo Naval Station in the Canal Zone. He married Macel Goulet, returned to Pennsylvania to finish law school, and in 1950 took a position as Counsel to the Governor of the Canal Zone. He was Assistant District Attorney for the Canal Zone until 1966 when he and his family returned to the United States.