October 2006

Ann D. Brennan of Hollywood, Calif. died March 24, 2006. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society. No further information is available.

David Allen Eberenz, 94, of Wayne, N.J. died September 9, 2006 at home. He was born in Ancon, Canal Zone and worked for the Public Works Department of the U.S. Naval Air Station in Coco Solo and Coco Solito for twenty-seven years before retiring in 1957. He was Exalted Ruler for Cristobal Lodge #1542 B.P.O.E. in the Canal Zone.

Ann V. Ehrman, 97, of Largo, Fla. died September 25, 2006. She was a homemaker and for many years wrote the social column for the Star & Herald in Gamboa, Canal Zone.

Annabelle (Lee) Grills, 72, of Poway, Calif. died July 29, 2006. She went to the Canal Zone to visit her mother, who was born in Panama, and returned there to live. She worked for the U.S. Army in the Canal Zone. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Maurice “Bud” Kelleher, 80, of Augusta, Ga. died September 17, 2006. He grew up in the Canal Zone and graduated in 1943 from Balboa High School, and retired from the Panama Canal Personnel Branch in 1980. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

George Edward Lowery, 78, of Floral City, Fla. died September 8, 2006. He went to the Canal Zone after WWII and worked for the Supply Division, Commissary Division. He later transferred to the Locks Division and was a Locks Towing Locomotive Operator until retiring in 1989. His love of fishing in Panama was his life. He was a member of the Floral City VFW Post, B.P.O.E. 1414, the Panama Canal Society, and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.

Joan Horter Lundy, 75, died July 13, 2006 at home. She was born in Gorgas Hospital in Ancon and graduated in 1948 from Balboa High School and in 1950 from CZJC. She was married in 1951 to James Leroy Lundy, her fellow “Most All Around” classmate, whom she later divorced after their children were grown.

Marjorie Vanderslice Rosado, 97, of Bloomsburg, Pa. died September 1, 2006. Marjorie’s father was employed by Col. George Goethals during the building of the Panama Canal and she went there to live as an infant. She attended grade school in the Canal Zone and returned to the U.S. to finish her education. After college, she returned to the Canal Zone in 1937 and taught in the Canal Zone schools until retiring.