September 2006
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Roger W. Adams, 87, died January 24, 2006 in Kirkland, Wash. He was born in Ancon and graduated from BHS in 1936. After serving as an Air Force pilot in WWII, he was employed by the Panama Canal Co. He retired as Superintendent, Motor Transportation Division in 1972. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society Kaiser Bazan, former 2nd Vice President of Panama, was killed on August 8, 2006 in an auto accident. He was a graduate of the CHS Class of 1956 and the West Point Military Academy. Richard “Dick” J. Bjorneby, 74, of Estero, Fla. died August 8, 2006. Dick went to the Canal Zone in 1961 as a Rigger/Diver in Mt. Hope Shipyard. He transferred to the Marine Bureau in 1966 and was promoted to Supervisory Admeasurer in 1979. In 1984, he transferred to the position of Harbormaster, Atlantic in Gatun, was promoted to Superintendent, Launch/Linehandling Branch in 1985 and retired in 1995. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Thomas Burbine, 88, died August 7, 2006 in Littleton, Mass. He moved to Panama in 1960 after retiring from the Army. In Panama he initially managed the Balboa Clubhouse and eventually worked as the Internal Security Agent for the Atlantic side. He was active in the Little Theater and Holy Family Church. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Celina (Chely) Calviño de Dunnell died May 13, 2006 in Texas City, Texas. She married Vernon A. Dunnell in 1954 and they lived in different areas of the Canal Zone until 1982. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society. S. C. “Grumpy” Eastwood, 93, of Inverness, Fla. died August 20, 2006. He was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone with the U.S. Army where he met and married his late wife, Agnes M. Coleman of Ancon. James Fox, 82, of St. Petersburg, Fla. died September 3, 2006 at Bay Pines VA Medical Center. He moved to Florida in 1964 from Panama. Rosemary Millett Gilead, 83, died March 11, 2006 in Arlington, Va. She moved to the Canal Zone in 1930 at the age of seven, graduated from BHS in 1941, and remained there until 1952. She returned to Panama in 1972 to work for the U.S. Army. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Henry K. Johnstone, 86, of Pinellas Park, Fla. died August 21, 2006. He was a master mariner in the Merchant Marines, a lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserve and a Panama Canal pilot for 25 years. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Milton Earl Law died March 12, 2006 at Fitzsimmons Veterans Home in Colorado. He worked in Corozal, Canal Zone as a civilian for the Army Audit Agency. Beatrice (Bea) E. Lee, 94, of Merritt Island, Fla. died July 24, 2006. She moved with her husband to the Canal Zone in 1934 where she worked in various positions including the lab at Gorgas Hospital. Her final years were spent in the Transportation Branch. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society. James MacLaren, 91, died August 15, 2006. He had a very interesting life of adventures in Montana, Minnesota, Korea, Mexico, Peru, and the Panama Canal Zone. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Charles F. Magee Jr. (Buddy), 75, of Oceanside, Calif. died July 28, 2006. He was born in Gorgas Hospital and graduated from BHS in 1947. Both his parents and his maternal grandparents were longtime residents of the Canal Zone and his maternal grandfather was a Roosevelt Medal Holder. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Rose Florence “Flos” Munger, 89, died June 17, 2006 in Tampa, Fla. She worked in the Canal Zone in flight communications for the Federal Aviation Administration. She was a resident of Gamboa during her early years. Steve Wayne Nellis, 52, of Clearwater, Fla. died August 8, 2006. He moved with his family to the Panama Canal Zone where he spent his childhood. He graduated from BHS in 1971. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. |
Luke C. Palumbo, 94, of Fayetteville, Ark. died August 31, 2006. He was employed by the Panama Canal Zone schools as a teacher and a coach for 33 years. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Billy Perry of Gurley, Ala. died August 15, 2006. He spent 14 years in Panama drilling and blasting. He was Master of the Drill Boat THOR. Captain Ralph Crawford “Bud” Plummer, 79, died August 20, 2006. He came from a family tradition of life at sea, and made his first transit through the Panama Canal on the Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship in 1945. He worked as a Panama Canal pilot from 1960 until he retired in 1989. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Richard Russell Potter, 88, died April 24, 2006 in Lakewood, Colo. He graduated from BHS in 1934 and earned an electrical engineering degree in 1938 from the University of Iowa. He returned to the Canal Zone, worked for the Electrical Division and retired as Chief Electrical Engineer in 1972. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Margaret E. (Barnard) Rankin died June 20, 2006 in Denver, Colo. Margaret went to Panama at an early age with her parents and attended Cristobal High School. She and her late husband lived on both the Pacific and Atlantic sides until 1951. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Abbie “Anne” Rocker died June 28, 2006 in Ferndale, Wash. She went to the Canal Zone in 1954 where she was a nurse at Gorgas Hospital. She married Jack W. Rocker and they lived in the Canal Zone until 1976. Lillian F. (Ferry) Ryan, 97, of South Windsor, Conn. died August 12, 2006. She obtained her nursing degree from the Falkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Mass. and lived for 31 years in the Canal Zone working for the U.S. Government. Geraldine “Gerry” Schill, 78, of Valrico, Fla. died July 31, 2006. She graduated from BHS in 1947. She lived many years in the Canal Zone where her late husband, E. J. “Pete” Schill, worked for the Panama Railroad. Col. Kenneth R. Stow, USAF (Ret), 89, of Atlantic City, N.J. died July 22, 2006. Colonel Stow was married to Jo Frances McDonnell in 1977, and was a member of the Panama Canal Society. Esperanza “Gloria” Terry, 75, of Las Vegas, Nev. died May 21, 2006. She was employed with the Panama Canal Company from 1965 through 1982 as a registered nurse at Gorgas Hospital. Clarence R. Vosburgh, 94, died July 17, 2006 in West Melbourne, Fla. He taught at high school in Balboa Canal Zone and at the Canal Zone Junior College. He married E. Ines Rodriquez at the Balboa Union Church in 1938 and went into the Army in 1943. After discharge, he returned to Panama where he lived and taught for the next 46 years. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society. William “Bill” E. Wall Jr., 77, of Morris Plains, N.J. died July 10, 2006. The son of Atlantic-side Pilot Capt. William E. and Marie J. Wall, he lived in New Cristobal from age seven until leaving the Canal Zone at the end of his junior year. |