March 2006

Charles Wallace Adair Jr., 91, a former U.S. ambassador to Panama and Uruguay, died January 22, 2006 of heart disease in Falls Church, Va. A longtime Foreign Service officer, Mr. Adair was ambassador to Panama from 1965 to 1969. After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1972, Mr. Adair lived in Stuart, Fla. until 1966, when he moved to Northern Virginia.

Colleen “Connie” Pritt Baldwin, 82, of Waldo, Fla. passed away on February 3, 2006. She was a former 25-year resident of the Panama Canal Zone and was married to the late William J. Baldwin.

John R. Barrett passed away February 15, 2006. He was born in Ancon, Canal Zone on March 22, 1946, and graduated from Balboa High School in 1964.

Dorothy Dugas Broadbent, 87, passed away February 4, 2006. She was a longtime resident of Baton Rouge, La. She was born and raised in the Canal Zone. She graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1940 and returned to the Canal Zone where she lived and worked until she married.

Jo Ann Carr, 69, a resident of Headland, Ark. died May 25, 2005 in a Dothan hospital. She formerly lived in the Panama Canal Zone where she was employed as a mathematics teacher. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society and the Canal Zone Social Group in Dothan.

Lucia Goodwin, 71, of Glen Mills, Pa. passed away January 29, 2006. She lived in the Canal Zone for 12 years and served as a translator with the U.S. Army and later worked for the Accounting Division of the Panama Canal Company before leaving in 1977.

Veta M. Hatchett, 94, of Boca Raton, Fla. passed away February 3, 2006. She was married to the late Willie Joe Hatchett for 57 years. They went to Panama in 1940 where he worked with the Locks Division and she was very active in the Eastern Star. In 1960, they returned to Georgia where they remained for many years. She was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Edward S. Mack, 82, of Sun City Center, Fla. died January 23, 2006 in Sun City Center. He was a retired ship pilot on the Panama Canal with 24 years of service. He was a member of the Panama Canal Society.

Robert Hugh Orr Sr., 81, passed away on January 10, 2006. He was born June 9, 1924 in Ancon, Canal Zone and graduated from Balboa High School. He served during World War II in the U.S. Army and graduated from the University of Houston in 1949.

Lorrain A. Spencer, 84, died January 17, 2006, and her husband, Thomas E. Spencer, 85, died January 19, 2006. They married on April 17, 1947 in the Panama Canal Zone and lived there until moving to Tallahassee 25 years ago. He was chief of the claims branch of the Panama Canal Co. and she was clinical head nurse of the U.S. Army Health Clinic at Fort Clayton.