Panama Flood Kills Mother Of SAFB Man
PANAMA (AP)-The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis, a former U.S. Peace Corps worker here was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home was one of 72 houses reported swept away by the flood waters in the highlands of Chiriqui Province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50s, came to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. She was a native of Oklahoma. After her tour she went back to the United States and returned to marry Lewis. She had worked in the Chiriqui Province.
Surviving Mrs. Lewis are two sons by a previous marriage: Frederick, who resides in Florida, and Lynn, stationed at Shepard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Tex. The Lewises were the only casualties reported among the small American colony in the Boquete area. The unofficial death toll from the floods stands at seven with seven persons missing and from 2.000 to 3.000 homeless.
Wichita Falls Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 13 Apr 1970, Mon
SOONER DIES IN PANAMA
Panama - A former Peace Corps worker born in Cleveland County has been reported drowned in Panama. The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home, in the town of Cerro Punta, Chiriqui Province, was one of 72 houses reported swept away by flood waters in the province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50's, went to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. After her tour she returned to the United States and later went back to marry Lewis.
The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 14 Apr 1970, Tue
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m1. Lewis Eugene Parsons, son of John Millard Parsons and Iris Barton, on 28 Oct 1931 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Together they had the following children:
Louis Edgar Parsons 1932–1968
Lynn Millard Parsons Sr 1934–2021
Alfred Adrian Parsons 1942–1986
Virginia Ruth Parsons 1946–1961
m2. Ralph Glenn Lewis, son of Robert M. Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth Pierson, in about 1966.
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U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974
Name: Virginia Jo Lewis
Age: 57
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1913
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Death Date: 9 Apr 1970
Death Place: Panama
Spouse: Ralph G Lewis
Cause of Death: Drowned in flood
Burial: David Cemetery, David, Chiriqui, Panama
Notice by telegram and copy of report to sons Lynn Parsons and Alfred A. Parsons
PANAMA (AP)-The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis, a former U.S. Peace Corps worker here was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home was one of 72 houses reported swept away by the flood waters in the highlands of Chiriqui Province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50s, came to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. She was a native of Oklahoma. After her tour she went back to the United States and returned to marry Lewis. She had worked in the Chiriqui Province.
Surviving Mrs. Lewis are two sons by a previous marriage: Frederick, who resides in Florida, and Lynn, stationed at Shepard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Tex. The Lewises were the only casualties reported among the small American colony in the Boquete area. The unofficial death toll from the floods stands at seven with seven persons missing and from 2.000 to 3.000 homeless.
Wichita Falls Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 13 Apr 1970, Mon
SOONER DIES IN PANAMA
Panama - A former Peace Corps worker born in Cleveland County has been reported drowned in Panama. The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home, in the town of Cerro Punta, Chiriqui Province, was one of 72 houses reported swept away by flood waters in the province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50's, went to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. After her tour she returned to the United States and later went back to marry Lewis.
The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 14 Apr 1970, Tue
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m1. Lewis Eugene Parsons, son of John Millard Parsons and Iris Barton, on 28 Oct 1931 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Together they had the following children:
Louis Edgar Parsons 1932–1968
Lynn Millard Parsons Sr 1934–2021
Alfred Adrian Parsons 1942–1986
Virginia Ruth Parsons 1946–1961
m2. Ralph Glenn Lewis, son of Robert M. Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth Pierson, in about 1966.
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U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974
Name: Virginia Jo Lewis
Age: 57
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1913
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Death Date: 9 Apr 1970
Death Place: Panama
Spouse: Ralph G Lewis
Cause of Death: Drowned in flood
Burial: David Cemetery, David, Chiriqui, Panama
Notice by telegram and copy of report to sons Lynn Parsons and Alfred A. Parsons
Panama Flood Kills Mother Of SAFB Man
PANAMA (AP)-The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis, a former U.S. Peace Corps worker here was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home was one of 72 houses reported swept away by the flood waters in the highlands of Chiriqui Province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50s, came to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. She was a native of Oklahoma. After her tour she went back to the United States and returned to marry Lewis. She had worked in the Chiriqui Province.
Surviving Mrs. Lewis are two sons by a previous marriage: Frederick, who resides in Florida, and Lynn, stationed at Shepard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Tex. The Lewises were the only casualties reported among the small American colony in the Boquete area. The unofficial death toll from the floods stands at seven with seven persons missing and from 2.000 to 3.000 homeless.
Wichita Falls Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 13 Apr 1970, Mon
SOONER DIES IN PANAMA
Panama - A former Peace Corps worker born in Cleveland County has been reported drowned in Panama. The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home, in the town of Cerro Punta, Chiriqui Province, was one of 72 houses reported swept away by flood waters in the province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50's, went to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. After her tour she returned to the United States and later went back to marry Lewis.
The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 14 Apr 1970, Tue
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m1. Lewis Eugene Parsons, son of John Millard Parsons and Iris Barton, on 28 Oct 1931 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Together they had the following children:
Louis Edgar Parsons 1932–1968
Lynn Millard Parsons Sr 1934–2021
Alfred Adrian Parsons 1942–1986
Virginia Ruth Parsons 1946–1961
m2. Ralph Glenn Lewis, son of Robert M. Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth Pierson, in about 1966.
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U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974
Name: Virginia Jo Lewis
Age: 57
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1913
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Death Date: 9 Apr 1970
Death Place: Panama
Spouse: Ralph G Lewis
Cause of Death: Drowned in flood
Burial: David Cemetery, David, Chiriqui, Panama
Notice by telegram and copy of report to sons Lynn Parsons and Alfred A. Parsons
PANAMA (AP)-The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis, a former U.S. Peace Corps worker here was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home was one of 72 houses reported swept away by the flood waters in the highlands of Chiriqui Province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50s, came to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. She was a native of Oklahoma. After her tour she went back to the United States and returned to marry Lewis. She had worked in the Chiriqui Province.
Surviving Mrs. Lewis are two sons by a previous marriage: Frederick, who resides in Florida, and Lynn, stationed at Shepard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Tex. The Lewises were the only casualties reported among the small American colony in the Boquete area. The unofficial death toll from the floods stands at seven with seven persons missing and from 2.000 to 3.000 homeless.
Wichita Falls Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 13 Apr 1970, Mon
SOONER DIES IN PANAMA
Panama - A former Peace Corps worker born in Cleveland County has been reported drowned in Panama. The body of Virginia Parsons Lewis was recovered Friday night from the Caldera River in Boquete, western Panama, where floods caused widespread damage last week. No trace has been found of her husband, Ralph Glen Lewis, a retired American businessman. The Lewis home, in the town of Cerro Punta, Chiriqui Province, was one of 72 houses reported swept away by flood waters in the province. The couple was last seen Thursday when neighbors came to warn them of the flood danger. Mrs. Lewis, who was in her mid-50's, went to Panama with the Peace Corps about seven years ago. After her tour she returned to the United States and later went back to marry Lewis.
The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 14 Apr 1970, Tue
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m1. Lewis Eugene Parsons, son of John Millard Parsons and Iris Barton, on 28 Oct 1931 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Together they had the following children:
Louis Edgar Parsons 1932–1968
Lynn Millard Parsons Sr 1934–2021
Alfred Adrian Parsons 1942–1986
Virginia Ruth Parsons 1946–1961
m2. Ralph Glenn Lewis, son of Robert M. Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth Pierson, in about 1966.
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U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974
Name: Virginia Jo Lewis
Age: 57
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1913
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Death Date: 9 Apr 1970
Death Place: Panama
Spouse: Ralph G Lewis
Cause of Death: Drowned in flood
Burial: David Cemetery, David, Chiriqui, Panama
Notice by telegram and copy of report to sons Lynn Parsons and Alfred A. Parsons
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