He was a member of Panama's indigenous Kuna Nation, and he came to the U.S. in 1936 at Ellis Island, N.Y. He was the youngest of 12 and the second Kuna to receive a college degree in 1959.
He married his wife in 1949 and they were missionaries in Panama, establishing a grade school and performing medical/dental services. His greatest legacy was helping to create the Kuna alphabet and translating the New Testament into Kuna. He was tri-lingual and tri-cultural and led mission groups from Albuquerque - where he was a longtime resident - to Panama, well into his 70s after retirement.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 59 years, his three children, and many granchildren.
-Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque New Mexico, 7 Dec 2008
He married his wife in 1949 and they were missionaries in Panama, establishing a grade school and performing medical/dental services. His greatest legacy was helping to create the Kuna alphabet and translating the New Testament into Kuna. He was tri-lingual and tri-cultural and led mission groups from Albuquerque - where he was a longtime resident - to Panama, well into his 70s after retirement.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 59 years, his three children, and many granchildren.
-Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque New Mexico, 7 Dec 2008
He was a member of Panama's indigenous Kuna Nation, and he came to the U.S. in 1936 at Ellis Island, N.Y. He was the youngest of 12 and the second Kuna to receive a college degree in 1959.
He married his wife in 1949 and they were missionaries in Panama, establishing a grade school and performing medical/dental services. His greatest legacy was helping to create the Kuna alphabet and translating the New Testament into Kuna. He was tri-lingual and tri-cultural and led mission groups from Albuquerque - where he was a longtime resident - to Panama, well into his 70s after retirement.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 59 years, his three children, and many granchildren.
-Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque New Mexico, 7 Dec 2008
He married his wife in 1949 and they were missionaries in Panama, establishing a grade school and performing medical/dental services. His greatest legacy was helping to create the Kuna alphabet and translating the New Testament into Kuna. He was tri-lingual and tri-cultural and led mission groups from Albuquerque - where he was a longtime resident - to Panama, well into his 70s after retirement.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 59 years, his three children, and many granchildren.
-Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque New Mexico, 7 Dec 2008
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