The Foreign Service Journal, May 2014

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | MAY 2014 67 N.C., to be closer to his grown children from a previous marriage. Mr. Colm is remembered for his wry sense of humor and puckish wit, his encyclopedic knowledge and impeccable memory, and his liberal cultural views. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Pamela L. Colm of Graham, N.C.; his chil- dren from his previous marriage to Sandra Kubat Colm: Janet Colm of Pittsboro, N.C.; John Colm of Lakewood, Ohio; Sara Colm of Stuart, Va.; and Martha Behnke of Graham, N.C.; four grandchildren: Jackie Colm of Lakewood, Ohio; and Daniel Fields, Sara Behnke and Lea Behnke of Graham; and two sisters, Anne Repaske of Star Tannery, Va., and Stine Levy of Bloomington, Ill. A brother, Claus H. Colm of Lake Bomoseen, Vt., predeceased him in 2013. n Victor H. Dikeos , 90, a retired For- eign Service officer, died of cancer on Jan. 14 in Pasadena, Calif. Born in Devils Lake, N.D., on Oct. 15, 1923, Mr. Dikeos graduated fromMontana State University and worked in the private sector for several years before volunteer- ing for the U.S. Navy’s V-5 program. There he trained as a Corsair aircraft pilot, attaining the rank of ensign. Following World War II, he spent sev- eral years with the Civil Service Commis- sion in its Los Angeles field office before joining the Foreign Service in 1954. Mr. Dikeos’ overseas postings included Hong Kong, Manila, Warsaw, Beirut, Mexico City and Panama City. During his time as a security officer in Warsaw, FSO Irwin Scarbeck was uncov- ered and later convicted of espionage for handing over classified information to Polish Communist agents. Mr. Dikeos received a State Depart- ment Superior Honor award in 1966, and attended the U.S. Naval War College in 1969. While serving as deputy chief of mission in Panama, he was tapped as the State Department’s representative to aid in the return of the bodies of American victims in the 1979 Jonestown massacre in Guyana. His last Washington assignment was as deputy assistant secretary of State for security. Shortly after retiring to Hilton Head, S.C., in 1980, Mr. Dikeos was recruited to the Multinational Force of Observers, the international organization whose govern- ments perform peacekeeping responsibili- ties between Israel and Egypt in the Sinai. When the first MFO director general, Leamon R. Hunt, was assassinated in 1984, Mr. Dikeos succeeded him. At the end of his termwith the MFO, he returned to Hilton Head for a time before eventually settling in Pasadena. Amodest, self-effacing person with a quick wit, Mr. Dikeos could sometimes be coaxed into sharing details of the many interesting experiences he had during his career. He is survived by his wife, Jo Ann, and son Gary of Pasadena; his son Mark (and his wife, Marilyn) of Lake Oswego, Ore.; and six grandchildren. n Aili M. Kiuru, 71, died unexpectedly on Dec. 8, 2013, in Merida, Mexico. Born in Putman, Conn., on Oct. 29, 1941, Ms. Kiuru was the daughter of the late Andrew and Johanna Kiuru. A gradu- ate of Woodstock Academy in Woodstock, Conn., she studied at the Montessori School in London, England, and became a Montessori teacher in Merida for several years. She also lived in Spain for 10 years before joining the State Department in Washington, D.C., and becoming a For- eign Service office management special- ist. For the next 20 years, she was posted in locations around the world including Tegucigalpa, NATO headquarters in Brus- sels, Asuncion, Montevideo, Bern and Prague. Richard Brown, Thomas Dodd Jr. and Timothy Towell were among the ambassadors for whom she worked. Her Foreign Service travel also took her to Russia, Finland and Greece, and she spoke Spanish, Finnish, French and German. After retiring from the Foreign Service, Ms. Kiuru settled in Merida, where she was vice president of the International Women’s Club of Merida. Ms. Kiuru is survived by her sister, Alma Kiuru Morris of Swampscott, Mass.; her nephew, Ned Morris (and his wife, Toni, and daughters Alice and Isobel) of Michigan; her niece, Nancy Fleagle Wil- liams of NewMexico; her nephew, Robert Fleagle of Somerville, Mass.; and many cousins in Finland. n Samuel W. Lewis, 83, a retired Foreign Service officer and former ambas- sador, died on March 10 at his home in McLean, Va., of lung cancer. Samuel Winfield Lewis Jr. was born on Oct. 1, 1930, in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Yale University, where he became interested in foreign affairs, in 1952. After receiving a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in 1954, he joined the Foreign Service. Mr. Lewis’ first posting was as a consular officer in Naples. He then served as a political officer and acting principal officer in Florence (1955-1959) and as offi- cer in charge of Italian affairs at the State Department (1959-1961). From 1961 to 1962, he served as special assistant to the under secretary of State, and from 1963 to 1964 he was a visiting fellow at Princeton University. In 1965 he was detailed to Rio de Janeiro as deputy assistant director for