THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2026 69 pendent living facility, in Lebanon, N.H. Initially a reluctant resident, Ms. Barnes came to savor her life there and the many friendships she formed. Ms. Barnes was also an accomplished writer and the published author of two novels, Unforgiving Heights (2003) and Far Is the Moon of My Home (2009). She was working on a third book in her final years, set in Communist Romania during the massive earthquake of 1977 and featuring characters from her previous novels. Shortly before her death, she asked her doctor to grant her two additional years so that she could finish her book. Ms. Barnes was preceded in death by her daughter Adrienne in 2003 and her husband, Harry, in 2012. She is survived by her daughters Pauline (and spouse, Adrian) and Sasha (and spouse, Carlos), son Douglas (and spouse, Mary), and her grandson Malcolm (and spouse, Casey). Memorial donations in Ms. Barnes’ name may be made to the Afghan Stray Animal League and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire. n Douglas Perry Broome, 84, a retired USAID Foreign Service officer, passed away peacefully, with his son and daughter by his side, on March 28, 2026, in Cortland, N.Y., from Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Broome was born in Waltham, Mass., on August 28, 1941, to Edwin Cornelius and Edith Perry Broome, and was a direct descendant of Captain Myles Standish of the Mayflower. In 1963 he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Swarthmore College and went on to obtain his master’s degree at American University, followed by doctoral studies at the University of Denver. He studied Arabic at the University of Cairo and continued his doctoral studies until obtaining a position at the United States Treasury Department in 1968. His love of travel, history, politics, and culture led Mr. Broome to the U.S. Foreign Service at the State Department and USAID in 1970, where he pursued a 30-year career in the developing world and in Washington, D.C. His overseas posts included Lagos, Ankara, Banjul, Dakar, New Delhi, and Kinshasa. Mr. Broome traveled extensively with his family throughout every continent in which he served. He spoke Arabic most fluently, but also spoke Wolof, French, and Hindi. In Washington, D.C., he was assigned to the Foreign Service Grievance Board in 1995 and served there as senior adviser and executive secretary for five years, until he retired from the Foreign Service in 2000. In retirement, Mr. Broome served as Senior Labor Management Adviser for the American Foreign Service Association from 2001 to 2016. A gifted writer, avid reader, and lifelong scholar, Mr. Broome nurtured an insatiable interest in world political history, culture, and religion. Also, as friends and family members recall, he could fix anything and spent his free time rebuilding vintage Mercedes automobiles, Gravely tractors, and literally everything from the kitchen sink to the dock on the waters of his beloved 40-year respite on Lake Champlain in Westport, N.Y. Friends recall that Mr. Broome embraced a curious and observant mind and had a mischievous bent combined with a dry delivery, often delicately walking the line between witty dark humor and inappropriate roasting. They also remark on how passionate he was about his wife’s Palestinian cooking, good beer, and summer days with friends and family at the lake. They remember him as a highly intelligent and hardworking man, a loyal husband, and a consistent, steady adviser and mentor to his close and extended family and his decades-long friends. Mr. Broome is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mariana Henriette Jalil Khalil Atiyeh Broome; son, E. Jason Broome; daughter, Justine B. (and spouse, Devin) Shay; grandchildren, Serafina Broome, Jonah Shay, Alexa Shay, and Julian Shay; and an adopted sister, Jano Brown. He was predeceased by his father and mother; stepmother, Madelin; and brother, Standish. Donations in his memory may be sent to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. n Elizabeth Perry Gourlay, 74, a retired Foreign Service officer, passed away on May 2, 2026, in Charleston, S.C. Ms. Gourlay was born in Charleston, S.C., on April 10, 1952, to the late Ambassador Robert S. Barrett IV, a career FSO, and Mavis P. Barrett. While she was growing up, the family lived in Iran, Cambodia, France, and Martinique. Ms. Gourlay attended French schools, receiving her French baccalaureate high school diploma from the prestigious Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, and then Clemson College in South Carolina. After her marriage ended, Ms. Gourlay joined the State Department as an office management specialist in 1986. Continuing to study, she later passed the Foreign Service Officer Examination and, following in the spirit of her family’s legacy of service, joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1989.
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