74 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2026 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Wright Norris, Stella Norris, and Jimmy Norris. She was predeceased by her parents; sisters, Yvonne Floyd and Frances Wright; and brother, Hubert “Pete” Wright. She is survived by a sister, Mary “Beezie” (and spouse, Harvey) Shiflet, and two sisters-in law, Marjorie Norris Wilson and Marilyn Holt Wright. n Diana Lynn “Diane” Pascoe, 82, the wife of retired Foreign Service Officer B. Lynn Pascoe, died peacefully in Alexandria, Va., on May 23, 2026, from a rare blood cancer. Born in Keokuk, Iowa, on September 14, 1943, Ms. Pascoe graduated from Keokuk High School and later received a BS in medical technology from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She spent a year at the Sloan-Kettering Institution in New York studying cancer detection, which she put to good use when she helped the top medical school in Taiwan recalibrate its cancer statistics. She later worked for the American Red Cross and Group Health, as well as for various retail outlets. Ms. Pascoe married her high school sweetheart, Lynn, while the two were in college, and they embarked on a close, loving partnership for the next 63 years. They lived in Lawrence, Kan.; New York; and Taipei before Mr. Pascoe entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. Serving in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Beijing (twice), Moscow, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, and Jakarta, the couple moved 22 times. Ms. Pascoe occasionally worked in the embassy medical units, but she truly found her calling in consular sections helping American citizens in distress abroad. When Mr. Pascoe held leadership positions in Beijing, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, and Jakarta, Ms. Pascoe was well known for promoting high post morale and ensuring that everyone in the mission received invitations to the residence. Throughout her life, she was also her husband’s closest friend and confidante. Ms. Pascoe is remembered for her strength, humor, and compassion by those whose lives she touched. She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Kimberley Farrell of Appleton, Wisc., and FSO Gwendolyn Cardno of Falls Church, Va., both raised in the Foreign Service; and four grandchildren, Brenna Farrell of Irvine, Calif., Crichton Farrell of Cape St. Clair, Md., and Ella and Kate Cardno of Falls Church, Va., who will miss her generosity of spirit and her amazing cooking. She is buried in the DACOR Memorial Section for Foreign Service families at the Rock Creek Cemetery. n Dr. John H. Rennick, 77, a former State Department psychiatrist and Foreign Service specialist, died surrounded by his family in May 2026 at his home in Medford, Ore., after a months-long battle with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. Born in El Paso, Texas, on July 23, 1948, John “Juanito” Rennick spent early summers with his two brothers cavorting in the mountains of southern New Mexico; pestering their mother, grandmother, and beloved nanny; building model trains; playing baseball; and earning his Eagle Scout badge. He graduated from the University of Arizona and then the University of Texas Medical School, where he found his two loves: medicine and his life partner, Judy. Following in his father’s footsteps, Dr. Rennick devoted the next five decades to serving his patients across the globe. Starting in rural Tennessee as a family practice doctor alongside his wife, Judy, he soon moved into the field of psychiatry. He co-founded a hospital and second hospice (his first was in El Paso) in Las Cruces, N.M., before establishing his own practice and becoming a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Medicine and a love for travel subsequently took Dr. Rennick, his wife, and their four young children from New Mexico to Bavaria and back to Texas, Minnesota, and Colorado. There, in 1999, Dr. Rennick was commissioned as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves, assigned to a combat stress unit, and deployed to Fort Leonard Wood during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2008 he joined the U.S. State Department Foreign Service as a regional psychiatrist. He served in Beijing, Mexico City, and Washington, D.C., before reaching State’s mandatory retirement age of 65 in 2014. He retired from State but not from working. Though Dr. Rennick continued to practice psychiatry at Options of Southern Oregon, he found a second calling as a greeter, host, and chief valet when he and his wife opened Dos Mariposas Vineyards and Lavender Farm in Medford, Ore. A committed member of Rotary, he believed deeply in giving back to his community. During medical school, he worked with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, an organization that was later honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. Throughout his life, friends and family members recall, Dr. Rennick carried that same spirit of service, believing that even small acts of care and advocacy could make the world better for future generations.
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