Barbara Faye Christie
Clarkstown High School Class of 1969
(who passed away September 20, 1975)

Information released from the US Peace Corps:

Barbara Christie served with the Peace Corps in the West African country of Benin, formerly known as Dahomey. The country had been a French Colony before gaining independence in 1960.

Barbara caught a respiratory infection while working in Benin and was being medically treated for her ailment. However, the respiratory infection developed into klebsiella pneumonia over the course of about a month and a half. Barbara was then evacuated to Germany for medical treatment, but her condition deteriorated over a three-week period leading to respiratory failure and to her death.

Barbara died on September 20, 1975 at the age of 24.