Currently, there are some layout and design changes taking place on the Tembagapura Blog. Each post, when called up as an individual post, will have some funky borders. Please excuse the mess during this process.

I also pass along that our mother Wilavi (most remember her as Wilie) passed away on 2/15/2009 due to short battle with cancer. Dad (Art) passed away in November 1991.

We we there from ‘74-’79.

We just discovered the obituary listings on the site and thought some of our early Tembagapurans may be interested in the following:

Steele Ansley died in New Orleans on January 14, 2005. Steele was in Tembagapura during construction and operations and was a vital force in the lives of early Tembagapurans.

Phil Brock died in New Orleans on March 3, 1992. Phil was a Freeporter in Tembagapura during construction and operations and spent six years there. His family was one of the earliest Freeport families to live in Australia prior to relocating to Tembagapura in 1973. Their youngest daughter, Anne Marie, was the second
expat child born in Tembagapura.

Helen Weaver, wife of Bob Weaver, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Houston. Bob Weaver is a former general manager of Freeport Indonesia. Helen and
Bob lived in Tembagapura in the mid-70’s.

Thanks,

Tena Carter, Bettie Bienvenu and Sue Brock

The U.S. National Weather Service has reported a 7.6 quake in the “bird’s head” area of Irian Jaya on Jan. 3, 2009.

Does anyone know if the jobsite was affected by this.

Hello to everyone from Tembags. We arrived in about January of 1982 and left in May of 1985. I remember with great fondness our good friends such as the Herrs, Crafts, Foulds, Rendons, Carters, the Johnsons, the Steels (sp?) and many others whose name, but not faces, escape me. My father, like many others, worked in the mine, my sisters Tamara and Vanessa and I attended the school where my mother, Twyla, was the General Music teacher. It would be really great to meet with others townmates we knew. For those of you on My Space, I’ve created a new group for the Tembagapura. Feel free to join by going to http://groups.myspace.com/Tembagapura [Jack's links are dead]. In addition, I am there under www.MySpace.com/paraaz [Jack's links are dead]. Love, Jack Lopez-Turner