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GUTHRIE -- Donald Keith Guthrie, 73, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died at home from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease on March 18, 2010. Keith Guthrie grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where his parents were professors at New Mexico State University. He attended Las Cruces High School and New Mexico State University and he received degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. As a Fulbright Scholar he studied at the University of the Andes, in Bogota, Columbia. Mr. Guthrie served as a Foreign Service Officer with the United States State Department from 1961 until his retirement in 1991. His diplomatic posts included the Philippines, Panama, Indonesia, Saipan, plus numerous assignments in Washington D.C. His last foreign post was as charge' d'affaires in Belize. Keith had a lifelong interest in railroads and after his retirement researched and wrote articles about the logging railroads in Virginia. His other interests included stamp collecting, bird watching, sailing, hiking, playing the piano and clarinet, travel, and languages. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Keith Guthrie is survived by his wife Judy Stanford; his brother Kenneth Guthrie; and his extended family Simon Stanford (London), Nick Stanford (Edinburgh), Andy Stanford (London), Lauren Sawyer (Boulder), Peyton and Brett Sawyer (Albuquerque), and Jonathon Sawyer (Dallas). A celebration of life memorial service will be held Saturday, April 3, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., at the First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, 3701 Carlisle Boulevard NE (at intersection with Comanche Road). In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, New York 10018; www.pdf.org.
        Published on: Mon March 29, 2010