 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuMexico musi wa20 August 1966, Lerew akaroora Josephine Henriette Oude Reimerink, chizvarwa cheNetherlands chaakanga asangana nacho makore matatu akanga apfuura. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru weICAOs Flight Branch muna Kubvumbi 1969, chinzvimbo chaakashanda kusvika pamudyandigere musangano muna 1972. Pavakanga vava pamudyandigere, Lerew nomudzimai wake vakadzorera dzimba uye vakafamba zvikuru. Nzendo dzavo dzakaguma nokupukunyuka kunodokuva kaviri, muna December 1974 apo vakaneta nemamiriro okunze ane unyoro anodzvinyirira muDarwin ndokuenda nguva pfupi pamberi peCyphoon Tracy yakarova paZuva reKrisimisi, uye muna February 1976 apo vakasarudza kudzika musasa kure neLake Atitlan, Guatemala, iyo yakaparadzwa nokukurumidza pashure nokudengenyeka kwapasi kwakasiya vanhu vanopfuura 22 000 vafa. Vaviri vacho pakupedzisira vakagara muVancouver, uko John Lerew akafa nekenza musi wa24 Kukadzi 1996, aine makore makumi masere nematatu. Akasiyiwa naJosephine nevana vomumhuri yake yokutanga. 