Brenda Peavey Purcell

Brenda Peavey Purcell of Lake Wales passed away Monday, August 2, 2010 at the Winter Haven Hospital.

She was born January 18, 1958 in Meriden, CT; and moved to Lake Wales from Sarasota in 2003. She was a business woman who owned/operated Country Lane Deli in East Haddam, CT, and Papa Joe's Deli in Sarasota. She was very artistic, and active in the Polk County Fellowship Dining program. Brenda was very good at sensing the need of others, and filling that need.

Brenda was preceded in death by her father, Daniel W. Peavey, Jr. Survivors include her sons, Patrick Michael Purcell of Lake Wales, Ryan James Purcell of Lake Wales; mother, Eleanor Peavey of Lake Wales; brothers, Michael (Betty) Peavey of Shapleigh, ME, Stephen (Teresa) Peavey of Wallingford, CT; five nieces and nephews; and six grand nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Friday, August 6, 2010 at the Episcopal Church of The Good Shepherd, Lake Wales. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 PM Thursday, August 5, 2010 at the Marion Nelson Funeral Home, Lake Wales. For those who wish, contributions may be made in her memory to Polk County Fellowship Dining, P.O. Box 9005, Drawer HS12, Bartow, FL 33831.