Jan 2, 2019

James Thelton Tucker Jr. 73 James T. Tucker Jr. of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida. He was born December 8, 1946 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late James T. and Annie (Jones) Tucker Sr. He has been a lifetime resident of the area. He was a Water Field...

Jan 1, 2019

HENRY JOSEPH DRAINVILLE, 86 Henry J. Drainville of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at Advent Health in Sebring, Florida. He was born April 4, 1932 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He has been a resident since 2001 coming from Homestead, Florida. He was an Insurance Sales Representative. Henry was a veteran in the United States Army...

Dec 31, 2018

Rhonda Karen Davis, 59 Karen Davis of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, December 31, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born February 17, 1959 in Haines City, Florida. She has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a Sale’s Specialist for Lowe’s. Karen loved her cats, had a keychain collection and liked windchimes She...

Dec 27, 2018

Richard Allen Brundage, I, 84, of Frostproof, passed away at Florida Hospital Heartland in Sebring on Thursday, December 27. He was born on February 16, 1934 in Kalamazoo, MI to the late Maxwell Charles Allen and Edith Lovina (Hall) Brundage.

He moved to the Frostproof area 21 years ago coming from Miami. He was an entrepreneur who...

Dec 27, 2018

Marcella R. Brockway, age 91, passed away on December 27, 2018 in Winter Haven, FL. She was born January 14, 1927 in Merrill, Wisconsin to the late David and Frieda (Bruessow) Rajek.

A resident of Lake Wales, Fl since 1996, Marcella is preceded in death by her husband, Donald Hoadley Brockway who passed away in 2003. After...

Dec 26, 2018

Clarence John Rafeld, Jr. (Jeep), 97, died peacefully on Wednesday,  December 26, 2018, at The Bridge of Ocala.

He was born August 23, 1921, in Easton, Ohio. He moved from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Florida in 1993.  He was an active member of Lake Wales Lutheran Church and attended Our Redeemer Lutheran Church,...

Dec 25, 2018

Philip Raymond, 73 Philip M. Raymond of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2018 at The Grove Center. He was born September 23, 1945 in Portland, Maine to the late Elmer W. and Annie A. (Wiers) Raymond. He is preceded in death by his brother Elmer W. Raymond I. He is survived by his nephew Elmer W....

Dec 25, 2018

Jimmie Lee Brown, 84 On December 25, 2018 as we celebrated the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ we also celebrated the home going of Jimmie Lee Brown who faithfully served our Savior his entire life. He was born March 4, 1934 in Randolph County, Alabama to the late Noah J. and Annie L. (Shellnut) Brown. He has been...

Dec 23, 2018

Janie S. McDuffie, 84, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale.

She was born May 10, 1934 in Sylvester, Georgia to the late Dennard and Lula Olivia (Powell) Shiver and she has been a resident of this area since 1949 moving here from Americus, Georgia. She was retried from...

Dec 22, 2018

Joe Turner of Haines City passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Good Shepherd Hospice.

He was born July 25, 1943 in Dothan, AL to the late Winton and Monnet Turner; and was a lifelong resident of Polk County. He retired from Coco-Cola Foods as Hi-C superintendent. He was a member of the River of Life Church...

Dec 22, 2018

Robert Seymour, 84, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Dr. Phillips Hospital in Orlando, Florida.

He was born October 1, 1934 in East Hartford, Conn. to the late William and Edith (Johnson) Seymour and he has...

Dec 19, 2018

Oscar Roger Ireland, 87 Oscar R. Ireland of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. He was born July 17, 1931 Bridgeton, New Jersey to the late John E. and Betty (Strang) Ireland. He has been a resident of the area since 1997. He was the Facilities Manager for the Showboat...

Dec 19, 2018

Diedra Ann Smith of Frostproof, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at her home in Frostproof.

She was born April 15, 1945, in Ft. Worth, Texas to the late Deuward B. and Irene (Oxford) Hunter. She was a registered nurse in healthcare and has been a long-time resident of Frostproof. She enjoyed woodworking, crafting and scrapbooking....

Dec 19, 2018

Cora Mae Whipple, 80 Cora M. Whipple of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Spring Lake Nursing and Rehab. She was born July 10, 1938 in Adrian, Michigan to the late Edward and Marie Hunt. She has been a resident of the area for 18 years coming from Michigan. She was a Nurse’s Aide. She...

Dec 13, 2018

ADELITA MARIA NINO, 4 MONTHS Adelita Maria Nino of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018 at University Health. She was born August 7, 2018 at Winnie Palmer Hospital in Orlando. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother Maria Nino, maternal great grandfather George Matteson. She is survived by her father Juan Nino and mother...

Dec 11, 2018

LAURA  B.  MOODY,  74

Laura B. Moody of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the Winter Haven Hospital.

She was born November 10, 1944 in Nashville, TN to the late Roy B. & Alene Moody; she came to Lake Wales in 1994 from New York City, NY. She was retired...

Dec 9, 2018

RONALD GEORGE WHEAT, 71

Ronald G. Wheat of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018 at Winter Haven Hospital.

He was born January 1, 1947 in Clifton Springs, New York to the late Lawrence and Elaine (Coons) Wheat. He has been a full- time resident of the area since 2012 coming from Lyons,...

Dec 8, 2018

OCUS E. “MATT” DILLON, 90 Ocus E. “Matt” Dillon, of Lake Wales, Florida received his walking papers into the Lord’s presence on Saturday, December 8, 2018 while at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring, FL. A strong fighter he’s won the battle and has victory in Jesus Christ his Savior. Ex 14:14. He was born May 20, 1928 in a...

Dec 8, 2018

Geneva Waters, 84

Geneva Waters of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Grace Healthcare.

She was born September 30, 1934 in Worthington Springs, Florida to the late Smith and Ida (Davis) Waters. She has been a resident of the area since 1960. She was a...

Dec 7, 2018

Michael David Henderson 37 Michael D. Henderson of Babson Park, Florida passed away Friday, December 7, 2018 at his residence. He was born November 9, 1981 in Bartow, Florida. He was self-employed as a Handyman. He has been a lifelong resident of the area. Michael enjoyed his family, fishing, he loved working with his hands and on small engines....