Emma L. Walters Dasinger, 88, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Life Care Center of Winter Haven. She was born on December 11, 1927 in Union, Mississippi to the late Thomas and Della (Crocker) Rowell and she has been a resident of this area for 62 years moving here from Mississippi. She was a homemaker....
Kenneth W. “Ken” Stapleton, 77 of Winter Haven, Florida passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016 at his residence. He was born on December 6, 1938 in Huntington, West Virginia to the late John and Roxie (Wooten) Stapleton and he has been a resident of this area for 55 years and a resident of Winter Haven for 11 years. He...
Warren Calvin Lynch, 95, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring, Florida. He was born on January 5, 1921 in Gloucester, New Jersey to the late John Anthony and Eva (Addison) Lynch. He has been a resident of this area since 2005 after losing his home in Katrina in...
Christine Cannon Colbourne, 88, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 in Frostproof. She was born on September 30, 1927, in Frostproof, Florida to the late Rudolph and Ruby (Campbell) Anderson and has been a life-long resident of Frostproof. She was a homemaker and loved her family, yardwork and sewing. She was a church volunteer with a...
John Michel Kniffen, 60, passed away suddenly on Monday March 28, 2016. He is the son of Raymonde (Viger) Kniffen, Lake Wales FL. John was born in Pontiac, MI February 17, 1956. It was a glorious day. He lived in Pontiac until his graduation from Pontiac Northern HS and then continued his education in underwater technology at FIT, FL....
Ellum Patterson, Jr, “Buck”, 78, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 at his residence in Frostproof, FL. He was born on May 22, 1937, in Walhalla, South Carolina to the late Eliam and Nellie (Merle) Patterson, Sr. and has been a resident of this area since 1949 moving here from Walhalla, South Carolina. He was a...
Alma Stokes Vincent, 76 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Hawthorne Inn in Winter Haven, Florida. She was born on December 16, 1939 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Aubrey H. and Ruby Lois (Thomas) Hale and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a retired Dispatcher with the...
S.L. Nicholson, Jr., 90 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. He was born on April 4, 1925 in Homestead, Florida to the late Shellie Lee and Carolyn (Tyson) Nicholson, Sr. and he has been a resident of this area since 1945 moving here from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was...
Annette R. “Ann” Kensinger, 74, of Clermont, Florida passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, Florida. She was born on April 16, 1941 in Babson Park, Florida to the late Grady and Ila (Whidden) Richards and she has been a lifelong resident of this area until moving to Clermont to live with her...
Bishop C.E. McKay, 95, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 at his residence. He was born on May 20, 1920 in Greenville, SC to the late Jesse Talmage and Florence R. (Matthews) McKay and he has been a resident of this area since 2004 moving here from West Virginia. He was a retired Evangelical Minister....
Daniel Arthur Leitch, 81 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. He was born on August 13, 1934 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to the late Vearl and Catherine (Ervin) Leitch. He was a retired Machinist in the citrus industry. Daniel was an awesome cook, fisherman, hunter and was a jack of...
Raymond Kwasny passed away on March 25, 2016, surrounded by family. He was born July 31, 1928 in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of Matylda and Louis Kwasny. He graduated from LaPorte High School and served in Germany during the Korean War. On November 7, 1953, he married Barbara Ohime. For much of his life, Raymond worked in real estate....
Helen Joan Hartwig, 79 of New Smyrna Beach, Florida passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016 at her residence. She was born on December 22, 1936 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Walter Carl and Helen Sophia (Schiller) Hartwig and she has been a resident of this area for the past 30 years moving here from Kentucky. She was...
Lancelot Alder “Lance” Smith, Jr., 75 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at his residence. He was born on February 11, 1941 in Yonkers, New York to the late Evelyn Ross and he has been a resident of this area for the past 20 years moving here from Mahopac, New York. He worked for Dunn...
Louise “Lou” Fraiser Charette , 81, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. She was born in Lake Wales, Florida October 8, 1934 to Iate Ida (Varn) and Orion Fraiser. She was happily married to William Charette for 57 years before he passed away in 2012, also preceded in death...
Billie Jean Bagwell Pack, 80 of Sebring, Florida passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Sunny Hills Assisted Living Facility in Sebring. She was born on January 1, 1936 in Fletcher, North Carolina to the late William Clay and Leona (Singleton) Bagwell and she has been a resident of this area since 1965 moving here from Greeleyville, South Carolina....
Charles “Charlie” Fitzpatrick Blow, 44 of Ormond Beach, Florida passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016 in Davenport, Florida. He was born on December 2, 1971 in Sanford, North Carolina to Robert Blow and Carole Collins and he has been a resident for 6 months of Ormond Beach. He was a CNC Machinist for Empro Technetic Group. He attended Hope...
Judith A. Crummey of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016 at her residence. She was born May 9, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY to the late George & Doris Marino; and she has been a resident of Lake Wales since 2004 coming from Webster, NH. She was of the Catholic faith, has a passionate love of animals and...
Linda Jean Owen, 73 of Winter Haven, Florida passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 at her residence. She was born on January 1, 1943 in Winter Haven, Florida to the late John Hubert and Dixie Marie (Butler) O’Conner and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a retired Clerk for the Polk County Clerk of...
Gladys L. Waski, 79 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born December 13, 1936 in Teaneck, New Jersey to the late Edward and Louise A. (Greene) Hasse, Sr. and she has been a resident of this area since 1973 moving here from Northvale, New Jersey. She was...