Dec 21, 2016

Kyle Horace DeVane, 51, of Frostproof passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at his residence in Frostproof. 　 He was born on November 26, 1965 in Plant City to the late Gerald Berton and Carolyn Weeks DeVane. He has been a resident of Frostproof for the past 18 years and was a retired lineman for Progress Energy. Kyle participated in...

Dec 19, 2016

JAMES  C.  “JIM”  WILLIAMS,  81 James C. “Jim” Williams of Lake Wales passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, He was born June 8, 1935 in Forsyth, GA to the late David & Agnes Williams; he worked his way through college at Macon Hospital in surgery. He moved to Florida from Atlanta, GA in 1962...

Dec 18, 2016

Fannie Marie Rhudy, 94

Fannie M. Rhudy of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Orchard Park Nursing Home in Auburndale.

She was born November 6, 1922 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Frank and Blanch (Pinkston) Hugh. She has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was...

Dec 17, 2016

BARBIE  SKRUTSKIE,  81

Barbie Skrutskie of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

She was born July 6, 1935 in Bloomfield, NJ to the late John & Estell Fulton; she moved to Lake Wales ten years ago. She was a retired banking executive and a member...

Dec 16, 2016

Elva Rivas of Frostproof, Florida passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at Florida Hospital Heartland.

She was born July 19, 1943 in Matamoros, Mexico to the late Rafael and Guadalupe (Gamboa)

Garcia. She has been a resident of the area for 33 years coming from Mexico. She was a...

Dec 16, 2016

MARY  JANE  WYROSDICK,  61 Mary Jane Wyrosdick of Lake Wales passed away peacefully Friday, December 16, 2016 at Kindred Hospital in Tampa. She was born July 12, 1955 in Lake Wales to Charles & Mary Wyrosdick; she was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a retired maintenance supervisor from Webber International University and attended the Impact Church....

Dec 10, 2016

GERALD  KENNETH  ANDERSON,  59 Gerald Kenneth Anderson of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016 at his residence. He was born June 3, 1957 in Folkston, Georgia to the late Simon Peter and Adelaide Anderson; and he moved to the area in 2002 coming from Lakeland, Florida. He was a retired lineman from Verizon. Gerald was preceded in...

Dec 7, 2016

Sibyl S. McKenzie 97, of Bartow, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at The Grove Center. She was born on October 16, 1919 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Noah Jefferson and Alice (Davis) Smith and she has been a resident this area since 1997 moving here from Frostproof. She was a retired Insurance Underwriter.  Sibyl graduated from Andrew...

Dec 5, 2016

Walter E.H. Laude, 92

On December 5, 2016, Dr. Walter Laude, MD, died peacefully at his home in Babson Park, surrounded by his five children.

He was born in Heiligenbeil, East Prussia in 1924. After studying medicine at the University of Hamburg, he worked in neurosurgery. He was a lifelong devoted member of...

Dec 5, 2016

Suzann Mary Bendersky, 79

Suzann M. Bendersky of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at her residence.

She was born March 9, 1937 in Budapest Hungary and has been a resident of the area for 10 years coming from St. Louis, Missouri. She was a Registered Nurse. Suzann enjoyed reading,...

Dec 3, 2016

LARRY  STALLANS,  64

Larry Stallans of Lakeshore passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale.

He was born July 28, 1952 in Maryville, TN; he loved Elvis, the Dallas Cowboys and riding his bike.

Larry was preceded in death by his sisters, Georgeann Donovan O'Keefe and ...

Dec 2, 2016

Robert DeWitt Rowse, 82

Robert Rowse of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Auburndale.

He was born April 1, 1934 in Souix City, Iowa to the late Leroy and Muriel (Dewitt) Rowse. He has been a resident of the area for 10 years coming...

Dec 2, 2016

William B. “Billy” Taylor, 76

Billy Taylor of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at Lake Wales Medical Center.

He was born September 29, 1940 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania to the late Marshall and Ida (James) Taylor. Billy was a veteran in the United States Marine Corp., member of the N.R.A.,...

Dec 1, 2016

Irene Dicey Tuttle, 102 of Naples, Florida passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at her residence. She was born on August 14, 1914 in Palmetto, Florida to the late Robert and Eleanor

(Dicey) White. She was a retired Cafeteria Manger for the public-school system. Irene was an incredible grandmother,...

Dec 1, 2016

Doris Jean Fullerton, 88

Jean C. “D.J.” Fullerton of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Winter Haven Hospital.

She was born January 3, 1928 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Arthur H. and Monnette (Brown) Clark.  She has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was the...

Nov 30, 2016

Barbara M. Jones, 91

Barbara M. Jones of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at her residence.

She was born June 8, 1925 in Bridgeton, New Jersey to the late Charles A. and Pauline H. (Ware) Mulford. She has been a resident of the area since 1950 coming from New...

Nov 27, 2016

Robert Eugene Bique, Sr.   80

Robert E. Bique, 80, of Winter Haven, Florida passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Good Shepherd Hospice, in Auburndale, Florida.

He was born on December 15, 1935 in East Lansing, Michigan to the late Romaine J....

Nov 27, 2016

Carl H. “Woody” Wood of Frostproof passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 in Frostproof, where he has lived for the last ten years with his daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Ron Ayres, granddaughter, Mandi Kikta, and great-granddaughter, Virginia.

He was born December 16, 1931 in Trenton, GA to the late Arthur Lee & Grace Wood; he came...

Nov 26, 2016

Destiny Nicole Thornton, 17

Destiny Thornton of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at her residence.

She was born December 3, 1998 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. She has been a resident of the area since 2009 coming from Daytona, Florida. Destiny was a fighter, she loved the woods and touched...

Nov 24, 2016

RAY  THOMAS  CURLEE,  SR.,  76 Ray Thomas Curlee, Sr. of Lake Wales went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 24, 2016 at his residence. He was surrounded by his loving family. He fought a long hard battle with cancer. Ray was born April 26, 1940 in Vernon, FL to John Chester Curlee and Nellie Marie Jones...