Dr. Paul Maurice Taylor, 82, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice. He was born on July 7, 1933 in Earlington, Kentucky to the late Jesse and Fern (Peyton) Taylor and he has been a resident of this area since 2001 moving here from Kentucky. He was a retired physician. Paul started...
Willa Esther Walko, 86 of Babson Park, Florida passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. She was born on July 17, 1929 in Arlington, Florida to the late Raymond E. and Clara Belle (Hewitt) Newton, Sr. and she has been a resident of this area since 1978 moving here from Miami. She was a...
Cecile Christine Smith-Walcutt, 93, of Lake Wales, FL., passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. Born February 17, 1922, in Charleston, South Carolina, she is predeceased by her parents, John Andrew Smith and Fannie Wilson Campbell Smith, her husband, Hardin Owsley Walcutt and her grandson, Richard Wood Arnold. Christine was a long time resident of Lake Wales where she...
Tomas Maldonado, 80 of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at his residence. He was born on March 6, 1935 in Utuado, Puerto Rico to the late Augustin and Paula ( Serrano) Maldonado and he has been a resident of this area for 11 years moving here form Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a retired Machinist for International...
Arlene Shaw of Winter Haven succumbed to natural causes and passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Spring Lake Rehab Center in Winter Haven at the age 70. She was born February 20, 1945 in Atlanta, GA the third child of Walter and Lucille Hamlin. She was a retired nurse and operating room tech at the Lake Wales...
Robert W. Allen, 92, passed away Thursday, November 19,2015 at Savannah Court in Lake Wales. He was born July 1, 1923 to the late Thomas B. and Lucy (Hawkins) Allen in Waynesville, NC. Robert retired from the U.S. Navy and was a supervisor for A.O. Smith, Inc. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in SunRay and...
Imogene Tibado Stone, 82 of Titusville, Florida passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Edward M. Poe Hospice of St. Francis in Titusville. She was born on January 15, 1933 in Winter Haven, Florida to the late Charles and Lily Mae (Hill) Wingate and she has been a lifelong resident of Polk County. She was a Homemaker. Imogene enjoyed...
Robert L. “Bob” Rayburn, 65 left this earth to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 18, 2015. He was born June 16, 1950 in Mount Vernon, New York and moved to Miami in 1956. He graduated from Carol City High School in 1968, attended the University of Florida and studied business for four years. He then attended Miami...
Master Landyn James Chandler passed away November 16, 2015 at Winnie Palmer Hospital in Tampa. Infant son of, Ashley N. Wilkin and Tyler J. Chandler; other survivors include paternal grandfather, Donald Chandler of Lake Wales; paternal great-grandfather, Don Chandler of Branford; maternal grandmother, Katherine Wilkin and husband, Jeffrey Drummond of Winter Haven; maternal great-grandparents, Rhonda & Danny Wilkin of...
Gertrude L. Daniel, 97 of St. Petersburg, Florida passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015 at The Springs at Boca Ciega Bay in South Pasadena, Florida. She was born on April 10, 1918 in Piqua, Ohio to the late Fred and Elsa (Main) Loop and she has been a resident of Florida since 1923 moving here from Ohio. She was...
Rene Navarro, M.D. passed away at home on November 15, 2015 in Lake Wales. He was born on September 22, 1936 in Caraveli, Peru, South America to Alfredo Navarro and Benilda Arias de Navarro. Dr. Navarro attended primary and secondary school in Caraveli, Peru then went to Saleciano Catholic School in Lima, Peru. He graduated from University of Buenos...
Carey Juan “CJ” Henson, 22 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Florida Hospital Heartland in Sebring. He was born on May 6, 1993 in Winter Haven, Florida to Autrey and Raquel Castillo Henson and he has been a lifelong resident of this area. He was the Owner Driver for Poarch Creek Inc., was a member...
Celine Laverne Barron of Babson Park passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Grace Healthcare in Lake Wales. She was born on a farm in Newton Township, WI on September 21, 1931 to the late William Gustau and Laura Amanda (Klawieter) Eichman. She married Gordon James Barron October 9, 1948 and they moved to the Lake Wales area in...
Elizabeth Wirt Ohlinger, 97 Elizabeth (Beth) Wirt Ohlinger of Babson Park passed away Monday, November 9,2015 at Grace Healthcare in Lake Wales. She was born on April 9,1918 in Bartow to the late Erle Laurance and Elizabeth Blanding Wirt. Her family soon moved to their property on Wirts Point on Crooked Lake in Babson Park and she attended schools...
Emory Fenn Matteson, 98 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at his son’s residence. He was born on December 21, 1916 in Erie, Pennsylvania to the late Fenn W. and Ida (Hain) Matteson and he has been a resident of this area for 17 years moving here from Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a retired Sales Engineer...
William Gregg Pond, Jr. 72 of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Friday, November 6, 2015 at The Palms of Sebring. He was born on March 7, 1943 in Avon Park, Florida to the late William Gregg, Sr. and Lola Beatrice Pond and he has been a lifelong resident of this area. He was a retired Citrus Field Supervisor...
Tommy Lee Hill, 73 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Saturday, November 6, 2015 at Orchid Parks Nursing Home in Auburndale. He was born on March 16, 1942 in Abbeville, Georgia to the late Lemon and Irene Jones Hill and he has been a resident of this area for 2 years moving here from Abbeville, Georgia. He was a retired...
Leon M. “Pinky” Gravley, 78 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Somers Hospice house in Sebring. He was born on May 18, 1937 in Brevard, North Carolina to the late William and Mattie (Gillespie) Gravley and he has been a resident of this area since 1955 moving here from North Carolina. He was the owner...
Daniel Peter Senerchia, 73 of Winter Haven, Florida passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at his residence. He was born on October 21, 1942 in Bronx, New York to the late Peter A. and Mary J. (Rosamonda) Senerchia and he has been a resident of this area for 9 years moving here from New York. He was a retired...
Hester L. Jordon of Lake Wales passed away Monday, November 02, 2015 at Savannah Court. She was born April 5, 1916 in Roxbury, VT to the late William H. & Lucy Pope; and came to the area from Roxbury, VT in 1953. She was a retired dietician from Webber College and a member of the First Baptist Church of...