Ronald H. Shaw
Oct 2, 2015
Ronald H. “Ron” Shaw of Winter Haven passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at his residence. He was born March 11, 1944 in Saginaw, MI to the late Harold Francis & Geraldine Shaw; and he came here from Shields, MI 15 years ago. He was retired from General Motors, attended the Holy Spirit Catholic Church and was a veteran...
Ines Velazquez Hernandez
Sep 30, 2015
Ines Velazquez Hernandez of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at The Groves Center. He was born September 25, 1929 in Humacao, Puerto Rico to the late Justino Velazquez & Generosa Hernandez; and he came to the area 15 years ago from Puerto Rico. He was retired from American Motor Company in Wisconsin and was a member...
Daniel T. "Dan" Cowles
Sep 30, 2015
Daniel T. “Dan” Cowles of Haines City passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. He was born June 25, 1939 in Mokelumne, CA to the late Milton S. and Louvernia Mae Cowles; and he moved to the area in 2008 from Wisconsin. He was a retired organ and tv salesman and service tech, a...
Melba Vega Frisco
Sep 29, 2015
Melba Vega Frisco of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at her residence. She was born April 21, 1931 in Managua, Nicaragua to the late Santiago Vega & Graciela Guerrero Vega; and she came to the area 15 years ago from Casselberry. She was a homemaker and member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. She was the...
Betty Jane Hannan
Sep 29, 2015
Betty Jane Hannan of Babson Park passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Savannah Court. She was born September 29, 1929 in Aurora, Indiana to the late Leo Downey and Ethel Lorraine Newland; and she came here from Lawrenceburg, IN in 1963. She was a retired nurse from Lake Wales Hospital and was a member of the First Christian...
James Paul Wolf
Sep 29, 2015
The sons and extended family of James Paul Wolf with much sorrow acknowledge that he succumbed to natural causes and died on September 25, 2015 in Winter Haven, FL at age 91. He had most recently spent an extended time at Spring Lake Rehab Hospital, away from his assisted living home in Lake Wales, FL. For those who knew...
Alyne Reed Metcalf
Sep 28, 2015
Alyne Reed Metcalf of Lake Wales passed away Monday, September 28, 2015 at Hawthorne Inn in Winter Haven. She was born October 3, 1935 in Avon Park to the late Rex Allen and Mary Reed; and she came to the Lake Wales area in 1984. She graduated from Avon Park High School, was a homemaker and member of the...
Joe "Jody" Ellis
Sep 27, 2015
Joe “Jody” Ellis, 82 of Frostproof passed away, Sunday, September 27, 2015 at The Grove Center. He was born on March 22, 1933 in Boaz, Alabama to the late Clarence and Bertha (Hammock) Ellis. He has been a resident of the area since 1955 coming from Alabama. He was a retired Insulation Installer for Watkins Engineering. He was a...
Reba Ann Dubberly
Sep 26, 2015
Reba A. Dubberly, 78 of Frostproof, Florida went to be with the Lord Saturday, September 26, 2015 at her home with family by her side. Reba was born in Stotesbury, West Virginia on September 21, 1937 to Clarence Walton Acord and Maybelle (Stump) Acord. She was a coal miner’s daughter and moved to Florida as a teen. She was...
Ursula Grete Kobi
Sep 22, 2015
Ursula Grete Kobi, 91, of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at her residence. She was born on May 26, 1924 in Germany to Erich and Else Friedrich and has been a resident since 1988 moving here from Lakewood, New Jersey. She was a retired private healthcare giver. Ursula enjoyed growing orchids and was a...
Richard "Dick" Caudill
Sep 22, 2015
Richard “Dick” Caudill of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at his home with his wife and his sister-in-law by his side. He was born December 15, 1940 in North Wilkesboro, NC to the late Silas and Reeda Caudill and graduated from North High School, class of 1959. Following graduation Dick enlisted in the United States Navy...
Clinton Austin Curtis
Sep 21, 2015
Clinton Austin Curtis, 83, passed away on September 21, 2015 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Albany, New York on August 09, 1932. After graduating from Vincentian Institute School, with the loving support of his beloved Aunt Katheryn Bradt, he entered the U.S. Air Force where he was stationed at the Bartow Air Field...
Nancy Wolfson
Sep 20, 2015
Nancy Wolfson of Wauchula passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Florida Hospital in Orlando with her children by her side. She was born September 4, 1955 in Chillicothe, OH to the late Claris & Darlene Richendollar; and she came to the area in 1976 from Ohio. She was a retired lab technician for Lake Wales Hospital and...
Ruby Jewel Campbell
Sep 19, 2015
Ruby Jewel Campbell, 92 of Lake Alfred, Florida passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Brandywyne Nursing Home in Winter Haven, Florida. She was born on July 2, 1923 in Eminence, Missouri to the late Butler and Della (Woods) Bunch and she has been a resident of this area since 1983. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Samuel Seda
Sep 18, 2015
Samuel Seda, 66 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, September 18, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born on February 16, 1949 in Lajas, Puerto Rico to the late Samuel Seda-Rodriguez and Percida Seda- Martinez and he has been a resident of this area since 1997 moving here from Providence, Rhode Island. He was a...
Richard Paul Heaton
Sep 18, 2015
Richard Paul Heaton, 88, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at Savannah Court. He was born on January 12, 1927 in Andrews, North Carolina to the late Robert T. and Etta M. (Mchaffey) Heaton and he has been a resident of this area since 1992 moving here from North Carolina. He was a retired Special...
Carthell Grace Day
Sep 17, 2015
Carthell G. Day of Frostproof passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at her residence. She was born November 5, 1925 in Holmes County, AL to the late John B. & Victoria Stewart Grace; and moved here in 1947. She was a retired sectionizer/canner in the citrus industry and attended the Frostproof Church of God. She loved to crochet. She...
Marvin Meeks
Sep 16, 2015
Marvin “Tump” Meeks, 88 of Frostproof passed away, Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at his residence. He was born on January 12, 1927, in Cobbtown, Georgia. He was a retired truck driver from Crumbly Brothers Citrus. Tump was an avid fisherman and was of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Pearl; 8 children, 13 grandchildren and...
Owen Cole
Sep 15, 2015
Owen Cole, 85 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Winter Haven Health and Rehab Center. He was born on July 21, 1930 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky to the late Lewis and Cynthia (Shepard) Cole and he has been a resident of this area since 1979 moving here from Wabash, Indiana. He was a retired Foreman...
Dr. Karem Y. Principe-Rodriguez
Sep 14, 2015
Dr. Karem Y. Principe-Rodriguez of Winter Haven passed away Monday, September 14, 2015 at her residence. She was born December 12, 1969 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to the late Francisco Jose Principe-Rodriguez and Lydia Esther Rodriguez-Quinones; and she moved from Lake County to Polk County 7 years ago. She was a medical doctor at Lake Wales Medical Center...