Dorothea (Dot) Butler Macnamara was born in Valdosta Georgia on July 25, 1918 to Benjamin Shave Butler and Camille Morrison Butler. Dot and her Sister moved to Kissimmee (Osceola County) in 1920 to be raised by their grandmother, Alma Tatman Morrison, after Dot's Mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Dot and her sister Katherine (Kay) lived and attended school...
Royce B. Massey, 72, of Lake Wales passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Lakeland. He was born November 13, 1942 in Geneva County, Alabama to the late Henry Roy and Polly (Whitehead) Massey and he has been a resident of this area since 1945 moving here from Alabama. He was a retired Painter for...
Jo Anne “Jo” Given, 69 Jo Givens 69 of Dundee, Florida passed away Friday, April, 17, 2015, at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born September 3, 1945 in Nashville, Georgia to the late Simon and Elizabeth (Rutherford) Clements. She has been a resident of the area for 15 months coming from Lake Wales, Florida. She was a caregiver...
Duane Edward Griffith, 82, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Life Care Center of Winter Haven. He was born April 13, 1933 in Coal Valley, Illinois to the late Z. Doan and Margaret (Linn) Griffith and has been a resident of this area for over 20 years moving here from St. Cloud, Florida. He...
John D. “Danny” Trammell, 53 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015 at his residence. He was born on February 4, 1962 in Lake Wales, Florida to Franklin D. and Margaret Ann (Bunch) Trammell and has he has been a lifelong resident of this area. John was a Dry Wall Installer. He was an avid fisherman...
Bobby Joe Rose, 74, of Lake Wales passed away April 13, 2015 at his residence. He was born January 13, 1941 in Habersham, TN to Charles J. & Mae Jane Rose; and he has been a resident of the area since 1960. He was a retired truck driver and business owner of Rose Trucking. He was also a member...
Donnie Jerald Rucks, age 79, passed away April 13, 2015 at his home in Lake Wales, Florida. He was born in Miami, Florida on December 26, 1935 and was a longtime resident of Frostproof, Florida, where he owned, and for many years operated, Rucks Citrus and Cattle Company (formerly known as Rucks Arbuckle Dairy Inc.). He was the son...
Isaac Torres, 33, of Three Rivers, Texas passed away Saturday, April 11, 2015 at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. He was born April 30, 1981 in San Marcos, Texas to Faustino and Otilia Morales Torres. He worked in the Oil Industry in Texas as a Safety Supervisor. Under strict regulations he made sure he took necessary...
Dorothy Lawn Brown Silvernail, 79 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Friday, April, 10, 2015, at Heart of Florida Hospital. She was born July 20, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Arthur and Helen (Woodward) Lawn. She has been a resident of the area since 1995 coming from Millerton, Pennsylvania. She was a homemaker and a member of the...
Mary E. McCall, “Mama McCall” 94 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Friday, April 10, 2015 at the Somers Hospice House in Sebring. She was born on February 1, 1921 in Cruso, North Carolina to the late Matt Love and Sara (Mann) Burress and she has been a resident of the Frostproof area since the early 195o’s moving here from...
Bryston Karter Bell, infant, of Lake Wales, passed away Wednesday, April 8, in Lake Wales. He was born January 12, 2015 to Leland Bell Jr. and Amanda Blocker of Lake Wales. He is survived by his parents; sister, Eden Bell and brother, Trace Bell of Lake Wales; maternal grandmother, Beverly Blocker of Crawfordville; grandfather John Blocker of Frostproof; paternal...
Harold “Bill” Martin, 75, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, April 6, 2015 at his residence. He was born on May 6, 1939 in Lincolnton, Georgia to the late Maynard and Thelma (Goldman) Martin and has been a resident of this area for 55 years moving here from Georgia. He was retired from Publix as an assistant manager....
Patricia J. “Pat” Armold of Frostproof passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015 at her residence. She was born March 29, 1936 in St. Augustine to the late Charles & Ruby Rouse; and she came here from Land-O-Lakes in 2003. She retired after 46 years at SCL-CSX Railroad. She enjoyed fishing, vegetable and flower gardening, Nascar and was a New...
Bruce N. H. Ross, 61, of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born on May 19, 1953 in Nairn, Scotland to the late Donald and Kathryn (Urquhart) Ross and he has been a resident of this area since 2004 moving here from Scotland. Bruce was a Technician...
Evelyn Gene Gabriel of St. Petersburg passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Suncoast Hospice in Pinellas Park . She was born March 6, 1915 in Ann Arbor, MI to the late Adrian & Bertha Myers. She was a homemaker, of the Methodist faith and a veteran, serving for three years in the U.S. Navy. Evelyn was preceded in...
Edwardo Salazar, Jr. 26, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Monday, March 30, 2015 in Frostproof. He was born June 18, 1988 in Bartow, Florida to Edwardo and Juanita (Nerio) Salazar, Sr. and has been a resident of this area for 19 years moving here from Lake Wales. Edwardo worked for Dundee Citrus Plant and was a member of the...
Loretta J. Boik, 88 winter resident of Frostproof, Florida and Norvell, Michigan passed away, Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born January 21, 1927 in Wyandotte, Michigan to the late Herman and Meta (Pieper) Grobegge and she has been a winter resident of the Frostproof area for 36 years coming here from Taylor,...
Wayne Huckaby of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the Grace Health Care. He was born May 7, 1934 in Amber, OK to the late Clarence & Hazel Huckaby; and he came here in 2000 from Virginia. He was a retired Baptist minister, serving locally at the Bethel Baptist Church and the Golfview Baptist Church; his...
Carol J. Koivula, 78, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at her residence. She was born April 16, 1936 in St, Louis, Missouri and she has been a resident of this area since 2004 moving here from Missouri. She was a Retired Nurse. Carol was a member of the Road Runners RV Club and a member...
Donna Schucht Wagner, 80, of Lake Wales, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 at her home. Born in Lewistown, PA. on December 14, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Schucht.She worked in retail sales at W.T. Grant, T. G. & Y, Edwins Variety and Becketts Emporium. She was a huge fan of the Penn...