Claine N Coyer

Claine N Coyer

Dec 15, 2015

Claine Neil “Bud” Coyer, 79, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at his residence. He was born on February 19, 1939 in Mauston, Wisconsin to the late Claine and Ethel (Hauer) Coyer, Sr. and he has been a resident of this area since 1999 moving here from Columbus, Ohio. He was a retired Truck Driver...

Russell A Lyons

Russell A Lyons

Dec 13, 2015

Russell A. Lyons, 91, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born on June 23, 1924 in Little Neck, New York to the late Frank Russell and Renee A. (Anjard) Lyons and he has been a resident of this area since January 2007 moving here from Cutler Bay,...

Alberta Pearl Levene

Alberta Pearl Levene

Dec 12, 2015

Alberta P. Levene, 90, of Pinellas Park, Florida passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Tierra Pines Center in Largo, Florida. She was born on October 7, 1925 in Syracuse, New York to the late Earl and Pearl (Lake) Kerr and she has been a resident of Lake Wales since 1980 moving here from Miami, and she moved to...

Mary A Burke

Mary A Burke

Dec 12, 2015

Mary A Burke, 76, passed away in Sebring, Saturday, December 12, 2015. Born February 6, 1939 in Nevis, British West Indies to the late Ambozine Irvin Brookes, Mary moved to Lake Wales in 2004 from St. Thomas.She worked as a teacher for 23 years in St. Kitts before moving to St. Thomas where she went on to earn a...

Paul Monroe Keen, Jr.

Paul Monroe Keen, Jr.

Dec 10, 2015

Paul Monroe Keen, Jr. was born in Lake Wales, Florida on November 10, 1937 to Lucilla Clark Keen and Paul Monroe Keen, Sr. He attended schools in Lake Wales, graduating from Lake Wales High School In 1956. He attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland where he sang in the Concert Choir. He graduated with a B.S. in Citrus in...

Tony Alan Lock

Tony Alan Lock

Dec 10, 2015

Tony Alan Lock, 54 Tony Lock of Frostproof, Florida passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at his residence. He was born October 5, 1961 in Vincennes, Indiana to Harold and Linda (VanLue) Lock. He was a Special Education Teacher at Our Children’s Academy. He has been a resident of the area for 15 years coming from Lake Wales, Florida....

Rosa Milagro Pagan

Rosa Milagro Pagan

Dec 8, 2015

Rosa M. Pagan, 84, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at her residence. She was born on November 17, 1931 in Puerto Rico to the late Jose Antonio and Angela (Oquendo) Pagan and she has been a resident of this area for 23 years moving here from Puerto Rico. She was a homemaker and...

Gwendolyn M. Watford

Gwendolyn M. Watford

Dec 8, 2015

Gwendolyn M. “Gwen” Watford, 77, 0f Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday December 8, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born on November 13, 1938 in Babson Park, Florida at the late Harold and Edna Mae (McClure) Hayden and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a retired Secretary for Vanguard School...

Oradee Jones Acree

Oradee Jones Acree

Dec 6, 2015

Oradee J. Acree, 101, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Water’s Edge. She was born on October 30, 1914 in Ft. Meade, Florida to the late Cleveland V. and Lela Mae (Rhoden) Jones and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a retired Citrus Worker and Cattle Rancher. She was...

Linda Ann Sanders

Linda Ann Sanders

Dec 6, 2015

Linda Ann Sanders, 71 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was born on February 5, 1944 in Whitwell, Tennessee to the late Edward S. and Hazel Jackson Sanders. She has been a resident of this area since 1970 moving here from Miami, Florida. She was a Homemaker and...

Robert Earl Gilliland, Sr.

Robert Earl Gilliland, Sr.

Dec 3, 2015

Robert Earl Gilliland, Sr. 76, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015 in Lake Wales. He was born on February 8, 1939 in Daytona Beach, Florida to the late Capt. Raymond and Ida Belle (Bowlin) Gilliland and he has been a resident of this area since 2004 moving here from Islamorada, Florida. He was the...

Paul Maurice Taylor

Paul Maurice Taylor

Nov 28, 2015

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

Willa Esther Walko

Nov 27, 2015

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

Cecile Christine Smith Walcutt

Nov 25, 2015

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

Tomas Maldonado

Nov 24, 2015

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

Arlene Shaw

Nov 24, 2015

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

Robert W Allen

Nov 19, 2015

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 Stone

Imogene Stone

Nov 19, 2015

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 Rayburn

Robert Rayburn

Nov 18, 2015

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...

Landyn James Chandler

Landyn James Chandler

Nov 16, 2015

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...