Betty Jo Burkman
Jan 21, 2015
Betty Jo Burkman, 74, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2015 at Kindred Healthcare of Tampa. She was born March 24, 1940 in Cherry Lake, Florida to the late Collie H. and Eleanor Mildred (Davis)Henry. She was a retired Seat Trim Engineer for Findley Industries and she was of the Baptist Faith. Survivors include her son,Thomas...
Judith Lee Sierra
Jan 20, 2015
Judith Lee Sierra, 69, of Lake Wales, passed away Tuesday, January 20, in Auburndale, Florida. Born September 27, 1945 in Elizabeth, NewJersey, to the late Andrew and Anna (Kovach)Remeta. She worked as a nurse. She is preceded in death by her husband Angel Sierra, and a brother Richard Remeta. survived by a sister, Barbara Ann Krieck of East Brunswick,...
Bertalan D Meseroll
Jan 19, 2015
Bertalan D. “Bert” Meseroll, 81 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born March 16, 1933 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and has been a resident of the area for 7 years moving here from Bayville, New Jersey. He was a retired supervisor for Rutgers University. He was a...
Lela P. Johnson
Jan 18, 2015
Lela P. Johnson of Lake Wales, Florida, died on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at the Grove Center. She was born on October 26, 1918 in Somerset, Kentucky to the late William and Mattie (Bullock) Barnett. She has been a resident of the area since September 2004 coming from Speedway, Indiana. She was a retired bank teller and was of...
Bruce E. Corneau
Jan 16, 2015
Bruce E. Corneau of Canterbury, NH passed away Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born July 19, 1948 in Franklin, NH to the late George & Lillian Corneau; and this was his first year coming as a winter resident from Canterbury, NH. He was retired from General Electric and he graduated from professional...
Edna W Buxton
Jan 16, 2015
Edna W. “MeMa” Buxton, 83, of Lakeland, Florida passed away Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born February 22, 1931 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Horace and LouElla Rivers Ward where she has been a lifelong resident. She was a Homemaker. Edna was a girls’ softball coach, Girl Scout leader, she...
Shawn L. Bryant
Jan 15, 2015
Shawn L. Bryant, 43, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away January 15, 2015 at his residence. He was born February 11, 1971 in Lake Wales, Florida to Roy and Beth Marie Marvel Bryant and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a mechanic for Florida’s Natural Growers. Shawn loved spending time with his grandchildren, enjoyed mountain...
Marvin Peyton White Sr.
Jan 15, 2015
Marvin Peyton White Sr. of Lake Wales, Florida, died on Thursday, January 15, 2015. He was 95 years old. Marvin was born on March 5, 1919 beside the fireplace at the family farmhouse on Sugar Run Road near Sunbury, North Carolina. After serving his country in the Army Air Corps, during World War II, Marvin was mustered out of...
George L Register
Jan 15, 2015
George L. Register, Jr., 77, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at his residence. He was born September 18, 1937 in Merritt Island, Florida to the late George L. Register Sr. and Zora Lee Alford, and has been a resident of this area since 1988 moving here from Seffner, Florida. George was a retired Truck...
James W. Kopp
Jan 15, 2015
James W. “Jim” Kopp, 78, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born December 28, 1936 in Defiance, Ohio to the late Leonard and Lillian (Pracht) Kopp and has been a resident of the area since 1994 moving here from Quincy, Michigan. He was a Self Employed Barber....
Henry Hill, Jr.
Jan 12, 2015
Henry Hill, Jr., 82, of Deering, New Hampshire and Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at his residence. He was born June 7, 1932 in Massachusetts to the late Henry Herbert Hill Sr. and Beryl Martin and he has been a winter resident of Lake Wales for 18 years coming here from Deering New Hampshire. Henry...
Edward Hanrahan
Jan 10, 2015
Edward Hanrahan, 80 of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Waters Edge due to Cerebral Atherosclerosis. He was born May 24, 1934 in Bronx, New York to the late Joseph and Mary (Brennan) Hanrahan. He has been a resident of the area for 20 years coming from Miami, Florida and was a retired Communications Tech for...
Jenny Timmermans
Jan 9, 2015
“Jenny” J. van den Bergh-Timmermans, age 90, passed away peacefully in her home at Water’s Edge of Lake Wales on January 9th with her two daughters by her side. Jenny was born on June 7, 1924 in Semarang, Indonesia. Her dad, Pieter van den Bergh, was the postmaster in this former Dutch Colony and together with her mother, Petronella...
Dolores Mary Bique
Jan 7, 2015
Dolores M. Bique, 77, of Winter Haven, Florida, peacefully passed away surrounded by her family Wednesday, January 7th, 2015 at Tampa General Hospital. Born November 1st, 1937 in Yonkers, New York, to the late James J. and Helen V. (Powers) McEvoy. Dolores has been a Winter Haven resident for 17 years, moving here from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dolores' 77...
Alicia Guijarro
Jan 7, 2015
Alicia Guijarro, 62 of Frostproof, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Florida Hospital Sebring. She was born November 18, 1952 in Loreto Rio Grande, Mexico and has been a resident of the area for 33 years coming here from Mexico. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic Faith. She is preceded in death by her father Pedro...
Brenda Joyce Curlee
Jan 6, 2015
Brenda Joyce Curlee, 51, of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born December 19, 1963 in Lake City, FL to Lemuel & Carole Curlee and came here in 1969 from Vernon, FL. She enjoyed crafts, family times and her cat, Cuddles. Brenda was preceded in death by her father;...
Nicholas Joseph Kronyak Iv
Jan 6, 2015
Nicholas J. “Nick” Kronyak, IV, 49 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born January 31, 1965 in Miami, Florida to Nicholas Joseph Kronyak IIII and Dianna Lee Perry Kronyak and has been a residence of the area since 1979 moving here from Hollywood, Florida. Nicholas was a...
Carla Diane Kopp
Jan 5, 2015
Carla D. Kopp, 58, of Lake Wales passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 at the Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida. She was born September 6, 1956 in Kewanee, Illinois to the late Charles & Ruth Kopp; and she came here from Burlington, IA in 1979. She was a 911 operator for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for over 11...
Robert Richard Reithel
Jan 3, 2015
Robert R. “Bob”Reithel, 91 of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, January 3, 2014 at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born January 27, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He came to Florida 30 years ago from Holtsville, New York and came to Lake Wales 15 years ago. He was a maintenance worker for the Holtsville School District and was...
Nathan Underwood
Jan 1, 2015
Nathan Underwood, 89, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Bartow Regional Medical Center. He was born August 24, 1925 in Enterprise, Alabama to the late Judson J. and Mattie Lula (Cotton) Underwood and he came to this area as an infant from Enterprise, Alabama. He served as a Polk County Highway Patrolman and retired...