Valerie Kavin Wade Cacace

Valerie Kavin Wade Cacace

Aug 3, 2015

Valerie Wade Cacace, 71 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, August 3, 2015 at the Winter Haven Hospital. She was born on February 25, 1944 in Long Branch, New Jersey to the late John and Sarah (Villecco) Wade and has been a resident of this area since 1980 moving here from Miami, Florida. She was a homemaker and...

Daniel Thomas Wilken

Daniel Thomas Wilken

Aug 1, 2015

Daniel T. “Dan” Wilken 68, of Nalcrest passed away Saturday, August 1, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born on May 11, 1947 in Mt. Forrest,Michigan to the late Lawrence and Lucille ( Simon) Wilken and he has been a resident of this area for 7 years moving here from Jackson, Michigan. Daniel was a retired...

Barbara Jean "B.J." White

Barbara Jean "B.J." White

Jul 31, 2015

Barbara Jean “B.J.” White of Lake Wales passed away Friday, July 31, 2015 at the Kindred Hospital in Tampa. She was born on January 28, 1948 in Orlando, Florida to the late Harold Claude and Thelma Olene (Heath) Parrish and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a retired case manager for the Dept. of...

Helen M. Fee

Helen M. Fee

Jul 31, 2015

Helen M. Fee (née Stowell), of Lake Wales, FL died on Friday, July 31, 2015 of cancer. Born in Lyndon, VT in 1939, she relocated her family from Boston and settled in Lake Wales in 1975. Ms. Fee is survived by sons Edward Snavely (Elizabeth) of NC; James Snavely of Boston; daughter Lynne Snavely of Sebring, FL, sons Randy...

Jennifer L. Zamora

Jennifer L. Zamora

Jul 30, 2015

Jennifer Lynne Zamora “Jenni Bop”, 24 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was born October 10, 1990 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Rebecca Zamora Cole and Jose Alfredo Zamora, Jr. She has been a lifelong resident of Lake Wales, Florida. Jennifer attended Impact Church of Lake Wales and...

Dana Elizabeth Woodley Mitchell

Dana Elizabeth Woodley Mitchell

Jul 27, 2015

Dana Elizabeth Woodley Mitchell, 51, of Frostproof passed away July 27, 2015. She was born October 5, 1963, in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Daniel Frederick Woodley and Beverly (Humphrey) Little; and she has been a lifelong resident of Frostproof. She was a home maker and loved all animals, was an animal whisperer and loved her family and...

Harold Ernest Turner

Harold Ernest Turner

Jul 24, 2015

Harold Ernest Turner, 92. Born April 19, 1923 in Farmingdale, NY. He left this physical world to be with the Lord on July 24, 2015. Son of John B & Janet Turner, deceased. Brother of Bill, deceased, (wife Emma) Turner, John B Turner, deceased, Thomas Turner, deceased, & sister Ruth Davis, deceased. Father of Donald H., deceased, (wife Marion)...

David Wheeland

David Wheeland

Jul 24, 2015

David Wheeland, 90, of Lake Wales, FL passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 at Winter Haven Hospital. He was born in Mogadore, Ohio to the late Howard and Edyth Wheeland. David resided in Lake Wales since 1990. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 until 1946. He was wounded at Iwo Jima Volcano Islands in 1945...

Kevin Thomas

Kevin Thomas

Jul 23, 2015

Kevin Thomas, 61 of Lakeland passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center ER. He was born on January 3, 1954 in Lakeland, Florida to John and Margaret L. (Batte) Thomas and has been a lifelong resident of this area. He was the former owner of a moving company and was a member of the...

Richard A Margis

Richard A Margis

Jul 16, 2015

Richard A. Margis, 78 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. He was born on February 22, 1937 in Lithuania to the late Robert and Anna (Zander) Margis and he has been a resident of this area since 1956 moving here from Germany. He was a building and road surveyor....

Concepcion "Connie" Ybanez

Concepcion "Connie" Ybanez

Jul 10, 2015

Concepcion “Connie” Ybanez of Bartow passed away Friday, July 10, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born February 11, 1948 in Corpus Christi, Texas to the late Juan Garcia and Elia Zamora; and she moved to this area from Fond du Lac, WI in 1988. She was a retired cook and attended the First Baptist Church...

Margaret Johnson

Margaret Johnson

Jul 10, 2015

Margaret Johnson of Lake Wales passed away Friday, July 10, 2015 at The Groves Center. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the Marion Nelson Funeral Home in Lake Wales. Graveside service will be held 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 13, 2015 at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL.

Carol E. Johnson

Carol E. Johnson

Jul 9, 2015

Carol E. Johnson, 68 of Winter Haven, Florida passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was born on July 21, 1946 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Robert Henry and Edna Geneva (King) Knight and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a homemaker. Carol enjoyed crocheting, collecting...

Anne Catherine Graszik

Anne Catherine Graszik

Jul 6, 2015

Anne C. Graszik, 91 of Lake Shore, Florida and Winter Resident of Cairo, New York passed away Monday, July 6, 2015 at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born February 21, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Walter and Alice (Cunniff) Reeves. She has been a winter resident since the 1980’s. She was a bookkeeper. She was...

Virginia Updike Herndon

Virginia Updike Herndon

Jul 6, 2015

Virginia (Jinny) was born on December 29, 1922 in Trenton, New Jersey to the late A. R. and Mildred Updike and first moved to Sebring and then to Lake Wales, Florida in 1941. She graduated from Sebring High School in 1940 and went on to Florida State College for Women (now FSU) graduating in 1945. Before graduating from college,...

Albert E. Mccormick, Sr.

Albert E. Mccormick, Sr.

Jul 5, 2015

Albert E. McCormick, Sr., a longtime resident of Lake Wales, passed away on July 5 due to natural causes. Born March 31, 1918 in Emsworth, Pa. to Clara (McLaughlin) and Albert Roy McCormick, he graduated from Emsworth High School in 1935 and attended the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University. While working at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, he met...

Kathy Huggins Conner

Kathy Huggins Conner

Jul 5, 2015

Kathy Huggins Conner, 80 of Alturas, Florida passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Florida Hospital Orlando. She was born October 27, 1934 in West Bay, Florida to the late Calvin and Queenie Whitehurst Huggins and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a grader for Alcoma and Donald Duck Citrus Plants and she was of...

Steven S. Alexander

Steven S. Alexander

Jul 5, 2015

Steven Szeberenyi Alexander was born on November 4, 1925 in Budapest, Hungary. He died July 5, 2015 of lung cancer. Steven escaped the Communist Regime with his brother, George, during the 1959 Hungarian evolution. They came to New York and become proud American citizens. As a licensed professional civil engineer, Steven worked in many states including NY, CA, KY,...

Ernest Chapman Bottomley

Ernest Chapman Bottomley

Jul 5, 2015

Ernest C. (Ernie) Bottomley 94, of Lake Wales, FL, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2015. Ernie was born in Providence, RI and moved to Cranston RI at a young age. He lived in Cranston and established a successful electronics business in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corp during World War II. He was very proud...

Judy Kay Boettger

Judy Kay Boettger

Jul 4, 2015

Judy Kay Boettger of Lake Wales passed away July 4, 2015, at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born January 19, 1955, in Elkhart, Indiana to the late Clarence and Lois (Stutsman) Boettger; and she has been a resident of Lake Wales since 2006. She was a retail store clerk at Dollar General and CVS. She enjoyed reading, playing...