May 30, 2015

Hugh E. Woods of Lake Wales passed away May 30, 2015 at Sabal Palms of Largo. He was born August 13, 1932 in Blount County, AL to the late James Ollie & Ruby Woods; and he has been a resident of Lake Wales for 14 years. He was the retired CEO of World Omni Financial Corp., a member of...

May 30, 2015

Russell Lewis Noble of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015 at his residence. He was born January 31, 1938 in Easton, PA to the late Russell Louis & Evelyn Noble; and he came here from Crystal River three years ago. He was a retired truck driver, member of the Lake Wales Alliance Church and a veteran, serving...

May 30, 2015

Ralph E. Bernaquer of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015 at his residence. He was born May 7, 1937 in Boston, MA to the late Ralph & Genevieve Bernaquer; and he came here from Farmington, NH in 1999. He was a retired painter and a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Patricia...

May 29, 2015

Larry Lipps of Lake Wales passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born July 27, 1941 to the late Leonard & Elizabeth Lipps; and he came here from Davenport 8 years ago. He was a retired manager from Montgomery Ward and St. Paul Bank in Illinois and was a veteran, serving in...

May 29, 2015

Debra Renea Zorn, 58 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at Somers Hospice House. She was born June 10, 1956 in Lake Wales, Florida to the late William Henry and Faith Bertha (Ring) Zorn and she has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a Department Manager for Lake Wales Walmart #859 for...

May 28, 2015

Delorise “Dodie” Lorraine Williams, 84 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015 at her residence. She was born February 2, 1931 in Washington, DC to the late Hiram Oran and Violet Alice (Weyandt) Bibby she was raised in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and moved to Bradford, Florida in 1947. She Married James Harold Williams of Trenton, Florida in...

May 22, 2015

Susan Elaine Beal, 75, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at her residence. She was born May 15, 1940 in Newport News, Virginia to the late Dr. Alden Parker and Dorothy Brigham Cleaves and she has been a resident of the area for 10 years moving here from Vero Beach. She was a retired Head Librarian....

May 22, 2015

Rebecca Ann Winkler, 73, of Frostproof Florida passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at her home. She was born in Monette, AR on February 20, 1942 to the late Alfred and Bonnie (Oliver) Marchbanks. She was pet groomer for over 50 years and worked at Bubbles and Bows. She moved to Frostproof in 1995 coming from Michigan. She is...

May 22, 2015

Robert “Rob” Morris, 61 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at his residence. He was born October 30, 1953 in Toledo, Ohio to the late William H. and Betty (Snook) Morris. He has been a resident of the area for 15 years coming from Old Town, Florida. He was a Carpenter. Survivors include his sons...

May 22, 2015

Robert D. “Bob” Perkins 64 Robert D. Perkins, 64, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born May 25, 1950 in Leesburg, Florida and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a Self-Employed salesman in Agriculture. He was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by...

May 21, 2015

Margit Szvoboda, 92, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Savannah Court. She was born May 15, 1923 in Novisad, Yugoslavia to the late Peter and Maria Kern Wildpret. During World War II, she spent 7 years of her life seeking refuge throughout Europe to escape the hands of the German forces. Ms.Szvoboda arrived in...

May 21, 2015

Roberta M. Levin, 85 of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Thursday, May 21, 2015, at Somers Hospice House. She was born in Rhode Island to the late Robert and Helena Moffatt. She has been a resident of the area for 4 years. She was a Representative for a telephone company in South Florida and Chicago for 17 years....

May 18, 2015

Martha Allen Avirett, 87, of Lake Wales passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 at her residence. She was born December 29, 1927 in New Albany, Mississippi and she has been a resident of this area since 1963 moving here from New Albany. She was a homemaker and enjoyed flower gardening, Martha was a great cook and loved being with...

May 16, 2015

Maureen Elizabeth Jones, 91 of Frostproof, Florida passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 16, 2015. She was born October 26, 1923 in Corby, England to the late Edgar C. and Agnes Ruby (Hector) Burbidge and has been a Frostproof resident since 1960. After retiring from Waverly Growers as a Citrus Grader, she spent her time cultivating her English garden,...

May 16, 2015

Pete Braden, 73, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born April 19, 1942 in Beaver Center, Pennsylvania to the late Harley E. and Marie (Pontius) Braden and he has been a resident of this area since 2009 moving here from Seffner, Florida. He was a retired Truck...

May 14, 2015

James Hart, (Jim), 65, of Lake Wales, passed away Thursday, May 14 at his home. He was born, March 10, 1950 to the late Frank E. and Mary “Crisel” Hart in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.  He worked as a quality systems auditor for Lloyd’s Registry until he retired.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force during 1969 until...

May 13, 2015

Michael J. Drenkhahn, 66, of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

He was born April 19, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Bernard and Mary Jane (McElwee) Drenkhahn.  Michael was a volunteer firefighter for Little Egg Harbor, NJ, the fire chief for Ocean County, NJ, he was an elected official for the Christian Motorcycle...

May 12, 2015

William B. Thrall, 77, of Lake Wales, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2015. He was born March 1, 1938 in Spencerport, NY to the late George Granger and Grace (Thousand) Thrall. He retired from the US Army as a machinist and worked as that and as a lock smith after retiring. He was a member of the VFW and...

May 11, 2015

Charles R. Kiser, 84 of Lake Wales, Florida, husband of Dawn G. Kiser. Surviving are his wife, a son Jack Kiser of Lexington, KY, a daughter Jill Jarvis, two granddaughters Jessica Jarvis and Joan Jarvis of Lake Wales, Fl., and two great granddaughters, Chloe Kennedy and Jackqueline Kennedy of N. Judson, Indiana. Charles had many special friends in both...

May 8, 2015

Timothy James Reeves, 45 of Lake Alfred, passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 in Lake Alfred. He was born November 20, 1969 in Lake Alfred to James Reeves and Carolyn Kelley and has been a resident of this area for 19 years. Timothy was a construction worker. He is survived by his daughter, Kali Waters and husband Dustin; sister,...