Joel Alan Sherman
Feb 6, 2015
Joel Alan “Cornbread” Sherman, 57, of Frostproof passed away, Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born June 9, 1957 in Vincennes, Indiana to the late Charles V. and Barbara D. (Farrell) Sherman and has been a resident of this area since June 2005 moving here form Port St. Lucie, Florida. He worked as...
Elsie June Ryan
Feb 5, 2015
Elsie June Ryan, age 91, of Babson Park, Florida passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2015, at the Good Shephard Sommers Hospice facility in Sebring following a period of illness. Elsie Ryan was born on April 27, 1923 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jesse Ira and Elsie Mae (Prentice) Felgar. She graduated the Christ Hospital School of Nursing,...
Teresa Thomas
Feb 2, 2015
Teresa Richards “Terry” Thomas, 61 Terry Thomas of Brandon Florida passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at Brandon Regional Medical Center. She was born on May 12, 1953 in Lake Wales, Florida and has been a resident of the area for 3 ½ years coming from Eustice, Florida. She was a homemaker and graduated Lake Wales High School in...
Mary Elizabeth Sutley
Feb 2, 2015
Mary Elizabeth Sutley, 52 Mary E. “Beth” Sutley, 52, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at Lake Wales Medical Center due to cancer. She was born July 28, 1962 in Lake Wales, Florida and has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was in shipping for Frostproof Growers Supply. She is survived by her parents...
Elvira Davila-Gallart
Feb 1, 2015
Elvira Davila-Gallart of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was born February 15, 1931 in Gurabo, Puerto Rico to the late Francisco and Maria Davila; and she came here from Puerto Rico in 1991. Elvira was preceded in death by her husband, Hector L. Gallart; and a brother, Oscar...
Mary Dickerson
Jan 31, 2015
Mary Madeline Dickerson of Winter Haven, formerly of Bloomington, IL, passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, January 31, 2015. She was 85. She was born December 13, 1929 in Springfield, IL, and was the only child of Bess Bowers and her step-father, Robert Harris. She married Jimmie Otto Dickerson on November 10, 1950. They spent most of...
Louise Spanke Kihm
Jan 30, 2015
Louise Spanke Kihm, 90, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2015. Louise was born in Hartman, Arkansas and grew up in Clarksville, Arkansas. She attended St. Scholastica Academy in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, and in 1942, moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and worked at the Maumelle Defense Plant. In 1945, she moved to Chicago, Illinois where she worked for Universal...
Ackley Gordon Carter
Jan 28, 2015
Ackley G. Carter, 86, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Savannah Court. He was born July 24, 1928 in Englewood, New Jersey to the late Leslie and Grace (Cox) Carter and has been a resident of the area since 1999 moving here from New Jersey. He began his career as a house wares buyer...
Robert Rhodes
Jan 24, 2015
Robert “Dusty” Rhodes, 58, of Lake Wales, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Lake Wales. He was born October 2, 1956 in Belle Glade, Florida to the late Robert Littleton and Freda Lee (Whitehead) Rhodes and has lived in Lake Wales most of his life. He worked for IMC as a Dragline Operator. He is preceded in death...
Richard Maffett
Jan 24, 2015
Richard L. “Dick” Maffett, 88, of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. He was born November 26, 1926 in Cambridge, Ohio to the late John Kenneth and Ada Margaret (Sarchet) Maffett and has been a resident of this area since 2004 moving here from Key west, Florida. He was...
Mary Jane Dillon
Jan 23, 2015
Mary Jane Lawrence Dillon, 84, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Saturday, January 23, 2015 at Winter Haven Hospital. She was born October 15, 1930 in Lenawee, Michigan to the late Clarence and Ruth Delano Hoag and has been a resident of the area since 1978 moving here from Adran, Michigan. She was a Homemaker and of the Protestant Faith....
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...