E. Eugene Thornton
Jul 20, 2014
E. Eugene Thornton of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born in Hazelhurst, GA on August 18, 1935 and moved with his family to Plant City at an early age where he attended schools. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and returned to Polk County where...
Pat Mudrick
Jul 19, 2014
Pat Mudrick, 71 of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 at her residence due to Heart Failure. She was born November 15, 1942 in Dorchester, Maryland to the late Leslie and Clara (Darneille) Hudson she has been a resident of the area for several years coming here from Elmira, New York. She was a retired sales person...
Orville W Dawes
Jul 13, 2014
Orville W. Dawes, 79 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Osprey Point Nursing Center in Bushnell due to Cancer. He was born June 4, 1935 to the late Willie Q. and Veda (Arnold) Dawes and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a retired office manager for the Ben Hill Griffin Fertilizer...
Louise Barnes Adams
Jul 13, 2014
Louise Barnes Adams, 96, a resident at Mountain Lake in Lake Wales, Florida for over 30 years, formerly of Connecticut, passed away peacefully on July 13, 2014. She was an inspiration to many on how to live life to the fullest with a positive attitude and a smile for everyone. She was full of fun and fun to be...
Janie Wynette Coleman
Jul 10, 2014
Wynette Coleman 79, of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born December 23, 1934 in Haines City, Florida to the late William A. and Arcie (Adkison) Webb and has been a resident of the area since 1988 moving here from Sebring. She was a retired Cable Manufacture for Escot....
Jessie May Lawrence
Jul 9, 2014
Jessie May Lawrence, 80 of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at the Groves Center. She was born March 27, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Harry and Jessie May (Baumann) Peters. She was a retired nurse and enjoyed crocheting and crafts. Jessie served in the USAF. She was preceded in death by her...
Douglas Ray Hammel
Jul 9, 2014
Doug Hammel of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, July 09, 2014 at the Winter Haven Hospital. He was born October 19, 1946 in Huntington, IN to the late Stanton Frederick & Melba Louise Hammel; he came here from Tulsa, OK in 2001. He was a retired pipeline controller for Citgo, a member of the High Point Church and was...
Tom Day, Jr.
Jul 8, 2014
Tom Day Jr., 84 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at his residence due to stroke. He was born January 31, 1930 in Bonifay, Florida to the late William and Ellie Mae (Marlow) Day he came to the area in 1947 from Black, Alabama. He was self employed as a Carpenter, he loved to fish, hunt...
Clara Mabel Mills
Jul 6, 2014
Clara Mabel Mills, 83 died July 6, 2014. Mabel was born November 15, 1930 to Gilbert and Dora Adams in Pike County, Ohio. She moved from Springfield, Ohio to Lake Wales, Florida in 1972. Before Mabel’s retirement she worked 23 ½ years at Warner Southern College. Later she worked 13 years as week-end Information Hostess in the Visitor Center...
Kathryn Elizabeth Ward
Jul 5, 2014
Kathryn E. “Kathy” Ward, 53 of Lake Wales, Fl. passed away suddenly of heart failure Saturday, July 5, 2014 . She was born March 20, 1961 in Brookville Pa., to Robert and Brenda (Long) Kingman. She was a resident of the area for 8 years coming here from Brockport, New York she was a cook for Wendy’s. She was...
Paul Mckenzie
Jul 5, 2014
Paul McKenzie of Winter Haven passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. He was born December 23, 1941 in Frostproof to the late Doc & Lois Mae McKenzie; his family then moved to Swainsboro, GA where he grew up until his early 20’s when he moved back to the Polk County area. He...
Adell Wilcox
Jul 5, 2014
Adell Wilcox of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born December 16, 1942 in Florala, AL to the late E.C. & Freddiebell Holland; and she moved here from Alabama in 1968. She was a caregiver, a member of the Central Avenue Baptist Church and enjoyed taking care of her...
William Grady Pierson
Jul 4, 2014
William Grady Pierson of Lake Wales passed away Friday, July 4, 2014 at the Brandywyne Health Care in Winter Haven. He was born December 13, 1926 in Bibb County, AL to the late Otis E. & Arie Pierson; and he came here from West Blocton, AL in 1949. He was retired from the Carpenters Local 2217 Union, attended the...
Ethel R. Alderson
Jul 3, 2014
Ethel R. Alderson of Frostproof passed away Thursday, July 3, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was born March 14, 1922 in Herrin, IL to the late Jesse L. & Dessie McFadden; and she came here from Davison, MI in 1971. She was retired from General Motors and a member of the First Baptist Church in...
Laura Gail Vershowske
Jul 2, 2014
Laura Gail Vershowske, 60 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2014 in Oakhill, Florida. She was born June 4, 1954 in Hull, Iowa to the late Lyle and Eileen (Koster) Stange and has been a resident of the area for 20 years moving here form Wyoming. Laura was a Sales Assistant for Florida Natural Growers and...
Mack Green
Jul 1, 2014
Connie “Mack” Green, 65 Mack Green, 65 of Frostproof, Florida passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Lake Wales Medical Center due to COPD. He was born September 10, 1948 in Blakely, Georgia to the late Malcolm C. Green and Eunice (Peterson) Green and has been a lifelong resident of Frostproof. He was a truck driver and of the...
Elton Christopher Hartsfield, Sr.
Jun 28, 2014
A famous author once said, “The secret to life is falling down seven times, and getting up eight.” No one demonstrated this statement more than Elton Christopher Hartsfield, Sr. Born October 4, 1958, to Charles and Lilly Hartsfield, Chris demonstrated his adventurous spirit from his first breath. As soon as he was able to, Chris joined the Highlander band...
Roy Arthur Langston
Jun 28, 2014
Roy Arthur Langston, 78, died in his Florida home on Saturday, June 28, 2014, after a lengthy battle with cancer and COPD. Born in Elijah, Missouri, on October 13, 1935, he lived in St. Louis and Jefferson City, Missouri, before retiring to Florida in 1992. Roy was a plant engineer with degrees from Washington University and the University of...
Floretta Louise Kaetzel
Jun 27, 2014
Floretta Kaetzel, 94 of Lake Wales passed away Friday, June 27, 2014 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born September 2, 1919 in Wolfsville, Maryland to the late Walter and Pauline (Hays) Day and has been a resident of the area since 1981 moving here from Orlando. She was a retired hairdresser and of the Christian faith. Survivors...
Jose Vazquez
Jun 26, 2014
Jose Vazquez, 89 of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Grace Health Care. He was born April 6, 1925 in Puerto Rico to Alberto and Sotera (Rivera) Vazquez and has been a resident of the area since 2004 moving from Vineland, New Jersey. Jose was the owner/operator of a food market. He was a member of...