Luz Delia Santos De Stroeher
Dec 19, 2014
Luz “Lucy” Delia Santos de Stroeher, 71 Luz “Lucy” Delia Santos de Stroeher, 71 of Lake Shore, Florida passed away Friday, December 19, 2014 at Brandon Regional Medical Center. She was born March 10, 1943 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico to the late Amador and Lucia (Rosa) Santos. Lucy has been a resident of the area since September of 2000...
Shirley Berberich
Dec 18, 2014
Shirley E. Berberich, 84 passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at Life Care of Winter Haven. She was born October 27, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late Charles R. and Hilda (Truver) Stevens. She was a retired claims representative for Continental Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville, FL. She has been a resident of the area since 2000...
Virginia Feliciano
Dec 18, 2014
Virginia “Mita” Feliciano, 80, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014 at The Oaks of Avon. She was born September 27, 1934 in Puerto Rico to the late Manuel and Catalina (Rivera) Pagan and has been a resident of the area since 1990 moving here from Tampa. Virginia was a Homemaker and a member of the Holy...
Leo Phillip Tschida
Dec 17, 2014
Leo Tschida, 76 of Ft. Meade, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at the Grove Center due to Alzheimer’s. He was born April 11, 1938 in Mandan, North Dakota to the late Lawrence and Rose (Schaff) Tschida. He has been a resident of the area for 8 years coming from Haines City, Florida. Leo was a self-employed Bee...
Buddy Dixon
Dec 15, 2014
William A. "Buddy" Dixon, 63, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at Florida Hospital in Sebring, Florida. He was born July 18, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Charles Henry and Elizabeth Irene (Jones) Dixon and has been a resident of the area for 6 years moving here from Tampa, Florida. Buddy was a retired...
Jean Horton Elliott
Dec 14, 2014
Jean Horton Elliott, 92, of Lake Wales, Florida peacefully went to be with her Lord on Sunday, December 14, 2014, at her residence. She was born August 19, 1922 In Portal, Georgia to the late James Henley Fordham and Carrie Guilyard (Knight) Fordham and has been a residence of Lake Wales since 1945. She was a retired Secretary for...
Debra Pittack
Dec 14, 2014
Debra Marie Pittack, 57 of Bartow, Florida passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014 at her residence. She was born June 19, 1957 in Miami, Florida to Malcolm Robert McCann and Edna Burke Hunter. She was a resident of the area for 35 years. She was a retail sales person for K-Mart and a past member of the Elks Lodge....
Larry Wayne Larrance
Dec 13, 2014
Larry Wayne Larrance, 67 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014 at his residence. He was born December 11, 1947 in Anderson, Indiana to the late Leo F. and Betty (Gray) Larrance. He has been a resident of the area for 7 years coming from Angola, Indiana. He was a tire builder for B.F. Goodrich and...
Carol Ann Taylor
Dec 13, 2014
Carol Ann Clarke Taylor, 60 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014 at her residence. She was born September 12, 1954 in Lake Wales, Florida to Willie Lee and Shirley (Stewart) Clarke. She has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a veteran of the Air Force , extremely generous with her time and...
Virginia S. Mccormick
Dec 11, 2014
Lake Wales - Virginia S. McCormick, a long time resident of Lake Wales, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Born March 19, 1918 in Munhall, Pa. to Leah (Herman) and Andrew Schmidt, she graduated from Munhall High School in 1936 where she was class secretary-treasurer, a cheerleader, and active in several school clubs and activities. She then attended...
Forrest A. Emmett
Dec 10, 2014
Forrest “Afton” Emmett, 82, of Lake Wales, Florida went home to the Lord on December 10, 2014. Afton was born on January 5, 1932 in Lake Wales to parents Jesse Noel Emmett and Ellie Woods Emmett and was a resident of Lake Wales for his entire life. He wed Mary Catherine ‘Cathy’ (Partin) Emmett in 1952 and together they...
Anna Louise Pearl
Dec 9, 2014
Anna Pearl 75 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Grace Health Care. She was born May 25, 1939 in Canisteo, New York and has been a resident of the area for 16 years moving here for New York. She was a Health Care Aide for Steuben County Health Care in New York. Anna was...
Gary Lynn Salzlein
Dec 9, 2014
Gary L. Salzlein, 57, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at his residence. He was born February 5, 1957 in Miami, Florida to the late Nelson and Eleanor Salzlein. He has been a resident of the area since 1994 coming from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and was the Owner/Operator for All Styles Fence Company .He enjoyed going...
Tony Lee Clayborn
Dec 6, 2014
Tony Lee Clayborn, 61, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2013 at his home in Lakeland. Born December 31, 1952 in Lake Wales, Florida to Billy Gene and Ada Lee (McKinnon) Clayborn he moved to Lakeland 30 years ago. He worked in the phosphate mines. He is survived by his daughter, Angel Renee Clayborn of Boaz, AL; his mother Ada...
Gerard E. Malane
Dec 5, 2014
Gerard E. “Jerry” Malane, 72 of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring, Florida. He was born July 12, 1942 in Port Huron, Michigan to the late C. Francis and Lois (Bourbonais) Malane and has been a resident of the area for 30 years moving here from Maryland. He was...
Norma Love
Dec 5, 2014
Norma W. Love, 86 of Babson Park, Florida passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 at her residence due to natural causes. She was born February 22, 1928 in Frostproof, Florida to the late Fred and Grace (Simmons) Wooten. She was a Lab Technician for Citrus World, she enjoyed singing in the church choir, playing football with her kids when...
Walter Morgan Pearson
Dec 5, 2014
Walter Morgan Pearson died peacefully in his home on Friday, Dec. 5, surrounded by family. He was 91 years old. Walter was born in Sarasota, Florida on January 19, 1923 to John and Trudy Pearson. He was the fourth of eight children. The family later moved to Wauchula and Walter graduated from Hardee High School in 1941. He served...
Gladys L. Vaughan
Dec 5, 2014
Gladys Louise Vaughan (94) passed away on Friday, December 5th, at Grace Healthcare in Lake Wales. She was born in Mitchell County, Georgia, on Oct. 21, 1920 and had been a resident of Lake Wales since 1948 coming from Westville, FL. She retired from Citrus World and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Louise was preceded in death...
Effie Lee Hare
Dec 3, 2014
Effie L. Hare, 95 of Tampa, Florida passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at Palm Garden of Clearwater. She was born May 9, 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama to the late John and Dulla (Gorum) Johnson and has been a resident of the area since 2007 coming from Trenton, Florida and was of the Baptist faith. In 1939 Effie married...
Louie Johnston
Dec 3, 2014
Frostproof…… Retired, T/Sgt Louie Johnston, 94 of Frostproof, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 after a short stay at The Grove Center of Lake Wales. He was preceded in death by his son, David Johnston, grandson Jason Plair and granddaughter Julie Marie Johnston. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Ruth Collins Johnston and daughters, Beverly (Bob)...