Wayne Lee Heiden, Sr.
Oct 22, 2014
Wayne Lee Heiden of Frostproof passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at the Florida Hospital Heartland in Sebring. He was born October 18, 1939 in Dundee, MI to the late Walter William & Edith Margaret Heiden; and he has been coming to Florida from Michigan since 2001. He was retired from Dundee Castings. Wayne was preceded in death by...
Ronald W Bridle
Oct 21, 2014
Ronald W. “Ron” Bridle, 78, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at his residence. He was born November 4, 1935 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to the late Frederick and Muriel (Hill) Bridle and has been a resident of the area for 14 years coming from Hampton, New Hampshire. He was a retired business owner. Ron...
Frank J Dupatz
Oct 21, 2014
Frank J. DuPatz, 88, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at his residence in Lake Wales, Florida. He was born March 11, 1926, in Collinsville, Illinois. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lou DuPatz; his parents, Frank and Caroline DuPatz; his brother Richard DuPatz; and his sister Rita Marks. Frank lived in Lake Wales for approximately 25 years...
Patricia Nan Williams
Oct 20, 2014
Patricia Nan Williams 73, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, October 20, 2014 at Moffitt Cancer Center due to Cancer. She was born October 27, 1940 in St. Petersburg, Florida to the late Kenneth and Alma J. (Taylor) Truesdale and has been a lifelong resident of Florida. She was a retired Clerk for the US Postal Service and...
Francis May Grider
Oct 19, 2014
Francis May Grider, 92 of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Brandywyne Nursing Home in Winter Haven. She was born August 4, 1922 in Marion, Illinois to the late John Oliver and Myrtle Mae (Jack) Phalp and has been a resident of the area since 1981. She was a retired Machine Operator for Smoler Brothers a...
Esther May Phelps
Oct 17, 2014
Esther May Phelps, 94 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, October 17, 2014 at Grace Health Care. She was born September 5, 1920 in Winlock, Washington to the late Noah and Stella J. (Simmons) Hulse and has been a resident of the area since 1988coming here from Centralia, Washington. She was a homemaker and a member of the...
Larry Evans
Oct 16, 2014
Larry Earl Evans, 73 of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan, Ohio. He was born June 27, 1941 in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Emerson and Evelyn (Tope) Evans. He has been a resident of the area for 20 years coming from Ocala, Florida. He was a self-employed business owner....
Vera Griffin
Oct 14, 2014
Vera Griffin, 94 of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Grace Health Care. She was born January 21, 1920 in Cordele, Georgia to the late Charles and Iola (Banks) Herndon and has been a resident of the area for 70 years coming from Georgia. She was a retired Manager for Hallmark Gift Shop. She was a...
Daniel R. Betler
Oct 9, 2014
Daniel R. “Dan” Betler, 78 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, October 9, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born April 12, 1936 in Helvetia, West Virginia to the late John and Mildred (Cole) Betler and has been a resident of Florida for the past 16 years. He was a retired cement truck driver in...
Jamie Keller
Oct 7, 2014
Jamie Sue Keller, 48 Jamie Keller, 48 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at Tampa General Hospital due to sepsis. She was born March 28, 1966 in St. Petersburg, Florida she has been a resident of the area for 20 years coming from Riverview, Florida. She was a Postal Contractor with the US Postal Service....
Arnold Smith
Oct 7, 2014
Clifton Arnold Smith, 72 Arnold Smith of Frostproof, FL went to be with the Lord Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at his residence due to cancer. He was born October 24, 1941 in Ona, Florida to the late Clifton Joseph and Tommie Lorene (Gay) Smith and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a retired supervisor for...
Leroy Barrett Jr.
Oct 5, 2014
Leroy James Barrett, Jr., 59, passed away Sunday, October 5, in Lake Wales. Born January 7, 1955 in Waterbury, Connecticut to the late Leroy James and Betty Lou (Noragong) Barrett he moved to Auburndale, FL. He was a retired truck driver for a moving company. He is preceded in death by daughter Tina and brother Edward Barrett He is...
Robert Eugene Mcswain
Oct 5, 2014
Robert McSwain, 81 of Lake Wales, passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center due to heart failure. He was born November 26, 1932 to the late William and Florence (Moyer) McSwain in Miami, Florida. He has been a resident of the area since 1995 coming from Sebring, Florida. He was a heavy machine operator...
Jansen Bruce Castle
Oct 4, 2014
Marion Nelson Funeral Home 454 South Buck Moore Road Lake Wales, Florida 33853 (863) 676-2541 – Phone (863) 676-2979 – Fax Jansen Bruce Castle, 19, of Frostproof, Florida passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014 at his residence. He was born December 24, 1994 in Lakeland, Florida to Carl Brian Castle and Kelli Lynn (Reeves) Looney and has been a...
Gladys Riddle
Oct 2, 2014
Gladys Riddle 84, of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Thursday, October 2, 2014 at her residence due to cancer. She was born February 17, 1930 in Wimauma, Florida to the late Randall and Allie (Driggers) Taylor. She has been a resident of the area for 15 years coming from Tampa, Florida she was a homemaker and of the...
Clarence Marion Davis
Oct 2, 2014
Clarence Marion (Junior) Davis (03-13-1918 -10-02-2014) Junior was born March 13,1918 in Winter Haven, Florida and lived in Polk County his entire life having spent the last 83 years in Waverly. Although legally named Clarence Marion Davis, he was always called Junior by his family and friends. Junior started his sales career as an eleven year old delivering the...
Virginia Baxter
Oct 1, 2014
Virginia Hammond Baxter, 87 Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to complications of a stroke. She was born December 10, 1926, to the late Robert and Bertha (Moore) Hammond in Parrish, Florida. She has been a lifelong resident of the area and was a Private Caregiver, she loved to sew and...
Laura "Kitten" Bickford
Sep 29, 2014
Laura “Kitten” Bickford, 60 of Lake Wales passed away Monday, September 29, 2014 at the Lake Wales Medical Center due to organ failure. She was born January 24, 1954 to the late Raymond and Ruby (Ward) Perdue in Mullens, West Virginia and has been a resident of the area for 33 years coming from West Virginia. She was a...
Marion R. Mighells
Sep 27, 2014
Marion R. “Ray” Mighells, 82 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Lake Wales Medical Center due to Cancer. He was born November 18, 1931 in Salamanca, New York. He was a seasonal resident since 2009 coming from Killbuck, New York and was a Career Officer Colonel for the United States Army serving in the...
Mauvaline Wilbanks
Sep 27, 2014
Mauvaline Wilbanks, 85, of Frostproof, passed away 9/27/2014 at Winter Haven Hospital of natural causes. Born on November 24, 1928 in Fulton, Mississippi to Jeff and Lillie (Rogers) Hood she moved to Frostproof from Fulton 50 years ago. She loved gardening, flower arranging and was an expert southern cook. She will be greatly missed, but will long be remembered...