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...
Nancy Ruth Hitchcox
Jun 25, 2014
Nancy R. Hitchcox, 84 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Savannah Court ALF in Lake Wales, Florida. She was born May 5, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Russell Harrison and Frances C. (Hradecky) Dougherty and has been a resident of the Lake Wales area for 2 ½ years. She moved here from...
David Paul Groves, Jr
Jun 22, 2014
David P. Groves, Jr. 63 of Port Salerno, Florida passed away Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born October 22, 1950 in Belfast, Maine to David Paul Groves, Sr. and Elizabeth Gay (Sprague) Paden. He was a Laborer for a Marine Yard. David enjoyed fishing and Deep Sea Diving and was of the Seventh...
Reba J. Fuqua
Jun 21, 2014
Reba Fuqua of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, June 21, 2014 at her residence. She was born April 11, 1921 in Quitman, GA to the late Arthur Ran & Rebecca Johnson; and she came here from Quitman, GA in 1950. She was retired from Florida’s Natural and attended Impact Church. She enjoyed fishing, dancing and crossword puzzles. Reba was...
John Van Slooten
Jun 20, 2014
John Van Slooten, 92, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, June 20, 2014. He was a resident of Frostproof, FL since 1990, having previously lived in Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, and Kentucky. John was born on September 18, 1921 to the late John G. and Ida (Kuperus) Van Slooten. He was a WWII veteran serving in the...
Jessie W. Bumgardner
Jun 19, 2014
Jessie W. Bumgardner, 86 passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2014 at Lake Wales Medical Center due to Heart Failure. She was born November 7, 1927 in Versailles, Kentucky to the late William and Edna (Holland) Blackburn. She has been a resident of the area since 1977 coming from Seminole, Florida. She was a retired Secretary for GE for 25...
Jeanne A. Jahna
Jun 19, 2014
Jeanne A. Jahna of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the Winter Haven Hospital. She was born in Wilmington, NC on March 13, 1928 to James (Big Jim) Ellison Allen and Gracie Culpepper Allen. She married Emil R. Jahna, Jr (D.1996) in 1950, first living in the Hesperidies area then moving to Lake of the Hills,...