Aug 13, 2013

Mildred McGuigan of Lake Wales passed away August 13, 2013 at the Groves Center. She was born April 12, 1926 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Mildred was a homemaker and had been a resident of the area since 2011 moving here from New Jersey. She is survived by her children, Penny Morrison, Patrick McGuigan and David McGuigan, 3 sisters, 6 grandchildren...

Aug 12, 2013

Jackson A. “Jack” Kelly of Lake Wales passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Haines City.

He was born November 6, 1954 in Fayetteville, WV to the late Ray Oscar & Molly Agnes Kelly; and he came here from Panama Canal in 1995. He was a dispatcher for Bynum...

Aug 12, 2013

Maxine P. Steedley of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Grove Center. She was born February 27, 1927 in Alma, Georgia to the late Simon and Victoria (Medders) Peacock and has been a resident of the area since 1950 moving from Alma, Georgia. Maxine was a citrus worker for Citrus World and was of...

Aug 11, 2013

Kenna Stewart Chandler 49 of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born June 29, 1964 in Morton, Texas to Ollie A. and Patsy Ann (Clark) Warren and has been a resident of the area since 1990 moving here from Houston, Texas. Kenna was a homemaker and a member of...

Aug 8, 2013

Geoffrey “Jeff” Goehring of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 at his residence. He was born October 16, 1941 in Buffalo, NY to the late Arthur H. & Jeanette Goehring; and he came here from Fort Lauderdale in 1978. He was a citrus supervisor and veteran of Vietnam, serving in the U.S. Army. Survivors include his wife...

Aug 6, 2013

Christine Reynolds Dolin 82 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at the Winter Haven Hospital.

She was born August 15, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late Jessie M. and Bertha (Thomas) Baker and has been a resident of the area since 1979 moving here from Melbourne, Florida. Christine was a homemaker ,...

Aug 3, 2013

Dustin Eugene Huguley, age 25, of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Saturday, August 3, 2013. He was born February 22, 1988 in Gainesville, Florida, and had been a lifelong resident of Sebring. He was employed at Phosco Electric in Mulberry, Florida and was of the Protestant faith. He loved, and was very active in sports, hunting and fishing. Dustin...

Aug 2, 2013

Charles M. Whetsell of Frostproof passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 at the Florida Hospital in Sebring. He was born July 7, 1941 in Maryville, TN to the late Andrew Eugene & Dorothy Jean Whetsell; and he came here from Boynton Beach in 2006. He was the retired owner/operator of Whetsell Landscape Maintenance in Delray Beach and was a...

Jul 31, 2013

Bernard Robert Martin, 85, of Lake Wales, Florida, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at his home. He was born and raised in the Rochester, NY area and graduated from Lima High School. He entered service in the U.S. Navy at age 17. He was a plank owner on the USS Midway and also served on the USS Proteus during...

Jul 31, 2013

Shirley Mae True of Gainesville passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Gainesville. She was born May 30, 1926 in West City, IL to the late B. Roy & Opal L. Loman; she moved from Gainesville to Lake Wales in 1980 and returned to Gainesville in 2003. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith....

Jul 30, 2013

Harold A. Dunsford of Winter Haven passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at the Winter Haven Hospital. He was born October 23, 1941 in Boston, MA to the late Reubin & Louise Dunsford; and he came to this area in 2002. He was a pathologist, member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd and a former president of...

Jul 27, 2013

Evell Mills Hadden of Frostproof passed peacefully on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at Winter Haven Hospital. She was born May 20, 1924 in Swainsboro, Georgia, to the late James Lee Harrison Mills and Allie Jane Womack Mills. She moved to Florida in 1950 "because oranges paid more than cotton" she said. She worked on a sharecropping farm, canning plant,...

Jul 27, 2013

Edna R. Blocker Anderson, 86 of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013 at her residence. She was born May 7, 1927 in Frostproof, Florida to the late Lewis Oscar and Etha Sauls Blocker. And has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a Homemaker and a member of Christ’s Central Church of Lake Wales. Edna...

Jul 27, 2013

Sylvia Lea “Kitty” Kitterman of Babson Park passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013 at her residence. She was born January 28, 1918 in Switchback, WV to the late Asa David & Dolliva Ann Kitterman; and she has been a resident of Lake Wales since the 1970’s and moved to Babson Park in 1987. She was the owner/operator of Curley’s...

Jul 24, 2013

David A. “Dave” Hodurski of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

He was born August 6, 1947 in Suffern, NY to the late Bruno & Etoile Ann Hodurski; and he came here from Cape Cod, MA in 1996. He was retired from the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office in Massachusetts...

Jul 24, 2013

Nicole Smith of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 in Lake Wales due to a car accident.

She was born January 5, 1987 in Lake Wales and was a lifelong resident. When she was in school, she was an F.F.A. officer and loved raising pigs. She enjoyed going to the mud hole, but her devotion...

Jul 23, 2013

Rema May McKinnon of Indian Lake Estates, Florida passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at the Grove Center in Lake Wales. She was born January 5, 1938 in Jamaica to the late Ivan and Viola Wellington Smart. She was a retired CNA. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Monday, July 29, 2013 at the Marion Nelson Funeral Home...

Jul 21, 2013

Dr. Charles Raymond Underwood III of Indian Lake Estates passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at his residence.He was born August 2, 1951 in Fort Lauderdale and came to Lake Wales in 1981. He was a member of the Iota Beta Gamma Biology Fraternity and earned his Doctorate of Philosophy from Virginia Tech, Master of Science from Virginia Tech,...

Jul 21, 2013

Aline Wright Ryan 91 of Stuart, Florida (formerly of Lake Wales) passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at St. Lucie Medical Center. She was a retired LPN with Grace Health Care and was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Survivors include her sons, Charles A. and wife Joan of Avon Park, Florida, Daniel A. and wife...

Jul 20, 2013

Joanne Armington Hadlock of Austinburg, Ohio died of cancer on July 20th at her home in Lake Wales, Florida. She was born December 4, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio to Harold P. Finney and Anna "Ruth" Finney. Joanne graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio in 1957. She married her late husband George E. Armington, Jr. in 1959. They...