Ronnie G. "Ron" Peck
Aug 28, 2013
Ronnie G. “Ron” Peck of Lake Hamilton passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at the Winter Haven Hospital. He was born July 28, 1950 in Battle Creek, Michigan; and came to the local area from Charlotte, MI in 1981. He was the owner/operator of Peck’s Cleaning Service in Lake Wales and attended the Lake Hamilton Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed...
Everett Lee Barnes
Aug 28, 2013
Everett Lee “Tuffy” Barnes of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at The Groves Center.
Everett was born August 8, 1942 in Manila, Arkansas to the late Charles Pankney and Bertha Leola Bell (Carnell) Barnes and has been a resident of the area for 10 years. He was a retired truck driver and a Vietnam...
Paul Stanley King, Sr..
Aug 15, 2013
Paul S. King Sr., 82 of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. He was born August 11, 1931 in Naranja, Florida and has been a resident of the area since 1992 moving here from Homestead, Florida. Private servies will be held
Carl L. "Buddy" Capps
Aug 14, 2013
Carl L. “Buddy” Capps of Fairbanks, Alaska and Babson Park passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at his residence in Fairbanks. He was born January 11, 1938 in Lake Wales to the late George William & Theresa Maud Capps. He was a winter resident of Lake Wales and attended the Trinity Baptist Church. He enjoyed country, gospel and blue...
Mildred Marion Mcguigan
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...
Jackson Andrew Kelly
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...
Maxine P Steedley
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...
Kenna Stewart Chandler
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...
Geoffrey Michael Goehring
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...
Christine Dolin
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 ,...
Dustin Eugene Huguley
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...
Charles M. Whetsell
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...
Bernard Robert Martin
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...
Shirley True
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....
Harold Dunsford
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...
Evell Mills Hadden
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,...
Edna Anderson
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...
Sylvia Lea "Kitty" Kitterman
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...
David Alan Hodurski
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...
Christina Nicole Smith
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...