Sep 29, 2012

Malcolm Robertson “Mac” McKinley, Jr died in his sleep at home Saturday, September 29, 2012 after a long term illness. Mac was born June 17, 1928 in Lowell, Massachusetts to Malcolm and Ola McKinley. His family moved to Tampa, Florida where he grew up and graduated from Plant High School. He attended Amherst College, then the University of Florida,...

Sep 26, 2012

Trenton Anderson of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at the Winter Haven Hospital. He was born October 14, 1947 in Lyons County, GA to the late William Rufus & Ollie Mae Anderson; he grew up in Bartow and came to Lake Wales 45 years ago. He was a retired boilermaker, was a member of the Boilermaker’s...

Sep 23, 2012

Flora J. Conner of Frostproof passed away Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the Grace Health Care in Lake Wales.

She was born November 18, 1917 in Greenville, SC to the late James M. & Mittie E. Mason; she came here from Greenville, SC in 1943. She was a homemaker, a former longtime member of the Christian Fellowship...

Sep 18, 2012

Joyce “Punkin” Landers of Frostproof passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the Somers Hospice House in Sebring. She was born September 21, 1956 in Binghamton, NY to the late Arnold and Joyce (Jackson) Benjamin; and came to Frostproof from Ft. Myers 20 years ago. Joyce was a homemaker, and a member of the Frostproof Church of God. She...

Sep 18, 2012

Fred Milton Cain of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at his residence. He was born November 4, 1935 in Richmond, VA to the late Charlie & Janie Cain; and he came here from Richmond, VA 19 years ago. He retired from the U.S. Navy/Coast Guard after 24 years; he was a veteran of Vietnam. He was...

Sep 16, 2012

Julie Lamons of Winter Haven passed away Sunday, September 16, 2012 at her residence. She was born May 4, 1954 in Leyte, Philippines, and came to Winter Haven from Tavares, FL five years ago. Julie was a pastor at Red Hot Fire in Lakeland. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband, Steve Lamons. A...

Sep 14, 2012

Francis Robert "Bob" Zelenka of River Ranch passed away Friday, September 14, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born July 23, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Lad Michael and Agnes (Scholl) Zelenka; and he has been a resident of the area since 1965 moving here from Tampa. He started at River Ranch 45 years...

Sep 12, 2012

John E. “Johnny” Smith Sr of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born January 30, 1941 in Lake Wales to the late George Edward & Lora Inez Smith; and he was lifelong resident of the area. He was retired from Florida’s Natural, was of the Pentecostal faith and served...

Sep 11, 2012

DARWIN “DOC” WESTBERRY Darwin S. Westberry of Bartow died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at his residence. Born January 19, 1915 in Jessup, Georgia; Mr. Westberry moved to Daytona Beach at an early age. He was a builder and served as chief building official for the City of Ormond Beach and Volusia County. Known by “Doc” to his friends and...

Sep 10, 2012

GLORIA SMITH, 83

Gloria Smith of Lake Wales passed away Monday, September 10, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

She was born August 27, 1929 in Lake Wales to the late Henry & Faith Owens; she was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a retired LPN from the Lake Wales Hospital and...

Sep 9, 2012

Carol Marie Crosby, 64 Carol Marie Crosby of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, September 09, 2012 at her residence. She was born July 22, 1948 in Winter Haven, Florida to the late Robert and Doris (Robertson) Hamburg; she was a lifelong resident of Lake Wales. She was an Administrative Supervisor for the Lake Wales Medical Center ECF, loved to...

Sep 8, 2012

Helen Mae Crews, 85

Helen Mae Crews of Lake Wales passed away on Saturday, September 08, 2012 at Good Shepherd Hospice of Auburndale.

She was born April 14, 1927 in Perry, Georgia to the late Luther W. and Willie B. (Stembridge) Grant and moved to Lake Wales at age 8. She was a Homemaker and...

Sep 8, 2012

Gary Bruce Straub, 66

Gary Straub of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, September 08, 2012 at his residence due to a short battle with Cancer.

He was born December 19, 1945 in New Brunswick, New Jersey to the late William and Dorothy Francis (Dagger) Straub; and came to Lake Wales 50 years ago from New...

Sep 7, 2012

William David Wambles, 69 William D. Wambles of Lake Wales passed away Friday, September 07, 2012 at his residence. He was born November 11, 1942 in Elba, Alabama and was a citrus foreman. Memorial services will be held 6:30 PM Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at the Marion Nelson Funeral Home. Family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6:00 PM...

Sep 7, 2012

Arline W. Miller, 98

Arline W. Miller of Lake Wales passed away Friday, September 07, 2012 at her residence.

She was born May 26, 1914 in Preston, Ontario, Canada to the late Clarence E. and Florence Wooden and has been a Lake Wales resident since 1981 coming here from Damascus, Pennsylvania. She worked as an...

Sep 7, 2012

Edwin J. “Ed” Hughes of Lake Wales passed away Friday, September 07, 2012 at Water’s Edge.

He was born December 6, 1918 in Pennsylvania to the late James & Ada Hughes; and he came here from Tallahassee in 1963. Ed was the former president of SunTrust Bank in Lake Wales and a former general manager at Nalcrest...

Sep 6, 2012

Glenn McMillen of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, September 06, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born September 1, 1939 in Russellville, KY to the late Guy & Louise McMillen; and came here from Fort Pierce seven years ago. He retired from Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce and was of the Baptist faith. Glenn...

Sep 4, 2012

Verna Madden of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Winter Haven Hospital. She was born August 20, 1928 in Buckley, IL to the late John Henry & Frieda Rust; she came here from Milwaukee, WI 20 years ago. She was a member of the Lake Wales Lutheran Church, a great homemaker and seamstress and was very...

Sep 4, 2012

Peter J. Mathias of Winter Haven passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Winter Haven.

He was born April 22, 1918 in Pittsburg, PA to the late Andrew & Helen Matiasz; and he came to Florida from Sharpsville, PA in 2006. He was a retired electrician from Westinghouse after 35 years, was...

Sep 3, 2012

NICK MURDOCK, 72

Nick Murdock of Lakeland passed away Monday, September 3, 2012 at the Lakeland Hills Center.

He was born September 3, 1940 in Auburn, NY to the late Paul T. & Elizabeth (Hampson) Murdock; he lived in Lake Wales from 1998 until moving to Lakeland in 2010. He was a retired owner/operator and...