Oct 24, 2011

Yvonne Mary Symonds of Lake Wales passed away Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1925 in Jaffery, NH to the late Francis & Jennie (Duhaime) Pelletier; she came here from Keene, NH 24 years ago. She was retired from the dietary department at the Cheshire Medical Center and a member...

Oct 23, 2011

Mario Ducato of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011 at his residence. He was born June 25, 1932 in Brooklyn, NY to the late John and Jennie (Fontano) Ducato; and came here from Long Island, NY one year ago. He was co-founder of Stemar Industries, Inc. of W. Babylon, NY, was of the Catholic faith, and a...

Oct 23, 2011

Buddy Freeman Shuman of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

He was born January 17, 1939 in Frostproof to the late Dudley & Ollie (Whitlock) Cowart; he was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a retired iron worker in power plants, a member of the New Harvest...

Oct 21, 2011

Frances Donnellon Updike died on October 21, 2011. She was in her home at Vicar’s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, surrounded by family and friends. Born in New York City, Fran was reared in Westchester County, NY, where her family resided first in Larchmont and later, in New Rochelle. She attended the Ursuline Academy and Barnard College where...

Oct 19, 2011

Lynn Woods of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at her residence. She was born June 12, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA; and came here from Punta Gorda to Lake Wales four years ago. She was retired as an Escrow Officer at Transnation Title. Lynn was preceded in death by her father, Donald Donaldson. Survivors include her...

Oct 18, 2011

Pete Jeanette of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born January 5, 1923 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Anthony and Helen (Holmes) Jeanette; and came to Lake Wales from Vineland, NJ in 1992. He was a retired truck driver, attended the First Christian Church of Babson Park, and...

Oct 17, 2011

George Wiley Dooley of Lake Wales passed away Monday, October 17, 2011 at his residence. He was born December 11, 1948 in Knoxville, TN to the late George Mancel & Maggie C. (Smith) Dooley; and he came here from Manchester, TN in 1956. He was a truck driver for 40 years and a member of the Bethel Baptist Church....

Oct 16, 2011

Gale Baggett of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at her residence. She was born August 30, 1952 in Lake Wales, and has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was employed by Savannah Court preparing food for the residents, and she was of the Protestant faith. Gale was preceded in death by her father, Melvin...

Oct 14, 2011

Gussie Marbutt of Lake Wales passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at her residence.

She was born February 1, 1926 in Phil Campbell, AL to the late Riley Houston & Sarah Maudie (Carden) Frederick and had 6 brothers and 5 sisters; she came here from Alabama 60 years ago. She retired in 1981 from Publix after 24...

Oct 14, 2011

Claudette Roache of Frostproof passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Tampa General Hospital. She was born June 17, 1934 in Miami; and came here 30 years ago from Jamaica. She was a garden center operator and of the Catholic faith. Survivors include her husband, Charlie Abel; daughter, Amber Willis of Frostproof; granddaughter, Kimberly Kasparian of Avon Park;...

Oct 14, 2011

John Rasnic of Indian Lake Estates passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born February 5, 1943 in Pennington Gap, VA to the late Roy Morgan and Callie Margaret (Brooks) Rasnic. He retired to Florida from Northern Virginia in 2001. Survivors include his wife Jeanne Rasnic, daughters, Beckie Shaw (Mike) and Nikki...

Oct 12, 2011

Ocie D. Church of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. She was 76. She was born April 10, 1935 in Holston, Virginia; and she came here from Abingdon, VA in 1976. She was retired from Fleetwood Homes and was of the Protestant faith. Survivors include her daughters, Patricia Kathleen Best...

Oct 12, 2011

Anna Mae Nease of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. She was born September 19, 1933 in Claremont, IL to the late Raymond & Ethel (Phillips) Crum; and she came here from Tampa in 1978. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lake Wales Lutheran Church. She was...

Oct 8, 2011

Elizabeth Ann Ruff of Winter Haven passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011 at her residence. She was born January 23, 1957 in San Rafael, CA; she has been a resident of Winter Haven for 30 years. She was a registered nurse and of the Catholic faith. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Ann Corcoran Valloze. Survivors...

Oct 1, 2011

Betty Jo Marinos of Waverly passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center. She was born April 30, 1932 in Lake Wales to the late Garland and Myrtle (Powell) White; and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a retired bookkeeper employed by medical offices and hospitals. She attended the...

Sep 29, 2011

J.C. Plair of Frostproof passed away Thursday, September 29, 2011 at The Groves Center in Lake Wales. He was born October 14, 1941 in Adel, GA to the late Tobe O. & Bessie M. (Bostic) Plair; he came here from Adel, GA in 1949. He was a retired truck driver for Crumbley Brothers and a member of the Southside...

Sep 26, 2011

Gloria Forward-Abrams of Lake Wales passed away Monday, September 26, 2011 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born February 8, 1929 in Utica, NY to the late Jerry D. & Margaret (Monaco) Alsante; she came here from Avon Park in 2002. She was a homemaker and a member of the Family Life Church in Frostproof. She was...

Sep 25, 2011

Evelyn H. Smith of Frostproof passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011 at her residence. She was born October 14, 1923 in DeFuniak Springs, FL to the late William J. & Texan (Smith) Howell; and she moved from Lake Wales to Frostproof in 1967. She was a retired business manager for the Lake Wales Hospital and of the Baptist faith....

Sep 23, 2011

Marion "Mare" Delina Seile of Lake Wales passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 at her residence. She was born November 3, 1929 in Cliffordvale, Canada to the late Harold and Martha (McCarthy) Kenderson; and came to Lake Wales from Bonita Springs six years ago. She was a retired machine operator for Kimberly-Clark. Survivors include her companion, Robert Douskey; daughters,...

Sep 22, 2011

Ardelle M. Carter of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011 at her residence. She was born September 3, 1915 in Mecklenburg County, VA to the late Abdella Sabe Morgan and Lacy Launa Williams Morgan Martin; she came here in 1955 from Washington, D.C. She was a homemaker and member of the First United Methodist Church. She was...