Bonnie Faye Burke
Nov 1, 2011
Bonnie Faye Burke of Fort Meade passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at the Somers Hospice House in Sebring. She was born March 24, 1935 in Cullman, AL; she came here from Georgia 40 years ago. She was a retired Pilot Escort Driver. Bonnie was preceded in death by her two daughters, Brenda Spangenberg and Linda Crews; two sons,...
Carl F. Lewis
Oct 31, 2011
Carl F. Lewis of Lake Wales passed Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. He was born April 20, 1925 in New London, CT to the late Harold & Carrie (Bailey) Lewis; and he moved from Stonington, CT to Homestead, FL where he lived for 5 years, until he came to Lake Wales 20 years...
Charles Albert Felts
Oct 31, 2011
Lt. Col. Charles Albert Felts of Winter Haven passed away Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Winter Haven Hospital. He was born August 14, 1921 in Madisonville, KY to the late Albert Garland & Mary Frances (Walsh) Felts of Elkton, KY. In May 2002 "Hezzy", as his friends called him, moved from Elkton, KY to Winter Haven, FL. He...
Bonnie Grulke
Oct 31, 2011
Bonnie Grulke of Fort McCoy, FL passed away Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born September 18, 1936 in Oshkosh, WI; she came to the Polk County area in 1965 where she lived until 1990 when she went to be a caregiver for her son, and came back to this area 2 years...
Lorene Kersey Smith
Oct 28, 2011
Lorene Smith of Frostproof went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, October 28, 2011 at her residence.
Lorene was born September 20, 1926 in Frostproof to the late Henry and Sudie (Bryant) Kersey. She loved her Lord, family and church.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Dewey...
Deborah Ann Davis
Oct 27, 2011
Deborah Ann Davis of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011 at her daughter's residence.
She was born September 14, 1956 in Chicago, IL to the late William Leonard & Zelma Ruth (Martin) Davis; she was a lifelong resident of Florida. She was of the Baptist faith. She was good hearted, loved spending time with her...
Judy Clair Milton Johnston
Oct 24, 2011
Judy Clair Milton Johnston of Frostproof passed away Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Somers Hospice House in Sebring.
She was born April 30, 1939 in Lake Wales, FL to the late Julian A. Milton and Othel Clair Pearce Milton of Frostproof. She was a second generation Floridian, raised in Frostproof and attended Florida State University and...
Yvonne Mary Symonds
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...
Mario Ducato
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...
Buddy Freeman Shuman
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...
Frances Donnellon Updike
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...
Lynn Woods
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...
Pete Jeanette
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...
George Wiley Dooley
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....
Gale Baggett
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...
Gussie Marbutt
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...
Claudette Roache
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;...
John Rasnic
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...
Ocie Doris Church
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...
Anna Mae Nease
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...