Feb 22, 2012

Kent LaMarr Bostwick of Frostproof, FL passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at his residence. He was born December 24, 1942 in Niles, MI to the late Wilfred and Jean (DePue) Bostwick; and came to Frostproof from Charlotte, MI 12 years ago. Kent was the owner/operator of Bostwick Sales, and member of the United Congregational Church. Survivors include his...

Feb 21, 2012

Russell W. “Russ” Gourley of Babson Park passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the Grace Health Care in Lake Wales.

He was born August 11, 1925 in Lowell, MA to the late Harry Russell & Ida Mae (Olson) Gourley; and he came here from Tewksbury, MA in 1988. He retired from Tewksbury Massachusetts Fire Department. He...

Feb 21, 2012

Alice Marie Davis of Babson Park passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at her residence.

She was born January 2, 1929 in Lake Wales to the late Henry Holt & Julia Bell (Watson) Tucker; and she has been a lifelong resident of the area, except when she lived in Chicago, IL for 20 years. She was a...

Feb 21, 2012

Jesse Brock of Waverly passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at his residence.

He was born May 2, 1929 in Bainbridge, GA to the late GT & Mary Anna (Dollar) Brock; he came here from Bainbridge in 1952. He was a self employed residential carpenter and a member of the Waverly Baptist Church. He enjoyed gardening and...

Feb 19, 2012

James "Buddy" McClelland of Frostproof passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012 at the Florida Hospital in Sebring.

He was born May 13, 1934 in Frostproof to the late James and Bessie (Beasley) McClelland; and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Buddy was a retired Letter Carrier for the United States Postal Service in Frostproof, was...

Feb 18, 2012

Stephen Harold Sanders Jr of Frostproof passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born January 15, 1919 in Wilkes-Barre, PA to the late Stephen Harold & Helen (Goss) Sanders; and he came here from Park City, IL 20 years ago. He was a retired property manager, was of the Methodist faith and...

Feb 18, 2012

ALBERT WILLIAM BEDDOW, 73 Albert William Beddow of Babson Park passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the Grace Health Care in Lake Wales. He was born June 30, 1938 in Queens, NY to the late Albert William & Louise (Zwissler) Beddow; and he came here 5 years ago from Boca Raton, FL. He was a retired park ranger,...

Feb 17, 2012

Leonora L. "Lodi" Wittman of Babson Park passed away Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

She was born December 30, 1952 in Miami to the late John Ferris & Frances Elizabeth (Reeder) Lowe; she first came to Lake Wales during her freshman, sophomore and junior years at Lake Wales High School, moved to...

Feb 16, 2012

Nancy Marie Cornell of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, February 16, 2012 at her residence. She was born February 11, 1933 in Bridge Port, CT to the late William and Anna (Klaff) Leavy; and came to Lake Wales from Connecticut in 1983. Nancy was a homemaker and attended Holy Spirit Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing and reading....

Feb 16, 2012

Charles Alfred Fleming of Frostproof passed away Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the Bartow Center. He was born December 1, 1920 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England to the late George Charles & Alice Mary (Steeples) Fleming. He was a World War II veteran of the British Army, York and Lancaster Regiment serving in Burma with the 14th Army and began...

Feb 14, 2012

John Frederick Guilfoile of Winter Haven passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at his residence. He was born August 10, 1936 in Milwaukee, WI, to the late John C. and Doris (Clover) Guilfoile. He has been a resident of Winter Haven since 1978. He retired from State Farm Insurance, was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, and...

Feb 14, 2012

George William Picnic of Bossier City, LA passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at the W.K. Bossier Health Center.

He was born August 9, 1925 in Raven, VA to the late John and Ruth (Price) Picnic; and moved to Bossier City, LA from Lake Wales one year ago. He was a farmer, of the Baptist faith, and...

Feb 13, 2012

John M. Williams of Greensboro, GA passed away Monday, February 13, 2012 in Frostproof. He was born November 5, 1946 in Pulaski, VA to M.M. and Della (McRoberts) Williams; and has been coming to Frostproof as a winter resident for six years. John was the owner/operator of a custom packaging of aerospace adhesive company, a member of the Lakeside...

Feb 12, 2012

Julia R. Green of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Winter Haven Hospital.

She was born August 5, 1930 in Caryville, TN to the late Edmond & Katherine (Peterson) Richardson; and came here from Carlisle, OH 30 years ago. She was retired from General Motors in Dayton, OH and a very active member...

Feb 11, 2012

Ricky Lavelle Smith of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 at his residence.

He was born June 1, 1954 in Ft. Benning, Georgia to the late Loran and Nadine (Powell) Smith ; and came to the Lake Wales area from Nebraska 42 years ago. Ricky was a Journeyman Welder-Fitter, and a member of The Forgiven...

Feb 10, 2012

David Leon Carden of Lake Wales passed away Friday, February 10, 2012 at his residence.

He was born May 28, 1951 in Lake Wales; and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a carpenter, a member of the High Point Church and a veteran of Vietnam, serving in the U.S. Navy. He enjoyed restoring...

Feb 7, 2012

Charles D. "Papa Chuck" Daly of Lake Wales peacefully passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at his residence.

He was born August 25, 1930 in Webster, NY to the late Ivan & Agnes (McCarthy) Daly; he came here from St. Pete in 1957. He was retired from Florida Power, a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church...

Feb 6, 2012

Barbara A. "Barb" Hunt of Indian Lake Estates passed away Monday, February 6, 2012 at her residence. She was born July 2, 1937 in Hamburg, NY; and she came here from Hamburg in 1988. She was a graduate of D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY, a retired nurse, worked at Eden Central School in Eden, NY and a member of...

Feb 4, 2012

PAUL N. ANDRESS, 80 Paul N. Andress of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born May 6, 1931 in Utica, New York to the late Rev. Harold Llewellyn & Charlotte Vivian (Gauley) Andress; following his retirement from First National Bank in Clearwater he moved to Lake Wales in 1978....

Feb 1, 2012

Mary Agnes Crane of Lake Wales passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

She was born November 11, 1941 in Bradford, PA to Milton and Mary (Onuffer) Dawley. She was a member of the Lake Wales Methodist Church, and Lake Wales Chapter NSDAR. Mary was a longtime resident of Cold Spring, NY...