Dec 2, 2010

Ruth Ann Bott of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. She was born December 18, 1946 in Cleveland, OH to the late Edgar and Ruth (Hemeyer) Wood; and moved to Lake Wales five years ago. She was a minister, and member of the First Assembly of God. Ruth was preceded in...

Nov 28, 2010

Bobby Holmes of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was born February 18, 1935 in Caribou, ME to the late Burnham & Jenny (Beveridge) Holmes; and came here from Maine in 1955. He was the owner/operator of Holmes & Associates, was a member of the Shady Oaks Baptist Church and...

Nov 28, 2010

Lena E. C. Hessler, 96, of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at her residence. She was born May 13, 1914 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late Vincent & Mary Ann (Scilotti) Casagrande; and came here from Northern, KY 2 1/2 years ago. She was a retired seamstress and of the Catholic faith. She liked crafts and...

Nov 27, 2010

Jessie J. Waddle of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010 at the Dove Health Care. He was born July 22, 1931 in Cullman, AL to the late Carl & Rosie Waddle; and came here from Cullman, AL in 1950. He was a citrus grove care taker and a member of the First Baptist Church. He was a...

Nov 27, 2010

Kathleen Grace Wagner of Winter Haven passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

She was born May 4, 1946 in Grayling, MI to the late Glen Otto & Vera Zook Yoder; she came here from Virginia in 2002. She was a homemaker, author and seamstress; and was the pastor's wife of the...

Nov 27, 2010

Varna Allen Gill of Brandon, FL gently passed away with family by her side and under hospice care on November 27, 2010 at the Health Center of Plant City. Born on November 23, 1927 in Lithia, FL, she was predeceased by her husband, Horace Gill in December 1975; also, by her father and mother, Lealman and Maude Johnson Allen;...

Nov 26, 2010

Jeanne J. Call of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 26, 2010 at the Life Care Center in Winter Haven. She was born April 6, 1926 in Chetek, WI to the late Arthur & Fern (Lamb) Stoneberg; she came here from Zion, IL 8 years ago. She was a retired bridal consultant and seamstress. She was of the Protestant...

Nov 25, 2010

Jude Monk of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, November 25, 2010 at his residence. He was born December 21, 1938 in Skipperville, AL to the late Leroy & Vera (Johnson) Monk; he came here from Alabama 52 years ago. He was the owner/operator of Monk's Garage in Frostproof and was of the Baptist faith. Jude was preceded in death...

Nov 25, 2010

Carl R. Gilt, Sr. of Frostproof passed away Thursday, November 25, 2010 at the Florida Hospital in Sebring. He was born March 4, 1943 in Ithaca, NY; he came here from Bergen, NY 12 years ago. He was a retired truck driver, of the Methodist faith and a veteran of Vietnam, serving in the U.S. Army. He was a...

Nov 23, 2010

Dale D. Brintnall of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at the Life Care Center in Winter Haven.

He was born March 25, 1944 and came here from Tampa in 1989. He was the owner/operator of Food System International and of the Catholic faith. He enjoyed flying model airplanes and was a member of the...

Nov 23, 2010

Ann Campbell of Frostproof passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at her residence. She was born September 19, 1947 in Fonde, KY to the late Elmer Sims and Mary Ethel (Hunter) Bennett; and came to Frostproof from Michigan nine years ago. She was a warehouse clerk for Jarvis Peimco, and of the Church of God faith. She loved her...

Nov 23, 2010

Polly King Milling of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at her residence.

She was born January 29, 1941 in Fort Green; she came here from Hardee County 25 years ago. She was a retired care giver and of the Pentecostal faith. She enjoyed painting, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.

Polly...

Nov 19, 2010

Karen Futch Schaefer of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 19, 2010 at her residence. She was born December 15, 1953 in Fort Myers, and came to Lake Wales from Hallendale, FL in 1986. She was a retired school bus driver and of the Baptist faith. Karen was preceded in death by her mother, Renie Mae (Spradlin) Futch. Survivors...

Nov 19, 2010

Vinnie C. Davis of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 19, 2010 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

She was born July 2, 1926 in Johnson County, GA to the late James Alexander & Annie Lou (Reese) Carter; she came here from Sebring in 1952. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church...

Nov 16, 2010

Dr. Albert Olen Ryan, Jr., age 88, of Babson Park, FL passed away on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at the Good Shepherd Hospice facility in Auburndale. Dr. Ryan was born on August 20, 1922 in Covington, KY, the son of Albert and Esther (Stockfleet) Ryan. He was a veteran of World War II, trained as a corpsman at Camp...

Nov 15, 2010

Jay Bardin of Lake Wales passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Monday, November 15, 2010 at his sister's residence in Lake Wales.

He was born October 21, 1948 in Columbia, SC; and was a lifelong resident of Lake Wales. He was a writer, musician, chef and an artist; and was a member of Mensa, a high...

Nov 11, 2010

Gene "Tiny" Phillips of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, November 11, 2010 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale.

He was born May 30, 1936 in Princeville, IL to the late Virgil Vincent & Dorothy Phillips; he came here from Wyoming, IL in 1996. He was retired from Caterpillar Corp in Mossville, IL and of the Baptist...

Nov 9, 2010

Clara Cobb of Frostproof passed away November 9, 2010 at the Brandywyne Healthcare Facility in Winter Haven. Clara was born August 7, 1933 in Boaz, AL to the late Hubert and Bessie (Dunn) Owens. She was a supervisor for Donald Duck, then later retired from Ben Hill Griffin, Inc. as a citrus packer. She was also a member of...

Nov 9, 2010

Rafael Alvarado passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at the Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale in the presence of his loving family.

He was born June 12, 1965 La Union, El Salvador; and he came to Lake Wales from Winter Haven in 1997. He was a banquet captain for The Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Orlando and was...

Nov 9, 2010

Robert T. "Bob" Tullock of River Ranch passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at his residence. He was 59. He was born February 17, 1951 in Redford, Michigan; and came here 10 years ago from Battle Creek, Michigan. He was a retired supervisor at Kellogg Co in Battle Creek, MI and was of the Lutheran faith. He enjoyed his...