Joan W. "Joanie" Futrill
Nov 22, 2007
JOAN W. “JOANIE” FUTRILL, 52 Polk Community College LAKE WALES--Joan W. “Joanie” Futrill, 52, of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, November 22, 2007 at Lake Wales Medical Center. Born July 4, 1955 in Lake Wales; she was a lifelong resident of the area. She was retired from the human resourses department at Polk Community College and was of the...
Vernon Lambeth
Nov 20, 2007
VERNON LAMBETH, 60 Electrician Vernon Lambeth, 60, of Frostproof passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2007 in Bartow. Born August 11, 1947 in Flomaton, AL; he came to Frostproof as a child. He was an electrician for Rotonics Manufacturing Inc. and attended the First Baptist Church. He loved the outdoors, and enjoyed camping, fishing, boating and tending to his citrus...
Rev. Robert Hare
Nov 16, 2007
REV. ROBERT HARE, 77 Revival Tabernacle LAKE WALES--Rev. Robert Hare, 77, of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 at his home. Born April 12, 1930 in Lake Wales; he has been a lifelong resident of the area. He has been a minister for over 50 years ministering many surrounding churches, before settling at the Revival Tabernacle 37...
Robert Dencil Lake
Nov 11, 2007
ROBERT DENCIL LAKE, 60 Electrician Babson Park--Robert Dencil Lake, 60, of Babson Park passed away Sunday, November 11, 2007 due to heart failure at his home. Born March 25, 1947 in Lakeland, FL; he was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a electrician and a member the R.R.P.O.A., the V.F.W., and the N.R.A. He was a veteran...
John W. "Bill" Gardner
Nov 11, 2007
JOHN W. “BILL” GARDNER, 81 Lake Wales News LAKE WALES--John W. “Bill” Gardner, 81, of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, November 11, 2007 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland. Born May 24, 1926 in Clarksdale, MS; he came to Lake Wales from Jackson, MS in 1982. He was an advertising agent for the Lake Wales News and following...
Carolyn Ann Sheffield
Nov 9, 2007
CAROLYN ANN SHEFFIELD, 56 Beall's Outlet LAKE WALES--Carolyn Ann Sheffield, 56, of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 9, 2007 due to cancer at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland. Born August 14, 1951 in Mayo, Florida; she was a lifelong resident of Lake Wales. She was a store clerk for Beall’s Outlet and was of the Church of...
Mary Beasley Jones
Nov 9, 2007
MARY BEASLEY JONES, 78 Homemaker LAKE WALES--Mary Beasley Jones, 78, of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 9, 2007 at Dove Health Care in Lake Wales. Born March 17, 1929 in Enterprise, AL; she came to the Lake Wales/Frostproof area as a child. She was a homemaker that was dedicated to her family and a member of the First...
Helen Roderick
Nov 8, 2007
HELEN RODERICK, 86 Homemaker FROSTPROOF--Helen Roderick, 86, of Frostproof passed away Thursday, November 8, 2007 due to cancer at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. Born August 28, 1921 in Mount Vernon, Arkansas; she came to Frostproof from Lake Wales 2 months ago. She was a homemaker and a member of the High Point Church in Lake Wales. She enjoyed...
Richard Lawrence "Dick" Mcquiston
Nov 3, 2007
RICHARD L. McQUISTON, 62 Bernie Little Management Services LAKE WALES--Richard L. McQuiston died Saturday, November 3, 2007 in Lake Wales from cancer. Born September 30, 1945 in Ellwood City, PA; the son of the late Harold F. McQuiston and Minnie Hall McQuiston. He was a 1963 graduate of Riverside High School in Ellwood City and attended college at Robert...
Putt Boucher
Nov 2, 2007
PUTT BOUCHER, 84 LAKE WALES--Putt Boucher passed away November 2, 2007 after a long battle with alzheimers. She was born May 10, 1923 to Irving and Lillian Boucher. Her accomplishments included personal secretary to Mrs. Agler Cook at Mt. Lake and New York. After her father’s death, she continued the operation of Five Acres Turkey Farm but she is...
Polly Ovella Benefiel
Nov 1, 2007
POLLY O. BENEFIEL, 95 Homemaker LAKE WALES--Polly O. Benefiel, 95, of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, November 01, 2007 at The Palms of Sebring in the loving care of staff and Good Shepherd Hospice. Born July 16, 1912 in Jasper to William Raiford Royal and Vinnie Sapp Royal; and has lived in Florida all her life. She was a...
Bonnie Jean Creekmore
Oct 29, 2007
BONNIE JEAN CREEKMORE, 82 Homemaker AUBURNDALE--Bonnie Jean Creekmore, 82, of Auburndale passed away October 29, 2007 due to heart failure at Winter Haven Hospital. Born August 29, 1925 in LaCrosse, WI; she has lived in Polk County since 1975, coming from Miami. She was a homemaker and attended the First United Methodist Church in Bartow, where she taught Sunday...
Evelyn Nadine Warters
Oct 28, 2007
EVELYN NADINE WARTERS, 87 Bookkeeper LAKE WALES--Evelyn Nadine Warters, 87, of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, October 28, 2007 at her home. Born July 31, 1920 in Littlestown, PA; she came to Lake Wales from New Bedford, MA in 1978. She was a bookkeeper for Fairhaven Corporation; and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S....
Evelyn E. "Evie" Hoeppner Gervais
Oct 27, 2007
EVELYN E. “EVIE” HOEPPNER GERVAIS, 66 IBM LAKE WALES--Evelyn E. “Evie” Hoeppner Gervais, 66, of Lake Wales passed away October 27, 2007 due to complications of cancer at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. Born October 9, 1941 in Bridgeport, CT; she came to Lake Wales from Underhill, Vermont in 1994. She was a Senior Telecommunications Specialist for IBM for...
Nancy Ann Brenner
Oct 20, 2007
Nancy Ann Brenner, 73 Lake Wales Medical Center WINTER HAVEN--Nancy Ann Brenner, 73, of Winter Haven passed away October 20, 2007 due to heart failure at Winter Haven Hospital. Born October 20, 1934 in Pittsburgh, PA; she came to Winter Haven 4 years ago from Lake Wales, where she lived for 14 years coming from Arlington Heights, IL. She...
Bob L. Creeden
Oct 20, 2007
BOB L. CREEDEN, 82 U.S. Navy LAKE WALES--Bob L. Creeden, 82, of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, October 20, 2007 due to respiratory failure at Lake Wales Medical Center. Born March 22, 1925 in Liberal, KS; he came to Lake Wales from San Diego, CA 8 years ago. He was retired from the U.S. Navy. Bob was a volunteer...
Lawrence Walter Penn
Oct 20, 2007
Lawrence Walter Penn, 65 U.S. Government Lawrence Walter Penn, 65, of Winter Haven passed away Saturday October 20, 2007 due to cancer at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale. Born January 19, 1942; he came to Winter Haven from Washington DC. He was a computer analyst for the U.S. Government; served in the U.S. Air Force; and was involved in...
Dorothy Lee Stanland
Oct 19, 2007
Dorothy Lee Stanland, 81 Waverly Growers WAVERLY--Dorothy Lee Stanland, 81, of Waverly went home to be with her heavenly Father on Friday, October 19, 2007 due to heart failure at Auburndale Oaks. Born April 15, 1926 in Cocoa, FL; she came to Waverly in 1963. She was a grader for Waverly Growers and was a member of the First...
Marie Collier
Oct 15, 2007
MARIE COLLIER, 86 Homemaker LAKE WALES--Marie Collier, 86, of Lake Wales passed away October 15, 2007 due to heart failure at The Groves Center in Lake Wales. Born May 19, 1921 in Opp, AL; she came to Lake Wales from Alabama in 1941. She was a homemaker and was a member of the West Side Baptist Church since 1950...
Irene Gandy Smith
Oct 12, 2007
Irene Gandy Smith, 75 Homemaker LAKE WALES--Irene Gandy Smith, 75, of Lake Wales passed away October 12, 2007 at her home. Born December 28, 1931 in Eustis, FL; she came to Lake Wales from Tallahassee in 1967. She was a homemaker and was a member of the New Harvest Worship Center. Irene was preceded by her husband, Everett C....