AMANDA D. “MANDY” HERNDON, 31 Polk Avenue Elementary School LAKE WALES--Amanda D. “Mandy” Herndon, 31, of Lake Wales died from leukemia Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. Born July 13, 1975 in Winter Haven; she came here from Winter Haven in 1992. She was a paraprofessional for Polk Avenue Elementary School and was a...
C. DAVID TUCKER, 72 Inspector LAKE WALES--C. David Tucker, 72, of Lake Wales died of heart failure Monday, May 28, 2007 at his residence. Born April 02, 1935 in Wauchula, FL; he came here as a child. He was a retired citrus inspector for the Florida Department of Agriculture and served in the National Guard. He was a member...
JOSEPHINE S. TUCKER, 90 Citrus World WINTER HAVEN--Josephine S. Tucker, 90, of Winter Haven died of heart failure Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Brandywyne Health Care Center. Born October 05, 1916 in Jackson, TN; she came here from Jackson, TN in 1959. She was a retired machine operator for Citrus World. She was a member of the Browns...
BEATRICE ROCHA CHACE, 82 Seamstress LAKE WALES--Beatrice Rocha Chace, 82, of Lake Wales died of complications of a stroke Saturday, May 26, 2007 at Life Care Center of Winter Haven. Born November 14, 1924 in Fall River, Massachusetts; she has been a winter resident since 1981 coming from Fall River, MA. She was a retired seamstress for the Mayfair...
ROBERT “BOB” NICOLOI, 83 Bob Nicoloi Heating & Air Conditioning FROSTPROOF--Robert “Bob” Nicoloi, 83, of Frostproof died of cancer Sunday, May 20, 2007 at his residence. Born February 01, 1924 in Owosso, MI; he came here in 1948 from Dearborn, MI. He was the retired owner/operator Bob Nicoloi Heating & Air Conditioning. He was of the Methodist faith and...
GEORGE WALTER SIWINSKI, 78 Chemical Engineer WINTER HAVEN--George Walter Siwinski, 78, of Winter Haven died of cancer Friday, May 18, 2007 at his residence. Born June 05, 1928 in Baltimore, MD; a retired chemical engineer from FMC he and his wife came here from Youngstown, NY in 1991. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He was...
HOWARD LEE THARP, 68 Citrus World LAKE WALES--Howard Lee Tharp, 68, of Lake Wales, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Davenport of heart failure. Born January 11, 1939 in Bartow; he came to Lake Wales in 1973 from Bartow. He was a retired supervisor for Citrus World, a member of the...
IMA JEAN ODOM, 74 Homemaker FROSTPROOF--Ima Jean Odom, 74, of Frostproof, died of heart failure Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. Born February 1, 1933 in Walton County, Florida; she has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Raymond Odom of Frostproof; son, Danny Odom of Frostproof;...
Dorothy M. Hall, 87 Ben Hill Griffin Inc. FROSTPROOF--Dorothy M. Hall, 87, of Frostproof died Sunday, May 13, 2007 at the Winter Haven Hospital. Born August 29, 1919 in Wadley, Georgia, she came here in 1956 from Swainsboro, GA. She was a closing machine operator for Ben Hill Griffin and a member of the Southside Baptist Church. She was...
LEE ALEXANDER, 25 Latt Maxcy LAKE WALES--Lee Alexander, 25, of Lake Wales died Saturday, May 12, 2007 in Hillsborough County. Born January 04, 1982, he was the first baby of 1982 to be born in Lake Wales Medical Center. He attended Lake Wales High School and was on the wrestling team. He was a ranch hand for Latt Maxcy...
JACK C. BUMGARDNER, 82 Construction Supervisor LAKE WALES--Jack C. Bumgardner, 82, of Lake Wales died of heart failure Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Winter Haven Hospital. Born September 11, 1924 in Versailles, Kentucky; he came to Florida in 1955. He was of the Methodist faith and a veteran of WWII, serving in the US Army in the South...
MARY JANE DUBOURDIEU, 90 Teacher/Principal WINTER PARK--Mary Jane DuBourdieu, 90, of Winter Park died of heart failure Wednesday, May 09, 2007 at the Winter Park Towers. Born March 22, 1917 in Glen Garnock, Scotland; she came here from Lake Wales 11 years ago. She was a teacher/principal for the Gary, Indiana Public School System. She attended the First Presbyterian...
Beulah Rose Costello, 82 REGISTERED NURSE NALCREST--Beulah Rose Costello of Cambridge, New York (winter resident of Nalcrest) died Monday, May 7, 2007 at the Grove Center. Born December 11, 1924 in Mooers, New York, She has been a winter resident of the area for 15 years. She was a Registered Nurse, of the Catholic Faith and attended University of...
VICKIE LYNN BROOKS, 49 GARDEN CENTER CLERK LAKE WALES--Vickie Lynn Brooks, 49, of Lake Wales died Saturday, May 05, 2007 at the Lake Wales Medical Center. Born September 07, 1957 in Fort Belvour, VA; she came to the area from Schertz, TX 2 years ago. She was a garden center clerk at Wal-Mart and of the Protestant faith. Survivors...
Wilford H. Wilcox, 79 Wilford H. Wilcox, 79, of Lake Wales, FL died Friday, May 4, 2007 at Lake Wales Medical Center. Born October 7, 1927 in Alexander, New York; he came to the area from Palatka, FL 36 years ago. Mr. Wilcox was of the Baptist faith, he loved to watch western movies and baseball. Survivors include his...
KEVIN GOFF, 20 LAKELAND--Kevin Goff, 20, of Lakeland,FL died Friday, May 4, 2007 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Born July 22, 1986 in Augusta, GA; he came to the area from Augusta 15 years ago. He was of the Baptist faith and was a mechanic for Shell Jiffy Lube. Survivors include his; father Jeff Goff of Lakeland, FL; mother,...
MAY LOUISE TUCKER CHAPMAN, 35 HOMEMAKER LAKE WALES--May Louise Tucker Chapman, 35, of Lake Wales, Fl died May 2, 2007 at Lake Wales Medical. She was born on November 18, 1971 in Lake Wales Florida. She was of the Baptist faith, a life time resident and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father Tommy N. Tucker...
LINDA S. JOHNSON, 54 Linda S. Johnson, 54, of Nalcrest, Fl. died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 her residence. Born May 17, 1952 in Sharon, CT; she came to the area 5 years ago from Ft. Lauderdale. She was of the Christian faith, a member of NALC, NRA, honorary Delta, and on the board for NALC newsletter. She is preceded...
ROBERT A. “BOBBY” CRAVEN, 39 Owner/Operator Robert A. “Bobby” Craven of Lakeland died April 30, 2007 in Tampa. Born July 29, 1967 in Rochester, NY; He came to the area from Falls Creek, Pennsylvania 35 years ago. He was an owner/operator of Tree Surgeon. He was of the Protestant faith, and enjoyed riding 4-wheelers and dune buggies. He is...
Gary Mark Walters,47 Truck Driver FROSTPROOF--Gary “Rain bird” Walters of Frostproof, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 at the Winter Haven Hospital. Born January 16, 1960 in Frostproof, Florida where he has been a lifelong resident. He was a Self Employed Truck Driver and of the Baptist Faith. Survivors include Daughters: Cristy Walters of Lake Wales, Fl., Erin Peralta of...