PAUL BRISSENDEN, 75 University of California LAKE WALES--Paul Brissenden of Lake Wales died of heart failure Tuesday (Oct. 03, 2006) at his residence. He was 75. Born April 02, 1931 in Quincy, Mass; he came here from San Diego, CA in 2000. He was a retired space research engineer for the University of California. He was veteran of Korea,...
DAVID MARTIN HALL, 50 State Farm Insurance LAKE WALES--David Martin Hall of Lake Wales, died of respiratory failure Tuesday (Oct. 03, 2006) at Florida Hospital South in Orlando. He was 50. Born September 12, 1956 in Fernandina Beach, FL; he was an imaging technician for State Farm Insurance. He was a member of the Gray Gables Baptist Church in...
FREDERICK RICHMOND HOLBROOK, JR., 65 U.S. Postal Service ROCKLAND, MA--Frederick Richmond Holbrook, Jr. of Rockland, Massachusetts, died of heart failure Tuesday (Oct. 03, 2006) at the Lake Wales Medical Center in Lake Wales, Florida. He was 65. Born February 10, 1941 in Brockton, MA; he moved here from Rockland, MA 2 years ago. He was a retired letter carrier...
STANLEY LINCOLN NORBECK, 88 Rockport Post Office LAKE WALES--Stanley Lincoln Norbeck of Frostproof, died of auto accident Friday (Sept. 29, 2006) at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was 88. Born February 12, 1918 in New Sweden, Maine; he was raised on his family’s potato farm until he met and married Mary Milton and moved to Camden, Maine. He was...
Marie Annetta Nicholson, 76 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Marie Annetta Nicholson of Lake Wales died of heart failure Tuesday (Sept. 26, 2006) at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was 76. Born on Dec. 12, 1929, she came to Lake Wales from Fort Lauderdale in 1989. She was a homemaker. She was a Presbyterian. Mrs. Nicholson is survived by...
Elizabeth "Betty" Sharp, 93 Friedlander's Department Store LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" Sharp of Lake Wales died of heart failure Tuesday (Sept. 26, 2006) at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was 93. Born in Wales, Great Britain, on Nov. 7, 1912, she came to Lake Wales from Westchester, Pa., in 1973. She was a retired saleswoman for Friedlander's...
Katherine Rogers Johnson, 61 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Katherine Rogers Johnson of Lake Wales died Monday (Sept. 25, 2006) at Winter Haven Hospital. The cause of death is pending autopsy results. She was 61. Born in Meriden, Conn., on May 24, 1945, she lived in Winter Haven before moving to Lake Wales more than a year ago. She...
Patricia Sue Blankenship, 45 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Patricia Sue Blankenship of Lake Wales died of heart and lung failure Monday (Sept. 25, 2006) at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was 45. Born in Cleveland on Aug. 3, 1961, she came to Lake Wales from Ohio six years ago. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Blankenship is survived by...
Roger Lewis Horton, 81 Florida Power Corp. LAKE WALES -- Mr. Roger Lewis Horton of Lake Wales died of complications of lung disease Thursday (Sept. 21, 2006) at home. He was 81. Born in Lake Wales on May 21, 1925, he was a lifelong resident. He was a retired serviceman for Florida Power Corp. He formerly worked at the...
Ruby M. Addison, 89 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Ruby M. Addison of Lake Wales died of complications from diabetes Thursday (Sept. 21, 2006) at Haines City Health Care. She was 89. Born June 12, 1917, in St. Charles, Va., Mrs. Addison moved to Lake Wales from Virginia in 1936. She was a homemaker. She was Baptist. Mrs. Addison...
Gladys B. Thompson, 93 Central Florida Gas Co. HAINES CITY -- Mrs. Gladys B. Thompson of Haines City died of heart failure Thursday (Sept. 21, 2006) at Haines City Health Care. She was 93. Born in Mondak, Mont., on June 28, 1913, she came to Lake Wales from Montana in 1918, moving to Haines City two years ago. She...
Margaret F. Wiggin, 89 U.S. Government LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Margaret F. Wiggin of Lake Wales died of heart failure Sept. 20, 2006, at New Horizon Assisted Living Facility in Winter Haven. She was 89. Born in Newburyport, Mass., on Dec. 20, 1916, she came to Lake Wales in 1983. She was a claims examiner for the U.S. Government....
DONALD EDMONSON, 70 Graybar Electric LAKE WALES -- Mr. Donald Wayne Edmonson of Lake Wales died of cancer Friday (Sept. 15, 2006). He was 70. Born April 14, 1936, in Altoona, Pa., Mr. Edmonson moved to Lake Wales from Tampa in 1987. He worked as an accountant for Graybar Electric. He was Protestant. Mr. Edmonson is survived by his...
EDITH BREWER, 73 Polk County Schools LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Edith Meeks Brewer of Lake Wales died of cancer Friday (Sept. 15, 2006) at Winter Haven Hospital. She was 73. Born May 14, 1933, in Eagle Lake, Mrs. Brewer was a lifelong resident of Polk County. She worked as a bus driver for the Polk County School System. She...
KATHIE BONNEMAN, 64 State of Florida LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Kathie Bonneman of Lake Wales died of cancer Wednesday (Sept. 13, 2006) at Good Shepherd Hospice. She was 64. Born in Melbourne on Sept. 7, 1942, she came to Lakeland in 1945, moving to Lake Wales in 1977. She was a social worker for the state of Florida for...
LOIS BEASLEY, 83 Citrus World LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Lois W. "Rene" Beasley of Lake Wales died of heart failure Wednesday (Sept. 13, 2006) at Winter Haven Hospital. She was 83. Born in Dothan, Ala., on July 26, 1923, she came to Lake Wales from Lakeland 50 years ago. She was a grader for Florida Natural and Citrus World....
Earl Branch, 76 Sheriff's Office LAKE WALES -- Mr. Earl Branch was an outdoorsman who enjoyed gardening, fly fishing, and barbecue cookouts. "We used to have a big garden right here in my backyard. He did most of the rototilling, and I did most of the work. And he enjoyed it as much as I did," said his wife...
MAUDIE CAMPBELL, 85 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Ms. Maudie Mae Campbell of Lake Wales died of heart failure Monday (Sept. 11, 2006) at Dove Healthcare. She was 85. Born in Barbour County, Ala., on Jan. 28, 1921, she came to Lake Wales from Alabama in 2001. She was a homemaker. She was a Baptist. Ms. Campbell is survived by...
Leoria Puterbaugh, 86 Webber College WINTER HAVEN -- Mrs. Leoria Chadwell Puterbaugh, who worked in the business office at Webber College and owned a mobile home park, came from a family known for its longevity. "Many of her ancestors lived to be over 100. In fact, one of her brothers lived to be over 100," said her son, Robert...
HARRY FISCHER, 55 Oakley Transport LAKE WALES -- Mr. Harry L. Fischer of Lake Wales died of heart failure Saturday (Sept. 9, 2006). He was 55. Born in Philadelphia on Sept. 2, 1951, he came to Lake Wales from Manahawkin, N.J., 21 years ago. He was a retired shop foreman at Oakley Transport. He was a member of the...