PHYLLIS SWASEY, 86 Homemaker BABSON PARK -- Mrs. Phyllis E. Swasey of Babson Park died of lung failure Tuesday (Feb. 14, 2006) at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was 86. Born in Portsmouth, N.H., on June 4, 1919, she came to Babson Park from there 60 years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lake Wales...
WILLIAM NIMMO, 95 Auto Specialists co. LAKE WALES -- Mr. William Earl Nimmo of Lake Wales died of heart failure Monday (Feb. 13, 2006) at The Groves Center in Lake Wales. He was 95. Born in Paducah, Ky., on May 21, 1910, he came to Lake Wales from Benton Harbor, Mich., 30 years ago. He was a retired auto...
KENNETH HART, 82 Staff Assistant WINTER HAVEN -- Mr. Kenneth C. Hart of Winter Haven died of respiratory failure Saturday (Feb. 11, 2006) at Tandem Healthcare in Winter Haven. He was 82. Born Aug. 28, 1923 in New Haven, Conn., he came to Polk County from Hamden, Conn. 15 years ago. He was a staff assistant in the engineering...
CLYDE YATES, 86 Citrus Industry FROSTPROOF -- Mr. Clyde D. Yates of Frostproof died of cancer Thursday (Feb. 9, 2006) at home. He was 86. Born in Brooks County, Ga., on March 24, 1919, he came to Frostproof from there in 1923. He was self-employed in the citrus industry. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He...
RUTH MARCHIONE, 85 Teacher LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Ruth Laurel Volkert Marchione of Lake Wales died of heart failure Thursday (Feb. 9, 2006) at home. She was 85. Born in Cincinnati on July 18, 1920, she came to Lake Wales from Harrison, N.Y., in 1975. She was a retired teacher for the Harrison Avenue Elementary School in Harrison. She...
RUBY HAMMOND, 82 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Ruby Lee Hammond of Lake Wales died of heart failure Thursday (Feb. 9, 2006) at Kindred Healthcare in Tampa. She was 82. Born in Bay Harbor on April 6, 1923, she was a longtime resident of the Lake Wales area. She was a homemaker. She was Pentecostal. Mrs. Hammond was preceded...
MARY WOOD, 89 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Mary Alice Wood of Lake Wales died of heart failure Thursday (Feb. 9, 2006) at The Groves Center. She was 89. Born in Chicago on June 18, 1916, she came to Lake Wales from South Haven, Mich., in 1972. She was a homemaker. She and her husband formerly owned a blueberry...
NATALIE JACOBSON, 34 Home Park Manager LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Natalle Carol Jacobson of Lake Wales died of heart failure Feb. 8, 2006, at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was 34. Born in St. Petersburg on May 11, 1971, she came to Lake Wales from Winter Haven in 1999. She was a manager for a mobile home park. She...
BILLY BROWN, 69 Police Officer FROSTPROOF -- Mr. Billy Owen Brown of Frostproof died of heart failure Wednesday (Feb. 8, 2006) at James Haley VA Hospital in Tampa. He was 69. Born in Frostproof on May 30, 1936, he was a longtime resident. He was a retired police officer in the Santa Anna, Calif., area. He was a Marine...
HARRY SMITH, 94 U.S. Postal Service NALCREST -- Mr. Harry R. Smith of Nalcrest died Sunday (Feb. 5, 2006) at The Groves Center of complications following a stroke. He was 94. Born in Reads Landing, Minn., on March 3, 1911, he came to Nalcrest from there in 1986. He was a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office...
PAUL ESSER, 95 Mason CAPE CORAL -- Mr. Paul L. Esser of Cape Coral died of heart failure Thursday (Feb. 2, 2006). He was 95. Born March 16, 1910, in Chicago, Ill., Mr. Esser lived in Frostproof for 22 years before moving to Cape Coral. He served in the Army and fought in World War II. He worked as...
JEFFREY LETTER, 47 Computer Analyst ALTAMONTE SPRINGS -- Mr. Jeffrey S. Letter of Altamonte Springs, formerly of Lake Wales, died of cancer Feb. 1, 2006, in Altamonte Springs. He was 47. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Feb. 12, 1958, he moved to Altamonte Springs 15 years ago. He was a computer analyst. He was a Navy veteran. He was...
MILLIE GERMAN, 48 Mar Lisa Cove LAKE WALES -- Ms. Millie German of Lake Wales died of heart failure Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2006) at home. She was 48. Born in Dominican Republic on Sept. 21, 1957, she came to Lake Wales from New York in 1993. She was a server at Mar Lisa Cove for 10 years. She attended...
WILFRED SCHOFIELD, 82 U.S. Navy LAKE WALES -- Mr. Wilfred J. "Bill" Schofield, of Lake Wales, died at his residence on Tuesday (Jan. 31, 2006) of Parkinson's complications. He was 82. Born March 12, 1923, in Philadelphia, Mr. Schofield came here from Port Saint Lucie in October of 2005. He was retired from the U.S. Navy and a veteran...
BARBARA CARTER, 64 Accountant LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Barbara Kaye Carter of Lake Wales died Tuesday (Jan. 31, 2006) of cancer at her residence. She was 64. Born June 21, 1941, in Morganton, N.C., she came here from Oviedo in 1981. She was an accountant for the County Commission. She was an artist and member of the Bartow Art...
William Griffith, 90, Concrete Materials LAKE WALES -- Mr. William R. "Bill" Griffith was a family oriented man who enjoyed life to the fullest. "He was so committed to my mother and to his five children," said his daughter, Elaine Matthews, of Maitland. "Family and friends were what he lived for. "He balanced his business with his family in...
EVELYN DIBBLE, 57 Homemaker FROSTPROOF -- Mrs. Evelyn Margaret Dibble of Frostproof died of heart failure Saturday (Jan. 28, 2006) at home. She was 57. Born in Waterloo, N.Y., on Jan. 15, 1949, she came to Frostproof from Norfolk, Va., in 1990. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Frostproof. Mrs. Dibble was...
ELDRIDGE CLEMONS, 71 Alcoma Packing LAKE WALES -- Mr. Eldridge Clemons of Lake Wales died of heart failure Tuesday (Jan. 24, 2006) at Winter Haven Hospital. He was 71. Born in Largo on Aug. 23, 1934, he came to Lake Wales from there 58 years ago. He was a retired truck driver for Alcoma Packing. He was of the...
RUBY McFARLAND, 86 Homemaker FROSTPROOF -- Mrs. Ruby Christine McFarland of Frostproof died of heart failure Monday (Jan. 23, 2006) at Spring Lake Nursing Home. She was 86. Born in Okeechobee on Jan. 18, 1920, she came to Frostproof from Lake County in 1943. She was a homemaker. She was of the Church of God faith. Mrs. McFarland was...
WILLIAM QUINN, 74 Florida Power Corp. ROCKY FACE, Ga. -- Mr. William Cecil "Bill" Quinn of Rocky Face, Ga., formerly of Lake Wales, died of heart failure Sunday (Jan. 22, 2006) in Dalton, Ga. He was 74. Born in Whitfield County, Ga., on March 24, 1931, he lived in Avon Park and Lake Wales before moving to Rocky Face,...