Donald Lee Meyers
Feb 24, 2006
DONALD MEYERS, 59 Sitter Service LAKE WALES -- Mr. Donald Lee Meyers of Lake Wales died of heart failure Feb. 24, 2006, at home. He was 59. Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Sept. 18, 1946, he came to Lake Wales from there in 1977. He worked for a sitter service. He attended Lake Wales Lutheran Church. Mr. Meyers...
Cornelius "Blackie" Dusina
Feb 23, 2006
CORNELIUS DUSINA, 84 Ford Motor Co. LAKE WALES -- Mr. Cornelius "Blackie" Dusina of Lake Wales died of heart failure Thursday (Feb. 23, 2006) at Winter Haven Hospital. He was 84. Born in Blue Diamond, Ky., on Dec. 21, 1921, he came to Lake Wales from Cincinnati in 1988. He worked in refrigeration and air conditioning for Ford Motor...
Ann Peterson Myers
Feb 22, 2006
Ann Myers, 83, Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Ms. Ann Peterson Myers was an artist and world traveler who had a thirst for knowledge. "She was very bright and interested in lots of things. She was always studying," said her daughter, Marsha Myers Kendrick of Lake Wales. "She loved ancient history and was a Latin major in college. She loved...
Mary Louise Marzocco
Feb 21, 2006
MARY MARZOCCO, 95 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Mary L. Roso Marzocco of Lake Wales died of heart failure Tuesday (Feb. 21, 2006) at Winter Haven Hospital. She was 95. Born in Tontitown, Ark., on June 8, 1910, she came to Lake Wales from Waukesha, Wis., in 1999. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Holy Spirit...
Freddie Dale Thomasson
Feb 20, 2006
FREDDIE THOMASSON, 63 Coal Miner ARCADIA -- Mr. Freddie D. Thomasson of Arcadia died of heart failure Monday (Feb. 20, 2006) at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He was 63. Born in Utica, Ky., on Feb. 15, 1943, he moved to Arcadia from Greenville, Ky., eight years ago. He was a coal miner. He was an Army veteran and served during...
Jeremiah Porio
Feb 18, 2006
JEREMIAH PORIO, 76 Security Guard FROSTPROOF -- Mr. Jeremiah Porio of Frostproof died of heart failure Saturday (Feb. 18, 2006) at The Groves Center. He was 76. Born in Cambridge, Mass., on Aug. 10, 1929, he came to Frostproof from Ocklawaha in 1993. He was a security guard for Winterset Condos. He was an Air Force veteran of the...
Princess W. Britt
Feb 18, 2006
PRINCESS BRITT, 89 Homemaker LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Princess W. Britt of Lake Wales died of lung failure Saturday (Feb. 18, 2006) at The Groves Center. She was 89. Born in Turner County, Ga., on Feb. 3, 1917, she came to Lake Wales from Georgia in 1954. She was a homemaker. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Britt was preceded...
Mary Evelyn Nave
Feb 17, 2006
MARY NAVE, 84 Homemaker BABSON PARK -- Mrs. Mary Evelyn Nave of Babson Park died of heart failure Friday (Feb. 17, 2006) at Lake Wales Medical Center. She was 84. Born in Atlanta on Sept. 24, 1921, she came to Babson Park from Clearwater in 1988. She was a homemaker. She attended First Christian Church of Babson Park. Mrs....
Dotsie Lena Brooks
Feb 16, 2006
DOTSIE BROOKS, 81 Gulf Life Insurance LAKE WALES -- Mrs. Dotsie Lena Brooks of Lake Wales died of cancer Thursday (Feb. 16, 2006) at home. She was 81. Born in Mount Carbon, W.Va., on April 14, 1924, she was a longtime resident of Lake Wales. She was an office manager for Gulf Life Insurance. She was a member of...
William Lee "Bill" Owens
Feb 15, 2006
WILLIAM OWENS, 40 Construction Foreman LAKE WALES -- Mr. William L. "Bill" Owens of Lake Wales died Wednesday (Feb. 15, 2006) at home. The cause of death is pending autopsy results. He was 40. Born in Bartow on Aug. 26, 1965, he was a lifelong resident. He was a high rise building construction foreman and formerly a Caloosa Lake...
Walter James Heyne
Feb 14, 2006
WALTER HEYNE, 62 Legal Research LAKE WALES -- Mr. Walter James Heyne of Lake Wales died of heart failure Tuesday (Feb. 14, 2006) at Lake Wales Medical Center. He was 62. Born in Flagstaff, Ariz., on March 26, 1943, he came to Indian Lake Estates two years ago. He was the owner and operator of Legal Research. He was...
Phyllis Elva Swasey
Feb 14, 2006
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 Earl Nimmo
Feb 13, 2006
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 C. Hart
Feb 11, 2006
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 Dairus Yates
Feb 9, 2006
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 Laurel Volkert Marchione
Feb 9, 2006
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 Lee Hammond
Feb 9, 2006
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 Alice Wood
Feb 9, 2006
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 Carol Jacobson
Feb 8, 2006
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 Owen Brown
Feb 8, 2006
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...