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...
Harry Russell Smith
Feb 5, 2006
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 L. Esser
Feb 2, 2006
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 S. Letter
Feb 1, 2006
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...
Milagros M. German
Feb 1, 2006
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...