Louise Goolsby
Dec 12, 2020
Louise Goolsby, 90
Louise Goolsby of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Lakeland Regional Hospital.
She was born April 11, 1930 in Frostproof to the late Wells and Lillie Mercer. Louise was a retired Loan Officer for 1 st Union Bank which later became Wells Fargo Bank. She was a...
Alvin Faris Ross "Big Al"
Dec 11, 2020
Alvin Faris Ross “Big Al” , 76
Alvin Faris Ross “Big Al” of Lake Wales, Florida passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at his residence.
He was born November 11, 1944 in Virginia to the late Earl and Juanita Ross; he came here from Fort Lauderdale 50 years ago. Alvin was a retired...
Nina Lenore Embich
Dec 11, 2020
Nina Lenore Embich, 94
Nina Lenore Embich of Lake Wales passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at her daughters’ residence.
She was born December 16, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late Everet and Lillian Irvin; she came here from Colorado in 2013. Nina was a homemaker and was a member of...
Melvin H. Hallack
Dec 8, 2020
Melvin H. Hallack, 74
Melvin H. Hallack of Winter Haven passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at the Lakeland Regional Hospital.
He was born November 13, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Donald Hallock and Jane Pariseau; he has been a resident of the area since 1984, moving here from Detroit, Michigan....
John Pendleton Hancock
Dec 7, 2020
John Pendleton Hancock, 85
John Pendleton Hancock of Winter Haven passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at Winter Haven Hospital.
He was born March 26, 1935 in Randolph, Vermont to the late Charles and Eleanor Hancock; he came here from Grand Rapids, Michigan in mid-2005. John was a veteran Sergeant of the United...
Terrie Ann Chapman
Dec 3, 2020
Terrie Ann Chapman, 51
Terrie Ann Chapman of Lake Wales passed away Friday, December 3, 2020 at her residence.
She was born October 16, 1969 in Lake Wales to the late Alvin and Janice Sansom. She enjoyed to color and play the guitar; she was very crafty and enjoyed spending time sewing and...
Linda Viola Colbert
Dec 3, 2020
Linda Viola Colbert, 76
Linda Viola Colbert of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 at her residence.
She was born June 29, 1944 in Black Oak Arkansas to the late Woodrow and Bertha Wilson; she moved to Lake Wales from Frostproof in February of 2012. Linda was a retired packer and...
Paul Wood, Jr.
Dec 3, 2020
Paul Wood, Jr.
Part Owner and General Sales Manager, Wells Motor Company
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, Paul Wood, Jr. of Babson Park, FL was called home to be with his Lord and Savior after complications from Covid-19. This world has lost a great husband, dad, son, papa, brother and friend....
Eldon Neihof
Dec 3, 2020
John Eldon Neihof, 86
John Eldon Neihof of Dundee passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale.
He was born October 5, 1934 in Melbourne, Kentucky to the late Ernest and Blanche Neihof. Eldon came here from Kentucky in August of 2019 and attended Northridge Church in Haines City....
Bobbe Jeanne Graaman
Nov 29, 2020
Bobbe Jeanne Graaman, 70
Bobbe Jeanne Graaman of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Lakeland Regional Hospital.
She was born August 26, 1950 in Nuremberg, Germany to the late Casmir Stanley and Bertha Emma Rzeminski; she came to Lake Wales in 2002 from Illinois. Bobbe was a retired Manager of...
Adrianna Ruby Simental
Nov 28, 2020
ADRIANNA RUBY SIMENTAL, 17
Adrianna Ruby Simental of Frostproof passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020 in Manatee County.
She was born July 10, 2003 in Winter Haven and has been a lifelong resident of the area. She was junior at Frostproof High School and attended St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Fort Meade. She...
Kathryn Sholar Sizemore
Nov 27, 2020
Kathryn Sholar Sizemore, 70
Kathryn Sholar Sizemore of Lake Wales passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at her residence.
She was born February 8, 1950 in Lake Wales to the late Barry and Doris Sholar. Kathryn was a retired LPN that worked at Lake Wales Hospital, Dove Nursing Home, and the Grove Center....
Clifford Ruthell Bradley
Nov 27, 2020
Clifford Ruthell Bradley, 95
On Friday, November 27, 2020, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Clifford Ruthell (Combs) Bradley, passed away peacefully at Advent Health Hospital, Sebring. She was 95 years old.
Born at home on August 7, 1925, the only child of Jack and Sarah (Dugger) Combs, Clifford was a lifelong resident of...
Vera Thompson
Nov 26, 2020
Vera Thompson of Frostproof passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at The Groves Center in Lake Wales.
She was born October 7, 1938 in Caraway, Arkansas; she came here 40 years ago from Kenansville, FL. She was a homemaker and attended the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Frostproof. She loved family time.
Vera was preceded in...
Charles A. "Chuck" Banks, Jr.
Nov 25, 2020
CHARLES ALEXANDER “CHUCK” BANKS, JR.
Chuck Banks of Frostproof passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at home surrounded by his family.
He was born January 25, 1954 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Charles and Theora Banks; he and his wife Susan came to Florida in 1975 from Maryland. He was a retired...
Donald Lee "Don" Andres
Nov 24, 2020
Donald Lee Andres, 92
Donald Lee Andres of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at his residence.
He was born October 15, 1928 in Earl Park, Indiana to the late Edward and Lillian Andres; he came here from Indiana in 2000. Donald served 30 years in the United States Air Force...
Carolyn Johnson Buckingham
Nov 24, 2020
Carolyn Johnson Buckingham, 80
Carolyn Johnson Buckingham of Waverly passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at the Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale.
She was born January 23, 1940 in Lake Wales to the late Grover and Katherine Campbell. Carolyn was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Waverly. She...
Antoinette Marie Stitt
Nov 24, 2020
STITT, Antoinette “Jeanette” (Delfino Salvucci) April 23, 1924– November 24, 2020 Loving Mother to Jeanie Salvucci (deceased), Rita Salvucci Strempack and Len Stitt. Jeanette passed peacefully at the age of 96.
Youngest child of Mazzio Nazzaria Delfino and Maria Immacolata Barrone who arrived at Ellis Island from Italy in 1935. They settled in Chester, PA...
Betty Lou Smith
Nov 24, 2020
Betty Lou Smith, 88
Betty Lou Smith of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at her residence.
She was born March 25, 1932 in Waynesboro, Virginia to the late Charles and Samantha Curry; she came to Florida from Ohio 8 years ago. Betty was a billing clerk Nickels Bakery and Standard...
Eroy Robert Biller
Nov 22, 2020
Eroy Robert Biller, 75
Eroy Robert Biller of Fleming Island passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020 at Advent Health Lake Wales.
He was born February 1, 1945 in San Diego, California to the late Eugene and Lillian Biller; Eroy came here from Atlanta, Georgia 10 years ago. He served in Vietnam with the...