OBITUARIES
Mary R. Brown
Nov 23, 2017
Mary R. Brown, 85, of Clermont, FL passed away Thursday, November 23, 2017. Mary was born on October 13, 1932 in Manhattan, NY to Claudius L. and Melvina A. Gumbs. Mary was a former resident of St. Thomas, USVI and for many years worked for Immigration and Naturalization services. She was a longtime resident of Central Florida, working for many...
Dr. Stephen Edward Newton
Nov 19, 2017
Dr. Stephen Edward Newton, age 73, Clermont, died November 19, 2017, tragically, as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Â He was born December 14, 1943 in Bedford, England, the only child of Joan Beaus & Ralph Newton. Dr. Newton, who was also affectionately known to many of his friends and patients as "Bones" or "Doc" will be...
Maxine Ruth Hardy
Nov 19, 2017
Maxine Ruth Hardy, age 83, Clermont & formerly of Minneola, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017. She was born November 22, 1933 in Plymouth, IN daughter of Bessie Beaty & M. Wayne Henderson and was a local resident since 2008 from Plymouth. She was a member of Grace Community Church where she was known as the "cookie lady." Her...
Justin Cole Delaney
Nov 18, 2017
Justin Cole Delaney, 22, of Clermont, FL passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2017. He was born in Orlando, FL on December 12, 1994.
He was raised in Clermont and was a 2013 graduate of South Lake High. After experiencing many job opportunities and experiences, he was most recently employed at Cone Distributing in Ocala. Justin had...
Victoria Ann "Cricket" Fernandez
Nov 18, 2017
Victoria Ann Fernandez, affectionately known as Cricket, age 58, of Mascotte, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at South Lake Hospital. She was born May 27, 1959 in Lansing, MI daughter of Wanda Mae Foster & Moises Jim Fernandez. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her brothers Daniel Fernandez & Moises Fernandez, Jr. Surviving are...
Jocklyn R. Manley
Nov 16, 2017
Jocklyn Roychelle Manley was born (Army Brat) November 1, 1966 at Fort Sill Oklahoma to Clarence Manley Jr of Clermont FL and Dorothy L Manley of Irvington NJ. She departed this life on November 16, 2017 in Birmingham AL At an early age she confessed Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior. She united with Mount Calvary Baptist Church,...
Mary Mason Findlay
Nov 16, 2017
Mary Mason Findlay, 87, of Clermont, FL passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017. Â Mary was born on December 19, 1929 in Scotland, daughter of James and Catherine Black. She came to America 1949 and lived in Kearny, NJ before moving to Clermont in 1997. Â She worked for Westinghouse, Newark, NJ, as a Quality Control Inspector for over 30 years....
Seth D. Sutherland
Nov 14, 2017
Seth Donald Sutherland, 17 left this earth to meet his loving Creator on the morning of Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Seth was known and loved by many for his winning smile and beautiful eyes, not to mention his gorgeous curly hair that became one of his personally prized assets. Seth was an outdoorsman at heart, who loved nothing more than...
Donna Jean Bradford
Nov 14, 2017
Donna Jean Bradford, 52, passed away November 14th, 2017. She was born July 18th, 1965 in Queens,NY; the daughter of Doris Kunze Vensas and Ralph Vensas and lived in Lindenhurst and West Babylon,NY until 2013 when she and her family moved to Clermont, Florida where she was close to Disney, which she loved. She worked as a cashier for Hess...
Johnnie Lee Warren
Nov 13, 2017
Johnnie Lee Warren, age 96, Clermont, passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017 at Clermont Health & Rehab. He was born July 17, 1921 in Smoaks, SC son of Clara Varnado & George D. Warren & was a central Florida resident since 1952 from Detroit. He was a warehouse worker, member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Orlando & member of...
Jay Louise Rogers
Nov 13, 2017
Jay Louise Rogers, age 69, Minneola, passed away November 13, 2017. She was born February 14, 1948 in Eustis, daughter of the late Edna Mae Patterson & Edward J. Rogers and was a lifelong area resident. A graduate of Clermont High School, she worked as a beautician and a florist and was a member of Victory Outreach. Her sister Barbara...
Dorothy Scott Hayes
Nov 10, 2017
Dorothy Scott Hayes, 95, of Clermont, Florida, passed away on November 10, 2017. Dorothy was born on October 5, 1922 in Cambridge, MA, daughter of the late Victor A. and Catherine B. Scott. Dorothy spent her career in the area of finance serving as an income tax consultant, CFO of South Lake Hospital, and CFO of Florida Select Citrus. She...
Andrew Patrick
Nov 7, 2017
Andrew Patrick, age 92, Hendersonville, TN & former Clermont resident passed away November 7, 2017 in Hendersonville. He was born March 2, 1925 in Spangler, PA son of Anna Kellar & Anthony Patrick. He served in the US Army & was a Test Engineer retiring from Martin Marietta. A Clermont resident since 1986 from Pine Hills, he was a member...
Betty Lou Harper Turner
Nov 6, 2017
Betty Lou Turner, age 87, Clermont, passed away November 6, 2017. She was born December 14, 1929 in Montezuma, GA daughter of Alma Gertrude Booth & Martin Harper and was a central Florida resident since 1945. She worked as a cafeteria worker for the Lake County School Board was a member of South Lake Christian Church. Her brothers Robert L....
Victor Andrew Hansen
Nov 6, 2017
Victor Andrew Hansen, Jr., 84, of Clermont, FL passed away Monday, November 6, 2017. Â Victor was born on August 25, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, son of Victor and Jesse Hansen, Sr. Â He served in the U.S. Navy and worked for many years in the copper mines. Victor is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Anita; children, Glenda Gilman,...
James "Jim" Donahue, Jr.
Nov 5, 2017
James "Jim" Donahue, Jr., age 61, of Groveland, passed away November 5, 2017.
Elizabeth Ann Goodwin Schneider
Nov 4, 2017
Elizabeth Brender Goodwin Schneider, age 75, passed away November 4, 2017 in Clermont, FL. She was born October 31, 1942 to Friedrich Paul (dec. 1974) & Antoinette Ann Ogurkowski (dec. 2010) Brender of Frankenmuth, MI. She married Karl Hans Schneider in the Orlando Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints on May 8, 2004. In addition to her...
Marvin Ehrlich Wilson
Oct 31, 2017
Marvin Ehrlich Wilson, age 94, passed away on October 31, 2017 at Brookdale Clermont. Son of Maude & Toby Wilson, he was born on April 30, 1923 in Swainsboro, Georgia. He grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he still has family, and served in the United States Navy during the Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II. After being honorably...
Arlene Boynton Bellerose
Oct 27, 2017
Arlene B. (Boynton) Bellerose, a longtime area funeral director formerly of Putnam and Dayville, CT, died peacefully on Friday, October 27, 2017 at Colonial Lakes Health Care, Winter Garden, FL. She was 79. Arlene was born and raised in Rutland, VT the daughter of the late Reginald F. and Luella D. (Bell) Boynton. She attended Rutland Schools and graduated from...
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