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Ralph O. Draper

Ralph O. Draper

Mar 27, 2015

Orlando, Florida Ralph O. Draper, 88, formerly of Clermont, FL passed away Friday, March 27, 2015. Ralph was born on February 17, 1927 in Farmington, DE, the son of Oscar and Anna Draper. He served in the U.S. Army and following worked for and retired from Libby''s and the Campbell Soup Company as an agriculturalist. Ralph was a member of...

Effie B. Smith

Effie B. Smith

Mar 23, 2015

Effie B. Smith, 88, of Clermont, Fl., died March 23, 2015 from complications of pneumonia. She was born in Stilson, Georgia and lived most of her adult life in Brunswick, Georgia. She became a registered nurse in 1947 and served proudly in the profession for over 55 years. She was a beloved member of First Baptist Church of Clermont for...

Bryan Rex Everett

Bryan Rex Everett

Mar 21, 2015

Bryan Rex Everett, 49, of Clermont, FL passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 21, 2015. Bryan was born on February 28, 1966 in East Chicago, IN. He graduated in June 1989 from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. He resided in Florida since 1989 and worked at the Buena Vista Palace for the past 20 years, where...

Deborah Rogers Evans

Deborah Rogers Evans

Mar 20, 2015

Deborah "Deb" Rogers Evans went home to be with Jesus at 5:05 PM on March 20, 2015 at the Mike Conley hospice house in Clermont, Florida. She had just celebrated her 62nd birthday. She was born on March 18, 1953 in Orlando, Florida to Pete and Gladys Rogers. She grew up in the Orlando area and made a career as...

Archie Franklin Pyles

Archie Franklin Pyles

Mar 18, 2015

Archie Franklin Pyles, 81, of Clermont, FL passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Archie was born on June 21, 1933 in Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of William F. and Virginia P. Pyles. He served in the U.S. Army after graduating high school. Archie was employed by Weirton Steel Mill for 19 years...

Thomas Ray Beckius

Thomas Ray Beckius

Mar 16, 2015

Thomas Ray Beckius "Tom", age 75, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother passed away Monday March 16, 2015. Tom was born in North Platte, Nebraska on August 7, 1939 to the late Paul and Cecilia Beckius. Following high school, Thomas joined the United States Navy in Omaha, Nebraska on February 28, 1958, he served our country proudly and majored...

Glenn Olsen

Glenn Olsen

Mar 16, 2015

Glenn Olsen, Jr., 67, of Clermont, FL passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. Glenn was born on July 26, 1947 in Boston, MA, the son of the late Glenn and Helen (nee Langdon) Olsen, Sr.. He was a resident of Clermont for the past 31 years and worked in landscaping before retirement. Glenn is...

Michael William Morris

Michael William Morris

Mar 10, 2015

Michael William Morris, 70 died Monday March 11 at the Hospice House in Clermont Florida of lung cancer. He leaves his Sisters Patricia and Deborah Wisne (Joe) , is brothers John (Judy), Don, Steve and Greg (Amanda) , his nieces Colleen Krebs (Bill) , Emily, Madelyn and Delaney, and his nephews Robert (Diane) , Peter (Jennifer) and Lee and several...

Sandra Ellen Baillet

Sandra Ellen Baillet

Mar 10, 2015

Sandra Ellen Baillet, 59, of Winter Haven, FL passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, FL. Sandra was born in Omaha, Nebraska and had lived in the Central Florida area for the past 43 years. Sandra is survived by her children, Miranda (Edward) Arostegui of Antioch, TN, Justin (Dana) Baillet of Groveland, FL,...

John "Jackie" J. Hinds

John "Jackie" J. Hinds

Mar 7, 2015

JOHN J. HINDS, 60, DIED SATURDAY MARCH 7, 2015, AT HOME. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS, WILHELMINA HINDS, HIS SON ALBERTO F. RIVERA, HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM HINDS AND HIS WIFE THERESA, HIS SISTER-IN-LAW(S), CATHERINE SYPER, CONNIE SYPER, THEA SYPER, AND ROSEANNA CAPOZZI. HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW(S), MICHAEL CAPOZZI AND CHRISTIAN PEREZ. HIS NEPHEW(S), CHRIS HINDS, NICK HINDS, MATT HINDS,...

Gloria T. Lloyd

Gloria T. Lloyd

Mar 6, 2015

Gloria T. Lloyd, born July 23, 1927 in Holland, Michigan. Raised in Orlando, Florida. Gloria is survived by sons, Rick (Pam) Adams of Clermont and Scott (Francine) Lloyd of Orlando; daughter, Cathy Kelly of Blufton, South Carolina; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Leonard Adolph Hamel

Leonard Adolph Hamel

Mar 6, 2015

Clermont? Leonard A. Hamel, 91, died Friday March 6, 2015at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, FL. He leaves his wife of 19 years, Joanne Zaccagni Hamel; his daughters, Susan Hamel-Miller (Ron) and Amy Ann Rooney (Edward); and daughter-in-law Sandra Hamel. His son Christopher Hamel predeceased him, as did his wives Lucille of 30 years and Corrine Bischoff Hamel...

Peter Bernardo Moreno

Peter Bernardo Moreno

Mar 5, 2015

Peter Bernardo Moreno was born August 25, 1923 in Key West Florida. His family moved to Miami when he was 5. He was one of 8 children; he had 6 brothers and 1 sister. After graduating from Miami Jackson High School he worked for a local furniture store and then for Amaco Oil driving a tanker truck. Then WW II...

Arie Lee Godwin

Arie Lee Godwin

Mar 2, 2015

Arie Lee Godwin, age 89, Minneola, passed away March 2, 2015 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was born January 25, 1926 in Tuscanooga, FL daughter of Rhoda Lee Wilson & Walter Scott Merritt. A lifelong area resident, she was owner/operator of Aries Beauty Shop in Minneola and was a member of Tuscanooga Baptist Church & Eastern Star. In...

Antoinette M. Torlak

Antoinette M. Torlak

Mar 2, 2015

Antoinette M. Torlak, 51, of Minneola, FL passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 at her home. Antoinette was born on November 19, 1963 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Dominic and Geraldine (nee Boudreau) Mineo. She was a resident of Minneola since 2003 previously living in Chicago. She was a homemaker. Antoinette is survived by her loving husband, Vojislav "Bill";...

Anita Rose Greco

Anita Rose Greco

Mar 2, 2015

Anita Rose Greco, age 89, Clermont, passed away March 2, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 22, 1925 in New York, NY daughter of Vincenza Sciandra & Santo Catanzaro. She & her husband Michele Angelo Greco, who preceded her in death in 1990, were business owners in Hallandale, FL prior to her relocating to...

Theodore Dale Ted Dewitt

Theodore Dale Ted Dewitt

Feb 25, 2015

Theodore Dale DeWitt (Ted) of Clermont, FL passed away Wednesday February 25, 2015 at home surrounded by his loved ones. Ted was born May 19,1952 in Flint, Michigan. He attended Central Michigan University where he earned a Bachelors degree in business administration. He relocated to Florida in 1980 where he was President of DeWitt Excavating and active in West Orange...

Anthony Kataro

Anthony Kataro

Feb 24, 2015

AUBURNDALE, FL ? Tony Kataro, 83, died Tuesday Feb 24 at Good Sheppard Hospice Care. He was born in Salem, Ohio son of the late Frances and Antonio Kataro Sr. He is preceded in death by his brother Emil and is survived by wife Shirley (Werner), son Steve, daughter Ann, brother Stanley and many nieces and nephews. Tony was a...

Lorraine B. Pederson

Lorraine B. Pederson

Feb 23, 2015

Lorraine B. Pederson, 87, of Clermont, FL passed away Monday February 23, 2015. Lorraine was born on August 14, 1927 in Groveland, FL, the daughter of Alfred and Hilda (nee Andersen) Benson. She was a lifelong resident of the area and retired from the Lake County School Board where she worked as a social worker. She was a Baptist. Lorraine...

Jacob Martin Vander Meer

Jacob Martin Vander Meer

Feb 23, 2015

Jacob Martin Vander Meer, 87, Clermont, went home to be with the Lord on February 23, 2015. He was born in Grand Rapids, MI on October 4, 1927 son of Jacob & Dena Dik Vander Meer. Married in 1947, he is preceded in death by his wife Dolores Mae Vander Meer. They shared 65 wonderful years together. Jay is also...

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