OBITUARIES
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
John Leroy Riffle
Feb 22, 2015
John LeRoy Riffle, Sr., age 75, Montverde, passed away unexpectedly on February 22, 2015. He was born May 3, 1939 in Honolulu, HA son of Margaret Caminos & Jack Washington Riffle and was a lifelong Florida resident, having moved here when he was three months old. He retired from Continental Can after 32 years of employment and attended Lakeside Church,...
Michael Shazam Mahanand
Feb 22, 2015
Michael Shazam Mahanand, 33, Clermont, died February 22, 2015. He was born January 23, 1982 in Guyana son of Roopkrishna Mahanand & Nafeeza Mohamed. He was a carpenter and a local resident since 2014. Surviving in addition to his parents Nafeeza & Krish Mahanand of Clermont are his son Michael Guevara; paternal grandparents Kay & Dave Mahanand; maternal grandmother Neisha...
Patricia Ann Miller
Feb 21, 2015
Patricia Ann Miller, 81, of Clermont, FL passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Health Central in Ocoee, FL. Patricia was born on July 27, 1933 in San Benito, TX. She was a homemaker and enjoyed traveling and reading. Patricia is survived by her loving children, Mark (Sherri) Miller, Cindy (Bob) Simon and Michael "Scooter" (Melissa) Miller; 5 grandchildren and...
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