OBITUARIES
Janice F. Bates
Feb 11, 2013
Janice F. Bates, 50, Mascotte, passed away February 11, 2013 at home surrounded by family. She was born January 25, 1963 in Jamestown, TN daughter of Winona Faye Mangold & Alvin Clifford York and was a central Florida resident since 1969 from Knightstown, IN. On October 19, 1978 she was united in marriage to Charlie Bates, Jr. in Mascotte. She...
Catherine Barbara (Flaherty) Stauder
Feb 9, 2013
Catherine Barbara (Flaherty) Stauder, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister & daughter went to be with Jesus on February 9, 2013. First generation Irish born, she was born May 6, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA to Thomas Flaherty of Lettergunnit Co. Galway and Mary Ann Duffy of Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. She married 1st Lt. Pete Stauder on Thanksgiving Day 1966 and...
Rogelio Pena
Feb 7, 2013
Rogelio Pena, 78, Winter Garden, passed away February 7, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born October 10, 1934 in Havana, Cuba son of Rogelio Pena & Marta Azua. He was a fabric salesman and a local resident since 2001 from Venezuela. His wife Luisa Pena preceded him in death in 2001. Surviving are his children Elena...
Jose A. Vazquez
Feb 6, 2013
Jose A. Vazquez, 66, Clermont, passed away February 6, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born October 11, 1946 in Ponce, Puerto Rico son of Carlos Vazquez & Julia Santiago. He was a Police Sergeant with the New York City Housing Authority prior to relocating to central Florida in 2005. He was of catholic faith. His son...
Alexander L. Gulacsy
Feb 5, 2013
Alexander L. Gulacsy, 87, Clermont, FL passed away February 5, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born June 22, 1925 in Budapest, Hungary son of Barbara Schwartz & Andrew Gulacsy. On April 9, 1950 he was united in marriage to Katalin Szasz in Budapest, leaving Hungary in 1956 for Belgium after the revolution, immigrating to Cincinnati, OH...
Francis Xavier O'Leary
Feb 3, 2013
Francis Xavier O'Leary, 81, of Davenport, FL passed away February 3, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, FL. Born September 5, 1931 in Dorchester, MA, he was the son of the late Francis O'Leary and the late Rose (Cabery) O'Leary. He served in the US Marine Corp during the Korean Conflict, retiring as Lt. Col. He worked most of...
Elmer J. Lance
Feb 3, 2013
Elmer J. Lance, 86, of Meadville, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Clermont Health and Rehabilitation Center in Clermont, FL. He was born June 4, 1926 in Beaver Falls, PA a son of William R. and Anna Mae Kajsca Lance. He married Martha J. Prettyman September 9, 1952 and she survives. He was a 1944 graduate of Beaver Falls High...
Anita Potter Strausser
Jan 31, 2013
Anita Potter Strausser, 77, Mascotte, passed away January 31, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was born July 24, 1935 in Lexington, NY daughter of Minnie Cross & Charles Potter. On July 20, 1955 she was united in marriage to Harvey Strausser in Catskill, NY. A local resident since 1978 from Chester, CT, she was a Nurse's Aide...
Arvie Jean Griffin
Jan 29, 2013
Arvie Jean Griffin, 78, Montverde, passed away January 29, 2013 at South Lake Hospital. She was born June 16, 1934 in Van, TX the only child of Lillie M. Webster & Orville Phillips. She was a homemaker and local resident since 1960 from Dallas, TX. She was of Baptist faith and former member of American Business Women's Association. Her first...
Wayne Damian Ernest
Jan 27, 2013
Wayne Damian Ernest, 60, Clermont, FL passed away January 27, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born October 24, 1952 in Baltimore City, MD son of Clara Rose Adams & John Joseph Ernest, Jr. He served in the US Navy at the conclusion of the Vietnam era. On April 10, 1976 he was united in marriage to...
James D. Morrison
Jan 26, 2013
James D. Morrison, 79, Clermont, passed away January 26, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born August 2, 1933 in Ripley, MS son of Artie Davis & Marion Morrison. He served in the US Army & retired from GE where he was a foreman manufacturing refrigerators. He was a 30 year central Florida resident from Westchester, IL...
Dorothy May Miller Varnum
Jan 25, 2013
Davenport, Fl - Dorothy May Miller Varnum, 95, died 1.25.2013 at The Crossroads, Davenport, Florida. Dorothy was born on March 5, 1917, Brockton. MA. Graduate from Brockton High school class of 1935. Dorothy spent her life as a homemaker and enjoyed playing the organ and the violin. Dorothy was a secretary for Central Methodist Church and later Cheer Leader Director...
Margaret M. "Peggy" Scott
Jan 22, 2013
Margaret M. "Peggy" Scott, 90, of Minneola, FL passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont. Â Peggy was born on December 15, 1922 in Port Washington, NY, the daughter of John and Dehlia Lerhinan. Â She was a resident of Central Florida since 1965 previously residing in Mechanicsburg, PA. Â Peggy was a homemaker and a...
Merrialice Joyce Blank
Jan 21, 2013
Merrialice Joyce Blank, 85, Davenport, FL passed away January 21, 2013 at Sturgill Hospice Care Center in Brooksville. She was born December 26, 1927 in Niles, MI daughter of Velma Roxina Suman & Paul Enoch Kuhl. On August 29, 1946 she was united in marriage to LaVerne W. Blank in Plymouth, IN. She was a homemaker & member of First...
Iris Lama
Jan 20, 2013
Iris Lama was born in the small hamlet of Bijaru; in Olguin a Province of Cuba on May 23rd, 1930. Iris was descended from a long line of strong, powerful and persuasive women, the kind that knock you over with a feather. Iris immigrated to the United States in May of 1956, with her husband Manuel and infant daughter, Susy. Â ...
Ricky Lee Livesay
Jan 19, 2013
Ricky Lee Livesay, 53, Clermont, passed away January 19, 2013 at South Lake Hospital. He was born January 23, 1959 in Pennington Gap, VA son of Eula Leigh Thomas & John Wesley Livesay. On June 11, 1978 he was united in marriage to Robin Goss in Jonesville, VA and was a Clermont resident since 1994 from Miami. He was a...
Robert Ray Haymes
Jan 18, 2013
Robert Ray Haymes, 77, a Clermont, FL resident, since December 2012 and a former Milford, OH resident, passed away at his home on January 18, 2013 with his family at his bedside. He was born August 6, 1935 in Benton, KY; son of Delza Darnell & Benjamin Haymes. He served in the US Army and on November 6, 1965 was...
Douglas Allan Johnson
Jan 16, 2013
Douglas Allan Johnson, 55, Winter Garden, passed away January 16, 2013. He was born August 15, 1957 in Flint, MI son of Catherine Dolores Logsdon & Robert Arthur Johnson. On April 12, 1980 he was united in marriage to Patricia A. Norleen in Garden Grove, CA. He was an accountant and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Rita M. Clemente
Jan 15, 2013
Rita M. Clemente, 82, Davenport, passed away January 15, 2013 at Florida Hospital Orlando. She was born October 12, 1930 in Philadelphia, PA daughter of Anna Merlino & Frank Egitto. On March 5, 1954 she was united in marriage to Arnold Joseph Clemente in Elkton, MD. A homemaker, she was a central Florida resident since 1993 from Philadelphia and was...
Randy Keith Gordon
Jan 14, 2013
Randy Keith Gordon, 56, Clermont, passed away Januray 14, 2013 at Orlando Regionl Medical Center. He was born April 11, 1956 in Manhatten, NY son of Suzanne Thorman & Albert Gordon and was a local resident since 2004 from Long Island. He was owner/operator of a martial arts studio. Surviving are his children Bret Gordon (20); Shannon Gordon (16) &...
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