OBITUARIES
Richard Albert Lechner
Feb 23, 2013
Richard Albert Lechner, 78, Clermont, passed away February 23, 2013. He was born February 2, 1935 in Cleveland, OH son of Nettie Sternicki & Arthur Lechner. He served in the US Army & received his BS in agriculture from Ohio State University. A local resident since 1983 from Cleveland, he worked at Walt Disney World as a fishing guide where...
Richard Henry Janetka
Feb 23, 2013
Richard Henry Janetka, 70, of Clermont, FL passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. Â Richard was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Henry and Louise (nee Wilcek) Janetka. Â He served in the U.S. Army and following that owner of a business in the manufacturing industry. Â Richard had resided in Clermont...
Richard Samuel Wayt
Feb 22, 2013
Sam Wayt (May 4, 1951- February 22, 2013) was born in Kokomo, Indiana; and grew up in Indianapolis. He also resided for fifteen years in Fresno, California where he was an associate pastor. He was the proud father of seven children (Sean Wayt, Jeremy Wayt, Joe Wayt, Jason Wayt, Michael Wayt, Aimee Wayt and Aaron Wayt). He had five grandchildren...
Kenneth Norman Davis
Feb 19, 2013
Kenneth Norman Davis, 80, of Rochester, NY and winter resident of Clermont for the past 17 years passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013.  Kenneth was born on February 3, 1933 in Batavia, NY, the son of Asher and Mabel Davis. He served in the U.S. Army and then  worked for 38 years at General Motors before retiring.  Kenneth was a...
John Alexander Marshall
Feb 17, 2013
John Alexander Scott Marshall, 70, Clermont, passed away February 17, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born March 31, 1942 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada son of Ada Green & John Alexander Fiddes Marshall. He served in the US Army during the Cuban Crisis and on October 5, 1963 was united in marriage to Patricia Ellen Komer in...
Orilla Deette Kindig
Feb 16, 2013
Orilla DeEtte Kindig, 88, Clermont, passed away February 16,2013 at Clermont Health & Rehab Center. She was born February 15, 1925 In Sherburne, NY daughter of Marjorie Bartlet & George S. Boise. A legal secretary, she was a local resident since 2002 from Mesa, AZ and attended First United Methodist Church of Clermont. Surviving are her children Patricia Ann Kindig...
Matthew Isaac Condatore
Feb 15, 2013
The family will receive friends from 10:00 - 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Grace Community Church followed by the service at 11:00 AM. Reverend Jon Bekemeyer will officiate.
Douglas B. Sherbacow
Feb 15, 2013
Douglas B. Sherbacow, 47, Minneola, FL passed away February 15, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born May 10, 1965 in Hartford, CT son of Roberta Boone (deceased) & Paul Sherbacow. In 1989, after graduating from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park NY, he moved to Central Florida where he was a chef at Disney....
Lilla Ruth Berry
Feb 12, 2013
Lilla Ruth Berry, 64, of Howey in the Hills, FL passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at South Lake Hospital in Clermont. Â Lilla was born on July 18, 1948, the daughter of Isaac and Minnie Widener. Â She was a longtime resident of the South Lake area and attended church at the Temple of the Living God, Minneola, FL. Â She was...
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...
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