OBITUARIES
Rachelle Anne Trippe
Sep 2, 2012
Rachelle Anne Trippe, 67, of Orlando, FL passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012. Â She was born on August 21, 1945 in Gastonia, NC the daughter of the late Theodore and Alda (nee Keener) Trippe. Â She was a resident of Central Florida including Clermont since 1986 and graduated from Lake Sumter Community College in 1987. Rachelle will be interred in Woodlawn...
Eleanor Schofield Whitehouse
Aug 31, 2012
Eleanor Schofield Whitehouse, 91, Clermont, passed away August 31, 2012 at Emeritus at Oak Park. She was born August 5, 1921 in Providence, RI daughter of Thomas Schofield & Esther Stott Schofield. On November 29, 1957 she was united in marriage to James Paul Whitehouse in St. Petersburg . Â She was a homemaker and a local resident since 1998 from...
Mildred Irene Pete Allen
Aug 27, 2012
Mildred Irene Allen, affectionately known as "Pete" age  92, Minneola, passed away August 27, 2012 at South Lake Hospital. She was born November 15, 1919 in Newbern, TN daughter of James Skaggs & Maude Morgan Skaggs. She was a local resident since 1952 from Missouri and retired from the US Forest Service as a Tower Lady. Her husband James Earl...
Jose Luciano
Aug 25, 2012
Jose Luciano, 85, of Clermont, FL passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Mike Conley Hospice House.  Jose was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the son of Jose and Rosa Luciano.  After school he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  He was  a police officer in Brooklyn, NY before retiring.  Jose lived in Clermont for...
Della Elaine Willis
Aug 25, 2012
Willis, Della Elaine, 51, of Clermont entered into eternal rest on August 25, 2012. Â Della was born in Clermont, Florida on January 16, 1961. Â She was a member of Ferndale Baptist Church. Â Della was predeceased by her son, Adam. She is survived by her husband, Allen; son, Jeffrey; parents, Lavaughn and Virginia Harper; sister, Dana Revels and brother, Vaughn Harper....
Mary A. Hoyle
Aug 23, 2012
Mary A. Hoyle, 71, Groveland, passed away August 23, 2012 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center. She was born February 21, 1941 in DeFuniak Springs, FL daughter of Johnnie Martin & Bertha Mae Howard Martin. On April 1, 1959 she was united in marriage to Junior Jasper Hoyle in Tavares. She was a homemaker & member of Church of God. Her...
Ada H. Acevedo
Aug 21, 2012
Ada H. Acevedo, 76, of Clermont, FL passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Â Ada was born in Puerto Rico, the daughter of Julio and Herminia (nee Fontanes) Acevedo. Â She had resided in Clermont for the past 11 years, previously living in Bayshore, NY. Â She was a retired assembler and homemaker. Â She was Catholic. Ada is survived by her children, Vilma...
Donna Scott Swartwout
Aug 20, 2012
Donna Scott Swartwout, 74, Passed away peacefully at home in Clermont, Florida. August 20,2012. She was born in Pleasant Plains, Illinois on November 17, 1937. She graduated from Pleasant Plains High School. Married Thomas R. Swartwout (deceased), September 16, 1956. She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Swartwout and Karen (Swartwout) Christian, son Jimmy James, son-in-laws: Fr. Caleb L Christian...
Betty Jean Smith
Aug 19, 2012
Betty Jean Smith, 89, of Mascotte, FL passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012. Â Betty was born on May 16, 1923 in Oakland City, IN the daughter of Moses and Carrie (nee Wilhelm) Loveless. Â She was a beautician and homemaker. Â Betty moved to Mascotte from Cincinnati, OH to live with her daughter Elizabeth who took care of her for the past...
Edward Ward Sheeley
Aug 19, 2012
Edward Ward Sheeley, 70, of Groveland (Bay Lake), FL & Three Oaks, MI passed away August 19, 2012 while under the care of Hospice, with his family at his bedside. He was born November 21, 1941 in LaPorte, IN, to Elwood Carl Sheeley & Jessie Davis Sheeley. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On...
William Michael Mike Kessler
Aug 18, 2012
William Michael "Mike" Kessler, 53, Clermont, FL, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012, after a long and courageous battle with M.S. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family. Mike was born on July 7, 1959 in Salina, KS and moved to central Florida in 1987. He worked many years in sales & loved to fish, golf and walk...
Glenn Jonas Myers
Aug 16, 2012
Glenn Jonas Myers, 86, Davenport, FL passed away August 16, 2012 at home. He was born September 19, 1925 in York, PA son of Jonas & Arminda Hess Myers. He served in the US Army Air Corp and was united in marriage to Jaqueline Bywaters on September 29, 1951 in Washington, DC. He retired from the US Government as a...
Gary E. Gustafson
Aug 15, 2012
Gary E. Gustafson, 64, of Clermont, FL passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Gary was born on January 2, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of John and Elizabeth (ne Plant) Gustafson. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966 -1969 and was stationed in Vietnam during 1967 - 1968. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Southampton College in 1980...
Margaret Elizabeth Seamon
Aug 10, 2012
Margaret E. Seamon, 82, died of natural causes August 10th, 2012 at Superior Residences of Clermont, Florida. Her ex-husband, Gilbert C. Seamon, of Meadville, Pennsylvania preceded her in death in July of 2009. They had one daughter, Deborah A. Kidd of Fort Wayne, Indiana, four grandsons (Shawn Kidd of Clermont, Corbin Kidd of Evanston, Illinois and Adam and Nathan Kidd...
Manuel "Manny" A. Otero
Jul 31, 2012
Manuel "Manny" A. Otero, 70, of Clermont, FL passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. Â Manny was born on July 28, 1942 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Manuel A. and Ana L. Otero. Â He graduated from college with a Law Degree and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Â Manny...
Jamaal Heath Johnson
Jul 27, 2012
Jamaal Heath Johnson, 26, of Clermont, FL passed away Friday, July 27, 2012. Â Jamaal was born on July 19, 1986 in Ocoee, FL, the son of Abraham and Kathy (nee VanMeter) Johnson. Â He was a lifelong resident of Central Florida, graduating from East Ridge High School in 2005. Â After high school he attended the University of Florida where he was...
Donald Wilson Launius
Jul 24, 2012
Donald Wilson Launius, 79, of Clermont, FL passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at South Lake Hospital. Â Donald was born on February 23, 1933 in Cobden, Illinois, the son of George W. and Cordelia (nee Davis) Launius. Â He worked as a machine operator and retired from Chrysler Automotive. Â He served in the U.S. Army and was a member of...
Jonathan David Lundstrom
Jul 22, 2012
Jonathan David Lundstrom, 28, Clermont, died July 22, 2012 in Camden County Georgia. He was born November 5, 1983 in Pohnpei, Micronesia son of Lawrence Melvin Lundtrom & Erdihna Ernest Lundstom and was a local resident since 1987 from there. He attended South Lake High School, worked as an aluminum installer & was a member of Real Life Christian Center....
Dallas O'Neal Holmes
Jul 19, 2012
Dallas O'Neal Holmes, 80, Mascotte, passed away July 19, 2012 at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He was born November 30, 1931 in Minneola, son of Cecil Holmes & Eunice Caylor Holmes and was a lifelong resident. On April 30, 1964 he was united in marriage to Veatrice Ann Ashmore in Bushnell. He served in the US Air Force & the...
Rita M. Mueller
Jul 19, 2012
Rita M. Mueller, 91, Leesburg, passed away July 19, 2012 at home. She was born November 8, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA daughter of James Hockenberry & Eleanor Koffler Hockenberry. She was a retired telephone operator and a local resident since 2003 from Sharon, PA where she resided since 1963. She was of Catholic faith and enjoyed bowling, gardening, painting, sewing...
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