OBITUARIES
Patricia Alice Sigmon
Nov 14, 2012
Patricia Alice Sigmon, 77, Winter Garden, passed away November 14, 2012 at Health Central. She was born January 3, 1935 in Hammond, IN daughter of Jerrald Wilson & Bessie Alice Smith Wilson and was a central Florida resident since 1969 from there. She worked in housekeeping at West Orange Hospital and Health Central and was a member of the Winter...
Gerald Lloyd Shepard
Nov 11, 2012
Gerald Lloyd Shepard, 78, of Minneola, FL passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012. Gerald was born in Umatilla, FL on May 23, 1934, the son of Melvin and Nadine (nee Davis) Shepard. He was a lifelong resident of South Lake County, graduating from Clermont High School in 1953. He worked in many professions before retiring as part-owner of a telephone...
Edith Merritt English
Nov 9, 2012
Edith Merritt English, 92, Clermont, passed away November 9, 2012. She was born January 17, 1920 in Carters Island, FL daughter of Oliver Ivan Merritt & Roxie Ollie Carter-Cureton. A lifelong Florida resident, she retired from the American Red Cross at Homestead Air Force Base after 35+ years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Clermont. Her...
Rozella Elizabeth Meadows
Nov 6, 2012
Rozella Elizabeth Meadows, 99, Groveland, passed away November 6, 2012 at South Lake Hospital. She was born August 5, 1913 in Chicago, IL daughter of Kitty Ellen Johnson & Austin Sylvester Russell and moved to the area in 1914 as an infant. She was the oldest graduate of Groveland High School as well as oldest member of her church, First...
Robert Morris Stofle
Nov 4, 2012
Robert Morris Stofle, affectionately known as "Morris", age 75, Clermont, passed away November 4, 2012 at home. He was born December 23, 1936 in McKenzie, TN son of the late Morie Elizabeth Algea & Robert Albert Stofle. He received his undergraduate degree from Bethal College in McKenzie, TN and was an Orlando resident since 1961. On August 12, 1965 he...
Sally Ann Gould
Nov 3, 2012
Sally Ann Gould, 72, of Clermont, FL passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. Sally was born on August 8, 1940 in Mahoney City, PA, the daughter of James and Betty Everett. She was a resident of Clermont since November of 1998, previously residing in West Orange County. She was a nurse and a Christian....
Genevieve Predmore Coggshall
Nov 2, 2012
Genevieve Predmore Coggshall, beloved mother and wife, passed away November 2, 2012. Mrs. Coggshall was born June 17, 1916 in Groton, New York, daughter of Sylvia Hyde and Clarence Predmore and graduated from Groton High School in 1936. She married Millard V. Coggshall on October 27, 1938 in Groton. Mrs. Coggshall moved with her husband to Minneola, Florida in the...
Garrett Daniel Hoskins
Oct 27, 2012
Garrett Daniel Hoskins, 24, passed away October 27, 2012. Garrett was born February 16, 1988 in Leesburg. He was a server at Island Time Grill in Bradenton Beach. Garrett was a unique soul with a beautiful heart. He leaves behind an enormous band of family and friends who loved, understood and appreciated his sense of humor, intelligence and views on...
Paul Samuel Starke
Oct 25, 2012
Paul Samuel Starke, 75, Clermont, passed away October 25, 2012 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. He was born August 18, 1937 in NY, NY son of Morgan Starke & Meta Isenschmid Starke. He was a retired banker. His son Paul Blackwell Starke preceded him in death on April 20, 2012. Surviving is his wife Reidun Maria Nilsen Starke; daughters...
Margaret Anna Semple
Oct 23, 2012
Margaret Anna Semple, 91, Clermont, passed away October 23, 2012 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was born July 6, 1921 in Jackson, OH daughter of John Gast & Edna Martin Gast. She was a homemaker and a local resident since 1998 from Jackson, OH. Her huaband Hugh Semple preceded her in death as did her two sisters. Surviving...
Norma Jean Stucker
Oct 21, 2012
Norma Jean Stucker, 71, of Haines City, FL and past resident of Clermont died Sunday, October 21, 2012. Norma was born in Litchfield, IL, the daughter of William H. and Mamie (nee Seago) Bohlman. She was an owner of a dog grooming business and also an EMT with the Monroe Center Township Fire Department of Illinois. She was Lutheran. Norma...
Forrest Evan Todd
Oct 21, 2012
Forrest "Evan" Todd, 20, Clermont, died October 21, 2012 as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born August 6, 1992 in Union County, OH and was a local resident since 1996 from there. He recently graduated from UTI in Orlando and was employed at South Lake Power Sports in Groveland as a motorcycle mechanic. He...
Joseph William Winters
Oct 21, 2012
Joseph William Winters, 85, Winter Garden, FL passed away October 21, 2012 at Vitas Inpatient Care at Quality Healthcare in Winter Garden. He was born April 11, 1927 in Boston, MA son of John Winters & Grace Larivee Winters. He served in the US Army during WWII and retired from GE as a Master Machinist prior to relocating to central...
Eva Ruth Hamilton
Oct 17, 2012
Eva Ruth Hamilton, 86, Winter Garden, went to heaven on October 17, 2012. She was born March 26, 1926 in Flippin, KY daughter of W.C. Walden & Bernice Goodall Walden. A local resident since 1969 from Louisville, KY, she was a homemaker and member of Crossroads Family Fellowship in Montverde. She was preceded in death by her husband Carlos Lee...
Viola Wilhelmina King
Oct 16, 2012
Viola Wilhelmina King, 93, of Groveland, FL passed away peacefully at home following a fight with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family during this time. Viola was born on June 16, 1919 in Merrill, Wisconsin, the daughter of Gottfried and Anna WIll. She had resided in South Lake county since 1952 and was a homemaker and member of...
Robert Victor Newman
Oct 16, 2012
Robert Victor Newman, Sr., 80, Leesburg, FL passed away October 16, 2012 at the Mike Conley House in Clermont, FL. He was born October 27, 1931 in Jackson, MI son of Peter Newman & Verona Moore Newman. He served in the US Air Force and was a retired Law Enforcement Officer. On July 21, 1965 he was united in marriage...
Betty Ann Haire
Oct 16, 2012
Betty Ann Haire, 58, Groveland, passed away October 16, 2012 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was born January 4, 1954 in Chicago, IL daughter of Emmitt Kirby, Sr. & Gladys Weathers Kirby and was a local resident since 1960 from Arkansas. She was a Home Health Care Specialist. Preceding her in death were her husband Robert Haire, son...
Gertrude Ann Topper Patrick
Oct 14, 2012
Gertrude Ann "Topper" Patrick, 92, Clearwater, FL & local area resident passed away October 14, 2012 at Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, FL. She was born November 13, 1919 in Youngstown, OH daughter of John J. Yarb & Catherine Skokan Yarb. She was a homemaker and of Catholic faith. Her husband Edward Patrick preceded her in death on June...
Monica Licht
Oct 14, 2012
Monica Licht, 50, Clermont, passed away October 14, 2012 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was born October 19, 1961 in Santurce, Puerto Rico daughter of William Licht & Lydia Garcia. On May 28, 1989 she was united in marriage to Angel M. Felix in Catalina, Puerto Rico and was a local resident since 1991 from there. She was...
Mitzi M. Firstin
Oct 11, 2012
Mitzi M. Firstin, 90, of Clermont, FL passed away Thursday, October 11, 2012. Mitzi was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 18, 1922, the daughter of Herman and Evelyn Firstin. She was an oil painter along with many other crafts. Mitzi is survived by her son, Michael (Lori) Drutt of Clermont and daughter, Carol Bryan of W. Palm Beach, FL...
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