OBITUARIES
Arlene Mae Kelly
Nov 18, 2010
Arlene Mae Kelly, 79, Clermont, passed away November 18, 2010 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was born March 22, 1931 in Dix, IL daughter of Harvey Bruce & Alice Riley Bruce. She and her husband owned and operated Hawkin's Orchard in Dix, IL and she also was a beautician. She was a local resident since 1999 from Dandridge,...
Sarah Joann Cooper
Nov 17, 2010
Sarah Joann Cooper, affectionately know as "Sally" age 77 of Clermont passed away November 17, 2010 at South Lake Hospital. She was born June 26, 1934 in Berlin, PA daughter of Myers Emerson Knepper & Olive Pearl Shrock Knepper. On July 21, 1957 she was united in marriage to Jere Nelson Cooper. She was a third grade school teacher for...
Edna Ferguson
Nov 17, 2010
Edna Ferguson, 96, Clermont, passed away November 17, 2010 at Emeritas at Oak Park. She was born December 13, 1913 in Bronx, NY daughter of Anthony DeBonis & Frances Freidman DeBonis. She was a homemaker and a local resident since 1997 from Center Moriches, NY. Her husbands Isaac Alvarez & John Ferguson preceded her in death as did her son...
Josephine Summers James
Nov 16, 2010
Josephine Summers James, 78, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, after a ten year battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hearl and Esta Summers of Mansfield, Ohio; her brother Harold Summers, of Tampa, Florida; sisters Jeanette Bateman of Olathe, Kansas, Eleanor Meister of Tucson, Arizona, and Virginia Casenhiser, of...
Josephine S. James
Nov 16, 2010
Josephine S. James, 78, of Clermont, FL passed away at home Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Josephine was born on March 13, 1932 in Harrisville, WV, the daughter of Hearl and Esta Summers. She was a resident of Clermont since 1992 previously living in Largo, FL. Josephine was a retired Elementary School Teach and attended the First Baptist Church of Clermont....
Chadrick Steed Anderson
Nov 13, 2010
Chadrick Steed Anderson, 17, Groveland, died November 15, 2010 at Orlando Regional Medical Center as the results of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Sumter County on November 13, 2010. He was born March 18, 1993 at Health Central in Ocoee son of Chad S. Anderson & Shannon Shirley Anderson and was a lifelong Lake County resident. Surviving are...
Janet Lynn Thomas
Nov 12, 2010
Janet Lynn Thomas, 73, Clermont, passed away November 12, 2010 at her residence. She was born December 18, 1936 in Little Rock, AR daughter of William Colvert & Thelma West Colvert. On May 26, 1957 she was united in marriage to Eugene Mitchell Thomas in New Orleans, LA. A local resident since 1992 from Boca Raton, she was a member...
Donald K. Ferguson
Nov 10, 2010
Donald K. Ferguson, 73, of Clermont, FL passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Donald was born on February 27, 1937 in Willoughby, OH, the son of Eugene and Mary Ferguson.  He was a resident of Clermont for the past 9 years and Central Florida for 25 years. He worked as a pipe fitter and then as a hairstylist. Donald loved...
Arthur William Guest, Sr.
Nov 9, 2010
Arthur William Guest, Sr., 75, Davenport, passed away November 9, 2010 at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center. He was born July 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL son of William John Guest & Victoria Klein Guest. He served in the National Guard and was a truck driver for a delivery company in Chicago. On August 6, 1955 he was united...
Melinda Chapman
Nov 8, 2010
Chapman, Melinda, 54, Winter Garden passed away November 8, 2010 at her residence. She was born February 20, 1956 in Charleston, WV daughter of Ernest Johnston & Bryna Shelton Johnston. She was an Ophthalmic Assistant and a Florida resident since 1956. Survived by sons Joe & Jeffrey, Winter Garden; siblings Cathy Bell, Tallahassee; Jeff & Mike Johnston both of Orlando...
Florence Anna Ramsay
Nov 7, 2010
Florence Anna Ramsay, 96, Groveland, passed away November 7, 2010 at Westminster Care of Clermont. She was born June 18, 1914 in Elizabeth, NJ daughter of Edgar Hughes & Ellen Woodward Hughes. She was a homemaker and a local resident since 1990 from North Branford, CT. Her husband David Martin Ramsay, Jr. preceded her in death as did her sister...
Louise Helen Billings
Nov 6, 2010
Louise Helen Billings, 91, of Clermont, FL passed away Saturday, November 6, 2010. Louise was born on February 25, 1919 in Petersburg, NE, the daughter of Henry M. and Mary K. (nee Cotte) Scholl. She lived in Chesterfield, MO until moving to Orlando in 1958. She then moved to the Kings Ridge neighborhood in Clermont in 1998. She was a...
R. James Schmitt
Nov 5, 2010
R. James Schmitt, 53, of Clermont, FL passed away Friday, November 5, 2010. Jim was born on April 25, 1957 in Saginaw, MI, the son of Rudolf and Beverly Schmitt. He was a resident of Clermont for the past 21 years. Jim worked at Disney World as a manager in labor operations and previously worked as an editor for his...
Carolina Valadez Mendoza
Nov 4, 2010
Carolina Valadez Mendoza, 49, Groveland, passed away November 4, 2010 at the Mike Conley Hospice House. She was born August 29, 1961 in Corpus Christi, TX daughter of Pablo Valadez & Elvira Villareal. On February 14, 1985 she was united in marriage to David Mendoza in Clermont. Surviving is her husband David; children Lori Horn, Rudy Mendoza & David Mendoza,...
Jack Melton Hall
Nov 4, 2010
Jack Melton Hall, 82, Clermont, passed away November 4, 2010 at South Lake Hospital. He was born May 1, 1928 in Columbia, SC son of Major Hall & Ruth Browder Hall. He was a retired Captain in the US Marines having served in Korea & Vietnam and upon retirement he was an electrical engineer. On March 3, 1981 he was...
Ronald Ray Bogart
Nov 2, 2010
Ronald Ray Bogart, 76, Clermont, FL & Continental, OH passed away November 2, 2010 at his Florida residence. He was born October 10, 1934 in Columbus Grove, OH, son of the late Orval Ray Bogart & Floy Almeda Eversole Bogart. On June 3, 1956 he was united in marriage to Velma Homan in Continental. As a lifelong farmer with his...
Ryan James Mcphee
Jul 8, 2010
Ryan James McPhee, 26, of Clermont, FL passed away July 8, 2010 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was born October 6, 1983 in St. Petersburg, FL, son of Stuart and Dori Samuels McPhee and was an outdoor activities director for a resort.
Surviving are his parents; sister Carley and girlfriend April Gee...
Frank Vincent Wood
Feb 24, 2010
Frank Vincent Wood, 53, Winter Garden, passed away February 24, 2012 at Select Specialty Hospital South in Edgewood, FL. He was born April 19, 1958 in Queens, Â NY son of Frank John Wood & Anita DiGiulio Wood. He was a manager for UPS and a local resident since 2005 from Smithtown, NY and was of Catholic faith. Surviving is his...
George Woodbury Etkins Sr.
Nov 5, 2006
George Woodbury Etkins, Sr., 74 years of Point Lookout Road, Orlando, FL passed on Sunday November 5, 2006 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Orlando. He was born April 25, 1932 in Georgetown, Guyana. Son of Richard Governor Etkins & Amy Veronica Nile Etkins. George was a real estate agent & broker. He is preceded in his death by...
Harry L. Nickell
Jan 1, 1900
Harry Nickell was riding his bicycle Sunday morning on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 27 near the Lakeridge Winery when a car traveling in the same direction wandered off the road and slammed into him from behind. In a blink, 's unofficial ambassador for bicycling and triathlons was gone forever. Nickell died at the age of 53, passionately pedaling his...
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