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Delton N. Weigum
Sep. 22, 2018
Delton N. Weigum, resident of Leesburg, Florida, passed away on September 22, 2018 at the age of 84 years. Delton was born in Beulah, North Dakota on August 28, 1934, to Anna and George Weigum of Zap, ND. Del served in the Air Force and was also an anesthetist at several hospitals in Florida,...
Dreane S. Turnipseed
Sep. 21, 2018
Dreane S. Turnipseed, age 72, of Tavares passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018. She was born November 8, 1945 in Palmer, MA moved to Tavares in 1989 from Wappingers Falls, NY. She was a management information specialist for the State of Florida and was a United Methodist. She is survived by...
Linda Anne Johnston
Sep. 21, 2018
Linda Anne Johnston of Eustis passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 at the age of 65 years. She was born in Syracuse, New York. She moved to Lake County from Summerville, South Carolina in 1994. Linda was a member of the First Baptist Church of Umatilla. She spent many years dedicated to...
Penny B. Ericksen
Sep. 21, 2018
Penny B. Ericksen of Howey-in-the-Hills passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Penny Ericksen, 80, passed away at home on Friday, September 21, 2018, surrounded by her family. She was born in London, England to Phyllis and Bertie Doublard on May 5, 1938. Penny was...
Herbert Leonard Mager
Sep. 18, 2018
Herbert L. Mager of Tavares died in Tavares, Florida, on September 18, 2018, at the age of 97. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 2, 1921, he was the son of John and Katherine Roth Mager, both of whom had grown up in an ethnic German village in the Tatra Mountains of what is now Slovakia....
Lonnie Roy Breitweiser
Sep. 17, 2018
Lonnie Roy Breitweiser of Tavares, Florida passed away on Monday, September 17, 2018 at the age of 57 years. He was born in Bunker Hill, Indiana and grew up in Peru, Indiana. He attended First Christian Church in Peru. Lonnie proudly served his country in the US Marine Corp. He moved to Volusia...
Patricia Anne Lee
Sep. 17, 2018
Patricia Anne Lee passed away on Monday, September 17, 2018 at the age of 84 years. She was born in Miami, Florida. Patricia was a very independent woman her entire life. After raising her children, she decided to go back to school at the age of 36. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in...
Francis W. "Frank" Hebscher, Jr.
Sep. 16, 2018
Francis W. “Frank” Hebscher, Jr., of Tavares, Florida passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2018 at the age of 74 years. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Frank proudly served his country in the US Army in the Vietnam War, working with the Seabees to install communication lines. He moved...
Carol Anne Beerwort
Sep. 12, 2018
Carol Anne Beerwort of Tavares, Florida passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at the age of 75 years. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Carol was a retired medic with the State of Connecticut Department of Corrections. After her retirement, she and her husband, Lawrence, moved to...
Shelby G. Atchison
Sep. 11, 2018
Shelby G. Atchison of Tavares, Florida passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at the age of 80 years. He was born in Murray, Kentucky and moved to this area from Detroit in 1969. Shelby proudly served his country in the US Marine Corp from 1955-1959. He worked many years for Central...
Thomas R. Maloney
Sep. 09, 2018
Thomas R. Maloney, age 66, of Tavares passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2018. He was born November 19, 1951 in Pawtucket, RI and moved to Tavares in 2010 from Rhode Island. He worked for the State of Rhode Island for 33 years and was a veteran of the National Guard. He is survived by his wife,...
Carl Robert Johnson
Sep. 07, 2018
Tavares, Fl. - Carl Robert Johnson 82 passed away from a brief illness on Friday September 7, 2018 while under hospice care at Lake Eustis Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Center. Carl was born in Stow Creek Twp. NJ to the late Orville and Emma Land Johnson. He served in the United States Army from...