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Mary Rose Gray
Mar. 18, 2018
Mary Rose Gray left this plane of existence at 7:55PM on March 18, 2018. She fought courageously for eight years. Please send love and light for her transition. Mary Rose moved to Florida in the early 1970’s from Ohio. A vacation turned into a new location. Working as a Nurse at waterman by day...
John Curtis Hodgdon Sr.
Mar. 17, 2018
John Curtis Hodgdon, Sr., age 71, of Leesburg passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018. He was born August 21, 1946 in Sanford, ME and moved to Lake County in 2010 from NH. He was a retired cook and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife,...
Frank A. Staab
Mar. 17, 2018
Frank A. Staab 93, of Mount Dora, Florida passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He and his wife, Priscilla (Wirtz) Staab, moved to Mount Dora from Longwood, Florida in 2005. Priscilla predeceased him in 2012; they had been married for 66 years. Frank was a...
Clara Mae Kilgore
Mar. 16, 2018
Clara Mae Thompson Kilgore, 84, passed away from natural causes on March 16, 2018, at her home in Jacksonville, Fla. Originally from Crossville, Ala., she was one of five children born to Josie and Harlan Thompson, and raised in a Christian home, and loved the Lord very much all her life. When...
Susan Lee Berry
Mar. 15, 2018
Susan L. Berry of Tavares, FL passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2018 at the age of 65. Susan grew up in Des Moines, IA and graduated from Hoover High School. Susan is remembered and will be dearly missed by her husband of 23 years Robert Berry, mother Betty Reames, daughters, Penni (Steve) Miller,...
Warren Roger Saxton
Mar. 12, 2018
Warren Roger Saxton at the age of 67, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 12, 2018. He was born on November 25, 1950 in Elkton, Maryland. His adoptive parents were the late Vernon and Goldie Saxton, his sisters; Goldie Bailey and Florence “Dot” Reed, brothers; Walter Johnson and Donald...
Bennie Joel Davis
Mar. 11, 2018
Bennie Joel Davis, age 86, of Umatilla passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018. He was born May 26, 1931 in Cordele, GA and moved to Lake County in 1986 from Orlando, FL. He was a retired inspector with Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the...
Cynthia Elizabeth McCollum
Mar. 06, 2018
Cynthia Elizabeth McCollum, 61 of Grand Island, FL went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Cynthia was born on November 23, 1956 in Orlando, FL to the late Walter and Florence Irvine. She married the love of her life, Kenneth R. McCollum, on May 20, 1978 at College Park Methodist...
Rev. Dr. Jerry Dale Elmore
Mar. 05, 2018
The Rev. Dr. Elmore was born in Monticello, IN on August 26, 1937. He graduated from Monticello High school. He also graduated Ball State Teachers college. He was then called to serve the Lord and went on to graduate from Lexington Theological Seminary in 1962. He and Constance Annette Wiley were...
Harold A. Tripp
Mar. 05, 2018
Harold A. Tripp, age 83, of Altoona passed away on Monday, March 5, 2018. He was born March 20, 1934 in San Fernando, CA and moved to Lake County in 2002 from Norfork, Arkansas. He was a retired engineer in the aerospace industry and was a member of Adventure Christian Church, Tavares. He is...
Janet 'Jan' Marie Myers
Mar. 02, 2018
Janet Marie ‘Jan’ Myers of Tavares, Florida passed away on Friday, March 2, 2018 at the age of 58 years. She was born in Oakland, California. Jan proudly served her country in the US Air Force as a Senior Airman. After her service Jan worked as an elementary school teacher. She and her beloved...