Edna E. Gamblin, age 90, of Mt. Dora passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016. She was born January 27, 1926 in Paducah, KY and moved to central Florida in 2001 from Princeton, WV. She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She is survived by her sons, Michael Lee Gamblin of Smithsburg,...

Edward A. Kaiser, age 81, of Leesburg passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. He was born April 9, 1934 in East Chicago, IN and moved to Lake County in 1996. He was a retired steel worker and a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his daughter, Lana...

Gail Adams Oakes, age 74, of Tavares passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. She was born September 8, 1941 in Miami, FL and moved to Tavares in 1995. She is survived by her parents, George and Jerena Adams of Tavares, FL; and a sister, Alice (CJ) Merriman of Lapeer, MI. Arrangements have been...

Jack A. Wortman, age 83, formerly of Ashtabula, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Born in Newton Falls, Ohio, he was the son of Walter H. and Margaret E. (Airwyke) Wortman. On July 31, 1954, Jack and Elizabeth were married in Conneaut, Ohio. He had been a long time resident of...

Bruce E. Keene of Mount Dora, Florida passed away on Monday, March 7, 2016 at the age of 62 years. He was born in Flint, Michigan to Emil C. and the late Imogene Keene. Bruce grew up on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and moved to Lake County from Linden in 1988. Working as a handyman he attained...

Harold William George of Grand Island, Florida passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the age of 97 years. He was born in Clarion, Pennsylvania. Harold proudly served his country in the US Army in World War II. He and his wife moved to Grand Island 11 years ago from Bullion, Pennsylvania after...

Charles L. “Charlie” Sprauer of Tavares, Florida passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the age of 83 years. He was born in Maspeth, Queens, New York. Charlie proudly served his country in the US Army in the Korean War, leaving his new wife seven days after their wedding to serve two years...

Jean Baptiste Gaston Elie Bignon of Tavares, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the age of 94. Jean was born on July 6, 1921 to Noemie Constance Bignon (nee Lebranchu) and Jean Baptiste Victor Francois Bignon (deceased May 24, 1921) in Yvignac, France. He grew up the youngest of...

Carl H. Brinkman, 88, of Tavares, Florida. Born on December 6, 1927, in Milwaukee, WI, passed away on February 26, 2016. Carl retired from Orlando Utilities Commission in 1986 after 37 years of service. Most of all he loved his family. The memories are many and one of his favorite things to do...

BETTY ANN ROEMER BOWERSOX of Leesburg, FL, formerly of New Bethlehem PA, and mother of a local man passed away in her sleep on Friday, February 26, 2016 at the age of 98. Born on May 4th, 1917 in Struthers OH, she was the sixth child of James Paul Louis Roemer and Alice Eleanor Gough Roemer. Mrs....

Sandra Joy Swaffar, age 74, of Mt. Dora passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. She was born May 7, 1941 in Hollis, OK and was a long-time resident of Lake County. She was a retired code enforcement officer, having worked for Lake Co., Orange Co., City of Apopka, and the Town of Astatula....

Helen S. "Dee" Russell 73, of Tavares, passed away on February 23, 2016. She was born in Palestine, Arkansas and moved to Tavares in 1996 from Millington, Tennessee. She was a member of Harmony Community Church of Mount Dora. She was a former manager of telephone operators for South Central Bell...