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Barbera Dode Schmidt
Oct. 14, 2014
Barbera Dode Schmidt of Tangerine, Florida passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at the age of 76 years. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to this area in 1968 from Evanston, Illinois. Barbera was a retired bookkeeper after may years of service for Key Group Insurance Company. She is...
Carl Ray Lee
Oct. 10, 2014
Carl Ray Lee, age 65, of Tavares passed away on Friday, October 10, 2014. He was born March 17, 1949 in Mineral Wells, TX to Alfred and Ruby Lee. Carl was an Administrative Librarian, working in many university libraries, the last being Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI. Upon retiring to...
Linda L. Spafford
Oct. 06, 2014
Linda L. Spafford, age 74, of Sorrento passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014. She was born April 8, 1940 in Laconia, NH and moved to Florida in 2003. She was a retired waitress. She is survived by her sons, Roger Gray of NH, Brian Gray of Sorrento, FL, Mike Bell of Sorrento, FL; daughter, Dianne...
Jack Mancuso
Oct. 02, 2014
Jack Mancuso of Tavares, FL passed away on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at the age of 84. He was born in Enfield, CT. Jack moved to Tavares, FL after retiring. Jack met Dee in 1974 and they married on New Year’s Day in 1981. He is remembered and will be dearly missed by his wife, Dee; his...
Carolyn S. Schmidt
Sep. 29, 2014
Carolyn Sue Gonzalez Schmidt, aged 77, died peacefully the morning of September 29, 2014 under the care of Hospice and her two daughters in her home at 2330 Barons Ct. Tavares, Florida 32278 after a brief yet aggressive struggle with cancer. Carolyn was born August 30, 1937, at Ball Memorial...
Charles "Chuck" Willis
Sep. 22, 2014
Charles S. “Chuck” Willis 51, of Leesburg, passed away on September 22, 2014. He was born in Orlando and moved here from Ft. Lauderdale in 1983. Chuck was a Christian. He is survived by his son, Kevin Willis of Eustis, mother Sally Brown of Mt. Dora, step son, Shannon (Michelle) Parrish of...
Patricia A. "Pat" Benner
Sep. 20, 2014
Patricia A. “Pat” Benner of Leesburg, Florida passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at the age of 80 years. She was born in Massachusetts. Patricia worked at Texas Instruments in Attleboro, Massachusetts for several years. She relocated to Ocala, Florida in 1988 from there. Working in...
Reverend Randall L. Parsons
Sep. 20, 2014
Randall Lorentz Parsons was born in 1917 in Saxon Ohio, near the Big Bend of the Ohio River. His parents farmed the rich river bottomland. Randall worked on that farm, and later with his dad in the well-drilling business. By the time he was in his late teens he knew he wanted something different....
Robert Thomas Fremeau Sr.
Sep. 14, 2014
Robert Thomas Fremeau Sr. 82, of Tavares, passed away on September 14, 2014. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1932. While visiting relatives in Florida in 2011, he became ill, making him unable return to his home in Maryland. He has resided in assisted living here since then. He was a...
Gail L. Clark
Sep. 13, 2014
Gail L. Clark of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at the age of 62 years. She was born in New Jersey. Gail met her husband, Leroy at Nita Casing Company, where they both worked in New Jersey. They moved to Florida in the late 1980’s. Gail was a hard worker beginning at...
Juan "Raymond" Rivera
Sep. 10, 2014
Juan “Raymond” Rivera of Eustis passed away on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at the age of 62 years. He was born in New York City. Juan proudly served his country in the US Army for nine years. He moved to Florida from Colorado in 2008. Juan worked for the US Postal Service for a short time. His...
Charles Ernest "Charlie" Breedlove
Sep. 09, 2014
Charles Ernest Breedlove of Eustis, formerly of Tavares, passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at the age of 83 years. He was born in Tavares and has been a lifelong resident, except for his time serving in the US Navy. Charlie worked for the railroad as a signal man. Later, he went to work...