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Dr. Daniel Hubert Drake
Apr. 21, 2014
Daniel Hubert Drake, age 86, of Leesburg passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014. He was born January 7, 1928 in Chicago, IL. He moved from Chicago in 1973 to St. Petersburg, FL and then in 1993 to Leesburg. He was a retired orthodontist and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served in the Korean...
Chad Daniel VanProoyen
Apr. 20, 2014
Chad Daniel VanProoyen of Leesburg, FL, went to be with the Lord on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014 at the age of 32 years due to a heart attack. He was born in Traverse City, MI. Chad attended the Evergreen Bible Baptist Church in Kalkaska, MI and was a graduate of Kalkaska High School, class of...
Ronald Lee Leeman
Apr. 17, 2014
Ronald Lee Leeman, age 71, of Cooksburg, PA passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014. He was born January 6, 1943 in Upper Burrell Township, PA. He was a retired security guard. He enjoyed traveling to FL, motorcycles and model airplanes. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Leeman of Cooksburg, PA;...
Evelyn Hohn Dickinson
Apr. 17, 2014
Evelyn Hohn Dickinson 88, of Leesburg, passed away on April 17, 2014. She moved to Leesburg in 1999 from Connecticut. She was Catholic and a Volunteer with Cornerstone Hospice and Florida Hospital Waterman. Evelyn was a member of the New Abbey Club of Scottish Highlands of Leesburg. She is...
Lothar Thomas
Apr. 15, 2014
Lothar Thomas, age 73, of Apopka died at home on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 from pancreatic cancer. Born in Altenburg, Germany he was the son of the late Herbert and Elsa (Kretzschmar) Thomas. He spent his early childhood in Germany and immigrated to the U.S. with his family after the war. His...
Dennis C. "Lefty" Kruger
Apr. 14, 2014
Dennis C. “Lefty” Kruger of Tavares, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014 at the age of 67 years. He was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Dennis served his country in the US Army Reserves. He married Cecile on December 17, 1976. Lefty retired after 26 years as a supervisor, working for Uniroyal...
Grace Lucille Lamson
Apr. 14, 2014
Grace Lucille Lamson, age 89 of Grand Island passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014. She was born on April 04, 1925 in Bay City, Michigan. Mrs. Lamson was a homemaker and a foster mother for over 20 years. Grace enjoyed cooking, baking, and fishing with her husband, Junior. Grace was also an avid...
Ewald F. Kunzeck
Apr. 14, 2014
Ewald F. Kunzeck of Tavares, Florida passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014 at the age of 57 years. He was born in Passan, Germany and immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was 8 weeks old, settling in the Buffalo, New York area. Ewald served his country in the United States...
Ronald A. Kowalski
Apr. 14, 2014
Ronald A. Kowalski of Tavares, Florida passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014 at the age of 68 years. He was born in Rochester, New York and moved to central Florida in the mid 1980’s. He returned back up North, living in New York and Pennsylvania. Ronald moved permanently to Tavares in 1996,...
Claude Logan Barmore
Apr. 13, 2014
Claude Logan Barmore, age 79, of Tavares passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014. He was born February 25, 1935 in Louisville, KY and moved to Lake County in 1970 from IN. He was a long haul truck driver and a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Korean Conflict. He was a Mason and loved...
Irene W. Kreft
Apr. 12, 2014
Irene W. Kreft of Leesburg, FL passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the age of 76 years. She was born in Liverpool, England to William Wearing and Winifred Mary Williams, who preceded her in death. She met Joseph S. Kreft, who was stationed in England in the US Air Force and fell in love....