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Robert E. Kirkland
Feb. 24, 2012
Mr. Robert E. Kirkland of Umatilla, FL, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 at the age of 60 years. He was born in Leesburg, FL to James N. and Lois V. (Tew) Kirkland. He lived most of his life in this area except for a few years when he lived in Bonifay, FL. Robert was a retired heavy...
Trey Alexander Bean
Feb. 20, 2012
Trey Alexander Bean (AKA Papa Duck) left us unexpectedly on February 20th 2012 the day after his 18th birthday. He lived in the Clearwater area with his mother and sister and returned to Lake County in the past few weeks. Trey was born on February 19th 1994 in Burlington, Vermont. He was the son...
Etheleen Nelson
Feb. 20, 2012
Etheleen Sheets NelsonOur beloved mother and grandmother, Etheleen Nelson, of Tavares, passed peacefully on February 20, 2012 at the age of 79. Etheleen was born on March 4, 1932 in Buckhannon, West Virginia. At the age of two, she lost her mother, and later a younger brother. After living with...
James W. Landrum
Feb. 19, 2012
James W. Landrum (Jim), age 70, of Leesburg, FL passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012. He was born September 23, 1941 in Louisville, KY and moved to Leesburg in 1975. He was the owner of Greenhouse Interiors and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Frances;...
Helen Shirley Jennings
Feb. 18, 2012
Helen Shirley Jennings, age 85, of Tavares, FL passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2012. She was born September 21, 1926 in Equinunk, PA and moved to Florida from Stroudsburg, PA in 1990. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Tavares. She is survived by her...
Sharon A. Germain
Feb. 11, 2012
Mrs. Sharon A. Germain of Leesburg, Florida passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2012 at the age of 66 years. Sharon was a retired manager of the pet hotel at the Grand Canyon. She is remembered by her brother, Edgar "Bud" Germain of Amherst, NY. Arrangements were entrusted to Steverson, Hamlin...
Richard Charles "Chuck" Brakeman
Feb. 10, 2012
Mr. Richard Charles "Chuck" Brakeman of Tavares, FL passed away on Friday, February 10, 2012 at the age of 85 years. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He proudly served in the US Navy in WWII. Chuck re-enlisted into the Navy Reserves following the war. After he retired from his accounting...
Howard C. Ingles
Feb. 06, 2012
Mr. Howard C. Ingles of Mount Dora, FL, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2012 at the age of 95 years. He was born in Columbus, Ohio to John A. and Nellie E. (Maple) Ingles. As a child he sang in his own band, Howard Ingles and the Thernoid Hawaiians, on several locally produced radio shows...
Barbara H. Bronson
Feb. 05, 2012
Mrs. Barbara H. Bronson of Leesburg, Florida passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at the age of 73 years. She was born in Oxford, Mississippi. Barbara moved to this area in 1974 from Byhalia, MS, living in Eustis, Tavares and Leesburg. She retired after many years from TavaresElementary...