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Robert Louis Terhune
Jun. 12, 2011
Robert Louis Terhune, age 75, of Tavares, FL passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2011. He was born November 25, 1935 in Longview, WA to James Paul and Edna Bessey Terhune. He was a veteran and retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Chief Master Sergeant. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Runski; four...
Marilyn Joy Franklin
Jun. 11, 2011
Marilyn Joy Franklin of Yalaha, FL passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the age of 57. Marilyn was a devoted, loving wife and mother. She was also a teacher of special needs children for 33 years, primarily at Tavares Elementary School, having obtained her Bachelors Degree at Central...
Robert L. Burnett, Jr.
Jun. 05, 2011
Robert L. Burnett, Jr., age 84, of Tavares, FL passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2011. He was born April 3, 1927 in Elizabethtown, KY and moved to Lake County 20 years ago from Miami. When he was younger he raced cars and later went on to manufacture racing tires and wheels. He was a member of...
Winona Cox Moore
Jun. 04, 2011
Winona Cox Moore, age 88, of Tavares, FL went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 4, 2011. She was born December 28, 1922 in Lumberton, NC. Winona was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Tavares and was a retired Court Reporter for Lake County. She was a loving wife, mother,...
William Edward Burks
May 30, 2011
William Edward Burks, age 63, of Tavares, FL passed away on Monday, May 30, 2011. He was born April 26, 1948 in Louisville, KY. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Tavares and was a veteran of the US Army, having served in Vietnam receiving the Purple Heart and two Bronze...
Eva Eunice Laishley
May 25, 2011
Eva Eunice Laishley, age 89, of Howey-In-The-Hills, FL passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. She was born January 11, 1922 in Crestline, OH to Clarence and Bertha (Danals) Duffner. She resided in Howey-In-The-Hills for 33 years and volunteered at the school and library. She attended Community...
Russell E. Moore
May 23, 2011
Russell Eugene Moore, 90 of Astatula, FL passed away peacefully at home on Monday, May 23, 2011. He was born September 12, 1920 in Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio. A beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, will be missed by his wife, Doris Moore; daughter and...
Richard William Boylston
May 21, 2011
Boylston, The Honorable Richard William, 55, of Leesburg, died May 21, 2011 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born Dec. 4, 1955 in New York, New York, Richard moved to Central Florida at the age of one, but he always considered himself a “Yankee.” He took pride in giving private tours of “his”...
Vera E. Sawyer
May 17, 2011
Mrs. Vera E. Sawyer, of Tavares, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at the age of 94 years. She was born in Ohio and moved to Central Florida from there in the 1940’s. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Tavares and the Order of the Eastern Star-Daughter’s of the...
Julie Sophie Reckell Walker
May 16, 2011
Julie Sophie Reckell Walker, age 86, of Tavares, FL passed away on Monday, May 16, 2011. She was born June 19, 1924 in South Bend, IN and moved to Tavares in 1968. She was a lifetime member of the Moose Lodge and the AMVETS. She is survived by her husband, Paul S. Walker; son, David P. Reckell;...
Grayden Howard Deats
May 15, 2011
Grayden "Butter" Deats passed away on Sunday May 15th, 2011 at the age of 88 years. He was born in Shippen,PA to Farnham and Helen Cook Deats. Grayden Deats was an Army Veteran of WWII. He retired from the Ingersoll Rand Local 313. He lived in Addison for over 40 years and spent numerous years...
Albert Stanley Bowerman
May 13, 2011
Mr. Albert “Stanley” Bowerman of Scottish Highlands in Leesburg, FL passed away on Friday, May 13th, 2011 at the age of 83 years. He was born in England and served in the Royal Air Force. Stanley retired from the Internal Revenue Service. He was preceded in death by both of his children,...