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Joseph Leon Gionet
Apr. 21, 2011
Joseph Leon Gionet, age 85, of Howey-in-the-Hills, FL passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2011. He was born March 23, 1926 in Shirley, Massachusetts to Lucien and Cecille Gionet. Joe retired to Howey-in-the-Hills in 1986 after a successful 30 year career with Florida Gas/Enron Corporation as an...
Beverly K. Tomlinson
Apr. 20, 2011
Mrs. Beverly K. Tomlinson, of Tavares, FL, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the age of 57 years. She was born in Bartow, Florida and moved to the Tavares area in 1982 from Haines City, FL. Beverly was a homemaker and previously worked as head waitress and bar manager at O’Keefe’s...
William Mursch
Apr. 19, 2011
William F. Mursch, of Tavares, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 19, 2011.“Bill” was born in Crafton, PA, on August 9, 1918. After graduating from Crafton High School and the Penn State School of Agronomy, he owned a beautiful farm and was a soil conservation instructor in Clarion,...
Richard E. Gibson, Sr.
Apr. 17, 2011
Mr. Richard E. Gibson, Sr., of Mount Dora, FL, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at the age of 80 years. He was born in Miami, FL and served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. Richard retired from Florida Power and Light in 1989, where he worked as a lineman for many years...
Captain John M. Foley, DC, USN (RET)
Apr. 16, 2011
Captain John M. Foley, DC, US Navy (RET), passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the age of 77 years. John was born in Baltimore, MD on November 16, 1933. He graduate from Towson Catholic High School, Towson, MD, in 1951; received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Loyola College, Baltimore,...
Bertha Cruff
Apr. 15, 2011
Bertha Cruff, age 95 of Lake Francis Estates, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, April 15, 2011 at Edgewater Rehabilitation Center in Mount Dora. She was born in North Oxford, MA. on April 30th, 1915. Before she retired to Florida in 1980 from Feeding Hills,, MA. she worked at Milton...
Robert A. Lariviere
Apr. 12, 2011
Robert A. Lariviere 74 of Tavares passed away on April 12, 2011. He was born in Berlin, New Hampshire and has spent winters here since 1989. He was the owner and manager of mobile home parks. Mr. Lariviere was Catholic, a Veteran having served with the United States Navy, a member of the...
Lewis W. "Lew" Cotterill
Apr. 10, 2011
Mr. Lewis W. “Lew” Cotterill, of Tavares, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the age of 87 years. Lew was born in Freeville, NY and lived on the Cotterdale Farm in Dryden, NY. He graduated from Dryden High School in 1942. In 1945 he married his loving wife, Marjorie. In 1948, Lew...
Virginia P. Huneycutt
Apr. 09, 2011
Mrs. Virginia P. Huneycutt, of Tavares, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2011. She will be greatly loved and missed for the legacy she left behind. Together with Carl Huneycutt, she established three successful businesses in her lifetime. ...
Michael John Bruso
Apr. 05, 2011
Mr. Michael John Bruso, of Apopka, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the age of 60 years. He was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts to Charles and Gloria Bruso. He moved to Titusville after Southbridge, Mass. abd lived there for 20 years. He then lived in GA and CA during some of his...
David Willet Decker
Apr. 03, 2011
David Willet Decker, age 80, of Leesburg, FL passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2011. David was born and raised in Janesville, WI. He married his high school sweetheart, Nellie, and they had two beautiful daughters, Linda and Shannon. Through hard work, he moved his way up into executive management...
James Allen "Jim" Spooner
Apr. 02, 2011
Mr. James Allen “Jim” Spooner, of Tavares, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the age of 47 years. He was born in Portland, Oregon to Carl and Janet Spooner. Jim moved to central Florida from Massachusetts in the early 1990’s and then returned to Oregon several years later only to return...