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Robert Herman Vehmeier
Dec. 28, 2010
Robert Herman Vehmeier, age 89, of Tavares, FL passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2010. He was born August 28, 1921 in Lena, Illinois and moved to Central Florida in 1979 from NY. Robert was a supervisor with the telephone company in Manhattan where he designed the 911 system for the city. He...
Anita-Ene Abel
Dec. 26, 2010
Anita-Ene Abel, age 73, of Tavares, FL passed away at home on Sunday, December 26, 2010. She was born August 18, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Lake County in 1994 from Fairfax, VA. Anita was a secretary to the principals at Washington Irving Middle School in Springfield, VA and retired...
Mike Miller Gunter II
Dec. 14, 2010
Mr. Mike Miller Gunter II, of Eustis, FL, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the age of 25 years. He was born in Eustis and has been a life long resident. Mike attended school in Tavares, from elementary school, graduating from Tavares High School. He was involved in...
Alice M. Michels
Dec. 14, 2010
Alice May Michels, 84, of Tavares FL, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday December 14. She was born to the late Charles and Alice Fisher, Feb 16, 1926, in Buffalo NY. Alice graduated from South Park High School in Buffalo in 1942 and received a BA in Education from Buffalo State University in 1946....
Margaret S. Pomeroy
Dec. 13, 2010
Margaret S. Pomeroy, of Eustis, FL, formerly of Tavares, FL, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2010 at the age of 91 years. She was born in Corning, NY and moved to Tavares in 1956. Margaret retired as a unit secretary from Waterman Hospital after 23 years of service. She was a member of the...
Arthur Chebuske
Dec. 11, 2010
Arthur Chebuske, age 94, of Tavares, FL passed away on December 11, 2010. He was born April 17, 1916 in Richmond Hill, NY. Arthur retired from Grumman Aircraft on Long Island after 31 years. He lived in Lake Ronkonkoma and Calverton, Long Island until moving to Tavares, Florida in 2004. Arthur is...
Elizabeth W. Woodhall
Dec. 06, 2010
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Woodhall, of Tavares, FL, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2010 at the age of 91. She was born in East Penfield, NY and moved to Florida from Rochester, NY about 30 years ago. Elizabeth graduated from Bluffton University in Ohio with a Major in Music. She retired as a...
Jean Louise Gray Burnett
Dec. 05, 2010
Mrs. Jean Louise Gray Burnett, of Yalaha, FL, passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the age of 93 years. She was born in Culmerville, PA and grew up in Mars, PA. Jean married George H. Burnett of Zelienople, PA on February 9, 1940. She and George moved to Lakeland, FL from PA in 1952 and...
Donald A. Watson
Dec. 04, 2010
Mr. Donald A. Watson, of Tavares, Florida, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the age of 77 years. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 25, 1933. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. Donald was a retired Corrrections Officer from the State of...
Elizabeth A. Dubbs
Dec. 01, 2010
Mrs. Elizabeth A. "Betty" Dubbs, of Mount Dora, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the age of 80 years. She is remembered and will be dearly missed by her husband of 53 years, Robert J. Dubbs. The family has chosen not to hold services. Arrangements were entrusted to...
Harold Hill
Nov. 27, 2010
Harold I. Hill, age 87, of Mt. Dora and Fairfield, CT, passed away on November 27, 2010 after a short illness. He was a member of the 303rd Engineer Combat Battalion of the of the 78th infantry Division which received special honors “for initiative and courage under heavy fire” during the Battle...
Patrick M. Cunningham
Nov. 22, 2010
Patrick M. Cunningham 69, of Leesburg, passed away on Monday, November 22, 2010. He moved to this area from St. Cloud in 2006. Mr. Cunningham was a Licensed Funeral Director with Cunningham Funeral Home of Mt. Carmel, Illinois and a Veteran of the Vietnam War having served with the United States...