Doris Jean Staley 84, of Tavares Florida passed from this life at home on Nov 11th, 2022. Doris was born in E. Liverpool Ohio on January 26th, 1938 to Helen and Homer Allison. She grew up and attended school on the banks of the Ohio river in Chester W.Va where she met and married her husband and...

Gunther Gonder, age 91, of Howey-in-the-Hills, FL passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. He was born August 30, 1931 in Darmstadt, Germany. Gunther was the son of the late Ludwig and Margarete Gonder; and the loving husband of Livia Gonder for 53 years who passed in 2013. He was also...

Mary Louise (Hollen) Zeunik, age 85, of Leesburg, FL passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Mary was one of five children born to Louis and Clois (McKim) Hollen in the small town of Taswell, Indiana. After graduating high school, Mary moved to Indianapolis, Indiana living with her uncle and...

Robert William Thompson, 72, of Grand Island, FL, passed away on November 5, 2022. He was born on February 17, 1950, in Sioux City, IA, to his parents: William "Bill" and Janice (Quintard) Thompson. He was retired from the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War. He is survived...

Sherry Lynn Simon of Tavares, Florida passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2022. She was 72. Sherry was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on January 11, 1950, to her parents: Sanders and Ruby (Christian) Wheeler. Her family moved to Florida in 1958. She graduated from Tavares High School, where she met...

Robert L. “Bob” Richards, 81, of Tavares, FL passed away on October 26, 2022. He was born November 11, 1940, in Fall River, MA. Bob, along with his wife, Nina, were business owners of Gator Inlet and Smiley’s Gator Pub in Tavares. He was a lifetime member of AMVETS and the VFW. Bob enjoyed...

William H. Gribben Jr. (Mr. Bill), 82, passed away October 25, 2022. He was born on August 22, 1940, to William and Helen (Gust) Gribben in Jersey City, New Jersey. He served in the Army in Germany as a Radio Operator for three (3) years in the United States Armed Forces with honorable service....

Clara Amelia Alms of Tavares, Florida passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. She was 96. Clara was born in Elberta, Alabama and resided there until July 2012, when she relocated to Tavares. Clara was a homemaker but also continued to work the farm after her husband passed away. She still had...

Krista Elizabeth Janego of Sorrento, Florida passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022. She was 55. She was born in Toronto, Canada. Krista moved to Orange County Florida in 1974 and lived in Apopka and then moved to Lake County in 1995 to start a family. She and her husband owned Janego...

Jacqueline Carter, 75, of Leesburg, FL, passed away on October 22, 2022, in Tavares, FL. She was born in Wilmington, DE, on March 2, 1947, to her parents Horace and Florence (Green) O’Neal. Jackie was a God fearing woman and would always promote Gods love to everyone. She was an office manager at...

Anne T. Romano of Mount Dora, FL, age 94, passed away on October 22, 2022. She was born Anne Lucille Tryon in Philadelphia, PA on April 17, 1928. She graduated from West Catholic Girls high School, and worked as a bookkeeper for Bell Telephone until 1951, when she married her loving husband,...

Tilman “Wayne” Sheppard, 85, of Tavares, FL, passed away on October 21, 2022, in Tavares, FL. He was born on April 16, 1937, in Moultrie, GA, to his parents: Tilman and Lizzie (McMickle) Sheppard. Wayne was a theater manager for many years and a retired Disney cast member, a veteran of the United...