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Zita B. Lee
Aug. 28, 2018
Zita B. Lee, 80, of Oxford passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2018. Mrs. Lee was born April 12, 1938 in Palatka to Philip and Hattie (Moffley) Brydon. She grew up in Ocala and moved here after she married in 1964. Zita was a talented seamstress and a member of the Florida Sewing Sew-Ciety and a...
Arthur Edwin Fuller
Aug. 26, 2018
Arthur Edwin Fuller, 72, of The Villages passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018. Mr. Fuller was born in NY City to Arthur Edwin and Loretta A. (Shurtluff) Fuller. He was a Vietnam Veteran and retired from the U.S. Navy. Art moved here in 2008 from Portland, ME. He loved golfing, fishing and...
Earl J. Thomas
Aug. 22, 2018
Earl John Thomas, Jr. passed away peacefully in The Villages, Florida on August 22, 2018 after four years of illness. He was surrounded by family members and clergy. Earl was 88 years of age. Earl was born on January 27, 1930 in Youngstown, OH. He attended Saint Patrick’s Elementary School and...
Harold J. Martin
Aug. 21, 2018
Harold J. Martin, 95, of The Villages, FL passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018. Mr. Martin was born August 27, 1922 in Lowell, MA. to Jacinto and Emily (Perry) Martin. He lived in New Bedford and Acushnet, MA until 2017 when he moved to The Villages. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII. Harold had...
Pat Rick John
Aug. 18, 2018
Pat John was born October 21, 1941 in Pierre, South Dakota. He was raised in Prairie City by Ike and Claire John. He earned his Bachelors Degree in History from Black Hills State College in Spearfish, SD and a Masters Degree in Elementary Administration from Winnona, MN. After working as a school...
Barbara Deloris Fort
Aug. 17, 2018
Barbara Deloris Fort, age 87, of Wildwood, passed away on August 17, 2018, in The Villages, Florida. Barbara was born on January 28, 1931, to Archie and Myrtle (Spooner) Merritt in Linden, Florida. Barbara is preceded in death by her husband, George A. Fort. Barbara loved the outdoors, she...
Lt. Col. Edward C. Hartwell, Ret
Aug. 17, 2018
Lt. Col. Edward C. Hartwell, Ret., 83, of Summerfield passed away Friday, August 17, 2018. Col. Hartwell was born July 5, 1935 in Manchester Center, VT to Ira and Dorothy (Edgerton) Hartwell. He had served for 30 years in the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne and Infantry Divisions. During his career, Ed...
Marjorie Ann Bridgewater
Aug. 14, 2018
Marjorie A. Bridgewater 87, of The Villages, FL passed away peacefully at The University of Florida Medical Center Hospice on Tuesday, August 14. Marjorie was born on August 16, 1930 in Oak Park, Illinois to Robert John and Dorothea Maria Paulsen. She was a graduate of Pewaukee High...
Lettie Mae "Pinky" Jennings
Aug. 10, 2018
Lettie Mae (Pinky) Jennings ,a native Floridian, passed away in Leesburg Fl. August 10, 2018.Pinky was born on November 28, 1938 to Harold Rhoden and Sylonia Victoria Rhoden Kea in Jacksonville, Florida. Pinky was a homemaker, with a strong Christian faith. She loved and adored all animals. Her...
Corinne Joyce McQuarrie
Aug. 04, 2018
Corinne Joyce McQuarrie, 79, of Summerfield passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018. Mrs. McQuarrie was born December 10, 1938 in Detroit, MI to the late Nelson and Agnes Edna (Vanassche) Cadaret. She moved here in 1979 from MI and was a member of Oxford Assembly of God Church. Corinne retired as a...
Dr. Hector Morales
Aug. 03, 2018
Dr. Hector Morales joined his forever family on August 3, 2018, as he is now healed in the arms of our Savior. Born December 31, 1927 in Guanajuato, Mexico to Mariano and Victoria Morales, educated at University of Mexico and McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Upon completing Medical School and...
John Patrick Smale
Aug. 02, 2018
Rabbi John Patrick Smale, 62, of Wildwood passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018. Rabbi Smale was born September 25, 1955 in Toledo, OH to the late Ronald Hugh and Mary Madeline (Griffith) Smale. John had been an Ohio State champion swimmer for his age group from age 10 - 18. After this he was on...