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Joy Lynn Risner
Jan. 21, 2025
Joy Lynn Risner, 67, of Leesburg, Florida went to be with the Lord on January 21, 2025. Joy was born on November 25, 1957, in Canton, Ohio. Joy was one of ten children born to her parents Ralph Risner and Anna Mae (Cline) Risner. Joy was a devoted mother, grandmother, sister and daughter. She...

Acquavella, Grace S.
Jan. 21, 2025
Services are pending with Banks/Page-Theus Funeral Home. Grace S. Acquavella, 90, of Wildwood, FL passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2025. She was born April 20, 1934, in Lithuania, Europe to Andrew W. and Stella (nee Snesko) Sluzas. She was raised in Brooklyn, NY and moved to FL in 1976 from Islip...

Betty Evelyn Hess
Jan. 21, 2025
Betty Evelyn Hess, 92, Oxford, Florida went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 21, 2025 at Avante Skilled Nursing Center at Leesburg, Leesburg, Florida. Betty was born on December 6, 1932 in Union County, Indiana to her parents Earl McConnell Miller and Alice Roosevelt (Miller)...

Vernon, James Samuel
Jan. 18, 2025
James Samuel Vernon, 89, Wildwood, Florida went to be with the Lord on January 18, 2025 at North Campus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Leesburg, Florida. Most affectionately known as Sam, He was born on July 31, 1935 in Pulaski, Tennessee to his parents Raymond Vernon and Era (Dunnivant)...

Law, Joel Harrison
Jan. 17, 2025
Joel Harrison Law, 39, of Oxford, FL passed away Friday, January 17, 2025. He was born August 30, 1985, in Leesburg, FL to Keith Otis and Donna Marie (Harrison) Law Flannery. Joel loved spending time with his children, family and friends. He enjoyed taking long airboat rides, hunting and...

Chester Thomas
Jan. 14, 2025
Chester (Chet) Thomas, 83, passed away on January 14, 2025, at his residence in Wildwood, Florida. Chester was born on February 26, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan to his parents William Samuel Thomas and Eleanor June (Kraatz) Thomas. Chet served in the United States Army for seven years, stationed in...

Cocca, Frank J
Jan. 12, 2025
Frank John Cocca of Sebring, Florida died on January 12th, 2025. Frank was born January 3rd, 1939, in Angola, NY to Frank L. & Nina Cocca. Frank graduated Gowanda High School in 1956, before enlisting in the United States Airforce. Throughout his career, he traveled extensively throughout the...

Charles Earl Loser
Jan. 10, 2025
Charles Earl Loser, 81, of The Villages, FL passed away Friday, January 10, 2025. He was born March 24, 1943, in Elwood, IN to Earl Eugene and Ethel Lucille (nee Thomas) Loser. He was a 1962 graduate of Wendell L. Willkie High School in Elwood, IN and in 1966 graduate of Austin Peay State...

Lavrey, James F.
Jan. 10, 2025
James F. Lavrey, 93, Sebring, Florida, went to be with the Lord on January 10, 2025, at Sebring Hospice House in Sebring, Florida. James was born on September 22, 1931, in Arcade, New York to his parents William George Lavrey and Melda (Taylor) Lavrey. He moved to Central Florida 30 years ago...

John Mark Sullivan
Jan. 10, 2025
John Mark Sullivan, 62, of The Villages, FL passed away Friday, January 10, 2025. He was born May 8, 1962, in Chicago, IL to Melvin James and Janice Geraldine (nee Rogers) Sullivan. John retired as a Lead Electrician after 27 years from the city of Hollywood, FL. He was preceded in death by his...

George John Johnson
Jan. 05, 2025
George John Johnson, 81 of The Villages, FL passed away Sunday, January 5, 2025. He was born in Boston, MA April 23, 1943, to George Thomas and Mary Johnson. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam. He loved to go camping and traveling cross country. He and Janice also...

Patsy Keen
Jan. 05, 2025
Alzona Patricia “Patsy” Keen, 85, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2025. She was born March 8, 1939, in Riverview, FL to William Madison and Alzona (nee Glisson) Swilley. She had a strong faith and loved reading her Bible. She faithfully attended both Sunset Park Church of God and First Baptist...