Edward I. Occhipinti, 85, The Villages, FL went to be with the Lord on January 1, 2014 under the loving care of family at The Villages Regional Hospital. Mr. Occhipinti was born on April 19, 1928 in Paterson, New Jersey to his parents John and Pasqua Occhipinti. Mr. Occhipinti was a retired...

William Henry Knapp, Jr, 84, of Lake Placid, FL passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Mr. Knapp was born June 17, 1929 in East Haven, CT to the late William H. and Catherine May (Barnes) Knapp. He had served in the US Army during the Korean War. He had served as a Police Officer for 10 years...

George Patrick "Pat" Wadsworth, 91, passed away Monday, December 30, 2013. Mr. Wadsworth was born August 4, 1922 in Manchester, Ga. He grew up in Wildwood, FL, moving with Lucy and his children, to Jacksonville in 1952. He enlisted and served in the US Army Air Corp during World War II, as a...

Howard Charles “Howie” Dow, 61, of Wildwood, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013. Mr. Dow was born August 7, 1952 in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada to Joseph and Ella Mae (Kindon) Dow. He moved to Wildwood one year ago from Houlton, Maine. He was of Baptist faith, and was retired from the...

Henry Nesz, 97, of The Villages passed away Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. He was born in Akron, Ohio Nov. 15, 1916, served in the U.S. Army from May, 1941 - Oct. 1945 in Company B 10th Tank Battalion during WWII. He retired from the BF Goodrich Corp., moved to Cape Coral, FL; then to The Villages in...

Jean S. Miller, 87, of Ocala passed away Monday, December 16, 2013. Mrs. Miller was born March 23, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Henry E. and Claudie C. (Laugel) Schmidt. She lived in Bushnell for over 25 years prior to moving to Ocala. She had retired from the State of Florida as an...

Ervin Joseph Riedel, 81, of Wildwood passed away Sunday, December 15, 2013. Mr. Riedel was born June 28, 1932 in Little Chute, WI, the son of Martin and Emma (Bieker) Riedel. He moved to Wildwood in 2000 from MI. He was a retired machinist with Massey Ferguson and a Catholic. He was a U.S. Army,...

John Frances D’Aiuto of Wildwood, Florida, passed away December 15, 2013 at the age of 90 from complications of pneumonia. John was born December 10, 1923 in Bronx, New York, to father Frances John D’Aiuto and mother, Stephanie Valerie (Patterman) D’Aiuto, both deceased. Jack was raised in...

Lelia Stover, 79, of Montgomery, Alabama, formally of Coleman, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Mrs. Stover was born August 14, 1934 in Virginia, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Jane (Belcher) Collins. She was a member of Shady Brook Freewill Baptist Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Stover...

Marie A. Troesch, 89, of Wildwood, FL and Custer, S.D., passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013. Mrs. Troesch was born October 12, 1924, in Cortland, NY, the daughter of Floyd and Mary (Hitchman) Adams. She was an ex-county commissioner for Custer County, SD a past LIONS club member and had...

Roger A. Cheatham, 62, of Lake Panasoffkee, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2013. Mr. Cheatham was born April 7, 1951 in Mt. Dora, the son of Bobby and Dolly Cheatham. He moved to Lake Panasoffkee about 25 years ago and was the owner of Rogers Mobile Marine Repair. He was the former Fire Chief...