George T. Bates, 86, of Oxford passed away Sunday, January 29, 2012. Mr. Bates was born August 7, 1925 in Greenville, S.C. and moved to The Villages in 2004 from Vero Beach. He retired from the U.S. Navy, serving in both WWII and Korea, and then worked in several other fields, one of which was a...

Joyce Mitchell Windham, 87, of Sumter County, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012. Mrs. Windham was born May 6, 1924. She was a graduate of Wildwood High School and Florida State University. She was a teacher in Sumter and Lake Counties. Survivors include her children; Charles Gregory and...

Barbara J. Studebaker, 78, of Wildwood passed away Monday, January 16, 2012. Ms. Studebaker was born September 27, 1933 in Huntington, In., and moved to Wildwood in 1995 from Michigan. She had retired from Ford Motor Company and was Lutheran by faith. Survivors include her sisters, Carol Randall...

John Neubauer, 73, of The Villages passed away Monday, January 16, 2012. Mr. Neubauer was born November 28, 1938 in Strem, Austria. He moved to N.Y. from Austria in 1965 then to The Villages in 2003 from New Paltz, N.Y. He was a retired auto mechanic, enjoyed golfing and belonged to St. Vincent...

Imogene Ruth Basedow, 78, of Avon Park, passed away Monday, January 16, 2012. Ms. Basedow was born March 1, 1933 in Grand Island, Nebraska. She moved to Avon Park in 1991 from Colorado Springs, Colorado after retiring from Quest Communications. She was a member of the First United Methodist...

Lilnita J. Holley Schreiber, 48, of Bushnell passed away Sunday, January 15, 2012. Ms. Schreiber was born May 30, 1963 in Orlando and has lived in Sumter County most of her life. She was carefree and loved life as it happened. Survivors include her mother, Elizabeth Clark of Wildwood; brothers,...

James C. Crenshaw, 84, Wildwood, passed away January 13, 2012.   Mr. Crenshaw was born in Wildwood on September 21, 1927 and lived in Sumter County all of his life.  He served in the U.S. Army, retired from CSX Railroad and farming.  He enjoyed hunting and fishing.  He was a member of the First...

Mildred Mary Dube, 84, of Wildwood passed away Friday, January 13, 2012. Mrs. Dube was born February 24, 1927 in Yonkers, N.Y. and moved to Wildwood in 1992 from Brewster, N.Y. She was a homemaker, a protestant and a member of the LIONS Sumter 44. Survivors include her daughters, Diane Madison of...

Norvell Eugene “Gene” Runyon, 79, of Wildwood passed away Friday, January 13, 2012. Mr. Runyon was born December 3, 1932 in Fredonia, Kansas and moved to Wildwood in 1987 from Santa Anna, Ca. He retired from McDonnell – Douglas as a manager, was a U.S. Navy Veteran, a 50+ year member of the...

Debra M. Wessner age 47 passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at her residence in The Villages, Florida. She was born in Smithtown, New York and moved to The Villages in August 2011 from New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. She was a homemaker and before moving to Florida was active at Neff’s Church, in...