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Dorothy Jeanette Yakey, 83, of Lutz passed away, Sunday, December 11, 2011. Mrs. Yakey was born July 21, 1928 in Wildwood and moved to Lutz in 1999 from Atlanta, Ga. She worked for several years as a telephone operator and was a homemaker. Mrs. Yakey was a member of the Idlewild Baptist Church in...

Tommy Lavaughn Croom, 53, of Lake Panasoffkee passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011. Tommy was born September 4, 1958, in Inverness and has lived here all of his life. He was a Baptist and a farmer who loved to fish. He enjoyed his family and friends and will be missed by all. Survivors include...

Elizabeth Frances Rose, 88, of Leesburg passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011. Mrs. Rose was born December 9, 1922, in East Stroudsburg, Pa. and moved to Florida in 1980 from Greentown, Pa. She was a retired Registered Nurse; she attended New Life Baptist Church in Leesburg, had served as a...

Joan S. Schoepfer, 83, of Lady Lake passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011. Ms. Schoepfer was born June 24, 1928, in West Hampton, N.Y. and moved to Lady Lake in 1990 from Ft. Pierce. She was an Episcopalian and a retired business owner and artist. Survivors include her son, Paul Pettit of Madison,...

Ralph R. Boose, 79, of Wildwood passed away Saturday, December 3, 2011, in his home. Mr. Boose was formerly a resident of Pa. where he worked as an insulator. He enjoyed golf, hunting and family activities. He was a member of Rock-of-Ages Lutheran Church in Wildwood. Survivors include his wife,...

Koletto Sharp, 59, of Avon Park passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011. Mr. Sharp was born August 28, 1952, in Jamaica and moved to this area in 1987 from Jamaica. He was a member of the Ridge Seventh Day Adventist Church in Avon Park. He was a mason and stucco applicator on many construction...

Theresa Mae Carder, 50, of Wildwood passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Ms. Carder was born March 6, 1961, in Roanoke, Va. and moved to Florida in 2001 from Kansas. She was in the food service industry and loved animals. Survivors include her Son Randy Wertz of Roanoke, Va.; parents, James...

Joan H. Bucci, 80, of Wildwood, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011. Mrs. Bucci was born June 13, 1931 in Rochester, N.Y. and moved to Wildwood in 1995 from Rochester. She was a homemaker and a Catholic. Joan loved sewing and quilting and had volunteered for several years with the Wildlife...

Alfred Francis Kloss, 88, of Wildwood, FL passed away Friday, Nov. 25th 2011. He honorably served in the U.S. Army during WW II. He was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Bushnell, FL.   He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 62 yrs, Dorothy E. Kloss.He is survived by his...

Paul C. Sweetland, Jr., 73, of The Villages, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Mr. Sweetland was born March 27, 1938, in Garden City, Kansas and moved to The Villages in 2005 from Alexandria, Va. He was retired from the U.S.D. A. Forest Service where he worked in various positions,...

Leroy Otto Gessner, 90, of Oxford, FL passed away November 21, 2011in Leesburg, FL. He was born in Boltonville, WI on November 28, 1920 to the late Dean and Norma Gessner. Mr. Gessner moved to Oxford in 1977 from Westfield, WI. He retired as an Associate Warden for State of Wisconsin...

Stephana W. Norris, age 91, of Oxford, Florida passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2011 in Jacksonville Florida. Mrs. Norris was born on March 4, 1920 in Lake City, Florida to the late Charles and Sadie Wiggins, and has lived in Oxford most of her life. She was a member of Lake Hermossa Church of...