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Haley Lynn Cobb, age 19, of Oxford passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Haley was born in Lakeland, Fl. and moved to Oxford in 1999 and was a member of First Baptist Church of Wildwood and a 2008 graduate of Wildwood High School, where she was a member of the FFA. She enjoyed horseback riding...

Edward J. Nahrstedt, age 88, of Belleview passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009. Edward moved from Sebring to Gainesville around 1980 then to Belleview around 1993. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran of WWII and a retired Machinist & Rancher. While ranching in Sebring Edward designed and...

Helen A. Powers, age 89, of Sebring passed away peacefully Monday, October 19, 2009. Born in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, she moved to the area in 1999 from Bedford Heights, OH. Helen was a homemaker, a 10 year member of Sebring Village Homeowners Association, an avid crossword puzzler, newspaper...

Betty L. Hayes, age 97, of Wildwood passed away Sunday, October 18, 2009.Betty was born in Oklahoma in 1912 where she spent her first six years, later moving to Colorado Springs with her family where she grew up. Betty met Eugene Hayes who was from upstate New York and had been working in the...

Anna S. Kersha, age 88, of Ocala, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Mrs. Kersha was born in the Ukraine moving to Marion County in 1983 from Lakewood, N.J. She was a homemaker and was of the Russian Orthodox religion. She loved cooking, sewing and embroidering. Survivors include her...

Stuart Butler, age 78 of The Villages passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Stuart moved to Central Fl. in 2005 from Irvington, Va. He was an Air Force veteran having served in the Korean War and a retired Real Estate Developer. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock, Va.,...

Paul Leonard Gray, (Lt. Col. U.S. A. F. ret.) age 80, of The Villages, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Mr. Gray moved to the area in 2009 from Lake Panasoffkee. He was a U. S. Air Force Fighter Pilot that was a trainer and flew missions also. His favorite plane was the F-86 Sabre Jet. He...

Billy W. Qualls, age 70, passed away at his home Sunday, September 13, 2009 in Auburndale, Fl. He was born in Fulton, Ms and moved to Florida from Tupelo, Ms. after retiring seven years ago. Billy was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. and the U.S. Air Force having served in Vietnam, he was a...

Ernest Alfred St. Peter, age 87, of Wildwood passed away Saturday, September 12, 2009. He lived 6 months in Fl., and 6 months in Ohio, he was a Navy veteran and a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Wildwood and St. Edwards in Grandville, Oh. Mr. St. Peter was a member of Knights of...

Dorothy E. Kloss age 84, of Wildwood, passed away Friday, September 11, 2009. Mrs. Kloss was born in Easton, Pa, she moved to Central Florida from Pennsylvania in 1988.She was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and a past Church Organist and Homemaker. She loved playing the Organ and...

Neatro Christian Warens, age 19, of Oxford, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009. He was born in Miami and moved to Oxford in 2002 from Hialeah. He was a member of Grace Tabernacle. Prior to a tragic accident severing his spinal cord on March 14, 2008, Neatro was a star baseball player, pitching...

Donald A. Blackford, age 96, of Avon Park, Fl., passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009. Mr. Blackford was born in Des Moines, Iowa and moved to this area in 1973 from Miami. He was a retired automobile mechanic and a Mason. He enjoyed fishing and motorcycle riding. Survivors include his 3 sons,...