Robert Defonso
May 26, 2012
Robert Defonso, 84, of Avon Park, Florida, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012. He was born October 26, 1927, to Daniel and Lola Defonso in Brooklyn, New York, and had been a resident of Avon Park since 1995, coming from Ocala, FL, originally from Kansas. He was a Supervisor of Procedure Writing for TWA Airlines for 32 years and...
Michael Keith Horton, C.C.P.
May 26, 2012
Michael "Mike" Keith Horton, C.C.P. lost his battle with cancer on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Born August 10, 1956, in Detroit, MI, he spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Boca Raton and Sebring, FL. A loving and devoted father, son, brother and loyal friend, he leaves, mourning his loss, a loving son, Keith Horton of Jacksonville, FL;...
Sol Youmans Moseley
May 25, 2012
Moseley, Sol Youmans, Sr., 89, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at home in Avon Park, Fl. Born 1 February 1923, in Lyons, Ga, he served in the Pacific with the US Army's 112th Cavalry during WW II. In 1946 he and his wife Jurelle moved to Avon Park and he soon formed a partnership with Dan Bennett. Bennett and...
John King
May 24, 2012
John King, age 77, departed this life on May 24, 2012. He was born in Montreal, Canada, but loved the United States and became a U.S. citizen in 1985. John was a newspaper man all his life and retired as a compositor from the Times Union of New York with 30 yeas of service. He lived his remaining years...
Primitivo Toledo Reyes
May 22, 2012
Primitivo Toledo Reyes, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 in Lake Placid, FL. He was born in Bacoor, Philippines on November 27, 1920 to Alfonso and Eduvigis (Toledo) Reyes. He was an Accountant; member of Avon Park Seventh Day Adventist Church; Alumni of the Philippine Union College; was a lay Pastor and later served as the...
Murielle G. Pelletier
May 20, 2012
Murielle G. "MuMu" Pelletier, 89, of Sebring, Florida, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Sebring. She was born November 5, 1922, to Ludger and Exilia (Lambert) Cote in Lewiston, Maine and had been a resident of Sebring since 1984, coming from Big Pine Key, FL. She was preceded in death by her parents and her four sisters...
Pearl Luke Hershelman
May 20, 2012
Pearl Luke Hershelman, 78, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Sebring. She was born July 15, 1933, to Ralph L. and Olive E. (Bingham) Luke in Dorchester, Massachusetts and had been a resident of Sebring since 2009, coming from Ft Mill, SC. She was a Missionary, with 49 years of active service with SIM in...
Sandra Katherine Shavce
May 20, 2012
Sandra Katherine Shavce, age 64, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Sebring, FL. She was born in Philadelphia, PA on May 20, 1948 to Charles J. and Sophie Sandra (Katherines) McGlave. She was a Nursing Assistant and worked at Highlands Regional Medical Center and Kenilworth Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was a resident of Sebring since 1996...
Mary Ellen Ward
May 19, 2012
Mary Ellen Heitsch Ward, age 96, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012, at her home in Avon Park, Florida. Mrs. Ward was born in Pontiac, Michigan on June 24, 1915, to Robert D. and Gladys (Hodgson) Heitsch. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1939 with a master's degree in Public Administration, went to work for the Tennessee...
Milton R. Lacy
May 18, 2012
Milton R. Lacy, age 82, of Lake Placid, passed away on May 18, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude Lacy; sons, Milton Lacy, Jr. (Rita) and Bill Hendricks (Donna); daughter, Carol Strock (Chuck); sister, Kay Grob; brother, Allen Lacy and 2 grandchildren.
William Thomas Coates
May 17, 2012
William Thomas Coates, age 67, passed away on Thursday, May 17, 2012 in Sebring, FL. He was born in Easton, PA on June 28, 1944 to Fernie and Theresa (Miers) Coates. He was a Supervisor for a pipe and Cuppling Co. He was a member of the Tanglewood Community Church; served in the US Navy; he was devoted to...
Randall David Cole
May 17, 2012
Randall David Cole, 94, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Sebring. He was born June 4, 1917, to Randall Duffie and Zibbie Vermont (Sharpe) Cole in Tiger Bay, Florida, and was a resident of Miami, FL from 1922 until his move to Sebring in 1982. He was a graduate of Miami High School and was...
Violet M. Vogel
May 16, 2012
Violet M. Vogel, 85, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Sebring. She was born June 24, 1926, to Edgar and Gertrude (Whitney) Durkee in Stoughton, MA, and had been a resident of Sebring since 1982, coming from Stoughton. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her son, Richard (Patricia)...
Jack Dexter Wicklund
May 15, 2012
Jack Dexter Wicklund, 84, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Sebring. He was born February 11, 1928, to Matt and Emma (Ostlund) Wicklund in Ironwood, Michigan. He graduated from Ironwood High School in 1945 and married Jan McNeil in Crystal Falls, MI on June 21, 1952. They lived in Crystal Falls for several years where...
Marilee Rose Jacobs
May 14, 2012
Marilee Rose Jacobs, 76, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, in Winter Haven, Florida. She was born July 17, 1935, to Thomas C. and Sophie (Krause) White in Peoria, Illinois, and had been a resident of Sebring since 2008, coming from Morton, Illinois. She was a homemaker, of the Lutheran faith and attended Sebring Church of...