Reginald D. Ashe, age 79, died at the Douglas T. Jacobson State Veterans Nursing Home in Port Charlotte, Florida, on Monday, September 5, 2011 following an extended illness. He was born March 23, 1932, in the Town of Sheffield, Vermont, to the late Fern and Marguerite (Salmon) Ashe. He graduated from Lyndon Institute in 1950. Reginald served in the...
FLOYD E. MOORE Floyd E. Moore, 95, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2011, in Sebring. He was born May 30, 1916, to Ellis and Eva (Meeks) Moore in Stony Bottom, West Virginia and had been a resident of Sebring since 2003, coming from Arcadia, Florida. He was a truck driver for Florida Power and Light; a...
ANITA MARIE BERGERON Anita Marie Bergeron, 82, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2011 in Sebring. She was born April 22, 1929 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and had been a resident of Highlands County since 1987, coming from North Smithfield, R.I. She was a Nurse and a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church and the United Motorcycling...
GEORGE W. THOMAS George W. Thomas, age 93, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2011 in Sebring, Florida. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 19, 1917 to Henry Charles and Miriam Viola (Butts) Thomas. He was a Missionary. He was the Area director for SIM in Liberia, West Africa and worked in administration in SIM USA headquarters....
ESTHER MARION JOHNSON Esther Marion Johnson, age 92, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2011 in Avon Park, FL. She was born in Buffalo, New York on March 17, 1919 to Jessie C. and Margaret (Leigh) King. She was a School Teacher; she was a graduate of Wesminister College with a Bachelor's Degree and later received a Master's Degree...
JOHN LEWIS PETERSON John Lewis Peterson, 79, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Friday, September 2, 2011, at his home. He was born June 5, 1932, to Benjamin Franklin and Johanna (Anderson) Peterson in Hightstown, New Jersey, and had been a resident of Sebring since 1989, coming from New Jersey. He was a Stationary Engineer for a health care facility,...
CARL T. JURIS Carl T. Juris, 86, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Friday, September 2, 2011, in Sebring. He was born September 4, 1924, to Kalman and Veronika (Terbe) Gyuris in Budapest, Hungary, and had been a resident of Sebring since 1981, coming from Venezuela. He was a Petroleum Engineer in the oil industry and a member of St....
CLARENCE MILLER SHAMBLIN Clarence Miller Shamblin, age 87, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2011 in Sebring, FL. He was born in Fort Payne, Alabama on August 8, 1924 to Wilbern and Viola (Dobbs) Shamblin. He was an electrician for the Dept. of the Army; member of Sparta Road Baptist Church; served in the U.S. Army during WW II....
LILLIAN A. SAMPSON Lillian A. Sampson Sammy Teed, age 91, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2011 in Sebring, FL. She was born in Norfolk, Connecticut on September 12, 1919 to Perley Whitmore and Alice Margaret (Vanderwerker) Sampson. She served with SIM in N.W. Nigeria from 1945 1975 doing General Missionary work, Bible teaching and Childrens Missionary; she worked...
Mozelle D. Arnold of Tallahassee, Fl., passed away on August 31, 2011, with her children by her side. She was born December 13, 1912 in Statesboro, Georgia and grew up as a farm girl until she moved to Florida in 1929. She was an Avon Park resident from 1949 to 2005 when she moved to Crestview, Florida, to live...
GERALD WAYNE FESSENDEN Gerald Wayne Fessenden, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 in Sebring, FL. He was born in Jackson, Michigan on March 23, 1928 to Ernest and Cora Marie (Flenar) Fessenden. He was a Data Processing Manager in city government; served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, 1946-1948 on the USS Hugh Purvis. When...
Mildred O. Jones, age 87 passed away Saturday, August 27, 2011 in Titusville, Florida. She was born in Coffee County, Alabama to Dallas Crawford and Lela Belle (Calhoun) Waldrop. Mrs. Jones was a Homemaker, of the Assembly of God faith and a resident of Titusville, Florida. She is survived by her daughter-Martha B. Thomas of Titusville, Florida; sister-Lillian Martindale...
RUSSELL S. GARDNER, JR. Russell S. Gardner, Jr., age 89, of Sebring, FL passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2011. He was born January 4, 1922 in Asbury Park, NJ to Russell S. and Florence (Clayton) Gardner. He was a Claims Manager in the Insurance industry working for the Boston Old Colony Insurance Company, the Firemans Fund Insurance Company,...
Ruby Marie Farthing, age 80 passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 in Sebring, Florida. She was born in Oyster, Virginia to George Lee and Aline (Marshall) Parker. Mrs. Farthing was a Homemaker, member of the First Christine Church in Avon Park and had been a resident of Avon Park since 1986 coming from Angola, New York. She is survived...
AUDREY MARIE DUCHARME Audrey Marie Ducharme, 58, went to be with her Heavenly Father on August 26, 2011 after a nine year battle with Early Onset Alzheimers Disease. She passed away at her home with her family by her side. She was born June 14, 1953 in Westerly, RI and grew up in Auburn, ME where she spent her...
IVETTE LORINO DUNHAM AGE 67, OF Sebring, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Ivette was a small business owner of Garinos, a family restaurant for many years in LakePlacid and Sebring. She also worked as an Account Executive for the local radio stations, WCAC and WWOJ in Sebring. Anyone that knew Ivette knew that...
FRANKLIN WAYNE STILL January 13, 1949 August 20, 2011 After a long courageous battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Franklin Wayne Still, of Sebring, FL entered into the gates of heaven to be at peace with his Lord on August 20, 2011 while surrounded by family. Wayne was born January 13, 1949 in Acushnet, Massachusetts and raised in Lanett,...
Scott Duncan Koch, age 27, passed away August 17, 2011. He was born January 27, 1984. He was a student at Polk State University. Scott is survived by his fiance-Molly Gossett of Sebring; mother and step-father-Susan and Sherwood Wells of Avon Park; father-Roy Koch of Cocoa; grandmothers-Irene Duncan of Avon Park and Louise Dennis of Jupiter; sister and brother-in-law-Charlotte...
DOLORES JUNE McCONNELL DUCK Dolores June McConnell Duck, 75, passed away in Avon Park, Florida on August 14, 2011. She was born in Malden, Missouri on July 27, 1936 to the Reverend Cecil H. and Nancy Sarah (Predeau) McConnell. She had lived in Avon Park since 2006 having moved there from Jackson, Missouri. She had served as the Executive...
ROY WILLIAM HALL Roy William Hall, age 78, of Sebring, FL, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011 at his residence. He was born on March 19, 1933 in Columbus, Ohio to Roy Edward and Rose (Greenwald) Hall. He was a Lay Out Operator for Western Electric, member of VFW Post 4300 in Sebring, FL, and the I.B.E.W. in...