Mollie Ann Patterson
May 28, 2022
Mollie Ann Patterson, age 83, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022 in Sebring, Florida. She was born on November 15, 1938 in South West City, Missouri to John Calvin and Elmatta (Cook) Clark. She worked as a CNA for hospice. Mollie loved being a hospice CNA, and cared for all her patients. She loved her family very much...
Margaret Mandis Caraberis
May 27, 2022
Margaret Mandis Caraberis
Margaret Mandis Caraberis passed away peacefully in her Avon Park, Florida home on Friday May 27, surrounded by her children. Beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-grandmother, she is predeceased by her husband retired Capt. John G Caraberis in 1971, and her brothers Walter Mandis and Philip Boardman. The daughter of dairyman Demos and Margaret Woodruff...
Pauline K. Rose
May 27, 2022
Pauline K. Rose, age 94, of Sebring, FL, passed away Friday, May 27, 2022. She was born June 25, 1927 in Chicago, IL to Anton and Tekla Sam (Bartosh) Kotkovetz. She was a wonderful Aunt and Friend to all. Pauline has been a resident of Sebring, FL for 20 plus years coming from The Keys where she lived for...
Alpha Dean Hawk
May 27, 2022
Alpha Dean Hawk, age 89, died in Sebring, Florida on May 27, 2022. Dean was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul Hawk and Oliver “Shorty” Gilliam. Dean and Paul traveled around the county in an RV, making many friends and catching fish in 49 states. Dean lived most of her life in Maryland Heights, MO and lived the...
Terry Lane Mccormick
May 26, 2022
Terry Lane McCormick, 76, born Jan. 30, 1946, passed away on May 26, 2022 at his home in Avon Park, Florida. Terry graduated from Lakenheath High School in the United Kingdom in 1963. He went on to attend Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma and graduated in 1969.
He changed careers several times during his life but...
Elna P. Collins
May 26, 2022
Elna P. Collins, age 92, of Avon Park, FL, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022. She was born September 4, 1929 in Crewsville, FL to John Collier and Freda Mae (Carlton) Still. Elna grew up in Hardee County, married Jack Collins, Sr., moved away for a time and returned to Avon Park in 1973, coming from Deerfield Beach, FL. ...
Harold Franklin Young
May 26, 2022
Harold Franklin Young, age 92, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Lake Placid, FL. He was born on November 29, 1929 in Lancaster, PA to Gene Custer and Ruth (Thomas) Young. Harold was Owner & Operator of Young Repair and Fabrication, was of Baptist faith, and has been a resident of Highlands County since 1935. He is...
Raymond William Lane, Jr.
May 25, 2022
Raymond William Lane, Jr., age 59, of Avon Park, FL, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022. He was born June 30, 1962 in Charlottesville, VA to Raymond William, Sr. and Shirley (Carter) Lane. He worked as a Meat Cutter for Winn Dixie, of Baptist Faith, and has been a resident of Avon Park, FL since 1968, coming from Dover,...
Helga Zehnpfund Grotewold
May 24, 2022
Helga Zehnpfund Grotewold January 20, 1938 to May 24, 2022
The Kiss of the Sun for Pardon The Song of the Birds for Mirth. One is nearer God’s Heart in a Garden. Than anywhere else on Earth. Dorothy Frances Gurney
Helga Zehnpfund was born to Willy Zehnpfund and Frieda Eue Zehnpfund on January 20, 1938...
Robert Shawn Mcavoy
May 24, 2022
Robert Shawn McAvoy, age 55, passed away on May 24, 2022 in Sebring, FL. He was born on January 5, 1967 in Chelsea, Massachusetts to Arthur R. and Gale E. (Berry) McAvoy. Robert has been a resident of Sebring for 8 years, coming from Massachusetts. He is survived by his loving wife – Brenda; children – Kaylin Halloran (Levi)...
Brenda Jean Hardy
May 23, 2022
Brenda Jean Hardy, age 68, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Monday, May 23, 2022. She was born August 11, 1953 in Kokomo, Indiana to James Frederick and Lois Eloise (Bowling) Simmons. She was a Homemaker, attended the Church of the Way, and has been a resident of Sebring, Florida since 1980, coming from Indiana. Brenda is survived by her...
Alex Leroy Whitbeck
May 23, 2022
Alex Leroy Whitbeck, age 74, passed away on May 23, 2022 in Sebring, FL. He was born on October 21, 1947 in Pennsylvania to Kenneth and Margaret Whitbeck. He worked in law enforcement at the Sheriff’s Department, he also worked at the Elks Clubs called BINGO, and has been a resident of Sebring for 50 years, coming from Pennsylvania. ...
Frances De Leon
May 22, 2022
Frances De Leon, age 78, of Avon Park, FL passed away on May 22, 2022 in Sebring, FL. She was born on August 7, 1943 in Mercedes, TX to Santiago and Francisca De Leon. She was a CNA in Fresno, CA for 20 years before moving to Wauchula, FL in 1998. There she worked at East Coast Migrant Head...
Henry William Silke
May 21, 2022
Henry William Silke, 85, of Sebring, FL, a U.S. Marine veteran, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022. He was born November 26, 1936 in New Philadelphia, OH to Herman J. Silke and Bessie E. (Mason) Silke. Henry had been a resident of Sebring after retiring from Reeves Steel and moving from Dover, OH in 1987. He served as an...
Ray S. Eckiss
May 21, 2022
Ray S. Eckiss, age 96, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Sebring, FL. He was born on April 5, 1926 in Lancaster, IL to Harlan Arthur and Fannie Mae (Brewer) Eckiss. He worked as a Telecommunications Engineer, and was of Lutheran faith. Ray proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and has been a...
Richard Alfred Comers
May 19, 2022
Richard Alfred Comers went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Sebring, Florida. He was born on December 6, 1928, in Toledo, Ohio to William A. and Marie M. (Reidel) Comers. Richard retired from the United States Postal Service and attended First Baptist Church of Avon Park. He proudly served his country in the...
Patti Mae Jeffo
May 19, 2022
Patti Mae Jeffo, 81, a thirty-year resident of Avon Park, FL went home to be with the Lord on May 19, 2022. Patti was a loving wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great grandmother. Born near Bronson, MI, Patti proudly served her country in the United States Army as a Medical Specialist and was a wound care nurse in Highlands...
Melvin Issach Gross
May 19, 2022
On May 19, 2022, Melvin Isaac Gross left our family after a brief illness. He started life in The Bronx, New York, on March 20, 1934, as the second oldest child of Samuel Isaac and Mary Frances (Van Zandt) Gross. He grew up in The Bronx and left to join the Air Force in 1954, where he was stationed...
Sidney Jewel O'Neill
May 19, 2022
Sidney Jewel Fasolt O'Neill was born on November 6,1933 to Clemens and Dorothy (Wieland) Fasolt in Hersey, PA. At nine her family moved from Palmyra to Lancaster. In 1951 she graduated from JP McCaskey High School in Lancaster. On October 27, 1956 she married the love of her life, Vincent O'Neill. They lived in Lancaster til 1960, when Vince...
Andrew Moles
May 18, 2022
Andrew “Drew” Moles, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Sebring, FL. He was born on November 10, 1951 in Middleborough, MA to Stanley A. and Eileen T. (Bradshaw) Moles. He worked as a carpenter in the construction industry, attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and was a resident of Middleborough, Ma until moving to Florida in 1998....