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Shirley Ruth Gruber
Mar. 18, 2022
Shirley Ruth Gruber of Altoona, FL passed away Friday, March 18, 2022. She was born in Chicago, IL on January 10, 1927 and was married for 70 years to George Gruber who passed in 2017. Shirley and George moved to Lakeview Terrace in Altoona in 1994 from Chicago by way of Fort Myers. They enjoyed...
Mary Ann Weyhe
Mar. 06, 2022
Mary Ann [Dungan] Weyhe passed away March 6, 2022, in Leesburg, Florida. She was born March 22, 1930, in Superior, Wisconsin to Leo L. and Anna M. [Bennett] Dungan. In 1939, the family moved to Waterloo, Iowa. In 1959, Mary Ann moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she met her husband, Robert L....
Melba Joy Waite
Mar. 06, 2022
Mary Ann [Dungan] Weyhe passed away March 6, 2022, in Leesburg, Florida. She was born March 22, 1930, in Superior, Wisconsin to Leo L. and Anna M. [Bennett] Dungan. In 1939, the family moved to Waterloo, Iowa. In 1959, Mary Ann moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she met her husband, Robert L....
Catherine Sur Wilson
Mar. 06, 2022
Catherine Sue Wilson died peacefully in her Tavares, Florida home on March 6, 2022. She was born in Sikeston, Missouri on March 9, 1940 to Buford C. Fowler and Dessa Rhea (Kitchen) Fowler. She graduated from Arkansas State University with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and received a...
Melba Joy Waite
Mar. 04, 2022
Melba Joy Waite, 86, of Leesburg, Florida passed away on March 4, 2022. Joy was born on July 15, 1935 in Mount Pleasant, Texas to Alfred Dean and Evelyn Thornton Hobbs. As a child the family moved and lived in several different states and after her marriage to Ralph Lee Waite in 1955, that...
Catherine V Mikus
Feb. 27, 2022
Catherine V. “Katie” Mikus of Tavares, formerly of Umatilla, passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at the age of 94. She was born in Utica, New York and moved to this area from there in 1981. Katie worked as an assembler for GE Radio Receiver in Utica for many years. She attended St. Mary of...
Sherly Diane Barnes
Feb. 12, 2022
Sheryl Diane Barnes, 66, of Sorrento, FL, passed away on February 12, 2022, in Tavares, FL. She was born on May 21, 1955, in Hamilton, OH, to her parents: Charles and Eileen Dees. She worked at Florida Natural Growers as a machine operator. She is survived by her son: Duane Tyler Barnes, his...
Mary Renee White
Feb. 09, 2022
Mary Rena White, 58 years of age, of Ocala, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 in Ocala, Florida
Dorothy Jean Lewis
Jan. 27, 2022
Dorothy Jean Lewis, 95, of Eustis, Florida, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022. Born in Ravenswood, West Virginia, Dorothy moved to Eustis in 2008 from Mason, West Virginia. She was of Methodist Faith. Dorothy retired as a School Teacher after 42 years serving in the West Virginia Public...
Wilmer C Samples
Jan. 22, 2022
Wilmer C. Samples, 97, died peacefully on January 22, 2911. He was born in Churchville, VA on November 4, 1924. Wilmer was predeceased by his wife or 71 years Nellie (Price), sisters Fay, Judith and brothers, Norman, John, Sonny, and Richard. He is survived by sister Nancy Hilbert (Staunton VA),...
Christopher Lee Hayes Jr
Jan. 20, 2022
Christopher Lee Hayes, Jr. of Sorrento passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at the age of 28. He was born in Eustis. Chris was a personal care assistant at Avante in Mount Dora. His passion in life was helping people. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing and camping. He...
Virginia Jenny Fitzpatrick
Jan. 18, 2022
Virginia “Jenny” Fitzpatrick of Orlando, formerly of Grand Island, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at the age of 86. She was born in Stockton, Georgia to the late, Gordon and Ruth Bennett. She met Vernon Keith Fitzpatrick and fell in love. They were married in 1962. Jenny and her...