OBITUARIES

Mar 11, 2017

Mar 11, 2017

Mar 10, 2017

Clifford Ray Coleman passed away on March 10, 2017, at the VA Hospital in Tampa, while under Hospice care. He was born on June 9, 1940, to Jack and Dora Coleman in Anawalt, WV. He owned and operated Cliff’s Tree Service in Lakeland for over 35 year. He retired in 2005. He served in the US Army during the...

Mar 7, 2017

Eileen Wade Sweet, 94 Eileen “Tonie” Sweet went to be with the Lord on March 7, 2017, in Lakeland, Florida. Tonie was born in Portland, Maine, to Ola and John Wade on May 30, 1922. At the age of 12, she was a cellist with the Portland Symphony in Portland, Maine. Tonie met her husband, C. Clifford Sweet, while...

Mar 6, 2017

Lakeland – Hazel Dees Ebersole, 88, passed away on March 6, 2017. Hazel was born on September 27, 1928 in Arcadia, Florida to William and Gladys Dees. She graduated from Desoto High School in Arcadia in 1946 and began working as a secretary at the Desoto Insurance Company where one day she was introduced by a coworker to her...

Mar 5, 2017

Lakeland – Mr. Thinh Van Trinh passed away at Lakeland Regional Health Center on March 5, 2017, with his wife and 2 sons by his side. Mr. Trinh was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 12, 1935. He was Vice President of CAT, Air Transportation Company in Saigon, Vietnam before moving to the United States in 1975. He worked...

Mar 5, 2017

Mark N. Ohnikian, 91 passed away at Lakeland Hospice House on March 5, 2017. He was born on February 2, 1926 in “The Bronx”, New York. He attended Fordham Preparatory School and served in the United Sates Army. He moved to Lakeland, Florida where he attended and graduated from Florida Southern College. He owned several businesses and worked as...

Mar 4, 2017

Mar 2, 2017

Donald Lloyd Jenkins, 73, died on March 2, 2017. A graveside service will be held on Monday, March 6, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. at Oak Hill Burial Park. HFC

Mar 1, 2017

Lakeland – Lillian E. (Betty) Adkins 94. Betty passed away March 1, 2017 at Oak Bridge Health Center due to natural causes. She was born and raised in Moore Haven, Florida. Upon graduation from Moore Haven High School, she attended Massey’s Business College in Jacksonville, Florida. Her first job was with Equitable Life Insurance Company. Betty was married to...

Mar 1, 2017

Dorothy Johns Zimmermann, 98 Lakeland – Dorothy Zimmerman passed away March 1, 2017. She was born March 11, 1919 in Tracy, Minnesota to Percy and Doris Johns. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, G.F. “Zim” Zimmermann; and is survived by her three sons: G.F. Sunny (Jan) Kent W. (Candy), and Scott V. (Penny), four grandchildren and two...

Feb 26, 2017

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Feb 24, 2017

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Feb 24, 2017

Jean Barger Anderson, 95 Lakeland – Jean Barger Anderson was born December 13, 1921 and grew up on a farm in Dayton, Tennessee. The depression shaped her life forever. She never forgot those who were less fortunate than herself. She attended Bryan University in Dayton. During the war she worked for the Rationing Board and she was known as...

Feb 23, 2017

John William Glotfelty September 28, 1928 – February 23, 2017 Dr. John William Glotfelty, 88, died peacefully on February 23, 2017, after a short illness. The son of Galen Floyd Glotfelty and Mary Susan Boley, John was born September 28, 1928, in Des Moines Township, Jefferson County, Iowa. He grew up on farms in the Batavia and Libertyville area,...

Feb 22, 2017

Lakeland- Kathryn Hoehne, 79 Kathryn Virginia Bollinger was born March 13, 1937 to Benjamin Lee and Joyce B. Bollinger of Elkton, Maryland. Her husband, Robert H. Hoehne preceded her in death on September 13, 2002. She is survived by her two children, Robert H. Hoehne, Jr. of Charleston, South Carolina and Deirdre H. Premo of Zephyrhills, Florida, her son...

Feb 21, 2017

Lakeland - Harold Albert Quidgeon, Jr. was born March 25, 1958 and passed away on February 21, 2017. Harold was a member of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians out of Connecticut. He loved to fish, camp, hang out with friends and loved being outdoors. He is preceded in his death by his father Harold Albert Quidgeon, Sr., his mother...

Feb 20, 2017

Lakeland - Katie Hogan passed peacefully away in her sleep on February 20, 2017. Katie was 34 years old, born in Columbia, South Carolina and has resided in Lakeland, Florida for twenty four years. She graduated from George Jenkins High School and went on to become an office nurse at Watson Clinic. She is survived by her daughter, Piper...

Feb 20, 2017

Rev. William “Bill” Brackman Jr, Lakeland - Rev. William “Bill” Brackman Jr, 88, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017. Bill’s immediate family includes his son and daughter- in- law, Lee and Gina Brackman and his granddaughter and her husband, Sarah and Reid Nelson. Bill served the Methodist church for 41 years as the senior pastor at six churches in...

Feb 20, 2017

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