OBITUARIES
Leroy Constantine Stille, Jr.
May 19, 2013
LeRoy ""Roy"" C. Stille, 94 Realtor Lakeland " LeRoy Constantine Stille, Jr. passed away peacefully of natural causes on Sunday evening May 19, 2013 just 22 days short of his 95th birthday. Roy, as everyone knew him, was born in Blackville, South Carolina on June 10, 1918. He was a 1938 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of...
Martha Lee Bozeman
May 19, 2013
Martha Lee Bozeman, 81 Box Maker Lakeland- Martha Lee Bozeman died on May 19, 2013 at Emeritas Assisted Living Facility of cancer. She was born August 24, 1931 in Lakeland, Florida. She was a WAC during the Korean Conflict. Survivors include 3 brothers, Charles Bozeman, Clyde Bozeman, Thomas Bozeman, 2 sistes, Linda Sebright, and Carol Smith all of Lakeland,...
Terry Michael Waddell
May 17, 2013
Terry Michael Waddell, 58 Painter Lakeland " Terry Waddell died on Friday May 17th due to stroke. He was born February 15, 1955 in Atlanta, GA. He moved to Lakeland, FL. in 1965. He graduated from Lakeland High School in 1973 and attended Polk Community College for 2 years. He was predeceased by his mother, Shirley Waddell. He is...
Clarence A. Green
May 14, 2013
Clarence A Green, 96 Owner/Operator Lakeland " Clarence A. Green passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, due to natural causes. He was born in Saskatchewan, Canada to Charles and Sarah Green on July 13, 1916. The family moved to Auburn, NY in his formative years and he became a U.S. citizen. Later, he lived and operated a business...
Mae Minor Toy
May 13, 2013
Mae Minor Toy, 88 Paraprofessional Lakeland- Mrs. Mae Minor Toy died on May 13, 2013 at the Hospice House at Palm Terrace of congestive heart failure. She was born August 11, 1924 in Georgia. She served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Mrs. Toy worked in the...
Maria Dicesare Famularo
May 12, 2013
Maria DiCesare Famularo, 80 Mrs. Famularo died Sunday May 12, in Pinellas Park of Heart Failure. She was born July 17, 1932 in Brattleboro, Vt. Mrs. Famularo was a singer; she sang in many of the Italian Restaurants in the Tampa area, she also spent years volunteering at Bay Pines and James Haley Veterans Hospitals. She is survived by...
Doris Mae Rhey
May 11, 2013
Doris Mae Rhey, 90 Lakeland " Doris Mae Rhey, 90 of Lakeland, FL., passed away peacefully on May 11, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Doris Mae Graffius grew up in Homestead, PA where she married her high school sweetheart, Elbert H. Rhey. She lived with El in Pittsburgh, PA, Greensburg, PA, Cape Coral, FL, Unity Township, PA and...
Abby Meredith Fishburn
May 1, 2013
Abby Meredith Fishburn, 22 Middle School Teacher Abby Meredith Fishburn, 22, of Tallahassee, Florida, died Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in an automobile accident. She was born in 1990, in Lakeland, Florida, the daughter of Tawni Fishburn and Brian Fishburn. Abby graduated from McKeel Academy in Lakeland, Florida, in 2008, where she enjoyed playing volleyball and tennis. She received her...
Warren G. Addison
Apr 30, 2013
Warren Gamaliel Addison, 92 Lakeland -Warren Addison, 92, passed away on April 30, 2013, in Lakeland, Florida. Warren was a WWII veteran who proudly served his country as a member of the 820th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He was an active member of the American Legion in Spotsylvania, Virginia and Lakeland, Florida,...
The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Burrows
Apr 30, 2013
The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Burrows, 80 Hospital Chaplain Lakeland " The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Burrows, 80, was born on October 17, 1932 in Houston, TX and went to be with his Lord, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 due to a stroke. Charles was a Korean War veteran of the United States Air Force. He was the first Chaplain...
Charles "Chuck" Alton Rienks
Apr 29, 2013
Electrician Lakeland - Charles ""Chuck"" Alton Rienks, 78, left his earthly home to be with the Lord Monday, April 29, 2013, after a valiant short fight with cancer. Chuck was born to Richard and Blanche (Holderbaum) Rienks January 27, 1935 in South Bend, Ind. He was the fourth of seven children in addition to three of Chuck""s aunts and...
Shirley P. Buckler
Apr 25, 2013
Shirley P. Buckler Homemaker Dairy and Beef Farmer Shirley P. Buckler, age 71, passed away on April 25, 2013 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born May 16, 1941, in Tampa, FL to George Howard & Cupiedean (Willis) Pirkle, Shirley lived the majority of her life in the rural area west of Lakeland. She attended Winston Elementary School and...
Jim Lee
Apr 23, 2013
Jim Lee, 68 Jim Lee Insurance Lakeland " Born William James Lee, Jim died unexpectedly April 23, 2013 at LRMC due to a massive heart attack. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 26, 1944, and came to Lakeland to attend Florida Southern College. He began his career as a teacher and coach with the Polk County schools,...
Roy M. Westberg
Apr 20, 2013
Roy M. Westberg, 90 Lakeland " Roy M. Westberg, of Lakeland, died on April 20, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was 90 years old. Until 1969, when he established residence in Lakeland, FL he had been a longtime resident of Bronxville, New York when his family moved there in 1934, after previously residing in Pelham Manor, New...
Emma Kate Barton
Apr 19, 2013
Emma Kate Barton, 82 Lakeland " Emma Kate Barton, 82, was born on October 29, 1930 and passed away on April 19, 2013 due to heart failure. Emma was in jewelry sales for years and after moving to Lakeland, she sold Avon for many years. She was a very active member at First United Methodist Church. She is survived...
Sally Eva Ramey
Apr 17, 2013
Sally Eva Ramey Lakeland- Sally Eva Ramey passed away at her home surrounded by her family on April 17, 2013 due to kidney failure. She was 67 years young. Sally Eva was born in Cecil, Georgia on December 11, 1945. She moved to Lakeland 25 years ago with her husband Roy. They were happily married for 35 years. She...
Mary Ellen O'Neal
Apr 16, 2013
Mary Ellen O""Neal Nursing Assistant Bartow- Mary Ellen O""Neal died April 16, 2013 from complications of dementia. Mary was born in Cairo, Georgia on August 21, 1945. She was a nursing assistant for Polk County BOCC for 24 years. Most of her time with the county was spent as a CNA at the Bartow Adult Day Care Center in...
J. Perry Knight
Apr 15, 2013
J. Perry Knight Age 84, passed away April 15, 2013, peacefully at home in Lakeland, FL, with his wife of nearly 60 years, Joyce, at his side, of Lewy-Body Dementia. Born in Dublin, GA, Perry and his younger sister and brother were raised on a small farm by their widowed mother and her family during the Depression. Always gifted...
Carmen Ramona Abbott
Apr 12, 2013
Carmen R. Abbott, 93 Lakeland " Carmen Abbott was born into a large family in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Carmen was the sixth of seven children. She was a modern woman born in the twenties. Her strength of character was evident in everything she said and did. Unlike many women of her time, she knew her own worth. She walked...
Charles Martin Debats
Apr 11, 2013
Charles Martin DeBats, 79 Lakeland " Charles Martin DeBats, 79, has gone to be with his Lord and Savior in Heaven, due to heart failure, on April 11, 2013. ""Chuck"" was born on March 12, 1934 in Birmingham, Michigan and was a graduate of Admiral Farragut Military Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida, attended the University of Florida and graduated...
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