OBITUARIES
James H. Smith, Sr.
Apr 22, 2012
James Howard Smith, Sr., 81, Educator Lakeland " James H. Smith, Sr., 81, passed away on April 22, 2012 due to heart failure. He was born on July 7, 1930 in Coalwood, WV. He graduated from Concord College and Rollins College. He was a retired educator from the Polk County School Board. James is survived by his daughters, Patricia...
Charles Wilmer Scott
Apr 19, 2012
Charles Wilmer Scott, 83 Area Manager " Phosphate Lakeland " Charles Wilmer Scott finished his earthly race and entered heavens gates as a result of cancer on April 19, 2012. He was born March 23, 1929 in Telfair County, GA. He was the last survivor of eight sons born to John P. and Bertha Irene Scott. He attended public...
Carrie Hall
Apr 18, 2012
Carrie Hall, 87, Florida Tile Lakeland " Carrie Hall, 87, passed away on April 18, 2012 due to Alzheimer""s disease. She was born on July 12, 1924 in Colquitt, Georgia. She was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church. Carrie is preceded by her husband, Joe N. Hall. She is survived by her two sons, Joe N. Hall Jr....
Iris Livingston Larsen
Apr 18, 2012
Iris Livingston Larsen, 98, Larsen Jewelers Lakeland " Iris Larsen passed away peacefully on April 18, 2012 in Lakeland due to natural causes. Born December 29, 1913 in Brewster, FL to Wiley and Martha Livingston, she was one of seven children. Iris attended school in Orlando and operated a beauty salon. She was of the Lutheran faith. In 1941,...
James Lee Forsythe
Apr 18, 2012
James Lee Forsythe James Lee Forsythe, 87, of Lakeland, Florida went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ from congestive heart failure on April 18, 2012. He was born July 24, 1924 in Missouri Township in Brown County Illinois. He was the fifth child of the late Charles and Eva Forsythe. Mr. Forsythe resided several years in the Kewanee...
Josephine Chapman Strout
Apr 16, 2012
JOSEPHINE CHAPMAN STROUT, 83 LAKELAND " Josephine ""Jo"" Chapman Strout died Monday, April 16, 2012, at Wedgewood Healthcare Center of Alzheimer""s disease. She was born June 28, 1928 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Joseph Marion Chapman and Annabelle Carroll Chapman. She had resided in Lakeland since 1964, having lived previously in Atlanta, GA, Norfolk, VA, and Pasadena, TX. Though she...
Rose Marie Della Costa
Apr 15, 2012
Rose Marie Della Costa, 92, Lakeland " Rose Marie Della Costa, age 92, passed away peacefully at her home April 15, 2012. She was born in Pennsylvania on March 4, 1920. She moved with her family to Kendall, NY in the 1930s, attended Kendall Schools, and later worked for many years in the schools helping children of all ages....
Foster E. Heath, Sr.
Apr 14, 2012
Foster Eugene Heath, Sr., 92 Founder Heath Funeral Chapel Foster Eugene Heath, Sr., died peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of April 14. Born on May 14, 1919, in Pulaski, Georgia, to Lena Waller and George Moore Heath, he was the eighth of nine children. His family moved to Ft. Meade, Florida in 1920. The family struggled...
Carmen D. Morales
Apr 8, 2012
Carmen D. Morales Homemaker Carmen ""Abuela"" Morales, age 93 of Lakeland, Florida entered peacefully into eternal rest on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 of natural causes at Good Shepherd Hospice listening to her Christian music with her loving family by her side. Carmen was born July 1, 1918 in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico to Tomas and Jacinta Diaz Cruz....
William Komanecky
Apr 2, 2012
William (Bill) Komanecky, 95, of Emeritus at Lakeland, Lakeland, FL, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 2, 2012. Bill was born on January 4, 1917, in Auburn, NY, to the late William and Mary (Komar) Komanecky. He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth (Betty) Snyder Komanecky, who passed away in 2003. After graduation from high school...
Patricia Ann Shirey
Apr 2, 2012
Patricia Ann Aiello Shirey, 59, Homemaker Lakeland " Patricia Ann Aiello Shirey, 59, left this earth, April 2, 2012, after a three year battle with leukemia. She will miss her family and children, Holly Shirey, Clay and Brittney Willis, and Nathan and Tyler Weber, and her beautiful grandchildren, Annabelle, Madden and Lenox Willis. ""Your nana will always be with...
Epifanio Segredo
Apr 1, 2012
Epifanio Segredo, 96 School Board Custodian Lakeland- Mr. Epifanio Segredo died on April 1, 2012 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center of a stroke. He was born January 6, 1916 in Placetas, Cuba. Mr. Segredo was of the Catholic faith. He is survived by his wife Zenaida Segredo, Lakeland, 2 daughters, Acela Carito (Rodolfo) Lumpuy, Lakeland, Maria Cristina (Luis) Santana,...
Cletus D. Hamilton
Mar 26, 2012
Cletus (Clete) Hamilton Owner/Operator Cletus (Clete) Hamilton, 60 of Lakeland, Fl passed away Monday, March 26, 2012 after his courageous battle with colon cancer. He is survived by his devoted wife, Robbin Hamilton, daughters, Aschley (James) Adkins, Chantal (Jeremy) Rucker, Skylar Hamilton and Ciarra Hamilton, grandson, Gunnar Adkins, brother, Jeff (Marge) Hamilton, sister, Judy (Bill) Schneider and many other...
Joanna L. Allen
Mar 23, 2012
Joanna L. Allen, 89 Homemaker Lakeland " Joanna L. Allen, 89, passed away March 23, 2012 at her home due to dementia. She was born on November 17, 1922 in Hastings, WV. She was a member of Legacy Christian Church. Joanna is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Robert, her two sons, Robert (Jacquelyn) Allen, II and...
Samuel Preston Carpenter, Jr.
Mar 22, 2012
Samuel Preston Carpenter, Jr. Retired Samuel Preston Carpenter Jr., of Lakeland died on March 22, 2012 , after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 76. A direct descendant of the first treasurer of the Province of Pennsylvania and a native of Winter Garden, Florida , Sam was born into a pioneer Central Florida citrus family. He graduated from...
Roland Lane Alderman
Mar 20, 2012
Roland Lane Alderman 87 Carpenter Lakeland- Mr. Roland Lane Alderman died on March 20, 2012 at his home of cancer. He was born on April 18, 1924 in Brewster, Florida. Mr. Alderman was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was an active member of the Florida Trail Association. He served in the United States Navy during World...
Julie Jackson
Mar 18, 2012
Julie MacDowell Jackson, 72, Receptionist Auburndale " Julie M. Jackson, 72, passed away after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer on March 18, 2012. Julie was born in Charleston, West Virginia, on July 11, 1939 to the late Dr. Louis G. and Helen (Gartelmann) MacDowell of Lakeland. She grew up in Lakeland, attending Lakeland High School and Florida State...
Geraldine L. Mcswain
Mar 18, 2012
Geraldine L. McSwain 89 Polk County Property Appraiser Lakeland- Mrs. Geraldine L. McSwain died on March 18, 2012 at Highlands Lake Center of dementia. She was born August 27, 1922 in Camden, Illinois. She was a member of Gapway Baptist Church. Mrs. McSwain was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Mr. Renard V. McSwain, brother, Robert and sisters,...
Virginia V. Destefano
Mar 17, 2012
Virginia Valentine Stull De Stefano February 14, 1920-March 17, 2012 Virginia De Stefano died March 17, 2012 after a wonderful lifetime of supporting and loving her family and friends. She was born Virginia Valentine Stull on February 14, 1920, the very special valentine of Irwin Elmore Stull and Melva Kimball (Alcorn) Stull in Stockton, California. During the war, she...
Mildred H. Schuetze
Mar 17, 2012
Mildred H. Schuetze, 99 Office Manager Tampa " Mildred H. Schuetze, 99, passed away on March 17, 2012 at her residence. She was born February 8, 1913 in Kathleen, FL. She worked as an office manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance in Jacksonville, FL and was selected as one of the top ten office managers in the United States. Mildred...
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