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Everett W. Koopman
Jan. 14, 2016
Everett W. Koopman age 92, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016 in Wildwood, Florida. Everett was born in Warren, Ohio and moved to the Leesburg area in 2001 from Woodbury, Minnesota. He was retired from Northern States Power Company (Xcel Energy) where he spent 32 years as an electrician. He...
Mary Ellen Logsdon
Jan. 14, 2016
Mary Ellen Logsdon age 91, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016 in Ocala, Florida. Mary Ellen was born in Thomas, West Virginia and moved to the Ocala area in 2011 from Glen Burnie, MD where she spent most of her life. She was a resident at the Chambrel at Pine Castle Assisted Living Facility...
Wayne Ryan Padgett
Jan. 06, 2016
Wayne Ryan Padgett, 80, Groveland, FL passed away on January 6, 2016 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Leesburg, Florida surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Padgett was born on October 23, 1935 in Waynesboro, Virginia to his parents Aubra Leroy Padgett and Esther (Ryan) Padgett. Mr. Padgett...
Jean Perkins
Jan. 06, 2016
Jean Perkins, 73, Leesburg, Florida, passed away on January 6, 2016 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Leesburg, Florida under the loving care of her family. Mrs. Perkins was born on March 15, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan to her parents Samuel and Lois Whipple. She had worked in the Trucking...
David K. Hartman
Jan. 06, 2016
David K. Hartman, 72, Leesburg, Florida passed away on January 6, 2016 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Florida. Mr. Hartman was born on April 8, 1943 in Royal Oak, Michigan to his parents Ralph William Hartman and Helen Elizabeth (Chabot) Hartman. Mr. Hartman was a retired...
Alfreda Lucy Johnson Lindsey
Jan. 01, 2016
Alfreda Lucy Johnson Lindsey age 83, passed away early Friday, January 1, 2016 in Tavares, Florida. She was born in Stockbridge, Michigan February 18, 1932 to Robert and Erma (Breese) Wood, and moved to the Tavares area in 1994 from St. Cloud, Florida. Alfreda’s professional life spanned decades...
Janice "Jan" T. Thorpe Rounds
Dec. 31, 2015
Janice T. “Jan” Thorpe Rounds age 78, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 in Pensacola, Florida. Jan was a longtime resident of Tallahassee and Perry areas until moving to the Fruitland Park, Florida area in 1999 to be near her grandchildren. Before her retirement she spent over 15 years as a...
Doris E. Moreno
Dec. 31, 2015
Doris E. Moreno, 87, passed away on December 31, 2015 at Charlotte Mayfield Retirement Center in Leesburg, Florida. Ms. Moreno was born on January 7, 1928 in Gurabo, Puerto Rico to her parents Raphel Rafael Torres and America (Hernandez) Torres. She was a retired Surgical Nurse for Bellevue...
William "Bill" Eugene Settle
Dec. 29, 2015
William “Bill” Eugene Settle, age 83 passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in Leesburg, Florida. Bill was born in Bengal, Indiana and moved to the Leesburg area in 1988 from Maitland, Florida. He spent more than forty years in the insurance business and was the owner of Budget Insurance Offices...
Ronald "Ron" James Tucker
Dec. 26, 2015
Ronald “Ron” James Tucker, 74, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015. Ron was born in Beverly, Massachusetts and moved to the Leesburg, Florida area in 2000 from Georgetown, Massachusetts. He was an aircraft engineer with the General Electric Company for 32-years before retiring to Florida with...
Pastor Chris Ward D. MIN
Dec. 25, 2015
On Christmas Day at 3:07pm, Pastor Chris Ward passed away. He was a husband to Rita for 43 years, a brother, a father, a grandfather, an uncle, a full-time pastor, a bishop, an exorcist, an author, a songwriter, a retired school teacher, a veteran Army Airborne Ranger who served in Vietnam, and a...
Rev. Arthur I. Harris
Dec. 23, 2015
Arthur Irwin Harris Jan. 1, 1924-Dec. 23, 2015 Homer resident the Reverend Arthur Irwin Harris, 91, died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer. A celebration of his life will be held in Florida at a later date. Rev. Harris was born Jan. 1, 1924, in Falls Church, Va. He...