John Howell Kauffman, Jr., “Bozie”, of Tavares, passed away on November 12, 2017. He was born in Grand Island, Florida where he lived for 89 years. He was a retired self-employed nurseryman, and owned, with his brother Frank, Grand Island Nurseries which was started by their grandfather in the...

Richard Dean Slack 77, of Umatilla, passed away on November 11, 2017. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and moved here in 1997 from Charlotte, North Carolina. He was a retired self employed industrial engineer and manufacturer's representative and a Veteran of the Cold War having served in the...

Rita K. Fisher 56, of Eustis, passed away on November 5, 2017. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and lived in this area all her life. Rita had worked for the United States Postal Service for many years. She will be greatly missed by her daughters; Cydney Fisher and Rachael Fisher both of...

John Robert Purcell 94, of Tavares, passed away on November 3, 2017. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, John moved to Tavares in 2015 after having resided in Casselberry for 40 years. He was a Christian and a Veteran having served in the United States Coast Guard in the Pacific Theater during...

Ermalinda Bickel, known as Linda Bickel and in the early years upon migrating to the U.S. from Italy was known as Emaline Fortino (a name translation from a nun), daughter of Sam and Emilia Fortino, both deceased. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. James Weber (Rose) of Goshen, IN and Ft. Myers,...

Louise M. Prince 82, of Grand Island, passed away on October 30, 2017. She was born iin Niagara Falls, New York and moved here in 2003 from Lewiston, New York. She was Catholic and was retired from Occidental Chemical Company after 40 years of service. She was the Past President of the Sun Lake...

Philip Vincent Pascal 92, of Eustis, passed away on October 28, 2017. He was born in New York City, New York and moved here from Orlando in 1985, prior to that he lived in St. Cloud. Philip was a Veteran and was retired from the United States Army, he served his country in World War II and the...

Mary C. Hollenbeck of Eustis, Florida passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at the age of 82 years. She was born in Norwich, New York to the late Chester Durmir and Catherine Helen (Breed) Smith. Mary was a retired Secretary / Stenographer in the court system. She moved to this area in the...

Bette Jeanette Cheney 96, of Eustis, passed away on October 21, 2017. She was born in Cadott, Wisconsin and moved to Eustis in 1983 from Denver, Colorado. She enjoyed many occupations in her lifetime including, public school teacher, floral designer at Terry's Eustis Flower Shop, telephone...

Kinney S. Harley died on October 21, 2017 at home in Mt Plymouth, Florida. Born in 1927, Kinney served in the U S Navy during WWII. After service he returned to Chattanooga where he went into the building business after a short stint in local radio. He moved to Florida in 1968 as the Executive...

Ralph H. Becker 77, of Tavares, passed away on October 17, 2017. He was born in Dayton, Ohio and moved to Tavares in 2004 from there. He was a member of Lake Eustis Christian Church. Ralph had many occupations throughout his life including; a newspaper route with for the Ohio Daily News with 189...

Leaann Marie Sneed 37, of Leesburg, passed away on October 16, 2017. She was born in Eustis and lived in this area all her life. Leaann attended Tavares Schools and will be deeply missed by her grandmother; Wilma "Mema" Sneed of Leesburg, her brother; Sean Michael Sneed of Apopka, her Aunts and...