Mary Ellen East of Eustis passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the age of 86 years. She was born in Grove City, Ohio. She and her husband, Bill, moved to this area 30 years ago, living on Alfred Street in Tavares. Mary was a beautician and owned a shop on Alfred Street. They moved out to...

Harrison Jean Laney Jr. 82, of Eustis, passed away on December 3, 2017. He was born to Harrison Jean and Elizabeth Lawton Laney in Orlando Florida on June 22, 1935 and was raised in Jacksonville. Jean moved to Eustis in 1989 from West Palm Beach via Daphne, Alabama. He was of the Methodist faith...

Esther S. Smith of Mount Dora, Florida, formerly of Eustis, Florida, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at the age of 88 years. She was born in Exmore, Virginia and moved to this area in 2003. She married Dr. Kenneth Lee Smith in 1953 and they were married 39 years before he passed away...

William (Bill) Arthur Sievert lived with a passion as deep as it was rich. His family, many loved ones and all the causes he championed are poorer for losing him. Bill died November 19, 2017. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur William Sievert, Jr. Bill was born March 14, 1947 in Louisville, Kentucky....

Patsy R. McDuffie of Eustis passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at the age of 69 years. She was born in Eustis and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Patsy was a homemaker, taking care of her husband, Bob and raising their five children. Patsy and Bob were married in 1964. She was a...

Carolyn Alger Kennedy 91, of Eustis, passed away on November 12, 2017. She was born in Eustis and made Eustis her home all her life. She was Presbyterian and had retired from the United Telephone Company. She will be deeply missed by her daughter; Susan Kennedy of Eustis, her grandchildren; Billy...

Bernice L. Filler age 97 passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017 in Clermont, Florida. Bernice was born in Warren, Ohio and moved to the Inverness, Florida over 35 years ago from Miami, Florida. She was a Statistical Typist for Heck and Hasencamp Certified Public Accountants in Coral Gables,...

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,...