Chester A. Connell 56, of Umatilla, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2017. He was born in West Palm Beach, Florida and moved here in 1971, he was affiliated with the Church of God. He is survived by his children; Becky (Mathew) Mancill of Umatilla, Vanessa Connell of Fruitland, Park, Michael...

Barbara Ann Baylis of Kingsland, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the age of 50 years. She was born in Landstuhl, Germany, as her dad served in the US Army. In 1985 she married Robert A. Baylis. Robert joined the Navy in 1987. Barb spent her adult life as a Navy wife and mother,...

Robert F. “Bob” Donnini of Tavares, Florida passed away on Monday, May 15, 2017 at the age of 88 years. He grew up in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. Bob proudly served his country in the US Air Force in Vietnam in 1954. He retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Major. He taught Industrial Arts in the...

Colin Shore 81, of Sorrento, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. He was born in England and moved to Sorrento from Gallup, New Mexico in 2012. He was a Christian and a Veteran of the British Navy. Colin was a foreman in the mining industry and worked in two African countries and Brazil. He...

James W. “Jim” Riley 96, of Eustis passed away on May 10, 2017. He was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania and moved to Eustis in 1947 from Orlando. Jim was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church of Mount Dora, he was a retired teacher having worked at Eustis High School, the Vo-Tech Center in Eustis...

Deborah E. Walsh 58, of Umatilla, passed away on May 7, 2017. She was born in Sanford and moved to Umatilla from Enterprise in 2005. She was a Methodist. She is survived by her companion Jim Clark, her children; David Eric (Amber) Heimbach of Homosassa Springs, Florida, Telicia (James) Winfield...

Lorena W. Verney 99, currently of Tavares, formerly of Eustis, passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. She was born in Aiken, South Carolina and moved here from Buffalo, New York in 1977. She was a member and Elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Eustis, a former member of the Troy (New York)...

Darlys Carl Horton of Leesburg, Florida passed away on April 30, 2017 at the age of 66 years. He was a former resident of Jacksonville, FL, Port Orange, FL and Lincoln Park, MI.

Ruth C. Hogg 99, of Mount Dora, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2017. She moved here in 1998 from New Smyrna Beach and was a Presbyterian. Ruth was predeceased by her husband John Hogg in 1999 and is survived by a niece; Carolyn Breen of Palm Desert, California and a nephew; Thomas Carey of...

Frederick L. "Fred" Soop 72, of Eustis passed away on April 29, 2017. He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania and returned to Eustis in 2005 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was protestant. Fred was a 1963 graduate of Eustis High School and was a retired sound engineer. He is survived by his wife...

Chief Master Sergeant Guy T. Irvine, USAF retired Guy passed on from this world on April 27, 2017 with his loving family with him. He was born October 5, 1930 in Holton Maine. He moved to New Hampshire at 9 years old, where he lived the rest of his childhood. At 20, he enlisted in the US Air...

Mary Lee McNamara 93, of Eustis, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. She was born in Cowin, Tennessee and moved here in 1992 from Miami. She was a Christian. Mary was predeceased by her husband Frank in 2000. She is survived by her daughter Kathy Perfumo and her husband Donald of Eustis,...