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Mary J. Fitch
Feb. 03, 2014
Mary J. Fitch 87, of Tavares, passed away on February 3, 2014. She was born in Indiana and moved to Florida in 1992. She was of the Nazarene faith. She was predeceased by her husband Morton in 2000, they had been married 52 years. Survivors include her children; Kenneth (Kris) Fitch of Brazil and...
Doryan Leonard
Feb. 02, 2014
Doryan Holly Leonard 80, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away in Missouri on February 2, 2014. She was born in Eustis and lived in this area until moving to Missouri a few years ago. She was protestant and worked as a nurse’s aid. She is survived by her children; William A. Huffman of Niangua,...
Theodore T. "Ted" Labok
Jan. 31, 2014
Theodore T. “Ted” Labok of Eustis, Florida passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014 at the age of 79 years. He was born in Webster, Massachusetts to the late Joseph and Viola Labok. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force in the Korean War. Ted was a retired manufacturing...
Carl D. Compton
Jan. 28, 2014
Carl D. Compton 84, of Tavares, passed away on January 28, 2014. He was born in Dwell, Kentucky and moved here in 1984 from Ypsilanti, Michigan. He owned and operated Carl’s Vending Company in Ypsilanti before retirement, additionally he was a Baptist and a Veteran having served in the United...
Eileen P. Carnahan
Jan. 26, 2014
Eileen P. Carnahan 91, of Eustis, passed away on January 26, 2014. She was born in Wichita, Kansas; she raised her family in Wichita but moved to Eustis from South Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2003. Eileen was a member of God’s Church Worldwide of Eustis, a homemaker and had worked for the Internal...
James W. Lynch
Jan. 23, 2014
James W. Lynch 70, of Grand Island, passed away on January 23, 2014. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to the late James W. and Gertrude M. Lynch and moved here in 2004 from Norton, Massachusetts. He was Catholic, a Veteran of the United States Army and a member of Amvets Post 1992 of Mount...
James Battiste
Jan. 22, 2014
James Battiste 55, of Eustis, passed away on January 22, 2014. He was born in Camden, New Jersey and he moved to this area in 1988 from Havertown, Pennsylvania. James was Catholic and was a cattle rancher. Survivors include is companion Wanda of Eustis and a sister Kathy Choromanski of Havertown.
Shirley M. White
Jan. 22, 2014
Shirley M. White of Umatilla passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at the age of 95 years. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved to Umatilla from there in January of 1976. She was a retired bookkeeper in the banking business. Shirley is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of...
Ruth Aline Rich
Jan. 21, 2014
Ruth Aline Rich, 98, of Eustis went to be with her Lord and Savior and all of her family and friends who have gone before her. What a wonderful reunion that will be. A native of Florida she was born to the late Arthur and Bartha DeLidle. Ruth met and married Joseph Rich, who preceded her in...
Barbara J. (Roach) Humphrey
Jan. 21, 2014
Barbara J. (Roach) Humphrey, 72, of Eustis passed away peacefully on January 21, 2014 after a courageous battle with Alzheimers. She was born in Savannah, Georgia and moved to the Eustis/Mount Dora area as a child. After graduating from Forest Lake Academy she married and was a devoted homemaker....
JoAnne M. Hazen
Jan. 20, 2014
JoAnne M. Hazen 80, of Grand Island passed away on January 20, 2014. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and moved here in 2005 from Sebring. She was a Baptist and a retired Secretary for a public school administrator. She is survived by her husband Thomas, they were married for 47 years. Also...
Samuel J. Sykes
Jan. 19, 2014
Samuel J. Sykes 82, of Ocoee, passed away on January 19, 2014. He was born in Artrip, Virginia and moved to Ocoee from Eustis in 2010. He was a Baptist and a retired logistics engineer for Lockheed Martin. He was a Veteran having served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He is...