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Glen Walter Freed
Mar. 12, 2023
Glen Walter Freed, retired Master Sergeant of the U.S. Army, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2023, at Waterman Hospital in Tavares, Florida. Glen, also known as Walt to his family, was born in Lima, Ohio, November 14, 1947, to Addie and Glen Armer Freed. Knowing he was a 1A in the draft, he...

Wendla "Schatzi" Lappin Alford
Mar. 10, 2023
Wendla “Schatzi” Lappin Alford, 75, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2023. She was born October 19, 1947, in Wiesbaden, Germany. She was affectionately known throughout her life as Schatzi, meaning “sweetheart” in German, a name given to her at birth by a nurse working at the American military...

Edward W Sutton Jr.
Mar. 10, 2023
Edward “Ed” W. Sutton Jr. of Mount Dora, Florida passed away on Friday March 10, 2023, at the age of 71. He was born on January 22, 1952, to his parents Edward and Helen Sutton in Rahway, New Jersey. On August 2, 1975, he married the love of his life Roberta “Robbie” Sutton in Charleston, West...

Sherman Eugene James II
Mar. 06, 2023
Sherman Eugene James II of Eustis, Florida passed away on Monday March 6, 2023, at the age of 58. He was born on January 29, 1965, to his parents Sherman and Winnie James in Clarksdale, Mississippi and grew up in the Mississippi Delta. Sherman moved to the Central Florida area in 1998 and has...

Carolyn Ann Perkins
Mar. 05, 2023
Carolyn Ann Perkins, 72 years, passed on Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Mount Dora, Florida. Carolyn was born February 27, 1951, at Fort Knox in Louisville, Kentucky, to Major Frank A. and Elizabeth Burri Perkins. Carolyn, moved many places, including Japan and Germany, as the oldest child in a...

Louie S. Litke
Mar. 02, 2023
Louie S. Litke of Eustis, Florida passed away on Thursday March 2, 2023, at the age of 95. Louie was born on July 29, 1927, to her parents Arthur and Bartha DeLidle in Orlando, Florida. “You will live on in our hearts. Gone, but never forgotten”. Louie is preceded in death by Ernest Litke, Louis...

Daisy May Warner
Feb. 28, 2023
Daisy May Warner of Eustis, Florida passed away on Tuesday February 28, 2023, at the age of 41. Daisy was born in Orlando, Florida to her parents Danny and Dana Harvey on November 11, 1981. She lived in the Central Florida area her whole life. One of her passions was drawing abstract art. She was...

Dawn Suzanne Rigby
Feb. 28, 2023
Dawn Suzanne Rigby of Tavares, Florida passed away on Tuesday February 28, 2023, at the age of 65. Dawn was born in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina to her parents Paul and Carol Rigby on April 16, 1957. She moved to the Central Florida area in 2006. She has previously lived in many places including...

Edgardo Miguel Rodriguez
Feb. 24, 2023
Edgardo “Hito” Miguel Rodriguez of Deltona, Florida passed away on Friday February 24, 2023, in Sanford, Florida. He was born on February 15, 1938, to his parents Miguel Angel Rodriguez and Liqia Millan. Hito moved to the Central Florida area from Miami, Florida in January of 2018. He is a member...

Vesta "Pete" Lee Wages Jr.
Feb. 23, 2023
Our father Vesta Lee Wages Jr. “Pete” left this world on 02/23/2023 at the age of 87. He was born on January 11th, 1936. He was preceded by his parents Vesta L. Wages Sr, Maude Wages, and his siblings Helen Montgomery, Frances “Dede” Zagar, and Charles Wages. Survived by his sister Betty Sue...

William M. Lloyd
Feb. 22, 2023
William M. Lloyd of Mount Dora, Florida, passed away on February 22, 2023. He was born on January 20, 1960. For additional information on William please call Hamlin & Hilbish Funeral Directors at (352)-357-4193 Monday- Friday 9am-4:45pm.

Theresa Ann Rzeczka
Feb. 14, 2023
In loving memory of our mother, Theresa Rzeczka (Fiumara), who passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 14th, 2023. She was born and raised in New York, moving to Florida in 1996, most recently residing in Eustis. She was predeceased by her parents Pasquale Fiumara and Roseanne Randazzo...