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Joseph E. "Jay" Carter
May 26, 2022
Joseph E. "Jay" Carter, III passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022. Jay was born in Eustis on August 16, 1967, he graduated from Eustis High School in 1985. He was living in Yulee, Florida and had moved there from Winter Garden last year. Jay was a Christian and recently retired from Walt Disney...

Phillip Meland Ostenso
May 26, 2022
Phillip Meland Ostenso 80, of Waterman Village, Mount Dora, passed away on May 26, 2022. He was born in Willmar, Minnesota. He moved to the Silver Lake area of Leesburg in 1998 and then to Mount Dora in 2016. He was a Veteran of the United States Army having served in the Vietnam era. Phillip was...

Howard Clinton Dotson
May 25, 2022
MSGT Howard Clinton Dotson, USMC Ret, died on May 25, 2022, after a short illness. He was born on August 20, 1937, in Grundy, Virginia. He attended schools in Roanoke, VA, and Lexington, KY; and Greenbrier Military Academy in White Sulphur Springs, WV. In 1953, at the age of 15, Howard joined the...

Ronald William Stillwell
May 22, 2022
Ronald William Stillwell of Paisley, Florida passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at the age of 36 years. He was born in Neptune, New Jersey to his parents William and Paula Shaw. Ronald worked his way through the construction industry dealing with doors, and windows, and learning everything he...

Thomas Conrad Frank
May 13, 2022
Thomas Conrad Frank of Tavares, Florida passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022 at the age of 62. He was born in Yonkers, New York. He moved to Lake County in February 1984 from Miami. He was known to his friends as "Shucker Tom" after spending 40 years as an oyster shucker. Tom also worked as a...

Theresa Dubuc Lapointe
May 12, 2022
Theresa Dubuc Lapointe of Eustis, Florida, formerly of Fruitland Park, Florida passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at the age of 92. She was born in Berlin, New Hampshire. Theresa was a homemaker, and a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She moved to Lake County in 1986 from...

Dale M. Gillette
May 10, 2022
Dale M. Gillette, 87, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. He was the youngest of six children born to Ralph and Mildred (Penfield) Gillette on July 13, 1934 in Detroit MI. Dale joined the Navy when he was 18 years old in 1952 and served four years active and four years in the...

Anthony "Tony" Ernest Marchesseault
May 09, 2022
Anthony 'Tony" Ernest Marchesseault, 70, a United States Marine veteran, died Monday morning May 9, 2022 with his wife, Susan at his bedside. Tony was born November 2, 1951 in Houston, Texas, the 5th child of Tony and Rose Marchesseault. As the 5th child, Tony was the middle child, between 4...

Dennis Jay Helms
May 08, 2022
Dennis Jay Helms, 75, of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, with his family and loved ones by his side, went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ, after a long, hard, and bravely fought battle with leukemia on May 8, 2022. Dennis was born in Greenville, Ohio, on September 11, 1946, and moved with his...

Theodore Edward "Ty" Caine
May 07, 2022
Mr. Theodore (Ty) Caine (or Most Honorable Professor, Sir) passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at the age of 80. He was born in Derby, Connecticut on May 19, 1941 to Edward Chrzanoski and Olga Chrzanoski (formerly Sosnowski) who lived in Ansonia, Connecticut. Ty obtained his Master’s degree in...

John "Jack" P. Vahey, Jr.
May 04, 2022
John P. Vahey, Jr. (Jack) 78 of Eustis, Florida passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at his home with his wife at his side. Jack was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 10, 1943 to John and Myrtle Vahey. He married his high school sweetheart, Rosemary Vahey. They had 3...

John T. Madden
May 03, 2022
John T. Madden of Merritt Island, Florida passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at the age of 86 years. He was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. John worked as an auto mechanic for a short time. He met the love of his life, Barbara, and they fell in love. They were married on May 25, 1957....