James W. "Jimmy" Spencer 73, of Tavares, passed away on May 17, 2019. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, was raised in Eustis and returned to Lake County from Homosassa, Florida in 2016. He was a retired Supervising Engineer for General Motors and worked for GM for 47 years. He was a Veteran of...

Rafael Ortiz of Mount Dora, Florida passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the age of 68 years. He was born in Naguabo, Puerto Rico. He met his wife Ylsa in 1975. They were married in 1984. Rafael retired from Morton Chemicals as a chemical operator after more than 25 years of service. He...

Edith C. Smith 96 of Leesburg, passed away on May 15, 2019. She was born in Vanderbilt, Michigan and moved to Lake County from there in 1962. She worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for Florida Hospital Waterman and retired in 1988. She is survived by three sons, Gil Smith of Winter Garden, Dale...

Joel V. Turner was born in Gadsden, Alabama and was one of nine children. As a young man he was very active in sports and scouting. Joel held various positions in the retail industry before settling into his life’s work as a Regional Director where he retired from Holiday Retirement Senior Living...

Robert W. Curry 75, of Eustis, passed away on May 12, 2019. He was born in Patterson, New Jersey. Robert went to High School in Clearwater, Florida. He earned a 4 year scholarship to Stanford University and began his studies in 1961. He graduated from Stanford University in 1965 with degrees in...

Joseph Nathaniel Reagan 42, of Eustis, passed away on May 10, 2019. He was born in Joplin, Missouri. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Eustis in 2016 from Memphis, Tennessee. He was Catholic and worked in the accounting department of Honey Transport of Apopka, Florida. He will be...

David John Schultz of Eustis, Florida passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the age of 58 years. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting. David moved to this area from Coral Springs,...

Mary C. Zacharias of Leesburg, Florida passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the age of 96 years. She was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. Mary was a homemaker. She moved to this area from Jensen Beach, Florida in 2003. She attended church at St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church in Eustis. Mary...

William C. Frederick 85, of Grand Island, passed away on May 5, 2019. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and moved here in 1995. He was a retired Philadelphia Police Officer with 23 years of service. He was a member of the Am Vets and the Moose Lodge. William was predeceased by his wife...

Jeffrey James Thompson, age 65, of Eustis passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2019. He was born February 26, 1954 in Durham, NC and moved to Eustis in 2012 from Miami, FL. He was the owner of ACS International, based in Miami, FL. He was Catholic and a member of the N.R.A. He is survived by his wife,...

Clayton P. Bishop Jr. 93, of Eustis, passed away on May 4, 2019. He was born in Eustis and lived here all his life. He was a Veteran of WW II having served in the United States Navy. He was the former owner of Bishop's Flower Shop and Bishop's Camera and Record Store both of Eustis. He was a life...

Walter Charles Clifton 71, of Eustis, passed away on May 2, 2019. He was born in Jacksonville and moved here in 1996. He was an over the road truck driver having worked for Honey Bestway Refrigerated Trucking of Plymouth, Florida. He was Baptist. Survivors include his wife Barbara "Bobbie"...