Mary-Anne Helen Lanier 87, of Tavares, passed away on June 2, 2018. She was born in Detroit Michigan and moved here in 1953 from Miami. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Eustis and worked as a secretary, she was a volunteer for Cornerstone Hospice and a member of the Mount Dora...

Billie Jo Green of Tavares, Florida passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at the age of 76 years. She was born in Sassafras, Kentucky. Billie Jo worked as a Technician for the Lake County Public School system until her retirement. She previously worked in retail at Roses and Grants. She is...

James Edward Smith 92, of Tavares, passed away on May 20, 2018. He was born in Washington, D.C. and moved here from Spring Hill, Florida in 2015. He was a Veteran having served as a Radioman Third Class in the United States Navy during World War II. He worked for the United States Civil Service...

Lori D. Jones 57, of Mid Florida Lakes, Leesburg, went home to be with the Lord on May 20, 2018. She was born in Akron, Ohio and moved here in 1998. Lori was a member of the First Baptist Church of Umatilla. Lori loved her church and Pastor Brooks. Lori worked over the years at Dillard's...

Robert C. Ward of Sunlake Estates in Grand Island, Florida passed away on Friday, May 18, 2018 at the age of 80 years. He was born in Monroe, New Hampshire. Robert proudly served his country in the US Army in the security agency in Japan. He moved to Sunlake Estates from Victory, Vermont. He is...

Christopher Thomas Biggs 44, of Eustis, passed away on May 16, 2018. He was born in Plantation, Florida and moved to Eustis in 2017 from Gainesville. He was a Veteran, having served in the United States Marine Corp. Christopher was an I.T. Specialist for the University of Florida. He will be...

Margaret M. Bariteau 78, of Umatilla, passed away on May 15, 2018. She was born in West Chazy, New York and moved here in 1977 from Londonderry, New Hampshire. She was Catholic and worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Lakeview Terrace Retirement Center in Altoona until her retirement. She...

Isaac Mills Lanier, 68, of Eustis, passed away on May 13, 2018. He was born in Orlando and was retired from lawn maintenance work with Carol King Landscaping of Orlando. Isaac moved to Eustis in 2015 from East Orange County and was of the Baptist faith. He will be greatly missed by his wife Mary,...

Marilyn P. ‘Mandy’ Beardsley of Mount Dora passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the age of 69 years. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She moved to California and lived there for many years where she worked as a police officer. She returned to Florida 30 years ago and went to work at the...

Bernice G. Dodson 92, of Altoona, passed away on May 7, 2018. She was born in Elk Ridge Maryland and moved to Altoona from Hollywood, Florida in 1989. She worked as the secretary for then General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Pentagon. Bernice was a Judge for the American Orchid Society. She will...

Ruth Bernice Fredericks 93, of Eustis, passed away on May 7, 2018. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and moved here in 1996 from Orangevale, California. Ruth was a Christian. She is survived by her children; Ruth Ann (Rick) Heaton of Eustis, Linda Marie (Frank) Zugaj of California, Marilyn Lee...

William C. MacDonald 76, of Umatilla, passed away on May 6, 2018. He moved to this area in the 1990s and attended the First Baptist Church of Umatilla. William was a maintenance worker, there are no immediate survivors. Services will be held in the First Baptist Church of Umatilla, the time will...