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Brian O. Henry
Apr. 30, 2018
Brian O. Henry 60, of Sumterville, passed away on April 30, 2018. He was born in Harrisonville Township, Pennsylvania and lived in this area for many years. He was protestant and had been a Boy Scout as a child. He was predeceased by his wife Donna DeVoe Henry in 1992. Brian is survived by his...
David Lee Guerry
Apr. 28, 2018
David Lee Guerry 66, of Altoona, passed away on April 28, 2018. He was born in Eustis and lived in this area all his life. He was a driver in the trucking industry. David is survived by his children; David Lee Guerry II of Deland, Tony L. Guerry of Tennessee, Jessica L. Guerry of Leesburg,...
Beverly Tew Sams
Apr. 27, 2018
Beverly Tew Sams 69, of Eustis, passed away on April 27, 2018. She was born in Dothan, Alabama and moved to Eustis from there in the 1980s. Beverly had also lived in Adak, Alaska, the Panama Canal Zone, Albany, California, Rewey Wisconsin and Rocky Bottom, South Carolina. She is survived by her...
Carolyn Shears
Apr. 27, 2018
Carolyn G. Shears of Leesburg, Florida passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at the age of 83 years. She was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. She moved to this area in 1996 from Killingly, Connecticut. Carolyn was an active member of the St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Eustis,...
Louise C. Ives
Apr. 26, 2018
Louise C. Ives 85, of Orange City, passed away on April 26, 2018. She was born in Drexel, North Carolina. Louise moved to Eustis in 1995 then to Volusia County in 2013. She was Catholic and attended St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church of Eustis. Louise is survived by her children; Germaine Ives...
Cornelia Ann "Connie" Kelley
Apr. 26, 2018
Cornelia Ann “Connie” Kelley 76, of Tavares, passed away on April 26, 2018. She was born in Eau Gallie, Florida, raised in Winter Park and graduated from Winter Park High School and Rollins College. Connie returned to this area from Charlottesville, Virginia in 2015. She held a Master’s Degree in...
Alva E. Tiller Sr.
Apr. 25, 2018
Alva E. Tiller Sr. 74, of Tavares, passed away on April 25, 2018. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and moved here in 1994. He was a Christian and self employed in the demolition industry. Alva was preceded in death by his wife, Janet and his son-in-law; Bill Gerhard Sr. He will be deeply...
Irene B. Creamons
Apr. 25, 2018
Irene Bielling Creamons 98, of Apopka, passed away on April 25, 2018. She was born in Tampa and moved to Central Florida in 1957. She and her late husband Joseph were the owners of Joe Creamons Chevrolet of Eustis and later of Creamons Chevrolet, Cadillac Oldsmobile in Sanford. She and her family...
Jay D. Harris
Apr. 24, 2018
Jay D. Harris 76, of Tavares, passed away on April 24, 2018. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved here in 1949. He was of the Methodist faith and was a Veteran of the United States Air Force and served in the Vietnam War. Jay was a retired logistics manager for the company that is now...
Walter E. Gardner
Apr. 21, 2018
Walter E. Gardner of Eustis, Florida passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the age of 86 years. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Walter proudly served his country in the US Navy during the Korean War. Several years later, he also served in the US Coast Guard Reserves. Walter married the...
Joan S. Cook
Apr. 20, 2018
Joan Sfoungaras Cook of Mt. Dora, Florida, passed away peacefully on the morning of April 20, 2018, after a sustained period of failing health. She joins John, her beloved husband of over sixty years, who predeceased her in December of 2012. Joan was born on March 25, 1930, in Springfield,...
Noel E. "Evvie" Griffin Jr.
Apr. 16, 2018
Sheriff, Noel E. "Evvie" Griffin Jr. (Lake County Florida Retired) 89, passed away on April 16, 2018. He was a lifetime resident of Eustis where he lived on the Griffin Ranch that his Great Grandfather started. He was known by family and many friends as "Evvie", the nickname that he acquired as a...