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Deborah Lynne Richardson
Jan 16, 2014
Deborah Lynne Richardson, 41, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Moffitt Cancer Center. She was born in Wauchula on February 9, 1972 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Deborah was a cook at Pizza Hut in Wauchula. She was preceded in death by a son, Arrie Ray Minton. Survivors include her mother,...
Lee "Bud" O Harrell
Jan 12, 2014
Lee "Bud" O. Harrell, 88, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. He was born in Winter Haven on October 18, 1925 and had been a resident of Hardee County since 1997, moving here from Tampa. Bud was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wauchula, and was retired from Kraft...
Miranda Lee Vansickle
Jan 6, 2014
Miranda Lee VanSickle, 28, of Wauchula, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2014 at Florida Hospital Orlando. She was born in Winter Haven on December 15, 1985 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Miranda was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy of Arcadia, and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by a daughter,...
Frances Lillian Gandy Collier
Jan 4, 2014
Frances Lillian Gandy Collier, 87, of Jupiter, Florida, passed away on January 4, 2014 at Jupiter Medical Center. She was born in Eustis, Florida on December 14, 1926. Fran moved to Palm Beach County from Margate twelve years ago. She was a homemaker. Her grandmother was Indian and related to Pocahontas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Odis...
Jenese Nycole Manzanita Reyna
Jan 1, 2014
Jenese Nycole Manzanita Reyna, 19, of Bowling Green, passed away on January 1, 2014. Jenese was born in DeSoto County on February 1, 1994 and had been a resident of Bowling Green for two years, coming from Mission, Texas. She was a clerk at Hess and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. She is survived by her mother, Anacelia...
Edsel Udell Massey
Dec 31, 2013
Edsel Udell Massey, 84, of Bowling Green, passed away at his home on Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Mr. Massey was born in Sorento, Illinois on December 12, 1929, moving to Hardee County from Illinois in December 1969. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Bowling Green, and had been employed as a laborer with the City...
Marvin Louis Gillis
Dec 30, 2013
Marvin Louis Gillis, 74, of Bowling Green, passed away at his home on Monday, December 30, 2013. He was born in Wauchula on February 14, 1939 and was a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Marvin attended the First Baptist Church of Wauchula. He had retired from the United States Air Force and the United States Postal Service. He is survived...
Mary Juanita Tindell
Dec 26, 2013
Mary Juanita Tindell went to be with the Lord December 26, 2013, at Tampa General Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. Juanita was born in Frostproof, Florida on March 21, 1935. She was the loving wife of 59 years to Earl Tindell and loving mother to Marcus Dwight Tindell ( deceased ) and David Allen Tindell. Juanita was predeceased by...
Siegried Cripps
Dec 24, 2013
Siegried Cripps, 55, of Chuluota, Florida, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, in Oviedo, Florida. Born April 4, 1958, in Flint, Michigan, she was a resident of Seminole County for the past 25 years coming from Michigan. She was a homemaker and was a Lutheran by faith. Siegried is survived by her husband Walter Cripps Jr. of Chuluota ; four brothers...
Bettye Usher Deloach
Dec 20, 2013
Bettye Usher DeLoach, 88, of Wauchula, went to her eternal home with the Lord on Friday, December 20, 2013. Born on February 18, 1925, in Miami, she was the daughter of Robert Moody Usher and Locia Lowery Usher. After graduating from Miami High School in 1942, she received a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1946 from Florida State University (then...
Milton Arden Callaway
Dec 14, 2013
Milton Arden Callaway, 98, of Lake Placid, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. He was born in Bullard, Texas on August 30, 1915 and moved to Lake Placid from Miami in 1977. Mr. Callaway was a retired baker and a member of Faith Baptist Church in Lake Placid. He was preceded in death...
Nell Kelly Barlow
Dec 13, 2013
Nell Kelly Barlow, 85, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2013 at her home. She was born in Arcadia on November 17, 1928 and had been a resident of Zolfo Springs since 1950 upon moving from Arcadia. Nell was a Baptist and served as a member of the Hardee County School Board from 1970-1978. She worked in...
Catherine L. Spaulding
Dec 11, 2013
Catherine "Kitty" L. Spaulding, 86, of Arcadia, passed away on December 11, 2013 at Tidewell Hospice in Port Charlotte. She was born in Washington, D.C. on May 5, 1927 and had been a resident of Arcadia since 1990, coming from Great Falls, Virginia. Kitty was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Arcadia and...
Samuel Lee Delatorre Jr.
Dec 4, 2013
Samuel Lee DeLaTorre, Jr., age 12, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Tampa General Hospital. He was born in Arcadia on April 18, 2001 and lived in Zolfo Springs all of his life. He was a seventh grader at Hardee Junior High School, active in Team Hardee Baseball and was a member of St. Michael...
Kenneth Carl Krussell
Dec 4, 2013
Kenneth Carl Krussell, 89, of Wauchula, passed away at Tampa General Hospital on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. He was born in Petoskey, Michigan on January 27, 1924. Kenny was retired from General Motors and moved to Wauchula from Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980's. He was a World War II veteran serving in the U. S. Army and loved RV-ing....
Gerardo Ramos
Dec 1, 2013
Gerardo Ramos, 67, of Wauchula, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. He was born in Mercedes, Texas on October 3, 1946 and had been a resident of Hardee County since 1968, coming from Ohio. Gerardo was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and was retired from Manuel Citrus. His family considered him...
Karen Jean Mong
Nov 22, 2013
Karen Jean Mong, 70, of Ona, passed away at her home on Friday, November 22, 2013. Karen was born in Defiance, Ohio on June 14, 1943 and had been a resident of Hardee County for over thirty years, coming here from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She had been employed as a deputy with the Hardee County Sheriff Office. Karen was a...
Angelica "Angel" M. Torres
Nov 19, 2013
Angelica "Angel" M. Torres, 39, of Wauchula, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice in Sebring. Angel was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on August 31, 1974 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and had been a teacher with the East Coast Migrant Head...
Jackeline Frances Suggs Owens
Nov 19, 2013
Jackeline Frances Suggs Owens, 63, of Polk City, passed away at her home on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. She was born in Wauchula on July 31, 1950. Jackeline had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County prior to moving to Koshknong, Missouri in 2006 and then to Polk City two years ago. She was a homemaker and member of Oak...
Emma L Eubanks
Nov 19, 2013
Emma L. Eubanks, 65, of Wauchula, passed away at her home on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Emma was born in Duncan, Mississippi on January 23, 1948. She moved to Hardee County from Mississippi forty years ago. She was a member of the First Born Church of the Living God and had worked at G. Pierce Wood Hospital as a caregiver....
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