Timothy Izzo
Dec 19, 2010
Timothy Frank Izzo, 53, of St. Johnsville, NY, died Dec. 19, 2010 in Lake Placid, FL. He was born on June 17, 1957 in Gloversville, NY. He was Catholic, and had been employed as a press operator for Pro Leather. He loved his dogs, Buppa and Jodie. His father, Robert Izzo, preceded him in death. Survivors include his mother, Florence...
Mary Saldivar
Dec 18, 2010
Mary Katherine Saldivar, 60, of Wauchula, died Dec. 18, 2010 at Hope Hospice in Sebring. She was born in New Albany, Miss. on Aug. 10, 1950 and had been a resident of Hardee County for over 40 years. She attended the First United Methodist Church of Sebring, and had been employed at G. Pierce Wood Hospital as a Supervisor and...
Manuel Rangel,
Dec 18, 2010
Manuel Rangel, Jr., 49, of Wauchula, died Dec. 18, 2010 at home. Born April 16, 1961 in Greeley, Colorado, he had been a Hardee County resident most of his life. He was a truck driver and member of Florida's First Assembly of God. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Manuel and Maria Rodriguez and Anastacio and Maria Rangel....
Jimmy Gibson
Dec 15, 2010
Jimmy L. Gibson, 65, of Wauchula, died Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at Hope Hospice in Lehigh Acres. He had been a resident of Hardee County for most of his life. He was a carpenter and served in the U. S. Army. Survivors include 1 son, Jamie Gibson (Kelly) of Virginia; 1 daughter, Sabrena VanSickle (Paul) of Wauchula; 1 brother, Carl...
Lois (Conley) Ledger
Dec 15, 2010
Lois Marie (Conley) Ledger, 81, a native of Hardee County, died Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Resthaven, with Good Shephard Hospice at her side. She was born March 8, 1929 in Hardee County, and was a wonderful person in life. She was a waitress at Dashers Drug Store back in the forties, and was a Baptist. She was preceded in...
Marie Martin
Dec 8, 2010
Marie Martin, 65, of Zolfo Springs, died Dec. 8, 2010 at home. Born June 24, 1945 in Hayti, MO, she had been a lifetime resident of Hardee County. She was Baptist. Marie is survivored by her mother, Ivory Lee Martin of Avon Park; son, Roy Gene Martin of FL; daughter, Shirley Cochran of Wauchula; brother, Kenneth Martin of Avon Park;...
Brenda Derr
Dec 6, 2010
Brenda L. Derr, 63, of Sarasota, entered into rest after struggling with cancer over a period of nine years, at her home on Dec. 6, 2010. Born in York, PA on Jan. 28, 1947, Brenda was the daughter of the late Aaron Hershey Harbold and the late Alma Graybill Harbold. She was the wife of Clark E. Derr since July...
Diana Strube
Dec 4, 2010
Diana Jean Strube, 61, of Arcadia, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 in Arcadia. She was born Dec. 22, 1948 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and had been a resident of Arcadia for the past 28 years. Diana was the Bookkeeper for Memorial Elementary School, retiring from the School District of DeSoto County in June 2009. She is survived by...
Robert A. Cumbest
Nov 28, 2010
Robert "Bob" A. Cumbest, 64, of Winter Haven, died Nov. 28, 2010 in Winter Haven. He moved from Wauchula to Polk County 45 years ago. He was born in Wauchula on Aug. 11, 1946. He worked for Farmland and Florida's Natural. Bob is preceded in death by his mother, Nellie Glass and two sisters, Betty McPherson and Norma Whidden. He...
Helen Whiteside
Nov 26, 2010
Helen Lorene Peavy Whiteside, 77, of Zolfo Springs, went to be with our Lord on Nov. 26, 2010. She was born in Atlanta, GA on May 26, 1933 and had been a Hardee County resident since 1950, coming from Fort Myers. She served as Cub Scout and Webelo's den mother and was a member of the local neighborhood Alert Safety...
M. Drake
Nov 25, 2010
M. A. Drake, 92, of Wauchula, passed away on Nov. 25, 2010 in Avon Park. He was born on May 31, 1918 in Rantoul, Illinois and had been a Hardee County resident since 1938, coming from Homestead. He had been employed as a mechanic at PRECO, and was a Workd War II veteran serving in the U. S. Navy. M....
Margarete Tinus
Nov 24, 2010
Margarete Tinus, 92, of Wauchula, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010 in Sebring. She was born in Germany and came to Wauchula from Milwaukee, Wisconsin five years ago. She was a Lutheran and worked as a supervisor at Ambrosia Chocolate. Survivors include 1 son, Reymond Tinus of Brooksville; 2 daughters, Goody Strickland of Wauchula and Bunny Bender of Milwaukee;...
George Rivera
Nov 24, 2010
George Rivera, 52, of Bowling Green, passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 in Sebring. He was born in Denver, Colorado and had lived in Bowling Green most of his life, coming here from Texas. He was Catholic and worked in the citrus groves. He was preceded in death by a brother, Raul Rivera. Survivors include ten sisters and brothers...
Jerry Welch
Nov 23, 2010
Jerry C. Welch, 74, of Dothan, Alabama, passed away on Nov. 23, 2010 at Geneva Wiregrass Medical Center in Geneva, Ala. Jerry was born on Jan. 8, 1936 in Fort Green and had been a resident of Dothan for 16 years. He was a member of Ft. Green Baptist Church and was employed as a trim carpenter in construction. Jerry...
Anne Taylor
Nov 19, 2010
Anne C. Taylor passed away Friday afternoon, comfortably, in the presence of some of her best friends, at Hardee Manor. Anne was born in New York City to two transplanted Mississippians. The family took many summer trips back to the South and fondness for the region rubbed off enough on Anne, so that when she went to college she chose...
Yu Chun Willis
Nov 14, 2010
Yu "Sue" Chun Willis, 59, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on Nov. 14, 2010 in Lakeland. She was born in Tai Chung, Taiwan. She came to Hardee County 21 years ago from Pinellas County, where she moved from Taiwan in 1974. She was a homemaker. Sue is survived by her husband, Bobby Willis of Zolfo Springs; 3 sons, Bobby S.T....
Lillian Lee Baker
Nov 10, 2010
Lillian Ellen Lee Baker of Wauchula passed away on November 10, 2010 at her home. She was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee on January 15, 1942. She was a resident of Hardee County since 1959, coming from East Prairie, Missouri. She had been employed at Mancini Packing House as a laborer. She was preceded in death by her father, Howard E....
William Grisinger
Nov 9, 2010
William H. Grisinger, III, of Bowling Green, passed away on Nov. 9, 2010 at Tampa General Hospital. He was born in Nebraska on Dec. 18, 1949. He came to Hardee County from Colorado three years ago. He was a Christian and a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Virginia of Bowling Green; daughters, Hannah Beth Grisinger of Bowling Green, Jennifer...
Jose Sandoval,
Nov 4, 2010
Jose Sandoval, Jr., 65, of Bowling Green, died Nov. 4, 2010 at his home. He was born on Aug. 2, 1945 in Mission, TX and had been a Hardee County resident since 1969. He was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and was employed as a utility worker in mining. He was preceded in death by a son, Jose...
Ardath Carlton
Nov 4, 2010
Ardath Bryan Carlton, 85, died on November 4, 2010. A life long resident of Hardee County, she was born November 1, 1925 in the New Zion Community and lived most of her adult life in the Lemon Grove Community. She was a homemaker, a teacher at Lemon Grove Strawberry School, and later a telephone operator for United Telephone Company in...
