Jean Vogel
Jun 7, 2010
Jean Vogel, 86, of Greenwich, CT, and Wauchula, FL, a lover of music, the environment, and education, died June 7, 2010 in Wauchula. Born May 18, 1924 in Ridgefield Park, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Edward W. and Bonniejean Frazier Vogel and sister of the late Roderick Q. Vogel. Ms. Vogel graduated from Queens College, CUNY, and...
I. "Top" Barlow
Jun 7, 2010
I.P. "Top" Barlow, 93, lifelong resident of Hardee County, died on Monday, June 7, 2010. He was born on August 3, 1916 in Wauchula to Ingram P. Barlow and Ola Bailey. He was an all-around champion cowboy and bull rider in numerous rodeos in Florida prior to World War II. He was drafted into the U. S. Army in December...
Joan Thomas
Jun 5, 2010
Joan D. Thomas, 76, of Bowling Green, passed away at her home on June 5, 2010. She was born in Hoagtown, Alabama on Sept. 13, 1933 and came to Hardee County 30 years ago. She attended the Church of Christ and was a homemaker. Her sister, Joyce Turner, preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Ronald Thomas of Bowling...
Eileen Klein
Jun 4, 2010
Eileen Patino Klein, 26, of Navarre, Fla., passed away on June 4, 2010 in Fort Walton Beach. Eileen was born on Nov. 11, 1983 in Avon Park and had been a resident of Fort Walton Beach for six years, moving there from Hardee County. She was a member of the Niceville Assembly of God church and was assistant branch manger...
Maria Sosa
Jun 1, 2010
Maria G. Sosa, 67, of Bradenton, died June 1, 2010 at her home. Born on July 27, 1942 in La Feria, TX, she moved to Manatee County about a year ago from Wauchula, where she had lived for 44 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Wauchula Apostolic Church. Survivors include 2 sons, Ramon Sosa, Jr. of...
William Goodwin
Jun 1, 2010
William A. Goodwin, 85, of Bowling Green, died June 1, 2010 in Sebring. He was born on Feb. 2, 1925 in Geneva County, Alabama and had been a Hardee County resident since 1967 coming from Polk County. He was Pentecostal and had served his country in the Army. He had been employed as a maintenance repairman with IMC. He was...
David Medrano
May 30, 2010
David Medrano, 20, of Bowling Green, died May 30, 2010 at Zolfo Springs. David was born in Arcadia on Nov. 26, 1989 and had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. He was a member of the First Assembly of God in Bartow and was employed as a laborer at a citrus juice plant. He is survived by his father,...
L Ellis
May 28, 2010
L V Ellis, 95, of Bowling Green, died May 28, 2010 at his home. He was born on June 25, 1914 in Cooksville, Tennessee and came to Hardee County from Michigan in 1980. He was a Baptist and attended Orange Blossom Worship Center. He was an owner and builder of R. V. Parks. Mr. Ellis is survived by his wife,...
Margrene Lampley
May 27, 2010
Margrene M. Lampley, 72, of Wauchula, died May 27, 2010 at Florida Hospital. She was born on May 8, 1938 in Gulf County, Fla. and came to Hardee County from Trenton, Fla. in 1959. She was a member of the Church of Christ, and had been employed as a supervisor with G. Pierce Wood Hospital. She was preceded in death...
Gene Sanders
May 22, 2010
Gene Sanders, 63, died on May 22, 2010 at his home in Bowling Green. Gene was born in Elba, Alabama on Jan. 20, 1947 to Early and Eunice Sanders. He had been a resident of Bowling Green for 34 years, coming from Alabama. He was a member of the Bowling Green Church of God, and was retired from Moran Groves...
John Barrows,
May 22, 2010
John V. Barrows, Jr., 76, died May 22, 2010 at his home in Bowling Green. He was born on March 24, 1934 in Lakeland, Fla. and had been a resident of Hardee County since 1957, coming here from Lake Alfred. He was a Presbyterian. He taught 10th grade biology at Hardee High School, was a member of the National Audubon...
Michael Hendry
May 9, 2010
Michael Gene Hendry, 48 of Zolfo Springs, died May 9, 2010 at home. Born in Wauchula on May 14, 1961, Michael had been a Hardee County resident since 2002 after living in California. He was a member of Crewsville Bethel Baptist Church, and was a registered nurse in Florida and California. He was preceded in death by his father, Olin...
Robert Prescott
May 9, 2010
Robert Lawrence Prescott died Sunday, May 9, 2010 at his home in the Lemon Grove community of Hardee County. He was born Oct. 1, 1922 in the Lemon Grove community, the son of Barney A. Prescott and Neta Smith Prescott. He graduated from Hardee County Public Schools. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as...
Ruth Griffin
May 2, 2010
Ruth L. Griffin, 68, of Wauchula, passed away on May 2, 2010 at Sun City Center Hospice House. She was born on Nov. 6, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. Ruth had been a resident of Hardee County for 35 years, coming from Indiana. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and volunteered with Good Shepherd Hospice. She had been...
Anne Hendry Stone
Apr 27, 2010
Anne Rae Hendry Stone, 97, of Wauchula, died April 27, 2010 at Melech Hospice House in Temple Terrace, Fla. Born on August 18, 1912 in the New Zion community, Ona, she was the last surviving child of the Rev. James M. "Boss" Hendry, the Baptist preacher who named Arcadia, and Martha Frances Wingate Hendry. A 1933 graduate of Wauchula High...
Ethel Klein
Apr 24, 2010
Ethel Rose Klein, 89, of Zolfo Springs, passed away at her home on April 24, 2010. She was born on Jan. 3, 1921 in Galax, Virginia and had been a resident of Zolfo Springs for 85 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Zolfo Springs and was retired from G. Pierce Woods Hospital as a nurses charge...
Kenny Boehm
Apr 23, 2010
Kenny L. Boehm, 50, of Wauchula, died Friday, April 23, 2010 at home from complications of cancer. He was born in Wauchula on Oct. 22, 1959. Kenny was a Baptist and worked at CF Industries for 32 years. He was preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Angela and N. B. Polk. Survivors include his wife, Lisa Boehm of...
Mary Tomlinson
Apr 23, 2010
Mary Frances Tomlinson, 89, of Wauchula, passed away on April 23, 2010 in Sebring. She was born in Wauchula on Jan. 5, 1921 and had been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church and had worked at Beeson Drug Store as a waitress. Survivors include 2 sons, Matthew Tomlinson of Wauchula and John...
Loren Thomas
Apr 22, 2010
Loren Oliver Thomas, 80, of Wauchula, passed away on April 22, 2010 in Tampa. Mr. Thomas was born in Wauchula on March 1, 1930 and had been a Hardee County resident for most of his life. He was a Baptist, had been employed in construction, and served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. Survivors include his wife, Billie Thomas...
Charles Schwartz
Apr 19, 2010
Charles Henry Schwartz, 73, of Zolfo Springs, passed away on April 19, 2010 at his home. He was born in Topeka, Kansas on March 23, 1937, and had been a Hardee County resident for 31 years, coming from Bradenton. He served in the U.S. Army and was a shipping clerk for United Agriculture Products. He was a Baptist, a Potawatomi...
