OBITUARIES
George Warren Trask, Jr
Apr 27, 2016
George Warren (Zip) Trask, Jr. 68 Florida Sheet Metal Lakeland- Mr. George Warren (Zip) Trask, Jr. died on April 27, 2016 at Lakeland Regional Health Center after a lengthy illness. He was born May 5, 1947 in Lakeland, Florida. He attended First United Methodist Church. He was a member of The Lakeland Rotary Club, a Board member of the...
Margaret Clare Boyett
Apr 24, 2016
Margaret Decker Boyett, 76, of Polk City, went to be with the Lord on April 24, 2016. She was born in Oakland, California in 1939, to the late Loren and Anne Decker. Margaret was a lifelong member of St. Anthony""s Catholic Church. Mrs. Boyett was a certified Registered Nurse and also worked for many years as a secretary for...
Martha Rae Howell
Apr 22, 2016
Martha Rae (Marcie) Evans Jordan Howell Lakeland - Martha Rae (Marcie) Evans Jordan Howell went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 22, 2016. Marcie lived in Lakeland most of her life. She graduated from Lakeland High School in 1947. In 1949 Marcie married Lester Jordan. They were married for 28 years and had two sons, William...
Cheryl Lynn Mcelroy
Apr 22, 2016
Cheryl Lynn McElroy, 44 Licensed Massage Therapist Lakeland- Mrs. Cheryl Lynn McElroy died on April 22, 2016 at Lakeland Regional Health Center. She was born March 12, 1972 in Lakeland, Florida. She was employed by End Results A Salon Spa. Cheryl was a member of Lakeland Business Leaders. She graduated from Kathleen High School in 1990. She was preceded...
Mickey Joseph Martinasek
Apr 18, 2016
Mickey J. Martinasek, 88 Mickey J. Martinasek, a loving husband, loving father and a kindhearted gentleman passed away at his home on April 18, 2016 following his battle with cancer. Mickey was born in Brno, Czech Republic on December 3, 1927. He spent his early years in Czechoslovakia. His father was an engineer whose job took him to Tehran,...
Karen Louise Ankrom Rider-Blackstone
Apr 16, 2016
Karen Louise Ankrom Rider-Blackstone, of Lakeland, FL died of cancer on Saturday, April 16, 2016. She was 73. Born in Kansas City, KS, to Gladys Kiel and Barney Ankrom. She was preceded in death by both parents. Survivors include brother, Ken Ankrom, of Nebraska City, NE; daughter, Kerry Lynn Rider Wagner, of Jefferson, SD; son, Cameron Scott Blackstone, of...

Gene Ledford
Apr 15, 2016
Gene Akard Ledford Gene Akard Ledford died in Lakeland, Florida on April 15, 2016.She was born in Seffner, Florida in January 1925. Gene grew up in a Christian home in a very rural community. Her parents were active in church and community life and filled their home with music, good books, and visiting friends. She read Quo Vadis and...
Gene Ledford
Apr 15, 2016
Gene Akard Ledford Gene Akard Ledford died in Lakeland, Florida on April 15, 2016.She was born in Seffner, Florida in January 1925. Gene grew up in a Christian home in a very rural community. Her parents were active in church and community life and filled their home with music, good books, and visiting friends. She read Quo Vadis and...
Donald Kerr
Apr 14, 2016
Donald Ray Kerr Lakeland " Donald Ray Kerr passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2016. He was born on July 3, 1944 in Wilmington, Ohio to Austin and Margaret Kerr. He was a superintendent for many years in the construction business. Donald was an avid golfer and enjoyed a friendly game of cards. He was a loving father and...
Dr. James Harold Coffman
Apr 14, 2016
JAMES HAROLD COFFMAN, M.D. Lakeland - James Harold Coffman, M.D., (90) of Lakeland, died on April 14, 2016, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Dr. Coffman was born on January 15, 1926, in Ness City, Kansas. He grew up in El Dorado, Kansas and attended Westminster College. He later graduated from the University of Kansas and...
Jackie Driver Hopper
Apr 14, 2016
Mary Jacquelyn Driver Hopper Lakeland - Mary Jacquelyn Driver Hopper passed away April 14, 2016, peacefully with her family by her side, in Lakeland, Florida, at the age of 85 years old. Jackie was born in Griffin, Georgia on July 15, 1930. She enjoyed many years living in Florence and Cullman, Alabama before moving to Lakeland, Florida. She was...
Elinor Mundy
Apr 13, 2016
ELINOR ANDERSON MUNDY, 76 LAKELAND - Elinor Anderson Mundy died on April 13, 2016 due to complications of Parkinson's and heart disease. Elinor was born on July 6, 1939 in Brewster, FL, to Bill and Beulah Anderson. At an early age she moved to Lakeland where she graduated from Lakeland Senior High in 1957. In high school she was...
Fredrick Mckenzie
Apr 12, 2016
Fredrick A. McKenzie - Lakeland F.A. McKenzie went to heaven quietly on April 12, 2016, after 102 years on this earth. He was born in 1913, in Fort Pierce, Florida. Fredrick graduated from Lakeland Senior High School in 1937. After High School, he attended Tulane University, and then went on to receive his Mechanical Engineering degree at Auburn University....
Rudolph (Rudy) Heller
Apr 9, 2016
Rudolph Heller Jr. Rudolph (Rudy) Heller Jr., age 92, died on April 9, 2016, in Lakeland, Florida. Rudy has been a resident of Lakeland for over 60 years and has resided at the Estates at Carpenters for the last eight years. Rudy is survived by his oldest daughter, Jeanie Heller Bollinger and her husband Jeff, of Waynesville, NC; his...
Juanita A. Miller
Apr 8, 2016
Juanita A. Miller, 72 Supervisor at Rooms to Go Lakeland- Mrs. Juanita A. Miller died on April 8, 2016 at Lakeland Hospice House. She was born December 9, 1943 in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church in Lithia where she was the church pianist. Mrs. Miller was predeceased by her husband, James T. Miller...
David Wayne Foster
Apr 7, 2016
David Wayne Foster Born August 20, 1940 Ann Arbor Michigan, died April 7, 2016 Lakeland, Florida. Dave was son to Clair Darwin Foster and Mary Catherine Mager. He was brother to Emerson Clair Foster and Ronald Lloyd Foster. He was husband for 33 years to Bessie Lee Robinson Foster. He was father to Catherine Louise Foster Jones (Gary Allen...
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