OBITUARIES
Doris Mae Rhey
May 11, 2013
Doris Mae Rhey, 90 Lakeland " Doris Mae Rhey, 90 of Lakeland, FL., passed away peacefully on May 11, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Doris Mae Graffius grew up in Homestead, PA where she married her high school sweetheart, Elbert H. Rhey. She lived with El in Pittsburgh, PA, Greensburg, PA, Cape Coral, FL, Unity Township, PA and...
Abby Meredith Fishburn
May 1, 2013
Abby Meredith Fishburn, 22 Middle School Teacher Abby Meredith Fishburn, 22, of Tallahassee, Florida, died Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in an automobile accident. She was born in 1990, in Lakeland, Florida, the daughter of Tawni Fishburn and Brian Fishburn. Abby graduated from McKeel Academy in Lakeland, Florida, in 2008, where she enjoyed playing volleyball and tennis. She received her...
Warren G. Addison
Apr 30, 2013
Warren Gamaliel Addison, 92 Lakeland -Warren Addison, 92, passed away on April 30, 2013, in Lakeland, Florida. Warren was a WWII veteran who proudly served his country as a member of the 820th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He was an active member of the American Legion in Spotsylvania, Virginia and Lakeland, Florida,...
The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Burrows
Apr 30, 2013
The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Burrows, 80 Hospital Chaplain Lakeland " The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Burrows, 80, was born on October 17, 1932 in Houston, TX and went to be with his Lord, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 due to a stroke. Charles was a Korean War veteran of the United States Air Force. He was the first Chaplain...
Charles "Chuck" Alton Rienks
Apr 29, 2013
Electrician Lakeland - Charles ""Chuck"" Alton Rienks, 78, left his earthly home to be with the Lord Monday, April 29, 2013, after a valiant short fight with cancer. Chuck was born to Richard and Blanche (Holderbaum) Rienks January 27, 1935 in South Bend, Ind. He was the fourth of seven children in addition to three of Chuck""s aunts and...
Shirley P. Buckler
Apr 25, 2013
Shirley P. Buckler Homemaker Dairy and Beef Farmer Shirley P. Buckler, age 71, passed away on April 25, 2013 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born May 16, 1941, in Tampa, FL to George Howard & Cupiedean (Willis) Pirkle, Shirley lived the majority of her life in the rural area west of Lakeland. She attended Winston Elementary School and...
Jim Lee
Apr 23, 2013
Jim Lee, 68 Jim Lee Insurance Lakeland " Born William James Lee, Jim died unexpectedly April 23, 2013 at LRMC due to a massive heart attack. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 26, 1944, and came to Lakeland to attend Florida Southern College. He began his career as a teacher and coach with the Polk County schools,...
Roy M. Westberg
Apr 20, 2013
Roy M. Westberg, 90 Lakeland " Roy M. Westberg, of Lakeland, died on April 20, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was 90 years old. Until 1969, when he established residence in Lakeland, FL he had been a longtime resident of Bronxville, New York when his family moved there in 1934, after previously residing in Pelham Manor, New...
Emma Kate Barton
Apr 19, 2013
Emma Kate Barton, 82 Lakeland " Emma Kate Barton, 82, was born on October 29, 1930 and passed away on April 19, 2013 due to heart failure. Emma was in jewelry sales for years and after moving to Lakeland, she sold Avon for many years. She was a very active member at First United Methodist Church. She is survived...
Sally Eva Ramey
Apr 17, 2013
Sally Eva Ramey Lakeland- Sally Eva Ramey passed away at her home surrounded by her family on April 17, 2013 due to kidney failure. She was 67 years young. Sally Eva was born in Cecil, Georgia on December 11, 1945. She moved to Lakeland 25 years ago with her husband Roy. They were happily married for 35 years. She...
Mary Ellen O'Neal
Apr 16, 2013
Mary Ellen O""Neal Nursing Assistant Bartow- Mary Ellen O""Neal died April 16, 2013 from complications of dementia. Mary was born in Cairo, Georgia on August 21, 1945. She was a nursing assistant for Polk County BOCC for 24 years. Most of her time with the county was spent as a CNA at the Bartow Adult Day Care Center in...
J. Perry Knight
Apr 15, 2013
J. Perry Knight Age 84, passed away April 15, 2013, peacefully at home in Lakeland, FL, with his wife of nearly 60 years, Joyce, at his side, of Lewy-Body Dementia. Born in Dublin, GA, Perry and his younger sister and brother were raised on a small farm by their widowed mother and her family during the Depression. Always gifted...
Carmen Ramona Abbott
Apr 12, 2013
Carmen R. Abbott, 93 Lakeland " Carmen Abbott was born into a large family in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Carmen was the sixth of seven children. She was a modern woman born in the twenties. Her strength of character was evident in everything she said and did. Unlike many women of her time, she knew her own worth. She walked...
Charles Martin Debats
Apr 11, 2013
Charles Martin DeBats, 79 Lakeland " Charles Martin DeBats, 79, has gone to be with his Lord and Savior in Heaven, due to heart failure, on April 11, 2013. ""Chuck"" was born on March 12, 1934 in Birmingham, Michigan and was a graduate of Admiral Farragut Military Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida, attended the University of Florida and graduated...
Arthur F. Long
Apr 6, 2013
Arthur F. Long, 86 Winter Haven: Arthur F. Long, 86, of Winter Haven, died on April 6, 2013 from COPD. He was born on April 21, 1926 in Victoria British Columbia, Canada. He was a guard at the Cincinnati Museum in Ohio for several years. He loved to scuba dive, was an avid landscaper, and was also a Park...
Calvin Coolidge Reynolds
Apr 2, 2013
Calvin Coolidge Reynolds, 84 Lakeland: Calvin Coolidge Reynolds, 84, of Lakeland, died on April 2, 2013 from heart disease. He was born on October 24, 1928 in Fitzgerald, GA. Calvin was a veteran of the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was a retired member of the Kathleen Lions Club. He is survived by his wife...
Harold A. "Streamline" Sale
Apr 2, 2013
Harold A. ""Streamline"" Sale, 83 Sale Insurance Lakeland " Harold A. ""Streamline"" Sale, a lifelong Lakelander, died peacefully at his home on April 2, 2013, due to respiratory failure, surrounded by family, under the care of Good Shepherd Hospice. Streamline was born at home on North Massachusetts Avenue on September 12, 1929 to Lafayette and Annie Jones Sale. He...
Albert Ralph Rodda
Apr 1, 2013
Albert Ralph Rodda, 82 Lumberman Lakeland- Mr. Albert Ralph Rodda died on April 1, 2013 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to complications from Alzheimer""s. He was born August 7, 1930 in La Salle, Illinois. Mr. Rodda was a longtime member of the Moose Lodge and he served 4 years in the National Guard. He was a Scout leader...
Mary Ann Suddath Mcdowell
Apr 1, 2013
Mary Ann Suddath McDowell, 88 Lakeland- Mary Ann Suddath McDowell, 88, died April 1, 2013 in Lakeland, FL due to heart failure. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at the Chester Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with The Rev. Dwight L. Pearson officiating. Burial will follow at the Chester Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. McDowell...
Louise Coker
Mar 30, 2013
Louise Coker, 92 Louise Coker died Friday, March 30, 2013, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 11, 1921, in Meigs, Colquitt County, Georgia, to Annie Mae Prevatt and Charles Raymond ""Ray"" Lewis. Mrs. Coker and her family came to Avon Park from Georgia in the 1930s. She was a founding member of Parkview Baptist Church....
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