OBITUARIES

The Reverend Dr. Charles W. Burrows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Judith Nell Fleming Wendel Jolicoeur

Judith Nell Fleming Wendel Jolicoeur

Mar 29, 2013

Judith ""Judy"" Nell Fleming Wendel Jolicoeur, 73 Mrs. Jolicoeur died March 29, 2013 of heart failure. Judith and Jerry were married for over 27 years and in addition to their relationship as husband and wife they traveled the world as Co-workers erecting and disassembling mining Equipment. Besides her husband, Judith is survived by her mother, Iris Fleming, 2 sons,...

Robert Dana Caryl

Robert Dana Caryl

Mar 28, 2013

Robert D. Caryl, 84 Lakeland " Robert D. Caryl passed away March 28, 2013 due to cancer. He was born in Scranton, PA. on August 17, 1928, the son of Ethel G. and Ernest D. Caryl. Bob, and his wife Donna, were married in Kansas City Missouri in 1952 and have two children, Christine Jean of Concord CA. and...

James Samson Milsop

James Samson Milsop

Mar 26, 2013

James Milsop, 90 Lakeland " James Milsop, 90, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Jean H. Milsop, son, James (Grace) of Medford, MA, daughter, Nancy Farnham (Danny) of Ellijay, GA, granddaughters, Dawn McKinstry (Bill) of Ft. White, FL, and Jodi Modica (James), and great-granddaughter, Ava Modica of Gainesville, FL. Private services have...