OBITUARIES

Albert Thomas Woods, Sr.

Albert Thomas Woods, Sr.

Nov 16, 2012

Albert Thomas Woods, Sr. 79 Harrison Radiator Lakeland- Mr. Albert Thomas Woods, Sr. died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center on November 16, 2012 of heart failure. He was born July 22, 1933 in Lockport, New York. He was a member of the First Baptist Church at the Mall. Mr. Woods graduated from the Rochester School for the Deaf. Survivors...

Helen Pauline Sellman

Helen Pauline Sellman

Nov 15, 2012

Helen Pauline Sellman, 99 Bookkeeper Clearwater- Mrs. Helen Pauline Sellman died at the Oaks of Clearwater on November 15, 2012. She was born January 31, 1913 in Hoytville, Ohio. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Bowling Green, Ohio. Mrs. Sellman was also active in the Senior Citizens Center in Bowling Green. Survivors include her son,...

Grace Ann Hoffmann

Grace Ann Hoffmann

Nov 14, 2012

Grace Ann Hoffmann, 47 Lakeland: Grace Ann Hoffmann, 47, of Lakeland, died November 14, 2012 from heart failure. She was born on October 31, 1965 in Charleston, West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her father Richard M. Hoffmann, Sr. and brother Richard M. Hoffmann, Jr. Survived by her mother Ione C. Hoffmann; sister Mary Card; companion of...

Pauline Jeanette Nelson

Pauline Jeanette Nelson

Nov 10, 2012

Pauline Jeanette Nelson, 95 Daytona Beach - Pauline Jeanette Nelson of Daytona Beach, FL, joined her loved ones in Heaven on November 10, 2012 at the age of 95. Pauline was born on April 5, 1917, near Oneonta, AL to the late Mary Jane and Walter Lee Mullins. The daughter of a coal miner, she left school at the...

Richard "Dick" Thomas Richter

Richard "Dick" Thomas Richter

Nov 10, 2012

Richard ""Dick"" Thomas Richter, 63 State of Florida Lakeland " Richard ""Dick"" Thomas Richter. 63, passed from his life on November 10, 2012 at Good Shepherd Hospice due to cardiac arrest. Dick was born on September 8, 1949 in Joliet, Illinois to William and Evelyn Richter. Dick moved to Lakeland in 1954. He graduated from LHS in 1967. He...

James White Meeks, Jr.

James White Meeks, Jr.

Nov 9, 2012

James White Meeks, Jr. Electrical Inspector LAKELAND " James White Meeks, Jr., age 64, passed away on November 9, 2012, due to complications from surgery. He was born in Lakeland, Florida on May 23, 1948 and resided in Lakeland his entire life except for serving his country during Vietnam [October 1967 to October 1971]. Much of his Navy career...

Robert Emmitt Howell

Robert Emmitt Howell

Nov 5, 2012

Robert Emmitt Howell, 91 Postman Lakeland- Mr. Robert Emmitt Howell died on November 5, 2012 at his residence. He was born May 5, 1921 in Geneva, Alabama. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Howell graduated from Florida Southern College in 1949 with a degree in Business. He was a Deacon at Victory Assembly...

Marjorie Ann Yates

Marjorie Ann Yates

Nov 4, 2012

Homemaker & Caregiver Gainesville""Margie Yates, 58, died November 4, 2012 of complications from surgery. She was born in New York City and worked as a nurse""s aid, homemaker and caregiver. She lived most of her life in Lakeland FL, graduating from Kathleen High, and in Leesburg FL. She was the daughter of Richard and Dolores Yates, and the granddaughter...

Harold Chaffin

Harold Chaffin

Nov 2, 2012

Harold E. Chaffin, 89 FMC Machinist LAKELAND - Harold went home to be with our Lord on November 2, 2012 due to heart failure. He was born on August 26, 1923 in Sandusky, Ohio and moved to Lakeland in 1966. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Joyce Chaffin. He is survived by his wife of 14...

Shirley Mae Vanautreve Gray

Shirley Mae Vanautreve Gray

Nov 1, 2012

Shirley Mae VanAutreve-Gray, 79 LAKELAND " Shirley VanAutreve-Gray passed into the loving arms of Jesus and Mary on November 1, 2012 at the age of 79 due to a short illness with cancer. Shirley was born in Woodstock, IL to Frank M. Jayne and Mildred F. Osborne. She worked as a telephone operator for Illinois Bell Telephone and retired...

James Lee Laflame

James Lee Laflame

Oct 30, 2012

JAMES LEE LaFLAME, 80 SARASOTA - James Lee LaFlame of Sarasota, formerly of Lakeland, was born on July 25, 1932, in Horton, Michigan and passed away on October 30, 2012, in Sarasota from complications as a result of a fall. Jim was a graduate of Western Michigan University and was an Air Force veteran. He was employed by ButterKrust...

Noi Vorasane Pinheiro

Noi Vorasane Pinheiro

Oct 30, 2012

Noi Vorasane Pinheiro born on June 28, 1967 to Siphanh and Somchanh Vorasane passed in peace on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Pete. She is survived by 2 daughters Cecillia Barr and Ciera Pinheiro, son Tyler Pinheiro, 3 brothers Bounleth Vorasane, Phouthasin Vorasane, and Sousana Vorasane and 2 sisters Aly Wesche and Nong Cavender....

Joy Hamilton Clark

Joy Hamilton Clark

Oct 27, 2012

Joy Hamilton Clark, 85 Lakeland- Joy H. Clark, 85, of Lakeland, FL, died on October 27, 2012, of heart failure. She was born on March 28, 1927, in Evanston, IL, to Eugene H. and Margaret F. Hamilton, but resided most of her life in Lakeland. She was a retired R.N. Mrs. Clark is survived by her husband of 61...

Virginia Witten Addison

Virginia Witten Addison

Oct 24, 2012

Virginia Witten Addison Virginia Addison, 88, passed away on Oct. 24, 2012 of heart failure in Lakeland, Florida. She was preceded in death by and her son, Larry Addison. Left to cherish her memories are her husband of 69 years Warren G. Addison, son Richard Addison (Violet), daughters Edye White (Richard), Kaye Coe (Steve), Nancy Andersen (Peter), Alice Augustyn...

Gloria Wood

Gloria Wood

Oct 23, 2012

Gloria B. Wood, 73 Lakeland: Gloria B. Wood, 73, of Lakeland, died October 23, 2012 from heart failure. She was born on July 24, 1939 in Salem, IL. Gloria was very well known and friends to many people in the AA community and helped many people find sobriety and lead a happy life. She loved her work as a...

Ellie Hartog

Ellie Hartog

Oct 21, 2012

Dr. Ellie Maria Hartog, 81 Physician Lakeland - Dr. Ellie Maria Hartog died on October 21, 2012 at her home in Lakeland at the age of 81 due to cancer. She was a physician. She was born May 4, 1931, in Haarlem, the Netherlands. In 1951, the Hartog family moved to Aruba, Dutch West Indies. After working as a...

Evelyn T. Mcanally

Evelyn T. Mcanally

Oct 17, 2012

Evelyn Thomas McAnally, 81 Registered Nurse Evelyn was born on February 26, 1931 in Trenton, FL and passed to her eternal rest on October 17, 2012 from Lakeland, FL. She was graduated from Gainesville High School in 1948 and from Alachua School of Nursing in 1951. A Registered Nurse for 43 years, she practiced nursing in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia,...

Stephen Earl Cox, Jr.

Stephen Earl Cox, Jr.

Oct 17, 2012

Stephen Earl Cox, Jr. 74 Retired United States Air Force Lakeland- Mr. Steve Cox passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 of heart failure. He is survived by his wife of 37 years Connie Cox and son Stephen. Mr. Cox was born in Camilla, GA on November 26, 1937. He was preceded in death by both parents Steve and...

Joe Potter

Joe Potter

Oct 16, 2012

Joe Potter, 89 Franklin Electric Lakeland: Joe Potter, 89, of Lakeland, died October 16, 2012 from natural causes. Joe was born on July 27, 1923 in Clinton, Oklahoma. He was married to Eleanor (Grym) Potter at Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 29, 1946. He was employed by Uniroyal in Fort Wayne for eleven years as a product controller. He...

George Hunt

George Hunt

Oct 15, 2012

George Laird Hunt, D.D., 94 Presbyterian Minister Lakeland - Dr. George Laird Hunt, retired Presbyterian minister, died on October 15, 2012 in Lakeland, Florida. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on September 11, 1918. He earned his A.B from Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee in 1940; his B.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey in 1943 and was honored...