OBITUARIES
Joanna L. Allen
Mar 23, 2012
Joanna L. Allen, 89 Homemaker Lakeland " Joanna L. Allen, 89, passed away March 23, 2012 at her home due to dementia. She was born on November 17, 1922 in Hastings, WV. She was a member of Legacy Christian Church. Joanna is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Robert, her two sons, Robert (Jacquelyn) Allen, II and...
Samuel Preston Carpenter, Jr.
Mar 22, 2012
Samuel Preston Carpenter, Jr. Retired Samuel Preston Carpenter Jr., of Lakeland died on March 22, 2012 , after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 76. A direct descendant of the first treasurer of the Province of Pennsylvania and a native of Winter Garden, Florida , Sam was born into a pioneer Central Florida citrus family. He graduated from...
Roland Lane Alderman
Mar 20, 2012
Roland Lane Alderman 87 Carpenter Lakeland- Mr. Roland Lane Alderman died on March 20, 2012 at his home of cancer. He was born on April 18, 1924 in Brewster, Florida. Mr. Alderman was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was an active member of the Florida Trail Association. He served in the United States Navy during World...
Julie Jackson
Mar 18, 2012
Julie MacDowell Jackson, 72, Receptionist Auburndale " Julie M. Jackson, 72, passed away after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer on March 18, 2012. Julie was born in Charleston, West Virginia, on July 11, 1939 to the late Dr. Louis G. and Helen (Gartelmann) MacDowell of Lakeland. She grew up in Lakeland, attending Lakeland High School and Florida State...
Geraldine L. Mcswain
Mar 18, 2012
Geraldine L. McSwain 89 Polk County Property Appraiser Lakeland- Mrs. Geraldine L. McSwain died on March 18, 2012 at Highlands Lake Center of dementia. She was born August 27, 1922 in Camden, Illinois. She was a member of Gapway Baptist Church. Mrs. McSwain was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Mr. Renard V. McSwain, brother, Robert and sisters,...
Mildred H. Schuetze
Mar 17, 2012
Mildred H. Schuetze, 99 Office Manager Tampa " Mildred H. Schuetze, 99, passed away on March 17, 2012 at her residence. She was born February 8, 1913 in Kathleen, FL. She worked as an office manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance in Jacksonville, FL and was selected as one of the top ten office managers in the United States. Mildred...
Virginia V. Destefano
Mar 17, 2012
Virginia Valentine Stull De Stefano February 14, 1920-March 17, 2012 Virginia De Stefano died March 17, 2012 after a wonderful lifetime of supporting and loving her family and friends. She was born Virginia Valentine Stull on February 14, 1920, the very special valentine of Irwin Elmore Stull and Melva Kimball (Alcorn) Stull in Stockton, California. During the war, she...
Dorothy Hallada
Mar 16, 2012
Dorothy J. Hallada, 91 Homemaker Lakeland " Dorothy J. Hallada, 91, passed away March 16, 2012 due to cardiac arrest. She was born May 5, 1920 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, daughter of William Blanchard and Irene McDonald Blanchard. She spent her growing up years in Canada. She married Loris E. Hallada in 1938 and moved to N.Y. State. She...
Richard Brady
Mar 16, 2012
Richard Dean Brady, 63 Barber Lakeland - Richard Dean Brady, age 63, passed away peacefully at his home in Lakeland on Friday, March 16, 2012. Cause is still pending. He graduated from Lew Wallace High School, Gary, Indiana in 1967. He owned and operated Reflections of Excellence Barber Shop in downtown Lakeland. He was also preceeded by dad, Russ...
Billie Dee (Jones) Mela-Mcmanus
Mar 14, 2012
Billie Dee (Jones) Mela-McManus, 83 Hostess, Crossing Guard Billie Dee Mela-McManus went home to the Lord March 14, 2012, due to pneumonia. Billie was born February 17, 1929 in Ponca City, OK. Billie Dee had lived in Lakeland since 1944, went to Lakeland High School, enjoyed square dancing for years, was the hostess at her father""s restaurant, Farmer Jones...
Alice (Marie) Mihalek
Mar 12, 2012
Alice ""Marie"" Mihalek, 59 Homemaker Lakeland " Alice ""Marie"" Mihalek, 59, passed away on March 12, 2012 at her home in Metter, GA due to liver failure. She was born October 12, 1952 in Lakeland, FL. Alice ""Marie"" is survived by her husband, Bob, of 40 years, her son, ""Little Bobby"" (Shauntha) Mihalek of Metter, GA, and her daughter,...
Rose W. Harrison
Mar 10, 2012
Rose Marcella Wagoner Harrison, 84, Lakeland " Rose Marcella Wagoner Harrison, 84, died on March 10, 2012 due to cancer. She was born in Bourbon County Kentucky to Layson and Maude Wagoner. She graduated from Asbury College where she met the love of her life, Ray Harrison. Rose and Ray were married in 1951 and after Ray finished his...
C.P. "Percy" Morris
Mar 9, 2012
C.P. ""Percy"" Morris, 95 Lakeland " Claverhouse Percival ""Percy"" Morris, 95, passed on to his heavenly home on Thursday March 8, 2012, due to heart failure. A gentle man with a servant heart, he will be greatly missed by many people. Born on June 22, 1916, in Tewkesbury, England, to Charles and Annie Morris, Percy enjoyed a very progressive...
Marcia Wilkinson Watts
Mar 7, 2012
Marcia Wilkinson Watts, 84 IRS Lakeland " Marcia Wilkinson Watts passed away due to respiratory failure at Bartow Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. She was born on June 2, 1927, in Gadsden, Alabama but was raised in Eufaula, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama, but left to become a flight attendant for Pan Am Airlines in...
Virginia Mae Pembleton
Mar 7, 2012
Obituary Virginia M. Pembleton, 82, Lakeland " Virginia M. Pembleton passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012, due to a stroke surrounded by family and friends. She was born July 1, 1929, in Georgetown, KY, the first child of Henry and Frances Shepard Moreland. On June 11, 1977, she married Homer A. Pembleton, and he survives. Virginia\'s commitment to service...
Perry Lynn Jucknath
Mar 4, 2012
Perry Lynn Jucknath, 76, IMC/Agrico Mines Homeland " Perry Lynn Jucknath, 76, went home to be with the Lord on March 04, 2012 due to cancer. Pop was born in Buffalo, Minnesota, on November 15, 1935 to Fred Carl and Esther Marie Jucknath (Kersten). He was the eldest of 11 children " six girls and five boys. He graduated...
Carl Henry Ilse
Mar 3, 2012
Carl Henry Ilse, 71 Service Department Lakeland Chrysler Dodge Lakeland: Mr. Carl Henry Ilse, 71, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Carl was born in Pipestone, Minnesota on March 24, 1940. Carl was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and a giving friend. He was an active...
Catherine J. Noble
Mar 2, 2012
Catherine Noble, 70 Lakeland: Catherine Noble went to be with the Lord on March 2, 2012 from heart failure. She was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and worked for the Memphis City school board for thirty one years. She is survived by her daughter Ann Noble Burke (Jeff) of Florida; two sisters Erma Vick (Jack) and Billie Jean...
Lorraine C. Van Fleet
Mar 2, 2012
Lorraine C. Van Fleet Homemaker Lorraine C. Van Fleet, 83, of Lakeland, died March 2, 2012 of lung failure. She was of the Catholic faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Arthur Van Fleet. She is survived by two sisters, Elizabeth (Jim) Withrow of Chipley, Fl and Claire Knox of New Castle, Pa. A visitation will...
Charles C. Heath
Mar 2, 2012
Charles Clanton Heath, 90 Real Estate Broker Wauchula " Charles C. Heath, 90, died on March 2, 2012 due to natural causes. He was born on April 2, 1921 in Ft. Meade, Florida. Charles graduated from Ft. Meade High School in 1939 and graduated from Florida Southern College in 1947. He served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Burleigh...
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