OBITUARIES

Feb 20, 2020

Lakeland - James Larry Durrence passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 in Lakeland. Larry was born in Glennville, Georgia on August 22, 1939 to James Levy and Frances Merrett Durrence, and the family moved to Florida when Larry was 8 and eventually settled in Lakeland where he graduated from Lakeland High School. He earned his Bachelor of Arts...

Feb 19, 2020

FLORA LIMCACO TOLENTINO In loving memory of Dr. Flora Tolentino, who passed away on February 19, 2020 at age 86. Flora was born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines to Dr. Pedro Limcaco and Florentina Topacio, where she lived through the Japanese occupation during WW2. She graduated at the top of her medical school class from the University of Santo Tomas....

Feb 17, 2020

Francisco ‘Paco’ Gonzalez passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020 at Palm Garden of Orlando Nursing Home and was 90 years old. He was born in Cataño, Puerto Rico to parents Jose and Maria Gonzalez. He lost his father at a very young age and as the oldest male sibling of eleven children, supported his family. He moved to...

Feb 16, 2020

Feb 16, 2020

Feb 15, 2020

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Feb 14, 2020

Feb 14, 2020

Feb 12, 2020

Elisabeth Braker Brown Mann, 91 Lakeland – Mrs. Elisabeth Braker Brown Mann of Lakeland passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at Lakeland Regional Health. Born in Zanesville, Ohio on September 8, 1928. Elisabeth was the daughter of Hayes Morgan Braker and Jean Adams Braker. She graduated from Franklin College with a Bachelor of Science Pre-Med degree. She...

Feb 11, 2020

Feb 11, 2020

Feb 10, 2020

Patricia Jeane Starnes Williams, 88, died Feb. 10, 2020 in Lakeland at the home of her only child, Robin Williams Adams, and son-in-law Albert "Joe" Adams, Jr. She had lived in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, since 1979 before coming to their home in June 2019 under hospice care as a result of untreatable lung cancer and COPD. Born July...

Feb 9, 2020

Lakeland - Dawn M. Kearns was born in Brockton, Mass on October 2, 1966 and moved to Florida in 1988. Dawn resided in Tarpon Springs, Florida. She died of heart attack at Lakeland Regional Hospital Sunday morning February 9, 2020. Dawn graduated from St Petersburg Community College with a degree in Nursing. She was a registered nurse and worked...

Feb 7, 2020

Arthur O. Hellander WWII Navy Veteran and Equitable Life Vice President Lakeland – Arthur O. Hellander, 93, died February 7, 2020. Mr. Hellander was born February 10, 1926 in Fargo, North Dakota and graduated from North Dakota State University in Fargo. He enlisted in the Navy in January 1944 and served in the South Pacific. He was discharged in...

Feb 6, 2020

Carrollyn LyVond Thornton Carrollyn LyVond Thornton (83) of Lakeland, Florida died on Thursday, February 6, 2020. She was a native of Lakeland, an army wife, devoted mother, dental assistant and homemaker. Carroll volunteered her time at various nursing homes. She is predeceased by her husband, Donald D. Thornton, and sons, Shannon Carl and Lemuel Carroll Thornton. She is survived...

Feb 6, 2020

Feb 5, 2020

LAKELAND -Dorothy Jean Kay, 94, died peacefully on February 5, 2020. Dorothy was born in Davenport, IA on February 7, 1925, and lived most of her early life in and around St. Louis, MO. She met her future husband John Homer Kay in 1942, thanks to a blind date set-up by their mothers, and they were married on March...

Feb 3, 2020

Jan 31, 2020

Helen Day Jackson passed away peacefully on January 31, 2020, at age 92. She was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1927, in Pensacola, Florida, and was the youngest of six children of the late Mary Aline de Rocheblave Day and Woodward Waldo Day. She graduated from Pensacola High School in 1944, attended Mary Baldwin College, and graduated from...

Jan 30, 2020