OBITUARIES
Lewis Edward Turley
May 8, 2018
Lewis Edward Turley, 86, passed away early Tuesday morning, 5/8/2018, with his family by his side. A memorial service will be held Friday, 5/11/2018, at 11:00 a.m. at the Heath Funeral Chapel to celebrate Ed's life. Ed was born in Lakeland, Florida on September 26, 1931 to John and Ethel Turley and remained in Lakeland his entire life. He...
Gary Thomas Martin
May 2, 2018
Lakeland - Gary T. Martin, 74 passed away May 2, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida. Gary was born March 19, 1944 to Vera and Gerald Martin in Ottumwa, Iowa. He graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1963. At age 19, Gary began his long career with Sutherland Lumber Company in Ottumwa. He retired in 2014 after...
Judith "Kay" Foster
May 1, 2018
Judith “Kay” Foster, 79 passed away on May 1, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Kay was born on January 7, 1939 to Maude and I.L. Brown in Jamesport, Missouri. Kay grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Wyandotte High School. She received her degree in Elementary Education in 1961 from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia. Kay...
John Albert Rodda
Apr 30, 2018
John Albert Rodda passed away on April 30, 2018. He was born in La Salle, Illinois to Albert and Mary Rodda on November 22, 1955. He moved to Lakeland with his family in 1971 and graduated from Lakeland High School in 1973. He married his high school sweetheart Becky Higginbotham on April 10, 1976. They had two children, Jason...
Vera I Lathey
Apr 28, 2018
Vera I. Lathey, 101 Lakeland – Vera I. Lathey, 101, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Valencia Hills Nursing home in Lakeland, FL. She was born on April 4, 1917 in Bremen, OH to John and Ida Groff. Vera grew up on a farm in Ohio. She married Clarence Albert “Al” Lathey in 1935. She worked as a...
Mary Hazlett Grove
Apr 28, 2018
Mary Hazlett Grove of Lakeland, FL passed away April 28, 2018. Lakeland- Mary was born in Latrobe, PA February 7, 1933. She moved with her parents, Harry and Annie Brindle, to Fort Lauderdale in 1945. She graduated from West Palm Beach High School and attended Palm Beach Junior College, Florida Southern College, and Florida State University, earning a BS...
Vivian Grace Conklin
Apr 27, 2018
Vivian Conklin Lakeland – Vivian Conklin, 95, passed away Monday, April 27, 2018. She was born in Oldsmar, Florida, the youngest of 6 siblings to Etta and Clarence Conklin. Vivian received her bachelor’s degree at the Atlanta division of the University of Georgia, now Georgia State. She was initiated into the Upsilon Chapter of Phi Chi Theta and as...
Janice L Merrill
Apr 27, 2018
Lakeland – Janice Little Merrill, passed away on April 27, 2018. She was born to Grover Cleveland and Lucy Hamilton Little on June 1, 1921 in Newton, NC. She graduated from Appalachia State Teachers College and taught at Kathleen Jr. High School. Janice married George B. Merrill on February 4, 1945. Janice was member of the Garden Club, a...
Patricia Crumbley Kroger
Apr 26, 2018
Patricia C. Kroger, 66 Lakeland- Patricia C. Kroger, 66, of Lakeland, FL. passed away on April 26, 2018 at Arbor Oaks Assisted Living in Lakeland, FL. She was born December 6, 1951 in Winter Haven, FL. She worked in the hospitality industry and was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents, Herman L. Crumbley and Katherine...
Neva Naomi Morqus Howard
Apr 24, 2018
Neva Naomi Morqus Howard, a 6th generation Floridian, was born July 4, 1922, in Arcadia, FL. She passed away April 24, 2018, at Lakeland Regional Health, Lakeland, Florida. Her residence prior to her hospitalization was the Estates at Carpenters, Lakeland, FL, for eighteen years. She was a graduate of Desoto County High School (1941) and Florida Southern College (1945)....
Rosa Dicesare
Apr 23, 2018
LAKELAND – Sister Rosa Vito Santo DiCesare died Monday, April 23, 2018, at OPIS Highlands Center in Lakeland, FL, at the age of 87. Rosa Vito Santo DiCesare was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on June 2, 1930, to parents Joseph and Carmela DeCesare. In 1947, she moved with her family to Lakeland, Florida, where she continued her education, graduating...
Andrew Strange
Apr 22, 2018
Lakeland – Andrew “Skip” Strange, Jr, died on 4/22/18. Survived by wife Louise “Mickie” Strange, 6 Children, 12 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Legion Post #4 or to VISTE.
Robert Walton
Apr 21, 2018
Robert John Walton Lakeland- Robert “Bob” Walton was born in Salzburg, Austria, to Daryl and Jacqueline Walton on August 7, 1953. He spent much of his youth in Watertown, New York, where eventually he met his wife Diane. After they were married, he and his wife moved to Florida in hopes of laying down roots closer to the beach....
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