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Francis Wayne Stanton
Jun 25, 2017
STANTON, FRANCIS WAYNE, 62 of Sebring, died June 25, 2017. He was born in Springfield, MA moving to Sebring in 2000. A former State Employee for 15 years and then for the next fourteen years was in Private Enterprises. He enjoyed cycling and was a B.S.A Leader enjoying camping and Hiking. A member of St Catherine Catholic Church and a...
Charlotte M. Kimbell
Jun 24, 2017
KIMBRELL, CHARLOTTE M., 94 of Sebring, Fl died June 24, 2017. She was born in Jones Mills, PA. A veteran of the U.S. Navy (Waves) serving in W.W. II. Charlotte retired from Southern Bell as a telephone operator and a member of Telephone Pioneer and Waves National. She moved to Sebring in 1981 from Miami, FL and was of the...
Jean Breidenstine Hollenberg
Jun 24, 2017
HOLLENBERG, JEAN BREIDENSTINE, 85 of Sebring, FL, passed away June 24, 2017. She was born Sept. 17, 1931 to Nathan Breidenstine and Elizabeth "Betty" Stauffer Breidenstine-Ziegler of Lebanon, PA. She was a member of Lebanon Church of the Brethren, graduated Lebanon High School in 1949 and started working for First National Bank of Lebanon. She met and married John "Ralph"...
Richard Clarence Grantham, JR
Jun 17, 2017
GRANTHAM, JR., RICHARD CLARENCE, 48, died June 17, 2017. Richard was born in Wauchula, FL. A graduate of Hardee High School where he was active in sports. He married Brandy Gilbreath on November 13, 1999. Richard enjoyed teaching T-Ball and attended the Church of Christ. He worked for Avon Park Correctional Institute for the past 21 years and held the...
Mary Ellen Jones
Jun 15, 2017
JONES, MARY ELLEN, 89 of Sebring, FL, died June 15, 2017. She was born July 11, 1928 in Sebring, FL. daughter of the late, C. Brandon and Etta M Jones. A graduate of Sebring High School, Florida State University with a BS of Education along with receiving her Masters in Library Science in 1968. A member of First United Methodist...
Donald W. Shoemaker
Jun 14, 2017
SHOEMAKER, DONALD W., 64 of Sebring died June 14, 2017. He was born in Annapolis, MD and was a long time resident of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He was a former transmission mechanic, moving to Sebring in 1989. A member of the Sebring Elks Lodge and had volunteered at Habitat, Don taught at the Highlands Sheriff's Boys Ranch in Venus, FL....
Dr. James Nathaniel Layne
Jun 10, 2017
LAYNE, Dr. James Nathaniel, 91, of Lake Placid, Florida, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his daughters on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Dr. Layne, a US Army Air Force veteran, moved to Lake Placid, Florida in 1967. Dr. Layne was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 16, 1926 - the son of the late Leslie and Harriet (Hausmann) Layne....
William Wooldridge Jahnke
Jun 3, 2017
William Wooldridge Jahnke was born June 8, 1926 to Fredrick and Ethel (Wooldridge) Jahnke in Ipswich, MA. His mother, Ethel, was a graduate teaching assistant at one time to the American poet, Robert Frost. His father, Fredrick, owned a motel business in Rowley, MA. His maternal grandfather and namesake, William Wooldridge, who emigrated from England, was a personal tailor to...
Marvin Griesan
Jun 2, 2017
GRIESAN, MARVIN, 71, died June 2, 2017 in Sebring, FL. He was born in Pueblo, CO. He attended Southern State College (now CSU-Pueblo). He served in the U.S. Army (1969-1973) and was owner of a Marine Boat Parts Store in Palm Beach County, where he was well known and loved as "Red" for his helpfulness to others in getting their...
Don Edward Groves
May 28, 2017
GROVES, DON EDWARD, 86 of Sebring, died May 28, 2017. He was born in Montgomery County, OH. A veteran of U.S. Airforce and a long time resident of Sebring. He was a retired Plumbing Contractor and a member of Sebring Church of the Brethren and also attended First Presbyterian Church. Don is survived by his wife, Virginia Groves; son Don...
Dorothy Burns
May 28, 2017
Dorothy Burns passed peacefully into the presence of her Lord on May 28, 2017, at Maranatha Manor in Sebring, Florida. She was 97 years young. Dorothy was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania and was one of 10 children. She met her husband, Ralph O. Burns, at Practical Bible Training College in New York. Together they had six pastorates and served the...
William J. Dunn
May 28, 2017
DUNN, WILLIAM J., 89, died May 28, 2017. He was born in Portland Mills, PA and was a veteran of the US Army serving in WW II. Bill moved to Sebring in 1962 from Ft. Myers, FL. A Past Exaulted Ruler and Past Secretary of Sebring Elks Lodge; member of V.F.W. Post 4300, American Legion Post #25 and a 4th...
Juanell Hicks
May 27, 2017
HICKS, MARTHA JUANELL, 76, died May 27, 2017. She was born in Hardee County and has been a long time resident of Highlands County. A member of Lorida Baptist Church and former owner of Learning Lambs of Lorida. She is survived by her husband, Pee Wee Hicks; daughters, Sherri Tauchen, Beth Browning, Lauri Crews, Becki (Brad) Lowery and Tami Hicks;...
James Bynum
May 10, 2017
BYNUM, JAMES, 83, passed away, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Sebring, FL. James was born in Wilson, NC, a former resident of Palm Beach County and active in the Methodist Church, Boynton Beach. Survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Marjorie Lamb Bynum; daughters, Melanie Bynum and Susan (Billy) James; son, Robert (Rae) Bynum; grandchildren, Lainey and Emmie Bynum....
Elizabeth Ray Roberts
May 7, 2017
Elizabeth Ray Roberts, better known to all her family and friends as "Betty Ray" passed away on May 7, 2017 in Sebring, Florida. Betty Ray was born on August 16, 1930 in Owens, a small rural community south of Arcadia in DeSoto County, Florida. She was preceded in death by her father, Gordon Ray Johnson; mother Dora Elizabeth Kinney Lamb;...
Mary Griffin Boykin
Apr 26, 2017
BOYKIN, MARY GRIFFIN, 77, of Sebring, FL, passed away April 26, 2017. She was born in Montrose, MS and grew up in Mobile, AL. She was married to the late Rev. David C. Boykin from 1956 until his passing in 2008. She served by his side as a Pastor's wife until their retirement in 1999. She is survived by daughter...
Mary E. (Conway) Vorisek
Apr 23, 2017
VORISEK, MARY E. (CONWAY), went home to our Lord on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23, 2017. She was a beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother and Friend to whoever knew her. She and Chuck lived in Yankeetown for 47 years and owned and ran Yankeetown General Store for many years. She was very active in her community and instrumental...
Dreama 'Dee' Dillon Dunn
Apr 20, 2017
DREAMA 'DEE' DILLON DUNN, 90 of Sebring went to be with the Lord on April 20, 2017. Born in Roanoke, Virginia she had been a resident of Sebring since1989 coming to Florida from Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. She attended Roanoke College and Virginia Tech where she met and married her husband Robert. She was a member of Atonement Lutheran...
Daniel R. Marshall
Apr 6, 2017
MARSHALL, DANIEL R., 66 of Avon Park, FL died April 5, 2017. He was born in Wadsworth, OH, son of the late Don Edgar and Beatrice Eileen Marshall. He moved to Avon Park in 2014 from Belleview, FL and worked for Preferred Painting, Inc. and a veteran of the US Army for six years. He is survived by a son,...
Mable C. Lora
Mar 29, 2017
LORA, MABLE C., passed away, March 29, 2017. She was born in Ft. Pierce, Florida. She was a proud mother of 23 foster children, moving to Sebring in 1998 from Hancock County, OH. Mable was a life member of Good Sams Club and Women of the Moose., member of local RV Club 112 and a very charitable person. A member...
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