OBITUARIES
Carmen Michelle May
Oct 30, 2011
MAY, CARMEN MICHELLE, 63 of Port St. Lucie, FL died Sunday, October 30, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Front Royal, VA, a graduate of George C. Marshall High School, Class of 1968, Falls Church, VA and attended Ivy Tech Community College, Kokomo, IN. She moved to Port St. Lucie, FL in 1983. She enjoyed nature and plants....
Charles Stevens Hill, Jr
Oct 30, 2011
HILL, JR., CHARLES STEVENS, 42 of Sebring, Fl died October 30, 2011. He was born in Avon Park, FL and a graduate of Sebring High School, Class of 1987. He served in the U.S. Navy and was an electrician and was known as a computer gamer. He graduated as a Radiology Technician. He is survived by his mother, Karla J....

Henry F. Rutkosky
Oct 25, 2011
RUTKOSKY, HENRY F., 78 of Sebring, FL passed away October 25, 2011. Henry was born in Orangeville, PA moving to Sebring in 1955. A member of Crewsville Bethel Baptist Church, Zolfo Springs, FL. He was a construction superintendent for 20 years in the Tampa Bay area and then managed Hollenberg Farms for 23 years. Henry enjoyed golfing, fishing and hunting....
Curtis Buford Batts
Oct 23, 2011
BATTS, CURTIS BUFORD, 80 of Sebring, FL died October 23, 2011. Curtis was born in Moultrie, GA moving to Sebring in 1947. A Korean Veterans of the U.S. Army and retired supervisor for Sprint Telephone Co. A member of Sebring Church of the Brethren. Curtis was preceded in death by his parents, Haywood and Levina Susan Batts, and seven siblings;...

Aidan (Mike) McGrath
Oct 21, 2011
McGRATH, AIDAN (MIKE), 76 of Sebring, died, Friday, October 21, 2011 at Hope Hospice, Sebring. Mike was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. A member of the Pipefitters union, moving to Sebring in 1987 from Homestead, FL. A Life Member of the American Legion and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars....

Herbert J. Ouellette
Oct 12, 2011
OUELLETTE, HERBERT J., 85 of Sebring, FL died October 12, 2011 in Sebring. He was born in VanBuren, Maine and joined the U.S. Navy in New Haven, CT on March 21, 1944, serving in the Pacific during W.W. II as Seaman 1st Class. Herbert married Rose Dionne on Febuary 3, 1951. He retired in 1981 from Mechanic Uniform Service, East...
Nancy Lee "Nano" Walker
Oct 9, 2011
Nancy Lee "Nano" Walker, 59, of Sebring Florida, lost her battle with cancer on October 14, 2011. Nano was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1952, but spent over 40 years in the Avon Park/Sebring area. Nano's parents, Edward and Dorothy Williams Cook, worked in the administration of Walker Hospital in Avon Park. Nano was the last surviving member of the...
Richard M. Arabinko
Oct 9, 2011
ARABINKO, RICHARD M., 84, of Sebring, FL, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at Bay Pines Medical Center. Richard was born in Chicago, IL and entered the U. S. Army in 1945 in New York City. Following W.W. II Richard continued to live in New York, moving to Sebring in 1981 from Walden, NY. He was active in Real Estate, having...

Ana Lydia Ildefonso
Oct 5, 2011
ILDEFONSO, ANA LYDIA., 81 of Sebring, FL died Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Lydia was born in Brooklyn, New York and she was of Puerto Rican Heritage. Lydia was a community tireless leader and great advocate in her earlier years in the Puerto Rican Community of New York City. She moved to Puerto Rico where she worked for the Governor and...
Robert "Bobby" Youmans
Sep 28, 2011
Robert "Bobby" Youmans, 85, passed away peacefully at his home in Sebring, FL where he resided since leaving his beloved Key West for the final time in 2005. Bobby was born October 29, 1925 to Rex and Myrtle Youmans in Tacoma Park, MD. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, just 16 years old, he lied about his age to serve...

Mary J. Giba
Sep 28, 2011
GIBA, MARY J., 89 of Sebring died September 28, 2011. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA, a graduate of Mt. Assisi University, Pittsburgh receiving her Masters degree. She taught in Cranford, NJ and Pittsburgh areas moving to Sebring in 1983 from Garwood, NJ. Mary was preceded in death by a life long friend, Lillian Wilds and a sister, Sister Bernadette...

Leona M. Green
Sep 27, 2011
Leona M. Green 80 of Sebring died September 27, 2011 at the Palms of Sebring. She was born in Somerset, NY moving to the area in 1983 from Fullerton, CA. She was employed by Beckman Instruments as an eletronic assembler for 26 years. She was a member of St. John United Methodist Church in Sebring. She is survived by a...

Alfred Robert Reuter
Sep 22, 2011
REUTER, ALFRED ROBERT, 79 of Sebring, FL died September 22, 2011 at Good Shepherd Hospice House. Alfred was born in Phildelphia, PA. A 20 year veteran in the United States Air Force; he then retired from Civil Service as Jet aircraft mechanic in Trenton, NJ moving to St. Petersburg, FL in 1989 then to Avon Park/Sebing in 1990. Alfred was...
Guy Canter
Sep 11, 2011
CANTER, GUY, 83 of Sebring, FL, died, Sunday, September 11, 2011 at Good Shepherd Hospice, Sebring. He was born in Charleston, WV. Guy served in the U.S. Army, 1948-1971, retiring after 22 years as MSG-E-8. He had served two duty's in Korea and two duty's in Viet Nam. He lived in Loudonville, Ohio 1970-1981 and St. Peters, MO from 1981-1995....

Joan McMahan
Sep 3, 2011
McMAHAN, JOAN, 76 died Saturday, September 3rd. She was born in Cincinnati, OH and was in real estate in Ohio and Okeechobee moving to Lorida in 1984. She and her late husband, John owned Joes Trash and Treasures in Lorida. Joan enjoyed the flea markets and was active with the Orchid Society of Highlands County and Francis Mobile Home Association....

Jeannine Mann
Sep 2, 2011
MANN, JEANNINE, 81 of Sebring died, Friday, September 2, 2011. She was born in Johnsonburg, PA, daughter of the late Harry and Maura Mann moved to Sebring from Ft. Myers in 1970. She was a former Manager for Goodwill Industries and had worked at Highlands Regional Medical Center. She enjoyed Bunco and the local doll club as well as volunteering...

James Harmon Roper
Aug 31, 2011
ROPER JAMES HARMON, 80 of Sebring. FL died August 31, 2011. He was born in Miami, FL and served twenty one years in the U.S. Army retiring as a Master Sgt. and a veteran of Viet Nam. He retired from Bell South in Miami moving to Sebring in 1990. A member of the Telephone Pioneers and First Baptist Church of...

Karen A. Anderson
Aug 29, 2011
ANDERSON, KAREN A., 66 of Avon Park, FL, died Monday, August 29, 2011. She was born in Cloquet, MN and worked at Walgreens at Miller Hill Mall, Duluth, MN, moving to Avon Park in 2000. Karen retired from Walgreens, Avon Park. She is survived by husband, Edwin; children, Kevin Lukanen, Randy Eliason, Brian Eliason, Chris Anderson and Keely Anderson; eight...
Mark R. Brunner
Aug 27, 2011
BRUNNER, MARK R., 52 of Sebring, died, Saturday, August 27, 2011. He was born in Milwaukee County, WI and served in the U.S. Navy during the Iranian Conflict. A former air traffic controller in Melbourne, FL and then was a collections collector for Barnett Bank. Mark was an artist and a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. A Mass will...
Caroline R. Shellenberger
Aug 26, 2011
Caroline R. Shellenberger (Carrie) 94, a longtime resident of Coral Gables, FL, died peacefully on Friday, August 26 at BalMoral Assisted Living in Lake Placid, FL. Carrie, born in York, PA was the oldest of eight children to the late Paul J. and Caroline (Glackin) Shellenberger. In 1946, she moved to Coral Gables, FL where she was employed by Penn...