OBITUARIES
Brenda Sue Wilson
Feb 19, 2011
WILSON, BRENDA SUE, 56 of Sebring, FL died, Saturday, February 19, 2011. Brenda was born in Louisville, KY, a graduate of Hialeah High School, Hialeah, FL and moved to Sebring in 2000 from Huntington, West Virginia. She worked at Fairways Pines as a CNA and Brenda enjoyed singing Karaoke at the American Legion and V.F.W. Posts. She was preceded in...

Franklin W. Bowers
Feb 18, 2011
BOWERS, FRANKLIN W., 90 of Sebring, FL died February 18, 2011. He was born in Sandusky Co., OH, moving to Sebring in 1982 from Clyde, OH. A member of Resurection Lutheran Church, Avon Park, FL and member of the Bridge Club at Sebring Recreational Club. He is survived by his sisters, Fran Mosser, Avon Park, FL and Melba Bradshaw, Clyde,...
Frances R. Goff
Feb 15, 2011
GOFF, FRANCES R., 97, went to be with the Lord, February 15, 2011 in Lake Placid, FL. She was born in Ft. White, FL, a graduate from Tarpon Springs High School, Tarpon Springs, FL. She is the widow of the late, Irvin C. Goff and a former member of Woodstock Park Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL. She is survived by her...

James A. Davis
Feb 14, 2011
DAVIS, JAMES A., 69 of Sebring, FL went home to be with our Lord and Savior on February 12, 2011. He was born in St. Petersburg, FL and retired from Winer Manufacturing and was a Captain of Civil Defense for 21 years all in Hammond, IN relocating to Sebring in 1990. Member of Sebring Moose Lodge #2259 and Sports Car...

Elnora M. Stevens
Feb 14, 2011
STEVENS, ELNORA M., 89 of Sebring, FL died, Monday, February 14, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Evansville, IN and graduated from St. Mary's School of Nursing at Evansville, IN. She was a former Registered Nurse at Walker Memorial Hospital, Avon Park and then did private duty nursing. She was preceded in death by a son, Sherby Allen...
Charles H. Ziegler
Feb 3, 2011
ZIEGLER, CHARLES H., 87 of Sebring, FL died peacefully, Thursday, February 3, 2011 at his Sebring residence. Charles was born in Lebanon, PA, son of the late, Paul H.and Nettie (Hibshman) Ziegler. Following high school, he worked for Bethlehem Steel prior to joining the U.S. Marine Corps, as Corporal during W.W.II. Following the war he returned to Bethlehem Steel. In...
Mary M. Paedae
Feb 1, 2011
PAEDAE, MARY M., 82 of Sebring, died, Tuesday, February 1, 2011, after a lengthy illness. Mary was born in Sebring, FL and was owner of Hobby Hill Florist, working together with her family for over 35 years. Mary's great love, Bill Paedae, her husband of 49 years and best friend, preceded her in death in 2003. She was a fearless...

Robert Newton Rader
Jan 29, 2011
RADER, ROBERT NEWTON, 91 of Lake Placid, FL, died, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 in Sebring, FL. He was born in Loco, OK, son of the late Jesse Henry and Lydia (Newton) Rader. He served in the U.S. Air Force, retiring, July 1959, as CWO4. In 1978 he retired from Ford Aerospace, NASA, Houston, TX. He moved to the Bahamas, living...

Kathryn L. Taylor
Jan 28, 2011
TAYLOR, KATHRYN L., 95 of Sebring, FL went to be with the Lord, Friday, January 28, 2011. She was born in Jacksonville, AL and was preceded in death by her husband, Irvin A. Taylor; son, Gary Taylor, daughter, Sarah Odum. She moved to Sebring in 1988 from Chattahoochee, FL and was a member of Sebring Parkway Church of Christ. Survivors...
Christopher W. Logston
Jan 25, 2011
LOGSTON, CHRISTOPHER WAYNE, 31, died January 25, 2011 at Univeristy of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN. Wayne was born in Lake Wales, FL, a graduate of Sebring High School. Wayne moved from Dawsonville, GA to Madisonville, KY where he worked for Lowes. Wayne was an avid University of Alabama fan. He is survived by his parents, Gary (Pamela) Logston, Sebring;...

Ardis R. Hoover
Jan 24, 2011
HOOVER, ARDIS R., 90, died, Monday, January 24, 2011 at The Oaks of Avon, Avon Park, FL. Sebring, Ardis was born in Cleveland, OH moving to Winter Haven, FL in 1973 from Sandusky, OH. She retired as a Secretary for Glidden Paint Company. Survivors include her sister, Anna Jane Alexander; nephews and their wives, Bob and Pat Alexander, all of...
Dorthea Stebbins
Jan 23, 2011
STEBBINS, DOROTHEA, 79 of Lorida, FL died Sunday, January 23, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Maspeth, Queens, New York and lived in South Florida since 1949 moving to Lorida in 2003 from Cooper City, FL. She was a member of St. David's Catholic Church, Davie, FL. Dorothea is survived by her husband, Kenneth H. Stebbins, Lorida; sons,...
Norma A. Justice
Jan 15, 2011
JUSTICE, NORMA A., 69, died January 15, 2011 in Sebring, FL. She was born in Hampton, WV, daughter of the late Moss and Bessie (Browning) Hatfield. A graduate of Gilbert High School, Gilbert, WV. She moved to Sebring in 2005 from Bear, DE and was a faithful member of Southside Baptist Church, Sebring. Norma was preceded in death by her...
Ruth Leak Johnson
Jan 14, 2011
JOHNSON, RUTH LEAK, 94 of Sebring, FL , was called home to be with the Lord, Friday, January 14,2011. Ruth was born in Terre Haute, IN and was a civil service employee during W.W. II. She married the late Raymond Johnson, moving to Sebring in 1967 from Ft. Myers, FL. Ruth was active at First United Methodist Church, Sebring and...

Freddie H. Collins
Jan 14, 2011
COLLINS, FREDDIE H., 63 of Sebring, Florida, died, Friday, January 14, 2011 at Venice Regional Medical Center, Venice, FL. Freddie was born in Hoke County, NC. Graduated from High School in Aberdeen, NC and attended Sand Hills College in Pinehurst, NC. Freddie had worked in Restaurants in management for several years including McDugals Restaurants in Pennsylvania. In 1985 he moved...
James M. Collins
Jan 8, 2011
COLLINS, JAMES M., 81 of Sebring, FL died January 8, 2011. Jim was born in Miami, FL, a veteran of the United States Army serving during the Korean Conflict. He retired from commercial plumbing moving to Sebring in 1985 from Miami. A member of Sebring Elks Lodge #1529 and Jim worked at Sebring International Raceway for over 15 years as...
Stacey A. Jack-Dreessen
Jan 5, 2011
Stacey A. Jack-Dreessen, 48, of Sebring, FL, died January 5, 2011. She was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Thomas H. and Pearl (Sample) Jack and had lived in Sebring since her high school years, graduating from Sebring High School in 1980. Stacey married Lincoln Dreessen in 1981. They were blessed with a son, Sean, 23 (Sebring). She worked as...

Paul Wagner
Jan 5, 2011
WAGNER, PAUL, 84 of Sebring, FL died Jan. 5, 2011. He was born in Washington, DC, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired as a bookkeeper in the door manufacturing industry in California, moving to Sebring in 1983. He is survived by his sisters, Nancy Soderland and Katherine Farrow; cousin, Elizabeth Bunch. The family will receive friends 1:00 pm. to 2:00...

Pastor Ralph O. Burns
Jan 5, 2011
BURNS, RALPH O., 90 of Sebring, FL died Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Pastor Burns was born in Las Animas, CO, son of the late Harrison Arvin and Elsie Bell (Orth) Burns. Pastor Burns entered the ministry in 1942, after graduation from college. He pastured churches in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. While pastoring he served the state councils of the last...

Lincoln Henry Dreessen
Jan 5, 2011
Lincoln Henry Dreessen, 52, of Sebring, FL, died January 5, 2011. He was born in New York, the son of Lincoln H. Dreessen Sr. and Margie (Weeks) Dreessen. Lincoln graduated from Sebring High School in 1976 and married his wife Stacey in 1981. Lincoln was employed for over 20 years by the State of Florida Departments of Transportation and Corrections....