OBITUARIES

Melissa A. Lewis
Dec 6, 2009
LEWIS, MELISSA A., 27 of Lorida, FL died, Sunday, December 6, 2009 at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Sebring. She was born in Hialeah, FL moving to Lorida from South Florida in 1999, a graduate of Sebring High School. Melissa was a member of First Assembly God and was a Special Olympian, having won the Gold, Silver and Bronze in swimming....

George Kircher
Dec 3, 2009
KIRCHER, GEORGE J., 90 of Sebring, FL died December 3, 2009 at The Palms of Sebring. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, received his Bachelors from Lehigh University. A W.W. II veteran of the Army Air Corps, ATC. where he was a navigator. In 1947 he married Louise McCarthy Kircher, moving to Geneva, NY. In 1970 he relocated to Miami,...

Billy Farmer
Dec 2, 2009
FARMER, BILLY G., 82 of Sebring, FL died December 2, 2009 at the Palms of Sebring. He was born in Kansas City, MO to Gordon and Blanche Farmer and resided in Erie and Ft. Collins, CO as a young man, a true Westerner at heart. He met Marilyn Y. Miller at the University of Denver. After their marriage in 1950...

Valentine Clay
Dec 1, 2009
Valentine O. Clay of Sebring, FL died December 1, 2009 at the age of 90 at Hospice House of Palm Beach County. He was a veteran of both World War II and Korea. He served our country as a Captain in the Army Air Corp and later in the Air Force when the branches seperated. He was an active member...

Elizabeth Patterson
Dec 1, 2009
PATTERSON, ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, 86 of Sebring, FL died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Florida Hospital Heatland. Elizabeth was born in Martinsburg, WV, daughter of the late Dorcie and Julia Cole Montgomery. She received her Teachers Diploma from LaSalle Extension University, received her Bachelors of Science Degrees from Baylor University and Barry University. A graduate of Florida Athletic University with a...

Mary Ann Estgen
Dec 1, 2009
ESTGEN, MARY ANN, 69 of Sebring, FL went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, December 1, 2009. She was born in Trenton, NJ and retired from Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Bordentown, NJ. A served as a Eucharistic Minister and Sacristan; Rosary Alter Society at St. Andrews Catholic Church in `Jobstown, NJ. She moved to Sebring in 2003 from...

Jean Anne Hale
Nov 25, 2009
Hale, Jean Anne, 86 of Sebring died Wednesday. She was born in New Castle, Indiana moving to Sebring in 1994 from Miami Lakes, FL. She was a housewife a devoted wife and Christian. She is survived by her children David & Deborah. Services will be 11:00 AM, Monday, December 30, 2009 at Morris Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Lakeview...

Mary Costello
Nov 25, 2009
COSTELLO, Mary K., age 70 died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 at James A. Haley Veteran Hospital, Tampa, FL. She was born in Chicago, IL, enlisted in the U.S. Army, graduate of South Chicago School of nursing; was nurse of the year at letterman General Hospital, San Franscisco, CA. She served one year in Korea. She had served as head surgical...

Elvina Jones
Nov 23, 2009
Biography JONES, ELVINA I., 90 of Sebring, FL went home to be with the Lord, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 in Auburndale, FL. She was a Lifelong resident of Sebring. She attended school in Sebring and graduated from a high school in Lakeland. For several years resided in New York as a Nanny for Dr. Shimm and his family and then...

Sarah Lindblad
Nov 22, 2009
LINDBLAD, Sarah Coyle "Sally," 100, of Sebring, Fla., died November 22, 2009, in Lake Placid, Fla. She was born in Bartow, Fla., daughter of the late, Ernest Franklin and Ella Viola (Pate) Coyle. She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles Coyle; sister, Martha Coyle Young; stepdaughters, Eileen Johnson and Lorraine Countryman; husbands, Frederick W. (Jerry) Long and William...
Ethel Wilde
Nov 19, 2009
WILDE, ETHEL S., 92 of Sebring, FL died, Wednesday, Nov. 19th at Crowne Pointe. She was born in Holland, VT, a graduate of Bugbee Business College, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada and was a former Bookkeeper in Banking. She moved to Florida in 1943 and in 1959 she married Arthur who preceded her in death in 1985. Ethel moved to Sebring in...

Gayle Renker
Nov 18, 2009
RENKER, GAYLE I., 78 of Sebring, FL died Wednesday, Nov. 18th in Punta Gorda, FL. Gayle was born in Albert Lea, MN and in 1953 married Harry J. Renker in Chicago, IL., moving to Sebring in 1978. Gayle served with the Highlands Regional Medical Center Auxiliary for 26 years and had served as President several times. An active member of...
Lillian McGibbeny
Nov 15, 2009
McGibbeny, Lillian F., 93 of Sebring, Fl died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Sebring. She was born in Sleepy Hollow, IN moving to Sebring in 1977 from Miami, FL. She had worked in Food Service, a member of the Brethren Church, V.F.W. auxiliary, Ladies of the Moose and attended Buttonwood Bay Church. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Delores Irvine
Nov 12, 2009
Biography Dolores J. Irvine, age 79, of Avon Park, died November 12, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Buffalo, NY to Martin and Jean (Baum) Miller. She moved to Sebring in 1989 from Kenmore, NY; she was a church administra financial secretary for First United Methodist Church, Sebring. A member of the Church of the Way, Sebring, FL....
James Whidden
Nov 12, 2009
WHIDDEN, JAMES "Frank", age 75 of Sebring, FL, died Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Punta Rassa, FL to Henry Everett and Daisy Belle Whidden, on Jan. 29, 1934. A retired fighter pilot fro the U.S.A.F. In April 1974. Frank taught at Sebring High School from Jan. 1975 to Jan. 1995. A member of First...
Joseph Stiles Jr
Nov 11, 2009
STILES, JR., JOSEPH M., 84 of Sebring, FL went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 in Tampa, FL. Joe was born in Akron, OH moving to Sebring at the age of 5. He attended Sebring High School and graduated from Admiral Farragot Military Academy, St. Petersburg, FL, class of 1943. He served in the U.S. Navy...
Robert S. Murray Jr
Nov 6, 2009
MURRAY, JR., ROBERT S., age 81 of Sebring, FL died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at Florida Hospital Heartland. Bob was born in Landisberg, WV, a graduate of Hargrove Military Academy, Chadam, VA and attended Marshall University, Huntingdon, WV. He entered the U.S. Amy where he served as a drill sergeant and taught marksmanship. Bob married Ann Armstrong on July 1,...
Alexis Walker
Nov 5, 2009
Alexis Michelle Walker, 2 months, died Nov. 5, 2009. She was born in Tampa, and was a resident of Avon Park. She is survived by her parents, Ronnie and Bobbi Walker, Jr.; brother, Hunter; grandparents, Helen Starr, Robert McGee, Hope White, Ronnie Walker, Sr., all of Avon Park, Calvin Suggs, Jr., Okeechobee; great-grandmothers, Ruth Starr, Steubenville, Ohio, and Raenell White,...
Elizabeth Simon
Nov 4, 2009
SIMON, ELIZABETH, age 93, passed away peacefully on November 4, 2009 at Royal Care of Avon Park, FL. She was born December 11, 1915 in Chicago, IL. She was an extremely gifted person who along with being a mother and housewife, Doctors receptionist, substitute teacher, dental assistant, doll collector was also a orchid hobbist; a member of the Raleigh Orchid...
Burtis G. Taylor
Nov 3, 2009
TAYLOR, BURTIS G., formerly of Indianapolis, IN, died, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 in Sebring, FL. He has been a resident of Avon Park, FL since 1994. A retired executive of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance since 1993; retired member of the board of directors for American Hardware Mutual Insurance a member of Motorists Insurance Group. He was also a former teacher...