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Velma C. Watkins
Apr. 28, 2023
Velma C. Watkins of Fort Myers, Florida passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Friday, April 28, 2023 following some recent health challenges. She was born in Hilltop, Kentucky on October 21, 1934 and was the beautiful daughter to Grace (New) and Leland Coffey and was also...
Monica L. Campbell
Apr. 24, 2023
Monica L. Campbell passed away peacefully on Monday April 24th, 2023 at the blessed age of 103. She was born on February 7th, 1920 in Kingston, Jamaica and emigrated to the United States in 1991 where she made her home in Florida. Monica leaves behind many beloved family members and friends to...
Dorothy Aszkenas
Apr. 24, 2023
Dorothy Aszkenas, 96, a resident of Fort Myers, FL since 1993, formerly of New York passed away Monday, April 24, 2023 under the care of Hope Hospice. She was born June 28, 1926 in New York to the late Samuel and Rebecca (nee Blockowitz) Goldwasser. Dorothy loved life and one of her favorite...
Dorothy Jean Wagner
Apr. 24, 2023
‘Smile and Go Forward’ Dorothy Wagner, age 95, passed into peace on April 24, 2023, after a lingering illness. She passed at her daughter’s home surrounded by her books and photos of loved ones and attended by her daughter. Dorothy was born in Bowdle, South Dakota, the youngest of four children,...
Joan L. Fletcher
Apr. 23, 2023
Joan Louise (nee, Send) Fletcher, 89 of Fort Myers, went to be with her maker on Sunday, April 23, 2023. She was born January 31, 1934 in Jersey City, New Jersey. She graduated from John Adams High School in Queens, New York City and moved to Miami, FL with her parents where she married Edwin G....
Marielle Aimée Magnant
Apr. 23, 2023
Marielle Aimée Magnant, née Dufour, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, died peacefully of natural causes on April 23, 2023 at the age of 93 at Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers, Florida with family at her side. Marielle was born on September 24, 1929 in New Bedford,...
Donald Ray Sitar
Apr. 23, 2023
Donald Ray Sitar, 73, of Fort Myers, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023 following a brief illness. He was born September 13, 1949 in Paw Paw, Michigan to Albert Matt and Alice Irene (Tarala) Sitar, and moved to Fort Myers in 2014. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Brenda Sitar; his...
Douglas Theodore Nichols
Apr. 21, 2023
Douglas Theodore Nichols ( Ft. Myers, Fl /Provincetown, Cape Cod, Ma) passed away at the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Ft. Myers, Florida on April 21, 2023 after an intensely, quick battle with cancer. He was born March 29,1953 in Rockville Center, NY, to Theodore and Barbara (Wagner) Nichols....
Lorraine P. Owen
Apr. 21, 2023
Lorraine P. Owen, 94, a resident of North Fort Myers, FL since 1984, formerly of New Jersey passed away peacefully at her residence under the care of Hope Hospice. Lorraine was born February 21, 1929 in Pennyslvania to the late Harry and Mary (nee Reese) Powlus. She was preceded in death by her...
Morton L. Phillips Jr.
Apr. 21, 2023
Morton L. Phillips Jr., of Bonita Springs passed peacefully at the age of 75 on April 21, 2023. Junior was born July 16, 1947, to Morton and Catherine (Sala) Phillips in Brooklyn, New York. Junior has called Florida his home for 22 years. Before his life in Florida, he was a part of the Knights...
USCG CMCPO (Ret.) Antone P. De Mello Jr.
Apr. 21, 2023
Antone P. De Mello, Jr., also known as “Tony De Mello, Jr.” of Estero, FL, passed away on Friday morning April 21, 2023, at the age of 76 after a five-year courageous battle with Metastatic Prostate Cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family and friends. Tony was born on September 15, 1946,...
Joseph "Tom" Thruston Manning IV
Apr. 20, 2023
Joseph “Tom” Thruston Manning, IV (77) passed away Thursday, April 20, 2023 in Fort Myers, FL. Tom was born February 20, 1946 to Joseph Thruston Manning, III & Virginia Rose Larzelere in Philadelphia, PA where he grew up in the Wyndmoor and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods. He was a 1963 graduate...