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Leona M. Echols
Apr. 20, 2023
Leona M. Echols, 94, of Fort Myers, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2023. She was born September 30, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan to Lyndon O. and Leona M. (Hamlin) McHaney. She moved to Fort Myers from Maryland in 1989. Mrs. Echols is survived by her children:Barbara Murphy of Fort Myers, Donna...
Santos Rodriguez Rivera Jr.
Apr. 19, 2023
Santos Rodriguez Rivera, Jr., 65, of Fort Myers, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2023. He was born October 4, 1957 in Bradenton to Santos and Juana (Molina) Rivera. Mr. Rivera is survived by his children: Sandra, Alisha (Kevin) and Moises (Dana); his siblings: Norma, Carmen, Nellie, Maria,...
Rowena Lee Matzat
Apr. 18, 2023
Rowena Lee Matzat, of North Fort Myers, went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. She was born July 30, 1945, to Pastor Roy G. and Willena (Frank) Moeller in West Frankfort, Illinois. Rowena has called Florida her home for five years when she and her husband, Pastor...
Larry W. Bergeson
Apr. 14, 2023
Larry W. Bergeson (80) of Bonita Springs, FL, passed away peacefully on April 14, 2023, surrounded by family and friends. Larry was born in Racine, Wisconsin, to Clifford and Lois Bergeson. Following his graduation from Park High School in 1960, Larry went on to a 39 year career with S.C Johnson...
Dennis M Cianfrini
Apr. 14, 2023
Dennis M. Cianfrini, age 78, of Fort Myers FL. April 14, 2023. Beloved husband of 53 years to Karen M. Cianfrini (Winkler), loving father of Leanne Cianfrini, Charles Rader, Gregg Cianfrini, and Tracey Cianfrini (Amey), and grandfather to two grandchildren. Dennis dedicated his career to physical...
Albert F. Tague Jr.
Apr. 13, 2023
Albert F. Tague, Jr., 92, of Cape Coral, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2023 following an extended illness. He was born November 17, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York. He was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, DK Lorry Tague. Funeral arrangements...
Gayla Mae Foster
Apr. 13, 2023
Gayla Mae Foster, 80, a long-time resident of Cape Coral and recently Naples, passed away on April 13, 2023. She was born June 24, 1942 in McCleansboro, Illinois to the late Winton and Wanda Richardson. Gayla was an LPN during her early years and had her license as an optician, always caring for...
Thomas L Murray III
Apr. 12, 2023
Thomas L. Murray III, of North Fort Myers, passed peacefully on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Tom was born on October 24, 1942 to Thomas Jr. and Yvonne (Harvey) Murray in Camden, South Carolina. Tom served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He then worked in the printing business most of his life...
Curtiss M. Hovey
Apr. 12, 2023
Curtiss M. Hovey died at the age of 92 on April 12, 2023. Curt was born on October 23, 1930, on the Hovey Family Farm outside New Effington, South Dakota. He was the eldest of 4 children to Ingvald O. and Agnes (Wrolstad) Hovey. He thrived as a proud Norwegian, farm boy, high school gymnast,...
Howard L. Wheeler
Apr. 11, 2023
Howard L. Wheeler was born on Nov. 25, 1942 to Helen Strickland Wheeler (d. 1989) and Leland Edgar Wheeler Sr. (d.1982). He was a native of Southwest Florida and grew up roaming the wilds of Billy’s Creek. It was a Ft. Myers unrecognizable to many of us today, a fact of which he often reminded...
Audrey Marie Petherick
Apr. 10, 2023
Audrey Marie Petherick, 94, a resident of Bonita Springs, FL passed away surrounded by her loving family on Monday, April 10, 2023. Services will be held in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home have been entrusted with final care.
Arthur D. Stoneback Jr.
Apr. 10, 2023
According to friends and neighbors in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Ft. Myers, Florida, Arthur D. Stoneback, Jr. left an everlasting legacy that will be remembered and admired by those who knew him. After visiting Church on Easter Sunday Art died peacefully on his terms at the age of 96, Monday,...