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Velma Peace Williams
Nov. 14, 2019
Velma Peace Williams, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2019, in Biloxi, MS at the age of 101 years old.She was a life long resident of Ft. Myers Florida and graduated in 1936 from Ft. Myers High School. Until the passing of her husband in 2007, she then moved to D’Iberville, MS to live...
Bertie May Richards
Nov. 13, 2019
Bertie May Richards a longtime resident of the Chicagoland area and more recent resident of Fort Myers, Florida, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Thursday, November 13, 2019 while under Hospice care for some recent health challenges. She was 95 years old.Bertie was...
Edna Louise French
Nov. 13, 2019
Edna Louise French passed on to her Eternal Home peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on November 13, 2019.Our Beloved Matriarch was born in Keiser, Arkansas on August 1, 1928 and was blessed with 91 years on this earth, most of those in good health enjoying her family and her favorite pet, a...
Raymond J. Antaya, Jr.
Nov. 11, 2019
Raymond J. Antaya, Jr., 74, of Fort Myers, passed away Monday, November 11, 2019. He was born June 15, 1945 in Fall River, MA to Raymond J. and Yvette (Boule) Antaya, and moved to Fort Myers from Assonet, MA in 2011. He was a member of St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church, Loyal Order of Moose...
Novella Joyce Howerton
Nov. 10, 2019
Novella “Joyce” Howerton passed away on Sunday November 10, 2019, at the age of 88. She was born on March 1, 1931, in Lexington, KY to Armel K. and Rena Terhune Thompson. She was predeceased by her husband Walter R. (T-Bird/Jack) Howerton.Joyce was a graduate and member of the National Honor...
Paola Fagone-Zezula
Nov. 10, 2019
Paola Fagone-Zezula of Cape Coral, Florida passed away suddenly but peacefully at her home on Sunday, November 10, 2019 following some recent health challenges. She was 48 years old.A Celebration of Life for Paola will be held on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at Suite Forty Eight, 1400 Colonial Blvd...
William James Crosley
Nov. 09, 2019
William James Crosley, 88, of Cape Coral, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019. He was born June 23, 1931 in Louisville, AL to Abraham and Eva (Chambers) Crosley. He moved from Kansas City, MO to Cape Coral in 2009. He retired from the United States Army in 1975, serving in both the Korean...
David N. McKelvey
Nov. 08, 2019
David N. McKelvey, 90, of Ft. Myers, FL, passed away November 8, 2019. He served as an officer in the Navy on USS Stembel, DD-644, during the Korean Conflict.David was a graduate of Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, and Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He was a high school...
Carl Thomas Checklick
Nov. 07, 2019
Carl Thomas Checklick of Fort Myers, Florida passed away peacefully at Gulf Coast Medical Center on Thursday, November 7, 2019 following some recent health challenges. He was 67 years old.Carl was born in Saffern, New York on March 22, 1952, the proud son of Elizabeth F. (Uzdavinis) and John J....
James W. Drum
Nov. 05, 2019
James W. Drum, 76, a Ft. Myers, Florida, resident since 1972, went home to the Lord on Tuesday, November, 5, 2019. He was born to the late James A. Drum and Margaret (Lang) Drum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1943. Jim went to Kent State University and was a realtor and co-owner of...
Richard Joseph Ratliff
Nov. 04, 2019
Richard Joseph Ratliff, 75, of Fort Myers, passed away November 4, 2019. He was born August 9, 1944 in Lawrence County, IN and has lived in Florida for many years. He is survived by his brother, Kenneth E. Ratliff of Bedford, IN. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Fort Myers Memorial...
Ronald D. Wilkins
Nov. 04, 2019
Ronald Dean Wilkins, 76, passed away Nov. 4, 2019, at Tidewell Hospice House in Port Charlotte. He was born March 8, 1943, to Claude Leslie and Mary Naomi Wilkins in Corpus Christi, TX.Ron spent his growing up years in Pensacola, Fl. Having graduated from high school, he enlisted in the U.S....