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Colonel Glenn Kenge Matsumoto
Sep. 08, 2024
Colonel Glenn Kenge Matsumoto, 95, passed away peacefully at Shell Point Retirement Community, Ft. Myers on September 8, 2024 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born February 5, 1929 in Chico, California to Japanese immigrants. Glenn’s father became a major rice farmer in...
Gloria Starks
Sep. 07, 2024
Gloria Jean Starks, 84, of Fort Myers, passed away peacefully on September 7th, 2024. Gloria was born in Brooklyn, NY. She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael and Lillian Stark. Gloria was raised in Miami and Miami Beach, FL where she graduated high school. Gloria met her husband, Bill,...
Lowell Lawrence Cummins
Sep. 07, 2024
Lowell Lawrence Cummins, age 95, peacefully passed away on September 7 2024 surrounded by his loving family. Born on July 28, 1929, in Muncie, Indiana, Lowell was the cherished son of Helen and Lawrence Cummins. From a young age, he demonstrated a remarkable work ethic, beginning by selling...
Angelo Baskaran
Sep. 06, 2024
Angelo (“Baski” to his family and childhood friends) was a Christian first and foremost with a solid assurance of his eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. He joined Cherrydale Baptist, where he later married his wife, Amy Jones, ten years to the day after meeting her at Georgetown...
Allen Keith DeMeyere
Sep. 06, 2024
Allen Keith DeMeyere, 76, a cherished resident of Cape Coral, FL since 2017 and formerly of Minnesota, passed away under the compassionate care of Hope Hospice on Friday, September 6, 2024. Born in Warren, Minnesota on August 23, 1948, to the late Robert and Betty DeMeyere, Allen lived a life...
Phoebe Abrams
Sep. 06, 2024
Our cherished mom, Phoebe Abrams, 91, of Fort Myers, Fl. passed away peacefully at home on September 6th. Phoebe was born to Said and Isabelle Mizhir in New York. Phoebe has called Fort Myers home since 1989. She loved to travel and had the opportunity to see places we all could only dream of....
Thomas J. Kelly
Sep. 06, 2024
Thomas J Kelly, 69, of Fort Myers passed away peacefully on September 6, 2024. Tom was born December 12, 1954 to Thomas lee and Ada Mae (Frouge) Kelly in Cincinati, OH. Tom has called Florida his home since the 1970s. He met his beautiful bride, Tonya, at the First Assembly of God, and was...
Donnajean Hoover
Sep. 04, 2024
Donnajean Hoover, 80, a beloved resident of Fort Myers, FL since 1979, formerly of Ohio, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at her residence. Born on October 2, 1943, in Ravenna, OH, Donna was the daughter of the late Edwin and Justine Gowdy....
Richard Lewis McBride
Sep. 04, 2024
Richard Lewis McBride Sr. passed away on September 4, 2024, at his home in Fort Myers, Florida. He was surrounded in his final days by his family, which was his greatest wish. Dick was born on March 14, 1946, in Euclid, Ohio to Lewis E. and Evelyn A. McBride. The family later moved to Upper...
Mary "Kitty" Soden Baumgartner
Sep. 03, 2024
Mary Catherine Soden Baumgartner, affectionately known as “Kitty,” passed away at the age of 66 on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, in Fort Myers, FL, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family. Kitty was born on July 31, 1958, in Alexandria, LA, to the late Jack...
Betty Jean "GG" Byrd
Sep. 02, 2024
Betty Jean [Parish] Byrd, affectionately known as GG, passed away on September 2, 2024, in Fort Myers, FL, at the age of 90. Born in Ocoee, Florida, she spent much of her early childhood in the care of her grandmother, Ethel Kurtz, in the Sanford/Orlando area, which instilled in her a lifelong...
Asa Barthalow Carmichael IV
Sep. 02, 2024
Asa Bathalow Carmichael IV, aged 60, a resident of Lehigh High Acres since 2021, and formerly of Utah, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 2, 2024, at his residence. Born on January 13, 1964, in Santa Monica, California, Asa was the son of the late Asa and Roxanne Carmichael III. He...