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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,...
Virginia Lorene Karch-Wilson
Apr. 09, 2023
Virginia Lorene Karch-Wilson, 93, of Houston, TX, formerly of Fort Myers, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2023. She was born November 28, 1929. Private services will be held in Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 1589 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33907, 239-936-0555. Online condolences may be...
Andre Nicolas Plancher
Apr. 09, 2023
Andre Nicolas Plancher of Fort Lauderdale, Florida passed away suddenly, but peacefully, on April 9, 2023 while receiving care at Broward Health Medical Center. He was born in Haiti on August 29, 1933 and was 89 years old at the time of his death. A Visitation for Mr. Plancher will be conducted...
Dennis Dean Campbell
Apr. 09, 2023
Dennis Dean Campbell of Cape Coral, Florida and Shamokin, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully on Sunday April 9, 2023 while receiving care at Hope Hospice for some recent health setbacks. He was born on February 25, 1942 and was 81 years old at the time of his death. A Memorial Service for Dennis...
Larry Marvin Nipper
Apr. 08, 2023
Larry Marvin Nipper, 80, a lifelong Fort Myers, FL resident passed away Saturday, April 8, 2023 at his residence. He was born August 4, 1942 in Fort Myers, FL to the late Luther and Gennetalee (nee Morgan) Nipper. Larry was a proud United States Navy Veteran. Larry was a proud Navy Seabee who...
Charles Richard Gutekunst
Apr. 07, 2023
Charles Richard Gutekunst, 72, of Fort Myers, FL since 1989, formerly of Baton Rouge, LA passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 7, 2023 in Boca Raton, FL. He was born October 17, 1950 in St. Martinville, LA to the late Octave and Maude Escott (nee Robinson) Gutekunst. Charlie was one of nine...