Obituaries
Diane L. Zanoni
Nov 14, 2023
Diane L. (Finch) Zanoni of Punta Gorda, FL, passed away on November 14, 2023. She was born on February 7, 1945, to Donna N. (Doerr) Finch and Aubrey M. Finch in Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove, CA in 1963; and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. She married the love of her...
Vicki A. Staubach
Nov 10, 2023
Vicki Ann Staubach was born March 23, 1943 and left this earth on November 10, 2023.
Vicki was a social butterfly. She loved being around people and chatting! Everyone was always welcome at her home on any day for any occasion, or for no occasion at all. She never met a stranger.
She taught her kids to love everyone regardless. She was...
John Edgar Godkin
Oct 27, 2023
John Edgar Godkin of Punta Gorda, FL, passed away on October 27, 2023. He was born on November 28, 1946 to James Paul and Emily Vivian (Clark) Godkin. He graduated in 1964 from Eli Whitney Tech in Hamden, CT and attained his Associates Degree from Waterbury State Technical College. John also served his country in the Airforce for 4 years....
Betty Mae Trussell
Oct 4, 2023
Betty Mae Trussell, 94, of Port Charlotte, FL passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. She was born on September 7, 1929, in Mt. Pleasant, MI to Gordon and Helen Wheeler. She moved to Port Charlotte in 1980.
Betty was a licensed practical nurse, retiring in 1965. She truly was an artist in her own right, extremely talented, teaching China painting...
Woodrow W. Bohner
Sep 21, 2023
Woodrow W. Bohner, 86 of Port Charlotte Florida, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023. He was born October 8, 1936 in Sunbury Pennsylvania.
Woodrow was proceeded in death by Audrey, his wife of 45 years. They moved from Pennsylvania to Port Charlotte in 1999. Woody served his country in the United States Navy, retiring after 20 years of dedicated service....
Donald Leroy Petersen
Jun 29, 2023
Donald LeRoy Petersen, 89, formerly of Greece, NY, and a resident of Punta Gorda, FL, passed away on June 29th, 2023.
He was born on October 6th, 1933, in Minneapolis, MN, to the late Roy Martin Petersen and Arlene Meisner (Paska).
Don was the oldest of 6 children. As a boy, he moved with his mother and sisters to Long Island, NY....
Miriam A. Kincaid
May 28, 2023
Miriam Arlene Stookey Kincaid, 86, of Port Charlotte, Florida passed away on May 28, 2023. She was born to Delmar and Roberta (McRoberts) Stookey June 23, 1936. Arlene graduated from Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Indiana in 1955, and Ball State Teachers College in 1960.
Kincaid, along with therapist, Gretchen Moore, started the Speech Therapy Program for the Lawrence Township Schools...
Devere A. Fader
Mar 25, 2023
DeVere “Pete” Arthur Fader, FL, passed away on March 25, 2023. He was born on November 9, 1935, to Tressel A. & Irene M. (McNeil) Fader in Caro, MI. He graduated from Beecher High School in Mount Morris, MI and went on to graduate from the University of Michigan with a Masters in Music. He married the mother of his...
Charlene M. Cullen
Mar 20, 2023
Charlene M. Cullen (Rogers) of the Deep Creek community of Punta Gorda, FL was born February 17, 1942 in Cohasset, MA and passed peacefully with her husband Terrance by her side on March 20, 2023. She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, and sister and will be greatly missed by her many dear relatives and friends. She was preceded in...
Ruth C. Rousseau
Mar 18, 2023
Ruth Carol (Winje) Rousseau, 99, of Port Charlotte, FL, died on March 18, 2023 after a short illness.
Ruth was born on August 11, 1923 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She led a long and full life: growing up during the Roaring 20s, followed by the Great Depression, and coming of age during World War II. During and after the war, she...
Michael A. Jozefiak Jr.
Mar 10, 2023
Michael A. Jozefiak, Jr 98 went to be with our Lord March 10, 2023. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He served in the Navy in WW2.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Beatrice M. Jozefiak on Oct 9,2010, son David Jozefiak, July 1,2016 and...
Janice M. Mcdaniel
Jan 27, 2023
Janice Marie (Kazwell) McDaniel, passed away on January 27th peacefully at home with family by her side.
Born in Valparaiso, Indiana 1958 to her parents Stanley and Mary Lou Kazwell.
She moved with her family to Florida as a teenager and never left. She started her own family as a young woman and dedicated herself to them.
She loved watching sunsets, fishing, boating,...
William E. Crites
Jan 11, 2023
William Everett Crites, 94, of Punta Gorda, FL went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
He was born on January 21, 1928 in Saginaw, MI. He married Lois A. Gohm on September 15, 1951. She proceeded him in death. Together they have three children, Nancy Pfruender (Richard), Deb Bowman (Paul), and David Crites; seven grandchildren...
Patricia A. Courtemanche
Jan 1, 2023
Port Charlotte, FL-Patricia A, Courtemanche, 84, loving wife and devoted mother, passed away Sunday, January 1st, 2023, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease at Kimberly Place in Punta Gorda, Florida. She was born in Northfield, NH on March 18, 1938, to the late Earl and Juliette Simmons. Patricia grew up in White River Junction, VT and graduated from Hartford...
Norman L. Hall
Dec 16, 2022
Norman Hall, age 89 passed peacefully at his residence in Punta Gorda on December 16th, 2022.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1933, he lived in many states before graduating from Phoenix High in Phoenix, Arizona in 1951. He graduated Miami University in 1955. He married Carolyn Engel in 1955. He started working in the banking industry in Cleveland, Ohio in 1956....
Joseph "Joe" Toth
Dec 14, 2022
Joseph “Joe” Toth passed away peacefully on December 14th at the age of 88.
Joe was the oldest of two children born in Lorain, Ohio. At 17, he joined the Navy and after an honorable discharge, returned to Ohio where he and his wife of 65 years raised their three children. He worked for Ford Motor Company for over 30 years,...
James F. Mendall
Dec 9, 2022
James (Jim) F. Mendall, 87, of Easton, PA and North Fort Myers, FL, passed away on Friday December 9th, 2022 in Florida, after a long and adventurous life surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born on January 30th, 1935 to James (Rudy) and Dorothy Mendall in Easton PA.
To his friends, Jim was known as Goofy after his favorite...
Ailene E. Locke
Dec 9, 2022
Ailene E. "Mickie" Fuller Amnott Goddard Locke, 85, of North Fort Myers, FL passed away Friday, December 9, 2022. She was born in Charlotte, NC on December 22, 1936, to Clarence Fuller of Georgetown, MA and Lethia Fuller of Charlotte, NC. Ailene moved to Wenham, MA in 1952 and to Punta Gorda in 1981. She returned to Massachusetts in 2007...
James R. Willett
Dec 7, 2022
Former Buckhannon resident James R. Willett passed away in Punta Gorda, Florida on December 7, 2022.
Born in Waverly, Kentucky, on October 22, 1934, Willett left his Kentucky home at the age of 16. Eventually making his way to Pennsylvania, he began his career in the oil and gas industry. In the early 1960s, Willett, then employed by S.W. Jack...
Albert C. Lunsford
Dec 4, 2022
Albert Carl Lunsford, 78, Born December 27th 1943. Passed away Sunday, December 4, 2022. He was a resident of Punta Gorda Florida. Originally residing in Western Hills Ohio.
Beloved father to Kimberlee (Roy), father-in-law to Herbert Roy, Beloved grandfather to Randy Roy, Maggie Roy, great grandpa (pops) to Aubree Hodge and Harper Hodge, Loving uncle to Mike Lunsford, as well as...
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