HELEN M. WILSON, 95, of Sun City Center died Tuesday. A native of Cincinnati, she moved to the Tampa area in 1985 from New Jersey. She was a homemaker and member of United Community Church. She is survived by her husband, Leonard B.; a son, Mac of Sun City Center; a brother, Benjamin McLennan of Cincinnati; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Zipperer's Agape Mortuary, Ruskin..
January 7, 1998
DELMONT L. YOUNGBLOOD, 85, of Ocala, formerly of Tampa, died Sunday. A native of Safety Harbor, he was a retired area manager for Sherwin-Williams Paint Co., a Merchant Marine veteran of World War II, Protestant and a Mason. He is survived by a son, James T. of Ocala; a sister, Evelyn Reeds of Lake Placid; a grandson; and numerous nephews and nieces. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Garden of Memories Chapel, Tampa.
January 7, 1998
BRAY, Bettina E., 73, of New Port Richey died Sunday. Dobies Funeral Home, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
BOERSMA, John J., 74, of Odessa died Sunday. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Lutz.
January 7, 1998
CHAMBERS, Theresa Frances, 70, of Zephyrhills died Sunday. Whitfield Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
January 7, 1998
GAUNT, Mattie Catherine, 94, of New Port Richey died Friday. Michels-Lundquist Funeral Home, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
KRAUSE, Donna S., 70, of New Port Richey died Monday. North-Meadowlawn Funeral Home, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
McGUIRE, Jeanne Boling, 70, of Hudson died Sunday. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point.
January 7, 1998
POULO, Louis, 93, of Port Richey died Thursday. Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
RATHBUN, Warren, 79, of Port Richey died Sunday. Family Funeral Care, Hudson.
January 7, 1998
RUSSO, Charles, 63, of New Port Richey died Sunday. Morgan Funeral Home, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
SARNECKI, Christine C., 66, of Hudson died Sunday. Prevatt Funeral Home, Bayonet Point.
January 7, 1998
SCANGA, Elda, 93, of Holiday died Monday. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Holiday.
January 7, 1998
THOMAS, Claude Allan, 61, of New Port Richey died Monday. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Holiday.
January 7, 1998
AMOS, Mitzi M., 64, of Tarpon Springs died Monday. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home.
January 7, 1998
BADOUR, Marie E., 93, of Tarpon Springs died Monday. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home.
January 7, 1998
BOLD, Rebecca Townsend, 102, of Largo died Friday. Hubbell Funeral Home, Belleair Bluffs.
January 7, 1998
COGGIN, Mary Elizabeth, 90, of Clearwater died Friday. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
January 7, 1998
ELLISON, Norma B., 78, of Palm Harbor died Saturday. Moss-Feaster Funeral Home, Clearwater.
January 7, 1998
HART, Maud W., 92, of Clearwater died Monday. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
January 7, 1998
KING, William Grafton, 72, of Palm Harbor died Wednesday. Ambassador Mortuary Service, Oldsmar.
January 7, 1998
LONG, Daniel, 82, of Clearwater died Sunday. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
January 7, 1998
McFALL, George R., 88, of Dunedin died Sunday. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
January 7, 1998
NASHARR, Renee B., of Clearwater died Monday. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes, Clearwater.
January 7, 1998
POIRIER, Jeannette Lillian, 75, of Safety Harbor died Sunday. Ambassador Mortuary Service, Oldsmar.
January 7, 1998
ADDINGTON, Maurice Hills, 77, of Lakeland died Monday. Lakeland Funeral Home.
January 7, 1998
BEES, Bennie C., 67, of Lake Wales died Monday. Marion Nelson Funeral Home, Lake Wales.
January 7, 1998
BODIFORD, Ronald Eugene, 65, of Lakeland died Monday. Lanier Funeral Home, Lakeland.
January 7, 1998
GAUL, John W., 82, of Lakeland died Monday. Lanier Funeral Home, Lakeland.
January 7, 1998
McCALL, Ether Bell, 89, of Ocala died Monday. Crisp-Coon Funeral Homes, Winter Haven.
January 7, 1998
McDOWELL, Gordon L., 86, of Winter Haven died Tuesday. Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, Winter Haven.
January 7, 1998
PATTERSON, Vernon, 72, of Haines City died Monday. Lane-Holt Funeral Home, Haines City.
January 7, 1998
RAISTRICK, Paul W., 67, of Lakeland died Monday. Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home, Lakeland.
January 7, 1998
THERON R. ARMS Jr., 75, of New Port Richey died Tuesday at Columbia Hospital. A native of Milford, Mich., he moved to this area 19 years ago. He was a retired owner/operator of Arms Brothers Mens Wear in Milford, Army veteran of World War II, member of the American Legion, Milford Mens Club and Milford Area Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Thais Elizabeth; and a son, Lee R. of Mesa, Ariz. Dignified Funeral Alternatives, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
HERMAN ASHBROOK, 72, of New Port Richey died Tuesday at Columbia Hospital. A native of Appalachie, W.Va., he moved to this area nine years ago from Martinsville, Ind. He was a retired coal miner for the W.P. Coal Co. in Logan, W.Va., and Baptist. He is survived by four sons, Dwayne and Jesse, both of Martinsville, Gary of New Port Richey and Michael of Columbus, Ohio; three daughters, Anna Jean Lewis, Paula Gay Browning and Sandy Ashbrook, all of Columbus; two brothers, Robert of Morovia, Ind., and Kyle of Martinsville; two sisters, Betty Dodson of New Port Richey and Monette Walker of Frankfurt, Ind.; and 12 grandchildren. Morgan Funeral Home and Cremation Services, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
LUCILLE BONDER, 86, of Port Richey died Tuesday at home. A native of Gillespie, Ill., she moved to this area 20 years ago from Chicago. She was a member of King of Kings Lutheran Church ,and Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband, Nicholas; a son, Nicholas of Clarendon Hills, Ill.; a daughter, Marlene Avigliano of Chicago; five grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. Arlington Funeral Home, Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
WALTRAUT LLOYD BROWN, 77, of Port Richey died Sunday at Columbia Regional Medical Center at Bayonet Point. A native of Germany, she moved to this area 30 years ago from Lancaster, Ohio. She is survived by a daughter, Linda Albrecht of Port Richey; a sister, Margot Krause of Germany; one granddaughter; and one great-granddaughter. National Cremation Society, Holiday.
January 7, 1998
WILLIAM B. BURR Sr., 91, of Zephyrhills died Saturday at Serenity West. A native of Detroit, he moved to this area 25 years ago. He was a retired firefighter and a Navy veteran of World War II, Christian Scientist and member of the dMasons, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Boy Scouts. He is survived by a son, William B. Jr. of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; a daughter, Edith Ann Cline of Alpena, Mich.; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Kelly Memorial Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
January 7, 1998
CHARLES HENRY CHARLTON Sr., 76, of Sarasota died Sunday. A native of Nashville, Tenn., he moved to Sarasota two years ago from Tampa. He was a retired president of Ellis Bank of Tampa, a Navy veteran of World War II, member of St. John's Episcopal Church of Tampa, founder of the North Tampa Kiwanis, retired president of the Tampa Merchants Association and member of the Tampa Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Martha Anne; three sons, Charles H., David D. and Scott M., all of Florida; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. All County Funeral Home and Crematory, Lake Worth.
January 7, 1998
BEULAH P. COTHRAN, 81, of New Port Richey died Wednesday at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs. A native of West Frankfurt, Ill., she moved to this area 37 years ago from Herrin, Ill. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church and past president of the church rosary makers. She is survived by her husband, Herbert; two daughters, Frances M. Skubak of Roselle, N.J., and Mary Jane Cooper of Columbia, S.C.; two sisters, Bernice Aiman of Rockford, Ill., and Adella Hawkins of Carbondale, Ill.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. North-Meadowlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
MICHAEL DEMETRIADES, 80, of Port Richey died Tuesday at North Bay Medical Center in New Port Richey. A native of Chios, Greece, he moved to this area 18 years ago from Wilmington, Del. He was a retired owner/operator and chef of the Sherwood Diner in Wilmington, a Navy veteran of World War II and member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Port Richey. He is survived by his wife, Angelina K.; a son, James of New Port Richey; two daughters, Betty Ann Poulakidas of Naperville, Ill., and Michelle A. Gatses of Lemont, Ill.; three sisters, Athena Coste of Ocean City, N.J., Theano Corcodilas of Highstown, N.J., and Argyro Rose of Yarkley, Pa.; and eight grandchildren. Dobies Funeral Home, Congress Street, New Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
EARL B. FISHER, 69, of Wesley Chapel died Monday at home. A native of Salem, N.J., he moved to this area 23 years ago from Sicklerville, N.J. He was a maintenance man for W.R. Bonsall Co. and a Korean War Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; four sons, Earl of Palmyra, N.J., Bobby Barr of Wesley Chapel, Timothy Barr of Clearwater and Charles Barr of Mantua, N.J.; two daughters, Debbie Barr Ackerman of Gibsonton and Nina Brown of Philadelphia; several brothers and sisters in New Jersey; and many grandchildren. Coleman and Ferguson Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
January 7, 1998
ELLEN M. HERRICK, 84, of Port Richey died Tuesday at Columbia New Port Richey Hospital. A native of Canastota, N.Y., she moved to this area 10 years ago from Syracuse, N.Y. She was Protestant. She is survived by a son, Robert of Cicero, N.Y. Arlington Funeral Home, Port Richey.
January 7, 1998
REX C. HOSTETLER, 82, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, died Dec. 247 at St. Joseph's Hospital. A native of Ostrander, Ohio, he was a winter resident of Dade City. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He is survived by a son, Kent of Shrewsbury, Mass.; a daughter, Janet Groene of Chesterland, Ohio; and three grandchildren. Oakley Funeral Homes, Dade City.
January 7, 1998
