James Riley Harnage
James Riley Harnage, 64, of Sorrento, FL passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
He was born on April 5, 1945 in Cocoa, FL to the late James Hicks Snell and Lula Jewell Clouse.
Mr. Harnage worked for many years as a craftsman at Treadway Industries. He was a member of the Church of Christ of Mount Dora.
Mr. Harnage is survived by his wife, Lavon Harnage; daughters, Karen Clifton, Carla Crotty, Deborah Jo Wilt, Cherryl Vance and Tanya Boothe; sister, Sandra Dillard; 16 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 P.M. on Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Allen J. Harden Funeral Home in Mount Dora, FL.
A funeral service will be held at 10 A.M. on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Allen J. Harden Funeral Home in Mount Dora, FL with Rev. Ken McDuffie officiating.
Interment will follow at Sorrento cemetery in Sorrento, FL.
Nellie Claire Irvin Wooten
Nellie Claire Irvin Wooten, 89, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Friday, February 5, 2010.
No services are scheduled.
Leslyn W. Dakin
Leslyn W. Dakin, 77, of Eustis, FL passed away on Friday, February 5, 2010.
She was born on October 1, 1932 in Murray Mountain, St. Ann, Jamaica to the late Rupert Wilmot and Clara Clark.
Mrs. Dakin worked for many years as an accountant at Florida Hospital Waterman. She was a member of the Mount Dora Church of God.
Mrs. Dakin is survived by her sons, Michael G. Ingram and Rohan W. Dakin; daughters, Nesline Swaby, Patricia Lee and Ann Dakin; brothers, Jack Wilmot, Vincent Wilmot and David Fagan; sisters, Hazel Cole and Mae Hall; 9 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 P.M. on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Allen J. Harden Funeral Home in Mount Dora, FL.
A funeral service will be held at 10 A.M. on Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Allen J. Harden Funeral Home in Mount Dora, FL with Rev. Harold Hanks officiating.
Interment will take place at Lakeside Memory Gardens in Eustis, FL with Pastor Larry Boone officiating.
Raymond Shoup
Raymond Shoup, 79, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Friday, March 2, 2012
No services are scheduled.
Marion Shearon
Marion Shearon, 76, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012.
He was born to the late Marion J. and Myrtle L. Shearon on October 14, 1935, in Apopka, FL.
Marion proudly serves his county in the U.S. Navy. As a senior chief petty officer, he experienced many thrilling military moments in his nearly two decades as a navy flight engineer. One such moment was when hr flew over Sicily’s Mount Etna Volcano, Powered up a Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft and secretly kept track of Russian submarines. Marion was proud to serve his country and when interviewed last year by the Orlando Sentinel he was quoted saying “I feel greatly honored. I loved my whole Navy Career.
Marion is survived by his wife of 29 years, Elizabeth Shearon; his children Brenda Ellis, Teresa Bonetti, (Dave), Gary Stratton (Jenny), Cathy Donnelly (Kevin), Susan Osborn (Michael) ; and grandchild Alex.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 9, 2012. Time and place to be determined.
Brent Meyes
Brent Meyes, 56, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at the First Baptist Church of Mount Dora at 6 p.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the 1st Baptist Music Fund.
William J. Zimos
William J. Zimos, 70, of Mount Dora, FL, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
Bill was born in Chicago, IL, on August 15, 1941, Son of the late William J. Zimos and Sophie Zimos. Bill graduated from Weber High School, 1959. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Communication Arts from Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 1963, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Omega.
Bill was a Coach for Pop Warner Football from 1968 through 1972 in New Lenox, IL. He enjoyed coaching Travel League Baseball and AAU Basketball in Michigan.
Bill was an avid golfer and member of the Indianwood Country Club in Lake Orion, MI, for 32 years, where he chaired many committees. He was also a member of the Country Club of Mount Dora and the MGA. He was a life-long member of the Knights of Columbus and Loyal Order of the Moose (St. Charles, IL).
Bill married
Carole Mae Biehl on September 14, 1963, in Chicago, IL. Along with Carole, survivors include two sons, Scott Zimos (Brandy), Houston, TX, and Douglas Zimos, from fabulous Ferndale, MI. Three grandchildren, Alexandria Zimos, Zachary Zimos, and Avery Zimos. Beloved Brother-in-Law of Judy Swindell (Donald), and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was the beloved Grandpapa to Wrigley, Koda, Buckeye and Lildog -aka Lilly.
A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, March 12, 2012, at Allen J. Harden Funeral Home, 1800 North Donnelly Street, Mount Dora, FL, calling hour 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.. Memorial Service follows immediately.
In Lieu of flowers, please donate as you wish.
Freddie Moss
Freddie Moss, 89, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
A visitation will be held from 4 - 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the Allen J. Harden Funeral Home, Mount Dora, FL.
A funeral service will immediately follow at 5:00p.m..
Ruth G. McCracken
Ruth G. McCracken, 91, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Friday, February, 17 2012.
No services are scheduled.
William Cottrell (Brugs) Kennedy
God has welcomed home another member of the “Greatest Generation.” William Cottrell (Brugs) Kennedy, Born August 14, 1922, in Tavares, Florida, died from this life on February 13, 2012, in Mount Dora, Florida.
Of his professional life, he was most proud of his 20-plus years of soldiering, first as a Marine in the Big War, then as an Army officer afterward, defending the rights and freedoms Americans enjoy and the rest of the world covets.
Of his personal life, nothing meant more to him than family. Reared in small-town Central Florida by loving parents (Walker “Lawyer Red” and Christine Kennedy), he embraced the values that make families strong, using those values to guide and influence his own family. In Honolulu, Hawaii, at the end of the war, he married
Rhonda Simpson (of the Mount Dora founding family), a long-time, home-town girlfriend, beginning a formal relationship that lasted 61 years until her passing in 2006. That union begat three sons – Bill (born in Deland, Florida); Charlie (born in Nuremburg, Germany); and Jim (born in Monterey, California), each of whom started their own families, giving him six grandchildren and seven (to date) great-grandchildren.
Aside from the love he shared, he left a legacy of appreciation for all things natural (the mountains, the beach, camping, fishing, hunting), for the visual and performing arts (painting, photography, theatre, big band and jazz music), for history, and for the United States of America. Perhaps his most memorable characteristic was his sense of humor and innate ability to lead most everyone he met to as least smile, if not to laugh. Oh, and he was addicted to Ham radio, and he loved the Gators!
He is already sorely missed, but he has left us with a lifetime of great memories to cherish.
A memorial service will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, February 18, 2012, at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church in Mount Dora.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his name to Cornerstone Hospice, 2445 Lane Park Rd., Tavares, FL 32778.
David Watson
David Watson, 60, of Eustis, FL passed away on Friday, February, 10 2012.
No services are scheduled.
Patricia Reeves
Patricia Reeves, 55, of Holly Hill, FL passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
No services are scheduled.
Gretchen Smith
Gretchen Smith, 97, of Sorrento, FL passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A visitation will be held from 11:30am - 12:00 noon on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the Allen J. Harden Funeral Home, Mount Dora, FL.
A funeral service will immediately follow at 12:00 noon.
Internment will take place at Pine Forest Cemetery, Mount Dora, FL.
Lee Cole
Lee Cole, 92, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2012.
No services are scheduled.
Robert Briggs
Robert Briggs, 76, of Mount Dora, FL passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2012.
Robert was born on February 9, 1935 in Decatur, Illinois to the late H. Sterling and Ruth Briggs.
He moved to central Florida in July of 1998.
Robert was a member of the Country Club of Mount Dora, Lake County Shriners, Mt. Dora Chamber of Commerce, CCMD, MGA.
He was preceded in death by his son, Timothy R. Briggs.
Robert is survived by his wife, Jean Briggs, whom he married
April 15, 1993; his children Mikel Briggs, Tracy Swineford, Julia Sullivan, Leslie Conroy, Laura Karcher, 15 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and a number of extended family members.
Visitation will be held from 2-3 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Allen J. Harden Funeral Home in Mount Dora, FL.
A memorial service will immediately follow at 3 p.m. at the Allen J. Harden Funeral home with Pastor Gary Upleger and Ronald Parish officiating.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Cornerstone Hospice, 2445 Lane Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778 or to Parkinson’s Research.
Thomas Dawson Pixley
Thomas Dawson Pixley, age 68, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Mount Dora, FL after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
He is survived by Sissie, his loving wife of 37 years, his four children Tammy Robinson, Heather Elliott, Robert Bopp and Melissa Pixley-Connor, his loving brother, Bill Pixley and his wife Betty Hensinger, nine grandchildren and many friends.
Born April 28, 1943 in St. Louis, MO, Tom spent most of his life as a Midwesterner. Tom graduated from Ladue High School and was the President and CEO of I.M. Simon & Co. Stock Brokerage firm.
In 1992, he followed his entrepreneurial spirit and relocated to Mount Dora, FL to start up a successful plant nursery business.
An avid golfer, he was a member of Forest Hills Country Club in St. Louis, MO and The Country Club of Mount Dora in Florida.
Tom touched the lives of many people with his smile and generosity. He maintained his trademark sense of humor all the way to the end.
Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Edwards Episcopal Church, 460 North Grandview St., Mount Dora, FL 32757.
