SALAZAR, Antonio Garza, 54, of Dade City died Sunday. Kelly Memorial Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
April 24, 1998
SANSOUCY, Paul H., 74, of Port Richey died Wednesday. Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
SASS, John, 88, of New Port Richey, formerly of Tarpon Springs, died Wednesday. North- Meadowlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery, New Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
HARDY, Calvin C. Sr., 72, of Tarpon Springs died Thursday. Vinson Funeral Home, Tarpon Springs.
April 24, 1998
STEMBERGER, Stanley, 88, of Clearwater died Wednesday. Moss-Feaster Funeral Home, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater.
April 24, 1998
BELL, Leon P., 79, of Lakeland died Wednesday. Lakeland Funeral Home.
April 24, 1998
CHINNOCK, Donald R., 79, of Fort Meade died Wednesday. Hancock & McClellan Funeral Home, Fort Meade.
April 24, 1998
GRIFFIN, Leonard Clayton, 88, of Babson Park died Tuesday. Marion Nelson Funeral Home, Frostproof.
April 24, 1998
LAMB, Clarence Leroy, 76, of Lakeland died Tuesday. Dukes- Steen Funeral Home, Lakeland.
April 24, 1998
MOORE, Lillian, 81, of Winter Haven died Wednesday. Family Funeral Services, Winter Haven.
April 24, 1998
ORZECHOWSKI, Mary R. Cook, 91, of Lake Wales died Wednesday. Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Wales.
April 24, 1998
RIGNEY, Paul Jr., 73, of Bartow died Wednesday. Lakeland Funeral Home.
April 24, 1998
TYER, Thadeous N., 85, of Lakeland died Thursday. National Cremation Society, Lakeland.
April 24, 1998
JACQUELYN MAY BERGLUND, 62, of Crystal Springs died Friday at home. She moved to this area 15 years ago from her native Minnesota. She was Lutheran. She is survived by her husband, Eddie; four sons, Butch of Odessa, Bruce of Zephyrhills, Vern Geroge of Minnesota, and David Bill of Denver; ;two daughters, Jan and Mary Ann, both of Minnesota; three brothers, Vern and Emory, both of Minnesota, and Jerry of Massachusetts; two sisters, Rink of Las Vegas and Dar of Minnesota; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Whitfield Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
April 24, 1998
MAURICE CUNNINGHAM, 76, of Port Richey died Friday at Regional Medical Center at Bayonet Point. A native of Evans Landing, Ind., he moved to this area 15 years ago from New Albany, Ind. He was a retired trucking company manager, and an Air Corps veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane; two sons, Jack of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Dennis of Georgetown, Ind.; a daughter, Lana Grammer of Clarksville, Ind.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Dignified Funeral Alternatives, New Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
MICHAEL JAMES DYKEMA JR., 28, of Zephyrhills died Wednesday in Lakeland. A native of Watervliet, Mich., he moved to this area eight years ago. He was a navigator for the Merchant Marines. He is survived by his mother, Frances of Zephyrhills; and his father, Michael Sr. of South Bend, Ind. Oakley Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
April 24, 1998
WALTER S. JEDLOWSKI, 76, of New Port Richey died Wednesday at Community Hospital of New Port Richey. A native of Pittsburgh, he moved to this area 12 years ago from Carlisle, Pa. He was a tank foreman for PPG Glass Corp., an Army veteran of World War II, a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Hudson and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6180 in New Port Richey. He is survived by two sons, Paul of Fort Lauderdale, and James of Carlisle; three daughters, Laura of Carlisle, Thresa Stafford of Lewisberry, Pa., and Margaret DeHaven of New Port Richey; one brother; five sisters; nine grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
MICHAEL KOVALICK, 73, of New Port Richey died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. A native of Lansing, Ohio, he moved to this area 46 years ago from Whittenberg, Ohio. He was retired from Martin Marietta Space Corp. as a pioneer member of the Mars lander and space shuttle projects, a Navy veteran of World War II, member of the National Organization for Women, Rose Society, Antique Toys Society, Aches and Pains Bowling League and the Pasco County Sheriff's Office Domestic Violence Unit. He is survived by his wife, Dorris two daughters, Nesha of Struthers, Ohio, and Gae of Oxford, Ohio; and three granddaughters. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Lakeview Chapel, Clearwater.
April 24, 1998
HARRY C. LORD, 78, of Port Richey died Thursday at home. He moved to this area 23 years ago from his native Flint, Mich. He was a retired head custodian for the Carman Ainsworth School District in Michigan, a member of Trinity Nazarene Church in Port Richey, and a volunteer for North Bay Medical Center in New Port Richey. He is survived by his wife, Helen M.; two sons, Harry J. of Flushing, Mich., and Ronald R. of Flint; a daughter, Carolyn K. of Flint; three sisters, Mary Ann Burgess and June Reithel, both of Burton, Mich., and Yvonne Matthews of Flint; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
HENRY J. PICHALSKI, 83, of New Port Richey died Thursday at Harborside Healthcare Gulf Coast in New Port Richey. He moved to this area 23 years ago from his native Milwaukee. He was a retired electrician for Chrysler Corp., a Navy veteran of World War II, a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and the Father Farrell Knights of Columbus Council 1774, both in Holiday, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a retired member of the United Auto Workers Local 75 in Milwaukees. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor; and a nephew. National Cremation Society, Holiday.
April 24, 1998
MELVIN A. RIECKS, 74, of Port Richey died Thursday at Windsor Woods Convalescent Center in Hudson. He moved to this area three years ago from his native Philadelphia. He was the retired owner of Caruso Market in Chestnut Hill, Pa., Episcopal, and a member of the Mozart Lodge Free and Accepted Masons and Lulu Temple Mystic Shrine, both in Philadelphia. He is survived by two daughters, Patricia E. Menden of Port Richey, and Susan Motchus of Philaelphia; a brother, Donald of Seattle;; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Dobies Funeral Home, Congress Street, New Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
DELLA C. SHAVER, 87, of New Port Richey died Thursday at Richey Manor Nursing Home in New Port Richey. A native of New Matamoras, Ohio, she moved to this area 29 years ago from Shadyside, Ohio. She was a former medical stenographer, member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, the West Pasco Historial Society, and was first president of Questers Chapter 742 all in New Port Richey. She is survived by a son, Richard of Brick, N.J.; two daughters, Carolyn Vogt of New Port Richey, and Dorothy Cook of Logan, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Dobies Funeral Home, Congress Street, New Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
TINA CHILDS STARKWEATHER, 34, of Spring Hill died Thursday at Shands Hospital in Gainesville. A native of Tampa, she was a longtime resident of this area. She was Baptist. She is survived by her husband, Jeffery; her mother, Elenia Childs of Spring Hill; seven brothers, Billy, Earl, John, Sammy, Bert, Tommy and Jack Childs, all of Tampa; two sisters, Pat Rodeffer and Glenda Spradley, both of Tampa. Loyless Funeral Home, Lutz/Land O' Lakes Chapel.
April 24, 1998
CHARLES WILLIAM TEAR, 59, of San Antonio died Thursday at Pasco Community Hospital in Dade City. A native of Middletown, N.Y., he moved to this area 23 years ago from Goshen, N.Y. He was the co-owner/operator of an assisted living facility in Dade City, Catholic, and a member of the Tampa Bay Golf and Tennis Club, and past president of the New York State Jaycees. He is survived by his wife, Helen; two sons, Chuck of Dade City, and David of Clermont; two daughters, Donna Wiggins of San Antonio, and Meagan Blair of Tampa; a brother, George of Austin, Texas ; a sister, Cathy Bailey of Westbrookville, N.Y.; and five grandchildren. Coleman and Ferguson Funeral Home, Dade City.
April 24, 1998
JOYCE D. WOLSKI, 69, of Holiday died Thursday at home. A native of Oshkosh, Wis., she moved to this area nine years ago from Milwaukee. She was a retired bookkeeper for Bach Hiller Trice Mortgage Co. in Milwaukee, a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and the Holiday Lake Civic Association, both in Holiday, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary 2304 in Milwaukee, Women of the Moose Lodge 1614 in Tarpon Springs, and the Holiday Club. She is survived by three daughters, Sharon Cruz, Jacqelynn Warpechowski and Michelle Picard, all of Holiday; a brother, John Kalbus of Phelps, Wis., three sisters, Doris Bernardt of Milwaukee, Geraldine Fischer and Vallarie VanSloun, both of Holiday; three grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Michels-Lundquist Funeral Home, New Port Richey.
April 24, 1998
BERGLUND, Jacquelyn May, 62, of Crystal Springs died Friday. Whitfield Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
April 25, 1998
