John Work
JULY 3, 1942 -- SEPT. 15, 2004
LONGWOOD -- John Albert Work, 62, of Longwood, a pool and tile sales representative in the Daytona Beach area, died Wednesday at Northside Hospital Heart Institute, St. Petersburg.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon; two daughters, Deanna Work, Altamonte Springs, and Sara George, Indianapolis; and four grandchildren. Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, Sanford, is in charge.
Diana Alvarez
JAN. 22, 1955 -- JUNE 21, 2004
PALM COAST -- Diana Alvarez, 49, of Blairsville Drive, who owned and operated Altavilla Restaurant in Bunnell, died Monday at Hospice Care Center, Port Orange.
Miss Alvarez was born in Bayshore, N.Y., and came to this area in 1987 from North Bergen, N.J. She was a member of Calvary Christian Center, Ormond Beach. She enjoyed drawing, painting and arts and crafts.
Survivors include two sons, Carmelo Pronesti, Palm Coast, and Joseph Alvarez, Renton, Wash.; her mother, Aura Alvarez, Palm Coast; four brothers, John, Palm Coast, Victor, Hoboken, N.J., Daniel, North Bergen, and James, Hastings; and three sisters, Martha Seickendick, Crossville, Tenn., Sylvia Engelhardt, Prospect Park, N.J., and Lucy Alvarez, New York City. Woodward, Holly Hill, is in charge.
Lena Barefoot
NOV. 15, 1932 -- JUNE 22, 2004
DELAND -- Lena "Iris" Barefoot, 71, of Old Perkins Highway, a resident since 1978, died Tuesday at Florida Hospital-DeLand.
Mrs. Barefoot, a homemaker, was born in Lexington, N.C., and moved here in 1978 from Tampa. She was a member of First Baptist Church, DeLeon Springs, where she served on several of its committees. She enjoyed fishing and watching sports.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Herbert; two sons, Terry Barefoot, Cape Coral, and Ronald Stewart, Leechburg, Pa.; a daughter, Patti Benson, DeLand; a brother, Robert Everhart, Advance, N.C.; a sister, Joyce Tysinger, Denton, N.C.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church, 4995 Central Ave., DeLeon Springs, FL 32130. Carpenter-Curry, DeLand, is in charge.
Jonathan Berry
MARCH 14, 1989 -- JUNE 21, 2004
PALM COAST -- Jonathan Allan Berry, 15, of Sea Spiral Path, a student at Buddy Taylor Middle School, died Monday at Halifax Medical Center from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident in March near his home.
Jonathan was born in Marietta, Ga., and lived in South Daytona before moving here in 2002. A country music fan, he enjoyed riding dirt bikes, go-karts and all-terrain vehicles.
Survivors include his parents, Allan and Elisabeth Berry, two brothers, Brandon and Matthew, and a sister, Kayley Berry, all of Palm Coast; his grandparents, Freddie and Dorothy Hinkel, Ormond Beach; his grandmother, Kathy Burns, Carrollton, Ga.; great-grandmother, Dorothy Bridges, Edgewater; and great-grandparents, Hoke and Marcella Smith, Veal, Ga. Craig-Flagler Palms, Flagler Beach, is in charge.
Richard Campbell
FEB. 18, 1922 -- JUNE 22, 2004
ORMOND BEACH -- Richard N. Campbell, 82, of Grizzly Bear Path, a native of Philadelphia, died Tuesday at Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach.
Mr. Campbell, an Army veteran, moved here in 1997 from Pennsylvania. He was a member of Tomoka United Methodist Church and the Moose Lodge. He enjoyed antique cars and boating.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Tillie; a son, Richard, McGrath, Minn.; a daughter, Janice Wise, Boothwyn, Pa.; a brother, James Campbell; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to National Kidney Foundation of Florida, 1040 Woodcock Road, Suite 119, Orlando, FL 32803. Volusia Memorial, Ormond Beach, is in charge.
Susan Del Percio
NOV. 12, 1955 -- JUNE 21, 2005
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Susan Del Percio, 48, of Hollywood, a Daytona Beach native, died Monday at home.
Mrs. Del Percio, a former surgical technician with Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, moved to Hollywood in 1997 from Daytona Beach. She graduated from Mainland High School and Daytona Beach Community College. Mrs. Del Percio enjoyed scuba diving, boating, travel and animals.
Survivors include her husband, Leonard; her mother and stepfather, Barbara and Truman Kennedy, Ormond Beach; a brother, Michael Siebenaler, Port Orange; two sisters, Dede Siebenaler, Ormond Beach, and Michele Goff, Raleigh, N.C.; two stepbrothers, Charles Kennedy, Ormond Beach, and Patrick Kennedy, Jupiter; and a stepsister, Ginger Hoffman, St. Augustine. Memorial donations may be made to Miami Project To Cure Paralysis, P.O. Box. 016960R-48, Miami, FL 33101; or to Halifax Humane Society, P.O. Box 9035, Daytona Beach, FL 32120-9035. Haigh-Black, Ormond Beach, is in charge.
Helen Haberlan
NOV. 19, 1919 -- JUNE 21, 2004
DAYTONA BEACH -- Helen C. Haberlan, 84, of South Atlantic Avenue, a resident since 1978, died Monday at home.
Mrs. Haberlan, a homemaker, was born in Lincoln, Neb., and came to this area from Orlando. She was a member of Church of the Epiphany, the Ocean Racket Club and Halifax River Yacht Club.
Survivors include a son, Michael Haberlan, Rockledge; a daughter, Kathleen Haberlan, Daytona Beach; and three grandchildren. Baggett & Summers, Daytona Beach, is in charge.
Pearl Hamn
NOV. 20, 1933 -- JUNE 22, 2004
HOLLY HILL -- Pearl J. Hamn, 70, of Astor Street, a former school teacher, died Tuesday at Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach.
Mrs. Hamn was born in Federalsburg, Md., and moved here in 1969 from Jacksonville. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Daytona Beach. She enjoyed arts and crafts and teaching Sunday school.
Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Gilbert; a son, Edwin, Puntagorda; a brother, Bill Collins, Federalsburg; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Baggett & Summers, Daytona Beach, is in charge.
Jane Herr
FEB. 16, 1923 -- JUNE 16, 2004
PONCE INLET -- Jane Herr, 81, of Jennifer Circle, a native of St. Louis, died June 16 at Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach.
Ms. Herr, a homemaker, moved here in 1985 from her birthplace. She also was an artist and writer.
Survivors include two sons, David Kantrovitz, St. Louis, and Mark Kantrovitz, Festus, Mo.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Barbara Kantrovitz, St. Louis, who provided for her care. Memorial donations may be made to Missouri Humane Society, 1201 Macklind Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110. Rindskopf-Roth Funeral Home, St. Louis, is in charge.
Louise Higgins
DEC. 20, 1907 -- JUNE 23, 2004
DAYTONA BEACH -- Louise R. Higgins, 96, of South Segrave Street, a former model, died Wednesday at Halifax Medical Center.
Mrs. Higgins was born in Eldorado, Ill., and moved here in 1950 from St. Louis. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She enjoyed travel, ballroom dancing, piano, tennis and ice skating.
Survivors include a daughter, Marjorie Rhoads, Daytona Beach. Memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church Music Ministries, 118 N. Palmetto Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Baggett & Summers is in charge.
Conrad Irwin
APRIL 2, 1922 -- JUNE 23, 2004
DELAND -- Conrad John Irwin, 82, of South Hull Avenue, a journeyman electrician for a refrigeration and air conditioning company before his retirement, died Wednesday at home.
Mr. Irwin, an Army veteran of World War II, was born in Evart, Mich., and moved here in 1988 from Fort Lauderdale. He was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, Deerhaven, Veterans of Foreign Wars, DeBary, and the American Legion, Moose and Elks lodges and Disabled American Veterans, all in DeLand. Mr. Irwin enjoyed fishing, sailing and flying and was a Boy Scout leader in Fort Lauderdale.
Survivors include a son, James, DeBary; a daughter, Linda Dewahan, DeLand; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Alavon Direct Cremation, South Daytona, is in charge.
Donald Kean Jr.
JUNE 25, 1944 -- JUNE 22, 2004
PORT ORANGE -- Donald G. Kean Jr., 60, of Linden Street, who retired from Aetna Insurance in Connecticut, died Tuesday at Hospice Care Center.
Born in Hartford, Conn., Mr. Kean, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, moved here in 2003 from Wethersfield, Conn. He was a member of Epiphany Catholic Church.
Survivors include his mother, Santina Kean, Port Orange; a brother, Gary, Middlebury Conn.; and sisters, Sandra Frazier, Middletown, Conn. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Volusia - Flagler, 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port Orange, FL 32129. Alavon Direct Cremation, South Daytona, is in charge.
Robert Lafferty
JAN. 5, 1945 -- JUNE 21, 2004
HOLLY HILL -- Robert F. Lafferty, 59, a maintenance supervisor for Willow Pond Apartments, Ormond Beach, died Monday at Florida Hospital-Ormond Memorial.
Mr. Lafferty, an Army veteran, was born in Runnemede, N.J., and moved to this area in 1979 from Wenonah, N.J. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, the Eagles, American Legion Post 267 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3282.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce; his mother, Ida Lafferty, Clayton, N.J.; a brother, William, Atco, N.J.; and three sisters, Kathleen Hughes and Sandy Lafferty, both of Tennessee, and Dolores Baals, Williamstown, N.J. Norton Funeral Home, Williamstown, is in charge.
