Obituaries
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Dorothy E. Schaeffer
Aug 3, 2011
DOROTHY E. SCHAEFFER Dorothy E. Schaeffer, 92, died Wednesday, August 3, 2011 in her home in Fort Pierce, Florida. She was born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania and was a resident of Fort Pierce, FL, coming from Monongahela and New Eagle, PA. Dorothy was one of fourteen children raised on Point Bealea Farm on Keenan Hill in New Eagle. She had...
Bettie Payne Wasser
Aug 1, 2011
Bettie Payne Wasser Fort Pierce, Florida Bettie Payne Wasser, age 79, died in Fort Pierce, FL on August 1, 2011. She was born in Gadsden, Alabama and moved to Fort Pierce in 1980, coming from Fort Lauderdale, FL. She was a secretary, homemaker, member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and was an artist that enjoyed painting. She is survived by her...
Virginia Inez (Monks) Petrell
Jul 31, 2011
Virginia Inez (Monks) Petrell Virginia Inez (Monks) Petrell, 94, died July 31, 2011 at Treasure Coast Hospice of natural causes. Virginia was born in Weymouth, MA on May 2, 1917 to parents George and Inez (Calloway) Monks and resided in Fort Pierce, Florida and summered in Plymouth, MA calling both home. Virginia married and was loving wife of Charles Francis...
Doris Elizabeth Ard
Jul 26, 2011
Doris Elizabeth Ard, 87, died July 26, 2011 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Mrs. Ard was born in Moville, Iowa and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1954 coming from Amityville, New York. She was a charter member of the Community United Methodist Church and former member of the First United Methodist Church. She worked in the Nursery at Community United...
Arthur Richard Lattimer
Jul 26, 2011
Arthur Richard Lattimer Arthur Richard Lattimer, 51, died July 26, 2011 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Mr. Lattimer was born in Somers Point, New Jersey and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1972 coming from Hallandale, Florida. He worked in the family business, Budget Quality Pest Control for 7 years and for Louden Pools in Ft. Pierce. Survivors include his daughter, Lisa...
Robert Charles Myers
Jul 25, 2011
Robert “Bob” Myers, 70, died July 25, 2011 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Mr. Myers was born in Plainfield, New Jersey and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1963. He was the owner/operator of the Auto Clinic of Ft. Pierce and proudly served in the United States Army. He was once an avid Pilot. Survivors include his mother, Margaret Wetherington of Ft....
Alice M. Ewing
Jul 24, 2011
Alice M. Ewing, age 79, died in Port St. Lucie, on July 24, 2011. She was born in Live Oak, FL and moved to Fort Pierce in 1980, coming from Miami, FL. She was a home healthcare-giver. She is survived by her daughter, Theda Ewing of Fort Pierce, her son, Doug Ewing of Cameron, NC, 7 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren....
Young D. Dickson
Jul 22, 2011
Young D. Dickson, 85, died July 22, 2011 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Mr. Dickson was born in West Palm Beach, Florida and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1946 coming from Lawrenceville, Georgia. He was a member of Westside Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing and traveling. He was a Veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Army with Troop E of...
Edward C. Buckham
Jul 20, 2011
Edward C. Buckham, 81, died July 20, 2011 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Mr. Buckham was born in Butler, Pennsylvania and moved to Port St. Lucie in 1979 coming from Miami, Florida. Prior to retirement, he was a Station Manager for the Port St. Lucie Post Office. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during the Korean War,...
William L. Grissom
Jul 20, 2011
William Leonard Grissom, 81, died peacefully July 19, 2011 in Port St. Lucie with his wife, two of his sons and two of his daughters at his side. He was born March 15, 1930 in Bunnell, Florida to Leonard and Rebecca Grissom and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1973 coming from Albany, Georgia. He was a twenty one year combat...
Christopher Allen Andrews
Jul 18, 2011
Christopher Allen Andrews, 32, died July 18, 2011 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Christopher was born in Norwood, Massachusetts and moved to Ft. Pierce 6 ½ years ago. He attended Tri-County Vocational School in Massachusetts. He loved music and playing the guitar. Survivors include his father and mother, Christopher & Devina Andrews of Ft. Pierce, FL; paternal grandparents, Richard & Laurel...
Barbara Jean Halm
Jul 17, 2011
Barbara Jean Halm, 79, died July 17, 2011 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Mrs. Halm was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1977. She was a member of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution and former member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Vero Beach. Survivors include her son, Daniel Halm of Ft. Pierce, FL; brother,...
Doris M. Nobles
Jul 16, 2011
Doris M. Nobles, 77, died July 16, 2011 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Mrs. Nobles was born in Norfolk, Virginia and moved to Ft. Pierce 6 years ago. She was a member of the Tabernacle Church of Norfolk since 1948. Survivors include her sons, Allen Lee Nobles of Port St. Lucie, FL and Curtis Laine Nobles of Ft. Pierce, FL; daughter,...
Gerard J. Parenteau, Jr.
Jul 15, 2011
GERARD J. PARENTEAU, JR. Gerard J. Parenteau, Jr. 68, died July 15, 2011, in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was born September 4, 1942, in Oneco, Connecticut, to the late Gerard and Annie Parenteau and was a resident of Fort Pierce, Florida, coming from Plainfield, Connecticut in 1989. Mr. Parenteau was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and his life centered...
Roberta Burgess Stewart
Jul 15, 2011
Roberta Burgess “Mimmy” Stewart, age 72, died on July 15, 2011 in Fort Pierce, FL. She was born in White Plains, NY and moved to Fort Pierce in 1949, coming from White Plains. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughters, Sharon Bissell Kurusis of Vero Beach and Shelley Calhoun of Fort Pierce; a son, Richard Bissell of...
John Keith Bryson
Jul 13, 2011
John Keith Bryson, 66, died July 13, 2011 in Fort Pierce, Florida. Mr. Bryson was born in Bonny Blue, Virginia and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1969 coming from Bristol, Tennessee. He was a member of the AmVets Post 15, Ft. Pierce, American Legion Post 358, Ft. Pierce. He enjoyed playing pool, golfing, and collecting antique cars. He was also...
Helen Pillion
Jul 12, 2011
Helen Pillion, 96, of Fort Pierce, Florida, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at the Port St. Lucie Nursing & Restorative Care Center with her daughter and son-in-law by her side. She was born in Munson, Pennsylvania and lived in Whippany, New Jersey before moving to Vero Beach, FL in 1979 and Ft. Pierce, FL in 2004. Helen retired in 1974...
Norma Keeler Scambler
Jul 10, 2011
Norma (Keeler) Scambler, age 92, died July 10, 2011 at Port St. Lucie Nursing & Restorative Care Center. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, moving to Fort Pierce in 1925 and resided in the same residence ever since. She was a lifetime member of the First Christian Church of Fort Pierce. She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd...
Richard David Gast
Jul 10, 2011
Richard David Gast, 80, died July 10, 2011 in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Mr. Gast was born in Miami, Florida and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1980. Prior to retirement, he was a contractor. Survivors include his daughter, Cathy Wells of Ft. Pierce, FL; sister, Betty Reeves of Perry, FL; 3 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his...
Betty Lou Flynn
Jul 10, 2011
Betty Lou Flynn, 75, died July 10, 2011 in Fort Pierce, Florida. Mrs. Flynn was born in Stirrat, West Virginia and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1996 coming from Knoxville, Tennessee. She worked at Wal-Mart since 1989. Survivors include her son, Jeffrey A. Flynn of Bethel Island, CA; daughter, Kathy D. Dockery of Ft. Pierce, FL; 3 grandchildren and 1...