Obituaries

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Dorothy E. Schaeffer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...