Obituaries
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Anna Rosetta Mershon
Oct 31, 2003
Mrs. Mershon was born in Portsmouth, Ohio and moved to Port St. Lucie five years ago coming from South Point, Ohio.She worked for Martin County School System for three years.She was a member of Faith Baptist Church of Ft. Pierce. Survivors include her husband of thirty-six years, G. Kent Mershon of Port St. Lucie, FL; daughters, Tracey Casey of Batavia,...
Frances J. Edenfield
Oct 31, 2003
Mrs. Edenfield was born in Soperton, Georgia and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1979 coming from Apopka, Florida.She was a bank teller.Survivors include her sons, Mike Edenfield of Ft. Pierce, FL, and Tim Edenfield of Macon, Georgia; sisters, Kay Melton of Glendale, AZ, and Linda Bowers of Ft. Pierce, FL; and five grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to St....
John H. Vance
Oct 25, 2003
Mr. Vance was born in Porterville, Missouri and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1959 coming from Bakersfield, California.He was a grove foreman for many years in the Treasure Coast area. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean Conflict. He operated the peanut stand for many years at the old Tote-A-Poke Grocery on Okeechobee Road in...
Kenneth Lee Stone
Oct 21, 2003
Mr. Stone was born in Kankakee, IL and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1954 coming from Illinois. He was the former owner of Ken Stone & Son Plumbing and of Port St. Lucie Lanes. He was a member of the Ft. Pierce Elks Club #1520 for 54 years and a member of the American Legion for 38 years. He served...
Helen M. Taylor
Oct 20, 2003
Mrs. Taylor was born in Marine City, Michigan and moved to Ft. Pierce coming from Michigan.She was a homemaker.Survivors include her husband of 22 years, William Taylor of Ft. Pierce, FL; daughters, Sue Hall of California, Mary Carlson of Minnesota, Judith Wilinski of Sterling Heights, MI, and Shirley Cummins of White Lake, MI; brothers, Howard and Louis Lozon both of...
Dorothy Falkenberg
Oct 20, 2003
Mrs. Falkenberg was born in Cleveland, OH and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1992 from Pennsylvania. She was a cook.,pShe was a member of the Oleander Avenue Church of God, and a loving Mother and Grandmother.Survivors include her daughter, Donna Hawley of Ft. Pierce, FL; son, Don Falkenberg of Palm Bay, FL; brothers, Robert Gleeson of Fairview Park, OH, and...
Mildred M. Reigle
Oct 18, 2003
Mildred Reigle, 90, died October 18, 2003. She was a resident of Fort Pierce for 54 years coming from West Palm Beach.She was retired from the Engineering Department of Southern Bell Telephone.Mrs. Reigle was a member of Noyart #21, Life Member of Telephone Pioneers of America, Lawnwood Regional Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary and the Indian River Presbyterian Church.Survivors include her...
Dorothy Veye Casteen
Oct 17, 2003
Mrs. Casteen was born in Enon, North Carolina, and was a resident of Fort Pierce, Florida, for 57 years.She was a hospital unit secretary and a member of Lakewood Park Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 56 years William Casteen of Fort Pierce, Florida, daughters Linda R. Duffy and Barbara J. Casteen of Fort Pierce, Florida, two grandchildren and...
Thomas Joseph Morash
Oct 17, 2003
Thomas Joseph Morash, 33, died October 17, 2003, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was a resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, for 12 years, coming from Merrick, New York.Patrolman Morash, Badge #384, was with the West Palm Beach Police Department for the past seven years. Previously he was with the Fort Pierce Police Department and the Howard County Police...
Donald W. Klein
Oct 13, 2003
Mr. Klein was born in Owego, NY and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1979 coming from New Jersey.He was a retired assembler for industrial pumps. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Elizabeth Klein of Ft. Pierce, FL; son, William Donald Klein of Big Flats, NY; daughters, Linda Beth Rotella of Hendersonville, NC, and Catherine Cobb of Lafayette, IN; one...
Bruce Sanders
Oct 13, 2003
Mr. Sanders was born in Birmingham, Alabama and moved to Ft. Pierce 25 years ago coming from Birmingham.He was a member of Local #1000 Carpenters & Millrights of Tampa, FL, member of VFW, Am Legion, and the Eagles, and served in the military for over 23 years.Survivors include his wife, Patricia Sanders of Ft. Pierce, FL; daughter, Terrie Sanders of...
Elaine E. Sobieski
Oct 10, 2003
Beloved Wife and Mother lost her brave fight with cancer on October 10, 2003 in Ft. Pierce, FL. She was retired from General Dynamics as a Product Analyst of military equipment. Elaine was a very active member of St. Anastasia Church and loved to sing in the choir. Her musical talents extended to many shows performed at the “On Golden...
Marjory J. Johnson
Oct 6, 2003
Mrs. Johnson was born in Poughkeepsie, NY and moved to Lakewood Park in 1974 coming from Yorktown Heights, NY.She was a twenty year volunteer for the Indian River Memorial Hospital and a member of the Ft. Pierce Jazz Society. Survivors include her husband of 66 years, G. Dudley Johnson of Lakewood Park, FL; daughters, Marjory Vanghel of Ft. Pierce, FL,...
Gloria Rogers Hill
Oct 1, 2003
Mrs. Hill was born in Madison, FL and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1964 from Madison.She was a homemaker.Survivors include her husband of 25 years, Robert E. Hill of Ft. Pierce, FL; daughters, Angelia Williams of Ft. Pierce, FL, Sharon Zeigler of West Palm Beach, FL, and Priscilla Hill of Miami, FL; sons, Charles, Steven, Frederick, and Colony Rogers all...
Harold Oakley Wooley, Jr.
Sep 25, 2003
Mr. Woolley was born in Dansville, NY and came to Florida from Hershey, PA.He was a retired engineer from Amp, Inc. in Harrisburg, PA. He was the inventor of eleven patents. He was also a charter member of the Ft. Pierce Yacht Club. Survivors include his daughter, Dorothy Baron of Huntington, PA; brother, Warren S. Woolley of Bevery, MA; six...
Nevin E. Claybourne
Sep 23, 2003
He was a native of Hagerstown, MD; he grew up in Washington, DC and came here from North Palm Beach, FL in 1978.Prior to retirement he was a Chief Airport Traffic Controller at Palm Beach International Airport from 1948-1959. Subsequently he served overseas as an International Aviation Services Officer in Europe, Asia, Central, and South America and the Caribbean while...
Edward S. Wacyk
Sep 19, 2003
Mr. Wacyk was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Fort Pierce in 1984. Prior to retirement, he worked 40 years for Fellows Manufacturing Corporation in Schaumburg, Illinois, where he was Plant Superintendent.Mr. Wacyk was a member of St. Mark’s Catholic Church where he was an usher for 19 years and volunteered with their Bingo to raise money for the...
William Olney
Sep 18, 2003
William Bailey Olney, “Pops”, died September 18, 2003. He was born in East Providence, Rhode Island and was a resident of Fort Pierce. He was a member of the Moose Lodge #248 and a member of the AmVets Post 0015. He served in the Coast Guards during WWII.He is preceded in death by his wife, Fern C. Olney and son,...
Mildred K. Mcintosh
Sep 14, 2003
Mrs. McIntosh was born in Pike County, AL and moved to Ft. Pierce in the 1940’s to work with her sister, Mary James, in her restaurant in downtown, Ft. Pierce.She was the first meter maid in the City of Ft. Pierce and had worked for the City Police Department for 27 years, and was happily retired for the last 22...
Fred Thompson
Sep 12, 2003
Mr. Thompson was born in Atlanta, GA and moved to Ft. Pierce in 1979 from Canton, OH.He was an agent for Metropolitan Life for 20 years in Canton, OH, Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII, member of the 1st Church of Nazarene in Vero Beach, FL and also in Canton, OH, and was a member of Gideon’s International.Survivors...

