Obituaries

Carrol John
Feb 9, 2010
Carrol Ann "Nager" John, 79, of Dingman's Ferry, PA and Marathon, FL (formerly of Yaphank, NY) She died Tavernier, FL on Feb 8, 2010. She was born in Queens, NY on August 7, 1930 and grew up in Hollis, NY. She attended Andrew Jackson High School in St. Albans, NY and received a diploma from Patchogue High School. She is...

Gerald Fraley
Jan 27, 2010
Gelad Lester Fraley of Plantation Key, FL, died at his home on January 27, 2010. He was born in Chidago. IL. He fought with the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a firefighter with the City of Chicago Fire Department. He was preceded in death by his parents Ellen and Lester Fraley and sister Elaine (Victor) Panozzo. He...

Murry Gilbert
Jan 19, 2010
Murry "Bud" Gilbert of Oakbrook Terrace, IL, and Key Colony Beach, FL died in Tavernier, FL on Jan 19, 2010. Born 1921 in Powton, AL to Wilber and Martha Gilbert. Served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1946. Past charter member and Commodore of the "Three Rivers Yacht Club", charter member and past president of the Addison Rotary in...

Robert Holeman
Jan 7, 2010
Robert (Bob) Gauthier Holeman, 61, of 330 3rd Road, Key Largo, Florida died on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 at his residence. Although born in Canada on October 19, 1948, Bob called Florida his home. He attended both Palmetto and Killian High Schools in Miami before enlisting in the US Marines. While serving in Viet Nam, Bob received a Purple Heart...

Charles Buckles
Jan 1, 2010
Buckles, Charles "Chuck", 35, of Key Largo on Jan. 1, 2010, He was born in Phoenix, AZ. He graduated from high school in Peoria, AZ and graduated from The Art Institute of Arizona with a degree in film editing. He lived in Iowa for a while and then came to Deerfield Beach to visit his cousin and in 2000 decided...

Rod Schaeffer
Dec 29, 2009
Rodney Howard Schaeffer September 8, 1945 ~ December 29, 2009 Rodney "Rod" Howard Schaeffer died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at Mariners Hospital in Key Largo, Florida at age 65 after a battle with pneumonia. Even though he put of a good fight, the Pneumonia won. Rodney "Rod" was born September 8, 1944 in Trenton, Michigan to John Millard and Della...

Richard Vorhes
Dec 26, 2009
Biography
Richard A. "Dick" Vorhes, 59, passed away at his home in Key Largo, Florida on December 26, 2009, with his wife and daughter by his side. Dick was born in Seattle, WA on August 12, 1950, the son of Arthur J. and Martha (Foote) Vorhes. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he...

Edward Sheets
Dec 18, 2009
Edward Leigh Sheets, 68, died on December 18, 2009, of ALS. A United Airlines pilot for 27 years and Cheeca's golf pro during his retirement. Edward had lived in the Keys, in Key Largo and then Islamorada, since 1983. He is survived by his wife, Linnea; children, David Bobst and wife Linda Walker of Deerfield Beach, John Harding and wife...