Obituaries

Charles Shaffer
Jul 12, 2012
Dr. Charles F. Shaffer Jr., 71, passed away on Thursday, July 12 at Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida. He was born October 9, 1940, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Ph.D. in Biology from The University of Pennsylvania. Chuck was the consummate student and educator who then began a distinguished educational...

Winifred Kurutz
Jul 6, 2012
Biography
Winifred Mary (Smith) Kurutz (age 91) Winifred Kurutz (age 91) a descendent of William Floyd and Francis Hopkinson, two signers of the Declaration of Independence, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2012, with her family by her side at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier, FL. Winifred was born in Newburgh, NY to Gertrude (Shields) Smith and Harold Arthur Smith...

Thelma Page
Jul 5, 2012
Biography
PAGE, Thelma, 88, passed away at Plantation Key Nursing Center on July 5, 2012. She was a resident of the Keys since 1968. Thelma was a member of the Upper Keys Garden Club, Key Largo Civic Club, bridge club, Al Anon and the Moose Lodge. She is survived by her children, Carol (Dan) Murphy, Paul (Nancy) Page, Mark...
Harry Barmeier
Jun 26, 2012
Harry Carl Barmeier, 58, died at home on June 26, 2012 on Key Largo in Tavernier, Florida. He was born December 22, 1953 in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of the late Harry and Carlyn Barmeier. Harry was a 1972 graduate of Boardman High School and later attended Vale Technical Institute in Blairsville, Pennsylvania to study auto mechanics. Harry loved cars...
Ronna Chappell
Jun 16, 2012
Ronna L. Chappell, 39, Tavernier, FL, died June 16th at Jackson Memorial Hospital after a painful battle with ALS. Born in Putnam County, Indiana on August 16, 1972, she was the daughter of Judith Ann Smedley Allee and Ronnie H. Allee. She graduated from South Putnam High School in 1990 and from Indiana University SPEA School in 1994. She worked...

Vincent Bennett
Jun 14, 2012
Vincent "Dick" Bennett, 70, passed away on June 14, 2012. Born in Cambridge, Maryland on July 21, 1941, he moved to North Miami and then to the Keys in 1976 as a tropical fish collector. He finished his working career doing resort management & security. He was preceded in death by his father, William Thomas Bennett; his mother, Catherine I....

Mariylnn Campi
Jun 7, 2012
CAMPI Marilynn (Zuchel, Rubino) Campi, born Chicago, Illinois 05/16/34 - Relocated to Tavernier, FL in 1973. Wife of the late Alfred V. Campi, Mother of the late James C. Rubino and Michael A. Fels. Survived by Grand Daughter, Jennifer A. Rubino, Tavernier, Fl, Great Grandson, James R. Rubino Huff, Homestead, Sister, Annamarie Campbell, Lombard, IIinois, Sister, Loretta M. Settergren, Palatine,...