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Obituaries


Remembering Rob Wells of Cabbage Key

April 19, 2024
Robert Wells Jr., the founder of the modern Cabbage Key and the Tarpon Lodge, died Tuesday. Wells, and his wife Phyllis, purchased Cabbage Key in 1976, after he left a job as director of admiss…

Gaza aid worker caught his first fish here

April 19, 2024
Jacob Alexander Flickinger, a 33-year-old humanitarian food aid worker for the charity World Central Kitchen, was killed April 1, 2024 while delivering food aid in Gaza. He is the nephew of island…

World Central aid worker called trustworthy mentor, guide

April 19, 2024
Quebec Parliament recognized his work BY LYNN SEIBERT The world lost a beautiful soul on April 1, 2024 when my beloved nephew Jacob Alexander Flickinger, 33 years old, was tragically killed …

Shelley Lewis 1943-2024

April 11, 2024
Shelley Lewis of Boca Grande, Florida, and Greenwich, Connecticut, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sibling, all of whose lives were enriched by her love and ever-present cheerfulness and ca…

Dean M. Laux 1932-2024

April 4, 2024
Dean M. Laux, 91, accomplished Army intelligence officer, publisher, editor, and community volunteer, died Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Born Oct. 26, 1932 in Evanston, IL, Dean spent his early years i…

Obituary: Denee Peyton, 1985-2024

February 22, 2024
Friends and family of the late Denee Peyton, who worked as a clerk at The Temptation’s liquor store, Park Ave Wine and Spirits, from 2010 until her recent and unexpected death at age 38, will…

John Moylan Murphy, 1941-2024

February 1, 2024
John Moylan Murphy, Jr., age 82, of Boca Grande, Florida, died on January 26, 2024, after a long journey with cancer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 3, 1941, to Rosemary Ryan Murphy …

Bob Heilman, 1948-2024

February 1, 2024
Bob Heilman of Buffalo, New York and Boca Grande, Florida passed away unexpectedly from natural causes on January 27, 2024, at age 75. Bob was happily married for 53 years to his high school sw…

Ann Dohan Reynolds, 1930-2023

January 9, 2024
Ann left us on November 28 at Saint-Mary’s Hospital, Montreal following a short illness. One of the pioneering women of her generation, Ann graduated from McGill University with a B.A. and a Bache…

Obituary: Carl William Kimmel, 1938-2023

January 5, 2024
Carl William Kimmel, 85, passed away on December 15, 2023, from natural causes. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he was born July 6, 1938, to Carlton William Kimmel and Adeline McKechnie Kimme…