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Obituaries


OBITUARY: Jean Ferguson

December 30, 2021
Jean Dwinell Ferguson, proper to the very last, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on December 16, 2021, exactly two months after her 85th birthday. She rejoins George, her beloved husband of 61 years…

OBITUARY: Obie Baker

December 24, 2021
Oberta “Obie” A. Baker passed away Friday November 19, 2021 in Aurora, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 3, 1936, she was the daughter of Ober and Lealia (Gilbert) Slotterbeck. She grew up in…

OBITUARY: Richard (Dick) Robb

December 24, 2021
Richard George Robb, died early morning on Nov. 9, 2021 in the company of his wife, Nancy and his Labrador Retriever, Ava. He had endured a long illness. Richard (Dick) was a gentleman who spen…

OBITUARY: Howard Witt

December 18, 2021
Howard B. Witt died quite suddenly of bacterial pneumonia on Tuesday, Aug. 3 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He was 81.   Howard is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mar…

OBITUARY: William Keith “Boca Bill” Johnson

December 18, 2021
William Keith Johnson, 60 a.k.a. “Boca Bill” passed away on November 27, 2021. Bill had fought bravely for months, finally succumbing to liver disease. Many knew Bill as the head painter for Yu…

OBITUARY: Jean Reddy Armour

December 18, 2021
Jean Reddy Armour died at her home in Boca Grande on December 6, 2021. She was 94.   She was preceded in death by her husband T. Stanton Armour; her daughter Audrey Armour Ayars; brothers Micha…

OBITUARY: Cameron Lombard

December 4, 2021
Cameron Lombard passed away at his home in Sarasota on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.His wife of 56 years, Patricia, and his two daughters, Heather Felicity and Penelope Cameron, were lovingly by his side….

OBITUARY: Ann Berry Fitzgerald

November 26, 2021
Ann Berry Fitzgerald, 82, of Boca Grande, formerly of Northfield, Ill., died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at the Glenridge on Palmer Ranch in Sarasota, where she had resided for the last year. Mrs….

OBITUARY: Dick Robb

November 20, 2021
Richard George Robb, age 85, of Boca Grande, passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Richard was born March 11, 1936. At this time no services are scheduled. Arrangements by Lemon Bay Fun…

Remembrances of a life well lived, lost too soon: Shannon Hoeckel, 1979 – 2021

November 6, 2021
BY CARROLL SWAYZE – It is with overwhelming sadness I share the news that my son, Capt. Shannon Lee Hoeckel, left us to fly with the angels on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, forever changing the dynami…