Obituaries
Shep Hermann 1952-2024
January 30, 2025
Shep Hermann passed away peacefully at his home in St. Louis, MO on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, fortified with the sacraments of the Holy Mother Church. He was surrounded by his children Missy Pydo…
David A. Galliher 1932-2025
January 30, 2025
David A. Galliher passed away peacefully on January 23, 2025 after a short battle with cancer. He was 92 years old. David was born on April 17th, 1932 in Muncie, IN. He attended Burris School in Mun…
Kent Bonney 1940-2025
January 23, 2025
Kent L. Bonney of Chatham, Massachusetts, passed away on January 14, 2025, having lived his 84 years to the fullest. Born in Mount Kisco, New York in 1940 to Sherwood M. and Harriet (Brady) Bonney…
Edison Paxton 1940-2024
January 16, 2025
Edison “Ed” Paxton passed at the age of 84. Survived by his daughters Lorraine (Dan) Lietz, Amy (Mark) Doyle and sister Mary Ellen Phillips. He was predeceased by his wife Beth and brother Bill. He…
JoAnn Carol Barwick 1930-2024
January 9, 2025
JoAnn Carol Ridgeway Barwick, aged 94, a cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on December 13, 2024 at Indian River Estates in Vero Bea…
Merritt ‘Babe’ Darna 1938-2024
January 2, 2025
Merritt “Babe” Neel Darna, a member of one of Boca Grande’s legacy families, died December 24, 2024.
Babe was born on May 16, 1938 to Alfonso and Edith Darna on the remote barrier island of Cayo…
William V.P. Newlin, 1933-2024
December 27, 2024
William V.P. Newlin died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Northwest Washington, D.C., on December 11, 2024. He was 91.
Born in Philadelphia on February 9, 1933, Newlin served as an of…
Maxine Hunter, 1930-2024
December 27, 2024
With a natural zest for life and all of its blessings, Maxine Morrison Hunter’s love of family and her never ending thirst for knowledge, guided her throughout her life. The communities of Lake Fore…
Peter M. Sieglaff 1940-2024
December 12, 2024
Peter Maynard Sieglaff died peacefully at the age of 83 in Boca Grande, Florida. He was born on December 27, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Rear Admiral William B. Sieglaff and the former…
Martha Jane Randall 1931-2024
December 5, 2024
Martha Jane (Brunk) Randall, who died September 3, 2024, the day after her 93rd birthday, was many things to the people who knew and loved her throughout her lifetime. She was a rural Indiana farmer…