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Obituaries


February 27, 2025
There will be a Celebration of Life for the late Robert D. Knapp on Saturday, March 8th, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The service is at 10 a.m. Rob passed away on April 27, 2024 after a leng…

February 27, 2025
It is with great sadness that I share the news of my husband’s death with our friends and former neighbors in Boca Grande where we spent thirty-five happy years. Gene, my husband of 64 years, died o…

February 20, 2025
There will be a Celebration of Life for the late Pamela Morris Hannah on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 at Lighthouse United Methodist Church. The service is at 4 p.m. Pam Hannah died Wednesday, May 22…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…