Obituaries
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 Yusk…
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 Michael…
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.&n…
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. F…
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 Funer…
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 dynamic…
OBITUARY: Wendell Howell
November 5, 2021
Wendell (Wendy) K. Howell, 96, of Amery, Wis. and Tavares, Fla., died peacefully on November 3, 2021, at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis. Wendell was born March 15, 1925, in Boca Gra…
OBITUARY: William Abbott
October 28, 2021
William (Bill) Joseph Abbott, 84, of Monticello passed away peacefully at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday (Oct. 19, 2021) at Kirby Medical Center, Monticello.
Bill was born on Oct. 4, 1937, in Monticello…
OBITUARY: Robert Dietrich Kunisch
October 23, 2021
Robert Dietrich Kunisch of Boca Grande and Lutherville, Md..was born on July 7,1941 in Norwalk, Conn.. to Margaret Dietrich and I.W. (Henry) Kunisch. He died on October 20, 2021 after a long battle…
Obituary: John McGarry
October 22, 2021
John P. McGarry Jr. of Bedford, NY and Boca Grande, passed away peacefully at home on October 7, 2021, at age 81, after a long battle with Parkinson’s. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, earned a…