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OBITUARY: Marianne Wottreng

August 7, 2020
Marianne Wottreng (nee Lesch), beloved wife of Anton Wottreng and loving mother of Anton “Tony” Wottreng and Monika (John) Martini, passed away on July 24, 2020 at the age of 86. She was born on Ap…

Obituary: Eliot N. Vestner

July 24, 2020
Eliot N. Vestner Jr. passed away on July 10, 2020 in Boca Grande, following a two-year battle with sarcoma. He is survived by his wife Louisa; two children, Alice-Lee Vestner and Charles F. Vestner…

Obituary: Robert ‘Bobby’ Sullivan

July 24, 2020
Former Boca Grande resident Bobby Sullivan, 83, died July 13, 2020 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.   At his request a service in his honor was held at the Tallahassee National Cemet…

Remembering Bobby Sullivan…

July 17, 2020
STAFF REPORT- A son of Boca Grande – Bobby Sullivan – passed away on Monday, July 13. He will be missed by many.  “Bobby and I graduated together from Boca Grande High School, we were teammates on …

Obituary: Mary Whiteside

July 17, 2020
Mary Charlotte Herrington Whiteside, age 90, passed away suddenly on March 8, 2020 due to complications of the Covid-19 virus pandemic in Kirkland, Washington. Unfortunately, she was in a rehabilit…

Obituary: Doris Russell

July 3, 2020
Doris Russell, 61, a longtime resident of Rotonda, passed away on June 19, 2020.  For the past 30 plus years, Doris has overseen the care of multiple properties and assisted several families at Boc…

Obituary: William Lee Bentley Jr.

June 19, 2020
William Lee Bentley, Jr., Bill to all his family and friends, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2020 from ALS. He was at his home surrounded by his loving family, which was so important to him. Bil…

OBITUARY: George ‘Ashley’ Gray

June 12, 2020
George “Ashley” Gray, 48, of Venice, Florida, passed on May 27, 2020, as a result of a motorcycle accident near Woodsboro, Maryland. Born on June 7, 1971 in Washington, DC, he was the son to Mason …

A straw hat, a twinkling eye and a smile: A documentation of the passing of Marguerite East

June 5, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE- There are few woman in any first-world country who could sit at the finest table in the finest home, and casually discuss how she skinned a goat on board a cruise ship to the Gal…

OBITUARY: Marguerite Agnes East

June 5, 2020
Marguerite Agnes East passed away on April 27, 2020, at the age of 105, in Fort Myers, Florida. Marguerite was born on November 7, 1914 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was the third of nine children b…