Obituaries
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…
OBITUARY: Jack Richard Wittkamp
May 29, 2020
Jack Richard Wittkamp, 91, of Boca Grande and Allendale, N.J., passed away peacefully on May 18, 2020 in Boca Grande, with family members by his side. Jack leaves behind his daughter, Donna Henry (…
OBITUARY: Maribeth Cunningham
May 22, 2020
Maribeth Ann Perry Cunningham passed away peacefully at her home in Boca Grande on May, 17, 2020. She was born at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Ill. on November 19, 1934, to U.S. District Court…
OBITUARY: Virginia ‘Bina’ Charman
May 15, 2020
Virginia Osborne Charman, of Hunting Valley, Ohio and Boca Grande, died April 1, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio at age 96. Known to her family and friends as Bina, she and her three older sisters Annette…
OBITUARY: William W. Wilcox V
May 8, 2020
On April 27, 2020 William W. Wilcox V, 94, of Westwood, Mass. and formerly of Boca Grande, and devoted husband of Priscilla, his wife of 71 years, passed away.
He was born on April 24, 1926 in Midd…
Obituary: Billy Lee Spurgeon
May 1, 2020
Billy Lee Spurgeon has “gone Home” to meet his Savior and unite with his loving wife, Nancy. He passed away on March 18, 2020. Bill was born on October 23, 1929 at his family farmhouse in Abingdon…
OBITUARY: Anne Lathrop
April 24, 2020
Anne A. Lathrop, 78, a lifelong resident of Northwest Ohio, passed away peacefully April 6, 2020 at the Kingston Residence of Perrysburg.
She was born June 16, 1941 in Toledo to the late Harold Mil…
OBITUARY: Carolyn Falter
April 17, 2020
Carolyn J. Falter, 82, of Boca Grande and Port Clinton, Ohio, formerly of Tiffin, Ohio, died at 4:55 a.m. Friday, April 10, 2020, at her residence in Florida. She was born July 4, 1937, in Tiffin,…
OBITUARY: Frank Marra
April 10, 2020
Born in New York City at the height of the deadly Spanish Influenza on Sept. 24, 1918, Frank Edward Marra succumbed to complications of COVID-19 on April 5, 2020, in White Plains at the age of 101….
The loss of Nina Houghton resonates with many islanders
April 3, 2020
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Nina Rodale Houghton, a former Boca Grande resident who made a tremendous impact on our island, passed away on March 15, 2020. Nina was born on November 13, 1937, and raised in …