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Pensacola, FL and surrounding areas
Emerson Alquimides Soto Vega
Apr 21, 2013
Emerson Alquimides Soto Vega, 77, of Navarre, FL passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013. Emerson was born in Salinas, Puerto Rico and served his country in the U.S. Army abroad with the 3rd Division. A proud veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was awarded a Good Conduct Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge, 1st award. Additionally his Army decorations...
Edith B. Ritz
Apr 20, 2013
Edith Brown Ritz, 93 of Pensacola, FL died Saturday, April 20, 2013. Edith was born on January 11, 1920 in Pensacola, FL at the family home on La Rua St. She was baptized into the Catholic Church at Sacred Heart Church. She attended Sacred Heart School for 1st through 8th grades. She attended Pensacola High School and graduated in 1937....
David G. Colby
Apr 19, 2013
Mr. Colby was born in Brookings, SD on October 29, 1932 to Edna and Alfred Colby. He was educated at Brookings public schools and graduated from Brookings High School in May 1950. David enlisted in the US Air Force in December of 1950 where he served for four years; he was honorably discharged in 1954. He then attended St. Mary's...
Carolyn R. Williams
Apr 18, 2013
Carolyn R. Williams, 82, of Pensacola, FL passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013. Mrs. Williams was born on January 16, 1931 in Sterling, CO to Adelle (Hodges) and Orlin Clifford Rice. She graduated with the Class of '49 from Pensacola High School, and attended PJC where she was on the first cheerleading squads for the basketball team. In 1951 she...
Jean Marie (Trumbull) Reasoner
Apr 17, 2013
Jean Marie (Trumbull) Reasoner, 91, of Pensacola passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013 while in the care of Covenant Hospice at West Florida Hospital. She was born Dec. 24, 1921 at the Trumbull family farm in Etna, IN and lived in northern Indiana, until moving to Pensacola with her husband in 1987. She graduated from Columbia City High School and...
Gavin E. Thorsen
Apr 16, 2013
Gavin E. Thorsen was called home, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. He was born February 14, 1929, in Pensacola, FL to Viola and Louis S. Thorsen, Sr. Gavin attended local schools and received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Florida State University, and his Doctorates from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. He served in the Army during the...
Elodie Duhon Fair
Apr 14, 2013
Elodie Duhon Fair, 94, of Pensacola passed away Sunday April 14, 2013 while in the care of Covenant Hospice at Wesley Haven Villa in Pensacola. She was born on March 5, 1919 in Baton Rouge, LA, where she lived until she and her family moved to Pensacola in 1951. Mrs. Fair graduated from St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge in...
Danny Marvett Brock
Apr 14, 2013
Danny Marvett Brock, 50, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Danny was born in Pensacola, FL on April 16, 1962 and graduated from Tate High School in 1980. He followed in his father's footsteps at Brock's Chevron Station and then pursued a career in the medical assistant field from Capps College. Danny worked for 9 years...
Sean Michael Douglas Thacker
Apr 13, 2013
Sean Michael Douglas Thacker, 24, of Pensacola passed away Saturday April 13, 2013 from complications associated with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. He was raised in Akron, OH and was a 2006 graduate of Norton High School. In addition to Sean, he was known by friends and family as "Hollywood". Sean was a strong-willed gentle soul and although he battled a life-long...
Kenneth M. Davis
Apr 11, 2013
Kenneth M. Davis passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Sacred Heart Hospital. He was surrounded by family when he went to be with Jesus and his late wife Barbara Ann Davis. Ken battled lung cancer and a number of other health problems but fought until his last breath. That's the kind of man he was. Ken was born...
Earl Bennett Wilson
Apr 7, 2013
Earl Bennett Wilson, 91, of Pensacola passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013. Mr. Wilson was born on February 22, 1922 in Meridian, MS to George Frank and Eula Mae (Harvey) Wilson. Mr. Wilson was unable to serve his country in the military but helped by working on the Atomic Bomb Project in Oak Ridge, TN. In 1947, he married his...
Carol Ann Leonard Rosenbleeth
Apr 4, 2013
Carol Ann Leonard Rosenbleeth passed away suddenly on Thursday, April 4, 2013 in Pensacola, FL. She was born April 3, 1944 in Pensacola to Emery Stapleton Leonard and Miriam Myers Leonard and was a ninth generation resident of Pensacola. She attended Sacred Heart School and was a graduate of Catholic High School Class of 1962. She continued her education at...
William E. Boyette, Jr.
Apr 1, 2013
William E. Boyette, Jr., 76, of Pensacola, FL passed away Monday, April 1, 2013 at Baptist Hospital. He was born in Macon, GA on October 17, 1936. He is preceded in death by his parents, William E. and Frances Avery Boyette. Survivors include his son, William E. Boyette, III (Sandra) of Bay Minette, AL; daughter, Kimberly Silcox (Tab) of Jacksonville,...
Joseph Reginald Irwin, Sr.
Mar 31, 2013
Joseph Reginald Irwin, Sr., 76 of Pace, FL passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013 under Covenant Hospice care. Mr. Irwin was born on July 31, 1936 in Jacksonville, FL. His family moved to Pensacola when he was young. He is a graduate of Pensacola High School and UWF with a criminal justice degree. Joe served in the US Navy...
Rheba Nellums Moyer
Mar 28, 2013
Rheba N. Moyer, 88, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013. Rheba was born in Muscogee, FL on October 31, 1924 to Lewis and Evadne Nellums. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Peggy Ard and Lorraine Tucei and brother, L. E. Nellums. She enjoyed her family and many friends, especially her dearest friend Margaret...
Hazel M. Kinney
Mar 28, 2013
Hazel Kinney, age 94, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013. She was born in Alexandria, LA and was preceded in death by her husband, Branson Kinney; her parents and 5 siblings. She is survived by daughter, Judi (Les) Ward; son, Curt (Deborah) Kinney; granddaughter, Christi (Mark) Regan; grandsons, Russel Ward, Aaron and Jason Kinney; and great-granddaughters, Kelly and Kimberly...
Elizabeth "Libby" Payne Grant
Mar 27, 2013
Elizabeth "Libby" Payne Grant, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. She was born April 14, 1920 in Milton, FL, and was the last survivor of the 10 children of Reuben Guy Payne and Anna Vera Wyche Payne. She had been living in a nursing home in Gainesville, FL, near her daughter, Martha Glavin. She was married for...
Major Gordon A. Kroodsma, Sr. Usmc (Ret.)
Mar 26, 2013
Major Gordon A. Kroodsma, Sr. USMC (ret.), 91, of Pensacola, FL passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Gordon was born on April 20, 1921 in Correy, PA. He served in the US Marine Corps as an Aviator for 21 years as well as participated in the Mercury Project. Upon retirement, he spent 21 years as a Helicopter Pilot Instructor. He...
Cdr David Victor Morris, Usn (Ret.)
Mar 25, 2013
CDR David Victor Morris, USN (ret.), 65, of Pensacola, FL passed away Monday, March 25, 2013. David was born in Panama City, FL and grew up in South Carolina. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1967. After having been honorably discharged, he attended the University of South Carolina graduating in 1973 where upon he re-entered the Navy as a...
Jacqueline H. Domschke
Mar 25, 2013
Jacqueline H. Domschke, age 85 passed away March 25, 2013. She was of the Catholic faith and now is with God. She was born on June 29, 1927, in Tampa, FL. She is preceded in death by her parents, James and Roseyel Smith, brother, Reginald Smith, and sister, Olivia Schrack. Jackie started her career as a cosmetologist in Chicago, IL,...
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