Charles Bibbs Jr.
Charles Bibbs Jr., formerly of Arcadia, Fla., died April 28, 1999 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Hickson Funeral Home.

James Dorian
James Dorian, 68, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died Aug. 20, 1999, in Milwaukee, Wisc. He was born March 21, 1931, in the Bronx, N.Y., and moved to Punta Gorda in 1996 from East Northport, N.Y.

Raymond H. Grandjean
Raymond H. Grandjean, 81, of Englewood, Fla., died Aug. 22, 1999, at Bon Secours-St. Joseph Hospital, Port Charlotte, Fla. Mr. Grandjean was born Sept. 19, 1917, in New York, N.Y.

Rita O. Powell
Rita O. Powell, 79, of North Port, Fla., died Aug. 20, 1999. She was born Jan. 13, 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Survivors include her husband, Donald; daughters, Beverly Templin of Pittsburgh and Gay Strelick of Rochester, N.Y.

Ruth M. Evans
Ruth M. Evans, 81. of Arcadia, Fla., died Aug. 21, 1999. She was born Jan. 10, 1918, in Walton County, Fla. She was a resident of the Arcadia area for 42 years, coming from Holt, Fla.

Pamela S. Beishline-Cameron
Pamela S. Beishline-Cameron, 51, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Oct. 10, 1999. Born May 6, 1948, in Syracuse, N.Y., she moved to this area in 1991 from Lowell, Mass. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at Kays-Ponger/Royal Palm Funeral Homes, Port Charlotte.

Betty Norris Long
Betty Norris Long, 87, died Oct. 11, 1999. Mrs. Long, a native of Detroit, Mich., was a graduate of Baker Business University. She began her working career in the secretarial pool of Fisher Body I in Flint, Mich.

Clyde L. Bryan
Clyde L. Bryan, 94, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Nov. 8, 1999, at Bon Secours-St. Joseph Nursing Center, Port Charlotte. He was born June 2, 1905, in Putnam County, Ohio, and moved to Port Charlotte 27 years ago from Toledo, Ohio.

Maria Kuclo Korolyshyn
Maria Kuclo Korolyshyn, 75, of North Port, Fla., died Nov. 8, 1999. She was born May 10, 1924, in Ukraine. She came to this area nine years ago from Sterling Heights, Mich.

Nina Pauline Smitley
Nina Pauline Smitley, 82, of Venice, Fla., and formerly of Arcadia, Fla., died Nov. 8, 1999. Born Sept. 19, 1917, in Wynne, Ark., she moved to Arcadia in 1953. She was a retired nursing supervisor...

Charles V. Handy
Charles V. Handy, 71, of Chadds Ford, Pa., died March 1, 2000, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte. Born Aug. 3, 1928, in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Handy was a winter resident in Port Charlotte since 1993.

Warren Adams
Warren Adams, 70, of Rotonda West, Fla., died March 2, 2000. Born Feb. 5, 1930, in Middletown, Ohio, he moved to this area in 1986 from Trenton, Ohio. He retired after 30 years as a machine operator.

Andrij Wowczenko
Andrij Wowczenko, 94, of North Port, Fla., died March 2, 2000. He was born Oct. 3, 1905, in Ukraine. Mr. Wowczenko came to this area in 1994 from Weedsport, N.Y.

Kenneth A. Glaser
Kenneth A. Glaser, 85, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died March 8, 2000, at IHS of Port Charlotte. He was born Feb. 10, 1915, in New York, N.Y., and moved to Port Charlotte in 1981 from East Islip, N.Y.

Harry B. Jennings
Harry B. Jennings, 96, of Englewood, Fla., died March 3, 2000, in Venice, Fla. He was born Nov. 16, 1903, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had been a resident of Englewood since 1973 coming from Amityville, N.Y.

John Strobl
John Strobl, 69, of Warm Mineral Springs, Fla., died March 7, 2000. He was born March 16, 1930, in Yugoslavia. He came to this area eight years ago from Blackwood, N.J.

Willard G. Brantley
Willard G. Brantley, 80, of Okeechobee, Fla., died March 8, 2000, at Columbia Raulerson Hospital. Born May 15, 1919, in Zolfo Springs, Fla., he came to Okeechobee in 1961 from Arcadia, Fla.

Louis E. Bendi
Louis E. Bendi, 84, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died May 9, 2000. Born Aug. 26, 1915, in New York, N.Y., he moved to this area 15 years ago from Long Island, N.Y.

Jimmie C. Garrett
Jimmie Carlton Garrett, 63, of Englewood, Fla., died May 9, 2000, at Bon Secours-Venice Hospital. Born Feb. 16, 1937, in Orlando, to John and Theresa (Beasley) Garrett, he had been a resident of Englewood for a year, coming from Orlando.

Henry F. Ritter
Henry F. Ritter, 77, of North Port, Fla., died May 8, 2000, in Venice, Fla. He was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Springfield, Mass. He moved to North Port in 1983 from Hartford, N.Y.

Bartley R. Arrington
Bartley R. Arrington, 87, of Arcadia, Fla., died May 9, 2000, at his home. He was born Feb. 3, 1913, in McIntyre, Ga. He moved to Arcadia in 1985 from Miami. He retired after 42 years as an aircraft mechanic with Pan American Airlines.

Carson C. Kibbe
Carson C. Kibbe, 81, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died June 4, 2000, at his residence. He was born Oct. 4, 1918, in Vassar, Mich., and moved to Punta Gorda in 1987 from New Port Richey, Fla.

Mavis E. Peterman
Mavis E. Peterman, 79, of Englewood, Fla., died May 26, 2000. She was born May 20, 1921, in Hospers, Iowa, and came to this area in 1989 from Malvern, Ohio. She was employed at the First National Bank of Akron for more than 30 years.

Elsie M. Theil
Elsie M. Theil, 97, of North Port, Fla., and formerly of Sandusky, Ohio, died June 3, 2000, in the Arbors of Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte, Fla., following a brief illness.

Mary M. (Lee) Sanders
Mary M. (Lee) Sanders, 54, of Arcadia, Fla., died June 2, 2000. Born Sept. 27, 1945, in Arcadia, she was a fourth-generation Floridian from Arcadia. She was a mental health therapist for Coastal Recovery Center and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Arcadia, Arcadia Literary Club, Daughters of American Revolution, 20th Century Literary Club, and School Readiness Coalition of DeSoto County Inc.

Edward J. Popen
Edward J. Popen, 80, of Rochester, N.Y., and Port Charlotte, Fla., died June 13, 2000, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte. He was born Sept. 23, 1919, in Albion, N.Y.

Jane Elizabeth Glenn
Jane Elizabeth Glenn, 82, of Rotonda West, Fla., died June 13, 2000. She was born Jan. 13, 1918, in Butler, Pa., and lived there until she moved to Rotonda West in 1985.

Jickoo V. Cherian, M.D.
Jickoo V. Cherian, M.D., 70, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died Aug. 14, 2000, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla. Dr. Cherian moved to this area in 1983 from Vermont and was an ear, nose and throat, head and neck surgeon.

Jean C. Gillespie
Jean C. Gillespie, 75, of Penn Yan, N.Y., died Aug. 13, 2000, at her home. Mrs. Gillespie was born April 4, 1925, in Oswego, N.Y., and was the daughter of Harry S. and Erma Shays Ellsworth.

Wayne Kenneth Rife
Wayne Kenneth Rife, 91, of Venice, Fla., and formerly of Columbus, Ohio, died Aug. 12, 2000, at Harborside Nursing Home, Venice. He was born Sept. 13, 1908, in Gallia County, Ohio.

Frank Biddar
Frank Biddar, 81, of Arcadia, Fla., died Aug. 12, 2000. Born Oct. 13, 1918, in Rahway, N.J., he moved to this area in 1972 from New Jersey. He was owner of the Arcadia Paint Center.

Sam G. Carrubba
Sam G. Carrubba, 87, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Sept. 30, 2000, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte. He was born March 23, 1913, in Scillato, Sicily, Italy, to Sam and Josephine (Guggino) Carrubba.

John Robert Anderson
John Robert Anderson, 55, of Englewood, Fla., died Sept. 28, 2000, in Charlotte County, Fla. Mr. Anderson was born June 12, 1945, in Washington, D.C.

Freida Schreitmuller
Freida Schreitmuller, 88, of North Port, Fla., died Sept. 28, 2000. She was born Oct. 31, 1911, in Germany. She came to this area in 1991 from Manhattan, N.Y.

Katherine E. Wilson
Katherine E. Wilson, 51, went to live with the Lord Sept. 30, 2000. She was born Oct. 7, 1948. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of DeSoto County. She was preceded in death by her father, James P.

Dorothy LaPage
Dorothy LaPage, 71, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died Nov. 29, 2000. Mrs. LaPage was born Nov. 18, 1929, in New Lothrop, Mich., and moved here in 1984 from Norwich, Conn. She was a homemaker.

Julia Ruth Perry
Julia Ruth Perry, 77, of Holiday Park in North Port, Fla., died on Nov. 30, 2000. She was born on Oct. 22, 1923, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and moved to Florida from Massachusetts in 1955.

Marjorie Ellen Campbell
Marjorie Ellen Campbell, 74, of North Fort Myers, Fla., died Jan. 3, 2001, at the Hope Hospice House in Fort Myers. She was born Jan. 3, 1927, in Crawfordsville, Ind.

G. Roland Linden
G. Roland Linden, 85, of Englewood, Fla., died Dec. 27, 2000. Born May 27, 1915, in Clifton, N.J., he moved to this area in 1980 from Hinsdale, Ill. He was a professional design engineer, retiring in 1980.

Ogle Kermit Robbins
Ogle Kermit Robbins, 75, of Jamestown, Tenn., and a former resident of DeSoto, Fla., died Jan. 5, 2001, at Fentress County General Hospital in Jamestown. He was born Sept. 6, 1925.

George Fetter
George Fetter, 68, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died July 31, 2001, at his residence. Born Sept. 1, 1932, in Hazleton, Pa., he moved to our area in February of 1999 from Southport, Conn.

Ferenc Vilmos "Frank" Gajdatsy
Ferenc Vilmos "Frank" Gajdatsy, 86, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001. He was born July 7, 1915, in Hungary to Eugene and Berta (Mazoly) Gajdatsy.

Creighton (Jack) Eldridge
Creighton (Jack) Eldridge, 86, of Englewood, Fla., died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001. Mr. Eldridge was born March 13, 1915, in Bayonne, N.J. He moved to Englewood in 1980 from Middletown, N.J.

Clair M. Harkless
Clair M. Harkless, 64, of Arcadia, Fla., died Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla. He was born in New Castle, Pa., on Nov. 11, 1936, where he lived until 1971.

Eugene A. Bassett
Eugene Arthur Bassett, 62, of Route 49, Constantia, N.Y., died July 26, 2002. He was born in Fulton, N.Y., and also lived in Port Charlotte, Fla. He was a bartender for many years.

Theodore V. Kowaleski
Theodore V. Kowaleski of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Sept. 13, 2002, at Bon Secours-St. Joseph Hospital in Port Charlotte.

Hilda B. Bennett
Hilda B. Bennett, 84, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died Dec. 2, 2002. She was born Sept. 29, 1918, in Eagle Lake, Fla., and was a resident of Punta Gorda for 81 years.

Daniel C. White
Daniel C. White, 84, of Arcadia, Fla., died Friday, Aug. 20, 2004 at his residence in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was born March 26, 1920, in Mt. Vernon to Louis Clyde and Archie (McClelland) White.

Leona M. Bailes
Leona M. "Lee" Bailes, 87, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005. She was born March 23, 1917, in New Orleans, La., and was the daughter of Percy Joseph and Annalite Ragas Malouse.

Lucile M. A. Combs
Lucile Marie (Arnold) "Lucy" Combs, 89, of Punta Gorda, Fla., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., passed away Friday, February 4, 2005. She was born Dec. 30, 1915, in Minnesota.

Robert O. English
Retired U.S. Army Col. Robert O. English, 93, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died Wednesday, March 2, 2005. He was born Aug. 31, 1911, in Americas, Ga., to Robert Oscar and Ruth Fuller English.

Arnold Gibson
Arnold Gibson, 67, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte. He was born Aug. 5, 1937.

Harold T. Robbins Sr.
Dr. Harold Thomas "Hal" Doc" Robbins Sr., D.D.S., 74, of Charlotte County, Fla., passed away Friday, June 17, 2005, at a hospital in Tampa, Fla. He was born in 1931, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

George William Hicks
Aug. 30, 1918 ~ Oct. 23, 2004
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2005, at the Masonic Lodge 115 F&AM, Airport and Taylor roads, Punta Gorda, Fla.

Donald W. Johnson
Donald W. Johnson, 63, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Saturday, July 30, 2005, at the Venice Regional Medical Center in Venice, Fla. He was born on April 12, 1942, in Winston Salem, N.C.

James A. Hart
James A. Hart, 87 of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Sunday, July 31, 2005. He was born Nov. 21, 1917, in New York, N.Y. James served in the Army Air Corps during World War II in the Eighth AIr Force, earning the Army Air Medal and the N....

Solomon M. Grant
Solomon M. Grant, 90, of North Port, Fla., died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005, in Port Charlotte, Fla. He was born December 17, 1914, in Jamaica, West Indies.

Francis J. Fry
Francis John Fry, 85, of Port Charlotte, Fla., and formerly of Indianapolis, Ind., passed away Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005.

Barbara Y. Koenig
Barbara Y. Koenig, 81, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte.

Margaret Parrish
Margaret (nee Wagner) Parrish, 81, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at Peace River Hospital in Port Charlotte. She was born June 12, 1924, in Westport, Ind.

Willis D. Moyer
Willis D. Moyer, 81, of St. Michaels, Md., died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at his home. He was born May 23, 1924, in Lancaster, Pa., to B. Willis and Cassandra Durgin Moyer. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall Academy, he received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa.

John Matthew
John "Jack" Matthew, 68, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. He was born June 12, 1937, in Center Line, Mich., to Alymer and Ella (Singer) Matthew.

Edwin M. Dickelman
Edwin M. Dickelman, 84, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Monday, Nov. 28, 2005. He was born Oct. 15, 1921, in Manchester, Iowa, to Frank and Marguerite (Sheppard) Dickelman.

Feliksa Berkuta
Feliksa (Shymanska) "Phyllis" Berkuta, 87, of Warm Mineral Springs, Fla., passed away Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005. She was born Jan. 28, 1918, and lived as a child with her family in Ukraine.

Edith Wheeler
Edith (Read) Wheeler, 82, formerly of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005, at Ohio Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania. She was born Dec. 19, 1922.

Ursula Babb-Dache
Ursula Babb-Dache, 76, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte. She was born Feb. 13, 1929, in Trinidad, West Indies.

Sam Colletti
Sam Colletti, 86, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at Charlotte Harbor Healthcare in Port Charlotte. He was born Feb. 5, 1919.

Paul G. Betz
Paul Guilford Betz, 78, of Ohio, and a seasonal resident of Englewood, Fla., passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2005. He was born Aug. 25, 1927, in Detroit, Mich.

Douglas R. Ayre
Douglas Ross "Doug" Ayre, 48, of Cape Coral, Fla., passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at his home. He was born June 6, 1957, in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, and was the son of Harold and Agnes (Wright) Ayre.

Harold R. Asmus
Harold R. Asmus, 93, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005, in Port Charlotte. He was born Nov. 17, 1912, in Haskins, Ohio. Mr. Asmus was a sales representative for Nationwide Insurance Company for more than 40 years, and retired in 1975.

Emil W. Lander
Emil W. Lander, 66, of Punta Gorda, Fla., died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, at his home in Warwick, Pa. He was born Dec. 8, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pa., and was the son of the late Emil E. Lander and ...

June E. Carlson
June Elizabeth Carlson, 84, of Port Charlotte, Fla., and formerly of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2006. She was born June 20, 1921, in Massena, N.Y.

Jack J. Ortolani
Jack J. Ortolani, 83, of Fayetteville, N.Y., passed away at his home Saturday, March 18, 2006. He was born Nov. 18, 1922, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Ruth M. Henry
Ruth M. Henry, 97, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Thursday, April 20, 2006. She was born Sept. 1, 1908, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Ruth moved to Port Charlotte from Miami, Fla.

Grace L. Munter
1924 ~ 2006
The family would like to thank all of her friends for the years of love, laughter and for the concern expressed in her time of greatest need.

Rosemary J. Batsakis
Rosemary J. Batsakis, 79, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Saturday, June 10, 2006. She was born May 5, 1927, in Chicago, Ill.

Frank Meier
Frank Meier, 89, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away on Saturday, June 17, 2006. Arrangements are by Charlotte Memorial Funeral Home, Cremation Services and Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.

Lorraine Cote
Lorraine (Darling) Cote', 77, of Tampa, Fla., and formerly of Goodells, Mich., and Port Huron, Mich., and Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Sunday, July 16, 2006, surrounded by her two sons.

U.S. Army Sgt. FC Daniel A. Brozovich
U.S. Army Sgt. FC Daniel A. Brozovich, who died in Iraq Oct. 18, 2006, the son of Gloria and James Pollock of Port Charlotte, Fla., will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 21505 Augusta Ave., Port Charlotte, followed by a reception at Presbyterian Towers, 2295 Aaron St., Port Charlotte.

Carson C. Peck Jr.
Carson C. Peck Jr., 82, of Punta Gorda, Fla., and Pennington, N.J., died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pa.

Mae R. Karalfa
1977 ~ 2006
Mae R. Karalfa of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006, at her home, surrounded by her loving family after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer.