Rhoda Hendrick, 72
SILVER SPRINGS - Rhoda "Mildred" Hendrick, 72, of Silver Springs, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at Legacy Hospice House. She was a native of Corinth, Ky.
Survivors include sons, Jim Hendrick, Tennessee, and Wells Hendrick, Silver Springs; daughters, Lois Burton, Kentucky, and Janice Creel, Silver Springs; one brother, James Watkins, Kentucky; and sisters, Eva Mulberry, Wilma Sargent and Betty Hillard, all of Kentucky.
ICS Cremation provided information.
Lola B. Hopkins, 81
OCALA - Lola B. Hopkins, 81, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, in Mount Kisco, New York.
A native of Madison, Ga., she came here from Plant City 58 years ago. She was a public school educator and a member of Greater Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Faye L. Hopkins, Mount Kisco; sons, George B. Hopkins, West Orange, N.J., and Donnell L. Hopkins, N. Charleston, S.C.; brothers, Samuel Broadnax and Marion Broadnax, both of Plant City, Madison Broadnax, Silver Springs, Md., Edward Broadnax, Suitland, Md., and the Rev. Benjamin Broadnax, Forestville, Md.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A.L. Cunningham Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.
Ralph J. Ioffredo Sr., 81
OCALA - Ralph J. Ioffredo Sr., 81, died Friday at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
A native of New Jersey, he came here in 1954. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 22 years service. He was a member of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in Ocala, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Ioffredo, Ocala; daughters, Marie Griffey and Carmel Nichols, Luann Moloney, all of Ocala, Sandra L. Curtis, Leesburg; sons, Ralph J. Ioffredo Jr., Dunnellon; Marvin E. Chaffin, Middleburg, David A. Chaffin, Ocala; sisters, Philomena Electech, and Rose Kiesling, both of Sayerville, N.J.; brother, Louie Ioffredo, Sayerville; 22 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Roberts Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, Ocala, provided information.
Kenneth K. Kelly, 36
NEW YORK - Kenneth K. Kelly, 36, of Bronx, N.Y., died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in the Bronx.
He was a native of Birmingham, England, and a Catholic. He was a nurse's aide at Best Care.
Survivors include his father, Oswald Kelly, Ocala; and sister, Elaine Kelly, Bronx, N.Y.
Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Ocala.
Edward T. Mulroy, 77
OCALA - Edward Thomas Mulroy, 77, of Ocala, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at his residence.
A native of New York City, he came to Ocala in 2000. He was formerly of Austin, Texas. He was a retired chief operator of dredging with the federal government. He was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Agnes Mulroy, Ocala; sons, Edward T. Mulroy, Ackworth, Ga., and Patrick J. Mulroy, Clearwater; daughter, Kathleen Kietger, Flagstaff, Ariz.; brother, Jack Mulroy, Ocala; and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Kevin M. Mulroy and a brother, Thomas J. Mulroy.
Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, TimberRidge, provided information.
Chris F. O'Steen, 35
REDDICK - Chris F. O'Steen, 35, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at Colonial Lakes Health Care, Winter Garden.
A native of Gainesville, she was a lifelong resident here. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Reddick, was an avid NASCAR fan and loved country music.
Survivors include her mother, Sharon Kinard Bartell, Reddick; father, Tommy O'Steen, Cross City; her twin sister, Christy O'Steen, and sisters, Anna Wood, Billy Jean O'Steen, and Lacey O'Steen, all of Cross City; and brother, T. O'Steen, Cross City.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Selene Dykes.
Information provided by Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala.
Kenneth E. Phillips, 81
DANVILLE, Pa. - Kenneth E. Phillips, 81, of Danville, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at Columbia Montour Home Hospice at Maria Hall. He had lived at Montour for six months. Prior to that, he lived in Ocala and Stony Brook Circle, Orangeville.
A native of Portsmouth, Va., he served with the merchant marine during World War II. He retired as an electrician in 1987 with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He enjoyed his family, fishing, gardening, building, boating and traveling.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Joan E. Phillips; one daughter; Ginger Shaffer, Bloomsburg; son, Mark K. Phillips, Hackettstown, N.J.; one brother, Fern Phillips, Portsmouth, and one sister, Ruth Piland, Portsmouth, and four grandchildren.
Allen Funeral Home, Bloomsburg, provided information.
Ruby J. Russo, 68
INVERNESS - Ruby J. Russo, 68, of Inverness, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, in Ocala. A native of Revere, Mass., she came here from Tewksburg, Mass., in 2002. She was a cashier for Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Inverness. She was Catholic.
Survivors include sons, Robert Shuflat, Inverness and Thomas W. Morgan, South Carolina; daughters, Velma Morrell, Crystal River, Debra Eagles, Norwood, Mass.; brothers, Wilson Pearce, Inverness, and Thomas Pearce, Winthrop, Mass; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Anthony Russo.
Hooper Funeral Homes, Inverness Chapel, provided information.
Hyacinth A. Scarborough, 79
LINDON, Utah - Hyacinth A. Scarborough, 79, of Lindon, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at American Fork Hospital, Utah. Formerly of Ocala, she was a homemaker and a native of Savannah, Ga. She lived in the Ocala area for 32 years, and moved to Utah in 2001. She was a Christian.
Survivors include her sons, Robert Scarborough, Lindon, and Larry Scarborough, Radcliff, Ky.; one daughter, June Bushong, Pleasantville, Tenn.; and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Scarborough.
Roberts Funeral Home, Ocala provided information.
Sharon M. Smith, 52
NEPTUNE BEACH - Sharon Marie Smith, 52, of Neptune Beach, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at her residence.
A native of Ocala, she moved to the Jacksonville area in 1973. She was a member of Wyomina Park Baptist Church of Ocala.
Survivors include her mother, Aline Smith, Ocala; sister, Virginia Faw, Ocklawaha; brothers, Tommy D. Smith, Ocala, and Donald Smith, Tallahassee.
She was preceded in death by her father, A.D. Smith.
Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.
Richard L. Thawley, 78
GAINESVILLE - Richard L. Thawley, 78, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004.
A native of Alabama, he came to Gainesville in 1969 and became assistant to the chief of staff at the Veterans Administration hospital. He was founder of Living Faith Fellowship in Gainesville, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ocala.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a second lieutenant during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Tyree Thawley, Ocala; daughters, Kathy Drake, Germany, Susan Stillwell, Fort Wayne, Ind.; son, Richard L. Jr., Rockledge; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Irving William.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Baptist of Ocala or Hospice of Marion County.
Roberts Funeral Home, West Chapel, provided information.
Eleanor A. Tabit, 80
OCALA - Eleanor A. Tibit, 80, of Ocala, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at Ocala Health and Rehabilitation Center.
A native of Lapeer, Mich., she was a homemaker and a Methodist.
Survivors include sons, David Tabit, Ocala, and Allen Tabit, Michigan; daughter, Anita Ackley, Owasso, Mich.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.
June E. Tyrell, 88
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - June Elliott Tyrell, 88, of Keystone Heights, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004.
A native of Wheeling, W.Va., she was a homemaker and came here in 1970 from Fort Lauderdale. She was Protestant.
Survivors include her daughter, Norma J. McGovern, Keystone Heights; sons, Bruce M. Tyrell, Fort Lauderdale, and Brent E. Tyrell, Little Rock, Ark.; 13 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.
Philip Crosby, Bing's son, 69
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. - Philip Crosby, son of legendary crooner Bing Crosby and an entertainer in his own right, has died of a heart attack. He was 69.
He was found dead Tuesday in his home by his family, coroner's officials said.
Bing Crosby had four sons from his marriage to former jazz singer and actress Dixie Lee: Gary, Lindsay and twins Dennis and Philip.
The four brothers - all of whom have died - had mixed degrees of success after entering show business as young men. In the late 1950s, they teamed up as the Crosby Boys, a nightclub act, and performed gigs in Las Vegas and elsewhere, including appearances on their father's TV programs.
Philip Crosby's show business career was brief. He had some recordings and small parts in films such as "Robin and the Seven Hoods" and "None but the Brave," both starring Frank Sinatra.
Crosby's appearances on stage also were sporadic. He told People magazine in 1983 that his last gig was at an Elks Club party in Burbank.
He had been married four times by then. His first three wives were Las Vegas showgirls.
Norman Heatley, scientist, 92
LONDON - Norman Heatley, a scientist whose pioneering work on penicillin production helped save countless lives, has died. He was 92.
Heatley died Jan. 5 at his home near Oxford in southern England, his family said. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, an antibiotic produced by mold, by accident in 1928. But it was Heatley and his Oxford University colleagues who produced enough for the first clinical tests on humans.
Many felt Heatley should have shared the Nobel Prize for medicine awarded in 1945 to Fleming and two colleagues.
On his retirement from Oxford in 1978, Heatley was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1990, Oxford awarded him an honorary doctorate in medicine, the first in its 800-year-history.
Ray Stark, producer, 88
LOS ANGELES - Ray Stark, a publicist and actors' agent who became a Hollywood power broker and producer of such movies as "Funny Girl," "The Way We Were," "The Night of the Iguana" and "The Sunshine Boys," died at his home early Saturday after a long illness, according to longtime friend Warren Cowan. He was 88.
Stark was considered the last of the great independent producers, following the pattern of Samuel Goldwyn and David O. Selznick. Like them, he made films that were often based on best-selling books or hit plays, rich in production value and cast with major stars.
But unlike Goldwyn and Selznick, who thrived on publicity, Stark preferred to remain out of the limelight.
He gave only a handful of interviews during his career, and then only if he had an ax to grind. He issued only a few details in his official biography and was even sketchy about his age. He indicated his birth date was 1914, but gave no month or day.
A news release from Stark's family Saturday said he was born Oct. 3, 1915.
Helen B. Coombs, 72
OCALA - Helen B. Coombs, 72, a retired registered nurse, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
She was born in New York. She was Catholic.
Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Harry "Bud" Coombs, Ocala; son Jeffery Combs, San Diego, Calif.; daughters, Susan A. Arena, Long Island, N.Y., and Rebecca S. Mayes, Ocala; and one grandson.
Roberts Funeral Home, Bruce Chapel East, Ocala, provided information.
Jonathan Forbes, 73
OCALA - Jonathan Forbes, 73, a retired automobile mechanic, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, in Ocala.
Born in Shiloh, N.C., he moved to Ocala from Delray Beach in 1981. He was a member of the Baptist Memorial Church of Belleview. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran from World War II.
Survivors include sons, Larry Forbes, Royal Palm Beach, and Gary Forbes, Avon Park; daughters, Joy Forbes, Ocala, Sherry Nawab, Orlando; brother, Frank Forbes, Shiloh, N.C.; and nine grandchildren.
Roberts Funeral Home, Dunnellon, provided information.
Paul Michael Hudson, 67
OCALA - Paul Michael Hudson, 67, a retired correction officer for the State of Connecticut Department of Corrections, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2003 in Citrus Memorial Hospital.
Born in New York, he moved to Inverness in 1990 and then to Ocala one year ago. He was a veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force. He was a member of the Leprechaun Square Dance Club and Ocala Coin Club.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Lenore Novak Hudson, Ocala; sons, Kenneth R. Hudson, Columbus, Ga., Kevin M. Hudson, Inverness, and Timothy P. Hudson, Stafford Springs, Conn.; daughter, Tammy Hudson, Inverness; brothers, Donald Hudson, New York state, and George Hudson, Minnesota; sisters, Geraldine Middleton, Kathleen Wescott and Shirley Leonard, all of New York state; and five grandchildren.
Chas E. Davis Funeral Home, Inverness, provided information.
Ralph I. Ioffredo Sr., 81
OCALA - Ralph I. Ioffredo Sr., 81, a retired U.S. Postal Service Clerk, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
Born in Jersey City, N.J., he moved to Ocala in 1954. He was a member of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church and a U.S. Army veteran from World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie L. Ioffredo, Ocala; daughters, Sandra L. Curtis, Leesburg, and Marie Griffey, Roseann Barnes, Luann Moloney, and Carmel Nichols, all of Ocala; sons, Ralph I. Ioffredo Jr., Dunnellon, Marvin E. Chaffin, Middleburg, and David A. Chaffin, Ocala; sisters, Philomena Eletech and Rose Kiesling, both of Sayerville, N.J.; brother, Louie Ioffredo, Sayerville, N.J.; 22 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Roberts Funeral Home, downtown Ocala chapel, provided information.
Donald C. Noxon, 65
OCALA - Donald C. "Don" Noxon, 65, a retired building, zoning and licensing employee for the city of Ocala, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004.
Born in Queens Village, N.Y., he moved to Ocala from Long Island, N.Y. in 1964. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, past director of Building Officials Association of Florida, past director of the Southern Standard Building Code Conference. He was a senior warden and long-time vestry member at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church of Ocala.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Honey Noxon, Ocala; daughters Donnalee N. Dees and Bobbi-Jean Hamilton, both of Ocala; brothers, Barry J. Noxon, Long Island, N.Y., and Wayne W. Noxon, Deland; and three grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society,
Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.
Chris F. O'Steen, 35
REDDICK - Chris F. O'Steen, 35, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at Colonial Lakes Health Care, Winter Garden.
A native of Gainesville, he was a lifelong resident here. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Reddick, an avid NASCAR fan and loved country music.
Survivors include his mother, Sharon Kinard Bartell, Reddick; father, Tommy O'Steen, Cross City; his twin sister, Christy O'Steen, and other sisters, Anna Wood, Billy Jean O'Steen, and Lacey O'Steen, all of Cross City; and brother, T.O. O'Steen, Cross City.
He was preceded in death by sister, Selene Dykes.
Information provided by Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala.
Roger Allen Reed, 66
CHIEFLAND - Roger Allen Reed, a welder, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at ET York Hospice Care Center in Gainesville.
Born in Elkhart, Ind., he moved to Chiefland from Michigan. He was Baptist.
Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Virginia Reed, Chiefland; daughters, Wanda Darling, Chiefland, Tammy Weaver, Trenton, and Celestine Miller, Kuna, Idaho; sons, John Trudeau, Holland, Mich., Craag Reed, Ocala, and Terance Reed, Chiefland; sister, Bonnie Schmiedeknecht, Cloversville, Mich.; brother, Burton Reed Jr., Cloversville, Mich.; 17 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, Chiefland, provided information.
Jeanette W. Troy, 84
BEVERLY HILLS - Jeanette W. Troy, 84, a retired secretary, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004 in Lecanto.
Born in Chicago, she moved to Beverly Hills from Wheaton, Ill., in 1978. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry A. Troy, and son Michael F. Croy.
Survivors include her niece, Verlee, Lunsford, Beverly Hills; and two grandchildren.
Hooper Funeral Homes, Beverly Hills, provided information.
Patricia A. Bachman, 73,
DUNNELLON - Patricia A. Bachman, 73, a homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
A native of Warren, Ohio, she came here from South Carolina in 1997. She loved cruises and embroidery. She was Christian.
Survivors include her husband, Edward H. Bachmann, Dunnellon; sons, Edward D. Bachmann and Richard H. Bachmann, both of Warren, Ohio; brother, Richard Durst, Orlando; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Munroe Regional Medical Center Nursing Scholarship Fund.
Roberts Funeral Home, Bruce West Chapel, in Ocala provided information.
