Gustave R. Breitweg, 72
DUNNELLON — Gustave R. "Bob" Breitweg, 72, a retired law enforcement officer, died Friday, June 30, 2000, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he moved to Dunnellon from Old Town in 1993. Mr. Breitweg retired from the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, Suffolk County, N.Y. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Harry Nesbitt Post 10087, Beverly Hills. Mr. Breitweg was a U.S. Army and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
Survivors include his sons, Gus W. Breitweg, Dunnellon and Michael R. Breitweg, Citrus Springs; daughters, Alice Ann Picard, Palm Beach Gardens and Cathy Mary Fritz, Royal Palm Beach; brother, Harry Wuest, Lake City; and five grandchildren.
Fero Funeral Home, Dunnellon, provided information.
James Busick, 25
OCALA — James Busick, 25, a painter, died Saturday, July 1, 2000, in St. Petersburg.
A native of Los Angeles, he moved here from Harleysville, Pa., nine years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Melissa Busick; daughter, Savannah Busick; and son, Austin Busick; father and stepmother, Walter and Carol Busick; mother, Victoria Busick; sister, Kelley Anne Busick, all of Ocala; and grandmother, Catherine Busick, Lansdale, Pa.
Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.
Alina Cicen, 77
OCALA — Alina Cicen, 77, a retired seamstress, died Friday, June 30, 2000, at Estelle's Hospice House.
A native of Lipolaty, Poland, she moved here from Chicago 12 years ago. Mrs. Cicen retired from Joanna Window Shades and Blinds, Chicago. She was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hieronim Cicen, who died in 1995.
Survivors include her son, Vyto Cicen, Cupertino, Calif.; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Hiers Memorial Chapel at TimberRidge provided information.
Thomas E. Eccles, 64
OCALA — Thomas E. Eccles, 64, an employee of K-Mart Distribution, died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
A native of Cohoes, N.Y., he moved here seven years ago. Mr. Eccles was a member of Our Lady of the Springs Catholic Church; Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge 1014; and the Waterford Dart League.
Survivors include his wife, Sylvia Eccles, Ocala; son, Thomas Eccles III, Belleview; daughter, Malanei Marro, Independence, Ky.; sister, Barbara Tracy, Waterford, N.Y.; brother, J. Edward Eccles, Clifton Park, N.Y.; and four grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.
Roberts Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, provided information.
James F. Farrell, 79
OCALA — James F. Farrell, 79, a retired drug store clerk, died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at Sylvia's Hospice House.
A native of Bronx, N.Y., he moved here from Central Islip, N.Y., in 1989. Mr. Farrell was a member of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy J. Farrell, Ocala; son, Patrick G. Farrell, Norfolk, Va.; daughters, Ellen J. Aquino, Port St. Lucie and Diane M. Overstreet, Sebastian; and two granddaughters.
Roberts Funeral Home, Jennings-Archway Chapel, provided information.
Svea E. Green, 66
OCALA — Svea Elizabeth Green, 66, a retired manager for Ben Franklin Crafts, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at her home.
A native of Ypsilanti, Mich., she moved here from Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1985. Ms. Green was an active member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. She also organized an ovarian cancer survivors support group.
Survivors include her husband, Bill M. Green, Ocala; son, Brian Martin, Ann Arbor; daughter, Kathryn Barton, Gainesville; and three grandchildren.
National Cremation Society provided information.
Gordon G. Kennedy, 76
SALT SPRINGS — Gordon G. Kennedy, 76, a retired railroad electrical supervisor, died Sunday, July 2, 2000, at his home.
A native of Stillmore, Ga., he moved here from Hollywood in 1990. Mr. Kennedy was a member of the James Carnel Masonic Lodge, Miami, and York Rite Bodies. He was Protestant. Mr. Kennedy was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Lillian Kennedy, Salt Springs; daughter, Karen Beard, Parkland; sons, John Kennedy, Longwood and Glenn Kennedy, Davie; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Hiers Funeral Home provided information.
Esther F. Lamb, 75
BEVERLY HILLS — Esther F. Lamb, 75, died Sunday, July 2, 2000.
A native of Huntington, Ind., she moved to Beverly Hills from Sweetser, Ind., 19 years ago. Mrs. Lamb was a member of Pine Ridge Golf and Country Club; Women of the Moose, Chapter 1773, Inverness; and a former member of the Marion and Fort Wayne, Ind. philharmonics as a violinist. She was Methodist.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Marvin E. Mock and Leonard Lamb.
Survivors include sons, M. Richard Mock and Thomas J. Mock, both of Indianapolis; daughters, Valerie J. Young, Marion, Ind. and Patricia Countryman-Jackaky, Fort Wayne; brother, Hayden Hale, Bismarck, N.D.; sister, Hazel Noble, Fort Wayne; three grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Hooper Funeral Home, Beverly Hills, provided information.
Robert M. O'Connor, 44
ORANGE SPRINGS — Robert M. O'Connor, 44, a carpenter, died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at his home.
A native of Islip, N.Y., he moved to Orange Springs from Hollywood 20 years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Deborah Haley, Orange Springs; sons, Brandon Oglesby, Georgia and Robert O'Connor, Orange Springs; daughters, Tonya O'Connor, Live Oak and Jessica O'Connor, Orange Springs; mother, Delores Ellison; and five sisters.
Roberts Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, provided information.
Aurora Q. Roldan, 75
SUMPTERVILLE — Aurora Quiles Pagan Roldan, 75, a homemaker, died Friday, June 30, 2000, in Wildwood.
A native of Buenos Aires, Puerto Rico, she moved here from Queens, N.Y., 20 years ago.
Survivors include her husband, Leonard Roldan Sr., Sumterville; sons, Juan R. Roldan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Miguel A. Roldan, Sterling Heights, Mich.; daughters, Luz Milagros Roldan Olaizola, Lebanon, Pa. and Olga Roldan Acevedo, Sumterville; sister, Priscillia Quiles, New York City; 16 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Roberts Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, provided information.
Keith E. Sands, 62
WILDWOOD — Keith Eugene Sands, 62, a retired conductor, died Monday, July 3, 2000.
Mr. Sands was a native and a lifelong resident of Wildwood. He retired from CSX Transportation after 39 years of service. Mr. Sands was an active member of Wildwood Church of Christ and a past president of the Jaycees.
Survivors include his wife, Flossie Sands, Wildwood; daughter, Connie Smith, Graysville, Ga.; sister, Pat Evans, Coleman; brother, Sonny Sands, Horseshoe Beach; and a granddaughter.
Banks-Page-Theus Funeral Home, Wildwood, provided information.
Charles L. Schanding, 76
CITRA — Charles L. Schanding, 76, a retired horseman, died Saturday, July 1, 2000.
A native of Cynthiana, Ky., he moved to Citra from Louisville in 1961. Mr. Schanding was Baptist.
He is survived by his daughters, Melinda Hilburn, Citra, Charlene Carver, New Orleans, Brenda Roderick, Leesburg and Helen Frady, Fort McCoy; and four grandchildren.
Florida Cremation Society provided information.
Carole J. Tate, 57
OCALA — Carole J. Tate, 57, a retired bookkeeper for United Way of Marion County, died Friday, June 30, 2000, at Ocala Regional Medical Center.
A native of Elgin, Ill., she moved here in 1981. Mrs. Tate was a member of United Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include her husband, Jesse Tate, Ocala; mother, Muriel Shelby, Gainesville, Ga.; daughter, Cindi Madascy, Largo; son, Steven J. Karlo, Wildwood; brother, Gary Shelby, Gainesville, Ga.; stepdaughters, Jessica Henderlight, Knoxville, Tenn., Melinda Tate, Big Stone Gap, Va., and Patricia Tate, Glendale, Ariz., Letitia Cumbow and Dolly Papuga, both of Kingsport, Tenn.; and two grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to United Pentecostal Church's Building Fund.
Hiers Funeral Home provided information.
Betty Daugherty, 67
LOUISVILLE — Betty "June" Daugherty, 67, a homemaker, died Sunday, July 2, 2000, at University Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
A native of Selma, Ala., she resided in Summerfield. Mrs. Hill was a member of the Southern Baptist Church of Selma and the Spruce Creek Military Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo Harris.
Survivors include her son, Gordon V. Daugherty Jr., Biloxi, Miss.; daughters, Betty Doreen Packard, Detroit and Belinda S. Hallwacks, Omaha, Neb.; sister, Elaine Gray, Birmingham, Ala.; and three grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Red Quarry Christian Church, 10908 W. County Road 25, North French Lick, IN 47432.
Brosmer-Drabing Funeral Home, French Lick, Ind., provided information.
Virginia M. Hill, 74
OCALA — Virginia M. Hill, 74, a homemaker, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
A native of Harrison County, Ky., she moved here from Cynthiania, Ky., in 1968.
Mrs. Hill was Methodist.
Survivors include her daughters, Phyllis Caldwell, Ashland, Ky., Brenda Lovette, Nancibelle Duley and Mildred Nelson, all of Ocala; sons, Larry Hill, Clarksville, Tenn., Gregory Hill, Belleview and Keith Hill, Ocala; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Roberts Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, provided information.
