CUNNINGHAM, Maurice, 76, of Port Richey died Friday. Dignified Funeral Alternatives, New Port Richey.
April 25, 1998
DYKEMA, Michael James Jr., 28, of Zephyrhills died Wednesday. Oakley Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
April 25, 1998
JEDLOWSKI, Walter S., 76, of New Port Richey died Wednesday. Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey.
April 25, 1998
KOVALICK, Michael, 73, of New Port Richey died Thursday. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Lakeview Chapel, Clearwater.
April 25, 1998
LORD, Harry C., 78, of Port Richey died Thursday. Faupel Funeral Home, Port Richey.
April 25, 1998
PICHALSKI, Henry J., 83, of New Port Richey died Thursday. National Cremation Society, Holiday.
April 25, 1998
RIECKS, Melvin A., 74, of Port Richey died Thursday. Dobies Funeral Home, Congress Street, New Port Richey.
April 25, 1998
SHAVER, Della C., 87, of New Port Richey died Thursday. Dobies Funeral Home, Congress Street, New Port Richey.
April 25, 1998
STARKWEATHER, Tina Childs, 34, of Spring Hill died Thursday. Loyless Funeral Home, Lutz/Land O' Lakes Chapel.
April 25, 1998
TEAR, Charles William, 59, of San Antonio died Thursday. Coleman and Ferguson Funeral Home, Dade City.
April 25, 1998
WOLSKI, Joyce D., 69, of Holiday died Thursday. Michels-Lundquist Funeral Home, New Port Richey.
April 25, 1998
ADAMS, Edwin C., 75, of Clearwater died Friday. Moss- Feaster Funeral Home, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater.
April 25, 1998
BACHMANN, Charles F., 78, of Dunedin died April 17. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
April 25, 1998
HARRISON, Howard William, 85, of Dunedin died Thursday. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
April 25, 1998
BARNHILL, Olivia Lonnie, 76, of Wahneta died Thursday. Family Funeral Services, Winter Haven.
April 25, 1998
BOOTH, Mary Virginia, 89, of Winter Haven died Friday. Crisp- Coon Funeral Homes, Winter Haven.
April 25, 1998
COLLINS, Maggie Lee Waldrop, 81, of Winter Haven died Thursday. Crisp-Coon Funeral Homes, Winter Haven.
April 25, 1998
ENNIS, Emmitt Eugene, 89, of Lakeland died Friday. Lanier Funeral Home, Lakeland.
April 25, 1998
MORRIS, Ethel Mae, 93, of Gulf Breeze died Friday. Ott- Laughlin Funeral Home, Winter Haven.
April 25, 1998
THAI, Can, 88, of Winter Haven died Wednesday. Crisp-Coon Funeral Homes, Winter Haven.
April 25, 1998
WATKINS, John Francis Bullock, 84, of Lakeland died Thursday. Heath Funeral Chapel, Lakeland.
April 25, 1998
EVANS CALLOWAY BAILEY, 50, of Tampa died Thursday. A native of Bessemer, Ala., he moved to the Tampa area 19 years ago. He was a retired Air Force veteran of Vietnam, member of DAV and Westshore Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl; two sons, Troy Lucas and John Stephens, both of Tampa; two daughters, Tabatha of Chicago and Tina Schrantz of Fort Lauderdale; a brother, Gerald of Bessemer; three sisters, Edna, Eloise and Christine, all of Bessemer; and four grandchildren. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Tampa.
April 25, 1998
LAURA KATHLEEN BAILEY, 31, of Gainesville, formerly of Tampa died Wednesday. A native of Enid, Okla., she was Catholic. She is survived by her mother, Kathleen McCarty of Temple Terrace; her father and stepmother, Edward P. Jr. and Janet of Fairfax Station, Va.; a sister, Jeannette Boot of New York City, and her maternal grandmother, Evelyn McCarty of San Antonio, Texas . Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, MacDill Avenue Chapel, Tampa.
April 25, 1998
JACQUELYN JEAN BLUE, 71, of Tampa died April 17 at Arbors of Tampa. A native of Grand Blanc, Mich., she moved to the Tampa area from Los Angeles in 1992. She was a retired public affairs official for the government and in the systems department of the Navy Astronamics group. She is survived by her husband, Richard M.; and a son, Jay King of Los Angeles. Gonzalez Funeral Home, Tampa.
April 25, 1998
HERBERT ERIC BROWN, 60, of Seffner died Thursday at Brandon Regional Medical Center. A native of Chicago, he moved to the Tampa area in 1994. He was a police office for the city of Chicago. He is survived by two sons, Jeffrey D. and Paul W. of Chicago; two daughters, Laura Kavanagh of Aurora, Ill., and Jennifer Taylor of Davenport, Iowa; a brother, Harold, of Illinois; two sisters, Betty Brown of Wisconsin and Herriett Bromberg of Florida; and five grandchildren. Stowers Funeral Home, Brandon.
April 25, 1998
TIBURCIO CABRALES, 61, of Dover died Thursday at Brandon Regional Medical Center. A native of Panuco, Mexico, he moved to the area from Brownsville, Texas , in 1985. He retired from the dry cleaning business. He is survived by four sons, Juan C. of Houston, Texas , Sergio of Dade City and Eduardo and Luis P., both of Dover; five daughters, Micaela Guadian of Houston, Flora Garza and Irma Robels, both of Dover, Beatriz A. Galvan of Seffner and Leticia Rojas of Plant City; 28 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren, Haynes Funeral Home, Plant City.
April 25, 1998
JOSE M. CEPERO, 42, of Tampa died April 15 at St. Joseph's Hospital. A native of Puerto Rico, he moved to the Tampa area four years ago. He was Catholic. He is survived by his mother, Eladia Monserrate of Tampa; and two brothers, Alberto and Gilberto, both of Tampa. Florida Mortuary, Loyless Chapel, Tampa.
April 25, 1998
DOLORES "TITI LOLITA" DEL TORO, 90, of Tampa died Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital. A native of San German, Puerto Rico, she moved to the Tampa area five years ago. She was a homemaker and member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church. She is survived by two sons, Clemente Toro of Tampa and Jose C. Rodriguez Favale of Puerto Rico; a sister, Eulogia Toro Ramirez of Puerto Rico; and five grandchildren. Gonzalez Funeral Home, Tampa.
April 25, 1998
MICHELLE EDWARDS, 37, of Navarre died Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital. A native of Chicago, she moved to the area from Miami in 1992. She was a minister at International Church Without Walls, Air Force veteran, and founding member of several ministries. She is survived by her mother, Bettie Sykes of Chicago Heights, Ill.; her father, Isaiah Johnson of Chicago; four brothers, Darnell Washington of Los Angeles, Philip Johnson and Michael Johnson, both of Chicago and Isaiah Washington of Vista, Calif; and five sisters, Astralia Akbar of Matteson, Ill., Sharon Winters of Hazel Crest, Ill., Debra Jones of Navarre and Adean Johnson and Adrian Mason, both of Chicago. Mark III Funeral Home, South Tampa Chapel.
April 25, 1998
HOWARD C. ELLIS, 80, of Odessa died Monday. A native of St. Catherine, he was an Air Force flight engineer, veteran and Methodist. He is survived by his wife, Alice; a son, Gordon of Gaithersburg, Md.; and two grandchildren. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Nebraska Chapel, Tampa.
April 25, 1998
RAMON MUNIZ ESTEVEZ SR., 63 of Tampa died Wednesday. A native of Cuba, he moved to the Tampa area in 1945. He was a self-employed stucco contractor, owner of Imperial Stone and Brick Co. and member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife, Pura; three sons, Frank Menendez, Tony Menendez and Ramon Jr., all of Tampa; three daughters, Lorraine Alvarado, Cecelia Rodriguez and Ray Marie, all of Tampa; four brothers, Oreste, Mario and Oscar, all of Miami and Elio of Tampa; a sister, Caridad Zamora, of Cuba; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Armenia Chapel, Tampa.
April 25, 1998
JAMES "HUBERT" FRANCIS, 83, of Sun City Center died Thursday at Brandon Regional Medical Center. A native of Clifton Forge, Va., he moved to the area from Miami 15 years ago. He was a printer for newspapers and manager/trainer for Tom Thumb Convenience Store. He is survived by a son, David B. Malone of Manassas, Va.; a daughter, Martha Ann Bradley of Tampa; a brother, David of Salt Lake City, Utah; a sister, Lila Lee Guerrant of Richmond, Va.; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Hillsboro Memorial, Brandon.
April 25, 1998