DIANE POWE MAXEY, 57, of Ruskin died Thursday at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. A native of West Palm Beach, she was a longtime resident and self-employed mortgage broker. She is survived by her husband, Arthur; her father, C.C. Powe of Ruskin; and a brother, Norman Powe of Ruskin. Lewers Funeral Home, Ruskin.
August 12, 2000
AMPARO QUIROGA, 99, of Tampa died Thursday at home. A native of Lugo, Spain, she moved to the area in 1979. She was a homemaker and Catholic. She is survived by two sons, Santiago Pando and Juan Serrano; two daughters, Adelina Serrano and Josefina Cobos; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Gonzalez Funeral Home, Tampa.
August 12, 2000
RUBEN REECE, 44, of Riverview died Thursday. A native of Lakeland, he was a lifelong area resident. He was a phosphate engineer for a railroad and Episcopalian. He is survived by a son, Ryan; a daughter, Randy Richards; his parents, Eric and Bobbie; and a brother, Ronald. Zipperer's Agape Mortuary & Crematory, Ruskin.
August 12, 2000
DOROTHY SLATER, 52, of Tampa died Aug. 1 at South Tampa Health and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Thomas County, Ga., she moved to the area 30 years ago. She was a waitress and Protestant. She is survived by a son, Antonio; two daughters, Yolanda Jackson and Michelle Jackson; a brother, Mitchell; six sisters, Mary Davis, Helen James, Betty Walker, Barbara Diggs, Deloise Collins and Loretta Collins; and seven grandchildren. Wilson's Funeral Home, Tampa.
August 12, 2000
HARRIETTE S. SMITH, 81, of Plant City died Thursday at home. A native of Valatie, N.Y., she moved to Plant City from Melbourne in 1998. She was a bookkeeper and Protestant. She is survived by three daughters, Sara Freer of Plant City, Paula Nye of Owenton, Ky., and Susan Landry of Alvin, Texas ; two sisters, Jane Percy of Plant City and Lois Vought of Ocala; a brother, Hubert Schiller of Valatie; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Choice Cremation & Funeral Care, Lakeland.
August 12, 2000
FLOYD L. STEPHENS, 70, of Sun City Center died Aug. 1 at Palm Garden of Sun City Center Nursing Home. A native of Sarasota, he was a roofer. He is survived by a son, Floyd of South Haven, Mich.; and a sister, Irene Sibley of Nokomis. Florida Mortuary & Cremation Services.
August 12, 2000
EMUEL THORNTON, 75, of Brandon died Thursday at Beverly Health Care Center. A lifelong resident, he was a foreman for a dairy farm and member of First Baptist Church of Gibsonton. He is survived by a son, Harold of Riverview; two daughters, Loretta Seifert of Gibsonton and Shirley Turner of Riverview; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Hamilton Funeral Home, Riverview.
August 12, 2000
DAVE TRAVIS, 64, of Valrico died Thursday at Brandon Regional Hospital. A native of Defiance, Ohio, he moved to the area from Dallas 12 years ago. He was a construction superintendent, Mason and Shriner. He is survived by his wife, Patti; three daughters, Tammy Krueger of Michigan City, Ind., and Kimberlee Rodriguez and Trayce Rozanski, both of Orlando; his father, Donald of Crown Point, Ind.; a brother, Robert of Wausilla, Alaska; a sister, Beverly Nowicki of Crown Point; and five grandchildren. Serenity Meadows Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Riverview/Brandon.
August 12, 2000
WILMA McNATT WILLIAMSON, 85, of Lutz died Friday at The Arbors at Tampa. She was a lifelong resident, a homemaker and member of Bethel Tabernacle. She is survived by two sons, Bob and Ray, both of Plant City; two daughters, Wanda Reece and Lillie Pennington, both of Lutz; a brother, Alton McNatt of Tampa; a sister, Ina Hoover of Land O' Lakes; 15 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and five great- great-grandchildren. Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes, Lutz-Land O' Lakes Chapel, Lutz.
August 12, 2000
HEARNS, Richard M., 73, of Palm Harbor died Thursday. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Homes, Tarpon Avenue Chapel, Tarpon Springs.
August 12, 2000
MAI, Elvesta P. "Ellie," 60, of Tarpon Springs died Thursday. Vinson Funeral Home.
August 12, 2000
KEPNER, Robert W., 73, of Clearwater died Wednesday. National Cremation Society, Clearwater.
August 12, 2000
RICHEY, Ralph Oren, 78, of Feesburg, Ohio, died Thursday. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
August 12, 2000
RAY, Danny, 22 of Palm Harbor died Thursday at home. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Tarpon Springs.
August 12, 2000
DEMING, Mark S., 39, of Lakeland died Wednesday. Heath Funeral Chapel, Lakeland.
August 12, 2000
GILLETT, Maybelle Luvern, 89, of Winter Haven died Wednesday. Crisp- Coon Funeral Homes, Winter Haven.
August 12, 2000
GREEN, Irene, 75, of Haines City died Tuesday. Kersey Funeral Home, Auburndale.
August 12, 2000
HOPKINS, Everett H., 74, of Winter Haven died Tuesday. Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, Winter Haven.
August 12, 2000
HOWARD, Francis, 87, of Bartow died Tuesday. McLean Funeral Home, Fort Meade.
August 12, 2000
MANN, Mary Robnett, 76, of Bartow died Tuesday. Whidden-McLean Funeral Home, Bartow.
August 12, 2000
MONTANEZ, Anastacio, 64, of Davenport died Tuesday. Oak Ridge Funeral Care, Haines City.
August 12, 2000
TIDWELL, Jeanette, 70, of Lakeland died Tuesday. Heath Funeral Chapel, Lakeland.
August 12, 2000
MARY A. BLASI, 85, of Holiday died Thursday at Harborside Healthcare Gulf Coast in New Port Richey. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved to this area in 1983 from Deer Park, N.Y. She was a key punch operator for Hartford Insurance Co. and member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Holiday. She is survived by a son, Thomas Gingola of Deer Park; two daughters, Marie Peluso of Holiday and Elvira Pesce of Deer Park; a brother, Joseph DeSantis of Fort Lauderdale; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Bartelt Road Chapel, Holiday.
August 12, 2000
SADIE E. BROWN, 100, of Bayonet Point died Friday at Bear Creek Nursing Home in Hudson. A native of Bristol, Pa., she moved to this area three years ago from Margate. She was Catholic. She is survived by a son, James of Bayonet Point; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Arlington Funeral Home, New Port Richey.
August 12, 2000
EDWARD H. DARBY, 82, of Holiday died Thursday at Community Hospital of New Port Richey. A native of Philadelphia, he moved to this area in 1971 from Scituate, Mass. He was a retired tool and die maker for Square D in Clearwater, an Army veteran of World War II, member of Asbury United Methodist Church in New Port Richey, and Moose Lodge 1429 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10167 in Holiday. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; two daughters, Pamela G. Griese of Eldersburg, Md., and Lisa Darby of Boulder, Colo.; and one grandson. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Bartelt Road Chapel, Holiday.
August 12, 2000
CLELAND "BUD" E. HALLETT, 79, of Holiday died Thursday at Edward White Hospital in St. Petersburg. A native of Four Falls, New Brunswick, Canada, he moved to this area in 1956 from Orange, Mass. He was a general mechanic for Innisbrook Resort in Tarpon Springs and previous owner of Bud's Garage in Orange, an Army veteran of World War II, Methodist, a member of the Scottish Rite and Egypt Temple Shrine, both in Tampa; Masonic Lodge 112 Free and Accepted Masons in Tarpon Springs; the York Rite Bodies; Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home; and life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10167 and the military Order of Cooties, both in Holiday. He is survived by his wife, Pauline; a daughter, Alice McCoy of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; three brothers, Gilbert of Holiday, Gerald of Orange and Charles of Hartly, Del.; a sister, Erma Labonet of Orange; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Bartelt Road Chapel, Holiday.
August 12, 2000
ANNA IANNACCONE, 80, of Port Richey died Thursday at Community Hospital of New Port Richey. A native of Italy, she moved to this area in 1973 from Long Island, N.Y. She was a seamstress and member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Hudson. She is survived by two sons, Ronald and Joseph, both of Port Richey; a daughter, Louise of Port Richey; and three grandchildren. Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home, Congress Street Chapel, New Port Richey.
August 12, 2000
