Obituaries
Matthew Coward
Jun 22, 2024
Matthew George Coward, 65, beloved husband, father, brother, and grandfather, passed away on June 22nd, 2024 in Fort Myers, FL. He was born on January 3rd, 1959 in Hendersonville, NC.
He is survived by wife Sarah Coward; children Katherine Coward Allison, Declan Allison, Melinda Gaia Coward, Jennifer Jewel Gaia, and Daniel Coward; brothers Anthony Coward, Leonard Coward and Wyatt Glisson; and...
Diana Carroll
May 31, 2024
Diana Carroll, age 80, passed away on May 31, 2024.
Diana was born in Muncie, IN to John and Edna Ullman on May 1st, 1944. She worked in the dry cleaning industry until she retired in 2008. She loved spending time with family and working on word search puzzles. Most days you could find her playing with one of her youngest...
Charles Aynes
May 30, 2024
Charles Aynes, 94, of Port Charlotte, Florida went home to be with the Lord on May 30, 2024. He was born in Brown County, Indiana on November 15, 1929, the son of the late Nota Robertson and late William Aynes.
Charles graduated from Nashville High School in Indiana in 1948. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served during...
Mary J. Benson
May 26, 2024
Mary Jeanette Benson, 99, born August 3, 1924, to the late Nelson and Permella (Huffman) Berkshire in Royal Center, Indiana, sadly passed away Sunday, May 26, 2024, at her residence in Sandhill Gardens, Punta Gorda, Florida.
After graduating from Burnettsville High School, Burnettsville, IN. in 1943, Mary married Sgt. Albert Perry Benson of Cass County, IN. on July 19, 1943. He...
Carol Knoeller
May 15, 2024
Carol Ann Knoeller, 86, passed away on May 15, 2024, in North Port, Florida. She was born on December 22, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Palmer and Gladys (Veasey) Price. Carol married Douglas Knoeller on July 13, 1963, in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. They met at the Plymouth Cottage where she worked. Over the years, she has worked at a dry cleaner, The...
Ann A. Debault
May 8, 2024
Ann Aloyse DeBault (nee Emerick) 94, January 29, 1930– May 8, 2024
Ann passed away peacefully at Charlotte Bay Rehabilitation and Care Center, Port Charlotte, FL.
Ann was born to Charles and Aloyse (nee Brauer) Emerick on January 29, 1930 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her life was challenging as the only daughter between two brothers, Martin and James.
She graduated high school from...
Joyce C. Anderson
Apr 5, 2024
Joyce Carol (Gall) Anderson of Punta Gorda, FL, passed away on April 5, 2024. She was born on July 25, 1942 to Henry Thomas and Evelyn Verdena (DeGroodt) Gall in Pontiac, IL. She graduated from Odell High School in 1960 in Odell, IL. She also attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL. She married the love of her life, Robert...
Robert F. Courtemanche
Mar 31, 2024
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL ―
Robert F. Courtemanche, 87, loving and devoted husband and father, passed away Sunday March 31st, 2024, after a brief illness. He was born in Lebanon, NH on December 16th 1936, to the late Percy and Louise (Roberts) Courtemanche. Robert grew up in Hartford, VT with his ten siblings and graduated from Hartford High School, class of 1956....
Richard L. Quam
Mar 30, 2024
Richard (Rick) Quam, age 73 of Moorhead, MN and North Port, Florida passed away on March 30, 2024.
Rick was born in Breckenridge Minnesota on August 15th, 1950 to Stanley and Fern (Syvertson) Quam. He grew up on the family farm southwest of Wyndmere, North Dakota alongside two brothers and four sisters. He attended a rural country school his first four...
Betty R. Smith
Mar 23, 2024
Betty R Smith, 85, peacefully passed away on March 23, 2024. Betty was the oldest daughter of Ruth and Olin Taylor; she was born and raised in Zanesville, Ohio. Betty was one of seven children in her family and was the queen of bologna and Kool-Aid lunches for her younger siblings.
Betty joins her soulmate, Daniel Smith whom she married in...
Timothy Erik Peterson
Mar 20, 2024
Tim Peterson, 72, from Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away on March 20, 2024 at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL. Tim and his wife, Katie, married for 34 years, recently moved from Temperance, Michigan in 2021 to their newly built home in Punta Gorda, Florida.
Tim was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, in November 2021 and passed due...
Sharon Kaye Thomas
Mar 17, 2024
Sharon (KAYE) Thomas
May 23, 1950 - March 17, 2024
Kaye Thomas of Clarkston Michigan and Port Charlotte Florida unexpectedly passed away peacefully on March 17, 2024. Kaye was born in California on May 23, 1950 and graduated from El Cajon Valley High School in 1968. Kaye moved to Michigan in 1971 and worked as a secretary for Cranbrook and Waterford Schools....
Richard (Dick) A. Casale
Mar 2, 2024
Richard Casale, 82, of Syracuse, NY, son of Dominic & Phyllis Casale, passed away peacefully in Punta Gorda on Saturday March 2, 2024. He is survived by his sister, Joan Tackley of Skaneateles, NY, and daughters Amanda Nason of Charlston, SC, Lisa Fitzpatrick & son-in-law Peter Fitzpatrick of Punta Gorda, Deirdre Casale of Montgomery, VT, and Elizabeth Maurer of Henderson,...
Tina A. Simpkins
Feb 25, 2024
Tina Annette Simpkins, lovingly known to many as a beautiful mermaid, gracefully swam into the world on June 19, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio to Delbert and Ella Legg. She entered eternity unexpectedly on February 25, 2024, in Port Charlotte, Florida, but her memory will forever ripple through the lives she touched.
She was preceded in death by her father, Delbert Legg,...
Darlene (Hornak) S. Warth
Feb 15, 2024
Darlene (Hornak) Skiby Warth, age 82, died on 15 February 2024 in Arcadia, Florida. She was born in a suburb of Chicago in 1941, lived in Chillicothe and Zanesville, Ohio, and moved to Port Charlotte, Florida in 1998.
Darlene is survived by her children Laura Somerville (Bob) and Jeffrey Skiby (Erling); her stepchildren Paul Warth (Mary), Mark Warth (Cheryl) and Matt...
Mary M. Westlake
Jan 12, 2024
Mary Margaret Bernadette Westlake was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world comfortably and surrounded by love on January 12, 2024 at the age of 89.
Mary was born to John and Mary Anne McSharry on September 14, 1934. After graduating from Dobbs Ferry High School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Mary attended and...
Donald O. Debault
Jan 9, 2024
Donald Otto DeBault, 96, April 12, 1927- January 9, 2024
Donald passed away peacefully at his home with his wife, Ann,and children at his side.
Donald was the son of Charles and Emma (nee Cain) DeBault, born on the homestead farm in
Stewardson, Illinois April 12, 1927. His early days were spent on the farm with his 3 older sisters
and 1 younger sister...
Gearld K. Cooper
Jan 4, 2024
Gearld Keith Cooper, 98, of Port Charlotte, FL, passed away in his sleep on January 4, 2024. Coop, as he was known, was a beloved father, a devoted husband, and a brilliant man.
Gearld was born on March 31, 1925 in Monroe County, IA, the third of four children born to Gladys and Faley Cooper. He grew up in a series...
James A. Jett
Dec 31, 2023
James Albert Jett, of Port Charlotte, FL, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully on December 31, 2023, in the presence of his loving family.
He was born in Ashland, Alabama on August 8, 1935, to the late King Albert Jett and Ida Mae Bearden. At the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and...
Helen L. Anderson
Dec 25, 2023
Helen Louise Anderson, age 96, of Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away peacefully December 25 at her home in the arms of husband Rex and daughter Robin. Born April 6, 1927 in New Marshfield, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Naomi Ann Barber Dicken.
She was a graduate of Waterloo High School. She was married on June 28, 1957...
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