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Kathryn Rivers Baildon

Kathryn Rivers Baildon

May 3, 2017

Kathryn Rivers Baildon, age 93, passed away May 3rd, surrounded by her family at Haven Hospice. She was born on February 28, 1924 to Abram Pratt Rivers and Harriet Mole Rivers. Golf and Tennis were her favorite activities when she was able and later watching the activities on T.V., her passion was Gator everything. She enjoyed her time working...

Diane Carolyn Orfino

Diane Carolyn Orfino

Apr 26, 2017

Ms. Diane Carolyn Orfino, 52, of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. She was born in Bay Shore, New York to Carolyn Tanner Orfino and the late Michael Orfino. She has lived in the Lake City area the past year, moving here from the Pompano Beach area; she also attended Hopeful Baptist Church. Diane was a...

Mattie Lee Riley

Mattie Lee Riley

Apr 25, 2017

Ms. Mattie Lee Riley, 87, of Lake City passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Born in Lake City to the late James Broward and Minnie L. Williams Coxe, Ms. Riley was a lifelong resident of Lake City. She retired from J. C. Penney after many years of service and enjoyed crocheting in her spare...

Henry Wayne Duke

Henry Wayne Duke

Apr 23, 2017

Mr. Henry Wayne Duke, Sr., 82, of Gulf Shores, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Alabama on June 27, 1934 to the late Roger and Gladis Johns Duke. He was a U.S. Army veteran and had his Master's Degree in Mechanical Technology and Curriculum Construction and was also certified...

Dale R Moody

Dale R Moody

Apr 21, 2017

Dale R. Moody, 52 of Lake Butler and formerly of Miami, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017 after a long battle with bladder cancer.  Dale was a loving son, brother, father, Papa and friend to many.  His laughter, practical jokes and the love for his family will be deeply missed.  Dale is preceded in death by his daughter,...

Beverly S Davis

Beverly S Davis

Apr 21, 2017

Beverly Smelt Davis of Lake City went home to be with The Lord on April 21st 2017.  Beverly lived her entire life in Florida and the majority of her adult years were spent in the White Springs/Lake City area.  She was retired from the Florida State Park Service having spent 32 years employed at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture...

Richard Jack Shepard

Richard Jack Shepard

Apr 20, 2017

Richard Jack Shepard, age 69 of Lake City, Florida died Thursday , April 20, 2017 at home among several family member, from complications of brain cancer.  Richard was born in Jacksonville Florida and moved to Lake City, Florida in June of 1973 with the family manufacturing business.

He is survived by his wife Carol Shanklin Shepard, father...

Judith "Judy" Annette Onorati

Judith "Judy" Annette Onorati

Apr 20, 2017

Judith Annette "Judy" Onorati, 57 of Ft. White, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at her home surrounded with her family.  Judy was born in New Berlin, New York and was raised in Middletown, Connecticut and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School class of 1978 in Middletown.  She had previously lived in the Lake Worth and Ft Lauderdale...

Richard Edward Banzal

Richard Edward Banzal

Apr 15, 2017

Mr. Richard Edward Banzal, 73, passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lake City.  He was born in Southampton, New York to the late William and Margaret Bahns Banzal.  Mr. Banzal had lived in Lake City since 2015 and had previously been a longtime resident of the Vero Beach and Melbourne, Florida. ...

William F Shiepe

William F Shiepe

Apr 13, 2017

William F. Shiepe, 97 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the Malcom Randall Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville.  Mr. Shiepe was born in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Fahead and Emily Shiepe.  He was a decorated World War II veteran having served in the United States Army.  Mr. Shiepe served in the European...

Loraine H Bishop

Loraine H Bishop

Apr 11, 2017

Lorain H. Bishop, age 83 of Lake City, Florida, died on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville.  Mrs. Bishop was a native of Springville, Maine and a daughter of the late Colby and Blanche (Leighton) Hanscom.  She graduated from Lee Academy in Lee, Maine, class of 1951.  Mrs. Bishop served in the...

Emma Marie Curry French

Emma Marie Curry French

Apr 10, 2017

Emma Marie Curry French, 95, of Lake City, Fl., passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017 at North Florida Regional Hospital.

Born on September 20, 1921, in Bonifay, Fl., to the late George William "G.W." Curry and late Elizabeth Scott. Mrs. French moved to Lake City, Fl., in 1979 from Bonifay, FL. She enjoyed gardening,...

Marjorie Helen Nason

Marjorie Helen Nason

Apr 9, 2017

Mrs. Marjorie Helen Nason, 72 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center.  She was born in Parkville, Illinois and had made her home in Lake City, Florida since 2006.  Mrs. Nason was formerly a longtime resident of Crystal River, Florida and longtime member of the Red Level Baptist...

Dorothy Anne Register

Dorothy Anne Register

Apr 6, 2017

Dorothy Anne Register, 74 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at her home.  She was born in Portsmouth, VA a daughter to the late Joseph and Helen Garrett Cosner.  Mrs. Register had made her home in Lake City since 1964 having moved here from Portsmouth, VA.  She was of the Assembly of God faith and...

Abigail "Abby" Markham

Abigail "Abby" Markham

Apr 6, 2017

Abigail "Abby" Kersey Markham, 29 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville with her family by her side.  She was born in Yuma, Arizona and was raised in Lake City.  Abby was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 2006 and she had made her career...

Geraldine "Jerrie" Fields

Geraldine "Jerrie" Fields

Apr 6, 2017

Mrs. Geraldine "Jerrie" Melton Fields, 86, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City.  She was born May 21, 1930 in Lake City to the late Henry and Georgia Christie Melton and was a long time resident of Lake City.  She was the wife of the...

Sylvia Leblanc Landrum

Sylvia Leblanc Landrum

Apr 5, 2017

After a sudden illness, Sylvia LeBlanc Landrum passed away Wednesday, April 5th at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, FL. She made her home in Lake City, Florida where she lived for over 45 years with her late husband, Louis Grady Landrum, M.D. She moved to Tallahassee, after his death, to be near her three daughters who resided there. ...

Sonia Delos Reyes Bloomfield

Sonia Delos Reyes Bloomfield

Apr 5, 2017

Sonia Delos Reyes Bloomfield, 46 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at her home with her family.  She was born in Biri, Northern Sumar, Philippines to the late Pedro Delos and Trinidad Nebrida Reyes.  Mrs. Bloomfield had made her home in Lake City since 2000 having moved here from her home in the Philippines.  She...

Robert Keith Nicholson, Sr.

Robert Keith Nicholson, Sr.

Mar 29, 2017

Mr. Robert Keith Nicholson, Sr., 79 of Gainesville and formerly of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the VA Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.  He was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana to the late Charles Franklin Nicholson, Sr. and Martha Jane Clouser Wyatt.  Mr. Nicholson was a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps.  He had made...

Evelyn Jean Hathaway

Evelyn Jean Hathaway

Mar 27, 2017

Evelyn Jean Hathaway, 70 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center.  She was a daughter to the late Carl and Ruby Kestner Brewster.  Mrs. Hathaway was a longtime resident of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas and had recently relocated to Lake City due to health reasons.  She was of...

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