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Andre J Tardif
Jan 21, 2019
Andre J. Tardif, 77 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2019 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City. He was born in Lac Megantic, Quebec, Canada to the late Cleophase and Helene Mathieu Tardif. Mr. Tardif had made Lake City his home since 1981 having moved here from Ft. Myers, FL. He...
John Robert (Jack) Sullivan
Jan 21, 2019
John Robert "Jack" Sullivan, 87, of White Springs, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2019 at the E.T. York Haven Hospice Care Center in Gainesville after an extended illness. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 2, 1931 to the late John William and Sybil Catherine Shaffer Sullivan. He has made the White Springs area his home since...
Patricia Ann Sost
Jan 20, 2019
Mrs. Patricia Ann Sost, 83, of Lake Butler, passed away on Sunday morning, January 20, 2019 at her residence following a extended illness surrounded by her family. She was born in Bronx, New York on October 17, 1935 to the late Patrick and Agnes Payne Kelly. She has been a resident of the Lake Butler area since 1988 and...
Opal Lee (Rimes) Carter
Jan 18, 2019
Opal Lee Carter, 83 of Lake City, peacefully went home to be with Jesus and family members awaiting, on Friday, January 18, 2019, at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City. She was born in Sebring, Florida to the late James Harold Rimes and Dorothy Veda Chancey Rimes. Mrs. Carter had made her home in Lake...
Melvin Michael Baldree
Jan 17, 2019
Melvin Michael (Mike) Baldree, 64, of Lake City, Florida, passed into the presence of the Lord unexpectedly on Thursday, January 17, 2019.
He was born in Clewiston, Florida on February 5, 1954. Mike graduated from Clewiston High School, received his BA degree from Southeastern Bible College in Lakeland, FL, and received his Master of Divinity Degree from...
Nils Howard Wagner
Jan 16, 2019
Nils Howard Wagner, 65, of Branford, Fl., passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center.
Memorial service for Mr. Wagner will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 19, 2019 in the chapel of Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home with Tom Richards officiating.
Laura Barnes Owen
Jan 15, 2019
Mrs. Laura Barnes Owen, 76, of Wellborn, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born in Waycross, Georgia on February 20, 1942 to the late T.D. and Grace Smith Barnes. She made Olustee, Florida her home most of her life; just recently moving to the Wellborn...
Edgar Ed Combest
Jan 14, 2019
Edgar "Ed" Combest, Jr., 82 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, January 14, 2019 at the Haven Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center. He was born in Blue Ridge, Texas to the late Edgar Combest, Sr. and Maxie Bailey Combest. Mr. Combest had made his home in Lake City since 1974 having moved here following his retirement from the...
Betty Jean Daughtry
Jan 13, 2019
Betty Jean Hatch Daughtry, 89, of Lake City died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on January 13, 2019. Betty Jean was born in Branford, Florida. She was the youngest daughter of Robert E. Hatch and Mamie Wood Hatch born on July 9, 1929. She graduated from Landon High School in Jacksonville, FL in 1947. She attended the...
Shirley Mae Freeman
Jan 8, 2019
Mrs. Shirley Mae Freeman, 86, of Lake City, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, January 8, 2019 at the Haven-Suwannee Valley Hospice Care Center after an extended illness. She was born in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area on June 27, 1932 to the late Alva Beam. She has made Lake City her home since, 1972, moving here with her husband...
Wallace Howard Christie, Sr.
Jan 7, 2019
Wallace Howard Christie, Sr., 80 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019 at the Lake City Medical Center following a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a son to the late Harry Daniel Christie and Ethel Mae Lee Christie. Mr. Christie was a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1956...
Priscilla M (Moore) Pace
Jan 2, 2019
Mrs. Priscilla Moore Pace, age 78 of Lake City, passed away on January 2, 2019 at Shands Medical Center in Gainesville after a short illness. She was born in Havana, Florida to the late Tom and Troy Swing Moore and was a graduate of Leon High School class of 1958. Mrs. Pace retired from the Columbia County School System...
Lee Anne Cone
Dec 29, 2018
Lee Anne Cone, 69, of Fort White, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, December 29, 2018 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born in Toronto, Canada on May 26, 1949 to the late Victor and Margaret McConnachie McGraw. She has lived in the Lake City area since 1999, moving here from the Largo area where she...
Stephen Lee Broom
Dec 28, 2018
Stephen Lee Broom, age 62, of Cohutta, passed away Friday, December 28, 2018 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his father, Edford Broom. He was a member of Hickory Valley Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Melissa Broom of the residence; daughter and son-in-law, Stefanie LeAnne and Arian Kosta of Durres, Albania; sons, Bradford...
Maryann Martin
Dec 24, 2018
MaryAnn Martin, 48, of Temple Terrace, formerly of Lake City, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2018. She was born in Racine, Wisconsin on November 29, 1970 to the late Noe and Mary Sabala Rubio. She made Lake City her home for the past twenty years before moving to Temple Terrace just a few months ago. In her spare...
Jack Thomas Harris
Dec 22, 2018
Jack Thomas Harris, 76, of Lake Butler, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at the Shands University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville after a sudden illness. He was born in Hahira, Georgia on August 13, 1942 to the late Wiley and Jewel Jones Harris. He was a Heavy Equipment Supervisor in the construction industry for many years, working...
Martha Kay (Witt) Norris
Dec 17, 2018
Martha Kay Witt Norris, 64 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. She was a lifelong resident of Lake City and a member of Hopeful Baptist Church. Mrs. Norris had worked for 14 years with GE Battery in Alachua from 1974-1988 and for over 15 years in...
Margaret Muriel Smith
Dec 15, 2018
Margaret Muriel Smith, 84, longtime resident of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Solaris HealthCare. Born in Concord, Australia to the late George and Evelyn Smith, Margaret later moved to the United States to join her sister and brother-in-law, Eileen and Roy Sloan, in Lake City.
Ms. Smith was actively involved in a...
Betty Stephens Jones
Dec 11, 2018
Mrs. Betty Stephens Jones, 90, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday morning, December 11, 2018. She was born May 22, 1928 to the late A.H. and Christine Stephens of Wauchula, FL. She was a faithful wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family. She also worked as a substitute teacher...
Leland A. Hjelsand
Dec 5, 2018
Leland A. Hjelsand, 81 of Lake City, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at his home in Lake City. Mr. Hjelsand had lived in Lake City for the past 17 years having moved here from St. Petersburg. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and member of Epiphany Catholic Church in Lake City. Mr. Hjelsand worked...
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