All Blog Posts Tagged 'obituary' (140)

By Ron Hayes



BRINY BREEZES —  On a Monday morning more than a decade ago, David Blonda was sharing a golf cart with a new resident, collecting aluminum cans for the town’s recycling club.

    “I asked him where he was from,” Blonda recalled, “and he said, ‘A little town you never…

By Emily J. Minor

    

DELRAY BEACH — Jack Hake didn’t have any family. No sisters, no brothers. No aunts and uncles.

    His parents, Paul and Louise, had been dead for years.

    And so, when Mr. Hake died on Oct. 9 — taken to the hospital for the recurring cancer that would eventually…

By Emily J. Minor

DELRAY BEACH —   Margaret H. Floyd, who began coming to South Florida in the 1960s and enjoyed coming back year after year to nurture her love for tennis and all her friendships, died Sept. 17. A memorial service was held a few days later at First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, where she was a member.

Mrs. Floyd was born in London, the daughter of the late Andrew C. Hinrichs and Ethel M. Ferguson of Greenock, Scotland, and…

 By Ron Hayes

HIGHLAND BEACH — On his 90th birthday, Allen Schweizer went out to dinner with family and friends and pronounced himself happy with his long life. If I die tomorrow, he told them, I’ll feel I’ve lived a good, full life.

“And he…

Sandra Cropper

By Ron Hayes

COUNTY POCKET — Sandra and Reese Cropper bought a winter condo in Ocean Ridge 15 years ago, stayed seven seasons and loved the area so much they decided to…

Lowen Poock

By Ron Hayes

BRINY BREEZES — For a time in the 1990s, Lowen Poock, a certified public accountant from Des Moines, Iowa, stayed at the…

Dr. Pierre Andre Armand Vignau 

Dr. Pierre Vignau was born in Caen, France, and was a beloved and unique educator. Teaching was his passion. His patience and humor helped thousands of students master la belle langue, French. Dr. Vignau died Aug. 15, at the age…

Dr. Clinton J. Shope 

By Cheryl Blackerby

BOCA RATON — The Shope Hope Bell hangs in the radiation oncology department at Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.…

Gladys Forrestal

By Ron Hayes

SOUTH PALM BEACH — Walking with her husband in Costco or Publix, strolling the streets, eating in restaurants, Gladys Forrestal was often approached by women smiling warmly.

“Gladys,” they asked, “is that…

Joseph Rosso

By Ron Hayes

SOUTH PALM BEACH — Thirty-five years ago, Joseph Rosso started a small paving and drainage company in Lake Worth.

At the time of his death on Aug. 1, Rosso Paving…

By Steve Plunkett

Fond recollections and a stirring tribute to the late Mayor William Koch Jr. marked the Gulf Stream Town Commission’s first meeting in the post-Koch era.

Town Attorney John “Skip” Randolph remembered being a “wet behind the ears” lawyer in 1971 and meeting the “somewhat intimidating” mayor.

“It took me a while, but I ultimately learned that Bill Koch’s gruff exterior was just a facade and that his bark was much worse than his bite,”…

By Mary Thurwachter



    BOCA RATON — Ed Morse, who built one of the most respected automobile dealer groups in the country, died of natural causes on June 29.

Mr. Morse, 91, began his automotive career in 1946. At the time of his death, Morse’s company had 15 locations in Florida. He…

By Price Patton



DELRAY BEACH — John Frederick Peart, a soft-spoken and humble Canadian native who moved to Delray Beach in the late 1960s and became a champion and protector of Florida’s fragile shoreline, dunes and the turtles that nested there, died July 1. He was 75.

Mr. Peart…

By Ron Hayes



    BOCA RATON — Try to imagine Boca Raton without any jewelry stores.

    First, you would have to imagine Boca Raton without Joseph Altier.

Today, the city is home to at least 12 prominent jewelers, but when Altier Jewelers opened in 1960, it was the first.   

  …

By Liz Best

    

BOCA RATON — Gene Ehlers will be remembered not only for his professional accomplishments, but also for the way he lived day-to-day: with elegance, dignity, generosity and an ever-present twinkle in his eye.

    “I hope everyone will live the way he did,” his…

Bill Koch and his wife, Mary Lou, with polo stars

Del Carroll, Buddy Combs, Russell Firestone and William Mayer.

 By Ron Hayes

If the people of Gulf Stream…

Charles A. McCutcheon

By Christine Davis

BOCA RATON — Charles A. McCutcheon, 83, of Boca Raton, who served as Palm Beach County sheriff and Boca Raton police chief,…

Frank J. Devine

By Ron Hayes

DELRAY BEACH — After retiring from a distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Frank Devine brought his diplomatic skills to Palm Beach County, first…

Ann Boden

By Mary Thurwachter

HIGHLAND BEACH — Even during the final months of her life while battling a long illness, Ann Boden retained her positive and fun-loving outlook, according to her next-door neighbor…

Funeral services for former Palm Beach County Sheriff Charles A. McCutcheon have been scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, with a Mass at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton. On Friday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be visiting hours at Glick Funeral Home in Boca Raton. A burial service, with military and police honors will take place at Boca Raton Cemetery.

McCutcheon, 83, died at home on Tuesday morning, June 19.   He had a long and distinguished career in law…