OBITUARIES

Oct 25, 2018

Garnet Berniece Kimmel,96 of Sebring died October 25, 2018. She as born in Huntington, Indiana moving to Sebring in 1972. She was a Deputy Clerk of Courts with Highlands County with 18 years of service, she volunteered at Florida Hospital and attended Heartland Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Garland and her brother Robert Bonebrake. She...

Oct 21, 2018

JOHN H. KAUFFMAN of Sebring passed away Sunday, October 21, 2018 at Somers Hospice House. He was born March 28, 1938 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania to Martin Luther and Mary Elizabeth Gledhill Kauffman. He was very proud of his service to the United States Marine Corp and the Pennsylvania State Police. He also worked with the Seminole Brighton Indian Reservation...

Oct 16, 2018

Louise Heston Stiles went to be with Jesus on October 16, 2018.

Louise was born March 14, 1935 to CT & Maggie Traylor in Blountstown, Florida, moving to Sebring when she was 10 years old. Louise is preceded in death by her loving husbands Cecil Heston and Joe Stiles, Jr., her daughter Evelyn Heston Leaphart; her sister Dorothy Jean Kackley...

Oct 9, 2018

Our good neighbor Jane Edith McArthur passed away peacefully in her sleep October 9, 2018 in her Sebring home. Jane was 74. She was born in Warren, Pennsylvania and moved to Sebring in 2006 from Hollywood, Florida. She spent her early years growing up in Niagara Falls NY, moving to Hamden CT in 1959 when she was a sophomore in...

Sep 27, 2018

WERT, EUGENE R., 83 of Sebring, FL died September 27, 2018. He was born in Allentown, PA; a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the U.S. Army. He moved to Sebring in 1970 from Ephrata, PA retiring from TECO. He was raised in the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by a son, Tony Eugene Wert and is...

Sep 19, 2018

Rick Benschoter, 66, of Reddick FL., left this earth for Heaven on 9/19/18, to be reunited with his mother Betty, father Harvey, and brother Roni.

Born in Colorado, Rick and family moved to Sebring in 1962. He graduated from Sebring High School in 1970. While attending school in Sebring, he was a standout in football and track, and exhibited prize...

Sep 16, 2018

MOSCILLO, FRANCES A., 92 of Sebring, FL died Sept. 16, 2018. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and has resided in Sebring since 1996. A member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband, Joseph and their daughters, Joyce Sirois and Laurel Horn all of Sebring; brother, John Augliera, Medford, MA; two grandchildren and six great grandchildren....

Sep 7, 2018

 

COL (Ret) Robert Dean Wood went to his heavenly home on September 7, 2018 after a brief battle against cancer. Bob was born January 15, 1937 in Edwards Co., IL to Virgil and Bernadine Ibbotson Wood. He grew up on a farm near Mt. Carmel, IL and graduated from high school there. At the University of Illinois, he studied...

Sep 3, 2018

BEAN, BOBBIE LEE, 88, of Sebring, FL died September 3, 2018 at V.A. Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL.  He was born in Junction City, KS, A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving from 1950-1953.  He was a photo engraver for forty years, moving to Sebring from California in 1967 and was a member of First Baptist Church of Lake...

Sep 3, 2018

Effie Mae McConahay, 80 of Sebring, Florida passed away Monday, September 3, 2018. She was born in Lambert, Mississippi and had been a long time resident of Sebring. Effie was a Christian and had worked as a cook for the School Board of HIghlands County at Woodlawn Elementary School. She is survived by her son Charles Edward "Ed" McConahay of...

Aug 26, 2018

Sebring, Sally Jo McDougall, Aunt Mom, #1 passed Aug. 26, 2018 at age 73. Survived by Sister (#3) Sara (Bob) Butler, Sebring; nephews, David Holland, Douglas Baughman; niece, Katie (Justin) Gange and their son, Callan, many cousins; special friends, the Susan Paeplow family, Jim & Mel Robertson, David Cline and Ron Mangel. And many more friends & students. Sally volunteered...

Aug 22, 2018

LAMAR, MARY D., 82, of Sebring, FL died, August 22, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Washington, NJ moving to Sebring in 1955. She was a retired Purchasing Agent for Highlands County. A member of the House of Worship and Prayer. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Josephine Dunlap and two brothers, John and...

Aug 21, 2018

Aug 12, 2018

Evan G. Gough went to be with the Lord on August 12, 2018. He was born in Mt. Airy, NC, in 1934 and has been living in Maranatha Village, Sebring FL for the past 15 years. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Wanda Eddy Gough; his brother Ezra Gough; his children Gaius, Louwan, Nathanael, Deborah, and...

Aug 7, 2018

William F. “Bill” Locke, born in Marianna, Florida January 2, 1939, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 surrounded by his family in his home in Sebring, Florida. Bill is survived by his wife of 57 years Malta Locke, his three children, Lindsey (Richard) Combs, Maggie (Rotesak) Nampon, and John (Debbie) Locke, his three grandsons, Malcolm Locke, Spenser Nampon, and...

Jul 29, 2018

Willie C. Osborne, 81 of Lake Placid died July 29, 2018 at his residence in Lake Placid, Florida. He was born in Belle Glade, Florida and had been a Heavy Equipment Operator for Consolidated Tomoka. He was preceded in death by his wife, Daughters Aline and Lindsey and a son Willie Osborne, Jr. He is survived by his children, Rachel...

Jul 13, 2018

Lee Light Condran, the beloved husband of Cindy Grubb Condran entered into Heaven on July 13, 2018. He was born on December 5, 1947 and was the son of the late William H. and Dolores E. Condran. Lee was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was a realtor and insurance agent with Condran Real Estate for over 40 years. Lee graduated...

Jul 10, 2018

George A. Wolfe, III 61 of Sebring died July 10, 2018. He was born in Orlando, FL moving to Sebring in 2013 from Palm Coast, Florida. He was a plumber and attended St. Agnes Episcopal Church. He was preceded in death by his sister, Shelley Tomlinson and his father George A. Wolfe, Jr.  He is survived by sons, George A....

Jul 6, 2018

SMITH, JOSEPH B. "JB", 91, of Sebring passed away on July 6, 2018.  He was born in Palmdale, FL, his parents were the late Henry Byrd and Martha Smith.  He was a veteran of the US Navy and worked as Camp Manager at Camp Cloverleaf in Lake Placid and a lifelong resident of this area.  He was preceded in death...

Jul 4, 2018

Addie Perry Durden of Sebring passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at the Palms of Sebring.  She was the daughter of the late Henry Grady and Lillian Perry Jolly.  She moved to Sebring in 1952 from Sylvester, GA. and she was a Baptist by faith.  She is survived by daughters, Kay Lammie and Janet Jacobs of Sebring; Sisters, Connie Sumner...