William B. Dozer, Sr., 92, of Lake Placid passed away Saturday morning April 3, 2010 at the Lake Placid Health Care Center. He was born in Centerville, OH on October 12, 1917 to parents Josephine (Gabriel) and James H. Dozer. Mr. Dozer served in the US Army during WWII. He moved to Lake Placid in 1979 from Opa-Locka, FL after...
KOORNNEEF, Jacob, 80, of Lake Placid, Florida, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, March 21, 2010. He was born January 9, 1930 in De Lier, Holland. Jake was the founder of Delray Plants, one of the largest mass market producers of indoor tropical plants in the United States. The business, originating in Delray Beach, Florida began in 1968...
Rita M. White, 89, of Lake Placid passed away Friday morning March 19, 2010 at the Lake Placid Health Care Center. She was born in Boston, Mass. on August 19, 1920 to parents Marion C. (Wilson) and Francis O'Day. A winter resident of Lake Placid since 1975 and full time resident since 1999 coming from Chatham, MA. She was a...
Otha L. "Sandy" Sanderlin, 78, of Lake Placid died March 3, 2010. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict 1950-1951. He is survived by his loving wife, Sharon; son, Kevin; daughter, Carrie Deegan; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held at the First Baptist Church of Lake Placid on March 6, with the...
George Bascom Hendricks, age 74, died February 27, 2010, at Avow Hospice in Naples, Florida. He was born June 24, 1935, in Charleston, WV. He graduated from Nitro High School in 1953 and attended Marshall College in Huntington, WV. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1962. He and his family moved to Naples, Florida, in 1966 and...
John W. Wirick, III, 71, of Lake Placid passed away Friday morning February 26, 2010 at his residence. A native Floridian born in Miami on October 9, 1938 to parents Dorothy (Taylor) and John W. Wirick, Jr. He and his family moved to Lake Placid in 1952 and was a graduate of Lake Placid Senior High Class of 1957. Mr....
Howard Eugene "Beav" Beaver, 84, of Lake Placid, went to be with his Lord and late wife of 57 years Elaine "Dolly" Beaver on Wednesday afternoon February 24, 2010. He was born on February 5, 1926 in Detroit, MI to parents Mary and Ben Beaver. Mr. Beaver served his country in the US Merchant Marines and the US Army during...
Herbert Curtiss Blackwell, 80, of Lake Placid passed away Friday evening February 19, 2010 at his Rosewood residence. He was born on March 30, 1929 in Miami, FL to parents Susan (Randall) and Charles J. Blackwell, Sr. He moved to Lake Placid 23 years ago from Miami and was a member of the American Legion Placid Post 25, VFW Post...
Flossie Jane Williams, 84, of Lake Placid passed away Friday morning February 12, 2010 in Rockledge, FL. She was born on April 19, 1925 in Indianapolis, IN to parents Robert and Eva (Shoobridge) Farmer. A homemaker she moved to Lake Placid in 1981 from Orlando and was a member of the OES Chapter Harbor City 263, Daughters of the Nile...
Edwin "Wayne" Carrier, age 83, went to be with the Lord on February 4, 2010. Born in Bristol, TN, Wayne moved his family to Miami in 1954. Upon his retirement from the Florida Department of Transportation in 1988, Wayne relocated to Lake Placid, FL in 1989. He leaves behind his loving wife, of 62 years, Huberta Horne Carrier, three children,...