Submitted Death Records

Below are death records that have been submitted to this Collier County site by contributors. If you have ancestors that died in your County prior to 1920 (or the ancestor was born in the 1800's), you may submit them to me for inclusion on this page. (If you have more than 10 death records, if possible, please submit them in alphabetical order.)

OBITUARIES

Fort Myers News-Press, September 1, 1935 - Bill Brumby, 34-year-old Naples workman, died at the Lee Memorial hospital last night where he was rushed for treatment after he had fallen from a logging truck and was crushed under the rear wheels. His chest was caved in and his lungs were punctured by his ribs. He died without regaining consciousness. Brumby was brought to the hospital from Naples by Bill Strickland and Dr. W. H. Grace was called for emergency treatment. Brumby had caught a ride on the logging truck which was being driven through Naples by Jack Mills, also of Naples. Mills told Police Officer Cale Jones that Brumby had evidently been unseated by a jolt and fell directly under the heavy back wheels of the truck. Brumby has recently been employed by the Keewadin-in-Florida school at Naples as a caretaker. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Aldacosta Brumby who is visiting in Miami. She was informed of his death last night and was enroute to Fort myers to make funeral arrangements. The body was removed from the Lee Memorial hospital to the Lawrence A. Powell funeral home.***Fort Myers News-Press, Monday, September. 2, 1935 - Funeral services for William McDuffy Brumby, 34-year-old Naples workman who was killed Saturday when he fell beneath the wheels of a logging truck, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Lawrence A. Powell funeral home on First street with the Rev. William Graham Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in the Fort Myers cemetery. Brumby, apparently unseated by a jolt, fell under the rear wheels of the truck on which he had caught a ride. He died at the hospital without regaining consciousness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Aldacosta Brumby. Pallbearers will be Harry Lundquist, Albert Surrency, Curtis Bostick, Dick Williams, Lorin metts and Joel Metts.



Fort Myers News-Press, October 12, 1950 - James Sesal Daniels, 51, a resident of Collier City, died suddenly in Naples yesterday of a heart attack. He was delivering mail at the time on his run from Collier City to Naples. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ozela Daniels, two sons, George, who is now stationed in Korea, and Wilmer, at Camp Hood, Calif.; two brothers, Guy Daniels of Napales and Bill Daniels of Fort Myers; two sisters, Mrs. G. E. Rawls of Collier City, and Mrs. Arthur Barron of Fort Myers. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home. Daniels was born on Aug. 24, 1899 in Key West. FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS - October 13, 1950 James Sesal Daniels, 51, of Collier city, died suddenly in Naples Wednesday. He was born Aug. 24, 1899 in Key West and had been a resident of Collier City for the past year. He had served as mail carrier between Naples and Collier City for the past year. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ozela Daniels; two sons, George in Korea and Wilmer in Camp Hood, Texas; his father, Henry Daniels of Fort Myers, two brothers Guy of Naples and Bill of Fort Myers, two sisters, Mrs. G. E. Rawls of Collier City and Mrs. Arthur Barron of Fort Myers. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home. (Fort Myers Cemetery)