Marion County Obituaries

Obituaries from Ocala Star Banner

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - Friday, February 15, 1991

CITRUS SPRINGS -- The Rev. Venus Pearl Bailey, 88, retired clergy of the Church of the Nazarene, died Feb. 14, 1991, in Ocala.

OCALA -- Bernard Cannon, 85, a retired salesman for Security Feed & Seed Co. and Seminole Stores of Ocala, died Feb. 13, 1991, at Marion Community Hospital.

INVERNESS -- Duncan D. DeLaurier, 98, a retired supervisor with General Motors, died Feb. 12, 1991, at home.

FORT McCOY -- Viola Grace Horne, 80, a housewife, died Feb. 14, 1991, at Marion Community Hospital.

HEPHZIBAH, Ga. -- Alice Houck, 65, a retired Florida watchman, died Feb. 12, 1991, in Georgia.

OCALA -- Armand Keith Lovell, 63, former president and co-owner of Lovell Brothers Auto Parts of Marion, Citrus and Levy counties, died Feb. 13, 1991, at Marion Community Hospital.

SUMMERFIELD -- Allen Dean Lowe, 54, a design engineer for The West Co. in Montgomery, Pa., died Feb. 13, 1991, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

GAINESVILLE -- Jewell E. Meiners, 76, a retired waitress, died Feb. 14, 1991, at Alachua General Hospital.

DUNNELLON -- Beulah Miller, 66, a homemaker, died Feb. 13, 1991, at Seven Rivers Community Hospital in Crystal River.

DENVER -- Isaiah "Zeke" Miller Jr., 55, a pathologist, died Feb. 10, 1991, at St. Joseph Hospital.

BEVERLY HILLS -- Simon J. Plante, 63, a retired life insurance agent, died Feb. 14, 1991, at home.

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - Saturday, February 16, 1991

BEVERLY HILLS -- Filipina Baydalla, 94, a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, died Feb. 15, 1991, in Crystal River.

INVERNESS -- Jewel B. Bearden, 84, a brick and stone mason, died Feb. 14, 1991.

OCALA -- Jack Owen Clark Sr., 68, a cameraman for ABC News for 25 years, died Feb. 14, 1991, at home.

OKLAWAHA -- Paul E. Harlow, 81, a retired assistant supervisor for the Department of Highways in Roane County, W.Va., died Feb. 14, 1991.

MARION OAKS -- Joseph W. Hughes, 69, a retired shoe machine mechanic, died Feb. 15, 1991, at home.

OCALA -- Clyde C. Jones, 66, a salesman for photography products, died Feb. 13, 1991, at Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville.

OKLAWAHA -- Paul C. Leatherby, 76, sales and service employee in the sewing machine industry, died Feb. 15, 1991, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

PARSONS, Kan. -- Chief Warrant Officer Russell C. Loften, 53, died from an apparent heart attack on Feb. 11, 1991, at Labette County Medical Center.

SUMMERFIELD -- Allen Dean Lowe, 54, a design engineer for The West Co. in Montgomery, Pa., died Feb. 13, 1991, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

BEVERLY HILLS -- Carl B. Lunn, 85, a retired engineer with Consolidated Edison, died Feb. 15, 1991, at home.

ORLANDO -- Roderick MacKenzie, 77, formerly of Beverly Hills, died Feb. 13, 1991, in Orlando.

DENVER -- Isaiah "Zeke" Miller Jr., 55, a pathologist, died Feb. 10, 1991, at St. Joseph Hospital.

OCALA -- Frederick R. Schlatter, 81, a retired supervisor for General Motors Corp., Cadillac Motor Division, died Feb. 15, 1991, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - Sunday, February 17, 1991

OCALA -- Edna R. Copeland, 73, of Ocala died Friday, Feb. 15, 1991 at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

INVERNESS -- Selma Ellen Lundquist, 80, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 1991 in Inverness.

OCALA -- Elizabeth H. "Billie" Moorhead, 87, a homemaker, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 1991 at Marion Community Hospital.

LEBANON, Va. -- William Luther Sanders, 75, of Lebanon, Va., died Thursday, Feb. 14, 1991 at the Veterans Medical Center in Asheville, N.C.

SILVER SPRINGS -- Clay B. Trent, 78, a section foreman for the Illinois Terminal Railroad, died Friday, Feb. 15, 1991 at his son's residence in Silver Springs.

OCALA -- Grace "Tiny" Weihe, 80, died Friday, Feb. 15, 1991 in Ocala.

OCALA -- Fred J. White, 85, a tax assessor with the state of Michigan, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 1991 at her residence in Ocala.

OCALA -- Mary Wills, 82, an employee of the Roanoke Times and the Roanoke World News, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 1991 at her home.

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - Monday, February 18, 1991

OCALA -- Charles Decker Sr., 69, died Feb. 16, 1991, in Ocala.

OCALA -- Susan Renaud, 40, died Feb. 14, 1991, at her residence.

ANTHONY -- Leon E. "Buddy" Wallace Jr., 51, died Feb. 17, 1991, at his residence.

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - Tuesday, February 19, 1991

SALT SPRINGS -- Richard A. Ball, 81, retired after 34 years as a salesman for Swift Meat Packers, died Feb. 16, 1991, at home.

OCALA -- Marian Bangma, 63, a homemaker, died Feb. 4, 1991

OCALA -- Florence Thelma Binder, 70, a homemaker from Ocala, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 1991 at her home.

OCALA -- Richard Bledsoe, 55, a school teacher and coach with Marion County Schools, with 23 years at Osceola Middle School, died Feb. 18, 1991, at home.

OKLAWAHA -- Marion M. Bush, 74, a homemaker from Oklawaha, died Feb. 17, 1991, at Ocala Geriatrics.

ORLANDO -- Everet Ludwig Franz, 78, a cabinet and furniture craftsman, died Feb. 16, 1991, at Florida Hospital in Orlando.

SUMMERFIELD -- Veneta McGee, 79, a retired Belk Lindsey department store salesclerk from Summerfield, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 1991, at her home.

MORRISTON -- Ida Mae Miller, 67, a retired salesperson for the May Co. in Cleveland, died Feb. 17, 1991, in Gainesville.

OAK RUN -- Flora Ann Myles, 61, a bookkeeper for Wonder Bread Co., died Feb. 18, 1991, at home.

HOMOSASSA SPRINGS -- Ryan Scott Nagy, infant, died Feb. 16, 1991, at home.

INVERNESS -- Max A. Prietzsch, 62, a retired plumber, died Feb. 17, 1991, at home.

OKLAWAHA -- Jane A. Robinson, 57, a housewife, died Feb. 13, 1991, at home.

DUNNELLON -- Walter Schuster, 68, of Dunnellon died Feb. 17, 1991, at Seven Rivers Hospital in Crystal River.

SUMMERFIELD -- James R. Tipps Sr., 70, a retired Chief Petty Officer with the U.S. Coast Guard, died Feb. 18, 1991, in Leesburg.

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. -- Dr. Carl N. Vowinkle, 76, a retired dentist, died Feb. 13, 1991, in South Carolina.

SILVER SPRINGS -- James F. Watson, 76, a retired mechanic, died Feb. 17, 1991, at home.

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - Wednesday, February 20, 1991

COLON, Mich. -- Clinton Dale Allen, 17, Colon, Mich., died Feb. 17, 1991, in Des Moines, Iowa.

OKLAWAHA -- Marion M. Bush, 74, died Feb. 17, 1991, at Ocala Geriatrics.

SILVER SPRINGS -- Martin W. Eichner, 82, died Feb. 18, 1991, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

OCALA -- Marie A. LaVigne, 78, a homemaker, died Feb. 19, 1991, at home.

OCALA -- Melvin Mack, 63, died Feb. 17, 1991, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

DUNNELLON -- Ruth Marie Perry, 91, a homemaker, died Feb. 18, 1991.

ADAMSVILLE -- Nora L. Powell, 73, died Feb. 17, 1991, at WeCare Nursing Center, Wildwood.

OCALA -- Joseph T. Salamone, 49, a member of the commercial/residential construction business, died Feb. 19, 1991, at home.

DUNNELLON -- Fred D. Shields, 70, a painter, died Feb. 19, 1991, at home.

SILVER SPRINGS -- Josephine W. Sims, 75, died Feb. 19, 1991, at Marion Community Hospital.

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. -- Dr. Carl N. Vowinkel, 76, a retired dentist, died Feb. 13, 1991, in South Carolina.

SILVER SPRINGS -- George C. Wheeler, 93, died Feb. 19, 1991, at Marion Community Hospital.

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - Thursday, February 21, 1991

SILVER SPRINGS -- Sheldon E. Barnhart, 56, a construction supervisor with Scudder Development Co., died Feb. 16, 1991, at Marion Community Hospital.

OCALA -- Harold Joseph Chapman, 77, a retired accountant for the Ford Motor Co., died Feb. 19, 1991, at Marion Community Hospital.

OCALA -- Dixie Myrtle Denmark, 70, a homemaker and partner with her husband in Denmark's Sheet Metal Works, died Monday, Feb. 18, 1991, at North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville.

OCALA -- Mary E. Fincher, a housewife, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1991, at her home.

DUNNELLON -- Charles Bertram Horstmann, 83, a retired owner and operator of a trucking company, died Feb. 19, 1991.

OCALA -- Marie A. LaVigne, 78, a homemaker, died Feb. 19, 1991, at home.

DUNNELLON -- John "Jack" C. McLean, 67, a retired dispatcher for the Locust Valley School District, died Feb. 18, 1991.

OKLAWAHA -- Una S. Newman, a retired secretary, died Feb. 19, 1991, in Jacksonville.

OCALA -- Margaret J. Palmer, 92, a homemaker, died Feb. 15, 1991, at Ocala Health Care Center after an illness of several months.

MIAMI -- Eddie Nathaniel Pecke, 88, a retired tile contractor, died Feb. 15, 1991, at Grentals Park Convalescent Home after a lengthy illness.

OCALA -- Ruth Hanick Pressley, 28, a clerk at the Barnett Bank in Ocala, died Feb. 18, 1991, in Gainesville.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- Dr. Fred E. Slater, 41, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1991, in Columbia, S.C.

Extracted by Laverne Tornow