Alice McNitt Gillis

Sep 14, 2024

Alice McNitt Gillis, of Port Charlotte, FL went home to be with the Lord on September 14, 2024.  She was born March 2, 1934, in Norwich, NY in the McNitt family farmhouse as was her Dad, Lynn McNitt Sr. who predeceased her as did her Mom, Aurelia, and brother, Lynn Jr.  She was reborn in 1976 as she made Jesus...

Sandra Louise Armstrong

2024

Sandra (Sandy) was born in Springfield, MA on January 31,1938 to Mildred & Michael Angelo Constantino. She met the love of her life, Robert (Bob) Armstrong in high school and they married in 1962. Sandy was a devoted wife and mother to their two daughters, always involved in their activities as they grew up in Windsor Locks, CT. Sandy and...

Kenneth Raymond Silvia

Aug 24, 2024

Kenneth (Ken-Ken) Raymond Silvia, born on March 29, 1987, in Providence, Rhode Island, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep at his home in Port Charlotte, Florida, on August 24, 2024. He is remembered with love and affection by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.

Kenny "Little Bear" was a beloved son, cherished by his mother Doreen (Guy) Silvia and...

Constance Bogacki

Jul 21, 2024

Constance (Connie) M. Bogacki (83) passed away on July 21, 2024, in Venice, Florida surrounded by family.



Connie was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 10, 1941, to the late Henry and Stephanie (Kesicki) Pietrzak.



Connie grew up in Wicker Park, IL and spent her summers in Lake Como, Wisconsin with her three sisters and parents....

Justine Goebel

Jun 26, 2024

Justine Ransom Goebel, 102, died June 26, 2024 in North Port, FL. She was born in Windsor, Connecticut on April 23, 1922.

Justine attended Chaffee Girls School, Mount St. Joseph High School and Lasell Jr. College in Auburndale, Massachusetts, class of 1941. Justine was a long time resident of Stamford, Connecticut. She was a past member of the...

Matthew Coward

Jun 22, 2024

Matthew George Coward, 65, beloved husband, father, brother, and grandfather, passed away on June 22nd, 2024 in Fort Myers, FL. He was born on January 3rd, 1959 in Hendersonville, NC.

He is survived by wife Sarah Coward; children Katherine Coward Allison, Declan Allison, Melinda Gaia Coward, Jennifer Jewel Gaia, and Daniel Coward; brothers Anthony Coward, Leonard Coward and Wyatt Glisson; and...

Diana Carroll

May 31, 2024

Diana Carroll, age 80, passed away on May 31, 2024.

Diana was born in Muncie, IN to John and Edna Ullman on May 1st, 1944. She worked in the dry cleaning industry until she retired in 2008. She loved spending time with family and working on word search puzzles. Most days you could find her playing with one of her youngest...

Charles Aynes

May 30, 2024

Charles Aynes, 94, of Port Charlotte, Florida went home to be with the Lord on May 30, 2024. He was born in Brown County, Indiana on November 15, 1929, the son of the late Nota Robertson and late William Aynes. 

Charles graduated from Nashville High School in Indiana in 1948. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served during...

Mary J. Benson

May 26, 2024

Mary Jeanette Benson, 99, born August 3, 1924, to the late Nelson and Permella (Huffman) Berkshire in Royal Center, Indiana, sadly passed away Sunday, May 26, 2024, at her residence in Sandhill Gardens, Punta Gorda, Florida.

After graduating from Burnettsville High School, Burnettsville, IN. in 1943, Mary married Sgt. Albert Perry Benson of Cass County, IN. on July 19, 1943. He...

Carol Knoeller

May 15, 2024

Carol Ann Knoeller, 86, passed away on May 15, 2024, in North Port, Florida. She was born on December 22, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Palmer and Gladys (Veasey) Price. Carol married Douglas Knoeller on July 13, 1963, in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. They met at the Plymouth Cottage where she worked. Over the years, she has worked at a dry cleaner, The...

Ann A. Debault

May 8, 2024

Ann Aloyse DeBault (nee Emerick) 94, January 29, 1930– May 8, 2024

Ann passed away peacefully at Charlotte Bay Rehabilitation and Care Center, Port Charlotte, FL.

Ann was born to Charles and Aloyse (nee Brauer) Emerick on January 29, 1930 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her life was challenging as the only daughter between two brothers, Martin and James.

She graduated high school from...

Joyce C. Anderson

Apr 5, 2024

Joyce Carol (Gall) Anderson of Punta Gorda, FL, passed away on April 5, 2024. She was born on July 25, 1942 to Henry Thomas and Evelyn Verdena (DeGroodt) Gall in Pontiac, IL. She graduated from Odell High School in 1960 in Odell, IL. She also attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL. She married the love of her life, Robert...

Robert F. Courtemanche

Mar 31, 2024

PORT CHARLOTTE, FL ―

Robert F. Courtemanche, 87, loving and devoted husband and father, passed away Sunday March 31st, 2024, after a brief illness. He was born in Lebanon, NH on December 16th 1936, to the late Percy and Louise (Roberts) Courtemanche. Robert grew up in Hartford, VT with his ten siblings and graduated from Hartford High School, class of 1956....

Richard L. Quam

Mar 30, 2024

Richard (Rick) Quam, age 73 of Moorhead, MN and North Port, Florida passed away on March 30, 2024.

Rick was born in Breckenridge Minnesota on August 15th, 1950 to Stanley and Fern (Syvertson) Quam. He grew up on the family farm southwest of Wyndmere, North Dakota alongside two brothers and four sisters. He attended a rural country school his first four...

Betty R. Smith

Mar 23, 2024

Betty R Smith, 85, peacefully passed away on March 23, 2024. Betty was the oldest daughter of Ruth and Olin Taylor; she was born and raised in Zanesville, Ohio. Betty was one of seven children in her family and was the queen of bologna and Kool-Aid lunches for her younger siblings.

Betty joins her soulmate, Daniel Smith whom she married in...

Timothy Erik Peterson

Mar 20, 2024

Tim Peterson, 72, from Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away on March 20, 2024 at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL. Tim and his wife, Katie, married for 34 years, recently moved from Temperance, Michigan in 2021 to their newly built home in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Tim was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, in November 2021 and passed due...

Sharon Kaye Thomas

Mar 17, 2024

Sharon (KAYE) Thomas

May 23, 1950 - March 17, 2024

Kaye Thomas of Clarkston Michigan and Port Charlotte Florida unexpectedly passed away peacefully on March 17, 2024. Kaye was born in California on May 23, 1950 and graduated from El Cajon Valley High School in 1968. Kaye moved to Michigan in 1971 and worked as a secretary for Cranbrook and Waterford Schools....

Richard (Dick) A. Casale

Mar 2, 2024

Richard Casale, 82, of Syracuse, NY, son of Dominic & Phyllis Casale, passed away peacefully in Punta Gorda on Saturday March 2, 2024. He is survived by his sister, Joan Tackley of Skaneateles, NY, and daughters Amanda Nason of Charlston, SC, Lisa Fitzpatrick & son-in-law Peter Fitzpatrick of Punta Gorda, Deirdre Casale of Montgomery, VT, and Elizabeth Maurer of Henderson,...

Tina A. Simpkins

Feb 25, 2024

Tina Annette Simpkins, lovingly known to many as a beautiful mermaid, gracefully swam into the world on June 19, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio to Delbert and Ella Legg. She entered eternity unexpectedly on February 25, 2024, in Port Charlotte, Florida, but her memory will forever ripple through the lives she touched.

She was preceded in death by her father, Delbert Legg,...

Darlene (Hornak) S. Warth

Feb 15, 2024

Darlene (Hornak) Skiby Warth, age 82, died on 15 February 2024 in Arcadia, Florida. She was born in a suburb of Chicago in 1941, lived in Chillicothe and Zanesville, Ohio, and moved to Port Charlotte, Florida in 1998.

Darlene is survived by her children Laura Somerville (Bob) and Jeffrey Skiby (Erling); her stepchildren Paul Warth (Mary), Mark Warth (Cheryl) and Matt...