Obituaries

Mar 23, 2019

Barbara Morrell, 74, of Punta Gorda passed away March 23, 2019. She was the daughter of George and Virginia Jacobs, born March 27, 1945 in Brooklyn, NY. She came to this area from Crete, IL where she was an office manager for Balmoral Woods Golf Course for many years before retiring. Barbara and her husband, Bob, began coming to Punta...

Mar 23, 2019

Our little Love Bug, Melody Rose Sullivan, was born August 6, 2017 to Kelly Parrish and Dawson Sullivan. She passed with Kelly's loving boyfriend, Dalton Jozefiak, on March 23, 2019. He loved Kelly's children like they were his own. They will both be tremendously missed, but forever remembered. Although taken too soon, throughout Melody's year and a half with us,...

Mar 23, 2019

Nelson A. Karter, 71, of Port Charlotte, Florida passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019. He was the son of Leonard Karter and Sylvia Weinstein, born May 9, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY. Nelson was a retired salesman and moved to the area in 2002 from Seymour, CT. He enjoyed golf, fishing, baseball and was an avid collector. Nelson will be greatly...

Mar 23, 2019

Dalton W. Smith-Jozefiak (DJ) 5/11/98-3/23/2019 IF WORDS CANT SPEAK MUSIC CAN Dalton was born May 11, 1998 in Port Charlotte Florida to Lisa M. Jozefiak and Luther W. Smith. Dalton is survived by his parents Lisa Maher (Jozefiak) and husband Stephen Maher and father Luther Smith. Dalton will be greatly missed by his maternal grandparents Dennis and Deniece Jozefiak. Dalton...

Mar 23, 2019

Emily Kim Scotto, 36, passed away unexpectedly on March 23, 2019. Born in Seoul, Korea on March 17, 1983, she moved to Punta Gorda FL from Penn Yan, NY in January 1986 at the age of 3. She was sworn in as a US citizen at the age of 4 by Judge Elmer Friday. Emily graduated from Charlotte High School...

Mar 22, 2019

Eleanor Wise Purser, 99, of Port Charlotte died on March 22, 2019 after a brief illness. An Alabama native and a Florida resident for most of the past seventy years, she moved to Port Charlotte eleven years ago and lived at Lexington Manor. Among the first women to enlist in 1943 in the United States Marine Corps, she served in...

Mar 20, 2019

ALLENDALE - Robert Bob Joseph Buelow, 73, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2019. Bob is survived by the love of his life Joanne (Jo) (nee Murray), his wife of 52 years. He was the proud father of Ann (Bryan) Dumais, Amy (Scott) Ledlow, and Todd (Michelle) Buelow. He was the beloved Bumpa to seven grandchildren; Robby, Katy, Brady, Ryan,...

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Mar 14, 2019

Robert Thomas "Bob" Smugala, 71, of Punta Gorda (and previously of Naples, FL) passed away March 14, 2019. He was the son of Thomas L. and Catherine Smugala, born June 30, 1947 in St. Louis, MO. Bob served in the US Army in Vietnam (1967-68). Afterwards, Bob was a shoe last (molded pattern) designer and worked for Florsheim Shoes and...

Mar 11, 2019

Mar 10, 2019

Rosemary K. Paradiso, 87, of Port Charlotte passed away March 10, 2019. The daughter of Peter A. and Ruth McGovern, she was born May 24, 1931 in Gardner, ME. Rosemary came to this area 35 years ago from Swansea, MA and was part of the Women's Group at Lakes Edge Condo Assn. She was very active in her church, Community...

Mar 9, 2019

Colonel James C. Bowden, Jr, United States Army, Retired, age 91, of Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away in his sleep on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Jim was born in Humbolt, South Dakota, the third of four children of James Clare and Lillie Bowden. They were farmers, and as Jim would say, dirt poor. He grew up in a house without...

Mar 8, 2019

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Mar 1, 2019

Willard H. Bill Hughes, 95, of Punta Gorda passed away Friday, March 1, 2019. He was the son of David H. and Ada Jane Hughes, born August 27, 1923 in Youngstown, OH. Bill came to Punta Gorda from there in August 2013. He served with the Merchant Marine Corp. Bill retired after 40 years of service with Metropolitan Life Insurance,...

Feb 27, 2019

Feb 25, 2019

Ronnie Dean Huey, 68, of Punta Gorda passed away February 25, 2019. He was the son of Vernon Huey and Nelta Green, born October 19, 1950 in Madisonville, TN. After leaving Tenn., he lived in Tampa before coming to this area over 40 years ago; he owned Ronnie's Mobile Repair. Ronnie loved anything outdoors and enjoyed fishing, hunting, riding his...

Feb 24, 2019

Millie Davies, 79, of Punta Gorda passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019. She was the daughter of George and Helen Fletcher, born March 6, 1939 in Weymouth, MA. Millie and her husband, Thom, came to Punta Gorda on 2004 from Scituate, MA where she was the Assistant Tax for 30 years. They have enjoyed living in Windmill Village. Millie was...

Feb 23, 2019

John J Bowser passed away peacefully at home in his sleep on February 23, 2019 in Punta Gorda. He was born in Columbus, OH on May 5, 1948 to the late John M. and Ada Ford Bowser. Following graduation from Eastmoor High School in 1966, he joined the US Navy and was stationed aboard the USS Boston (CA-69) 1966-70. John...