All Obituaries

Harry Oulundsen, 71, passed away on January 20, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.  Born in Connecticut, he lived many places before settling in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in 1989. Harry spent his formative years in Connecticut.  He attended prep school at Cardinal Cushing Academy in West Newberry, Massachusetts.   After high school, he attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and went on to obtain an MBA from Suffolk University in Boston. ...

Carrie Ann Gilbert Steinmeyer, a lifetime resident of the Jacksonville Beaches, passed away peacefully in the presence of her family on January 19, 2022 due to complications from an unexpected aneurysm. Carrie was born January 3, 1971 in Jacksonville Florida and raised in Neptune Beach. She attended San Pablo Elementary, Fletcher Junior High, Fletcher High School and attended UNF. Carrie is survived by her sons Gage Steinmeyer and Reid Steinmeyer, mother Carol Rhodes, father Cantrell...

Fred Pickard, former Parker High football coach, 83, passes away in Tennessee Fred Pickard, 83, whose lengthy football career earned him a place in the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame and later served two coaching stints at Parker High, passed away Friday in Dickson, Tenn., after a decade-long battle with Parkinson’s disease.  A native of Columbia, Tenn., Pickard was a standout running back at FSU (1957-59) with 339 carries for 1,546...

God's faithful servant has joined him in heaven.  Joyce (Joy) Dunlap Martin, age 88, passed on Saturday, December 18. Joy's amazing and full life was spent in service to her Lord, family, friends, and community.   Joy was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida where she met and married Jack Martin, and they started their family.  The family moved to Brooksville, Florida in 1966 where she and Jack supported their six children in all school, community, and...

Sharon Irene Kelly, 53, transitioned from this life peacefully surrounded by her family on December 31, 2021, in Jacksonville, Florida due to a valiant fight against cancer. Sharon was born November 1, 1968, in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. She grew up just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. and moved to Jacksonville after college. A graduate of West Virginia University, Sharon worked her way up to becoming one of the best Sales Manager with Marriott International here locally, booking group business at...

Norman John Zilahy, 83, passed away December 18, 2021. He was born September 13, 1938, in Newark, New Jersey. He has been a Jacksonville resident for the past 50 years. Norman grew up in Nutley, New Jersey and graduated from Seton Hall University. He very much enjoyed raising his family in the beaches area. He was a successful businessman, an avid fisherman, and a devoted family man. Norman is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Olivia; son, John (Patti); daughters, Jennifer (Glenn)...

Colonel Marvin E. Rice, also known as “Bud,” was born in Guthrie, OK, on May 2, 1921. He grew up in El Reno, OK, and was a musician while in high school, both playing the clarinet and arranging music as well as being a band leader and playing for area dances. His favorite music was Big Band, Swing and Ragtime. Bud became a professional musician when he attended college at the University of Oklahoma and would have continued down that path but for the attack on Pearl Harbor in...

John H. Brown, 73, passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully on December 12, 2021, in his home. He was born June 22, 1948, in Danville, PA to Harold and Louise Brown. A skilled surgeon, he had his beginnings in the military and then continued on to a long and fulfilling career in Greenville, PA where he raised his family. After he retired, he split his time living on Pymatuning Lake in Jamestown, PA and Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. A simple if even exhaustive description of his accomplished...

Major General (USAF Ret.) Gerald J. Carey, Jr., 91, of Atlantic Beach, FL, passed peacefully to heaven on January 8, 2022.  Jerry was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years, Joan B. Carey, and is survived by children G. John Carey, III (Ann) of Jacksonville, FL, Cathleen Carey Corgan of Tampa, FL, J. Kevin Carey of Tampa, FL, and Daniel Carey (Kimberly) of Seattle, WA.  He is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Jerry was born on October 1, 1930,...

"Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matt 25:23) Msgr. Daniel Bernard Logan, a leader in the Diocese of St. Augustine, went home to the Lord on Dec. 27, 2021. He was 83. He was born on Feb. 3, 1938, in County Kildare, Ireland, to Peter Logan and Ellen Hynan Logan, and he had two brothers, John Joseph and Thomas Patrick. Following his ordination to the priesthood in 1963, Logan was recruited to serve in the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla., by Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley. His...