Obituaries

Dr. Jack Briggs

Jun 10, 2017

Dr. Jack Briggs, 81, of The Villages, FL, passed away on Saturday, 10 June 2017.  Dr. Briggs was predeceased by his wife Phyllis in 2015, daughter Roberta Godwin in 2004 and sister Marilou Wright in 1997.  He is survived by sons; Robert Briggs, Norman Carl Briggs and wife Claudia of Sayer, PA, Ralph E. Briggs of Mansfield, PA, Joseph...

Patricia Zipperer

Jun 10, 2017

Patricia E. Zipperer, 78, passed away June 10, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born February 1, 1939 in Savannah, GA. She spent 32 years living in Blakely, GA where she owned and operated the “School of Dance Arts.” After she retired she moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL to be closer to her family.

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James Oswald

Jun 8, 2017

James D. Oswald passed away June 8, 2017. He was born in Michigan and lived there for most of his life until retiring to the beaches in 1984.

Jim proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during WWII. Shortly after his Army career he began working for Ford Motor Co. in Detroit and remained there for...

Clemon Tripp, Sr.

Jun 5, 2017

Chief Avionics Electrician Clemon Warren Tripp Sr., United States Navy retired, age 93, of Gainesville, FL passed on Monday, June 5, 2017, at Hospice of Jacksonville, FL, and joined his Heavenly Father. He was born August 8, 1923 in Ahoskie, NC to Jesse B. Tripp and Lanie Lee Tripp.

Warren enlisted in the Navy in 1941, and...

Gerhard Henningsen

Jun 2, 2017

Gerhard Henningsen, 84, passed away June 2, 2017.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, 2017 in the Chapel of Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home.

James G. Baldwin

May 30, 2017

James G. “Jim” Baldwin of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL passed away May 30, 2017. He was born March 17, 1925 in Seattle, Washington, the son of Harry G. Baldwin and Eleanor Ann Mullinex. Mr. Baldwin leaves his devoted and loving wife of 24 years, Sally Jayne Ferguson Baldwin, and seven children – Leslie Hermansen (Terry) of Sandy, UT; James...

Josephine Evans

May 29, 2017

Josephine (Suggs) Evans, born July 28, 1926, was carried to her eternal home of peace on May 29, 2017. She died peacefully in her daughter’ home after a long-term illness, Parkinson’s. Josephine was born at her grandfather’s home in Vienna, Georgia, she then returned to Jacksonville, where she became a 90+ years native. She was a graduate of Andrew...

Lucy Blakely

May 29, 2017

Lucy Rita (Balcerzak) Blakely of Stratford, Connecticut (currently residing in Atlantic Beach, Florida), passed into eternal rest on May 29, 2017.  Rita was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and resided most of her life in Stratford.  She was a graduate of Harding High School.  She joined the Women’s Army Air Corps in WWII; she was on Detached Service out of...

Dr. Howard Chandler, Sr

May 28, 2017

Dr. Howard Christy Chandler, Sr., 91, passed away May 28, 2017. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida to William and Myra Chandler on July 11, 1925. He was the second child of Myra and Bill, joining his older brother William Jr. in the family. At age 6, Howard and his family lost their father to an acute infectious illness....

Charles Hatcher

May 26, 2017

Charles Miller Hatcher, 94, of Neptune Beach, Florida passed away peacefully May 26, 2017.  He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Betty Page Hatcher; his children Charles Page Hatcher MD (Jessica) of Annapolis, Maryland and Elizabeth “Buff” Hatcher Wagner (Larry) of Jacksonville, Florida; his grandchildren Timothy McIlrath (Tara), Sarah McIlrath (Brady Ward), Courtney Smith (Brian), Jeanne Hatcher,...

Dorothy Burns

May 26, 2017

Dorothy Jane O’Donnell Burns died peacefully at Glenmoor Retirement Community in St. Augustine, FL, on May 26, 2017. Dorothy was born in Emporia, KS, on January 19, 1925, the daughter of John and Rachel O’Donnell. Dorothy lived in Emporia, KS, until she moved to Kansas City, MO, where she graduated from nurse’s school becoming a registered nurse.

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(Mae) Lynn Jackson-Brim

May 25, 2017

(Mae) Lynn Jackson-Brim passed away on May 25, 2017 following a short illness. She was born May 26, 1924 in Francisco, Alabama and raised in both Winchester and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Lynn moved up to Chicago as a young woman where she met a dashing young man in his Marine uniform home on leave named, Dennis Jackson. After the war,...

Captain Maylon Scott, USN (RET)

May 24, 2017

Captain Maylon Truxtun Scott, USN (RET), 96 years old, died May 24, 2017 at Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida following a sudden illness. His residence was at Fleet Landing in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Maylon was born February 2,1921 in Corvallis, Oregon son of Colonel Maylon Edward Scott, US ARMY, and Stephanie Strain Scott. He traveled with his parents to...

John Garvey

May 23, 2017

John S. Garvey, 80, who was proud to say he was born in the Bronx, began work as an apprentice printer and rose to be a successful printing executive, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017. He was a Sudoku whiz; avid Yankees fan; long suffering Jets fan who later became a hopeful Gators and Jaguars fan; a dog lover and...

Anthony “Tony” Ceribelli

May 23, 2017

Anthony “Tony” Joseph Ceribelli, 74, passed away May 23, 2017. He graduated in 1961 from Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach where he was well known for his basketball talents. He spent many summers working as a lifeguard, attended Brewton-Parker College in Mt. Vernon, Georgia, proudly served in the U.S. Army, and retired from Florida Power and Light after...

Dennis Hackett

May 22, 2017

Dennis M. Hackett, 66, passed away May 22, 2017. He was born January 20, 1951 in Baltimore, MD to Thomas and Virginia Hackett. He grew up in Baltimore and settled in Jacksonville, FL in 1989.

Dennis proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy for 25 years. He retired from service in 1994, and from the private...

Charles Hawkinberry

May 18, 2017

Charles G. Hawkinberry, 80, passed away on May 18, 2017. He was born on September 4, 1936 in Fairmont, WV. He moved his family to Jacksonville in 1967 where he lived the rest of his life.

Charlie proudly served our country in the US Navy at the age of 18. After the Navy, he started a career...

George Cass

May 13, 2017

George Frank Cass (family original name Castranova) passed away on May 13, 2017 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. George’s charm and quick wit endeared him to everyone he met.  When in a group setting, he always had a story that made everyone listen and often laugh. The oldest son of Angelo and Nancy (DiLieto) Castranova, he was born...

Jane Birk

May 8, 2017

Jane Tipton Birk of Atlantic Beach, Fla. died of natural causes on Monday, May 8, 2017. She was 94.

She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Harold F. Birk, D.M.D. (Capt. USN Ret.), son Col. Frank T. (Connie) Birk (USAF Ret.), daughter Elizabeth Birk (Theodore) Oatis, Theodore Oatis, her parents Edward and Myra Tipton of...

Kenneth Wright

May 3, 2017

Scott Wright, 55, passed away on May 3, 2017. He was born in Washington, D.C., and lived in Maryland until relocating to Jacksonville Beach in 2013. Scott was a graduate of Gaithersburg, MD High School, where he was an outstanding football and basketball player. Scott was employed by the USPS for many years, most recently with the Regional Postal...