Obituaries
Sallie Westbrook Messina
Feb 11, 2023
Sallie Westbrook Messina, age 90, passed away February 11, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. A 57-year resident of Jacksonville Beach, FL, she was a devoted wife and mother and accomplished writer, pianist and traveler.
Sallie was born August 13, 1932, in Athens, GA. She was a feature writer and editor of the school newspaper at Athens...
Steven Paul Raby
Feb 11, 2023
Steven Paul Raby, 58, passed away February 11, 2023. He was born July 3, 1964, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in Montreal, Quebec and moved to the US to attend university.
Steven received his BS Industrial Engineering and Industrial Marketing from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, and an MBA in Investments/Finance and Marketing from The University of...
Frank Salvatore Natoli
Feb 10, 2023
Frank Natoli passed away Friday February 10, 2023. He was born November 13, 1933 in Jamaica Queens, NY to his parents Felice and Anna, who immigrated from Santa Marina di Salina, Italy.
Frank raised his family with wife Iris in Hamden, CT. A chemist for the Olin Corporation for over 35 years, Frank invented multiple patents for the corporation and...
George B. Tobi, Jr.
Feb 9, 2023
George Bell Tobi, Jr, 89, passed away on February 9, 2023. He was the only child of George Bell Tobi, Sr and Edith Van Houten Tobi. Born in Jacksonville, he spent his childhood in the Avondale neighborhood. He often shared fond memories about times with his grandparents and parents, his morning paper delivery route, sandlot football and riding bikes...
Becky Su Jager
Feb 4, 2023
Becky Su Jager, 71, passed away February 4, 2023. She fought hard but lost her battle to cancer. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and was a school teacher for 35 years in Jacksonville. Becky retired to Jacksonville Beach where she was a school teacher at Seabreeze Elementary.
Becky graduated from Terry Parker High School then went on to college at...
Gloria June Monies Reiley
Jan 30, 2023
Gloria June Monies Reiley passed away peacefully under home hospice care on January 30, 2023. Born the fifth of six children in May of 1927, Gloria grew up in the Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, graduated from Andrew Jackson High School and dearly loved her parents, brothers and sisters.
In the 1940’s, Gloria performed professionally for the United Service...
Kristin K. Raasch
Jan 28, 2023
Born to William C. and Mary Kercher in Dayton, Ohio on September 29, 1949, Kristin Kercher Raasch passed away on January 28, 2023. Kristin grew up in Eau Gallie and Indialantic, Florida, graduating from Melbourne High School in 1967. She then attended the University of North Carolina, graduating with a B.A. in economics. After moving to Knoxville, Tennessee to...
Jule A. Howell
Jan 28, 2023
Jule Johnston Howell was born to Anne and Bill Johnston on June 12, 1926, in Chicago, IL. She died peacefully on January 28, 2023, in Atlantic Beach, FL at the age of 96 after a long and fulfilling life. Jule attended St. Paul’s Catholic School through high school, followed by Berry College and Jacksonville Junior College. Jule worked for a...
Juanita Melendez
Jan 28, 2023
Juanita Melendez, 78, of Atlantic Beach, FL, passed away January 28, 2023. She was born April 18, 1944 in Juncos, Puerto Rico to Adolfo and Antonia Melendez.
Her Memorial Mass will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2023 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with inurnment at Ferreira Funeral Services at Beaches Memorial Park Cemetery after the Mass.
Juneil Burney
Jan 27, 2023
Ruby “Juneil” Coleman Burney, 82, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Florida following a lengthy battle with dementia. She was born on November 18, 1940, in Palatka, FL and had resided in Jacksonville since early childhood. Juneil graduated in 1958 from Landon High School.
Juneil enjoyed painting, crafting, gardening, and spending time with her family.
She was...
Hobart Krum Robinson, Jr.
Jan 25, 2023
Hobart (“Bart”) K. Robinson Jr. died peacefully in Ponte Vedra Beach, on Jan. 25, 2023, with his family by his side. He was born on Oct. 10, 1937, in Quincy, MA to Charlotte Robinson and Hobart K. Robinson Sr.
He was a talented three sport athlete at Quincy High. He earned his BA from Williams College, served in the...
Darla M Buck
Jan 25, 2023
Darla Mae Buck, 79, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Darla was born to Jessie and John Masenheimer on March 3, 1943 in York, Pennsylvania. Darla met her husband Lee at USF&G in Miami, Florida. And after a short courtship were married on Thanksgiving day, November 22, 1962. God, church, and family were her main priorities in life.
Darla loved...
Ginny Matson
Jan 24, 2023
Mary Virginia (Ginny) DeCaindry Matson passed away, Tuesday, January 24, 2023. She was born in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania in 1938. Ginny grew up in Swarthmore, and lived sixteen years in Fredericksburg, VA before retiring to Panama City, Florida in 1993.
Ginny received her BS in Physical Therapy from The Ohio State University in 1959 the same year she was married to...
Ryan Jacob DeJoris
Jan 22, 2023
It is with unimageable grief, and heartbreak that we share the sad news that our beloved son, Ryan Jacob DeJoris, our Ry Guy, your daddy’s Trismo, our little Monkey Sausage… passed away at the age of 42 on January 22, 2023. He has finally lost his brave and lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis that left him unable to carry...
George Anton Uresk
Jan 19, 2023
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of George Uresk after a long illness.
He passed away peacefully at McGraw Community Hospice on January 19, 2023.
He was born December 12, 1940 in Woodhaven, New York, to Mr. and Mrs. Anton and Sophie Uresk. He proudly served our country in the United States Army. After his Army career,...
Mayre Jo Madlem
Jan 15, 2023
Mayre Jo Nihart Madlem, 75, passed away Sunday, January 15th, 2023. Mayre was born to Mary Trout and Thomas Nihart on February 21st, 1947, in Elkhart, Indiana.
Mayre wed Jon Robert Madlem in 1965, shortly after graduation from Elkhart High School. She was always curious and loved learning, making jokes, and being with family.
This curiosity and sense of...
Cassandra W. Ahrens
Jan 15, 2023
Cassandra W. Ahrens died on January 15, 2023 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, at age 90 after her bout with cancer. Born on June 21, 1932 (near the bottom of the Great Depression), she was very brave and possessed exceptional charisma. When a mean classmate in grammar school didn’t invite her to an elaborate party, Sandra simply organized her...
Byron Jerome-Lee McClendon, Jr.
Jan 13, 2023
Byron Jerome-Lee McClendon, Jr 18, passed away January 13, 2023. He was born September 25, 2004 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Byron graduated from Florida Youth Challenge Academy as a Salutatorian and was in the delayed entry program of the Navy, with a deployment date of February 27th. He was very proud of these two accomplishments. Byron loved life and in...
Thomas John Svoboda
Jan 12, 2023
Thomas J. Svoboda, 78, passed away on January 12, 2023. The Chicago native was born September 10, 1944, to John and Margaret Svoboda. He was predeceased by his parents, and is survived by his wife of 37 years, Dorretta Svoboda.
Tom’s upbringing was all Chicagoland. He attended and graduated from both St. Mel Grade School and St. Mel High School....
Concepcion Bio Puro
Jan 10, 2023
Concepcion Bio Puro, 70, returned to her heavenly home on January 10th, 2023, a few days shy of her 71st birthday. She was born on January 15th, 1952, in Daraga, Philippines. She proudly became an American resident in 1984 and was happy to call Jacksonville, FL her home since.
Concepcion was known as mommy or Lola by her...
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