Obituaries
David L. Bishop
Oct 28, 2022
David Lee Bishop passed away October 28, 2022, after a brief illness. He was born September 2, 1951 in Jacksonville Beach, FL where he grew up graduating from Fletcher High School in 1969 and lived in Brunswick, Ga until a few months where he resided in Ponte Vedra Beach.
David retired from Woolworth’s and Fred's Departments Store as Retail...
Judith ("Jay") L. DeJong
Oct 27, 2022
Jay (Judith) L. DeJong, age 88, of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, died October 27, 2022. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she attended Hathaway Brown School and was a graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1956.
She moved to New York City to seek her fortune. She answered an ad in the NYT and began work for a small advertising firm, Hockaday...
Joseph Frank Brychta III
Oct 26, 2022
Joseph (Joe) Brychta, 83, of Jacksonville, FL passed away peacefully on October 26, 2022. He is reunited in heaven with his bride of nearly 46 years, Rochelle (Sally) Brychta (dec. 2008), who are no doubt showing the angels how to dance the jitterbug.
Joe was born May 7, 1939, to Joseph and Mae Brychta (Lindaur) in Cicero, IL. He leaves...
Theodore Robert Seman
Oct 26, 2022
Theodore “Ted” R. Seman passed away on October 26, 2022, of natural causes at home in Neptune Beach, Florida. Ted was born in 1934 in Hiller, Pennsylvania, attended local schools and graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 1957. While attending Penn State he was enrolled in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training [AFROTC] program & was awarded a...
Saundra S. Shortes
Oct 24, 2022
Saundra S. Shortes, 83, passed away October 24, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida. There are no local services planned at this time.
Hiram A Lomanto
Oct 23, 2022
Hiram Alan Lomanto passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 23, 2022 at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 4, 1927 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He was predeceased by his parents, Maria & Hiram Lomanto, daughter, Silvia Heilman & son, Mario Lomanto. He is survived by his wife Joan Lomanto of Jacksonville Beach FL, sons Fernando...
Joseph V. Cinotti
Oct 23, 2022
Joseph Cinotti, 92, passed away Sunday morning, October 23, 2022, at the Windsor at San Pablo. Joe was a long-time Beaches resident who made a lasting impact on the community.
Joe was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 26, 1930. His parents, Nicholas and Mary Cinotti, opened a family bakery in 1936, where Joe first learned the baking trade....
Patricia A. Lynch
Oct 22, 2022
Patricia Ann Lynch, age 85, formerly of Neptune Beach, Florida, passed away on October 22, 2022 in Flowery Branch, Georgia.
Patricia was born on April 2, 1937 in Wilmington, Delaware to George and Harriet Kelley. She graduated from Wilmington High School and Goldey-Beacom College. Pat enjoyed a 28 year career at the Medical Center of Delaware, rising to the...
Wyle Boyd Norman
Oct 22, 2022
Beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, Wyle Boyd Norman passed away unexpectedly at his Jacksonville home on October 22nd, 2022. Though Wyle was born on April 4th, 1977, in Gainesville, FL, Wyle built communities everywhere he lived including Gainesville, Costa Rica, Jacksonville, and most recently in San Juan, Puerto Rico. If you met Wyle as an acquaintance and he chose...
Colby Maddux Hamlin
Oct 21, 2022
Colby Maddux Hamlin 17, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away October 21, 2022. Colby was born October 25, 2004 in Jacksonville, Florida. Colby was a beautiful soul. He had a smile that was contagious and would melt your heart. He loved to play Super Mario games and he loved to build and collect all kinds of Transformers and would sit with...
Nicole K. Avery
Oct 18, 2022
In loving memory of sweet Nicole Kymberly Avery…
There are no words adequate to express this sudden loss or erase the pain. Nicole leaves a huge void on this earth now that she is gone. What she did leave with us in her short time on the planet is her infectious smile, her sense of wonderment, and the childlike joy...
Victoria Emilie Legg
Oct 17, 2022
Victoria Emilie Legg, 76, of Atlantic Beach, FL, died October 17, 2022. Arrangements by Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home, (904) 249-1100.
James "Jim" Patrick Shaar
Oct 17, 2022
James Patrick “Jim” Shaar, beloved brother, uncle and friend passed away at the McGraw Center Hospice on October 17, 2022. He was born on March 4, 1939 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, FL to Michael C. Shaar and Alice McGraw Shaar.
Jim grew up in Jacksonville, FL attending St Paul’s school Riverside and was a 1957 graduate of...
Patricia Ann Starbuck
Oct 16, 2022
Patricia Ann Starbuck
Patricia Ann (Bounds) Starbuck, 80, passed away October 16, 2022, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Pat loved to dance, even becoming a dance instructor, until she married the love of her life, Ronald Starbuck, a United States Air Force Officer, on August 11, 1962. Pat was a dedicated wife, a loving...
Ronald H. Cole
Oct 15, 2022
Ronald Harry Cole (Ron) passed away on October 15, 2022. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1954, and was the youngest of five children of Clarence P and Margaret R Cole.
Ron, known to many of his friends simply as “Cole” lived in various places during his life including: Jacksonville, Florida, Denton, Texas and Chauvin, Louisiana....
Kent Michael Hotson
Oct 15, 2022
Kent Michael Hotson passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2022.
Kent led a full life that included sharing knowledge and compassion with his students as an International Baccalaureate World History teacher at Nease High School. He loved music and incorporated it into his teaching along with videos of his travels. He traveled with his wife of 54 years,...
Kathleen Anne Martucci
Oct 14, 2022
Kathleen Anne Martucci, passed away October 14, 2022. She was born November 24, 1949, in New York, NY to Robert and Josephine Bradley. She grew up in Paramus, NJ, raised her children in Pearl River, NY and moved to the Jacksonville Area in 2004.
Kathleen was a graduate of Seton Hall University. She worked for 35 years as a...
Mary Elizabeth Mance
Oct 11, 2022
Mary Mance, born Mary Elizabeth Deckers, joined the love of her life, John Robert Mance and her youngest son, Russell Kenneth Mance, in the place she aspired to be for her entire life, Heaven.
Mary’s parents, Bernardus and Catherine Deckers and her older sister Catherine arrived in America via the ship Rotterdam from the Netherlands in 1920, and the immigrant...
Peter Dillon Hannigan
Oct 8, 2022
Peter Dillon Hannigan, 72, passed away peacefully on October 8th, 2022, surrounded by his wife and 3 children. He was born Feb 2nd, 1950, in Rockville Centre, NY to William and Marguerite Hannigan. Upon turning 18, Pete proudly served 2 years with the Army in Vietnam. After his service, he became an Industrial Engineer and spent 46 years working for...
Gary Powers
Oct 6, 2022
Gary Powers, 77, went home to the Lord Oct. 6th, 2022. He was born July 2nd, 1945, to Andrew and Victoria (Thivierge) Powers in Utica, NY. After graduating from West Winfield school, he went on to serve his country in the United States Airforce, after which Gary spent many years working for the State of NY at Mohawk Valley Psychiatric...