Obituaries

Ruth Adasiak

Apr 11, 2022

Ruth Benzenhoefer Adasiak passed away on Monday, April 11, 2022. Posey, as she was affectionately called, was born in Pittsburgh, PA to Ruth “Mimi” Schofield Benzenhoefer and Frederick Benzenhoefer. The family moved to Sewickley where she and her beloved brother Albert grew up. After graduating from Sewickley High School, Ruth attended Theil College in Greenville, PA, receiving her AS Degree in...

Ralph Heim, Jr.

Apr 8, 2022

Ralph William Heim, Jr., 75, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away Friday, April 8, 2022 following an illness. He was born in Orlando, Florida, May 22, 1946 to Ralph and Ouida Heim.

Ralph grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. As a young man he enlisted in the USMCR and returned to complete his education at Jacksonville University with a degree in...

Joni Lovingfoss

Apr 5, 2022

Joni Evone Lovingfoss of Neptune Beach, Florida passed away April 5, 2022. Services are not scheduled at this time.

Hugh Knowlton, Jr.

Apr 4, 2022

Hugh Knowlton, Jr. died peacefully in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on April 4 at the age of 99. The oldest son of Hugh and Christine Stanley Knowlton, he graduated from Groton School, Yale University and Harvard Law school. He was a brilliant scholar and athlete, famous for throwing the winning touchdown pass in the 1942 Harvard/Yale game. After his...

Patricia Bright

Apr 1, 2022

Patricia Bright of Ponte Vedra Beach Florida passed away April 1st, 2022, at the age of 97. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Pittsburgh. She was married in 1952 to Richard Bright of Fredonia, PA. Right after marriage, Pat and Richard began moving (14 times) because of her husband’s careers, first in...

Ida "Pat" Bergmann- House

Mar 31, 2022

Ida ‘Pat’ C. Bergmann-House, 94, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Pat was born January 4, 1928, in Cordele GA and was raised in Arabi, GA. As a young adult, she moved to Jacksonville FL where she attended Jacksonville Business College (now Jacksonville University).

Pat was an active member of the Jacksonville Garden Club, the Jacksonville...

Gregory Georgallis

Mar 30, 2022

Gregory George Georgallis passed away peacefully on the 30th of March, at the age of 67. His passing came after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was in his home where he was immersed in love and tenderly cared for by his family.

Greg was born and raised on the beautiful island of Kos, Greece. As...

Doris Batten

Mar 28, 2022

A devoted mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother, Doris died on March 28, 2022, under hospice care in her home in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL surrounded by family.

Doris was born on September 12, 1932, in Webster, MA. During World War II, her father, a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, was assigned to help protect the...

Jessica Rady

Mar 27, 2022

Jessica Wells Rady spread her wings to heaven on March 27, 2022.

She is survived by her son, best friend, and light of her life, Christian Rushing and the love of her life/husband, Tommy Rady,  Bonus sons Hudson and Finn Rady, Second Mother Aunt Becky Pack (Dee), Naomi Lee Tabar (Jerome), Uncle Danny Wells (Dianne), Uncle John...

Mary Wish

Mar 27, 2022

Mary Arlene Wish, 96, passed away March 27, 2022. She was born in Berlin, WI on April 4, 1925, to John Joseph and Mary Magdalene Krause. Before going off to Ripon College in WI, she was very active at Berlin High School where she was a Prom Queen, a drum major, a cheerleader, and a school newspaper writer among...

Debra Brown

Mar 25, 2022

Debra Ann Brown passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 25, 2022. A memorial service will take place in Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home chapel on Wednesday, March 30th at 2:00p.m.

Jack Hutchinson

Mar 23, 2022

Jack Gordon Hutchinson, 13, passed away in the early morning hours on March 23, 2022 to join Our Blessed Lord and His Saints.  He was born on May 22, 2008 to his loving parents, Bryan and Erin Hutchinson in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was also raised.

Jack loved to swim in the pool. He enjoyed music of...

Thomas Bergmann

Mar 19, 2022

Thomas “Tom” C. Bergmann of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully at McGraw Center for Caring Hospice on March 19, 2022, with his loving wife, Laura, by his side. Tom was born April 13, 1943, in Lake City, Florida, the son of Harold and Frances Bergmann.

Tom graduated from Columbia High School, Class of ’61, where...

John Skelton

Mar 12, 2022

Dr. John T. Skelton, 81, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on March 12, 2022, following a brave, long battle with cancer. Diagnosed in 2008 and given an 18-month prognosis, John fought back hard earning the nickname “The Outlier” by his Mayo doctors and outliving his original prognosis a full 12 years.

Born and...

Beau Smith

Mar 12, 2022

Beau Smith, 42, passed away March 12, 2022.  Beau was born in Jackson, Mississippi but grew up in Long Beach, Mississippi.  After moving to Hattiesburg and obtaining a Bachelors of Economics degree at the University of Southern Mississippi, in 2010 he moved to Jacksonville, Florida  where he worked as a financial advisor.

Beau was an avid lover...

Liri Shandro

Mar 9, 2022

Liri Shandro, 78, of St Augustine, FL, passed away March 9. 2022. The Family will hold a private service in our Funeral Home. Liri will be Interred in Albania at a later date.

Gerard Monahan, Jr.

Mar 8, 2022

Gerard Richard Monahan, Jr., 80, of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, passed away March 8, 2022. Services will be held in the Chapel of Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home, Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.

Arthur Hendley

Mar 6, 2022

Arthur Jenkins Hendley, age 87, passed peacefully into eternal life on March 6, 2022, in Amelia Island, FL with family by his side.  He was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Arthur H. Hendley and Ann Jenkins Hendley.  Art (also called Bobby by family) graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic High School then accepted an athletic scholarship to Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania....

Richard Riley

Mar 2, 2022

Richard M. Riley, 72, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2022, surrounded by his family. Born in Jacksonville, Richard was a life-long resident of Atlantic Beach and a graduate of Bishop Kenny High School, Class of 1968.

He joined the American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps in the winter class of 1968 and credited the Corps...

Edward Baur

Feb 24, 2022

Edward Grosset Baur died peacefully of natural causes in the early morning of February 24, 2022, at Cypress Village in Jacksonville, Florida. He had recently moved to Jacksonville with his wife Emily Baur after a long residence in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Baur was 80 years old.

Ed was born to Clementine and Edward Baur on September 26,...