Obituaries

Jan 4, 2019

Mack Baldwyn, 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 4, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was born on January 13, 1934 in Tupelo, Mississippi to Mamon Baldwyn and Opal Beatrice (Hubbard) Baldwyn as the youngest of thirteen children.

Mack is survived by his daughter, Brenda Darlene Wilhelm (husband Robert Oliver Wilhelm); his grandchildren,...

Jan 2, 2019

Lyon Perry Wilbur of Ponte Vedra Beach passed away peacefully at Brooks Crossing in Jacksonville, Wednesday morning, Jan. 2, 2019. He was born Oct. 17, 1934, in Memphis, TN where he graduated from Central High School in 1952. While there, he was a member of Young America Sings, a weekly radio program, and he sang in the choir at...

Jan 1, 2019

John Norman Lawrence, Jr. entered into rest on January 1, 2019. He was born in Cedartown, Georgia on April 23, 1955.

He is survived by his beloved wife Susan; children, Josh (Paula) and Rachelle (Quinn); grandchildren, Fritz and Mary Karis; his mother, Faye; brother, Greg (Rhonda); along with many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of...

Jan 1, 2019

Dr. Wendall Keith O'Steen, age 90, passed away at the Anne & Donald McGraw Center for Caring for Community Hospice & Palliative Care on January 1, 2019. Dr. O'Steen was Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC for 17 years. He previously held positions at Emory University School...

Dec 31, 2018

Laurel Faye Kean, 67, passed away on December 31, 2018 following a lengthy battle with cancer. Born on April 28, 1951 in Boston, MA, she grew up in nearby Arlington and Danvers, spending most of her life in the Boston area before moving to the Florida Keys in 2012. Laurel and her husband then relocated to Jacksonville Beach a...

Dec 26, 2018

Lawrence Curtis Rudd, 82, passed away December 26, 2018.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 3, 2019 at the VFW in Jacksonville Beach, FL.

Inurnment will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 4th in Jacksonville National Cemetery.

Dec 24, 2018

John C. Meadows Jr., 85, of Jacksonville Beach, FL passed away December 24, 2018, following a valiant battle with Parkinson’s disease.

John was born in Vidalia, Georgia to Jack and Evelyn Meadows on August 1, 1933. As a boy, John worked with his father in the summers, was an avid hunter, Eagle Scout and graduated as valedictorian...

Dec 23, 2018

Marilyn McDowell McGuckin, age 83, passed away on December 23, 2018 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Born on December 29, 1934 to Richard and Ruth McDowell, Marilyn spent her childhood in Franklin, Pa. and lived in Youngstown, Ohio and Uniontown, Ohio. Marilyn graduated from Franklin High School in 1952 as secretary of her class. In 1952, she married her...

Dec 19, 2018

Charles E. Vermillion, 88, passed away peacefully December 19, 2018, in the McGraw Center for Caring, Jacksonville, FL. He was born in Covington, Kentucky, graduated from Holmes High School and attended the University of Kentucky. For 50 years, Charlie traveled the Southeast as a sales representative in the optical business. He retired to Atlantic Beach with his wife, Sally,...

Dec 18, 2018

Sharon passed away on Dec. 18th, 2018 after a short fierce battle with Bladder cancer in Jacksonville, Florida at the Hospice Hadlow Center for Caring. Sharon was born as Sharon McKee on December 17th, 1944, to Harold and Ida McKee in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. We will remember Sharon’s kindness to all, wit and courageous heart, strengthened by the convictions...

Dec 17, 2018

Linda Dunlap La Londe, 75, passed away December 17, 2018. She was born September 9, 1943 in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Maryland and moved to WPB, FL when she was 12. She attended Forest Hill High School.

Linda earned a Bachelor’s degree in Math from FSU and later earned a MS in computer technology. Early...

Dec 17, 2018

On Monday, December 17, 2018, Dr. William C. Olsen Jr., loving widower and father of two children, passed away at age 70.

Bill was born on Feb 1948 in Baltimore, MD to William and Colleen (Hall) Olsen. On July 25, 1970, he married Nancy Ann Flanigan. They raised two daughters, Elizabeth and Jennifer.  He started his career...

Dec 16, 2018

Patricia “Pat” Windedahl, 91, of Ponte Vedra Beach, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 16, 2018.

She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on December 13, 1927 to the late John and Margaret (Knittle) Powell, Sr.   She was preceded in death by her husband of 20 years, Wayne E. Windedahl, as well as her former husband,...

Dec 14, 2018

Ann Marie McCoy Wooten "Annie", 85, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Friday, December 14, 2018. Ann was born on September 21, 1933 in Jacksonville, FL to William H. McCoy and Thelma R. McCoy. A native of Jacksonville, she spent her childhood in San Marco. After raising her young family in the San Jose area, the...

Dec 11, 2018

Klara Margit Moffitt was called to heaven to be with God and deceased family while sleeping peacefully at home on December 11, 2018. She was born in Budapest, Hungary and came to Jacksonville Beach with her parents in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution. She graduated from Fletcher High School in 1958. Klara received a scholarship to study the fine...

Dec 10, 2018

Kenneth L. Gossett, 81, passed away December 10, 2018. He was born May 2, 1937, in Indianapolis, IN. He spent his childhood in Indiana, but Pittsburgh was his home and where he raised his family until he retired to Jacksonville Beach in 2006.

Ken was a proud graduate of Purdue University, where he studied electrical engineering, and...

Dec 9, 2018

Violet M. DeFreitas of Jacksonville, Florida passed away peacefully at HarborChase Assisted Living at the age of 92 on December 9, 2018.  Violet was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Amos and Leopoldina Pacheco on September 25, 1926. The family immigrated to her father’s birthplace in St. Michael, Portugal at the age of three where she grew up and married...

Dec 8, 2018

Evan Laurence Kostick passed away December 8, 2018. He was born August 26, 1930 in London, England.  He grew up in Dublin, Ireland where he developed his passion for learning and love of all things Irish.  After graduating from Trinity College School of Medicine he pursued a career in surgery.  He met his wife Kathleen on Christmas Eve 1955...

Dec 7, 2018

Claire Tucker Ennis, age ninety-four, passed way December 7, 2018. Claire was born on May 26, 1924 in Jacksonville to Jane and Finley Tucker of that city. She graduated from Bartram School in 1941 and attended Arlington Hall Junior College in Virginia. She married Bill Ennis, her husband of seventy-five years, on January 23, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas,...

Dec 6, 2018

Martha G. Crawford, 85, passed away on December 6, 2018.

Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 in the Chapel of Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home.