Obituaries

Jan 11, 2018

Robert Edward Drake was born on April 19, 1938, and passed peacefully from this life into life eternal on January 11, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born in Kansas City, MO to Will and Helen Drake, and was raised there along with his younger brother, Bill. After high school, Bob was accepted to GMI (now Kettering)...

Jan 11, 2018

Louanne Gilmore Pontecorvo, 59, died January 11, 2018 in Ponte Vedra, Florida. She was born in Buffalo, NY on April 28, 1958 to Jim and Willie (Hynes) Gilmore.  As a teenager, the Gilmore family moved from Depew to Cazenovia, NY, where she graduated from Cazenovia High School and continued her education at MVCC in Utica NY.  Louanne pursued her...

Jan 11, 2018

Anthony A. D’Onofrio, beloved husband, supportive father, and proud grandfather died peacefully at home on January 11th, 2018, just months after the death of Nancy, his wife of 60 years.  He was 83 years old.

Tony, as family and friends knew him, grew up in the Bronx, NY, graduated from City College of New York, proudly served...

Jan 9, 2018

Dorothy Ruth Oberg (nee Balazik), 97, passed away on January 9, 2018. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio December 1, 1920. She raised her family in Towson, Maryland, prior to moving to Ponte Vedra, Florida where she resided at Vicar’s Landing.  She was on the Trust Committee at Vicar’s Landing, a member of the Vicar’s Landing Chorus, and also...

Jan 6, 2018

Anita (Anello) O'Brien, age 82 of Jacksonville Beach, FL, passed away on January 6, 2018 surrounded by her family. Anita was born on Oct. 23, 1935 and grew up with her large extended family in Montclair, NJ. She and her husband David O'Brien settled in Jackson, NJ to raise their two daughters, Donna and Denise. There, she volunteered as her daughters' soccer coach while working full time as...

Jan 4, 2018

Collier Franklin Black, resident of Jacksonville, FL, passed away peacefully at home the morning of January 4th, 2018 following an extended illness. Collier was born in Albany, GA to the late Eugene Cuthbert Black and Frances Loosier Black on Sept. 20, 1952.

Collier is survived by his beautiful bride of 42 years, Peggie Phelan Black; brother Eugene...

Jan 4, 2018

J. Brooks Brown, M.D. passed away January 4, 2018. He was born in Hurtsboro, AL, October 31, 1920, to Cecil G. and Martha Ann Brown.  He was predeceased by his parents; his loving and devoted wife, Helen L. Brown; brother, Cecil G. Brown, Jr. and daughter-in-law, Marilyn A. Brown.  He is survived by a son, J. Brooks Brown, Jr....

Jan 3, 2018

Gary H. Mears, Lieutenant General (U.S. Air Force, Retired), 81, passed away on January 3, 2018, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.  He was born on May 23, 1936 in Boone, Iowa. Gen. Mears was commissioned in 1958 and proudly served for 35 years.  His last duty assignment was serving as Director of Logistics (J4) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ...

Dec 31, 2017

Alex C. Phillippe, 33, of Jacksonville, FL passed away suddenly on December 31, 2017 at 1:58 PM. He was born August 13, 1984 at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. In 2002 he graduated from University Christian High School. He was employed at Vanguard Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Alex loved to fish, golf and was a competitive pool player....

Dec 31, 2017

Betty Bush, age 93, went to be with the Lord on December 31, 2017. She is preceded in death by her husband Hugh Bush and her daughter Carroll Mitchell (Andy). She is survived by a brother, Walter Jones; her children, Renee Seel (Danks) and Barb Sherer; grandchildren, Will Seel (Korinne), Elizabeth Keiger (Darr), Katie Lowry (Joe), Jennifer Mitchell and...

Dec 30, 2017

William M. Brannen Jr., 47, passed away at home surrounded by his family on December 30, 2017, after a 4½ year battle with colon cancer. He was born in Orlando, Florida on October 24, 1970.

William is survived by Shelly Lyn Brannen, his wife of 21 years; son, William Brannen III; stepdaughter, Kairstin Hopkins; mother and father,...

Dec 30, 2017

Alan D. Sofield, 81, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2017 after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 27, 1936 in Newark, NJ to the late Theodore and Helen Sofield. Alan graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1958. He retired from Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Bryant Division, as Manufacturing Supervisor. He moved to Florida in October...

Dec 27, 2017

John Santana, of Jacksonville, passed away December 27, 2017. Survived by the love of his life, Raye; children: Jo-Marie, Kim, Cathy, Gloria, Bridget and Lee; and 8 grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 in the chapel of Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 in...

Dec 25, 2017

Caroline Reed was born on November 23, 1962 in Bethesda Maryland to her mother Loretta Dowie and father Edward Lee Reed Jr. She had two older brothers, James and Mike, and later two younger brothers, Mark and Jeff.

She spent part of her childhood in Montgomery County Maryland and Fairfax, Virginia before spending her teen years in...

Dec 19, 2017

Dorothy Anne Andrews went to our Lord on December 19, 2017.  She was born April 6, 1925 in Troy New York.

Dorothy graduated with a Bachelor of Science from St. Rose College in Albany, NY in 1947.  Shortly thereafter, she married Jack Andrews, an engineer with General Electric.  She then followed Jack’s career from New York, Kansas...

Dec 17, 2017

Robert M. Gregory, 82, died at home on December 17, 2017. Bob is survived by his wife of 54 years, Virginia (Ginna); his son Michael; and daughter Kathleen. His parents, LJ and Sally Gregory, preceded him in death.

Bob was born in Yankton, South Dakota. He graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines with a degree...

Dec 14, 2017

Susan Y. Ashworth, 67 years young, loving and devoted Mother, Daughter, Sister, Wife, and “Mema”, completed her journey back to Christ on Thursday, December 14, 2017.  Her time on this Earth began on Wednesday, September 6, 1950, born to Raymond and Helen Yockey in Jacksonville, Florida.  She felt blessed to call Neptune Beach her home for the majority of...

Dec 10, 2017

Anne Chupak, 98, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2017 at the Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring surrounded by her family.  Anne was born in Czechoslovakia on September 6, 1919.  She moved to America with her parents when she was 7 years old and they settled in Yonkers, NY where she grew up and was married on September...

Dec 9, 2017

Scott Toms Morgan, 64, passed away December 9, 2017 after a brief yet courageous battle with cancer. He lived life large and was never in a hurry. The past six years Scott has enjoyed his retirement, beaches, palm trees and golf in both Ponte Vedra Beach and Jacksonville, Florida.

He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but...

Dec 8, 2017

Susan Smart fulfilled her lifelong dream of passing away in the company of her sons, after weeks of visits with friends and family at her beautiful beach house in Jacksonville, twenty years too soon, on December 8, 2017.

Susan was born in Muncie, Indiana and many of her fondest memories were of her times with her grandparents...