All Obituaries

Philip J. McCormick, 75, passed away on October 6, 2018.  Phil passed peacefully from this life while in the loving care of his daughter, Staci.  Born in Carlsbad, NM to Harold W. McCormick and Rosemary Wadlow McCormick, he was the oldest of eight children.  Phil graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1961 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education from New Mexico State University in 1972.  “Coach” taught for the Las Cruces Public Schools for...

Dr. Larry E Stevens, 75, passed away September 25. He was born on December 13, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Robert E Stevens and Mildred Borden. He spent his early years in Cincinnati before moving multiple times through grade school. Larry and his family spent a few years in San Diego, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico where he exceled in sports and earned a varsity letter in football, track, and wrestling. Some days before school he and his friends would head out to the water for morning...

Richard D. Lewis 68 of Clearwater, Florida. Passed away October 30, 2018 at Bay Pines VA Medical Center. Richard was a Airforce Veteran. Richard was born in Johnson City, New York. He worked as a technician in the electronics industry, He is survived by his loving family Sheryl Warren and Jonathan Lewis.

  Sandra Caron Parnell Spikes was born on August 30, 1938 in Dunedin, Florida and died on October 12, 2018 in Lexington, NC.  A memorial service will be held at 6 pm Thursday, October 18, 2018 at Tyro United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with Pastor Randy Foster officiating followed by a graveside service at 2 pm Saturday, October 20 at Dunedin Florida Cemetery. Rev. Jason Knott, Senior Pastor of Dunedin First United Methodist Church, the family church...

Clifford I Zalay 94 of Oldsmar, Florida. Passed away October 14, 2018 at home. Clifford was born on June 18, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois.  He proudly served in The US Army in both WWII and the Korean War as a Master Sergeant. After his military service he worked most of his life in Insurance and was a certified financial planner. He met his loving wife Helene in Hawaii while vacationing in 1970. Clifford loved playing the harmonica, especially at Cricketeers, once even playing at a Tampa...

Joan L. Palmer ,75 of St. Petersburg, Florida passed away after a long illness. Joan was born October 23, 1942 to the parents of John and Beatrice (Peller) Annessa in Queens, New York. She attended the local schools where she grew up. Joan spent most of her life as a administrator/ bookkeeper for various businesses, She is survived by two children; William and (Margie) Palmer of Safety Harbor, FL and Michelle and (Robert) Sayler of Merritt Island, FL, two grandchildren; Robert Sayler and...

Bruce C. Mitchell, 69, of Tampa, passed away October 10, 2018.  Born in Washington D.C., he moved to Tampa in 1994 from Maryland.  He worked for GE Corporation and attended Bible Based Fellowship Church in Carrollwood.  Survived by his wife of 27 years, Susan Mitchell and son Sekou Mitchell.  

Jacqueline G. Chellberg, 82, of Oldsmar, Florida passed away October 8, 2018.  She was born in Winter Haven, Florida and moved to Oldsmar, Florida from North Carolina in 2014.  Jacqueline worked and retired from being a manager at a finance company.  She did volunteer work at Down Home Ranch for disabled adults in Texas and at High Point Senior Center in North Carolina.  Jacqueline had also worked for The Peace Corps.  Survived by her daughter: Lori Creech,...

Dion, Stacey,51 of Tampa passed away Monday October 1, 2018 following a short illness.She was born in Rochester, New Hampshire to the parents of Robert and Pauline (Veator) Wiggin. Stacey attended the local schools and later obtain her bachelors degree. At the time of her passing she was a project manager for PSCU in St. Petersburg, Florida. Stacey was married to Kevin Robert Dion for over 26 years and together they had two sons; Robert and Jarett. She was a big fan of the Tampa Bay Rays....

Jack L. Banther, 81, of Sun City Center, Florida, passed peacefully from this life on September 30, 2018.  This fun-loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend was born in Sullivan, Indiana.  He worked his first job alongside his father at Kraft foods in Summitville, Indiana.  He was a school bus driver for 21 years and retired from General Motors after 28 and one-half years.  He then followed his retirement dream to Florida.  Jack was a U.S. Army Veteran...