Obituaries

Janaine Saunders

Sep 12, 2019

Janaine Saunders, 76, of Inglis, FL, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019.  She was born in Rutland, Vermont on October 22, 1942.

Frances Lowe

Sep 11, 2019

Frances Lowe, 97, of Inverness, FL, passed away on September 11, 2019.  She was born on August 3, 1922 in North Brookfield, MA.

Eric Giammarco

Sep 11, 2019

Eric A. Giammarco, 31, of West Palm Beach, FL, passed away on September 11, 2019.  He was born on November 14, 1987 in West Palm Beach, FL.

Elizabeth Matteo

Sep 10, 2019

Elizabeth Matteo, 89, of Hernando, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 in Inverness, FL.  She was born in Philadelphia, PA on May 26, 1930.

Charlotte Creech

Sep 3, 2019

Charlotte Creech, 58, of Inverness, died on September 3, 2019.  She was born on August 21, 1961 in Bridgeport, CT.

Nicholas LiPetri

Aug 31, 2019

Nicholas R. LiPetri, 83, of Inverness, FL, passed away August 31, 2019 in Lecanto, FL.  Nicholas was born on May 29, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY, son of Sylvester and Antonina LiPetri.  He was a radio broadcaster.  Nicholas served in the New York National Guard.  He is survived by his two daughters, Regina Patalano of Ridgway, PA and Sharon McCormick...

Elsie Makuch

Aug 30, 2019

Elsie Makuch, 97, of Beverly Hills, Florida, passed away on August 30, 2019 in Lecanto, Florida.  She was born on September 18, 1921 in Hampton, Connecticut, daughter of Martin and Louise Van Durr.

Mrs. Makuch was the Executive Assistant to Mr.  E. Bartlett Barnes, owner and CEO of the Bristol Press newspaper in Bristol, CT.  She moved...

Shawn Loreth

Aug 28, 2019

Shawn Charles Loreth, 52, of Beverly Hills, Florida, was called to his Heavenly Home on August 28, 2019 at Vitas Hospice surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born on May 1, 1967 in Ojai, California, son of Jerome and Deanna Loreth. Shawn was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod as a child and...

Shawn Loreth

Aug 28, 2019

Shawn Charles Loreth, 52, of Beverly Hills, Florida, was called to his Heavenly Home on August 28, 2019 at Vitas Hospice surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born on May 1, 1967 in Ojai, California, son of Jerome and Deanna Loreth.

Shawn was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. As a...

Ellen Marcho

Aug 25, 2019

Ellen G. Marcho, 84, of Inverness, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2019.  She was born on January 13, 1935 in Hamilton, Ohio.

Luis Monsalve

Aug 23, 2019

Luis A. Monsalve, 57, of Ocala, died on Friday, August 23, 2019.  He was born in Medellin, Colombia on November 15, 1961.

Thomas Ames Jr.

Aug 19, 2019

Thomas C. Ames, Jr., 75, of Inverness, died on Monday, August 19, 2019.  He was born on June 26, 1944 in West Virginia.  He is survived by a son, Thomas C. Ames, III of Marion, Ohio; a daughter, Traci Durham of Charlotte, NC; two sisters, Rose Barton and Linda Murphy both of Dayton, Ohio.

Roger Shriver

Aug 12, 2019

Roger Albert Shriver, 86, a resident of Lecanto, FL passed away on Monday, August 12, 2019 in Lecanto.  He was born on December 7, 1932 in Washington D.C., son of Albert and Marie Shriver.

Mr. Shriver served in the US Army Infantry from 1953 – 1956.  In 1960 he joined the Military Traffic Management Agency where he...

Patricia Skonecke

Aug 6, 2019

Patricia A. Skonecke, 89, of Inverness, FL, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019.  She was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 7, 1929, the daughter of John and Annette Kelly. Mrs. Skonecke moved to Inverness from Sun City Center in 2014.  She was Catholic by faith.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, John...

Gladys Strong

Aug 5, 2019

Gladys M. Strong, 91, of Inverness, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019.  She was born in Pawtucket, RI on July 31, 1928.  She and her late husband Milton Strong will be laid to rest privately at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL.

Lloyd Sanders

Aug 5, 2019

Lloyd W. Sanders, 84, of Inverness, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019.  He was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on January 3, 1935.

Mary C. Schnackenberg

Aug 2, 2019

Mary C. Schnackenberg, 80, of Lecanto, died on August, 2, 2019.  She was born in Nyack, NY on April 21, 1939, the daughter of Dennis and Josephine Natale. She was a member of St. Scholastica Catholic Church in Lecanto.  Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Adolf Schnackenberg; daughter, Denise Odier; two sons, James Schnackenberg and his wife Trish of Palm Harbor, FL...

Blonza Smith

Jul 29, 2019

Blonza C. Smith, 102, of Inverness, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2019. She was a Florida native, born in Wakulla on March 13, 1917, to William W. and Coretta (Godwin) Causseaux. Her younger siblings were Nora, Coralie, and William. After the loss of both parents while in her youth, Blonza lived in Jacksonville and then Tampa. There she...

Ann Carpenter

Jul 24, 2019

Ann F. Carpenter, 81, of Homosassa, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Brooksville, FL.  She was born on June 4, 1938 in Louisville, KY.  She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church.  Mrs. Carpenter was preceded in death by her husband, William.  She is survived by her children, William, Mary, Brenda, Christopher and Deanna.

John Durr, Jr.

Jul 22, 2019

John J. Durr, Jr. of Hernando, FL passed away on JUly 22, 2019.  He was born on March 5, 1931 in Staten Island, NY.  John was a US Navy veteran and a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran CHurch in Hernando.