Obituaries
James Alan Hollingsworth
Mar 8, 2023
James Alan Hollingsworth was born January 2, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan and died March 8th , 2023, in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Jim joined the army out of high school and was serving in Berlin, in the 101st Airborne, when the Berlin Wall went up, August 12-13, 1961. After 3 years in the army he returned to Detroit and studied...
Francis "Frank" Oliver Cuffe
Mar 5, 2023
Francis Oliver (“Frank”) Cuffe passed away on March 5, 2023, surrounded by family members following a stroke. He was 91 years old. He is survived by his brother Paul Cuffe (Jane), his sister Virginia Balestier, his children Diane Blizzard (Keith), Steven Cuffe (Babette), David Cuffe (Rachel) and Peter Cuffe (Laurie), his nine grandchildren Katherine Piskai, John Blizzard, E. Paul Cuffe,...
David George Dean
Mar 5, 2023
David George Dean, aged 87, residing in Jacksonville Florida passed away on March 5, 2023, from natural causes. He was born and grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey. He was a patriot who served his is country in the Marine Corps. He was widowed by his wife Rosemary Dean who he was married to for 53 years. He is survived...
Rita L. Francisco
Feb 25, 2023
Rita Lee (Buskirk) Francisco passed away in her Jacksonville home on February 25th, surrounded by her loving husband and family.
Rita was born June 12, 1966, in South Haven, Michigan, the daughter of Ronald and Christa Buskirk. The family continued to grow, with Rita’s four sisters and two brothers. She attended Trinity Lutheran School and Bangor Public Schools, graduating...
Quentin E. Wood
Feb 25, 2023
Quentin Eugene Wood (Woody), retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quaker State Oil Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, Past Chairman of Penn State University’s Board of Trustees, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus of the class of 1948, died on February 25, 2023. He was 99 and lived in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Woody was a graduate of the...
Captain William Arthur Pickens
Feb 21, 2023
Capt. Pickens has made his last aircraft carrier landing. He has sung his last song with his barbershop quartet. He has made his last long curling putt. He died at 1:30 p.m., on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. He passed, satisfied with his life, proud of his personal accomplishments, and his service to his country.
He was proceeded in death by...
John Woodman Cockerill III
Feb 18, 2023
John Woodman Cockerill, III, of Jacksonville, FL, died February 18th at Baptist Medical Center South of a heart attack.
He was the son of the late John Woodman Cockerill II and Marcella Logan Cockerill.
John was born in New Rochelle, NY where he attended Blessed Sacrament Grammar, New Rochelle High School and Dean Junior College.
John loved all sports...
Mary Hall
Feb 15, 2023
Mary Elizabeth Hall died at her home in Neptune Beach, Florida on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. She was born in Morristown, New Jersey on May 29, 1925, the child of Grace and Sereno Norton. She moved with her parents to Brunswick, Georgia in 1928 and grew up there, receiving her public school education in the schools of Glynn County....
Marilyn Catherine Wyrick
Feb 12, 2023
Marilyn Catherine Smith Wyrick, 83, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2023, surrounded by her husband and five children in Atlantic Beach, Florida.
Marilyn was born August 28, 1939, in Mishawaka, Indiana, to Ralph and Elizabeth Smith, and she was the third of five children. She married the love of her life, Andrew G Wyrick, Jr., on December 27, 1958. Marilyn...
Sallie Westbrook Messina
Feb 11, 2023
Sallie Westbrook Messina, age 90, passed away February 11, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. A 57-year resident of Jacksonville Beach, FL, she was a devoted wife and mother and accomplished writer, pianist and traveler.
Sallie was born August 13, 1932, in Athens, GA. She was a feature writer and editor of the school newspaper at Athens...
Steven Paul Raby
Feb 11, 2023
Steven Paul Raby, 58, passed away February 11, 2023. He was born July 3, 1964, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in Montreal, Quebec and moved to the US to attend university.
Steven received his BS Industrial Engineering and Industrial Marketing from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, and an MBA in Investments/Finance and Marketing from The University of...
Frank Salvatore Natoli
Feb 10, 2023
Frank Natoli passed away Friday February 10, 2023. He was born November 13, 1933 in Jamaica Queens, NY to his parents Felice and Anna, who immigrated from Santa Marina di Salina, Italy.
Frank raised his family with wife Iris in Hamden, CT. A chemist for the Olin Corporation for over 35 years, Frank invented multiple patents for the corporation and...
George B. Tobi, Jr.
Feb 9, 2023
George Bell Tobi, Jr, 89, passed away on February 9, 2023. He was the only child of George Bell Tobi, Sr and Edith Van Houten Tobi. Born in Jacksonville, he spent his childhood in the Avondale neighborhood. He often shared fond memories about times with his grandparents and parents, his morning paper delivery route, sandlot football and riding bikes...
Becky Su Jager
Feb 4, 2023
Becky Su Jager, 71, passed away February 4, 2023. She fought hard but lost her battle to cancer. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and was a school teacher for 35 years in Jacksonville. Becky retired to Jacksonville Beach where she was a school teacher at Seabreeze Elementary.
Becky graduated from Terry Parker High School then went on to college at...
Gloria June Monies Reiley
Jan 30, 2023
Gloria June Monies Reiley passed away peacefully under home hospice care on January 30, 2023. Born the fifth of six children in May of 1927, Gloria grew up in the Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, graduated from Andrew Jackson High School and dearly loved her parents, brothers and sisters.
In the 1940’s, Gloria performed professionally for the United Service...
Kristin K. Raasch
Jan 28, 2023
Born to William C. and Mary Kercher in Dayton, Ohio on September 29, 1949, Kristin Kercher Raasch passed away on January 28, 2023. Kristin grew up in Eau Gallie and Indialantic, Florida, graduating from Melbourne High School in 1967. She then attended the University of North Carolina, graduating with a B.A. in economics. After moving to Knoxville, Tennessee to...
Jule A. Howell
Jan 28, 2023
Jule Johnston Howell was born to Anne and Bill Johnston on June 12, 1926, in Chicago, IL. She died peacefully on January 28, 2023, in Atlantic Beach, FL at the age of 96 after a long and fulfilling life. Jule attended St. Paul’s Catholic School through high school, followed by Berry College and Jacksonville Junior College. Jule worked for a...
Juanita Melendez
Jan 28, 2023
Juanita Melendez, 78, of Atlantic Beach, FL, passed away January 28, 2023. She was born April 18, 1944 in Juncos, Puerto Rico to Adolfo and Antonia Melendez.
Her Memorial Mass will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2023 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with inurnment at Ferreira Funeral Services at Beaches Memorial Park Cemetery after the Mass.
Juneil Burney
Jan 27, 2023
Ruby “Juneil” Coleman Burney, 82, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Florida following a lengthy battle with dementia. She was born on November 18, 1940, in Palatka, FL and had resided in Jacksonville since early childhood. Juneil graduated in 1958 from Landon High School.
Juneil enjoyed painting, crafting, gardening, and spending time with her family.
She was...
Hobart Krum Robinson, Jr.
Jan 25, 2023
Hobart (“Bart”) K. Robinson Jr. died peacefully in Ponte Vedra Beach, on Jan. 25, 2023, with his family by his side. He was born on Oct. 10, 1937, in Quincy, MA to Charlotte Robinson and Hobart K. Robinson Sr.
He was a talented three sport athlete at Quincy High. He earned his BA from Williams College, served in the...
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