Obituaries
Carol Marie Lee
Dec 1, 2022
Carol Marie Lee passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2022. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Beaches Chapel Church, 610 Florida Blvd., Nepture Beach, FL 32266.
Joyce Darlene Rogers
Nov 30, 2022
Joyce Darlene Rogers née Middleton was born on July 13th, 1963, in Joliet, Illinois. She was born as the third child to William Middleton and Joyce K. Middleton née Mowery. Joyce grew up in Minooka, Illinois and graduated from Minooka High School in 1981. During the 1980's, she moved from the Midwest to the Sunshine State of Florida. She decided to...
LaVerne Catherine Larizza
Nov 30, 2022
LaVerne Larizza, 80, passed away November 30, 2022. She was born August 18, 1942, in Pittsburgh, PA. She moved to Arlington, VA in 1965 and began a 20-year career with IBM Corporation. She married Rocco in 1966 while he was stationed at the Pentagon with the US Army. They remained in the Washington, DC area for 25 years before relocating...
Michael Douglas Denzio
Nov 28, 2022
Michael Douglas Denzio left this earth on November 28, 2022. He was born on March 10, 1993, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Michael moved to Jacksonville, Florida with his family in 2016.
Michael worked at Daikin Comfort and was an avid gamer.
Michael is survived by: his parents, Mike and Julie (Burkert) Denzio; sister, Maria Denzio; grandmother, Joan Denzio; aunts, Josie Kroics,...
Richard J. Kostecki, MD
Nov 27, 2022
DR. RICHARD J KOSTECKI, MD, 86, of Ponte Vedra, FL passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022, following a lengthy illness. He was surrounded by his children, just having spent Thanksgiving with his visiting grandchildren. Born in 1936 to Helen and Joseph in New York, NY, he married his wife Emily in 1961 . After graduating from Brown University and...
Gail Worth
Nov 26, 2022
Gail’s Obit
My sweetheart, Gail Elaine Jertson passed away at home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida ton November 19, 2022.
Gail was born October 5, 1936, in Berwyn, Illinois, and lived in Cohasset and Fairhaven, Massachusetts. While in ballet school, she attended Boston Latin, graduated from Fairhaven High School in 1954 and St. Lawrence University in 1958 with...
Vincent Paul Sinaly
Nov 26, 2022
Vincent P Sinaly, 69, passed away November 26, 2022. He was born March 21, 1953, in Detroit, MI. He grew up all over the country and retired to the beaches in 2010 to be with his entire family.
Vince was a mechanical engineer spending majority of his career in manufacturing. His career did not define his life. His joy came...
Eva Reyes
Nov 25, 2022
Eva Reyes, 73, passed away Friday, November 25, 2022. She was born July 24, 1949 in Cayey, Puerto Rico. She moved to New York in the 60s with her family and soon thereafter started her own family. She and her family later retired to South Florida in 1987 before moving to Ponte Vedra, FL in 2016.
While in New York,...
Reginald W. Exum
Nov 22, 2022
Reginald “Reggie” Warren Exum, passed away on November 22, 2022 at age 74. Born on December 28, 1947 to Lloyd and Mildred Exum, Reggie was a lifelong resident of Jacksonville.
Reggie graduated from Jean Ribault Sr. High School, then served in the United States Army for 3 years, during which he earned the rank of E-5 Sergeant. He returned to...
Joseph Shepard Bryan, Jr.
Nov 22, 2022
J. Shepard Bryan, Jr., dies at 100
Joseph Shepard Bryan, Jr.—a longtime resident and prominent citizen of Jacksonville; former vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., and a partner, of counsel, with the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP—died peacefully in his home at Atlantic Beach, Florida, on November 22, 2022. He was 100...
Elizabeth Ann Reber
Nov 22, 2022
Elizabeth Ann (Weekley) Reber of Jacksonville, FL passed away November 22, 2022. She was born in Ravenswood, WV. She is survived by her husband Jacob of 63 years, daughter Kimberly Hendrickson and husband Edward (Michael) of Bay Village, Ohio, Son David Reber and wife Patricia and two grandchildren - Mark and Jessica Reber of Wadsworth, Ohio. Elizabeth is also,...
Benedicte Vigoureux
Nov 20, 2022
Benedicte Sylvie Vigoureux passed away at home peacefully on Sunday, November 20, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 16, 1960, in Bellenaves, France. She graduated from Culinary and Management School in Bordeaux, France and moved to the USA in August of 1985.
Benedicte helped her husband open and run JJ’s Bistros in both Ponte Vedra Beach...
Marvin Frank Hanigan
Nov 17, 2022
Marvin Hanigan, 91, passed away at his residence in Marsh Landing on November 17, 2022. He was born in Sedalia Missouri on October 25, 1931. He grew up in Sedalia and was the quarterback of his high school football team that were the state champions his senior year.
He graduated from the University of Missouri where he was a member...
Emma Douthat Park
Nov 13, 2022
Emma Douthat Park, age 95, went home to her Heavenly Father on November 13, 2022. She was born on August 15, 1927 to Clyde B. Douthat and Emma James Douthat in Richlands, VA. She attended George Washington High School in Alexandria, VA; Blackstone College in Blackstone, VA; Stratford College in Danville, VA; and the University of Maryland.
Emma met naval...
Anna Marie Duran
Nov 12, 2022
Anna Marie (Amy) Defino Duran
Amy Duran, 97, passed away November 12, 2022, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. She was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1925, to the late Frank and Rose (Varuolo) Defino. Amy was the eldest of 5 children and, at the age of 18, played a vital role in raising her siblings along with...
Caleb Rice Matthews, M.D.
Nov 11, 2022
Dr. Caleb Rice Matthews M.D., 31, passed away November 11, 2022, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. He was born in Tifton, GA on August 22, 1991, and raised in his beloved state of Georgia.
Taking an early affinity for athletics and science, he accepted a soccer scholarship to Stetson University. After graduating with honors, he attended the University of Florida...
David W. Brooks, Jr., M.D.
Nov 11, 2022
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved David (Bill) William Brooks, Jr., MD on November 11, 2022. No matter what name he is called, Bill-Dad-Pop he will always be Our Love, Our Life and our North Star.
He was born on August 6, 1933, in Atlanta, Georgia to loving parents, D.W. and Ruth...
Roberta Grahl Neitz
Nov 11, 2022
Roberta “Grahl” Barkoskie Neitz, 91, went home to Jesus on November 11, 2022. Born March 22, 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida to Eston Louis Barkoskie, Sr. and Lois Henson Barkoskie Neeley. She was raised in Palm Valley, Florida and lived a story book life there on the beach, in the swamps and the woods with her beloved parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts,...
John Thomas Bongiovanni
Nov 8, 2022
John Thomas Bongiovanni, 96, passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Born and raised in New Jersey, he was the eldest son of Joseph and Giovanna (Braggio) Bongiovanni. John attended high school in New Jersey before serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. After the Navy, John attended the University of Oklahoma where he...
Claire Medley Wing West
Nov 6, 2022
Claire Medley West (nee Wing), 91, of Ponte Vedra Beach, passed away Nov. 6, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Claire and Norman Shepherd Wing on March 28, 1931, in Mobile, Alabama. She was predeceased by her husband, James Earl West, sister Lillian Wing Young and her brother Norman Shepherd Wing.
She is survived...