Obituaries

Marjorie E. Griffin

Marjorie E. Griffin

Jun 24, 2022

 

With a sense of great loss we announce the passing of Marge Griffin in the early hours of June 24th. As in life, Marge went with dignity surrounded with love. 

Marge is predeceased by her loving husband Jack Griffin and son Timothy. She leaves behind two sons Jack and Jim and a daughter Patricia with their spouses Trish, Lora...

Michele Deean Bearden Forbess

Michele Deean Bearden Forbess

Jun 22, 2022

Michele Deean Bearden Forbess, 61, passed away June 22, 2022. She was born in Little Rock, AR, to the late Evelyn and Jimmie Ray Bearden. She spent her early years growing up in Little Rock graduating from Hall High School and attended the University of Arkansas. Michele also lived in Coppell, TX, Naperville, IL, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sandy Springs, GA,...

Nancy Joan Dodd

Nancy Joan Dodd

Jun 21, 2022

 

Nancy Dodd passed away peacefully on the evening of June 22, 2022. She was born on May 26, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Nancy spent her professional career as a paralegal and administrative manager of a law firm. Nancy was a tireless volunteer in her retired years serving many roles. She served as the leader of the prayer shawl ministry...

Audrey Elaine Ernisse

Audrey Elaine Ernisse

Jun 21, 2022

 

Audrey Ernisse, 76, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022.  Audrey was born in Roadview, Barbados and retired in the Jacksonville area that she called home for the last 43 years.  She was one of four children born to Cameron and Barbara Gilkes.   Audrey met her husband at the US Navy base in Barbados they were wed in January 1969. ...

Roy E. Ryscamp, Jr.

Roy E. Ryscamp, Jr.

Jun 21, 2022

 

Roy E. Ryscamp, Jr., 83, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at his home in Jacksonville, FL, surrounded by his loving family.  He was born on September 21, 1938, in Chicago, IL to Roy E. and Esther (Jennings) Ryscamp, Sr.

 

He spent his boyhood between freely exploring the city he loved and hunting in the countryside in and...

John Michael Parrish

John Michael Parrish

Jun 19, 2022

John Michael (Mike) Parrish was born at home in St. Joseph, Mo. on March 3rd 1941, to Joseph and Fannie Parrish. At an early age, he moved to California. He was raised there until he enlisted in the Navy at 19. After various service schools, he joined his first ship homeported at Mayport Florida. In 1963, he was selected for...

Jane Ann McKenna Keohane

Jane Ann McKenna Keohane

Jun 17, 2022

Jane, a long time resident of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, passed away in her home on Friday, June 17, 2022. Jane left this earth as she lived her life, surrounded by family, loved by friends.

Jane was born in Springfield, Missouri on November 27, 1943. She was one of four children born to Lois Parker McKenna and Vincent McKenna. Jane...

Virginia Theresa Lamb

Virginia Theresa Lamb

Jun 15, 2022

 

Virginia Theresa Lamb passed away on June 15th, 2022.  She was born in the Washington Heights section of New York City, to Ellen and Francis Kiernan.  She attended grade school and high school in New York City and also attended Rockland Community College and the University of North Florida.  Theresa was a lifelong devout Catholic and proud of her...

Roy Daniel Castle, III

Roy Daniel Castle, III

Jun 15, 2022

Roy Daniel Castle, III of Jacksonville Beach, Florida passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the age of 68. Roy was the first born child of R. Daniel and Mary Castle on September 14, 1953, in Lansing, Michigan. He attended and graduated from John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minnesota in 1971where he was a 3 year letterman on the Varsity Wrestling team. He briefly attended the...

Lloyd Stanley Alamsha

Lloyd Stanley Alamsha

Jun 14, 2022

Rev. Lloyd S. Alamsha, 87, passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 14, 2022. He was lovingly surrounded and supported by his family, his church, hospice personnel and the staff at Harbor Chase during his final days.

Lloyd was a Presbyterian minister and an educator. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1960, and served churches...

Raymond Earl Rose

Raymond Earl Rose

Jun 13, 2022

Raymond Earl Rose, 83, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away June 13, 2022.

Suzanne "Yaya" Elizabeth Foxwell

Suzanne "Yaya" Elizabeth Foxwell

Jun 12, 2022

Suzanne "Yaya" Elizabeth Foxwell, 59, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away June 12th, 2022, while on a family trip to the Greek Isles.  After some medical complications following a fall, Suzy suffered a heart attack while in the care of doctors in Bari, Italy. 

 

Suzy was born April 28, 1963, in Evanston, Illinois, to Jim and Grace Schaefer.  She was...

Lemuel Holmes Hawver

Lemuel Holmes Hawver

Jun 10, 2022

 

 

Lemuel Holmes Hawver passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022.  He was a long-time resident of Cypress Village, Jacksonville.

Mr. Hawver was born May 30, 1924 in Hudson, New York to William C. and Merle Hawver.  He grew up in the Hudson Valley town of Claverack.  Although he started college at Cornell University, World War II interrupted his...

Donna Maria Morrissey

Donna Maria Morrissey

Jun 5, 2022

 

Donna M Morrissey, 79, passed away June 5, 2022, her 46th wedding anniversary.  She was born April 4, 1943, in Cleveland, OH to Toney and Estelle Maria. 

She grew up in Garfield Heights, OH.  After receiving under and graduate degrees from Ohio State University, she embarked on a 40-year elementary teaching and reading specialist career in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland,...

Penny "Granny" Hunter

Penny "Granny" Hunter

Jun 4, 2022

Penny "Granny" K. Hunter, 90, passed away June 4, 2022. She was born August 7, 1931 to Frank and Ethel Kloss in Cincinnati, OH. 

Penny came to the Jacksonville area in the 1960's and started working for AT&T as an overseas operator. She retired after 25 years of service and began babysitting her grandchildren and the children in her community....

Adela Arniella

Adela Arniella

Jun 4, 2022

 

Adela Arniella passed away Saturday, June 4th, 2022, at the Anne and Donald McGraw Community Hospice in Jacksonville, FL surrounded by her four children Julio Arniella, Angela McGreal, Marilyn DeAlmeida, and Guedy Arniella.. She was 90 years old. 

Adela was born in La Esperanza, Cuba and immigrated to NY in 1958 to start a new life with her husband...

Marilyn McGuire

Marilyn McGuire

Jun 3, 2022

Marilyn McGuire graduated to Heaven on Friday, June 3, 2022. She was born Apr 25, 1932, and was 90 years young. While she grew up in Barnseville, GA, she has called Atlantic Beach, FL home since 1964. 

Marilyn, aka “the candy lady,” was a true servant of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She used every opportunity to minister to...

Eleanor Garges Maxwell

Eleanor Garges Maxwell

Jun 3, 2022

 

   Eleanor Garges Maxwell, age 75, passed away on June 3, 2022.  Born in Florida, she grew up in Atlanta.  She was a graduate of The Westminster Schools and Hollins College.  The oldest of four girls, she gladly accepted leadership roles all her life.  Eleanor met her future husband, Doug, and after time in South Korea and Boston, they...

Edward Francis McNulty

Edward Francis McNulty

Jun 2, 2022

 

Edward McNulty, 88, passed away June 2, 2022.  He was born June 26, 1933, in Parma, OH.  He grew up in Parma and after retirement split time between Ohio and Jacksonville, FL.

 

Ed proudly served our country in the US Army receiving an honorable discharge in 1955.  Post Army career, Ed joined the East Cleveland Fire Department where...

Victoria Wood Miller

Victoria Wood Miller

Jun 1, 2022

 

Victoria (Vicky) Wood Miller, after a courageous struggle with endometrial cancer, passed away on June 1, 2022, at home surrounded by family.  She was born in Augusta, Georgia and raised in Edgefield, South Carolina.  Vicky was predeceased by her father, William (Billy) Wood, mother, Retha Owdom Wood, and husband, James (Jim) R. Miller.

Vicky is survived by sisters, Diane...

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