Obituaries

Nov 9, 2018

Patricia A. Shaar, 89, beloved daughter, sister, aunt, friend and teacher, passed away November 9, 2018. She was born May 20, 1929 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. She was predeceased by her parents Michael C. and Alice W. Shaar; sister Ruth Shaar Dickerson; and brothers, Frederick J., Richard A., Robert M., and M. Vincent Shaar. She is...

Nov 8, 2018

Ruth Melee Waugaman, age 94, passed away on November 8, 2018. Ruth was born December 31, 1923 in New York City.  She graduated from Douglass College (New Jersey College for Women) in 1944 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. Upon graduating, she took a job with IBM, where she and another female colleague were invited to make a...

Nov 7, 2018

JOHN VERNON SMITH, JR., "SMITTY", 74, of Jacksonville Beach, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, after a lengthy, courageous battle with cancer.

Smitty is survived by two sons, Paul (Tracey) and Matthew Smith; granddaughter, Sarah Smith, all of Jacksonville; sister, Sandy Bacon, of Mansfield, MA; and four brothers, Fred (Louisa) Smith of Phoenix, AZ, Joey (Michelle)...

Nov 6, 2018

Fred Rhoden, 72, passed away November 6, 2018.  A native f Jacksonville, Florida, Fred was born June 14, 1946.

He is survived by his loving wife, Felicia; as well as many other family members and friends.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00am, Tuesday, November 13, 2018 in Christ Episcopal Church of Ponte Vedra...

Nov 3, 2018

David A. Spackman, 89, passed away on November 3, 2018 at Fleet Landing Health Center, Atlantic Beach, FL. He was born in Grimsby, England to Odlaugh and Albert Swarz on April 23, 1929. David’s birth father died when he was just 6 years old, and when his mother remarried, her husband Laurence Spackman adopted David.  In 1940 David was...

Nov 3, 2018

Betty Jo Ware, 85, of Jacksonville Beach, died Saturday, November 3, 2018, following an extended illness. Born in Atlanta, she moved with her family to Jacksonville in 1937. She was a graduate of Lee High School and the Southern Baptist School of Nursing in New Orleans where she earned her RN Degree. She later enlisted in the US Air...

Oct 28, 2018

Patricia Anne Armour Buckley, born October 15, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, died peacefully in her Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida home on October 28, 2018 at 85 years young.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Leon Armour and Margaret Cooling, her husband, Daniel Buckley, Jr. and her sister Helen Elizabeth Allvin.  She is survived by...

Oct 27, 2018

Mary Mortensen, 96, passed away October 27, 2018.  She was born April 25, 1922 in Buffalo, N.Y.  Mary grew up and lived her entire life in Buffalo until moving to Florida two years ago.

Her community service work included in Girl Scouts, Roswell Park Hospital, and the United Way of Western New York.

Mary is survived by daughters,...

Oct 24, 2018

Gerald “Gerry” Lauwaert passed away on October 24, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer.  He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Paige; daughter, Cara Dollinger (Perry) of Tallahassee, FL; son, Adam Lauwaert (Kristen); beloved grandchildren, Rhett and Kade Dollinger, and Hayden and Henley Lauwaert; and many wonderful family members and friends.

Gerry graduated from the...

Oct 21, 2018

Phuoc Ky Pham, was born on December 01, 1938 in the town of Giá Rai, Bạc Liêu province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. He died of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) Sunday, October 21, 2018, at home in Jacksonville, Florida.

He was a South Vietnamese soldier, high school teacher, Communist prison camp survivor, refugee, 7th dan...

Oct 13, 2018

Richard D. “Dick” Quina, 94, died at his home surrounded by loved ones following an extended illness on October 13, 2018. He was the fourth of five children born to the late William Richard and Claudia Marie Quina and was raised in Mobile, AL. Dick was a retired engineer and executive of International Paper and Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation.

Oct 12, 2018

Richard Thomas, 76, of Ponte Vedra passed away on October 12, 2018 at his home.  He was born February 24, 1942 in Cleveland Ohio to the late  Julius and Helen Thomas and was preceded in death by his sister, Anita Thomas, brother, Michael Thomas and grandson, Mark Allen Ochkie, Jr.

Richard devoted his life to his country...

Oct 10, 2018

Margaret (Tina) Gillies Wolfe, 99 years young, of Atlantic Beach FL passed away October 10, 2018 in her home at the Fleet Landing Retirement Community, Atlantic Beach, FL. She was born July 21, 1919 in Evanston, Illinois to Clarence Stephen Marsh and Fern Greene Marsh.

Tina attended The Park School, one of the oldest Progressive schools in...

Oct 10, 2018

Judy Marie Dunnigan, 62, passed away on October 10, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. She was born September 8, 1956 in Little Rock, Arkansas, grew up in Slovak, Arkansas and resided in Florida the past 28 years.

Judy always lived a life serving others. She was a devoted volunteer at her children’s schools, served in homeless shelters and...

Oct 7, 2018

Our wise, witty and wonderful father, Roy Edward Mulhall, departed for heaven on October 7, 2018.  He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on July 22, 1941 to Roy Edward Mulhall, Sr. and Viola Deters.  The Mulhall family moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1955.  He attended duPont High School, and graduated with the class of 1959.  A proud patriot, he...

Oct 7, 2018

Phillip Ross Burnaman of Ponte Vedra Beach passed away on October 7, 2018 after a brief illness. Phil was a resident of Ponte Vedra Beach for 33 years, a passionate tennis player at the Ponte Vedra Club, and an active member of the Palms Presbyterian Church where he sang in the Chanel Choir for more than 25 years. Phil...

Oct 5, 2018

Mary Ann Hulihan, 81, passed away on October 5, 2018.  She was born in New Kensington, PA to Thomas and Marie Hulihan and grew up in Neptune Beach.  Mary Ann attended Bishop Kenny HS and earned her master's degree from University of Florida.  She was in the religious order of Sisters of St. Joseph and then taught mathematics at...

Oct 4, 2018

Sally Anne Rogers Holland passed away 10/4/2018. She was born 8/25/1931 in Waterbury, CT, the second daughter of Harold and Ethel Mills Rogers. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in Anthropology and Sociology and studied for an MSW at the New York School of Social Work, Columbia Univ., NYC. In New York she worked in foster...

Oct 3, 2018

Glenda Suttle Southern, 78, peacefully passed away on October 3, 2018. She was born October 5, 1939 in Asheville, NC to the late Kenneth O’Connor Suttle and Lillian Louise (Crisp) Suttle. She was a long time member of Palms Presbyterian Church.

Glenda was a devoted mother and grandmother, pouring out her life to her family and blessing...

Oct 3, 2018

Leone B. Ashe (Lee) passed away October 3, 2018.  She was born in Fargo, North Dakota to Leonard and Christine Withrow, and grew up in Garvin, Minnesota.  Lee came to Jacksonville in 1964 and lived in Arlington.  After being widowed for some time, she married John Ashe, and settled in Neptune Beach. Well known and Well Loved, Lee Ashe...