Obituaries

Jan 3, 2018

Gary H. Mears, Lieutenant General (U.S. Air Force, Retired), 81, passed away on January 3, 2018, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.  He was born on May 23, 1936 in Boone, Iowa. Gen. Mears was commissioned in 1958 and proudly served for 35 years.  His last duty assignment was serving as Director of Logistics (J4) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ...

Dec 31, 2017

Alex C. Phillippe, 33, of Jacksonville, FL passed away suddenly on December 31, 2017 at 1:58 PM. He was born August 13, 1984 at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. In 2002 he graduated from University Christian High School. He was employed at Vanguard Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Alex loved to fish, golf and was a competitive pool player....

Dec 31, 2017

Betty Bush, age 93, went to be with the Lord on December 31, 2017. She is preceded in death by her husband Hugh Bush and her daughter Carroll Mitchell (Andy). She is survived by a brother, Walter Jones; her children, Renee Seel (Danks) and Barb Sherer; grandchildren, Will Seel (Korinne), Elizabeth Keiger (Darr), Katie Lowry (Joe), Jennifer Mitchell and...

Dec 30, 2017

William M. Brannen Jr., 47, passed away at home surrounded by his family on December 30, 2017, after a 4½ year battle with colon cancer. He was born in Orlando, Florida on October 24, 1970.

William is survived by Shelly Lyn Brannen, his wife of 21 years; son, William Brannen III; stepdaughter, Kairstin Hopkins; mother and father,...

Dec 30, 2017

Alan D. Sofield, 81, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2017 after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 27, 1936 in Newark, NJ to the late Theodore and Helen Sofield. Alan graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1958. He retired from Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Bryant Division, as Manufacturing Supervisor. He moved to Florida in October...

Dec 27, 2017

John Santana, of Jacksonville, passed away December 27, 2017. Survived by the love of his life, Raye; children: Jo-Marie, Kim, Cathy, Gloria, Bridget and Lee; and 8 grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 in the chapel of Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 in...

Dec 25, 2017

Caroline Reed was born on November 23, 1962 in Bethesda Maryland to her mother Loretta Dowie and father Edward Lee Reed Jr. She had two older brothers, James and Mike, and later two younger brothers, Mark and Jeff.

She spent part of her childhood in Montgomery County Maryland and Fairfax, Virginia before spending her teen years in...

Dec 19, 2017

Dorothy Anne Andrews went to our Lord on December 19, 2017.  She was born April 6, 1925 in Troy New York.

Dorothy graduated with a Bachelor of Science from St. Rose College in Albany, NY in 1947.  Shortly thereafter, she married Jack Andrews, an engineer with General Electric.  She then followed Jack’s career from New York, Kansas...

Dec 17, 2017

Robert M. Gregory, 82, died at home on December 17, 2017. Bob is survived by his wife of 54 years, Virginia (Ginna); his son Michael; and daughter Kathleen. His parents, LJ and Sally Gregory, preceded him in death.

Bob was born in Yankton, South Dakota. He graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines with a degree...

Dec 14, 2017

Susan Y. Ashworth, 67 years young, loving and devoted Mother, Daughter, Sister, Wife, and “Mema”, completed her journey back to Christ on Thursday, December 14, 2017.  Her time on this Earth began on Wednesday, September 6, 1950, born to Raymond and Helen Yockey in Jacksonville, Florida.  She felt blessed to call Neptune Beach her home for the majority of...

Dec 10, 2017

Anne Chupak, 98, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2017 at the Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring surrounded by her family.  Anne was born in Czechoslovakia on September 6, 1919.  She moved to America with her parents when she was 7 years old and they settled in Yonkers, NY where she grew up and was married on September...

Dec 9, 2017

Scott Toms Morgan, 64, passed away December 9, 2017 after a brief yet courageous battle with cancer. He lived life large and was never in a hurry. The past six years Scott has enjoyed his retirement, beaches, palm trees and golf in both Ponte Vedra Beach and Jacksonville, Florida.

He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but...

Dec 8, 2017

Susan Smart fulfilled her lifelong dream of passing away in the company of her sons, after weeks of visits with friends and family at her beautiful beach house in Jacksonville, twenty years too soon, on December 8, 2017.

Susan was born in Muncie, Indiana and many of her fondest memories were of her times with her grandparents...

Dec 8, 2017

Cecilia "Ski" Ann (Krivitzky) Kale, born January 21, 1938, died December 8, 2017. Cecilia is survived by her sister, Gloria Bullis; nieces, Tammy Bullis and Lisa Bullis; nephew, Guy Michael Bullis; five sons, Richard McCormick, Stephen McCormick, Guy Allen McCormick, John M. Kale III, Patrick McCormick and his spouse Kim (Benge) McCormick; grandchildren, April (Barnes) Mullett and Patrick Leland McCormick;...

Dec 3, 2017

Paul John Scioscia, 57, passed away December 3, 2017. He was born July 6, 1960 in Oak Park, IL. The youngest son to the late Eugene Scioscia, Sr. and Evelyn Kark Scioscia. He graduated from Vanderbilt University and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He started his career 20 years ago in Jacksonville, ultimately joining Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery...

Dec 3, 2017

Captain Robert Paul Brett, Sr. (USN Ret.), 95, passed away December 3, 2017. He was born in Atlanta, GA on Friday the thirteenth of October in 1922 to the late May Ferfuson and Rolfe H. Brett.

Robert moved to Port Washington, Long Island, NY at the age of 10 and was very proud of becoming an Eagle...

Nov 27, 2017

MARY ELLEN (MILLER) KESSLER, age 91, formerly of Troy, OH, more recently of Jacksonville, FL, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 at McGraw Community Hospice Center. She was born on August 21, 1926 at the family farm in Miami County, OH to the late George Ellis Miller, Sr. and Helen (Zile) Miller. Mary’s first husband, Donald P. Peters, Jr. preceded her in...

Nov 24, 2017

Joseph Lawrence “Larry” Sassa, devoted father and husband, of Jacksonville, FL passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017, age 86.

Larry was born November 14, 1931 in Oaklyn, NJ to Joseph and Florence Sassa, and was preceded in death by his brother Robert Sassa. Larry graduated from Collingswood High School, NJ and earned a degree in Automotive...

Nov 20, 2017

Christian Nees Jr., 71, passed away on November 20, 2017. He was born on November 8, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA.  He grew up in Roslyn, PA. Chris proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy.  Retired from Anheuser Busch.  Chris enjoyed being outside, fishing, kayaking, riding bikes and supporting our Jacksonville Jaguars since the inaugural season as a season ticket...

Nov 19, 2017

Mrs. Patricia “Pat” Borno was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 6, 1940 to Joe and Kitty Mooney. She passed away after an eleven month valiant fight with lung cancer on November 19, 2017 at the age of 77. Pat cherished her youth growing up in the Big Apple and Brooklyn. She was an only child surrounded by...