Obituaries

Chester Stanley Briske, Sr. January 22, 1927 ~ March 15, 2017

Chester Stanley Briske, Sr. age 90, passed away on March 15, 2017 in Vero Beach, Florida. He was born January 22, 1927 in North Hampstead, New York to the late Stanley and Camilla Briske. Chester enjoyed his many years of work as an aircraft assembler at Gruman Aerospace in Stuart, Florida. Mr. Briske served in […]

Roberta Rickey January 18, 1930 ~ March 11, 2017

Roberta Rickey of Vero Beach, FL, passed away on March 11, 2017. She was born on January 18, 1930 in Canandaigua, New York and moved to Vero Beach in 1978, coming from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Ms. Rickey was a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York and retired from the retail business, […]

Betty Jane Rathbun January 25, 1927 ~ March 10, 2017

Betty Jane Rathbun nee Sparr, 90, of Vero Beach, was born on January 25, 1927 to Ralph and Ruth Sparr in Medina, Ohio. Jane graduated from Garfield High School and the City Hospital School of Nursing in Akron, Ohio. After graduation she came to Florida to visit her parents and met the love of her […]

Paul Ulrich Dritenbas December 20, 1951 ~ March 09, 2017

Paul Dritenbas, 65, born in Bridgeport, CT on December 20th, 1951 passed away peacefully on March, 9th 2017 at his home in Vero Beach, surrounded by his family. Paul moved to Vero at a young age, graduated from Vero Beach High School in 1969, attended Indian River Junior College, and served in the United States […]

Elizabeth Marie Brackett September 04, 1921 ~ March 08, 2017

“Betty” Elizabeth M. Brackett was born to John E. McDermott and Ellen Smythe McDermott on September 4, 1921 in Manhattan, New York, one of four children. She passed away March 8, 2017 at her home surrounded by friends and family. During WWII, she enlisted as a Red Cross nurse, where she met and later married […]

Mary Lou Bella December 06, 1969 ~ March 02, 2017

Mary Lou Bella, age 47, passed away March 2, 2017 at her home. She was born December 6, 1969 in Miami, Florida. Mary was very artistic. She enjoyed both drawing and painting various scenes and animals. Some of her favorites included ocean scenes, birds, and dolphins. She was a member of St. John of the […]

Althea E Rustay September 19, 1923 ~ February 26, 2017

Harry Augustus Davenport, III January 24, 1927 ~ February 24, 2017

Harry Augustus Davenport, III passed away February 24, 2017 at VNA Hospice House. He was born January 24, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Harry and Pauline Davenport. Commander Davenport went to the United States Coast Guard Academy where he graduated first in his class, and had previously been at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He […]

Patricia C. Caldwell December 01, 1919 ~ February 23, 2017

Patricia Clark Caldwell was born in Grand Haven, MI December 1, 1919 to the late Chauncey Robert Clark and Dora Ward Clark Sprague. She passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017 in Vero Beach, FL. Her youth was spent in Miami Beach, FL where she met and married her husband, Robert Caldwell. She attended Duke University. […]

Alma Fred May 05, 1935 ~ February 19, 2017

Grace “Alma” Fred, age 81, of Vero Beach, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017. She was born to parents, Oliver Chesser and Dorothy Owens Chesser on May 5, 1935 in Ft. Pierce, FL. Alma retired after 30 years spent in human resources for the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office. She was a member of […]