Obituaries

  • Ronald J. “Tops” Toperzer, Sr. March 01, 1941 ~ September 20, 2022

    Ronald J. “Tops” Toperzer, Sr., age 81, passed away September 20, 2022, at VNA Hospice House of Vero Beach. He was born on March 1, 1941, in West Homestead, Pennsylvania to the late Edward and Anna Bell Toperzer. Mr. Toperzer served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He also served as an […]

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  • Ronald D. Bourque February 19, 1947 ~ September 17, 2022

    Ronald D. Bourque died on Saturday, September 17, 2022. He was just 75 years old. He battled pancreatic cancer courageously for four years, never surrendering to it, choosing to find joy in his day, and continuing to be a bright and positive light for those who loved him…brave to the end. Ron was born in […]

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  • Stephen Toadvine Brittingham June 11, 1949 ~ August 27, 2022

    Stephen Toadvine Brittingham, age 73, passed away peacefully on August 27th, 2022, at VNA Hospice in Vero Beach, Florida. Stephen was born to William Harold and Lydia Bell Toadvine Brittingham on June 11th, 1949, in Lewes, Delaware. He grew up on Lewes Beach and loved spending his summers on the Delaware Bay. He could be […]

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  • Gail Jacobus September 29, 1940 ~ September 03, 2022

    Gail Garnar Jacobus, 81, passed peacefully in her sleep on September 3, 2022, in Vero Beach, FL.  Gail was born on September 29, 1940, to Katherine Fitzherbert Garnar and Howard Lester Garnar in Verona, NJ and was pre-deceased by her parents and a younger brother George E. Garnar.  She grew up in Verona, NJ, and graduated from […]

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  • Norman David Hedin June 06, 1961 ~ August 24, 2022

    Norman David Hedin, age 61, of Vero Beach, passed away on August 24, 2022. Norman was born June 6, 1961, at Fort George G. Meade Medical Center, Fort Meade, Maryland while his dad, Karl, was serving in the U.S. Air Force working at NASA. Upon moving to Vero Beach, Norman, along with his father, Karl, […]

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  • Christine Marie “Chris” Childers December 15, 1950 ~ September 07, 2022

    Christine Marie  “Chris” Childers, age 71, died peacefully in her home in Vero Beach after a lengthy battle against cancer. She is survived by her husband William Childers and her brother, Dr. Thomas Johnson. Chris was loved by many other Childers family members, her many friends, coworkers, students, and neighbors. Her parents Harry and Gull-Britt […]

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  • Elsa Wilson Sista March 29, 1930 ~ September 02, 2022

    Elsa Wilson Sista, age 92, lived a full-life passing away peacefully after her three daughters gathered at her bedside in Vero Beach, Florida. She was a Jersey Girl born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  She met the-love-of-her life, Charles R. Sista III and they married in 1950, raising four children in Ewing Township, New Jersey.  She […]

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  • Albert T. Purino February 02, 1948 ~ August 31, 2022

    Albert T. Purino, age 74 of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, peacefully at home. Albert was a loving, generous husband, father, brother and grandfather. He is survived by his wife Marilyn, daughter Michele Purino, daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Jon Kieffer, grandchildren Jenna Glebe, Steven Wilson and Joseph Wilson, sister […]

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  • Miguel Angel Lopez

    Miguel “Mike” Angel Lopez, age 90, of Vero Beach, passed away on August 24, 2022, at VNA Hospice House. He was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Mike, SFC U.S. Army, entered military service in 1952, right after basic infantry training.  He was sent to Ft. Benning, GA for parachute training as he requested and was […]

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  • Ivory N. Kizzy II May 07, 1975 ~ August 22, 2022

    Ivory N. Kizzy Jr., born on May 7th, 1975, in Fresno, California to Jean Young and Ivory Kizzy Sr., passed away at the age of 47 on August 22, 2022 at his home in Vero Beach after a challenging battle with cancer. Ivory was a hardworking man and provider. He retired from Property Management & […]

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