Ruth Chrzan Cook, age 89, passed away October 4, 2022, in Vero Beach, FL. She was born February 12, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York to the late Aaron and Sarah Slutsky (Zelda Patlove). After vacationing in Vero Beach for many years, Ruth moved here in 2017 from Woodstock, New York. Ms. Cook was a retired […]
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Joseph R. Miranda (90) of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully Friday, September 16, 2022. He was born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts where he graduated from Durfee High school in 1951. Joe is preceded in death by his high school sweetheart and wife, Louise Gagne. Joe & Louise were happily married for 71 […]
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Janet M. Hwilka, died on October 1, 2022 at Vero Beach Hospital. She was born in Syracuse, New York on March 9, 1938. She lived in Vero Beach since April 2011 with her son and daughter-in-law. Jan enjoyed going to plays, musicals, bingo, water aerobics and attending Vero Beach Calvary Chapel with her friend, Carol […]
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On September 30, 2022, all of the alligators in Florida got a little sigh of relief as the great gator hunter, Jim Wright left for new hunting grounds. Born in Miami (you know, close to all of the swamps), he moved to Vero Beach when he was three, where he grew up. He graduated from […]
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Gary Lynn Tolman, age 65 passed away September 14, 2022 at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach. He was born June 15, 1957 in Melbourne, Florida to the late Leroy Tolman and Sabina Miller. Gary was a graduate of Eau Gallie High School. He was employed as a Superintendent at Proctor Construction and had […]
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William Reginald Lawrence (Reggie) passed away peacefully, with wife, Mireille and niece, Sandy, by his side at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida on September 22, 2022. Reg was born to Leontine (Andoney) Lawrence and W. Elsden Lawrence in Montreal, Canada on October 7, 1942. He attended McGill University and moved to […]
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Gertrude Bradley died peacefully on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at the age of eighty-eight in Vero Beach, Florida. Gertrude was born on 4 November 1933 to Austin and Olive Owens (née Ryan), and was raised in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated with a nursing degree from Hunter College, New York, and in 1986 received a […]
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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 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, 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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