Obituaries

  • Mary Alice Raftery Powers October 04, 1930 ~ February 07, 2022

    Mary Alice Raftery Powers died Feb. 7, 2022 at home in Vero Beach Florida. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was a graduate of General Hospital  Nursing School in Indianapolis Ms. Powers was a member of St. Helen’s Catholic Church. Survivors include: husband Jack Powers, daughter Mary Pat Sharpe, son Michael Williams (Lynn), Grandchildren Ryan […]

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  • Eleanor B. Masteller April 20, 1938 ~ February 01, 2022

    Eleanor B. “Ellie” Masteller, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, February 1st, 2022, at her home. Ellie was born in Hartford, Connecticut and moved to Vero Beach in 1982, coming from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She was a member of the Community Church of Vero Beach. Ellie is survived by her loving husband of 64 […]

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  • Robert Eugene Helpling July 01, 1944 ~ February 03, 2022

    Robert Eugene Helpling (Bobby), 77, of Wabasso passed away on February 3rd after a hard fought battle with cancer. Bobby was born on July 1st, 1944 to Junior Helpling and Jean Shaw in Wabasso, Fl.  After graduation from Vero Beach High School in 1963, he went on to become an auto/diesel mechanic, a jack of […]

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  • Michael P. Gildea April 02, 1954 ~ February 04, 2022

    Michael Patrick Gildea, 67, of Saratoga Springs, NY and Vero Beach, FL passed away unexpectedly on February 4, 2022. He was born on April 2, 1954, in Queens, NY. He relocated to Saratoga Springs with his parents, Louise and John McDonnell, after graduating from Grover Cleveland High School. This is where he met Sharon, his […]

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  • Patrick “Jim” McCann January 08, 1940 ~ February 03, 2022

    It is with profound sadness that the family of Patrick James McCann (Jim) announces his passing on Thursday, February 3, 2022, in North Hutchinson, Florida. Jim passed peacefully at home in the presence of his family. Born in Bronx, New York in 1940, Jim was the only boy and youngest of four children.  He spent […]

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  • Marjorie Wyckoff Cook August 13, 1926 ~ February 03, 2022

    Ann Wyckoff Cook died on February 3, 2022, in Vero Beach, FL. Ann Cook was born in Buffalo, New York on August 13, 1926.  Her parents were Marjorie Annable and George Magee Wyckoff.  Ann spent 14 years in Buffalo then moved to Sewickley, PA in 1942.  Her education included Miss Porters in Connecticut.  In 1947, […]

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  • Betty Jean Howard Thigpen August 09, 1928 ~ January 29, 2022

    Betty Jean Thigpen, 93, a long time resident of Vero Beach, Florida passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Betty was born in Cleveland, Tennessee to the late John and Esther Prince Howard. After she graduated from High School in Tennessee the family moved to Vero Beach. Betty worked in a stove making foundry, and […]

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  • Peggy Ann Mosteller June 15, 1930 ~ February 02, 2022

    Peggy Ann Mosteller, 91, passed away peacefully on February 2, 2022, at SeaBreeze Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in St. Albans, West Virginia on June 15, 1930, and moved with her family to Vero Beach in 1959. Peggy will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be dearly […]

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  • Robert “Bob” LaPorte June 22, 1944 ~ January 27, 2022

    Robert Paul LaPorte “Bob”, age 77, of Vero Beach, FL, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away on January 27, 2022. Surrounded by his loving family, he died peacefully after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in St Clair Shores, Michigan on June 22, 1944, Bob was the son […]

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  • Muriel Baker October 09, 1937 ~ January 23, 2022

    It is with profound sadness that the family of Muriel Baker announces her passing on Sunday, January 23, 2022, in Vero Beach, Florida. Muriel passed peacefully at home in the presence of her family and friends. Muriel will be remembered as a generous, loving person who opened her heart to all. She was most happy […]

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