Obituaries

  • John Van Etten Hardy October 26, 1915 ~ August 28, 2021

    John V.E. Hardy passed away on August 28, 2021 in Vero Beach, Florida of the Coronavirus. He was 105 years old and approaching his 106th birthday on October 26. It was not to be. John was born in 1915 in New York City, the second of four children to Toney A. Hardy and Mabel Wisner […]

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  • Michelle JoLyn Bailey Briggs July 09, 1963 ~ August 30, 2021

    Michelle JoLyn Bailey Briggs of Vero Beach, FL, passed unexpectedly August 30th 2021 after a brief battle with Covid-19. Michelle was born July 9th 1961 to Lynn and William Bailey, in Warren PA. Michelle graduated Eisenhower High in 1981. She went on to marry her beloved husband, Troy A Briggs, who served with the U.S […]

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  • Susan Lee Ellis-Peters February 21, 1952 ~ August 27, 2021

    Susan Lee Ellis-Peters, age 69, passed away August 27, 2021 at her home in Vero Beach. She was born February 21, 1952 in Providence, Rhode Island to the late Dr. Richard Lee Peters and Audrey S. Peters. She attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Susan was a former member of Bach Festival Choir and […]

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  • Jean Marie Chaffee February 11, 1934 ~ August 31, 2021

    Jean Marie Chaffee, 87, of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away on August 31, 2021. Jean was born on February 11, 1934, to Floyd and Florence Perry in Chateaugay, New York. After graduating from Chateaugay High School, she landed her first job as a cashier at Market Place in Ithaca New York where she met her […]

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  • Elaine F. Wolford November 08, 1925 ~ August 17, 2021

    Elaine Florence Wolford, of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away August 17, 2021.  She was 95. A direct descendant of William Brewster, the spiritual leader of H.M.S. Mayflower and The Mayflower Colony, a popular secondary school English and drama teacher for forty years, and the recipient of many educational awards and accolades, she was born Elaine […]

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  • Debra Ann Hall November 29, 1962 ~ August 27, 2021

    Debra Hall, age 58, Passed away Friday, August 27, 2021 at Sebastian River Medical Center She was born in Vero Beach, FL and lived in Fellsmere, FL her entire life. Graduate of Vero Beach High school, Class of 1980. She is survived by her husband of 40 years Thomas Hall, daughter Amber Mepham, son Jared […]

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  • Kathy Coles May 07, 1939 ~ August 20, 2021

    Kathy Coles, age 82, passed away Friday, August 20, 2021. She was born in Greece and moved to Vero Beach from Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1984. Kathy was employed by Kountry Kitchen in Vero Beach as a waitress for 17 years. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy McClain and son-in-law, Wayne McClain; and grandchildren, […]

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  • James Lee Anderson August 18, 1945 ~ August 21, 2021

    James Lee Anderson, age 76, of Vero Beach, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021. He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, settling in Vero Beach in 1985. Jim was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp., serving in the Vietnam Conflict from 1968 – 1969, receiving a Bronze Star with Valor.  He had also […]

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  • Kelsey R. Holton November 07, 1973 ~ August 25, 2021

    Kelsey R. Holton, age 47, of Fellsmere, FL, passed away August 25, 2021. Kelsey was born November 7, 1973, in Elmira, New York. He was a graduate of Vero Beach High School, “Class of 1992.” Kelsey was the owner and operator of his own trucking company. He is survived by his wife of 18 years, […]

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  • Marian Louise McCormick Turner January 24, 1925 ~ August 25, 2021

    Marian Turner of Vero Beach, Florida, died peacefully at her home on August 25, 2021.  Marian was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Pinckard and Edmee McCormick on January 24, 1925. Marian spent her early years in New Orleans and moved to Oklahoma City in 1939.  There she attended Classen High School where she met […]

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