Obituaries

  • Dominick Sclafani November 13, 1929 ~ July 14, 2020

    Dominick Sclafani of Vero Beach Florida passed away on Tuesday July 14, 2020 at the age of 90. He was born in the Bronx New York the baby of eight by Italian immigrants from Bolognetta, Sicily. He was raised on Arthur Avenue where his love for food began, not only eating it , but creating […]

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  • Forrest K. “Smitty” Smith October 23, 1922 ~ July 11, 2020

    Forrest K. “Smitty” Smith, age 97, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020. He was born October 23, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA, served in the Army Air Corps and attended Syracuse University. Forrest moved to Vero Beach in 1957 and sold schoolbooks for the Grolier and Steck-Vaughn companies. He attended St. Augustine Episcopal Church, Vero Beach. […]

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  • David Leo Jones March 07, 1948 ~ June 12, 2020

    David Leo Jones, age 72, of Fellsmere, passed away at his home, June 12, 2020. He was born March 7, 1948 in Bonne Terre, Missouri. David entered the United States Marine Corp., serving during the Vietnam War. He spent his life traveling and ministering around the world. David lived to share his love for Jesus […]

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  • Diane Bennett Paul May 25, 1938 ~ July 12, 2020

    Diane Bennett Paul, age 82, passed away July 12, 2020 at VNA Hospice House. She was born May 25, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA to the late Kenneth and Yvonne Bennett. Diane spent more than 30 years as a homemaker raising her family, after many years of work at the Press Journal. She was a […]

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  • Mary P. Menz August 08, 1943 ~ July 08, 2020

    Mary Paula Wood Menz passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 76, on July 8, 2020, after bravely battling cancer. Mary was born in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.  She attended all 12 grades of school in the same building with a class of 105 students, 9 of whom were named Mary.  The “Merry […]

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  • Dillon Mathew Bloom January 14, 2000 ~ July 08, 2020

    Dillon Mathew Bloom, age 20, passed away July 8, 2020. Our son, our friend, our hero. Dillon was a native to Florida, born and raised in Vero Beach. The small kid who had a heart of gold. Growing up, he had a love of nature, camping, fishing, and Cub Scouts. Dillon had a love for […]

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  • Kimberly G. Morrison March 21, 1963 ~ July 04, 2020

    Kimberly Eve Gibriano Morrison passed away on July 4th, 2020 at 11:11 am from complications after a cardiac arrest. She started her incredible journey on earth when she was introduced to the world on March 21, 1963, by her surviving parents Samual and Barbara Gibriano of Vero Beach FL, that same day she met her […]

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  • Frank Anthony Soraci, Jr. November 30, 1934 ~ July 06, 2020

    Frank Anthony Soraci, Jr., age 85, of Vero Beach, passed away Monday, July 6, 2020. A former resident of Hinsdale, Illinois, Frank moved to Vero Beach in 1993 after retiring from many years as an Outside Sales Representative of Clothing for the Chicago locations of Wrangler Jeans and Fritzi/You Babes. Despite wearing a prosthetic leg, […]

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  • Arnold H. Horn March 07, 1934 ~ June 23, 2020

    Arnold H. Horn peacefully passed on June 23, 2020. He was born March 7, 1934 in New York City, son of Edward and Lee Horn. He was predeceased by his wife, Marilyn Cosgrove Horn in August 2015. Arnold grew up in the Bronx, attended the New York City High School for Music and Arts. He continued […]

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  • Tyler Andrew Mussen June 10, 1958 ~ June 30, 2020

    Tyler Andrew Mussen passed away in his sleep, at the age of 62, on June 30th, 2020 at VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach, Florida. He was born in Keeseville, New York in 1958. Tyler moved to Vero Beach, Florida in the early 1960’s with his parents, Richard and Monica Mussen, along with his brothers, […]

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