DELRAY BEACH — It is with a heavy heart that the family of Arthur Algonas of Delray Beach announces his passing on July 20. He fought a courageous fight against melanoma for three years.
Arthur was born July 25, 1941, in Neptune, N.J., and li
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By Steven J. Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Mary Stockstill Willman, or “the original Banshee Girl” as her family lovingly called her, died peacefully in her sleep on July 6 in her Highland Beach home. Born in Dayton, Ohio, on Nov. 10, 1923, she was marri
By Bill Hirschman
BOCA RATON — Businessman Jay H. Harris was not famous outside of theatrical circles in South Florida. But within that community, Mr. Harris was revered for his incalculable investment of time, advice and money that fueled its
By Mary Thurwachter
SOUTH PALM BEACH – Former South Palm Beach Mayor Maurice “Maury” Jacobson, who in 2009 at age 87 was known as the oldest sitting mayor in Palm Beach County, died June 30. He was 93.
Mr. Jacobson was mayor from 2005 to 200
By Willie Howard
OCEAN RIDGE — Capt. Mike Zubak, a charter boat captain who earned a living on the waters off Boynton Inlet for nearly 40 years, died June 22 while in Hospice care at Bethesda Memorial Hospital. He was 85.
Mr. Zubak had suffe
BOYNTON BEACH — Garland “Smitty” Smith, age 76, of Boynton Beach passed away June 21 surrounded by his loving family. He was born Dec. 29, 1937, in Greensboro, N.C.
Mr. Smith proudly served in the US Army for eight years, worked at Florida Po
By Emily J. Minor
GULF STREAM — As a young doctor, Gerald Fisk Dederick Jr. worked long hours — seeing patients in the office, making hospital rounds at least twice a day and eventually heading up the surgical department at a leading hospital in
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Ingeborg Rand’s last wish was to die at home. At age 90, surrounded there by husband John and family, she died May 20 from complications from a fall.
Known affectionately as Inge (IN-ga) to family and friends, Mrs
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — John Henry Cochrane II was 88 when he died at home on April 14 from complications of COPD.
“He was the most kind, sweet and gentle person,” said his wife, Shirley. “He had a way about him that made everyone fe
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — Elsie Silva was a single mother who reared six children by herself, made their clothes, cooked homemade meals, worked two or three jobs, and baked molasses cookies that were sweet to eat but hard on a diet.
“She m
By Ron Hayes
MANALAPAN — Robert P. Strauss loved his family, opera, ballet, museums — and the town he called home for 27 years.
“My father truly loved being in Manalapan,” his daughter, Kimberly Strauss, recalled recently. “He and my mother t
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Natalie A. Kahler of South Palm Beach passed away on Feb. 5. She was 86.
Mrs. Kahler was born May 21, 1927, in Toledo, Ohio. Shortly after World War II, she was vacationing with her parents, in Hollywood, Fla. As she was st
By Emily J. Minor
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — Nancy Canter, a lifelong student of art and literature who moved to Hypoluxo Island in 1986 and then helped raise money and interest for the Lantana Public Library, died Feb. 17. She was 83.
“She was quite
By Ron Hayes
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — In 2005, Anne Heyman helped establish “Moral Voices,” a lecture series at Tufts University. The first speaker was a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, where 1.2 million children had been orphaned.
As she listened
By Ron Hayes
After the doctors told him he would die soon, Tim O’Meilia did what tough and true old newsmen often do.
He had a party.
On a Saturday evening in early December, Tim and his wife, Debbie, opened their Palm Beach Garde
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Frederic J. Puttlitz, 69, died Dec. 13 at Boca Raton Regional Hospital from pancreatic cancer.
Mr. Puttlitz was born Aug. 15, 1944, to Adalbert and Elizabeth Agnes Puttlitz.
He met his wife, Dorinda Lawhea
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — During her 11 years in Briny Breezes, Elaine McCormick took part in community shows, parades and clubs. She was also active at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church and VFW Post #5335.
And she earned a certificate fr
By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — The night before Gladys Kuhman died, a doctor at Bethesda Memorial Hospital couldn’t get a blood pressure reading.
“Is she waiting for someone?” he asked.
No, said her daughter, Gail Ennis. The family has said t
DELRAY BEACH — Marylew Cooper Redd of Delray Beach passed away on Nov. 30. Mrs. Redd was born Aug. 13, 1935, in Abington, Pa., to the late Guy Manning Cooper and Dorothy Hughes Cooper. She was educated at Sweet Briar College, Va., and the Univers
By Emily J. Minor
HIGHLAND BEACH — Marie A. Beary, who broke the glass ceiling over and over again as a prominent New York attorney and then taught her four children the importance of feminism in a modern world, died Sept. 25. She was 90.
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