By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Horst Susskind, a self-made man who joined the Dutch Underground during World War II, died Sept. 29. He was 89 when he suffered a massive heart attack, his daughter, Elizabeth Susskind, said.
Her father was “a
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By Jane Smith
BOCA RATON — Sandra L. Cook died in the arms of her son and daughter at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Delray Beach on Sept. 23.
Mrs. Cook, 68, died from complications of the rare disease cortical basal ganglion degeneration,
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Elizabeth L. Pettinicchi, a stay-home mom and grandmother with a propensity for kindness, acceptance and spending time with her kids and grandkids, died Oct. 21 at her home in Ocean Ridge. She was 87.
“The mai
GULF STREAM — Carl E. Touhey, a lifelong Albany, N.Y., businessman and a winter resident of Gulf Stream, passed away Aug. 25 at the remarkable age of 95.
He was a graduate of the Albany Academy and Princeton University (class of ’39).
He ran a st
By Jane Smith
GULF STREAM — Rose Rita Bianchini, who moved to Broward County with her husband in 1971, died at her home on Sept. 23, surrounded by her family. She was 86.
In 1991, the Bianchinis moved to Gulf Stream. Every Sunday her two sons and t
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — John C. Lake, 73, who moved to South Palm Beach in 1991 to be closer to the two daughters he so loved, died Sept. 3. He had been battling Parkinson’s disease for about 15 years.
Born May 18, 1940, in Orange, N.J., M
By Ron Hayes
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Penny was a sorority pledge at Newark State Teachers College. Sol was in the Navy.
“I’ve got a nice brother,” his sister said. “Would you like to meet him?”It was 1947. They went dancing at Meadowbrook.
Two years late
By Tim O’Meilia
BRINY BREEZES — Jerome F. Skrandel, who guided the mobile home town of Briny Breezes as its town attorney for nearly four decades, died unexpectedly Sept. 19 in Palm Beach Gardens, with his beloved family at his side. He was 84.
BOCA RATON — Philip Vultaggio, a former resident of Massapequa, N.Y., passed away at his home in Boca Raton on Aug. 19 at the age of 91. He was dearly loved by his family and respected by all who knew him.
Born on Feb. 4, 1922, in Brooklyn, N
By Emily J. Minor
MANALAPAN — Around town, they called her “Manalapan’s mom” — mostly because she was friendly and kind and downright adorable. “The past four or five years, she gave up the snowbird thing and just lived down here permanently,” s
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By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Jane Householder Gehrett Rayner, 99, a chemist, college professor and “supermom,” died July 13.
She died at home from complications of a stroke, surrounded by family and friends. Mrs. Rayner gradu
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By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — Lawrence O’Daly made his living selling toys and laughter.
As a producer of television commercials, he promoted Duncan Yo-Yos and Silly Putty.
In the early 1960s, he helped develop and promo
BRINY BREEZES — After a lifetime career at IBM and many years helping to raise four children, Marcelino Solis Jr. found his final days of peace and quiet on a porch at the end of a road.
“My dad had reached a state of what he called content
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Insiders often called him ‘‘the nicest guy in the room.” But Edward Ernesto Iacobucci was also known as the visionary who had the nerve to leave IBM in 1989 and develop computer technology that would lead to a co
By Emily J. Minor
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Henry Sullivan “Harry” Cahill, a corporate accountant who retired young and moved to Florida so he could golf every day, died May 4 at home with his wife of 67 years. Mr. Cahill was 98.
“He was a good man,” said
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Edwina Rhodes Charyk, a resident of The Landings since 1985, died peacefully on May 6. She was 87.
“We had 67 wonderful years together,” said her husband, Joseph V. Charyk, who served as the first director of the Na
By Ron Hayes
MANALAPAN — Margaret Cole Kotsko, who loved art, books and fashion, died peacefully at her home in the Little Pond complex on May 19, surrounded by her husband of 56 years, Francis R. Kotsko, and other family members.
Mrs. Kotsko w
Retired Ocean Ridge Town Manager Bill Mathis, who was called back twice to be the town’s top administrator, died May 11 in Belle Glade. He was 79.
Mr. Mathis, whose given name was Delano William Mathis, was a police officer, police chief and town
By Ron Hayes
MANALAPAN — To the fellow Hoosiers who knew his auto dealership, he was “Big Dan Young, Chevy dealin’ man.”
To the local institutions that benefitted from his generosity, Dan Young was known for his big heart.
Mr. Young was killed M
By Ron Hayes
GULF STREAM — Robert L. Becker Jr., a winter resident of The St. Andrew’s Club for several years, died peacefully on April 15. He was 87.
A lawyer who specialized in securities and transactional law, Mr. Becker joined the Pittsburg
