By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Margaret H. Floyd, who began coming to South Florida in the 1960s and enjoyed coming back year after year to nurture her love for tennis and all her friendships, died Sept. 17. A memorial service was held a few day
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By Ron Hayes
HIGHLAND BEACH — On his 90th birthday, Allen Schweizer went out to dinner with family and friends and pronounced himself happy with his long life. If I die tomorrow, he told them, I’ll feel I’ve lived a good, full life.
“And he got mor
Joseph Rosso
By Ron Hayes
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Thirty-five years ago, Joseph Rosso started a small paving and drainage company in Lake Worth.
At the time of his death on Aug. 1, Rosso Paving & Draining Inc. was doing about $6 million in business each
Sandra Cropper
By Ron Hayes
COUNTY POCKET — Sandra and Reese Cropper bought a winter condo in Ocean Ridge 15 years ago, stayed seven seasons and loved the area so much they decided to search for a bigger home.
They found the county pocket.
“My wife
Lowen Poock
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — For a time in the 1990s, Lowen Poock, a certified public accountant from Des Moines, Iowa, stayed at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Manalapan while he worked on a special project for Meisner Electric in Delray
Dr. Pierre Andre Armand Vignau
Dr. Pierre Vignau was born in Caen, France, and was a beloved and unique educator. Teaching was his passion. His patience and humor helped thousands of students master la belle langue, French. Dr. Vignau died Aug. 15,
Dr. Clinton J. Shope
By Cheryl Blackerby
BOCA RATON — The Shope Hope Bell hangs in the radiation oncology department at Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. When patients have completed cancer treatments, they can celebrate thei
Gladys Forrestal
By Ron Hayes
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Walking with her husband in Costco or Publix, strolling the streets, eating in restaurants, Gladys Forrestal was often approached by women smiling warmly.
“Gladys,” they asked, “is that you?”
They
By Steve Plunkett
Fond recollections and a stirring tribute to the late Mayor William Koch Jr. marked the Gulf Stream Town Commission’s first meeting in the post-Koch era.
Town Attorney John “Skip” Randolph remembered being a “wet behind the ears” la
By Mary Thurwachter
BOCA RATON — Ed Morse, who built one of the most respected automobile dealer groups in the country, died of natural causes on June 29.
Mr. Morse, 91, began his automotive career in 1946. At the time of his death, Morse’s compan
By Price Patton
DELRAY BEACH — John Frederick Peart, a soft-spoken and humble Canadian native who moved to Delray Beach in the late 1960s and became a champion and protector of Florida’s fragile shoreline, dunes and the turtles that nested there, died
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — Try to imagine Boca Raton without any jewelry stores.
First, you would have to imagine Boca Raton without Joseph Altier.
Today, the city is home to at least 12 prominent jewelers, but when Altier Jewelers opened in 1960
Bill Koch and his wife, Mary Lou, with polo stars
Del Carroll, Buddy Combs, Russell Firestone and William Mayer.
By Ron Hayes
If the people of Gulf Stream remember William F. Koch Jr. as lovingly as he remembered the town, history will have been
Charles A. McCutcheon
By Christine Davis
BOCA RATON — Charles A. McCutcheon, 83, of Boca Raton, who served as Palm Beach County sheriff and Boca Raton police chief, died at home on June 19.
His long career in law enforcement began as a patrol
Frank J. Devine
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — After retiring from a distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Frank Devine brought his diplomatic skills to Palm Beach County, first as an adjunct professor at Palm Beach Atlantic College, then
Ann Boden
By Mary Thurwachter
HIGHLAND BEACH — Even during the final months of her life while battling a long illness, Ann Boden retained her positive and fun-loving outlook, according to her next-door neighbor Judith Krovetz.
“She was a wonderful
Funeral services for former Palm Beach County Sheriff Charles A. McCutcheon have been scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, with a Mass at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton. On Friday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be visiting h
By Steve Plunkett
Mayor William Koch Jr., who served as Gulf Stream’s top elected official for more than half his life, has died. He was 91.
Despite being a very public servant, Mayor Koch was a “very private and humble man,” the town said about his
JoAnn T. Urban
By Liz Best
HIGHLAND BEACH— Devoted wife, mother, grandmother, avid reader and beach lover, JoAnn T. Urban, of Highland Beach, died May 4 at Hospice by the Sea. She was 73 years old.
Mrs. Urban was born on Dec. 28, 1938, in New Yor
Larry M.Donovan
By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — When she only four or five, Teri Donovan’s father would take her to the Drake Hotel in Oak Brook, Ill.
“They always had a big band,” she remembers, “and we would get them to play ‘Moon River,’ my fa
