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GULF STREAM — Eileen Simons Giacalone, a longtime resident of Philadelphia, Miami and Boca Raton, died July 26. She was 84.
The beloved wife, mother and grandmother enjoyed putting a smile on everyone else’s face and was always upbeat. She was not sh

DELRAY BEACH — William Davis Hood, a 48 year resident of Delray Beach, died July 15 from complications of Lewy body dementia, surrounded by family. He was 82.
Mr. Hood is survived by his wife, Carolyn, and six children: Jennifer Zimmerman and husband,

By Rich Pollack

LANTANA — Soon after she moved into a sixth-floor apartment with an ocean view at the Carlisle Palm Beach five years ago, former Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Jacqueline “Jackie” Winchester became an active member of the a

DELRAY BEACH — Adlyn Foster Sherman, 99, died May 11 of natural causes.
Adlyn Foster was born in Utica, New York, on Jan. 6, 1922, the daughter of Harry Foster and Elsie Pfleeger Foster. Raised in New Hartford, New York, she attended New Hartford Hig

OCEAN RIDGE — Velden Paul Colby died April 21, following an auto accident in Citra, where he lived. He was 86.
The man known to everyone as “Colby” was born Dec. 17, 1934, in Fairview, Oklahoma, to Paul and Ruth Sheffield Colby. He was preceded in de

HIGHLAND BEACH — Dorothy Jeanne Echeverria, a town resident who co-founded its turtle program, died April 15. She was 96.
Born June 6, 1924, in Utica, New York, the girl known as DJ graduated from New Hartford High School and attended Cornell Univers

OCEAN RIDGE — William “Bill” Poist died April 7. He was 81.
Born on June 11, 1939, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Krug and J.E. Poist, he grew up excelling on both basketball and tennis courts.
But tennis was his lifelong passion, and it was

By Brian Biggane

BOYNTON BEACH — Howard Schnellenberger, the last surviving member of the coaching staff of the Miami Dolphins’ 1972 perfect season and the architect of the Miami Hurricanes’ 1983 national championship, died March 27 at Boca Raton Reg

OCEAN RIDGE — James Frederick Many, a former resident of Ocean Ridge, recently joined the more than 500,000 Americans who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. A COVID-19-related cardiac arrest took Mr. Many’s life on Feb. 16. He was 83.
Born in

OCEAN RIDGE — Cheri Billingsley Jones of Ocean Ridge died March 24, six years after a breast cancer diagnosis. She was 73.
Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband, Earl Jones, her daughter Wendi (Gregg) Zukoski, her stepchildren, Jolie (Jimmy) Callus an

BOYNTON BEACH — A friend once observed to photographer Anthony Edgeworth, “I own practically every golf book there is, and none of them really capture the singular spirit of place that makes the great clubs and courses special.”
Mr. Edgeworth, by th

BRINY BREEZES — Paul William Ruopp of Briny Breezes and Brick, New Jersey, died on Feb. 22. He was 88.
Born on March 7, 1932, to Hans and Helen Ruopp in Roselle Park, New Jersey, Mr. Ruopp was a 1950 graduate of Roselle Park High School. There he was

OCEAN RIDGE — Cornelius “Neil” P. Mahon died Feb. 5 at his home in Ocean Ridge, surrounded by his family. He was 85.
Mr. Mahon was born on March 2, 1935, to Arthur and Mary Mahon in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up along with his two sisters (Mary Ther

By Sallie James

POMPANO BEACH — She was a beloved newspaper editor and devoted mother and wife whose legacy of caring will long be remembered by people who loved her. Four years after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Marguerite “Margie” Malandro

OCEAN RIDGE — Eileen Ryan Pettus died on Jan. 17 at the Health First’s Holmes Medical Center in Melbourne, the result of an automobile accident. She was 74 years old. 
Born Eileen Ryan in New York City on Oct. 28, 1946, she was an alumna of Convent o

By Sallie James

BOCA RATON — Mary Elizabeth Glover Bastin, an elegant world traveler and beloved mother who found true love twice in a lifetime, died on Jan. 8, two days after her 94th birthday. She embraced life and lived well until her last moments

By Mary Thurwachter

BOCA RATON — Jan McArt, Florida’s first lady of musical theater, died at her home in Boca Raton on Jan. 31.
The show business legend helped steer South Florida theater from its beginnings with verve and sparkle. As word of her pa

LANTANA — Dorothy “Dottie” A. Sylvester died Oct. 18 at her home in the Carlisle in Lantana. She was 92.

Mrs. Sylvester was born in Pittsburgh on July 9, 1928, to Catherine A. Freeman and Joseph F. Smith. One of nine children, she is survived by sist

By Dan Moffett

SOUTH PALM BEACH — Craig Henne had no shortage of job descriptions in his life. He was an arborist, an actor, a stand-up comedian, tattoo artist, semipro poker player, car salesman, repo man, truck driver, moving company owner, Tesla a

DELRAY BEACH — Frederick Carl Horenburger of Delray Beach died on Dec. 12. He was 83.

Mr. Horenburger was the owner of Fred’s Tennis Classics Inc. and well-known for providing customers with his expert advice and knowledge in the tennis world.

He was