By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — For almost 20 years until his retirement in 2017, the Rev. Gerald Grace presided over the congregation at St. Lucy Catholic Church in Highland Beach as its pastor.
A native of Ireland who served the Catholic communit
OCEAN RIDGE — Jeffrey Cail Ireland, 32, died unexpectedly on Aug. 21.
He was born March 26, 1986, in Merrillville, Ind., to Jeffrey L. and Sandra (Rolfs) Ireland.
Mr. Ireland’s family was proud that he graduated with a 4.2 GPA from high school.
At t
By Rich Pollack
DELRAY BEACH — Kevin McCarty loved serving his community and helping others.
Mr. McCarty, who died early last month at the age of 69 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, chaired the South Florida Water Management District in 20
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — As a girl, Andrea Kornblue traveled the world. The daughter of a career military police officer with the U.S. Army, she grew up living in Japan, Germany and various assignments throughout the U.S.
From her father’s service,
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — When President Barack Obama brought his re-election campaign to the Delray Beach Tennis Center on Oct. 23, 2012, one sign caught his eye.
“I’m 103,” the sign said, and an elderly black woman got a warm hug from the nation
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — In the world of high-level professional sports car racing, few were as well respected — and feared by competitors on the track — as Devinder “Dave” Maraj. The founder and driving force behind highly regarded Champion
GULF STREAM — William Scott Tiernan, who grew up in Delray Beach, died July 27 in Laramie, Wyo. He was 67.
Mr. Tiernan — who went by “Grand Dude” when with his grandchildren and by “Wild Bill” when on his Wyoming ranch — was born in West Orange, N.J
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — Roy Miller was a child of the Great Depression who never forgot its lessons. You don’t throw broken things away, you fix them. You work hard and appreciate what you have.
“I remember once when I was cooking,” his son Roy
GULF STREAM — Jefferson Feigl Vander Wolk of Gulf Stream and Osterville, Mass., died peacefully on June 14 in Boynton Beach. He was 87.
He is survived by his devoted wife of 60 years, Betty Brown Vander Wolk; his daughter, Hope Morrison Vander Wolk o
By Emily J. Minor
HIGHLAND BEACH — Jack Lanthier, 87, a widower who retired to Highland Beach with the second love of his life and spent 23 happy years here exploring, volunteering and traveling, died June 21 from complications of Parkinson’s disease
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Sandra Featherman, a leader in the world of higher education and a tireless advocate for the rights of women and children, died April 26. She was 84.The wife of former Highland Beach Mayor Bernard Featherman, Mrs. Fea
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — Kirk Coakley was only 13, a seventh-grader at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Boca Raton, when a van struck him as he waited to cross the street on his bike.At the hospital, a somber doctor told Ruth Coakley that her son
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Rayden Jacob Cody, a man of faith and family who in his retirement years picked up the grandkids every day at school in his Cadillac, died April 5 at age 90.
Mr. Cody went into the hospital for appendicitis surgery, wh
Ryan Heavyside (center) raises his hands amid hundred of surfers who joined together in a paddle-out April 29 to celebrate the life of Ron Heavyside, his father. Mr. Heavyside died April 14 in the 50th anniversary year of his Nomad Surf Shop. Photo
By Emily J. Minor
BRINY BREEZES — Alma Coir, who began coming to Briny Breezes in the 1940s when the view out the car window was citrus and cattle, died March 10 after a brief illness. Many town residents grew to know her for her love of reading and
LANTANA — Edith “Edie” Hamm Ruh died on Jan. 29. She was 89 years old.
Edie Ryan entered the world Dec. 12, 1928, the daughter of Bertie and Arthur Ryan, in Washington’s Crossing, N.J. She spent a seemingly idyllic childhood chasing her two older brot
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Back in the late 1980s, when Canning Shoes had already been a landmark on East Atlantic Avenue for nearly four decades, Vince Canning introduced a new policy.
Bring in a pair of old shoes and he would give you $10 off your
OCEAN RIDGE — John Francis Cox, 90, died Jan. 1 at the Veterans Affairs hospice unit, West Palm Beach.
Born June 2, 1927, in Denver, he was the son of the late Earle E. Cox and Louise A. (Lallement) Cox. Mr. Cox attended his early school years in Wak
BOCA RATON — Francis “Frank” Peter Cardinale, age 63, passed away peacefully Dec. 25 at Trustbridge Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton. He was born Dec. 4, 1954, in Jersey City, N.J.
He was preceded in death by his father, Peter, mother, Livia, and
By Dan Moffett
BRINY BREEZES — John “Jack” Lee arrived in Briny Breezes back in 1958 as an 8-year-old from Central Illinois and instantly forged what would be an enduring relationship with the mobile home park on the ocean. Mr. Lee would visit
