DELRAY BEACH — Virginia Artrip Snyder, a longtime private investigator renowned for her tireless efforts to help oppressed people and improve her community, died March 20 at her home in Delray Beach following a stroke. She was 96.
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GULF STREAM — Sheila W. Scott, 87, of Gulf Stream died on March 9 surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Scott was born in New York City and was raised in Greenwich, Conn., and Edgartown Mass. (Martha’s Vineyard). She attended Greenwich Academy and g
By Emily J. Minor
COUNTY POCKET — Sandra Strosky Gallagher, a beach lover who came to Florida on a spring break getaway right after college and never lived up north again, died March 2 after a brief illness. She was 53.
Mrs. Gallagher lived
DELRAY BEACH — Marcus W. Smith, 82, of Delray Beach, Florida and Prouts Neck, Maine, died peacefully on Feb. 27. He is survived by his devoted wife of 31 years, Alexandra White Smith, his five children and their spouses: Marcus W. Smith Jr. of
COUNTY POCKET — Krishna Gibson Espanet, a shining light of a million stars, passed away on Feb. 23 after a short but intense battle with cancer. Krishna was born in Boynton Beach Nov. 25, 1971, to Wendy Baldridge Christie and the late Danny Gibso
By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — Some of us yearn for a little more spice in our lives.
Hugh McCormick Jr. was born to a world filled with it, and spent his working days spreading the flavors and fragrances far and wide.
In 1885, Mr. McCormick’s g
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Lou Stern loved making a difference.
A Highland Beach town commissioner when he died Feb. 8 at 82, Mr. Stern was someone residents called on when they needed a friend in their corner.
“Lou fought for resident
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Stela Tudoran, a longtime ear, nose and throat doctor in Boca Raton who began her career in the United States after escaping communist Romania with her 4-year-old daughter in 1968, died Feb. 20 after a brief il
By Rich Pollack
A memorial service will be held Feb. 26 for Highland Beach Town Commissioner Lou Stern, who died Feb. 8 following a short battle with kidney disease. He was 82.
The service will be held at Gutterman-Warheit Memorial Chapel, 240 Nort
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — On Highland Beach’s Intracoastal Drive in the town’s tight-knit Bel Lido community, Erin Kane Rodriguez was known as a fun-loving neighbor, a rising young tennis star and an athlete full of energy, who always took
By Emily J. Minor
MANALAPAN — Fred R. Marcon, the son of Italian immigrants who grew to great success in business, faith and family, died Jan. 19 in the Manalapan home he’d built for his wife, who died five years ago. He was 79.
Mr. Marcon was
By Emily J. Minor
GULF STREAM — Linda Ann Grantham Bryan, a Memphis-born adventurer who moved to the Philadelphia area with her parents as a child and kept a home there all her life, died unexpectedly Dec. 23. She was 78.
Mrs. Bryan’s daughter
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Daniel J. O’Connell, a prominent contractor and former Ocean Ridge mayor whose daughter said he was always loved for that impish “twinkle in his eye,” died Dec. 16. Mr. O’Connell was 86.
“He was a hilarious man,”
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Thomas G. Vinci, a kid from the tenements of New York City’s Lower East Side who became a successful educator and social philanthropist, died Thanksgiving Day. He was 93.
Dr. Vinci, who had retired to Florida
BRINY BREEZES — Harry Robert Esterman, 88, formerly of Cincinnati, died Dec. 15. He leaves behind his wife of 65 years, Patricia Carolyn Esterman (nee Albers), to whom he was devoted, and five children: Sue Thaler (Mike) of Briny Breezes; Sally L
GULF STREAM — Daniel Joseph Murphy died peacefully at his home in Gulf Stream on Dec. 21 after a courageous 3½-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 83.
Danny, as he was known, had been retired for 34 years after a storied career on Wall
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Phyllis Anderson Callaway, a Midwestern-born mother of three who grasped the importance of women’s issues early on and never let go, eventually turning her earnest volunteer work into an impressive resume of causes
By Rich Pollack
BOCA RATON — Irving Gutin was a generous philanthropist who took the task of giving to his community very seriously.
Over the course of more than two decades, Mr. Gutin and his wife, Barbara, supported dozens of local organi
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Samuel M. Faysal, who for many years ran a popular beachside restaurant and music lounge in his hometown of Revere Beach, Mass., before moving south to enjoy the sunshine and water with his wife, died Nov. 19.
Mr. Faysal wa
By Dan Moffett
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Woodrow “Woody” Gorbach was 91 years old when he decided to enter the world of politics and claim a seat on the South Palm Beach Town Council, becoming one of the oldest elected officials in the state’s history.