OBITUARIES
Sherwood W Starling
Feb 8, 2026
Sherwood W. Starling, age 86, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, Sunday, February 8, 2026, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was a native and life-long resident of Live Oak working in the maintenance department for the Occidental Chemical Company for many years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in the Vietnam war. Sherwood...
Ernest Perry
Feb 6, 2026
Ernest Perry, age 72, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, February 6, 2026, at the Live Oak Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center following a lengthy illness.
As per his wishes, finalization will be by cremation.
Glen Lawrence Gavell
Feb 5, 2026
Glen Lawrence Gavell, 84, of Dowling Park, FL, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2026.
Glen was born in Boston, MA, July 5, 1942, to Bertram and Alma (McNeil) Gavell. He grew up in Roxbury, MA, in a family of 10 with his three brothers and four sisters. He married his beautiful wife Margaret Gavell in 1963, and they were married just...
David Scott Currier
Feb 5, 2026
David Scott Currier, age 86, of Dowling Park, FL, passed away, Thursday, February 5, 2026, at the Good Samaritan Center in Dowling Park, FL following a lengthy illness. He was born in Columbus, OH moving to Dowling Park, FL in 2012. He worked as a district manager and manufacturing representative for the Family Dollar stores and loved reading and investing...
Jeanene Marie Desmartin
Feb 1, 2026
Jeanene Marie “Nene” Desmartin (Cook) passed away on February 1, 2026, in Gainesville, Florida. Jeanene was born on August 30, 1958, in Hialeah, Florida.
Jeanene grew up in and around Homestead, Davie, and Cooper City, Florida and graduated from Cooper City High School. She married her high school sweetheart Gene Desmartin in 1976.
Jeanene spent many years managing the books for the...
Nancy Marie Patrick-Palacios
Jan 31, 2026
Nancy Patrick-Palacios, age 63, of Live Oak, FL, passed away January 31, 2026, Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida following a sudden illness. She was born in Michigan living most of her life in Tampa, Florida before moving to Live Oak in 2017.
She was predeceased by her parents, Frank John and Mary Lucille Patrick.
She is survived by her husband, Eristeo...
Virginia Robertson
Jan 30, 2026
Virginia Carolyn Colter Robertson, 89, passed to her eternal reward on January 30, 2026, from her home in Dowling Park, Florida. Virginia was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on August 19, 1936, and was the youngest daughter of the late Samuel Julian Colter, Sr. and Margaret Wallace Cantrell Colter. She moved with her family to Deland, Florida, in 1946, where...
Jozef Wladyslaw Olczyk
Jan 28, 2026
Jozef Wladyslaw Olczyk, age 72, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at the HCA FL lake City Hospital, Suwannee Campus, following a lengthy illness.
He was born in Kalinkow, Poland, moving to Live Oak, FL in 2015, from Hollywood, FL. He worked for the University of Miami in medical research before retiring and moving to Live Oak....
John Curtis Arrant
Jan 24, 2026
John Curtis Arrant, age 69, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2026, following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Orlando, FL, moving to Live Oak in 1990. He worked in construction and loved fishing.
He is survived by two brothers, Larry Arrant and Kenneth Arrant, both of Live Oak, Florida.
As per his wishes, finalization will be...
William Friar
Jan 21, 2026
William Friar, age 69, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at the HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, Suwannee campus. He was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, moving to Live Oak in 2021 from Wimauma, FL. He worked as a yacht mechanic and loved living in Suwannee County. He loved animals and was an outdoors man....
William "Billy" Christensen
Jan 14, 2026
William “Billy” Christensen, age 64, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at Shands UF in Gainesville, FL following a lengthy illness. He was born in Hartford Connecticut on November 27, 1961, to Don Merle and Leah Irene Christensen. He was the youngest of three sons. In 1969, at the age of 8 years old, the family...
Virginia Latrelle Dees
Jan 14, 2026
Virginia Latrelle Dees, age 88, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, Wednesday, January 14, 2026, in the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Haven Hospice in Lake City, Florida following a lengthy illness. She was born in Greenville, FL, moving to Live Oak in 1998 from Jacksonville, Florida. She worked for AT & T for many years and was a member of...
Brian Emery Johnson
Jan 10, 2026
Brian Emery Johnson, age 58, of McAlpin, FL, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2026 at the North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville, FL following a lengthy illness. He was born in Salem, Oregon, moving to Hialeah, Florida in 1978, then settling in McAlpin, Florida in 1986. Brian was a truck driver and a country-western singer. He loved performing onstage as...
Susan Duce Ward
Jan 8, 2026
Susan Duce Ward, age 67, of Lake City, FL, passed away, Thursday, January 8, 2026, at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Tallahassee, FL, and was a life-long resident of Lake City, FL. Susan loved watching television, cooking, spending time with her family and was a member of the...
Ronald Richard Olszak
Dec 30, 2025
Ronald Richard Olszak, age 87, of Ft. White, FL, passed away, Tuesday, December 30,
Ronald Richard Olszak, age 87, of Ft. White, FL, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 30, 2025, at the Live Oak Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Live Oak, FL, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Michigan moving to Ft. White, FL in 2007 from Lakeland,...
Christina Curtis
Dec 29, 2025
Christina Caroline Curtis, age 55, of Wellborn, FL, passed away on December 29, 2025, at her home, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Tampa, FL, moving to Wellborn, FL, in 1993 from Tallahassee, FL. Christina was a teacher for many years, finding great joy and purpose in educating children in scholastics and biblical study. She had...
Craig Woodham
Dec 27, 2025
Craig Alan Woodham, age 62, of Live Oak, FL, passed away December 27, 2025.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time. We will update our website as soon as they become available.
Please keep his family in your prayers today and the days ahead.
Glenn Allen Burd
Dec 25, 2025
Glenn Allen Burd, age 69, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, Thursday, December 25, 2025, at his home.
He was born in Youngstown, OH, moving to Live Oak, FL in 2007, from Lake City, FL. He owned and operated an appliance repair company and in his spare time, he loved hunting, sightseeing, fishing, diving and working.
He is survived by one son,...
Talmadge Dunagan Barber
Dec 20, 2025
Talmadge Dunagan Barber, age 59, of Live Oak, FL, passed away, Saturday, December 20, 2022, at the HCA Florida Lake City Florida Hospital, Suwannee Campus in Live Oak, FL.
He was born in Hinesville, GA, and was a life-long resident of Live Oak where he worked in construction.
He was predeceased by his parents, Robert and Ruth Barber.
He is survived by...
Clyde "Buster" Clifton
Dec 16, 2025
Clyde “Buster” Clifton, Jr., age 84, of O’Brien, FL, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center, Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL following a lengthy illness. He was born in Deep Lake, FL, moving to O’Brien in 1999 from Everglades City, FL. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired law enforcement officer....
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