OBITUARIES

Betty Jean Duncan

Betty Jean Duncan

Nov 5, 2013

Betty Duncan, age 86 of Live Oak, FL passed away Tuesday evening, November 5, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. She was a native of Rossville, GA moving to Live Oak in 1982. Betty was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, cooking and coloring. She was a member of the Orange Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her husband,...

Clifford Tuten

Clifford Tuten

Nov 4, 2013

Clifford Tuten, age 89, of Live Oak, FL passed away Monday, November 4, 2013 at the V.A. Medical Center in Gainesville, FL following a lengthy illness. He was born in Madison, FL living most of his life in Live Oak. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served during WWII as Gunner First Class. He just enjoyed life, fishing, hunting,...

Ruth Marie Walker

Ruth Marie Walker

Oct 26, 2013

Ruth Marie Walker, age 79 of Live Oak, FL passed away Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. The Waterloo, NY native moved to Live Oak sixteen years ago from Canandaigua, NY. She was a retired nurse and a member of the Women of the Moose Chapter 899 and the St. Johns Episcopal Church. She is...

Earl J. Brammer, Jr.

Earl J. Brammer, Jr.

Oct 18, 2013

Earl J. Brammer, Jr., age 84, of Live Oak, FL went to his heavenly home Friday, October 18, 2013 at Shands Live Oak. He was born in Marceline, Missouri in 1928. As a young man in the sixties he worked as a Constable for the City of Buckner, Missouri. He was very loving and caring, outgoing and friendly to everyone....

Patsy Martin Farro

Patsy Martin Farro

Oct 1, 2013

Ltc. Patsy Martin Farro age 83, of Live Oak, FL, passed away early Tuesday morning, October 1, 2013 at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL following a lengthy illness. The Newark, NJ native moved to Live Oak, in 2003 from Hollywood, FL. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during the Korean conflict as a...

Cheryl Ann Clark

Cheryl Ann Clark

Sep 28, 2013

Cheryl Croft Clark, age 52 of Dowling Park, FL passed away Saturday evening, September 28, 2013 at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL following a courageous battle with cancer. She was a native of Jacksonville, FL moving to Live Oak in 1973. She was a bus driver for more than twenty years with the Suwannee County School System....

Mary H. Mcclamma

Mary H. Mcclamma

Sep 21, 2013

Mary H. McClamma, age 81 of Wellborn, FL passed away Saturday evening, September 21, 2013 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. She was a native of Tampa, FL moving to Wellborn in 2002. She was a homemaker and member of the Christ Central Ministry. She is survived by her husband of sixty-three and one half years, Loye...

Ruby Poole

Ruby Poole

Sep 13, 2013

Ruby Poole age 85, of Live Oak, FL, passed away Friday, September 13, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. She was born in Lake Placid, FL living most of her life in Live Oak. She retired from North Florida Telephone Company and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Active in the...

Mercedes Elizabeth Babcock

Mercedes Elizabeth Babcock

Sep 10, 2013

Mercedes Elizabeth Babcock, age 87, of Live Oak, FL passed away Tuesday afternoon, September 10, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Lake City, FL. She was born in Jacksonville, FL moving to Live Oak at a young age. In 1951 she moved to Las Vegas where she lived before moving back to Live Oak in 1999. She graduated from Florida State...

Lawrence Victor Grondzki

Lawrence Victor Grondzki

Sep 6, 2013

Lawrence (Larry) Victor Grondzki July 11, 1947 September 6, 2013 Lawrence (Larry)Victor Grondzki, age 66, of Live Oak, FL passed away suddenly Friday, September 6, 2013 at his home. He was born in New Brunswick, NJ and has lived in Live Oak, FL for twenty six years. Larry retired from the Department of Transportation where he worked for 19 years....

Lottie Thelma Mccook

Lottie Thelma Mccook

Sep 1, 2013

Lottie McCook, age 93 of Live Oak, FL passed away Sunday morning, September 1, 2013 at Shands Live Oak following a lengthy illness. She was born in Sylvester, GA living most of her life in Live Oak. She is known to her family and friends as “Granny” because of the number of children she baby sat for over the years....

Henry Lloyd Stephens

Henry Lloyd Stephens

Aug 31, 2013

Henry Lloyd “Babe” Stephens, 91, of Cedar Key, passed away at Suwannee Health Care Center in Live Oak surrounded by his loving family on August 31, 2013 following a lengthy battle with dementia. He was born on April 25, 1922 to Valera Frances Powell Stephens and Henry Lynn Stephens of Cedar Key, and graduated from Cedar Key High School in...

Truett Johnson

Truett Johnson

Aug 31, 2013

Truett Johnson age 70, of Live Oak, FL passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL following a courageous battle with cancer. He was a native and life long resident of Live Oak where he spent most of his life farming. He was a graduate of Suwannee High School class of 1962 and...

Imogene Johnson

Imogene Johnson

Aug 30, 2013

Imogene Johnson, age 78 of Live Oak, FL passed away early Friday morning, August 30, 2013 at Shands Live Oak. She was a native and life long resident of Live Oak and a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church. Imogene was an excellent cook and was especially known for her delicious biscuits. She dedicated her life to being a wonderful and...

Prapa Guthrie

Prapa Guthrie

Aug 24, 2013

Prapa Guthrie age 83, of Live Oak, FL passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013 at her home. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand moving to Live Oak in 1997 from Zephyrhills, FL. She was an avid gardener, cook and seamstress and a devoted wife and mother. She was a member of the Buddhist Meditation Center in Kissimmee, FL and was...

Wanda Williamson

Wanda Williamson

Aug 24, 2013

Wanda Williamson age 77, of Dowling Park, FL, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL following a lengthy illness. The Nichols, FL native moved to Live Oak, in 2005 from Mulberry, FL. She worked in the banking business for many years before opening up her own florist shop, this came about because...

Kenneth Leo Allen, Jr.

Kenneth Leo Allen, Jr.

Aug 23, 2013

Kenneth Leo Allen, Jr., age 85, formally of Live Oak, FL passed away Friday, August 23, 2013 at his home in Marianna, FL. He was a native of Live Oak moving to Marianna twenty years ago to be closer to his family. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force having served in the Korean War as a Tech Sergeant...

Effie Miller Mast

Effie Miller Mast

Aug 16, 2013

Effie Miller Mast, age 64 of Live Oak, FL passed away Friday morning, August 16, 2013 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was an accomplished musician who loved playing the guitar and harmonica. She was Amish and along with her husband spent twenty years in the mission field, eighteen years as home missionaries and the last two years...

Daniel Schnauthiel

Daniel Schnauthiel

Aug 15, 2013

Daniel John Schnauthiel, age 65, of Perry, FL passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Shands Live Oak following a brief illness. He was a native of Brooklyn, NY moving to the Perry, FL, Keaton Beach area from Oregon. He was a self-employed mechanic and in his spare time enjoyed fishing, boating and helping others. He is survived by his...

Rebecca Ann Mcbride

Rebecca Ann Mcbride

Aug 2, 2013

Rebecca Ann McBride June 13, 1958 August 2, 2013 Rebecca Ann McBride, age 55 of Live Oak, FL passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 at Shands @ U.F. in Gainesville, Florida following a lengthy illness. The Lake Wales, Florida native moved to Live Oak in 2008 from Bradenton, Florida. She was a member of the Manatee Baptist Church in Bradenton,...