Elia "Auntie" Picchetti
Dec 30, 2020
Elia (a.k.a. Auntie) Picchetti passed away peacefully at home in Delray Beach, FL, on December 30 th , 2020, at the age of 106.
Elia Picchetti was born in Acsiano Pascano, Italy on April 18 th , 1914. At 15 years of age, she came to the United States with her older sister, Rina, younger brother Jimmy...
Katherine W. Clark
Dec 29, 2020
Katherine W. Clark of Ocean Ridge, FL passed away on December 29, 2020 at the age of 92. She is predeceased by her first husband John Wilson and her husband of 22 years, James W. Clark. Together they were active members of the community in St. Louis and when they moved to Ocean Ridge, Florida they became members of...
Josephine L. Schanel
Dec 23, 2020
Josephine L. Schanel, of Delray Beach and formerly of Long Island, NY passed away on December 23, 2020, her 87th birthday. Josephine was predeceased by her husbands Dominick Smalling and Frank Schanel. She is survived by her daughter Suzanne Benedetto (Arnold), her son Ronald Smalling, 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Also surviving her is a brother Eugene Rossetti, and several...
Claudia Ann Derrick Goldstein
Dec 19, 2020
Claudia Ann Derrick Goldstein of Delray Beach and formerly of New Orleans, LA, passed away on December 19, 2020, at the age of 80. Claudia was born and raised in Nashville, TN. She worked at Merrill Lynch in Nashville, where she met the love of her life, Bobby Goldstein. They were married and moved to New Orleans, LA. Claudia was...
Mary Joyce Miller
Dec 18, 2020
Mary Joyce Miller of Delray Beach, Florida went to be with her Jesus on December 18, 2020. She passed away peacefully at 93 years young with an independent free spirit to the very end. She was predeceased by her beloved parents Lawrence William 'Mooney' Miller and Helen Dearborn Miller née Crowie. She was also predeceased by her precious sister...
Joseph Michael Ozburn
Dec 18, 2020
On December 18, 2020, Joseph Michael Ozburn of Delray Beach, Florida passed away at home at the age of 68. Joey was born to Ross and Mary Ozburn in 1952 on Long Island, New York and spent his early life in Murphysboro, Illinois and later in Kansas City, Kansas. He received his BA degree from Southern Illinois University in...
Edward C. Stec
Dec 17, 2020
Edward C. Stec, 88, of Delray Beach, FL passed away on December 17, 2020. Mr. Stec is survived by his spouse of 48 years, Judith D. Stec, daughter Suzette Johnson (David), Edward J. Stec (Elizabeth) and Scott Stec, 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Mr. Stec started his career in Chicago with the Social Security Administration, transferred...
Elizabeth Caltagirone
Dec 12, 2020
Elizabeth Caltagirone, 89, passed away peacefully at home in Delray Beach on December 12, 2020. She was born on August 27, 1931 in San Cipirello, Sicily to Pietro Licata and Josaphine DiGiovanni Licata. She immigrated to the United States in 1950 and lived in Brooklyn, NY. She married Alfonso P. Caltagirone on September 5, 1954 and they moved to...
Francis J. Longo
Dec 5, 2020
Francis J. Longo, 75, of Delray Beach passed away on Saturday, December 5,2020. He was born on February 10, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York to Maurice M. and Gloria M. Longo.
Frank graduated from Long Island University in October of 1968 with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics. He married Lois E. on September 4, 1967 and raised...
Mary Van Lennep Plum
Dec 5, 2020
On Saturday, December 5, 2020, Mary (Van Lennep) Plum, loving mother of three children, passed away at the age of 81. Mary was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan and graduated with honors with a BS in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University. Mary was intelligent, hardworking and successful. She owned and operated her...
Juanita Gwendolyn Mcmurrain Mcduffie
Dec 4, 2020
Juanita Gwendolyn McMurrain McDuffie went peacefully to meet her Lord and Savior December 4, 2020. She was the loving and devoted wife of Frederick "Fred" Sherwood McDuffie who preceded her in death on February 12, 1984. Fred and Juanita were blessed to have 39 years of marriage together.
Juanita was born on December 26, 1923 to J.T....
Jennie A. Smith
Nov 29, 2020
Jennie A. Smith, 97, of Boynton Beach, and at times, Maggie Valley, NC passed away on November 29, 2020. Jennie was originally from Niagara Falls, NY and moved, with her family, to Boynton Beach in 1957. Jennie was predeceased by William Smith, her "One and Only" beloved husband in 1994. They met while working at Bell Aircraft Co. in...
S, Edward Withrow
Nov 22, 2020
Former Florida resident S. Edward Withrow, 99, died Nov 22, 2020 at his home in Delray Beach, Florida.
A private service will be held Dec 1, 2020 at the National Cemetery in Lake Worth Florida.
Mr. Withrow was born January 20, 1921, in Charleston, West Virginia to Fletcher and Lottie Withrow. Edward was one of...
Mary B. Sussen
Nov 21, 2020
Mary B. Sussen, 96, of Delray Beach, FL, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020. She was born in Cleveland, OH on November 12, 1924 to Philoma Becker Bernet and William G. Bernet. Mary was predeceased by her husband Joseph J. Sussen, Jr. in 2002. She is survived by her children Mary Patricia Carroll, Joseph M. Sussen (Vickie), Kathleen...
Joyce "Jody" Nichols Cook
Nov 20, 2020
Joyce "Jody" Nichols Cook, 84, of Olathe, KS passed away November 20, 2020 at Azria Health, Olathe, KS.
On August 6, 1936, Jody was born in Delray Beach, FL to E. B. and Maurietta Nichols. She grew up in Delray Beach and graduated from Seacrest High School.
Jody married Boyd "Wade" Cook on January 19,...
Alice Ellen Thomas Lunsford
Nov 19, 2020
Alice Ellen Thomas Lunsford, 81, passed peacefully at home in Delray Beach on November 19, 2020. Alice was born on August 4, 1939 in Donalsonville Georgia and grew up in the Enterprise community. She attended Miller County High School where she met H. Ray Lunsford of the Boykin community and they were married in 1956. After high school the...
John Wootten Carpenter, Jr.
Nov 14, 2020
"I can't believe the world has lost another wonderful person." – Allen Carpenter John Wootten Carpenter, Jr. was born September 13, 1942 in Wilmington, Delaware to Fay and John Carpenter. He passed away on November 14, 2020 of Covid-19 related causes. John was preceded in death by his parents and sister Carol Fay Carpenter of Delray Beach. He is survived...
Edward John Skiko
Nov 12, 2020
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, Edward John Skiko, loving husband and father, peacefully passed away at his home in Boynton Beach, Florida, surrounded by family and friends. He was born to Edward A. and Alice Skiko on July 13, 1935 in Bronx, New York, along with his departed siblings Marion Alice (Congregation of Sisters of St Agnes) and Peter. Ed...
Ann E. Hoyt
Nov 5, 2020
Ann was born in Queens, NY and grew up in Massapequa and West Islip, LI where she attended St. John the Baptist High School. She graduated Cum Laude from SUNY at Geneseo in 1979 and briefly married her college sweetheart, Steven Hoyt. After a vacation in Key West, FL, Ann decided she had found Paradise and said, "Why would I...
Helen D. Dacruz
Nov 4, 2020
Our beloved Helen passed away peacefully November 4, 2020 at her home in Boynton Beach, Florida, after suffering a stroke two weeks prior to her passing.
Her family and friends all had the same thing to say about her. Helen was sweet, kind, caring, always seeing the best in people and supporting them to be their best. ...
