Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Delray Beach, Florida

Eveline Bulatovic Sweet

Eveline Bulatovic Sweet

March 8, 2020

After a long battle with illness, Eveline Bulatovic Sweet passed away on March 8, 2020, in Delray Beach, Florida. She was born in Linz, Austria, emigrated in 1957 to the US with her parents, Gertrude, and the late Radoje Bulatovic, and became a naturalized citizen in 1968. She grew up in Harrisburg, PA, and earned a B.A. from...

George T. Crothers

George T. Crothers

March 5, 2020

With profound sadness, the Crothers Family mourn the loss of George T. Crothers, who passed away suddenly on Thursday, March 5, 2020 in Delray Beach, FL.  George was born to Patricia and Robert Crothers on February 6, 1956 in Portsmouth, NH and grew up in Rye Beach, NH.  He was predeceased by his parents, his sister Cathy and his...

Eleanor Marie Sheehan

Eleanor Marie Sheehan

March 4, 2020

Eleanor Marie Sheehan, of Boynton Beach passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. She was known as Ellie by her friends and Grammy by her many grandkids. Ellie was born on February 28, 1930 in Boston, MA and attended Whitman High School; she is a graduate of Chamberlin...

John Gennaro Baccari

John Gennaro Baccari

March 3, 2020

John Gennaro Baccari, 89, of Boynton Beach, FL, (formerly of Boca Raton, FL, and Delray Beach, FL) died Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Boca Raton Regional Hospital after a long illness.

John was predeceased by a daughter, Jeanne Carroll, who died March 20, 2013.

He is survived by his devoted wife of 37 years, Joan...

Jeanne Evert Dubin

Jeanne Evert Dubin

February 20, 2020

Jeanne Evert Dubin, 62, of Delray Beach, FL passed away surrounded by loved ones on February 20, 2020 after a two-and-a-half-year battle with ovarian cancer.

One of five tennis playing children raised by renowned teaching pro and former standout player Jimmy Evert and his wife Colette, Jeanne was born October 5, 1957 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  She...

Michael Patrick Magi

Michael Patrick Magi

February 19, 2020

Michael Patrick Magi, 54, of Delray Beach, FL passed away surrounded by loved ones on February 19, 2020 after a three-year battle with Leukemia.

One of four siblings raised by Mary Jane and Edward Magi, Mike and his siblings grew up in Boca Raton attending St. Joan of Arc grade school and later Pope John Paul II...

Raymond F. Smith

Raymond F. Smith

February 17, 2020

Raymond F. Smith, 82, of Boynton Beach and formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away on February 17, 2020.  Ray is survived by his wife of 52 years, Carol (Heilman);  his brothers Bill (Mary) and Bob of Milwaukee; his daughter Therese (Barron Snyder) of Delray Beach, son Michael(Katie) of Denver; and four grandchildren, Luke and Phoebe Snyder and...

Curtis Emerson Heaberlin

Curtis Emerson Heaberlin

February 16, 2020

Curtis (Curt) Emerson Heaberlin, 64 of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of Rochester MN, passed suddenly on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

Curt was the eldest and only son of John and Marge Heaberlin, born July 15, 1955 in Owatonna, MN. The family moved to Rochester shortly afterwards where his parents operated an Electronics Associates store on their property...

Lilly Brandt Mccarthy

Lilly Brandt Mccarthy

February 16, 2020

Lilly McCarthy, 98, of Delray Beach passed away on February 16, 2020.  Born in Slagelse, Denmark on August 10, 1921, Lilly came to the United States in 1976.  Lilly was predeceased by her husband Fred in 2009.  Fred was a well known American Franciscan cartoonist, creator of the popular Brother Juniper single-panel comic strip. Lilly was his right hand assistant....

Barbara Morrison Love

Barbara Morrison Love

February 15, 2020

Barbara Morrison Love passed away at her home on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the age of sixty eight. Barbara was the daughter of long time Delray residents Mr. and Mrs. James Luther Love Jr., who owned the familiar Love's Drug stores in Delray Beach. She was the granddaughter of Delray Beach's first registered pharmacist, James Luther Love, Sr.,...

Marsha Lynn Love

Marsha Lynn Love

February 14, 2020

Marsha Lynn Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Luther Love, Jr., passed away at her Delray Beach home on February 14, 2020, at the age of seventy five. Marsha was the granddaughter of James Luther Love, Sr., Delray Beach's first registered pharmacist and great niece of Delray's first doctor, Roy Cason.

True natives of south Florida,...

Mary Brady Smallwood

Mary Brady Smallwood

February 14, 2020

Mary Brady Smallwood, 47, of Margate, FL went to be with our Lord on February 14, 2020. She was predeceased by her father Richard (Bud) W. Brady in 2002.

She is survived and lovingly remembered by her husband, Chester Smallwood, her son Joseph (Keri) Mielinski, stepdaughter Amy Smallwood of Margate. She is also lovingly remembered by her...

Elizabeth Cowles Armour

Elizabeth Cowles Armour

February 7, 2020

Elizabeth (Bessie) Cowles Armour died peacefully on February 7, 2020 in Delray Beach, Florida. She was born in Paris, France February 10, 1923, to Alice and Knight Cowles. Her father was studying architecture there before moving back to Chicago, IL and later to Lake Forest IL where she and her sister, Edith, grew up. She graduated from The Ethel...

Ernest G. Simon

Ernest G. Simon

January 28, 2020

With heavy hearts, his family wishes to inform his friends that Ernest G. "Ernie" Simon passed

away on Tuesday morning, January 28, 2020.

Ernie was the eldest son of Linda and Alexander A. Simon, born on May 7,1925, in Delray Beach,

Florida, becoming a part of the "Simon family", a pioneer family of...

Frank T. Predko

Frank T. Predko

January 26, 2020

Frank T. Predko, 83, of Delray Beach, FL and formerly of Buffalo, NY & Winber, PA passed away on January 26, 2020.  Frank is survived by his wife Kathleen M. Predko, sons and daughters-in-law James & Adrienne and Kevin & Dawn,  daughter Laurie, 3 granddaughters and 1 grandson.

Friends may join the family for a funeral Mass...

Ronald Mario Izzo, Sr.

Ronald Mario Izzo, Sr.

January 17, 2020

Ronald M. Izzo, Sr., 78 of Delray Beach, Florida and formerly of Warwick, R.I. passed away peacefully on January 17, 2020.  He was employed by UPS and was a member of Teamster Local 251 and Warwick Council Knights of Columbus 2295.

He is survived by his beloved and devoted wife of 48 years, Sylvia (Perrotti) Izzo of...

Margaret H. Sheppard

Margaret H. Sheppard

January 12, 2020

Margaret H. Sheppard, 94, longtime resident of Delray Beach and formerly Elmira, NY passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020.  Margaret was owner of the Sage and Sand Motel in Boynton Beach and was a devoted member of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church. She is survived by her daughter, Mimi Sheppard Brown of Wyoming and daughter in law, Terri...

Kathleen Margaret Skiko

Kathleen Margaret Skiko

January 9, 2020

Kathleen Margaret Skiko, 84, born in Jersey City, NJ, but recently from Boca Raton and Boynton Beach, passed away on January 9, 2020.  Mrs. Skiko is survived by her husband of 60 years, Edward, as well as six of her children – Edward (wife Victoria), Charles (wife Mercedes), Gerald, Kathleen (husband Albert Hadener), Matthew (wife Debra), and Roseanne (husband...

Larry Leins

Larry Leins

January 7, 2020

Larry Leins passed away on January 7, 2020 following a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease.  A longtime resident of Rumson, NJ, he was born in New York City on February 17, 1927; the only child of Herman Stephen Leins and Caroline Beers Heffron.

Raised in New Rochelle, NY, Larry attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Toms River, NJ...

Eric John Carrstedt

Eric John Carrstedt

January 2, 2020

Eric John Carrstedt, 48, of Pompano Beach, FL and formerly of Worcester, MA passed away on January 2, 2020.  He is survived by his parents Milton & Diana Carrstedt, his sister Sherrie Carrstedt and his son Eric Blakeney.

To know Eric was to love him.  He was so many things to so many of us.  A loving...