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Obituary: Dorothy Diebold, 105
Dorothy Orizondo Roosen Diebold, age 105, a resident of Boca Grande since 1978, died in Roxbury, Conn. on Tuesday, July 6. Her birthday in February had long been observed by a fireworks display on the island.
Obituary: Drayton Farr
Earl Drayton Farr Jr., 83, of Punta Gorda passed away July 6. He was born October 16, 1926 in Fort Myers and lived in Punta Gorda all his life. He and his wife Paula owned homes in Boca Grande from 1973 to 2000 and he remained a frequent visitor to the island.
Obituary: Caroline Brown
Caroline “Jinx” Lovelace Rutter Brown of Sarasota and Nantucket and formerly of Boca Grande, died peacefully at Sarasota Memorial Hospital July 3 surrounded by her children.
Obituary: Grace Padilla
Grace Kahl Padilla, 94, passed away on Saturday, June 19. She was born November 15, 1915 in Detroit, Mich. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Albert Padilla and a great-great grandchild, Aliya.
Obituary: Adele Caldwell
Adele A. Caldwell, 90, the matriarch of the well known R.W. Caldwell family of Boca Grande and Gulfport died May 28 in Gulfport at the home of her daughter, April Caldwell Hornsleth.
Obituary: Anna bowditch
Anna Hale Bowditch, born 1912, passed away on June 9 in Brunswick, Maine. She was the wife of the late E. Francis Bowditch.
Obituary: William Miller
William Michael Miller, 87, of Boca Grande died April 29. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 5, 1923.
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Nevine Hussein Sirry Miller, children, Patricia Ann Miller, Mountainview, Calif.; Lane Miller, Philadelphia, PA; Peter Hicks Miller, Washington D.C.; Hope Miller Heffelfinger, Edina, MN; Nimet Mazloum, Paris, [...]
Obituary: Carol Humphrey
Carol Frances Humphrey, 92, of Boca Grande, formerly of Southampton, N.Y., died April 23. A memorial service was held Tuesday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Boca Grande.
Obituary: Mildred ‘Penny’ Weldon
Mildred “Penny” Ogle Weldon, 91, winter resident of Boca Grande passed away on Friday, April 16 at her Charlotte County residence.
Obituary: Sara Taylor Swift
Sara (Sally) Taylor Swift of Boulder, Wyo. died peacefully with family by her side in Boca Grande on April 15 after a brief illness. Sally was born in Pasadena, Calif. on February 4, 1930, the fifth child of Ruth and Vernon Taylor. She graduated from The Madeira School, McLean, Va., and attended Mills College, Oakland, [...]
Obituary: Susan Spessard Cain
Susan Spessard Cain, of Richmond, Va., and Boca Grande, died Sunday, April 18. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald A. Cain; and parents, Dr. Thomas N. and Catharine H. Spessard.
Obituary: Gordon ‘G.B.’ Knowles, was Beacon outdoors writer
Gordon Brown “G.B.” Knowles III, 56, of Ellenton and formerly of Anna Maria Island died April 10 at Manatee Memorial Hospital. He was an outdoors writer, fishing and hunting enthusiast, and a friend to many Florida conservationists.
Obituary: Ellen Babcock Cuda
Ellen Babcock Cuda of Boca Grande and East Orleans, Mass. died peacefully surrounded by her family on April 14 after a valiant battle with ovarian cancer.
OBITUARY: Stephen D. Goff
Stephen D. Goff, 64, died of acute leukemia on Sunday, April 4, at Rhode Island Hospital.
