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  • December 10, 2021
Evelyn (Lynn) Sarah Duguid (nee Magill)

It is with unimaginable sadness we announce the passing of Evelyn (Lynn) Sarah Duguid (nee Magill) on December 6 at the age of 96.

  • Longboat Key
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  • December 8, 2021
Herbert Bruch

HERBERT G. BRUCH (Age 88)  Born October 17, 1932, departed this life on December 5, 2020.

  • Longboat Key
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  • November 19, 2021
Patsy Ann Wingo (née Christian)

On Monday, July 12, 2021, Patsy Ann Wingo (née Christian) died at the age of 85 in her WV home in Lewisburg.

  • Siesta Key
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  • November 10, 2021
Pamela Mary Ketchum

Pamela Mary Ketchum, of Longboat Key FL, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021 following a long and courageous battle with brain cancer.

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  • November 5, 2021
Sandra Gjerde Frisoli

Sandra Gjerde Frisoli, aged 73, passed away on October 27, 2021, in New York City. With stoic courage she fought a decades-long battle with cancer.

  • Longboat Key
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  • November 3, 2021
Jean Boyce Carleton

Jean Boyce Carleton, a beloved wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and friend, passed away quickly and peacefully under Hospice care, of pneumonia on October 27th, 2021, at the age of 96 years old.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 26, 2021
Esther Cook

Esther Cook, 88, passed away October 18, 2021 at her home in Longboat Key, FL.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 19, 2021
Lt. Colonel USAF (ret) R S “Bud” Freeman

Lt. Colonel USAF (ret) R S “Bud” Freeman, of Longboat Key, FL, passed away Oct 3 2021.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 18, 2021
LaVerne Stellas nee Tountas

LaVerne Stellas nee Tountas, age 92, of Northfield, IL.

  • Sarasota
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  • October 8, 2021
Richard J. (Dick) O’Dowd

Richard J. (Dick) O’Dowd, age 86, of Bradenton, FL, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, September 26, 2021.

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  • October 6, 2021
Arthur Wolcott

Arthur Wolcott whose remarkable career spanned over seven decades in the food processing industry died peacefully in Sarasota, Florida on September 24th after a life well lived.

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  • October 5, 2021
Donald Howard

Donald Howard, age 91, longtime resident of New Jersey, initially Short Hills, more recently of Lebanon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 5, 2021
Shirley Goldberg Bookspan

It is with profound sadness to acknowledge the death of Shirley Esther Yentis Goldberg Bookspan formerly of Philadelphia, Pa, and currently of Siesta Key in Sarasota, Fl.

  • Siesta Key
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  • October 5, 2021
Kathryn Wendt Hannon

Kathy was born on July 16, 1944 in Pittsburg, Kansas and died in her home Sept. 11, 2021.

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  • October 5, 2021
Chuck Barbare

Charles Richard “Chuck” Barbare, 49, of North Port, FL, passed away on September 29th at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, due to complications of COVID-19.

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