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  • December 13, 2019
Mary Ellen Criste (née Waite)

Mary Ellen Criste (née Waite) was born on March 25, 1934 in Pittsburg, PA and died December 8, 2019 in Baltimore, MD.

  • Longboat Key
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  • December 2, 2019
Dona Fay Ellsworth

Dona Fay Ellsworth, 85, formerly of North Carolina, Maryland, and Florida, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at The Meadows at East Mountain Assisted Living Facility in Rutland, VT.

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A new in-line hockey rink located in Lakewood Ranch Park, adjacent to Lakewood Ranch High School, is open to the public as programming details are considered.
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  • November 21, 2019
Lakewood Ranch is getting cooler than ice with new rink

With the help of The Lightning Foundation, Manatee County adds another sweet amenity to Lakewood Ranch’s outdoor recreation bag in the form of an in-line hockey rink.

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    In Memoriam |
  • November 19, 2019
Lenore Holzer Weiss

Her loving family and devoted friends mourn the passing of Lenore Holzer Weiss on November 17, 2019.

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  • November 7, 2019
Maxine Wheeler Allen

Maxine Wheeler Allen, aged 85, passed away Monday, November 4, 2019 in Jesup, GA.

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  • November 4, 2019
S. Martin Parker, Jr.

S. Martin Parker, Jr., 76, of Johns Island, South Carolina, husband of Lynn F. Parker entered into eternal rest Friday, November 1, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 25, 2019
Mary Beth Mollo (nee Hoelter)

Mary Beth Mollo (nee Hoelter) died on July 17, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 17, 2019
James Walker Wiggin, Jr.

WIGGIN, James Walker, Jr., 86, born May 19, 1933, of Mansfield, Ohio and Sarasota, Florida, died Saturday, October 12 in Tidewell Sarasota Hospice.

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  • October 16, 2019
Betty Ann (Bachman) Hoff

Hoff, Betty Ann (Bachman), age, 90, was born in the Bachman Family Home on March 21, 1929 and passed peacefully alongside family at home on October 9, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 14, 2019
Dorothy Beals Hixon

You are invited to a celebration of her life

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 2, 2019
Craig Howard Wheeler

Craig Howard Wheeler died peacefully at home surrounded by his family in Longboat Key, Florida on September 28, 2019 at the age of 68.

  • Longboat Key
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  • October 2, 2019
Richard D. Levin

Richard D. Levin passed away at his home in Saraso­ta, FL September 24th.

  • Longboat Key
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  • September 30, 2019
Dorothy Beals Hixon

Dorothy Beals Hixon passed Sept. 26th 2019 at Plymouth Harbor Sarasota, FL after a lengthy battle with Memory Loss/Alzheimer’s.

  • Longboat Key
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  • September 23, 2019
Allan John Swanson, USAF Colonel, Retired

Our dad and grandfather was born to immigrant parents from Sweden and England.

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  • September 17, 2019
Marlene L. Yohe (Mickey)

Marlene L. Yohe (Mickey) 87 years passed peacefully Sept. 5 at Santa Barbara, CA where she was living with her husband, and near to her daughter and family.

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