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    In Memoriam |
  • July 19, 2019
Mary Lilla (Mary Elle) Hunter

Mary Lilla “Mary Elle” Hunter died July 12, 2019, in Sarasota, where she had resided for 40 years with periods of out-of-area residency in Pinehurst, N.C.; Washington, D.C.; and Bismarck, N.D.

  • Longboat Key
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David Brenner was 83.
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  • July 18, 2019
Dave Brenner made a big difference

Former vice mayor, who died last week at age 83, was devoted to family and his community.

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  • July 16, 2019
Marta M. Angelora

Marta M. Angelora, age 82, of Sarasota, FL passed away on July 7, 2019.

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    In Memoriam |
  • July 15, 2019
Julian M. Rabow

Julian “Jay” Marshall Rabow was born July 27, 1927 in Buffalo, New York, and passed away in Sarasota, Florida on June 29, 2019.

  • Siesta Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • July 15, 2019
Janet Suzannah Hunter

Janet Hunter, 86, passed away on Friday morning July 12, 2019, at Doctors Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, following a year of illness.

  • Sarasota
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    In Memoriam |
  • July 9, 2019
Jason Allen Rivard

RIVARD, Jason Allen, of Sarasota, Fla., age 42, passed away Friday, May 31, 2019, in Sarasota.

  • East County
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    In Memoriam |
  • June 17, 2019
Robert Senie Biller

Robert Biller, known as Bobby or Big Bob to family and friends, died Sunday June 16 at the Inn of Sarasota Bay Club.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • June 7, 2019
Jacqueline Winter

Jacqueline Winter, 84 passed away peacefully on June 2, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • June 6, 2019
Patricia Fosler Johnson

Pat, 92, departed peacefully in Sarasota, her home since arriving with her family from Cleveland when she was 17 years old.

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    In Memoriam |
  • June 5, 2019
Harold Goldblatt

Harold Goldblatt of Longboat Key died June 4, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • June 3, 2019
Bernard Martin Fishman

Bernard Fishman, 95, of Aventura, Florida passed away peacefully on May 24, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • May 28, 2019
Vicki L Staley

Vicki L Staley, 56, of Longboat Key, FL, died Saturday, May 25, 2019, at 6:25 p.m. in her home surrounded by the love of her family.

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    In Memoriam |
  • May 7, 2019
Diane Margaret Lewis

Diane Margaret Doyle Lewis, age 81, of Sarasota, Florida passed away on Saturday May 4, 2019.

  • Sarasota
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  • May 6, 2019
Bernard Levine DDS

Bernard Levine DDS, died peacefully May 4th at home on Longboat Key, FL at age 94.

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  • April 22, 2019
James “Jim” Ninivaggi

James “Jim” Ninivaggi, 56, of Sarasota, FL passed away unexpectedly following complications from surgery on April 6, 2019 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

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