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    In Memoriam |
  • May 3, 2018
Mary Priscilla “Patty” Bowes

Patty Bowes, age 80, of Dunwoody, Georgia, passed away peacefully April 30, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • April 27, 2018
Ruth (Bateman) Sousa

Ruth (Bateman) Sousa, age 96, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
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  • April 20, 2018
Linda Carol Harb

Linda Carol Harb, age 74, of Lakewood Ranch, Florida passed away on Monday April 16, 2018.

  • East County
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    In Memoriam |
  • April 9, 2018
Virginia (Ginny) Ceci

Virginia (Ginny) Ceci, age 87, of Longwood, Fla., formerly of Roslyn and Locust Valley, N.Y., passed away on March 24, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    In Memoriam |
  • April 9, 2018
Edith Morse

Edith May Morse, a resident of Longboat Harbour Condos for over forty years, passed away on March 28, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    In Memoriam |
  • March 27, 2018
Barbara R. Hulyk 
(nee Ochs)

Barbara R. Hulyk (nee Ochs) passed away March 9, 2018, surrounded by her family.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    In Memoriam |
  • March 27, 2018
Marjorie M. Moran

Marjorie M. Moran, 82, of Sarasota, Fla. (formerly of Rock Falls, Ill.) passed peacefully on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • March 21, 2018
Sarah Joyce Friedmann Young

Sarah Joyce Friedmann Young, affectionately known as Joycie, was born in Brownsville, Texas, on June 27, 1929, to her beloved parents Sarah Champion and Ralph John Friedmann.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    In Memoriam |
  • March 20, 2018
John F. "Jack" Perry

John F. “Jack” Perry, of Sarasota, Fla., died March 13, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • March 12, 2018
Harry Joseph Curl

Harry Joseph Curl departed Earth on Feb. 3, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • March 9, 2018
Shirley E. Peterson

Shirley E. Peterson died January 7, 2018 on Longboat Key, FL.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • March 9, 2018
Dr. Robert Sherley Howell

Dr. Robert Sherley Howell died at his home in Lexington, KY on March 7, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • March 7, 2018
Betty Weinstein

Betty Weinstein, 106, of Sarasota, Florida, formally of Michigan, died February 26, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
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  • March 6, 2018
Dr. Robert Kromer

Dr. Robert Kromer, 90, formerly of Sandusky, Ohio, and Longboat Key, passed away Jan. 22 at St. Vincent Medical Center in Jacksonville.

  • Longboat Key
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  • February 28, 2018
Joan Walter Rotenberg

Joan Walter Rotenberg died unexpectedly in Longboat Key, Florida on February 23, 2018 at the age of 74.

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