Local obituaries for Roberts Funeral Home of Dunnellon, LLC
George Howard Collins Jr.
Sep 12, 2013
Obituary for GEORGE H. COLLINS George Howard Collins Jr., 87, of Dunnellon, died Thursday (9/12) at the Citrus Hospice House in Lecanto. He was born October 20, 1925 in Fair Oaks, New York, to the late George H. Sr. and Harriet Van Sickle Collins. Mr. Collins retired from Orange and Rockland Utilities in New York and served honorably in the...
Anthony Degennaro
Sep 11, 2013
We all have a beginning and an end it is what we do with that time in between and the people we touch during that finite interval that makes one memorable. Some of us work our hands to the bone, some of us learn all we can, some spend all their time involved with their family, some help the less...
Kenneth Douglas Sveda
Sep 8, 2013
Kenneth D. Sveda, of Florida, peacefully passed away at home on Sunday, September 8, 2013, surrounded by his wife and three daughters. He was born in Passaic, New Jersey on February 2, 1943 and raised in Wallington, New Jersey by late parents George and Maria Sveda. He served in the United States Navy from 1961 to 1964. Mr. Sveda was...
Mary Rosa (Newton) Penski
Sep 4, 2013
Mary Rosa Penski, 79, of Ocala, died peacefully on Wednesday (9/4) at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Waltamstow, England to the late William and Hilda (Wilson) Newton. Mrs. Penski worked for the British Secret Service where she met her husband Walter, who was serving in the United States Air Force. They were married in...
Thomas M. Anderson
Sep 3, 2013
Thomas M. Anderson, 85, of Ocala, died Tuesday at the Legacy Hospice House in Ocala. Mr. Anderson was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania to the late Charles and Edna (Roberts) Anderson. He was a Supervisor for National Steel in Portage, Indiana; a United States Army Veteran; and attended Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Valparaiso, Indiana and Queen of Peace in...
George Taylor Williams
Aug 26, 2013
Dunnellon George Taylor Williams, 96, of Dunnellon, died Monday (8/26) in Ocala. Mr. Williams was born in Johnstown, New York to the late Raymond and Nina Taylor Williams. He moved to Dunnellon in 1992. He was a salesman for several publishing companies including Structures Publishing, a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dunnellon, and a Mason. Surviving family...
Wilma (Plessinger) Burgess
Aug 24, 2013
Wilma Burgess, 89, of Troy, Missouri, died August 24, 2013 at Troy Manor in Bedford, Missouri. Mrs. Burgess was born October 25, 1919 in Liberty, Indiana to the late Walter and Maggie (Thomas) Plessinger. She was a homemaker and formerly a member of First Baptist Church of Beverly Hills, Florida. Mrs. Burgess was preceded in death by her late husband...
Benjamin E. Whitney
Aug 22, 2013
Benjamin E. Whitney, 93 died August 22, 2013 at home in Dunnellon, FL. Mr. Whitney was born to Alvin E. and Hazel B. Nelson Whitney on March 9, 1920 in Millbury, MA and moved to Dunnellon in 1951 from Massachusetts. He served his country proudly in the US Navy during WWII and spent 25 years working for Eli Whit Company,...
Leonard H. Fowler, Jr.
Aug 22, 2013
Leonard H. Fowler, Jr. went to be with his Lord and Savior August 22, 2013. Born in Newport News, Virginia on October 7, 1931, Mr. Fowler served his country in the United States Air Force for 22 years, and then drove for Curtis Oil Company of Lee Hall, Virginia and then the government retail system. He then retired to Deland,...
Harold Francis Collins
Aug 20, 2013
Harold Francis Collins Jr., 78, of Dunnellon, passed away Tuesday (8/20) at his home. He was born in Long Island, New York to the late Harold F. Sr. and Veronica Collins. He graduated from Miami Tech in 1955 and was awarded Florida's Apprentice Carpenter of the Year. He transitioned to television and the motion picture industry as a prop maker...
Barbara Jean Helmey
Aug 19, 2013
Barbara Jean Helmey, 82, died on August 19, 2013 in Ocala, FL. She was born December 5, 1930 in Inglis, FL to the late Kelly Runnels and Thelma Busby Runnels. Barbara was the beloved wife of fifty seven years to the late William Helmey who passed away six years ago. Besides her husband Barbara is preceded in death by her...
Joseph A. Outler
Aug 16, 2013
Joseph A. Outler, 81, owner of Barehuggers in Dunnellon, Fl died on August 16, 2013 in Ocala, FL. Joseph was born August 26, 1931 to the late Charles and Josephine Kelly Outler in Memphis, TN. He was a United States Marine Corp Veteran of the Korea War. He is survived by his Daughters, Shirley Roberts, South Caroline, Virginia Rhodes, Dunnellon,...
Eva Lavaughn Hess
Aug 15, 2013
Eva “LaVaughn” Hess, 77, long time resident of Dunnellon, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in Lakeland, Fla., after a lengthy battle with dementia/Alzheimer’s. She was an antique dealer/appraiser who operated the “Gingerbread House” antique store from 1974-2005. She also catered and at one point ran a tea room that was featured in a national magazine. She was very busy in...
Mary "Ruth" Zawacki
Aug 14, 2013
Dunnellon - Mary "Ruth" Zawacki, born May 24, 1930 passed away on August 14, 2013. Ruth leaves behind her husband John of 59 years, and five children: Stephen (Barbara) Zawacki, Marianne (George) Feister, Nancy (John) DeHaven, Michael (Susan) Zawacki, and Kathleen (John) McKinney as well as nine grandchildren: Thomas, John, Amanda, Rosanne, Kelly, Shawn, Michael, Jacqueline and Michael. Ruth was...
Virginia Rose Bower
Aug 14, 2013
Virginia Rose Bower, 77 died on August 14, 2013 at Legacy House in Ocala. Born in Naugatuck, CT on July 15, 1936 to Joseph and Rose Pereira, she was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Virginia was a Registered Nurse graduating from Waterbury Hospital in CT and continued her nursing career after moving to Hollywood, Florida in 1958 and then...
Frank George Gebhardt
Aug 10, 2013
Gebhardt, Frank G. Dunnellon, Florida Frank George Gebhardt,78, passed away at home on August 10, 2013 after a long illness. One of the last babies to be born at home, Frank was born on December 23, 1934 to the late Charles (Chuck) and Marcelle (Mimi) Gebhardt in Old Forge, NY. Frank was graduated in 1957 from the United States Merchant...
Filomena Frances (Andrisani) Davis
Aug 9, 2013
Frances (Filomena) Andrisani Davis passed away on August 9th, 2013 of natural causes. She died peacefully surrounded by her beloved children. Mrs. Davis was predeceased by her parents, Guiseppi and Rosaria Andrisani, brother Domenico Andrisani, and husband William Davis. Surviving family includes her three children Nettie Ross, Joseph (Judy) Newman, and Jerome (Pat) Newman; grandchildren Jennifer, Donna, Joseph, James, and...
Stephen G. Claffey
Aug 9, 2013
Stephen G. Claffey, 45, of Mayo, Florida, died Friday (8/9) at the home of his mother in Dunnellon, after a lengthy illness. Born in Brooklyn, New York to the late Donald James (D.J.) and Kathy Claffey, Stephen was a teacher and soccer coach at Suwanee Middle School. He was a member of the Triple Creek Hunting Club. Surviving family includes...
