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Adrienne Marie Kiley
Oct. 02, 2025
Adrienne Marie Kiley, 85, passed away peacefully on October 2, 2025, with her loving grandson, Maxwell, by her side. Adrienne was born on October 19, 1939, in Auburn, New York, to the late Joseph and Desalena (Ventura) Pettigrass. Adrienne was the proud co-owner, along with her husband, of Victor...

Edwin J. Mercedes
Sep. 25, 2025
Edwin J. "Fipper" Mercedes, 35, of Largo, FL passed away Thursday, September 25, 2025 at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL. He was born in Lawrence, MA July 27, 1990 and was an avid New England Patriots fan. Locally, Flipper owned and operated Sweet Homes Plumbing. He is preceded in death by...

Albert E. Brendel
Sep. 24, 2025
Albert Edward “Al” Brendel, 89, of Clearwater Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully on September 24, 2025, with his three children by his side. Al was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1936. As an only child, Al enjoyed many activities with his friends and parents. He loved riding the trolley cars...

Charles Duggan Jacobs
Sep. 21, 2025
Charles Duggan Jacobs, 97, of Clearwater, FL passed away September 21, 2025. He was born June 10, 1920 in Washington, DC to John Martin Jacobs and Edda Duggan Jacobs, and he graduated from Western High School in 1946. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army, was stationed in...

Raeann M. Lusik
Sep. 20, 2025
Raeann Lusik 11/25/1942 - 09/20/2025 Raeann Lusik, most recently of Largo, FL passed away in her sleep well into her 83rd year resulting from her second battle with cancer. During her last month or two, Raeann greatly suffered but remembered her suffering was part of our Lord’s plan to share more...

Albert J. Lelekacs
Sep. 19, 2025
Albert J. Lelekacs, 88, of Clearwater, FL passed away Friday, September 19, 2025 at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. Albert was born April 23, 1937 in Sharon, PA to Julius and Johanna (Hresko) Lelekacs, who have preceded him in death, along with his son, A. Mark Lelekacs. Albert leaves his wife...

Anne Crenshaw Bludworth
Sep. 19, 2025
Anne Crenshaw Bludworth, 96, of Clearwater, Florida, passed away on September 19, 2025, at the age of 96. She was born in Clearwater to the late John Crenshaw and Carolyn (McMullen). Anne was a devoted homemaker and worked for 10 years in telecommunications with the State of Florida at the USF...

Jeanne Gulacy Peters
Sep. 18, 2025
Jeanne Gulacy Peters, known as Sis or Sissy, was born on February 10, 1949 in Warren, Ohio as the eldest daughter of Stephen Gulacy and Florence Balik Gulacy. Jeanne moved on to her deserved stage of peace on September 18th, 2025 in Dunedin, Florida, surrounded by her loved ones. Jeanne lived in...

Carol Ann Pace
Sep. 17, 2025
Carol Ann Pace (nee Romance) died peacefully on September 17th, 2025, in Houston, Texas. She was predeceased by her husband, James Paul Pace, who died in 2018. Carol is survived by her 3 children, Dr. Kathleen Pace Murphy (husband Jim), James A. Pace (wife Mary), Linda M. Pace Lintner (Husband...

Robert George Smith
Sep. 15, 2025
Robert George Smith was born on November 12, 1929, in Morgantown, West Virginia, and passed away on September 15, 2025, at the age of 95. He began his working life helping in his father’s grocery store and later built a career in corporate finance. Bob was a committed husband, father,...

Robert F Donofrio
Sep. 14, 2025
Robert F. Donofrio, 87, passed away on September 14, 2025. He was born on April 29, 1938, in Newark, New Jersey, to the late Anthony Dennis Donofrio and Mary Pauline (DeRose). Robert moved to Florida in 1975, where he worked as a master’s auto mechanic. He was self-employed and owned Correct Auto...

Joseph Lee Himmelwright
Sep. 13, 2025
Joseph Lee Himmelwright, 78, passed away on September 13th, 2025, in Clearwater, Florida. Joseph was born on April 18th, 1947, in Denver, Colorado, the son of the late Jesse L. Himmelwright and Mary Louise Enright Himmelwright. Full obituary to be posted shortly.