Kenneth Director
Jun 10, 2018
Dr. Kenneth L Director, 70, of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away June 10, 2018 at Indian River Medical Center.
He was born January 15, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Sylvia and Murray Director. He was raised in Shenandoah, PA with his two brothers, Richard and Jerry.
Ken graduated in 1973 from Albany Medical...
Laurie Ann Melbourne
Jun 7, 2018
Laurie Ann Melbourne, 53 of Vero Beach, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2018. She, the eldest of three daughters, was born in Springfield, Ma to Alfred and Catherine Melbourne. Raised in Ludlow, MA, she graduated Ludlow High School, she owned and operated her own remodeling company until relocating to North Port, Florida. Here, she worked as a CNA...
Cynthia P. Bucacci
Jun 7, 2018
Cynthia P Bucacci, 66, of Vero Beach, died Thursday, June 7, 2018 with her husband of 45 years at her side. She was born to the late John and Claire Payne on May 29, 1952 in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Cynthia graduated from Pawtucket West High School in 1970 and went on to the Massachusetts College of Art and received her Bachelor...
Robert William Rigsby
Jun 4, 2018
Robert William Rigsby, 71, of Vero Beach, died unexpectedly at his home June 4, 2018.
Bob was born to the late Grover and Pauline Rigsby on August 25, 1946 in Scottsburg, Indiana and he and his family moved to Vero Beach in 1950. Bob graduated from the Vero Beach Senior High in 1964. He married Judy Rowe...
Joan Ann Flamm
Jun 2, 2018
Joan Ann Flamm of Vero Beach, FL, passed away on June 2, 2018 at the age of 80. Joan was born in Glendale, Ohio on April 16, 1938.
Joan married William Gary Flamm on July 19, 1958 and they remained devoted to each other until his passing on November 10, 2017. She worked for General Electric in...
Joseph P Pitman Jr
Jun 1, 2018
Joseph P. Pitman Jr., 93, of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away June 1, 2018, after a prolonged illness. He was born August 21, 1924, in Laconia, New Hampshire and moved to Vero Beach in 1952. Joe was a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Navy and a retired Teacher and Principal with the Indian River County School System....
Daniel Joel Deluca
Jun 1, 2018
Daniel J. Deluca beloved husband, brother and father, passed away Friday, June 1, 2018. Born April 8, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, he is survived by his wife Deborah, sister Diane Livoti, and brother Eugene Delucas, sons Joseph and Jay Deluca, daughter Tina Fehy, step daughter Carey Johnson, and eight grandchildren. He is predeceased by his sister Cynthia Deluca....
Angelo C. Fichera
May 31, 2018
Angelo Fichera, 98, of Vero Beach, FL, formerly of Poughkeepsie, NY, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 31 st . He is survived by his wife of over 70 years, Josephine (Becchetti) Fichera; his daughter, Angela (Thomas) Bellard of Kissimmee, FL and Clifton Park, NY; his son, Frank (Patti) Fichera of Medford, NJ. He was predeceased by his daughter,...
Leven Boardman Gray
May 28, 2018
Leven Boardman Gray, 84, of Vero Beach, died on Monday, May 28, with family by his side. Leven was born on June 23, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Leven Darby Gray and Dorothy Boardman. He earned his BS in Physics from the University of Missouri where he was captain of the track team. He still holds the...
Colonel Wade Charles Straw, Usmc Retired
May 27, 2018
HIGH FLIGHT (an Airman's Ecstasy)
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth. And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hovering...