John Loveland Kelsey died at his home in John's Island, Vero Beach, Florida on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 after a brief illness. He was 91. Jack was born on May 20, 1925 to Frieda and James Edward Kelsey in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Allenhurst. Jack was a graduate of Asbury Park High School, Indiana University, and...
Michelle (Hobson) Leonardo, 48, of Vero Beach, formerly of New Haven, Connecticut, passed peacefully on September 19, 2016 in Hospice House of Vero Beach, Florida after a brief illness. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut to Pauline and Eugene Hobson. She graduated from Wilbur Cross High School. She married Albert Patrick Leonardo, Jr. August 6, 1993. In Connecticut, Michelle...
Floyd R. "Corky" Lankford of Vero Beach, Florida died Saturday, September 17th, after a long illness. Born in Princeton, West Virginia in 1929 to the late Kathryn Hushour Lankford and Floyd Lankford, he moved to Miami, Florida in 1932 where he lived until 1995 when he retired to Vero Beach. He owned Window Alterations Company and retired from Duncan Edwards...
Herbert L. Leege, 87, of Vero Beach, died on September 17, 2016 after a short illness. Herb was born on December 6, 1929 in Hamburg, Germany and immigrated to this country in 1933. Herb resided first in Brooklyn, New York and then in the Bronx, New York. In 1956 he moved to Sloatsburg, New York in Rockland County. He moved...
Esther Elizabeth Burns entered into eternal peace on September 15, 2016. She was born to the late Theodore and Rosalie Lussier on March 16, 1923 in Lowell, MA. Esther married the love of her life, James Burns in 1952. Jim and Esther came to Vero Beach from Rockville Centre, NY in 1986. Esther was a devoted and loving mother and...
J. William Sarver, 81, a lawyer who served as vice president and general counsel for C&P Telephone Co. of Maryland, died September 15, 2016 of cancer in Vero Beach, Florida. Mr. Sarver was born in 1935 in Fairmont, West Virginia. He received a BS in Economics in 1956 from West Virginia University. He received a law degree from WVU in...
Audrey Gray Hanson, 95, passed away on September 14, 2016 at home with her children by her side. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Joseph Merrill Gray an Edna Cowgill Gray, and attended Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1942, she married Charles Walter Hanson, and together they raised four children while living in Cleveland, Ohio, Birmingham, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, and...
Joseph J. Gerber, 85, of Bloomfield Hills Michigan, entered into eternal rest, Saturday, September 10, following a brief illness. Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Mary and A.J.Gerber, and his sister, Ellen Reed. He is survived by the love of his life Peg Gerber, to whom he was married for 62 years. Children Mary Margaret (Lou) Donato, of...
Beverly Michael Graves age 100, was born in Daytona Florida on February 18, 1916 and died September 7, 2016 in Vero Beach, Florida. She moved to Indian River County when she was 3 and grew up on Orchid Island within the pioneer Michael family. Beverly graduated from Vero Beach High School in 1934 and worked as the postmistress in Winter...
William Lucas (67) passed away September 6, 2016. Please check back soon for a more detailed obituary.