Eulogio Abdala, Jr, 28 of Vero Beach, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Eulogio was born on October 2, 1986 in Brownsville, Texas and came to Vero Beach 20 years ago. He attended Vero Beach High School, and was a landscaper with Northside Landscaping. He was a member of the 7th Day Adventist Church in Vero Beach. Survivors include...
Ellen Gezork, 101 a "young" centenarian died April 6 as the result of a fall. Ellen was born in Berlin, Germany. Her life goal was to become a medical researcher, however the Nazi regime ended this dream. Ellen met the true love of her life' in Berlin in 1934. In 1937, Ellen emigrated to the U.S. to marry Herbert Gezork....
Carl Parker, MD, 84, of Vero Beach passed away April 5, 2015 at Indian River Medical Center. Carl was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1930 and grew up in South Bend Indiana where he graduated from John Adams High School. He graduated from DePauw University as a Rector Scholar with a pre-medical science degree in 1953, where he was a...
Mary Zajicek, 93, of Venice, Fla., passed away April 4, 2015. Mary also claimed Vero Beach/Ft. Pierce, Fla. as her residence of choice since retirement in 1981. Since 2012, she resided at Jacaranda Trace in Venice, until her peaceful passing at Tidewell Hospice in the Plantation CC Community. Born & educated in Binghamton, N.Y., Mary's summer residence was Forest Lake,...
Verna Regina (Palecek) Gorman, 98, passed away on Good Friday, April 3, 2015 in Vero Beach, FL. Verna was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin on November 26, 1916 daughter of the late Lena and Frank Palecek. She lived in Marshfield, WI until 2007 and then in Elm Grove, WI. In 2012, Verna moved to an Assisted Living facility in Vero Beach,...
William "Bill" Williamson, 84, of Vero Beach, FL, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at his residence in Vero Beach, FL. Bill was a native of Wyckoff, NJ and lived in Wyckoff his whole life until retiring to Vero Beach in 1988. He was the owner of Firm Insurance Agency. Bill was a member of Christ by the Sea, Vero...
Sherman Kennedy Reed, 95, of Vero Beach, FL, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at the Indian River Estates in Vero Beach, FL. Sherman was born April 11, 1919, in Chicago, IL, son of the late Frank Hynes Reed and Helen Louise (Kennedy) Reed. In WWII he was involved with the Manhattan Project from which he earned his PhD. As...
John J. Amodei, 85, of Spanish Lakes Fairways, Fort Pierce, FL, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015 at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, FL. John was born June 1, 1929, in Manhattan, NY, son of the late, Anna and John Amodei. John loved traveling for over ten years with his wife, Toni. John and Toni moved to Spanish...
Robert John Malm, born in Estonia in 1925 to Edward and Laura Malm, came to the United States in 1928. His father was a merchant seaman. The family settled in Brooklyn, NY and Robert graduated from Brooklyn Tech. He received a football scholarship to Illinois, but transferred after one year to Cornell, where he was a member of the football...
Margaret M. Mooney, 95, of Vero Beach, FL, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015 at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach, FL. Margaret, known to many as Marge, was born in 1919 in Constantinople. She had been a resident of Vero Beach for the past 40 years moving from Liverpool, NY. Margaret was closely associated with and supported the...