OBITUARIES FROM THE 01-16-04 EDITION
OF
THE APOPKA CHIEF
GLADYS REAGAN, 76, Zellwood, died Sunday, January 4. Mrs. Reagan was owner/operator of Lake Swan Nursery. She was born in Bakersville, North Carolina. Survivors: sons, Dennis, Russell; sister, Claudie Gouge. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Apopka.
ALVIN E. DECK, SR., 93, Apopka, died Tuesday, January 6. Mr. Deck was born in Glenwhite, West Virginia. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Audra; sons, Alvine E., Jr., Macon, Ga., James, Easley, S.C.; daughters, Betty Stafford, Orlando, Doris A. Bailey, Phyllis Smithers, both of Apopka; brother, Stewart, Beckley, W.Va.; sister, Marie Gallahorn, Beckley; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Woodlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Gotha.
SCOTT A. ONSAGER, 47, Apopka, died Wednesday, January 7. Mr. Onsager was a mechanic in the construction industry. Born in Forest Lake, Minnesota, he moved to Central Florida in 1964. He was an Army veteran. Survivors: wife, Diana. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka.
ROSE IRENE SCHOENTHALER, 100, Apopka, died Friday, January 9. Mrs. Schoenthaler was a homemaker. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she moved to Central Florida in 2003. She was Catholic. Survivors: daughter, Joan Fennel, Zellwood; brother, Mike Maio, Port Richey; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka.
BENJAMIN LESTER ODELL, 62, Apopka, died Thursday, January 8. Mr. Odell was the retired owner/operator of a freight company. He was a Navy veteran. He was a member of the Lockhart Baptist Church. Survivors: sons, Benjamin, Jr., New Jersey, Marcus, Casselberry, Michael, Chuluota, Jeffrey, Apopka; stepson, Tony Carrell, New Jersey; sisters, Elizabeth Jeffries, Elizabethton, Tenn., Bonnie Hoskins, Old Hickory, Tenn., Brenda Crowder, Erwin, Tenn.; brother, William, Winter Park; eight grandchildren.
ESTHER MARY FIESCHKO, 90, Apopka, died Sunday, January 11. Mrs. Fieschko was a homemaker. She was born in Racine, Wisconsin. Survivors: sons, David A. Christensen, Apopka, Theodore M., Somerset, N.J., Peter, Jacksonville; daughters, Judith E. Fandrich, Trinidad-Tobago, W.I., Lucinda J. Breitenbach, Sugarland, Texas, Mary Homen, Maitland; sister, Eleanor Bishop, Milwaukee, Wisc.; brother, Milton Hansen, Madison, Wisc.; eight grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Forest City Chapel, Altamonte Springs.
GERARD N. MICHAUD, M.D., 86, Salem, Massachusetts, died Sunday, December 29. Dr. Michaud was a retired surgeon. He was born in Salem. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Northeast Medical Association. He was a volunteer for the Salvation Army and a member of Rotary. He was Roman Catholic. Survivors: wife, Jacqueline; sons, Gerard P., Marblehead, Mass., Peter, Salem; daughters, Elise Gleason, Emily Robinson, both of Marblehead; sisters, Marilyn M. Corbeil, Apopka, Dorothy Michaud, Marblehead, Gloria Perron, Satelite Beach, Geraldine Sharpe, Peabody, Mass., Theresa Gosselin, Binghamton, N.Y.; brothers, Ronald, Lebanon, N.H., Norman, Salem; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
CHARLES MARCUS MARDEN, 64, Apopka, died Friday, January 9. Mr. Marden was born in Apopka. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winter Garden. Survivors: sons, Peter, Colon, Mich., Shawn, Vallejo, Calif.; daughter, Penny, Vallejo; brothers, Maynard, Lake City, David, Leesburg; three grandchildren. American Family Funeral Center.
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