OBITUARIES FROM THE 04-09-04 EDITION
OF
THE APOPKA CHIEF
AVERY "BILLY" BELL, 76, Orlando, died Wednesday, March 31. Mr. Bell was a supervisor for Boise Cascade Can company. He was born in Enterprise, Alabama. He was a member of Church of God. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. Survivors: daughters, Reba Heath, Brenda Maggard, both of Orlando; brothers, Roy, Loquest "Shorty," both of Apopka, Aubrey "Lit," Samson, Ala.; sisters, Claris Carneley, Orlando, Mary Ailene Rapoza, Apopka, Daphne Brantley, Enterprise; one grandson. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Apopka.
PATRICIA TOOKE "TRISH" STENSTROM, 68, Lake Mary, died Wednesday, March 31. Mrs. Stenstrom was the original developer and owner of Timacuan Golf and Country Club and community. She was born in Orlando. Survivors: sons, Mark E., Osteen, Bryan F., Sanford; daughters, Julie A., Mount Dora, Becky Atwood, Apopka; brother, Henry E. Tooks, Winter Park, Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home-Oaklawn Chapel, Sanford.
RAYMOND R. LEVESQUE, 69, Foxhill Drive, DeBary, died Wednesday, March 31. Mr. Levesque was a sales agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he moved to Central Florida in 1984. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, DeBary. Survivors: wife, Carole; son, Steven, Sanford; daughters, Debroah Fortini, Cranston, R.I., jennifer Farnell, Atlanta, Ga.; stepsons, Michael Flood, North Kingstown, R.I., David Flood, Exeter, R.I.; stepdaughter, Susan Kolb, Apopka; seven grandchildren. Cranston-Murphy Funeral Home, North Kingstown, R.I.
EDVIER BRIAN MOORE, 19, Apopka, died Friday, April 2. Mr. Moore was a student. Born in Jackson, Michigan, he moved to Central Florida in 1994. He was a Jehovah's Witness. Survivors: parents, Betty and Edwin; brothers, Javier E., Johnha Bayton, both of Apopka; sisters, Xhlayonna Halanna, Xhalorra, both of Apopka. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka.
GENEVEVE WONG-CHOW, 86, Apopka, died Saturday, April 3. Mrs. Wong-Chow was a homemaker. Born in Guyana, South America, she moved to Central Florida in 1999. She was Roman Catholic. Survivors: sons, David, Bryan Wong, Gary Wong, all of Apopka; daughter, Sandrda Newby, Sussex, England; sister, Agnes Barnes, Eustis; one grandchild. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka.
HAZEL M. STEELE, 82, Apopka, died Saturday, April 3. Mrs. Steele was the owner/operator of Steele's Nursery and Market, Lockhart. She was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Survivors: sons, James, Jr., St. Petersburg, John, Plankinton, South Dakota, Jerry, Apopka; stepdaughters, Betty Heim, Aurora, Colo., Patricia Forbes, Winston-Salem, N.C.; sisters, Inez Beck, Evelyn Windsor, both of North Carolina; 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home-Apopka Chapel.
CHARLES J. RICHARDSON, 80, Apopka, died Saturday, April 3. Mr. Richardson was retired from the Navy. He was born in Egg Harbor, New Jersey. He was Catholic. He was a member of Florida Chapter of ex Pow's, Old Crow and Elks Lodge 1079. Survivors: wife, Janet M.; sons, Chuck, Port Charlotte, Danny, South Carolina; daughters, Joyce Boone, North Carolina, Jonie Angelotti, Apopka, Cindy Yager, Utah, Susan Brecklin, Eustis, Melissa Novadi, Texas, Tammy Haegele, Virginia; sisters, Louise Parmentier, Colorado, Dorothy Markland, Maryland; 19 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka.
WINNIFRED PAULINE KNUDSON, 84, Ravenna, Michigan, died Tuesday, April 6. Mrs. Knudson was a homemaker. She was born in Grand Lege, Michigan. She was Protestant. Survivors: daughter, Barbara DeLoach, Apopka; son, Ernest R. Draper, Old Town; stepdaughters, Donna Byam, Grandville, Mich., Vesta Rehkopf, Big Rapids, Mich.; stepson, Edwin Draper, Garland, Texas; sisters, Lucille Coon, Coopersville, Mich., Josephine Ruppert, Luther, Mich., Betty Carroll, Michigan, Anna Jean Challender, California, Bessie Reed, Michigan, Dorothy Coney, Michigan, Lila Woods, Indiana; brothers, John Challender, Michigan, Kenneth Challender; 31 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; 17 great-great-grandchildren. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka.
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