OBITUARIES FROM THE 05-07-04 EDITION
OF
THE APOPKA CHIEF
ANTHONY "TONY" BEARD, 35, Orlando, died Sunday, April 25. Mr. Beard was owner/operator of a commercial cleaning business. He was born in Medina, Ohio. Survivors: parents, Morris D. and Nona F., Apopka and Campbellsville, Ky.; brothers, Aaron D., Rittman, Ohio, Shawn D., Campbellsville; sister, Tanya D. Algee, Geneva; fiancee, Monica B. Albertoni, Orlando. Allen J. Harden Funeral Home.
ELINORE C. LEE, 87, Zellwood, died Friday, April 30. Mrs. Lee was a homemaker. She was born in Groton, Connecticut. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church of Apopka. She was a member of The Grange. Survivors: sons, Edward C., Jr., Richard F., David A.; brother, Eugene Fraser; 9 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home-Forest City Chapel, Altamonte Springs.
HAYDEE ORTIZ, 54, Apopka, died Thursday, April 29. Miss Ortiz was born in Guanica, Puerto Rico. She was Catholic. Survivors: sisters, Glorida Burgos, Apopka, Miqdalia, Epifania, both of Casselberry, Aurora, Lydia Arroyo, both of Boston, Mass., Rafaela Vargas, Margarita Morales, both of New York; brothers, Flor, Puerto Rico, Manuel, Boston, and Edwin Vasquez, Texas. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka.
ROBERT F. "BOB" GAULT, 56, Orlando, died Friday, April 30. Survivors: wife, Maureen A.; mother, Jeanette, Hamilton, Ohio; father, William J., Lake Wales; daughter, Amber L., Orlando; sons, Wade M., Reid, both of Indianapolis, Ind., Evan, Fort Wayne, Ind.; sisters, Ellen H. Sando, Hamilton, Ohio, Wylma F. Hooker, Apopka; stepson, James Chiopecki, Los Angeles, Calif; stepdaughter, Christine Chiopecki, New Jersey; stpemother, Mafrey, Lake Wales; 2 grandchildren.
CARL ODELL CLEMENTS, 88, Apopka, died Friday, April 30. Mr. Clements was the owner/operator of United Fence, Awning, and Carpet Co. Born in Sycamore, Alabama, he moved to Central Florida in 1959. He was a member of College Park United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Leeds (Alabama) Masonic Lodge, Bahia Shrine, and Bahia Golf Unit. Survivors: wife, Nettie; brothers, Gene, Arlington, Texas, P.T., Groveland; sisters, Gertha Fambrough, Maylene, Ala., Iva Palmer, Leeds, Ala., Fannie Lou Riddle, Springville, Ala.; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; 1 great-great-grandchild. Woodlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Orlando.
WILLIAM ROBERT EVANS, 73, Apopka, died Thursday, April 29. Mr. Evans was the owner of Evans Tires and Treads. He was born in Jacksonville. He was a member of Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church. Survivors: wife, Eloise T.; sons, Richard, San Antonio, Texas, Mike, Apopka; daughters, Jan Cox, Pensacola, susanne, Altamonte Springs; sister, Vivian Kazmierezak, Jacksonville Beach; 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchilren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Apopka.
ANDREA CRUZ, 30, Apopka, died Thursday, April 29. Mrs. Cruz was a customer service representative for Walt Disney World. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. Survivors: husband, Reuben; daughter, Angela, Apopka; parents, Frank and Ronnie Levene, Apopka; brother, Jeffrey Levene, New Jersey; stepbrother, Dennis Rodriguez, New Jersey; sister, Marisa Levene, Apopka; stepsisters, Donna and Sheila Rodriguez, both of Georgia. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Apopka.
ROBERT WAYNE "BOB" FREESE, 58, Apopka, died Friday, April 30. Mr. Freese was retired as senior vice president of Sun Trust. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of VFW Post #8207. He was Protestant. Survivors: wife, Dale; sons, Robert W., Jr., Huntsville, Ala., Eric David, Atlanta, Ga.; daughter, Nicole Danielle, Huntsville; mother and stepfather, Mary Lou and Irvin R. Hubler, Pottsville; father, Kenneth J., Reading, Pa.; brother, Richard Hubler, Pottsville; sisters, Faye Hartman, Pine Grove, Pa., Darlene Murphy, Pottsville, Delores Hubler, Schuykill, Pa.; 1 grandson. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Apopka.
THOMAS R. RODOPHELE, 91, Casselberry, died Tuesday, April 27. Mr. Rodophele was a self-employed pianist and music teacher. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #364 Casselberry and musicians unions in Florida and Massachusetts. Survivors: wife, Concetta Maria; daughters, Christine E. Moore, Tucson, Ariz., Concetta T. Scott, Apopka; sister, Rose Cole, Whitman, Mass.; 4 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Woodlawn Carey Hand Funeral Home, Longwood.
CLYDE R. PULLING, 79, Apopka, died Friday, April 30. Mr. Pulling was a truck driver. Born in Shermot Township, Mason County, Illinois, he moved to Central Florida in 1994. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Calvary Church of the Nazarene, Apopka. Survivors: wife, A. LaVergne; daughter, Lynette Piskorski, Pekin, Ill.; sister, Doris Mitzefelt, Apopka. I.C.S. Cremation Society, Inc.
ARTHUR E. MILLER, 88, Apopka, died Saturday, May 1. Mr. Miller was an automotive service manager. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Winter Park. Survivors: daughter, Carol M. Waters; sons, Arthur T., Brian H.; sister, Edna L.; 9 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home-Apopka Chapel.
ILL. DAVID "DD" JACKSON, 80, Orlando, died Saturday, April 22. Mr. Jackson was a retired educator and head football coach at the former Phyllis Wheatley High School of Apopka. He was also a retired Army master sergeant and a veteran of World War II. He was a member of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church of Orlando. Survivors: wife, Emma Leona; daughter, Deborah Hudson, Orlando; brother, Pastor Curtis Jackson, Atlanta, Ga.; 1 grandchild. Brinson's Funeral Home, Orlando.
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