OBITUARIES
Patty Jo Atkins
Jun 6, 2020
Patty Jo Atkins, 61, alongside her longtime companion, James Archie LaRoche entered into her eternal peace, Saturday, June 6, 2020. Patty was the Daughter of the late, Frank Laurie Atkins & Betty Ann Woods Atkins who moved their family from Beaufort to Hilton Head Island in 1962.
She is survived by her daughter Rosa Lee Garrett (Mike)...
James Temple Knotts, Iii
Jun 5, 2020
James Temple Knotts, III, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Friday June 5, 2020. He was 80 years old. After battling metastatic liver cancer, James (Jim) died peacefully at home with his beloved family by his side.
Jim was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, who lived a remarkably full life. He was born on August 1,...
Christina "Christie" Marie Monaco Whitaker
Jun 4, 2020
Christina “Christie” Marie Monaco Whitaker was born November 7, 1971 in Dunkirk, New York to Joseph A. Monaco Jr. and Kathy Knopp Hogsett.
Christie attended Westfield Academy and Central School, graduating from Battery Creek High School after the family relocated to South Carolina. She is survived by her husband, Timothy Whitaker; son, Harmon Whitaker; Step-daughters, Christy Whitaker...
Martin "Marty" R. Silbert
Jun 3, 2020
Martin “Marty” R. Silbert, 89 of Bluffton, SC passed away peacefully on June 3, 2020 following a long illness. He was born on May 7, 1931 in Boston, MA to parents Harold and Viola Silbert. A graduate of Boston English High School he graduated from Boston University in 1958. Following graduation he joined his father in his CPA firm,...
Marian Ruth Thomson Huck
Jun 3, 2020
Marian Ruth Thomson Huck passed away on June. 3, 2020 after a long battle with Non- Hodgkins Lymphoma with her family by her side.
Mother, daughter, friend and wife. Born in Chicago, IL where she lived in Oak Park and Glen Ellen as a child. She graduated from Glenbard HS in 1955 and attended National College of...
Elaine M. Bianco
Jun 2, 2020
Elaine M. Bianco, 70 of Bluffton, South Carolina died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on June 2nd, 2020. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania to James and Laura (Nicolodi) Carroll. She is preceded in death by her husband Frank Bianco and brother James Carroll, Jr. Surviving family members are, sister Sylvia Bauer wife of Richard Bauer, brother, Thomas...
Curt Douglas Steel
May 31, 2020
Curt Douglas Steel, 67, known to his beloved grandkids as “Pappa”, passed away in Bluffton, SC on May 31, 2020 after battling a rare form of young-onset dementia called Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA).
Curt was born on December 29, 1952 in Abington, PA, son of the late Joan Marriott and John Steel. He attended Abington High School,...
Bernice Alston Logan
May 31, 2020
Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning – Psalm 30:5
Bernice Alston Logan was born on October 12, 1952 in Ridgeland, SC to the late Nathaniel Alston, Sr. and Juanita Williams Alston.
She obtained her formal education in the public school of Jasper County South Carolina. Later in life she...
Kenneth Gilbert George
May 30, 2020
Kenneth “Ken” Gilbert George was born November 26, 1933 in Houston Texas, the only child of the late Willie Eva Gilbert George and Chester Cleveland George. He passed away at Coastal Carolina hospital on May 30, 2020 with his two loving sons by his side. He lived a full 86 year life and is survived by his wife Martha T....
Sandra Lingham Reiter
May 30, 2020
Sandra Lingham Reiter was part of the generation that grew up at a time when many fathers were away defending the United States during World War II. For much of her early childhood, her own father, Theodore Tower Lingham, served in the US Navy in the South Pacific. While he was often away during those early years, Sandy inherited...
William Ray Harrelson
May 30, 2020
William Ray Harrelson, age 68 of Hardeeville, SC, passed away on May 30, 2020 at NHC Health Care – Bluffton.
Mr. Harrelson was born in Sumter, SC on May 12, 1952 to the late Thomas Timmons and Oleta Cox Timmons.
Mr. Harrelson was a home builder with Dale Parrish and Harvey Carson Builders. He was...
Carolyn Farley Ransier
May 25, 2020
Carolyn Farley Ransier, 84, passed away peacefully May 25, 2020 at NHC HealthCare Bluffton.
Carolyn was born in Warsaw, New York in 1935 to the late Howard and Viola (Anderson) Farley. She spent her childhood years on the family farm in upstate New York, earning her high school diploma at Barker High School in Barker, followed by...
John Francis Egan
May 25, 2020
John Francis Egan, of Bluffton, South Carolina, died peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and children on Memorial Day, May 25th, 2020. John was born on August 18, 1941 in New Rochelle, New York to James and Emily (Hogan) Egan. He grew up in a wonderful community of friends and family on St. Joseph’s Street in New Rochelle,...
Mark Redden Tuten
May 25, 2020
Mark Redden Tuten, 56, of Martin, SC passed away Monday, May 25, 2020 at his home.
Mark was born June 16, 1964 in Hampton, SC to Redden Tuten and the late Betty Peeples Tuten. He was a Baptist, loved his family, and was employed by Tuten’s IGA in Estill, SC for many years. He greatly enjoyed fishing...
Jobbie Williamson, Iii
May 18, 2020
Jobbie Williamson, III passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 in Ridgeland, SC. He was born on September 29, 1979 in Savannah, GA to Jobbie Williamson, Jr. and Deborah Ann Doyle (Williamson). He married his wife Isabel Castro on June 23, 2006. Throughout his life, he worked in construction, and became a jack of all trades. He loved fishing,...
Karen Kemp
May 18, 2020
Karen Kemp, 70, originally from Brooklyn, New York, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 in Bluffton, South Carolina. She died at home with her beloved husband of 51 years, Steve Kemp.
She enjoyed a successful career for 37 years with Johnson & Johnson until she retired in 2005. Karen achieved the level of executive assistant to...
Michael Scott Owens
May 15, 2020
Michael Scott Owens, 63, died peacefully on Friday, May 15, 2020 surrounded by his family at home after a courageous, two-year battle with cancer.
Mike was born January 30, 1957, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Rachel and Richard Owens. He married Patricia “Patty” Cullen on March 14, 1981, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
In addition to...
Edwin (Denny) Dennis Leinberger
May 15, 2020
Edwin Dennis Leinberger (Denny), 76, of Bluffton, SC passed away Friday, May 15th, at his home. Denny was born to the late Edwin and Adeline Leinberger on October 29th, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA. He was a US Navy Veteran and he worked as an electrical engineer for NASA, Lockheed Martin and Gulfstream. He enjoyed travelling with his wife, playing...
Leonard Marino
May 13, 2020
Leonard Marino, 87, died peacefully in his home May 13th, 2020 surrounded by family. He was born March 10, 1933 in Chicago, the son of John and Mary Marino. He is survived by his children, Michael (Almut), Lisa ( Steve) Surette, David (Jenny). Grandfather of Settimio, Joshua, Emily, Kimberly, Sydney, Jacob, Lee, David and Seppi, great-grandfather to seven, and...
Terri Lynn Alwardt
May 11, 2020
Terri Lynn Alwardt was called home to be with Jesus and her loved ones at 6:05 a.m. on May 11 2020 after several years of ill health.
Her love for others seemed unlimited. She was quick to assist anyone, family member or stranger, whenever she saw a need. No matter how problematic her own circumstances might be,...
