Local obituaries for Sauls Funeral Home

Jun 21, 2019

John W. Burke, 83, died Friday, June 21, 2019 at home. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton is assisting the family with a private funeral service.

Jun 19, 2019

Norman “Ted” F. McNeill, age 77, of Hilton Head Island, SC and formerly of N. Easton, MA passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA, surrounded by family.

Ted was born on October 27, 1941 in Brockton, MA, the son of late John and Arlene McNeill. He attended Massasoit Community...

Jun 18, 2019

Virginia Gale Williams, 64, passed away on June 18, 2019 at MUSC in Charleston, SC.

Virginia was born on June 3, 1955 in Estill, SC, the daughter of the late John Ross Mason and Corrine Dean Mason. She was a member of the Gillisonville Baptist Church. Virginia was a homemaker, she enjoyed nothing more than spending time...

Jun 17, 2019

Barbara Libener Kirk passed away on June 17, 2019. She was born in an anthracite coal mining town of Hazelton, PA on April 30, 1940 to Otto J. Libener, MD and Eleanor Riillo Libener.

After primary education, she attended Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, PA culminating in many awards and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in...

Jun 17, 2019

Jane Clarke Gray, age 91, of Hilton Head, SC and formerly of Clermont, FL and Woodbury, NJ died Monday, June 17, 2019 at Hilton Head Hospital.

Mrs. Gray was born on September 7, 1927 in Westville, NJ, the daughter of the late James Clarke Ferris and Carolyn Monroe Ferris. She was a member of the Order of...

Jun 16, 2019

Jacobine “Jakey” Houlberg Hanewinckel, age 83, of Dunnellon, FL and formerly of Harahan, LA and Port Charlotte, FL died Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Bluffton, SC.

Mrs. Hanewinckel was born on November 1, 1935 in Umatilla, FL, the daughter of the late John and Mary Houlberg. She was a graduate of Charity Hospital Nursing School. She practiced...

Jun 15, 2019

Cecelia Rose Catherine Stotts, 90, passed away on June 15, 2019, at her home at Bloom, in Bluffton, SC. Her funeral service will be held in Iowa where she lived for most of her life. Cecelia was born in Primrose, Iowa on January 13, 1929. She was the daughter of John and Catherine Groene. Cecelia graduated High School at...

Jun 14, 2019

Diane is survived by her husband of 44 years Bob, Her daughter’s family, Erinn, Jim and Granddaughter Zoey.

Diane was a kind loving woman whose central focus in life was her family. When Erinn went off to school, she pursued her own education by graduating from what is now known as The College of New Jersey with...

Jun 14, 2019

Larry Jay Powell, 78, died Friday, June 14, 2019, after a brief yet valiant battle with cancer.

Larry was born in Muskegon, MI  on October 14, 1940 to George A and Helen (Snyder) Powell.  He and his wife Ann were residents of Sun City, SC,  although they lived in many locations throughout the years.

After...

Jun 14, 2019

Dr. Billy Baker passed away on June 14th, 2019, at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, surrounded by his loving family.  A memorial service will be held to celebrate his 90th birthday in August on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

He is survived by his wife Norma; his children, Lane Baker (Karen), Lynlee Baker, and Leigh Charlan Hahn;...

Jun 13, 2019

Curtis Bruin was born October 9, 1963 in Beaufort, SC. He was the middle child of the late Wilson and Geraldine Bruin Sr.

Curtis attended public school in Bluffton, SC, graduating from H.E. McCracken High School in 1981.

Following graduation from high school, Curtis was employed at Parris Island, SC in the Motor Transport Division...

Jun 12, 2019

Adam G. Meister, III, 68, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at home surrounded by his loved ones, after struggling with pulmonary fibrosis. He was preceded in death by his parents, Adam “George” Meister, II and Edwina Meister Miller West.

He is survived by his spouse, Pamela Legere Meister of South Carolina; daughter, Ashley Tumlin (Ty) and...

Jun 11, 2019

Wanda Lou Gieringer, nee Fischer, passed away peacefully in Okatie, SC, on June 11th, 2019.

Wanda was born in Erie, PA on February 25th, 1943. She was the daughter of William Waugh Fischer, Jr. and Dorothy Wandell Fischer. Wanda graduated from Harborcreek High School in 1961 and from Edinboro University in 1965.

On June 24,...

Jun 8, 2019

Lawrence D. Silverman, 87, of The Crescent, in Bluffton, SC, died Saturday, June 08, 2019 at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center on Hilton Head Island, SC.

He and his wife, June, lived in Detroit, MI before moving to Hilton Head Island in 1993, and then to Bluffton in 2005. He was preceded in death by his parents,...

Jun 8, 2019

Harry J. Wolf, Sr., age 94, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Brentwood, Long Island, NY died Saturday, June 8, 2019 at home.

Mr. Wolf was born on May 21, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late George Matthew and Sadie Martin Wolf. He was a World War II veteran of the United States Navy....

Jun 8, 2019

Virginia Anne Hendrix Daley, age 74, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Hardeeville, SC died Saturday, June 8, 2019. Mrs. Daley was the widow of Willard G. “Sonny” Daley, her high school sweetheart.

Mrs. Daley was born on March 11, 1945 in Richland County, SC, the daughter of the late Ralph and Rae Nell Hendrix. She was...

Jun 5, 2019

Derek John Gurney, age 80, passed away on June 5, 2019 in Bluffton, SC.

Derek was born in Rugby, England on April 12, 1939 to the late Arthur and Edith Gurney.

Derek is survived by his wife Sylvia, brother David (Ann) Gurney, step sisters Margaret Goddard and Kate Alston, son Jonathan (Tina) Gurney, daughter Lynn...

Jun 5, 2019

Forrest Hopkins Brown passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at his home in Sun City Hilton Head, Bluffton, South Carolina, at the age of 70.  He had fought a long battle with prostate cancer since 2007.

He is survived by his daughter Colleen Heaton, son-in-law Josh Heaton and granddaughters Jordan Heaton and January Heaton all of...

Jun 4, 2019

Claudia L. Drake, age 86, of Bluffton, SC died Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at home.

Mrs. Drake was born on April 16, 1933 in Sacramento, CA, the daughter of the late Claude and Helen Nettle. She was preceded in death by her husband, Garrard Drake. She is survived by her son, John G. Drake of Bluffton and...

Jun 3, 2019

Elizabeth M. ‘Robin’ DeLoache passed away at Memorial Medical University, Savannah, GA on June 3, 2019 at the age of 73.

Robin was born in Oswego, NY on February 18, 1946 to the late Robert Miner and Dorothy Tubbs.  Robin attended in schools in New York and moved to Ridgeland, South Carolina after meeting her husband in...