Local obituaries for Sauls Funeral Home

Apr 7, 2020

Richard Michael DeVingo 73, of Bluffton South Carolina died peacefully at home on April 7, 2020 after a long hospitalization, with his loving wife Donna by his side.

Richard was born on September 5, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, the only son of Ann Mosca and Chester DeVingo. Richard was raised in the Bronx, New York on...

Apr 7, 2020

Raymond George Borowiec, 88, of Bluffton, SC passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Veterans Victory House in Walterboro, SC.

Raymond was born August 28, 1931 in Dehaven, MI to the late Jacob Borowiec and Mary Gavlick Borowiec. He served in the US Army. A devote Catholic, Raymond was a very charitable man.

Raymond is...

Apr 6, 2020

It is with great sadness that we are compelled to announce the deathof James Edward McPhee, a well-known resident of Sun City Hilton Head, on Monday, April 6, 2020, around 6 p.m.  As pronounced by the coroner, the cause of his death was heart failure.

Thankfully, after recent countless visits to sterile hospitals and many transfusions, he...

Apr 4, 2020

Ossie L. Wyndham, age 81 of Ridgeland passed away on April 4, 2020 at his home after a battle with cancer.

Ossie was born in Summerville, SC on March 27, 1939 to the late Eugene and Mary Wyndham.

Ossie was a butcher by trade who prepared meats creatively for Tuten’s Bi-Rite, Piggly Wiggly of Ridgeland...

Apr 2, 2020

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Alicia Juanita Brewer, 47 of Ridgeland. Alicia was born on February 3, 1973 and passed April 2, 2020.

She is preceded in death by her parents Donna and Johnny Malphrus, maternal Grandmother Gladys Peacock Scott, and her aunt Bonnie Burke. She is survived by her daughter...

Mar 31, 2020

Charles E. Dobler (Chuck), age 63,  passed away at his home in Bluffton, SC on  March 31, 2020 following complications from multiple system atrophy.   This is a rare neurodegenerative disease, and it was Chuck’s wish that his brain be procured for further research through the Brain Bank at MUSC in hope of finding a cure for this devasting disease....

Mar 29, 2020

James Joseph Gosselin, 83, of Bluffton, SC, husband of Alicia Gosselin, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Sprenger Healthcare of Bluffton.

Jim was born December 21, 1936 in Whitinsville, MA to the late Oscar Gosselin and Lena Cote Gosselin. He joined the United States Air Force at 18 years old and served in Alaska as a...

Mar 29, 2020

Sharron Hager Coleman Austin, age 80, died peacefully in her home and surrounded by family on March 29, 2020, in Sun City Bluffton, South Carolina.

Sharron was born in Lincoln, NE, but spent a majority of her life in the South.  She attended Dobyns-Bennett High School (class of ’57) in Kingsport, TN; received her Master’s Degree from...

Mar 28, 2020

Nancy Anne (Shenk) McDonald was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on January 25, 1936. She was the youngest child of Helen (Early) and William Bryne Shenk. After a ten year arduous journey with Alzheimer’s disease, she joined her parents on March 28, 2020.

At the age of seven, her family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. Upon graduating from...

Mar 26, 2020

Paulette Marie (Lane) Garcia, 75, of Bluffton SC passed away surrounded by family and friends after a brief illness on Thursday March 26, 2020 at her home in Bluffton SC.

She was born December 31, 1944 in Framingham, MA to the late Earl Red Lane and Mildred Giard Lane.

She resided in Marlboro Mass, attended...

Mar 26, 2020

Bill Newman passed away on March 26, 2020 after succumbing to an extended illness.  He resided in the Hilton Head Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Bill was born in Huntsville, Alabama in August of 1958.  At that time, his father, Col. John T. Newman, was working on the early Space Program at nearby Redstone Arsenal. His mother...

Mar 25, 2020

Clayton Lazarus Orum, age 35 of Ridgeland, SC passed away on March 25, 2020.  Clayton loved his family.  He was one of those people who never met a stranger.  Always helping someone else before himself even if he didn’t receive anything but a blessing in return.  Clayton lived his life to the fullest no matter the pain, trials and...

Mar 23, 2020

“To be absent from the body, is to present with the Lord.” II Corinthians 5:8

We have come together as family and friends to pay tribute to the life and legacy of Ms. Ruthie M. Jenkins of Ridgeland, SC.

Ruthie M. Jenkins was born April 11, 1946 to the late Wilbur and Caroline Singleton Jenkins...

Mar 23, 2020

Catherine J. (Kitty) Smagala, 91, died peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease at Bloom of Belfair in Bluffton, SC.  She was born on April 3, 1928 at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts, the daughter of Antonio Zanuccoli and Maria Ceccarelli.  Kitty attended Beverly High School.  At the close of WW II, she married John Henry Smagala of...

Mar 23, 2020

Cynthia Ann Adams age 58, of Hilton Head Island and wife of Victor M. Adams passed away at Beaufort Memorial Hospital after a courageous fight with cancer.

Cynthia was born in Roanoke, Virginia on December 21, 1961 to the late Robert Edward Pollard and Janice Rayborne Musser Pollard.

Cynthia moved to the lowcountry in 1977...

Mar 22, 2020

Elena C. Coppa, 95, of Bluffton, SC passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loved ones.

Elena was born January 30, 1925 in Long Island, NY to the late Anthony Cuomo and Annunizata Martino Cuomo. In 2003, she moved to Bluffton, SC from Elizabeth, NJ. She was a member of St. Gregory the Great...

Mar 21, 2020

Sharon Arnold Shore, a resident of Dataw Island for nearly 14 years, passed away on March 21 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 89 years old.

Sharon was born in Lansing, Michigan on May 28, 1930. Her young life was spent mostly in Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan for one year before enrolling...

Mar 17, 2020

David Wayne Mitcham of Greensboro, North Carolina, died Tuesday, March 17th, 2020.  He was born in 1946 in Cramerton, NC to Lloyd and Oveda Mitcham.  Brother to eight siblings, he began work from a young age at textile mills where his father worked in King’s Mountain and Lincolnton.  He was deeply supportive of his family through these early years...

Mar 16, 2020

Barbara Jean Scammell Carr Smith passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on March 16, 2020. She was 76 years old.  Barbara was born on February 15, 1944 in Bethel, VT to the late Forrestine and John Stanley Scammell.  She lived on a farm in Bethel, VT until moving to Montpelier, VT where she spent most of her...

Mar 16, 2020

On March 16, 2020, Rev. Tim Tomlinson, 61, went on to be with his Heavenly Father.  He was a devoted son, husband, father, papa, and friend who never met a stranger.  Tim dedicated his life to sharing God’s love as he pastored several churches around South Carolina, most recently as pastor of Okatee Baptist Church for the past 14...