OBITUARIES
John David Sr.
May 2, 2019
John was a proud native of Brooklyn, New York. John grew up on a baseball pitching mound in Brooklyn competing with the best baseball players that New York City had to offer. His team mates included baseball legends like Joe Pepitone, Al Ferrara and Joe Torre. Being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan led him to becoming a life time New...
Beatrice (Nelson) Bailey
May 1, 2019
Beatrice (Nelson) Bailey 83, widow of Robert Bailey, passed peacefully on Wednesday May 1, 2019 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in SC after a short illness. She was surrounded and supported by her loving family during the last days of her life. Beatrice was born in Ridgeland SC. April 8, 1936 to the Late Neptune and Mary Nelson. She faithfully...
John Joseph Hager
May 1, 2019
John Joseph Hager age 68 of Bluffton and formerly of Loveland, OH passed away on May 1, 2019 at Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, SC after a long illness.
John was born in Dayton, OH on July 14, 1950 to the late Fred Hager and Thelma Knuefner Hager.
John graduated from Ohio University where...
Sterling O Yoder, Jr.
Apr 30, 2019
Sterling O. Yoder Jr., age 76 of Bluffton passed away at Bloom at Belfair on April 30, 2019 .
Mr. Yoder was born in Mineola, NY on July 3, 1942 to the late Sterling Yoder and Dorothy Valadijia Yoder. Mr. Yoder was a retired banker and a Lutheran.
Mr. Yoder is survived by his beloved...
Maria "Susie" Gowan
Apr 29, 2019
Gowan---Maria "Susie." Age 95, found her way to the light on April 29, 2019, at her home in Bluffton, South Carolina. Born Maria Mavellia, the daughter of Italian immigrants, Joseph and Sabina, she was raised in Copaigue, on rural Long Island, New York. She was employed as a seamstress, and with World War II joined the ranks of "Molly...
Genevieve "Gensie" Padgett Shuman
Apr 28, 2019
On April 28, 2019, Genevieve “Gensie” Padgett Shuman, age 90, passed away at the home of her daughter Beth, in Centerville, UT. She was born to Eva (Dubois), Padgett and Hugo Sheridan Padgett in Smoaks, South Carolina on September 17, 1928.
She is survived by Ty Shuman, of Ridgeland, SC, Pam Shuman Packer (Spencer) of Centerville, Utah,...
Jessie “Elsie” Lee
Apr 28, 2019
Jessie “Elsie” Lee, 95, went to be with her Lord on Sunday April 28, 2019. She was born in October 1923 in Smyrna, Ga. She was the oldest of 4 girls born to Julius and Lillian Davis. The family moved to Miami where she graduated from Jackson High. She went to work at Lee & Frazel where she met...
Catherine Eva Knoppel
Apr 27, 2019
Catherine Eva Knoppel, age 87, of Okatie, SC died Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Knoppel was born on December 8, 1931 in Harmony, PA, the daughter of the late Peter and Anna Kowalewski. She was a graduate of Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania. Catherine was an avid bird watcher, enjoyed painting as well...
William “Bill” Pinckney
Apr 25, 2019
William “Bill” Pinckney, age 79, of Bluffton died Thursday, April 25, 2019 at home.
Mr. Pinckney was born on November 27, 1939 in Ridgeland, SC, the son of the late deSaussure and Margaret Pinckney. He was a graduate of Ridgeland High School. He was a veteran of the United States Navy where he served as a meteorologist...
Bill A. Budarz
Apr 24, 2019
Bill A. Budarz, age 77, of Bluffton died Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Mr. Budarz was born on April 26, 1941 in Newington, CT, the son of the late William and Ann Budarz. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving honorably during the Vietnam War. Following...
Barney Kenneth Clegg, Sr.
Apr 24, 2019
On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, Barney Kenneth Clegg, Sr. loving and devoted husband and father of 3 children passed away at the age of 76.
Ken was born on July 10, 1942 in Columbia, S.C. to Ervine and Jettie Lee Clegg. He graduated from Brooklyn Cayce High School and attended the University of South Carolina. After a...
Roy Hyman, Jr.
Apr 22, 2019
Roy Hyman, Jr., 82, formerly of Surfside Beach, SC entered eternal life on April 22, 2019.
Roy was born in Lake City, SC on May 3, 1936. He started his career out as an artist and sign maker while beginning his service of 15 years in the National Guard. He was the owner and operator of Roy...
Kamal Peter Eways
Apr 18, 2019
On April 18th, 2019, our dear husband and father, Kamal Peter Eways left this world surrounded by those who loved him most. Kamal was born on August 12, 1946 in Greensboro, NC to Palestinian immigrant parents, Mary and Peter Eways. He and his sister, Elaine spent their childhood in Greensboro and Kamal attended East Carolina University where he studied...
Frederick A. Zoda
Apr 16, 2019
Frederick A. Zoda of Bluffton, South Carolina, died peacefully on April 16, 2019. He was 101 years old.
Mr. Zoda was married for 67 years to Alice Sherer Zoda, now deceased. He leaves behind a loving family: daughters Barbara Mason of Georgetown, Kentucky, Carol Hurtt of University Park, Maryland, and Suzanne Zoda Whitlock of Okatie, South Carolina;...
Kristin Leigh Nichols
Apr 15, 2019
Kristin Leigh Nichols, 38, of Bluffton, SC passed away Monday, April 15, 2019 at Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, SC.
Kristin was born on December 17, 1980 in Cherry Point, NC to John Hilton Nichols and Linda Graczol. She was a graduate of Hilton Head High School and enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family. She was...
Barbara N Kennedy
Apr 14, 2019
Barbara Kennedy, 93, of Orlando, FL passed away at NHC Bluffton, SC on April 14, 2019.
She was born on September 12, 1925 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. She was a graduate of Kettering School for Girls.
She met her husband during World War II, at an Eighth Air Force squadron party in July 1943, at...
Candace Elizabeth Coil Halweg
Apr 14, 2019
Candace Elizabeth Coil Halweg, age 70, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Apple Valley, MN died Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Duke University Hospital.
Mrs. Halweg was born on April 17, 1948 in Carroll, IA and grew up in Wall Lake, IA and Delaware, OH, the daughter of the late Ralph and Dorothy Coil. She was a...
Marion Louise (Stokes) Sanders
Apr 12, 2019
Marion Louise (Stokes) Sanders, 93, of Bluffton, SC passed away peacefully after a brief illness Friday, April 12, 2019 at Canterfield of Bluffton. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Robert Myric “Mike” Sanders, who passed away August 30, 2018. Mrs. Sanders was born January 8, 1926 in Frostproof, FL to the late Daniel Webster and Bertha Mae (Connell)...
Albert Herman Deleeuw
Apr 10, 2019
After a courageous two year battle with Multiple Myeloma, Albert Herman Deleeuw left this earth to be with our Lord and Savior. Born in Los Angeles on June 17th, 1961, and adopted by Anne and Gary Deleeuw. Al grew up loving and playing the sport of soccer and after traveling to England with his father and meeting Ron Yates...
Richard Eugene Charland
Apr 8, 2019
Richard Eugene Charland, 76, of Bluffton, SC, husband of Barbara Bean Charland, passed away Monday, April 8, 2019 at his home.
Richard was born November 17, 1942 in Springfield, MA to the late Raymond Ernest Charland and Helen Gardiner Charland. He was employed by Kaman Aerospace and was a volunteer member of the Coventry Fire Department in...
