OBITUARIES
Miriam Mills Floyd
Dec 18, 2017
Miriam Mills Floyd, 86 of Hardeeville, SC and widow of Ben Earl Floyd passed away at Coastal Carolina Hospital on December 18, 2017. Mrs. Floyd was born in Hardeeville, SC on May 7, 1931 to the late Ben Mills and Lottie Walls Mills. She worked with her husband, Earl Floyd, at Floyd’s Service Center. She was a member of...
Russell Saupe
Dec 17, 2017
Russell Saupe, age 67, of Bluffton, SC and Greensburg, PA died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. Mr. Saupe was born on September 8, 1950 in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of the late Eugene and Grace Saupe. He was a graduate of both Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh. Following his...
John Michael Brennan Porter
Dec 17, 2017
J. Michael Porter, 75, of Sun City Hilton Head Bluffton, passed away on December 17, 2017, surrounded by his family after a short illness with cancer. Services will be at The Church of the Palms United Methodist at 1425 Okatie Hwy. on December 29 at 11:00 a.m. Mike was born on March 7, 1942 in Ann Arbor, MI to...
Karen Ann Daly Fuerst
Dec 16, 2017
Karen Ann Daly Fuerst, 75, of Bluffton, SC passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 at her home.
Karen Fuerst was born February 27, 1942 in Chicago, IL to the late James Joseph Daly and Lila Pelnar Daly. She was a homemaker and wonderful cook, who enjoyed gardening, golf, and playing bridge. She was a loving sister, wife,...
Michael Wesley Colter
Dec 15, 2017
Mike Colter passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017 at MUSC in Charleston. His wife of 20 years, Dottie Malphrus Colter was by his side. He was born on October 8, 1958 to James and Geraldine Colter of Ridgeland. On July 12, 1996 he married Dottie and together they raised two children. Mike was the very proud owner of...
Frank Larry Fender
Dec 14, 2017
Frank Larry Fender, born September 1, 1952, passed away peacefully at MUSC surrounded by family December 14, 2017. Frank was a Lowcountry native that settled in Hardeeville. He was well known by his middle name, Larry or Capt’n Frank. Anyone who knows Capt’n Frank knows why he was called Captain Frank. He was sought after for his skill in...
Joseph Hamilton Jr.
Dec 13, 2017
PROFILE OF LIFE “There is a time for everything, and a season for every purpose under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Joseph Hamilton, Jr., the son of the late Joseph Hamilton, Sr., and the late Hester Phoenix Hamilton, was born in Bluffton, South Carolina, August 25, 1950. At a young age the family moved to New York where Joseph pursued...
John Avanti Nai
Dec 10, 2017
John Avanti Nai, 89, of Bluffton, SC, husband of Dorothy Clark Nai, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 10, 2017. John was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and dear friend to many.
John was born on June 14, 1928 in Lynn, MA, raised his family in Danvers, MA and lived in Bluffton, SC for the...
Thomas W. Myers
Dec 10, 2017
Thomas W. Myers of Bluffton, SC, died on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at Coastal Carolina Hospital.
Born in Blue Earth, MN, on November 5, 1941, he served as administrator for Prairie View Elementary in Eden Prairie, MN, for 32 years. Tom dearly loved his family and his profession, was passionate about education, truly believed we should make...
Emma Walker Girimont
Dec 10, 2017
Emma Walker Girimont passed away peacefully at home with her family and caregivers by her side. Emma was 89. Born and raised in West Virginia, she spent most of her adult life in Richmond, Va, as a devoted wife and mother. She was an amazing cook and took great pride in providing the best meals and home life one...
Karen Marie Yaroma
Dec 10, 2017
Karen Marie Yaroma passed away peacefully at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) with her family by her side. Karen was 72. Born and raised in Chicago, she moved to the Cleveland area with her first husband Werner at the age of 19. After the births of her daughters Lisa and Erika and her son Adam, she reentered...
Sandra Lee Williams
Dec 9, 2017
Sandra Lee Williams, age 81, passed away in Kemp, Texas, Dec 9, 2017. Born in Ridgeland, S.C., the only child of the late Lorna Doone McRoy Petersen and Harvey Lee Williams, she grew up in Hardeeville, South Carolina. She worked hard her entire life and loved to care for animals and plants. Her favorite vacation was fishing on the...
Florence “Flo” Thomas
Dec 8, 2017
Florence “Flo” Thomas, 80, of Okatie, SC and formerly of Sarasota, FL died Friday, December 8, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Mrs. Thomas was born on January 29, 1937 in Morristown, TN, the daughter of the late Hilbert and Nancy Collins. She worked as a school bus driver with the Sarasota County Board of Education for...
Betty Wiszowaty
Dec 7, 2017
Betty Wiszowaty, 59, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Troy, MI died Thursday, December 7, 2017 at home.
Mrs. Wiszowaty was born on March 22, 1958 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Donald and Kathleen Beck. Betty was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Robert....
Harold Ruble
Dec 6, 2017
Harold Eustace (Jerry) Ruble Jr., 79, of Bluffton, SC passed December 6, 2017, at Medical University of South Carolina. Jerry was born on April 16, 1938 in Honolulu, HI, the son of the late Harold Eustace Ruble Sr. and Virginia Ruble. Jerry was a 20 year Navy Veteran, proudly serving his country during the Vietnam Era. After retiring from...
Arthur Richard “Art” Garcia
Dec 6, 2017
Arthur Richard “Art” Garcia, age 87, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Montclair, VA died Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center. Mr. Garcia was born on May 5, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late Arthur and Dorothea Garcia. He worked for Eastman Kodak for many years, retiring in sales with the business graphics...
Donald Arthur Laidlaw
Dec 4, 2017
Donald A. Laidlaw passed away peacefully on Monday December 4, surrounded by his wife of 62 years, Joyce Harper Laidlaw, and his children. He was born on September 21, 1930 in Ogdensburg, New York to Marjorie and Arthur Laidlaw. He was predeceased by his sisters Marian LeFevre and Jean McCorkle. He grew up in New York before graduating from...
Sheree Ann Goethe
Dec 3, 2017
Sheree Ann Goethe, 36, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family on December 3, 2017 at the Robin Johnson Hospice House. A native of Bluffton, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Lisa C. Smith and Mark E. Goethe. Sheree graduated from Battery Creek High School in Beaufort, SC and attended PEP on Hilton Head for 15 years....
Gertrude Elaine Evanoff
Dec 2, 2017
Gertrude Elaine Evanoff, 86, of Bluffton, SC, widow of William Evanoff, passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, SC.
Mrs. Evanoff was born on December 22, 1930 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada to the late Percival Sinclair and Gertrude Gidley Sinclair. She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Haven of Burbank,...
Edwin H. Roach
Dec 2, 2017
Edwin H. Roach 73 of Bluffton, SC formerly from Buffalo, NY and Old Lyme, CT, passed after a short illness on December 2, 2017. Over the years Ed always enjoyed meeting people and traveling to new places across the U.S. He had served in the US Navy early on and then attended the University of Buffalo, graduating Cum Laude...
