OBITUARIES
Captain Larry E. Kaufman, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Oct 25, 2017
Captain Larry E. Kaufman, U.S. Navy (Ret.), age 81, of Bluffton, SC died Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at his home. Captain Kaufman was born on April 13, 1936 in Tamaqua, PA, the son of the late Edward and Anna Kaufman. He began his formal education at Wyoming Seminary and continued to the United States Naval Academy where he graduated...
Gary “O”Dell Johnson
Oct 25, 2017
Gary “O”dell Johnson, 77, died Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at his home in Bluffton. Mr. Johnson was born on September 25, 1940 in Thomaston, GA, the son of the late Odell and Louise Johnson. Gary loved life, music, golf and his beloved dogs, Isabella & Sugar Bear. He was a USAF veteran, who fought for our country in Vietnam....
Gwendolyn Nansen
Oct 24, 2017
Gwendolyn Nansen passed away peacefully at home on October 24, 2017. Gwen was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was born in Pepper Hall Plantation, the eldest of five children to William Heyward and Katherine Davis Graves in Bluffton, South Carolina, on September 30, 1924. She had just celebrated her 93rd birthday surrounded by her loving...
Dr. Richard Dixon Worley
Oct 22, 2017
Dr. Richard Dixon Worley passed away quietly in his sleep on Sunday, October 22, 2017. He was 90 years old and had an extraordinary life. He was born on Xmas Eve in 1926 and was the youngest of 3 brothers. His mother Alice, father Harry and brothers Bob, Harry Jr have all passed away. During WW2, he joined the...
Joanne “Cookie” Pacifici Keating
Oct 21, 2017
Joanne “Cookie” Pacifici Keating passed away at her home in Moss Creek Plantation, Hilton Head, South Carolina on October 21st 2017. Cookie was born in Savannah, GA on Dec. 5, 1941 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She graduated from St. Vincent’s Academy (class of 1959) and attended Mount St. Agnes College (Baltimore) and St. Joseph’s Nursing School (Atlanta). Her nursing...
Reiko Umezu Dickerson
Oct 21, 2017
Reiko Umezu Dickerson, 88, of Bluffton, SC passed away peacefully Saturday, October 21, 2017 surrounded by her loved ones.
Mrs. Dickerson was born in 1928 in Fukuoka, Japan to the late Masatoshi and Yuki Umezu. She met her husband, the late Rudolph Dickerson, a US Navy and Air Force Veteran, while he was serving in Japan. They...
Mary Anne Swaine
Oct 20, 2017
Mary Anne Swaine, beloved wife of Francis G. Swaine, passed away at her home in Bluffton on October 20, 2017. Mary Anne was the proud, loyal, and adoring wife of Frank Swaine, retired from the New York Yankees Organization. Formerly of Garden City, Long Island, New York.
Mary Anne was born in York, PA on May 16,1935...
Carl Richard Boehlert
Oct 20, 2017
Carl Richard Boehlert (Dick), 92, of Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away on Friday, October 20, 2017 at the Hilton Head Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on July 7, 1925, in Oneida, New York, the son of Carl A. and Grace L. Boehlert. He was a graduate of Oneida High School, Class of 1943. Dick served in...
Lois Burlingham Shumway
Oct 18, 2017
Lois Burlingham Shumway passed from this life peacefully into the care of a loving God on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at her home in Bluffton, SC. She was born on January 9, 1952 in Norwich CT to George T. Burlingham and Shirley Mellor Burlingham and grew up in Lisbon, CT.
She was a graduate of Norwich Free...
Mariano Ayden Antonio Rodriguez
Oct 15, 2017
Mariano Ayden Antonio Rodriguez, son of Mariano Rodriguez and Kymberly Reed of Hardeeville, SC, passed away Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Hospital in Hardeeville.
Mariano was born September 7, 2017 in Charleston, SC. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandparents, Claude and Arrie B. Warren of Hardeeville, SC; sister, Brianna...
Dean Louis Snow
Oct 15, 2017
Dean Louis Snow, age 81, of Sun City Hilton Head, Bluffton, SC died Sunday October 15, 2017 at Hilton Head Hospital. He was born in Beloit, WI on October 16, 1935, the youngest of four children. He was preceded in death by his Father Harold and Mother Dorothy (Binger) Snow, two brothers, Arthur (Maxine), Richard (Cleone), and a sister...
Clair Wentworth Stevens
Oct 13, 2017
Clair Wentworth Stevens 9/4/1931 - 10/13/2017 Passed peacefully with his wife and family present at his home in Sun City, in Bluffton, SC.
Clair was born in Mercer, Maine and moved as a child to upstate NY where he grew up. He married Dorothy Garstka in Buffalo in 1952. They had 5 sons. He had a successful...
David Brian Nettles, Jr.
Oct 12, 2017
David Brian Nettles, Jr., 31 of Hilton Head Island, SC passed away on October 12, 2017 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC.
Brian was born in Savannah, GA on October 2, 1986 to David B. Nettles, Sr. and Kathryn Rumple Kipp.
Brian was a jack of all trades and was most recently building and remodeling...
Margaret 'Peggy' Bellinger Johnson Schultz
Oct 9, 2017
Margaret (Peggy) Bellinger Johnson Schultz passed away at her home in Bluffton, SC, on the Maye River, surrounded by her loving family on October 9, 2017 after a long courageous battle with cancer. Peggy was born in Ridgeland, SC on December 10, 1938 to Nonie Pinckney Colonna Johnson and the late John B. Johnson and was a resident of...
Veronica Jackson
Oct 9, 2017
Veronica Jackson, age 75, of Hilton Head Island, SC died Monday, October 9, 2017 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mrs. Jackson was born on March 13, 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of the late James and Sarah Henderson. She worked for 26 years with Hilton Head Hospital, retiring as a Monitor Tech. She was a member of Grace Community...
Martha L Testa
Oct 9, 2017
Martha (Sullivan) Testa, 65, passed away peacefully on October 9th after a short illness. Martha was born and raised in New England. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Betty Sullivan. She resided in New England until the early 80's when she moved to Los Angeles. Martha lived in Los Angeles and worked as an office manager...
Philip Paul Arbolino
Oct 8, 2017
Philip Paul Arbolino passed away on Sunday, October 8, while vacationing in Frisco, North Carolina. He was born on November 30, 1952, in New York City, the first child of Frank and Barbara Arbolino. He was a proud graduate of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he earned a BBA in 1974, as well as the University of North...
William "Bill" Erle
Oct 8, 2017
William "Bill" Erle of Hilton Head, S.C. and Sayre, PA passed away peacefully on Sunday October 8th at his home with his wife Barbara by his side. He was born April 1, 1926 in Sayre, PA to Alice and Miles Erle. Bill was a veteran of World War II, and served for the Army in Germany. He was a...
William "Bill" Neikirk
Oct 8, 2017
Bill Neikirk died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, October 8, 2017. He was 62.
A person could have no better friend than Bill. He was a free spirit with a generous heart. Bill loved to have a good time with others - golfing, skiing, barbequing, watching sports, talking and traveling. A hard worker of great skill,...
Michael P. “Mike” Wargel, Sr.
Oct 5, 2017
Michael P. “Mike” Wargel, Sr., age 71, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Evansville, IN and Chicago, IL died Thursday, October 5, 2017 at home. Mr. Wargel was born on May 20, 1946 in Presque Isle, ME, the son of the late Gilbert and Margaret Wargel. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. After the Navy he...
