OBITUARIES
Robert "Bob" Ring
Jun 22, 2017
Robert (Bob) Ring went home to be with the Lord Thursday, June 22, 2017 after a brief battle with cancer. He was surrounded by loving family and clergy.
Bob was born October 6, 1946 in Melrose, MA. He graduated from Wakefield High School, Acadia University, and received his Master’s degree from Boston University. Bob retired from The...
Betty Thorpe Hintz
Jun 21, 2017
Our mother and friend left us peacefully on the first day of summer, June 21, 2017, after a stroke interrupted her vibrant life. Never giving up, she fought hard to recuperate. Betty Thorpe Hintz was born in Chicago, IL in 1924 to Willard E. Thorpe and Ruby Lindholm. She was preceded in death by her brother Willard Thorpe, Jr....
Kevin Wayne Kiehner, Jr.
Jun 21, 2017
Kevin Wayne Kiehner, Jr., age 25, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Medford, NJ died Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Kevin was born on September 29, 1991 in Voorhees, NJ. He attended Newman University and earned his Associates Degree from the Technical College of the Lowcountry. He worked in management with Walgreens and was a communicant of St. Gregory the...
Rex Emerson Goethe
Jun 20, 2017
Rex Emerson Goethe, age 62, of Bluffton, SC died Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Mr. Goethe was born on June 28, 1954 in the Mariana Islands of Guam. Rex was a longtime employee of TidePointe, retiring as an Executive Housekeeper. Prior to retiring he achieved the Certified Hospitality Housekeeping Executive (CHHE®) certification. He was preceded in death by his father,...
Mary Agnes Teague
Jun 19, 2017
Mary spent her entire life serving and loving other people. This service was reflected in her chosen profession of nursing where she served hurting and fearful people in areas ranging from emergency rooms to patient education. She freely and actively served her Lord Jesus Christ and His people in virtually every lay ministry role in churches across NJ, Canada,...
Matthias Cremer Putzier
Jun 18, 2017
Matthias Cremer Putzier, 84, husband of Mary Ann Putzier, died Sunday, June 18, 2017, at his home in Sun City. Matthias was born on March 22, 1933 in Red Wing, MN to Dorothy Cremer Putzier and Frederick Jerome Putzier. He and his two brothers grew up in the Hotel Lane, Ellsworth, WI, owned and operated by his parents. Ever...
Sandra Johns Lundberg
Jun 18, 2017
Bluffton, SC – Sandra Johns Lundberg, 78, died on June 18, 2017, in Bluffton, SC. She was born July 20, 1938 in Norfolk, Virginia to the late Nicholas C. Johns and Ann Lentile Johns. She was also preceded in death by her brother Nicholas Lanier Johns. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Robert B. Lundberg; sons,...
Joseph A. Zupancic
Jun 12, 2017
Joseph A. Zupancic, 71, of Bluffton died Monday, June 12, 2017 at NHC-Bluffton. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 31 St. Gregory Drive, Bluffton, SC 29909.
Donald Neil Lehman
Jun 11, 2017
Donald Neil Lehman, 80 Moss Creek resident, Donald Neil Lehman, “Don,” as his friends called him, suddenly passed away on June 11, 2017 at MUSC after complications due to back surgery. His wife of 38 years, Kathleen Griffin, was by his side. Born in Queens, N.Y., on June 18, 1936 to the late Alfred Lehman and Elizabeth Bosofsky, Don...
Nathaniel Jeremiah Cameron
Jun 10, 2017
Nathaniel Jeremiah Cameron, passed away peacefully in his sleep, June 10th of 2017 at his residence in Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, South Carolina.
Nathan was born on December 30th of 1975, in Clifton Springs, New York, to Craig and Adele Cameron. As a young man, Nathan learned the trade of homebuilding working alongside his father for several years....
Billie S. Langford
Jun 6, 2017
Billie S. Langford, age 100, of Ridgeland, SC and widow of Gaston Leonidas Langford passed away on June 6, 2017 at home. A woman who dearly loved her Lord and family. Mrs. Langford was born in Smoaks, SC on April 16, 1917 to the late Manning S. Smith and Leila M. Reddish Smith. Mrs. Langford served as Town Clerk...
Vernon G. Verstraete
Jun 6, 2017
Vernon G. Verstraete, age 85, of Bluffton, SC died Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Mr. Verstraete was born on January 30, 1932 in Newark, NJ, the son of the late Jessica and Theodore Verstraete. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and retired as a Manager from Universal Engineering Co. He...
John “Jack” Burt
Jun 5, 2017
John “Jack” Burt, age 75, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Chicago, IL and Charlotte, NC died Monday, June 5, 2017 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mr. Burt was born on November 6, 1941 in Muskegon, MI, the son of the late Margaret and William Burt. Jack began his career with the Paper Dyes Division of DuPont where he worked...
Francis Robert “Bob” Parajon
Jun 4, 2017
Francis Robert “Bob” Parajon, age 82, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Poughkeepsie, NY and Raleigh, NC died Sunday, June 4, 2017 at NHC-Bluffton. Mr. Parajon was born on November 5, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late Francis Robert and Ann Parajon. He was a 1956 graduate of Holy Cross College and was awarded a certification...
Barry Morgan
Jun 1, 2017
Barry Morgan, age 71, of Hilton Head Island, SC and formerly of Reston, VA passed away Thursday, June 1, 2017 at his home on Hilton Head. Barry was born on April 21, 1946 in Clovis, NM, the son of the late Colonel Roy Morgan and his beloved wife Mildred. Barry was a Vietnam Era Veteran of the United States...
Sherry Lynn Mitchell Jackson
Jun 1, 2017
Sherry Jackson passed away suddenly while on vacation in Bonaire on June 1, 2017 at the age of 65. She was born Sherry Mitchell on November 18th, 1951 in Woodriver, IL. She grew up in Peabody, MA with her sister Aleta and later attended Bridgewater State University where she met her husband, Larry. Together they raised a family and...
Mary Carolyn Coone Hilderbran
May 31, 2017
Mary Carolyn Coone Hilderbran, 82 of Ridgeland, SC and widow of Timmy Paul Hilderbran passed away on May 31, 2017 as the result of an automobile accident. Mrs. Hilderbran was born in Iredell County, North Carolina on May 13, 1935, the daughter of Jay Will Coone and Eunice Elizabeth Hudspeth Coone. Mrs. Hilderbran was a homemaker; a member of...
Bradford Graham Fontes
May 30, 2017
Bradford Graham Fontes was born on August 7, 1980. Graham was raised in San Antonio, TX, where he graduated from Alamo Heights High School in 1998. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Mississippi. Graham was the Executive Chef at the Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort. Graham and his wife, Margaret Bess Jones,...
Albert Anthony Saltalamachea
May 30, 2017
Albert Anthony Saltalamachea, age 67, of Bluffton, S.C. died May 30, 2017. Mr. Saltalamachea was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 15, 1950, the son of Cuban immigrants Enrique Jose Saltalamachea and Argelia Eufemia Saltalamachea. He lived a hard and well-fought sixty-seven years; he overcame an impoverished upbringing, enlisted with the United States Navy to serve his country...
Dr. Stephen A. Miller
May 27, 2017
Dr. Stephen A. Miller, 81 of Bluffton and husband of Judith Robbins Miller, passed away on May 27, 2017 at the Hilton Head Hospital. Dr. Miller was born in Boston, MA on May 14, 1936 to the late Carl Miller and Symma Pansky Miller. Dr. Miller was a 1958 graduate of Harvard; 1962 graduate of Harvard Dental School and...
