OBITUARIES
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...
Charles P. Kovar
Dec 1, 2017
Charles P. Kovar, age 94, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Montgomery, NY died Friday, December 1, 2017 at Bloom of Bluffton. Mr. Kovar was born on September 25, 1923 in Skaneateles, NY, the son of the late Paul and Anna Kovar. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during World War II. He was...
Lucy Keating Cobb
Nov 30, 2017
Lucy Keating Cobb passed away at her home in Bluffton Park on November 30, 2017. Lucy was born on October 8, 1936 to Lucy Martin Keating, of Claxton, and John Eugene Keating, of Savannah. She graduated from St. Vincent's Academy in 1954 and attended the University of Georgia, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa, when she fell in...
Carolyn Joyce Matthews
Nov 29, 2017
Carolyn Joyce Matthews, 70, of Bluffton, SC, wife of James J. Matthews, passed away November 29, 2017 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC.
Mrs. Matthews was born May 31, 1947 in Bethesda, MD to the late Seymour Gliber and Bernice Getter Gliber. She was the former Assistant Vice President of Systems Development for CitiCorp. She was an...
Joanne M. Druery
Nov 28, 2017
Joanne Megali Druery, of Bluffton and wife of Bart J. Druery III for 57 wonderful years, passed away at the Medical University of SC in Charleston on November 28, 2017. Joanne was born in New York City on March 22, 1940 to the late Samuel Megali and Mary Colaneri Megali and grew up in Queens, NY. Joanne was a...
Don Joseph Attenhofer
Nov 27, 2017
Don Joseph Attenhofer, 69, passed away on November 27, 2017 at the Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, SC. He was born on May 17, 1948 in New Orleans, LA to the late Norman and Nancy (Altieri) Attenhofer. Don was stationed in Fort Bragg, NC as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army . He...
Delara L. Miller
Nov 27, 2017
Delara L. Miller of Hilton Head Island and wife of Thomas B. Miller passed away at Life Care of Hilton Head Island on November 27, 2017. Memorial services will be held at Noon on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island, SC.
Alexandre Ouroumova Miller (Laurica)
Nov 27, 2017
Beloved wife of Tom Miller and mother of Jacqueline and Donald and grandmother of Aiden and Liam, “Delara” was known by all as a kind and accomplished woman. She was born in Russia and left with her family from St. Petersburg at an early age in a nighttime escape across borders-eventually settling in Tehran, Iran. She grew up in...
Ruth Wilner Schloss
Nov 24, 2017
Ruth Wilner Schloss, 80, of Sun City Hilton Head passed away early Friday morning on November 24, 2017. A caring wife, mother, and grandmother, her heart was always full of love for her family. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Jason; three adult sons: Peter, David, and Jonathan; and six grandchildren: Philip, Zach, Ben, Alex, Ethan,...
Sue Blocker Tuten
Nov 24, 2017
Sue Blocker Tuten, 91 of Ridgeland, SC and widow of Wilmer M. Tuten passed away on November 24, 2017 at her home.
Mrs. Tuten was born in Claxton, GA on December 12, 1925. She was a waitress for many years; a Baptist and loved her work and meeting people. Mrs. Tuten is survived by her sons, Jerry...
