OBITUARIES
Bjorg “Bj” Laxman
May 16, 2017
Bjorg “BJ” Laxman, age 75, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of New York State died Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at home. Mrs. Laxman was born on April 19, 1942 in Kristiansand, Norway, the daughter of the late Inger and Peder Rynningen. She is survived by her loving husband of 30 years, Dr. Art Laxman; daughters, Ingrid Judy Peterson (Rodney),...
Jerry "Papa" Sulak
May 16, 2017
On Tuesday May 16, 2017 Jerry "Papa" Sulak passed away peacefully after a yearlong battle with Ulcerated Colitis. Jerry was born in Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Leonard and Wanda Sulak. In 1959 he met and married his lifetime love, Carol Maloney. Jerry joined the military in 1954 and spent twelve years in the Navy. He would spend months at a...
Carol Tyler
May 16, 2017
Carol Parsons Tyler, born in Boston, MA seventy one years ago, died peacefully May 16, 2017 after a long illness. Her parents were Charles and Mary (Greeley) Parsons. She was preceded in death by her parents and beloved brother Charles (Chip). Carol believes in God and was looking forward to joining her family and others who preceded her in...
Noah Patrick Fedele
May 15, 2017
Noah Patrick Fedele, age 17, of Bluffton, SC died Monday, May 15, 2017. Noah was born on July 12, 1999 in Hilton Head Island, SC. He was a senior at Bluffton High School and was an outgoing teenager who loved hanging out with his friends, playing video games, and just simply being the life of the party. He also...
Samuel Martin Bougus
May 15, 2017
Samuel Martin Bougus, 19 of Bluffton passed away on May 15, 2017 as the result of an automobile accident. Sam was born on January 17, 1998 on Hilton Head Island, SC to H. Martin Bougus and Sandra Sgroi Bougus. Sam was a 2016 graduate of Bluffton High School. He was employed by Hilton Head Boathouse; avid fisherman, passionate about...
Dr. William B. Humphrey
May 14, 2017
Dr. William B. Humphrey, age 78, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Liverpool, NY and Big Moose Lake, NY died Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Dr. Humphrey was born on November 23, 1938 in Oklahoma City, OK, the son of the late Kathryn and Clifford Humphrey. He was a graduate of the University...
Thelma M. (Snodgrass) Davis
May 14, 2017
Thelma M. (Snodgrass) Davis, 92, passed away at Bloom of Bluffton on Sunday, May 14, 2017. She is now at rest after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Thelma was the widow of Harold Davis, with whom she shared 50 years of marriage. She has three living children, David Davis and his wife Cindy of Marietta, OH, Deborah Hall...
Carolyn E. Levine
May 12, 2017
Carolyn E. Levine, 79, of Boca Raton, FL and formerly of Sun City died Friday, May 12, 2017 at Westside Regional Medical Center in Plantation, FL. Mrs. Levine was born on May 19, 1937 in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late Sarah and Albert Webber. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her...
John Peter "Pete" Sencevicky
May 12, 2017
John Peter Sencevicky passed away on May 12, 2017 at Fraser Health Care, Hilton Head Island, SC. Pete was born November 20, 1932, the youngest of five children of Alexander and Nadine Sencevicky, South River, NJ. He is survived by his wife, Greta (Cooke), and two nieces, Emily (Winn) Dean, San Diego, CA and Karen Winn, Lexington, KY. As...
Benjamin M. Francese
May 10, 2017
Benjamin M. Francese of Hardeeville, SC, beloved husband of Mary A. Francese, died peacefully, with his wife and family members at his side, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. He was born February 5, 1930 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Son of the late Bruna and Constantino Francese. He was attending Monmouth College in Long Branch, NJ, an excellent student and...
Suzanne Pearce May
May 10, 2017
Suzanne Pearce May, 65 of Seabrook, SC, widow of William Joseph Langford, Jr. (JoJo) passed away on May 10, 2017 at Bayview Manor, Beaufort, SC, after a long struggle with dementia. Suzanne was born in Santa Ana, California on May 1, 1952 to the late James T. Pearce and Jeannette Stone Pearce. She was a member of Community Bible...
Herbert Wade Goins
May 8, 2017
Herbert Wade Goins, 75, died on May 8, 2017, after a long and heroic battle with cancer. Wade was born in Mountain Ash, Kentucky on October 30, 1941, to the late Stella and Herbert Goins. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and served proudly on the aircraft carrier, USS Princeton as a boilermaker. He was employed by Georgia Power...
Barbara Marie Brudie
May 6, 2017
Barbara Marie Brudie, age 75, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Ramsey, NJ died Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. Mrs. Brudie was born on July 21, 1941 in Monroe County, WV, the daughter of Edna and Roscoe Carter. After completing nursing school she worked as a Registered Nurse with Holy Name Medical...
Leonard Vernon Bell
May 6, 2017
In loving memory of Leonard Vernon Bell September 23, 1921-May 6, 2017. Leonard Vernon Bell of 7 Long Cane Court Bluffton SC 29909 went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 6, 2017 at the age of 95. He had a blessed life. Leonard was employed by Cadillac Motors, Detroit MI for 41 years,...
Don James Ogden
May 5, 2017
Colonel Don James Ogden was born March 29th 1934, in Indianapolis, Indiana to Harvey and Lois Ogden. He grew up in Indianapolis and was a graduate of Purdue. He joined the Marine Corps in 1956 and served his Country honorably for 30 years. Distinctive tours included a command combat tour in Viet Nam, the U. S. Naval Post Graduate...
Richard H. "Dick" Bickford
May 4, 2017
Richard H. “Dick” Bickford, age 75, passed into God's hands peacefully on May 4, 2017. He is the beloved husband of Jan Bickford, of Abbey Glen, Hardeeville, SC.
Dick was born on April 16, 1942 in Hartford, CT, the son of Harold and Louise Bickford. He lived much of his life in Conn., having moved to his...
Horace Clifford Gaylord
May 4, 2017
Horace Clifford Gaylord, 74 of Hardeeville and husband of Jennie Clark Grimes Gaylord, passed away on May 4, 2017 at his home.
Mr. Gaylord was born in Hardeeville, SC on April 13, 1943 to the late John Atway Gaylord and Margaret Ann Gaylord. He was a truck driver; enjoyed hunting; tending to his garden and he was...
Anne Martin Hart Ellis
May 1, 2017
Anne Martin Hart Ellis passed away peacefully Monday, May 1, 2017. She was born in Savannah, Georgia on February 25, 1939, and is the daughter of Clifford and Emma Hart and wife of her late husband Howard L. Ellis. She died due to complications surrounding the leukemia which she battled for over fifteen years.
Anne began her...
Jean F. Heney
Apr 30, 2017
Jean F. Heney, age 77, of Hilton Head Island passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2017 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on September 24, 1939 in Oconto, WI to her late parents Clark and Alfreda Davis. Jean grew up in Suring, WI and was a 1957 graduate of Suring High School. She moved to...
Elynor Dawson Carter Price
Apr 29, 2017
Elynor Dawson Carter Price, 77 of Ridgeland, SC passed away at her daughter’s home on April 30, 2017. Elynor was born in Ridgeland, SC on February 9, 1940 to the late Joseph Randolph Carter Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Dawson Carter. Elynor was retired from the South Carolina Forestry Commission; Co-Chairman of First Gopher Hill Festival; and designed the official...
