OBITUARIES
Rodney Robert Bialko
Feb 5, 2016
Rodney Robert Bialko, age 69 of Bluffton, SC passed away at Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, SC on Friday, February 5, 2016. Mr. Bialko was born in New York City on September 9, 1946 to the late Robert Francis Bialko and Edamay Bollenbach Bialko. Mr. Bialko was retired after 28 years as Superintendent Department of Public Works Borough...
Constance Rose Giroir
Feb 4, 2016
Constance Rose Giroir, nee Hebert, died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Rose Hill Plantation after a courageous battle with cancer on the morning of February 4, 2016, surrounded by family. Known to all as Connie, she was born on November 24, 1933 in Houma, Louisiana. She was a loving wife, wonderful mother, adoring grandmother and also...
Scott L. Wilbraham
Feb 1, 2016
Scott L. Wilbraham, 73, passed away at home on February 1st, 2016. Scott was born on January 16, 1943 in Temple, Texas to William and Dorothy Wilbraham. He is survived by his wife Nancy and son, Cody. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Jeff and brothers Craig and Kent. Originally from Michigan, Scott moved to Hilton...
Linda Ann Sarracino
Feb 1, 2016
Linda Ann Sarracino, 50, of Bluffton, SC died Monday, February 1, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Sarracino was born on September 22, 1965 in New Rochelle, NY. She was a homemaker. She was of Catholic faith. She loved Bruce Springsteen and she enjoyed the beach. Mrs. Sarracino is survived by her husband, Carmine A. Sarracino, Jr.; sons, Christopher A....
Blanche Tuten Rivers
Feb 1, 2016
Blanche Tuten Rivers, age 69 of Furman, SC and widow of Jack James Rivers passed away on February 1, 2016 at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Mrs. Rivers was born in Hampton, SC on March 15, 1946 to the late Donald Tuten and Gladys Long Tuten. Mrs. Rivers was a Baptist and worked for many years...
James Richard Crews Sr.
Jan 30, 2016
James Richard Crews Sr., age 72 of Estill, SC and former Mayor of Scotia passed away on January 30, 2016 at the Hampton Hospital, Varnville, SC. James was born in Hampton, SC on January 25, 1944 to the late Joseph Crews and Eulla Nix Crews. James was a heavy equipment operator for Cullum Lumber Company of Allendale, SC; served...
Thomas Pritchard Taylor, Jr.
Jan 30, 2016
Thomas Pritchard Taylor, Jr., age 94, passed away at Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, SC on January 30, 2016. Mr. Taylor was born in Savannah, GA on September 30, 1921 to his late parents, Almeria Swann Taylor and Thomas Pritchard Taylor. He is survived by his wife, Petra W. Taylor, his daughter and son-in-law, Beverly Taylor Blamey and...
Margaret Foster Curtis
Jan 29, 2016
Margaret Foster Curtis (78) peacefully passed away on January 29, 2016 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC surrounded by her family. Family, faith, service and community formed the cornerstones of her life. Margaret was most happy surrounded by her children and family. She thrived in the chaos and delighted in hosting family, friends, neighbors, dogs, cats and...
Lawanda J. Hynum
Jan 29, 2016
Bluffton Resident, LaWanda Jackson (Hynum), has graduated from her battle with cancer into the arms of our Lord on the 29th of January at the age of 69. Born and raised in Jackson, MS, she graduated Provine High School, class of 1964. Her career in Information Technology took her from Vicksburg, MS, to Slidell, LA, Huntsville AL, and finally...
Patricia Judson Roller
Jan 26, 2016
Patricia Judson Roller, 91, passed away on January 26th at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA, after a brief, sudden illness. Her loving children were at her side.
Pat was born May 17, 1924, in Sandusky, OH to Lorraine and Robert Judson. She had a wonderful childhood there with her sister, Lorraine, They spent their summers sailing the...
Gene D. Bryan Sr.
Jan 25, 2016
Gene Daniel (Papa Gene) Bryan Sr. moved on to Heaven on Monday January 25, 2016. He passed quietly surrounded by his wife and children at his home in Levy, South Carolina. He was born on December 2, 1937 in Savannah, Georgia, the son of the late George and Odell Bryan. He retired from the Savannah Sugar Refinery after 40...
Robert Westbrook (Bob) Butler
Jan 25, 2016
Robert (Bob) Westbrook Butler, 94, died peacefully at his home while napping on the couch on Monday, January 25. Bob was born in Jamaica, British West Indies to Norman and Rosa Butler. He attended Jamaica College prep school and the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad. At these schools, Robert excelled academically, as a marksman, and at track and...
William Edward Smith
Jan 24, 2016
William Edward Smith, age 63, of Bluffton, SC died Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mr. Smith was born on June 13, 1952 in Queens, NY, the son of the late William F. Smith and Mary A. Connors. He was United States Army veteran. He worked for many years with Con-Edison Utility and later moved to Massachusetts...
Caroline Baker Swett
Jan 23, 2016
Caroline Baker Swett, age 86 of Hardeeville, SC and widow of Donald Rufus Swett, passed away on January 23, 2016 in Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, SC. Mrs. Swett was born in Great Falls, SC on April 27, 1929 to the late William Wylie Baker and Lula Mae Stevens Baker. Mrs. Swett worked in the cafeteria school system in Charlotte-Mecklenburg;...
John Santo Caracciolo
Jan 23, 2016
John Santo Caracciolo, age 74, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Charleston, SC and Long Beach, NY died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. Mr. Caracciolo was born on August 30, 1941 in Long Beach, NY, the son of the late Santo Caracciolo, a Long Beach firefighter who died in the line of...
John Langdon Haskell Sr.
Jan 22, 2016
John Langdon Haskell, Sr., of Charleston, SC, died peacefully at home in loving care of his family on January 22, 2016. He was born February 16, 1921 in Chattanooga, TN. He spent his childhood in Beaufort, SC at Tidalholm, a prominent estate, circa 1853, owned by his parents from the 1930s to the 1950s. This historic property, which has...
Raymond R. Leary
Jan 21, 2016
Raymond R. Leary, age 90, of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. Mr. Leary was born on December 7, 1925 in New York, NY, the son of the late John Leary and Rose Merlin Leary. He was a World War II veteran of the United States Army. He was a...
Dr. David M Simpson
Jan 20, 2016
Dr. David M Simpson, 89, of Bluffton South Carolina passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. David died at home after a prolonged illness surrounded by loving family and his beloved golden retriever, Libby. David was born on May 9, 1926, in Pittsburgh, PA, eldest son of the late Dean D Simpson and Martha Brennen Simpson. He was preceded...
Ruth Brabham Carlson
Jan 20, 2016
Ruth Brabham Carlson passed into glory on January 20, 2016. Ruth was born in Ridgeland, SC and was a one- time Jasper County Treasurer. She retired from Memorial Health University Medical Center. A loving wife of 64 years, she is survived by her husband Harold Carlson; daughter Cathy Lattke; grandchildren Ralph, Haley and Maggie Lattke; brother Samuel Brabham and...
Charlotte "Pat" Gertrude Leonard
Jan 20, 2016
Charlotte "Pat" Gertrude Leonard, age 89 of Bluffton and wife of Harold C. Leonard, passed away on January 20, 2016 at Bloom at Belfair. Mrs. Leonard was born in Bogalusa, LA on February 12, 1926 to the late William Floyd Caldwell and Lottie Hurst Caldwell. Mrs. Leonard was a legal secretary for Chase Bank in Manhattan, NY; an Episcopalian...
