OBITUARIES
Paul Joseph Viens Sr.
Nov 14, 2015
Paul J. Viens passed away on November 14 at the age of 98. Paul or "Frenchie" as he was known by his family and friends was a retired United States Air Force Officer and a veteran of both World War II and the Korean Wars. He served in the French underground during World War II; served as Aide deCamp to...
Donald Lloyd Becker
Nov 13, 2015
Donald L. Becker, age 62, of Bluffton passed away on November 13, 2015 at his home. He was born in Rochester, NY on February 15, 1953 to the late Mary Connell Becker and Donald Becker. Mr. Becker was an Engineer formerly with Kodak Corporation of Rochester, New York and Penasack Company also of Rochester, NY. He was a Catholic and...
Helen Ryan Collins
Nov 13, 2015
Helen Ryan Collins, 89 of Hilton Head died Friday, November 13, 2015 at Hilton Head Hospital. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton, SC 29910. The funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 20, 2015 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 333 Fording...
Elizabeth €Œbetty†Foley
Nov 12, 2015
Elizabeth "Betty" Foley of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, November 12, 2015. Mrs. Foley was the daughter of John Brown and Margaret Carr Brown. She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Robert "Bob" Foley; sons, Michael B. Foley (Maya) of New York, NY and Richard J. Foley (Katie) of Bloomington, IN; and her grandchildren, Ben and Caitlin Foley....
Michael J. James
Nov 12, 2015
Michael "Hobo" Joseph James Jr. passed away at his home on November 12 at the age of 77. Michael was predeceased by his parents Michael J. and Julia Patricia (Kissane) James, and his brothers Thomas and John James. He is survived by his wife Marie (Ruppert) James of 39 years. They were married in New York on June 5, 1976....
Gene Marie Schwille Sutter
Nov 9, 2015
Gene Marie Schwille Sutter, age 95 of Bluffton, SC died Monday, November 9, 2015 at NHC-Bluffton. Mrs. Sutter was born on December 11, 1919 in Etna, PA, the daughter of the late Christian Joseph Schwille and Catherine Caroline Swope Schwille. While living in Bluffton, as a resident of Bloom at Belfair, she was active with the ministerial team. Gene was...
Robert Gary Staiti
Nov 7, 2015
Robert Gary Staiti, 47, of Hilton Head Island died Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mr. Staiti was born on October 8, 1968 in Brooklyn, NY. He was preceded in death by his father, Paul E. Staiti. He is survived by his mother, Sondra K. Staiti of Jackson, NJ; wife, Stephanie Michetti; son, Brayden Allan Staiti; daughter, Brea...
Fanny N. Anderson
Nov 2, 2015
Fanny N. Anderson of Bluffton, SC, formerly of Follansbee, WV passed away on Monday, November 2, 2015. She was born on February 4, 1920 in Orange County, VA - she was 95 years old. Fanny was the daughter of the late Montgomery and Minnie Weaver. Fanny was preceded in death by her husband Burl F. Anderson; her brothers, Theodore Weaver,...
Kenneth Cleveland Cain
Nov 1, 2015
Kenneth Cleveland Cain, age 71, of St. Helena, SC, passed away on November 1, 2015 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Kenneth was born on July 13, 1944 in Franklin, NH, the son of the late Homer Sanders and Dorothy DeBuc Cain. He was a retired Sergeant First Class of the United States Army, a Vietnam War veteran, and a former correctional...
Deborah Gibson Martin
Nov 1, 2015
Deborah Gibson Martin, 58 of Hilton Head Island passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2015 at her home. She was born in Louisville, GA on October 6, 1957 to the late Leonard Lamar Gibson and Carolyn Davis Gibson. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her son, Logan M. Heisler of Hilton Head Island; her sister, Donna Sagahon (Rodolfo)...
Thomas H. Jackson
Oct 30, 2015
Thomas H. Jackson, age 77 of Windmill Harbor, Hilton Head, South Carolina passed away suddenly on October 30, 2015. He is survived by his loving wife, Meg Jackson of 57 years. A memorial visitation will be held from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, 2015 with military honors at 4:00 p.m. at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton,...
Ecle Irma Cirillo
Oct 30, 2015
Ecle Irma Cirillo, age 101, passed away on October 30, 2015 at her home in Bluffton, SC. Mrs. Cirillo was born in New Rochelle, NY on April 19, 1914 to the late Peter and Geneva Zari. Mrs. Cirillo was the owner of an Art and Blueprint Company in New Rochelle, NY where she worked until her business was sold at...
Mary Smith
Oct 29, 2015
Mrs. Mary Smith was born on September 30, 1941 to the late Clayton and Louise Devore in Pineland, SC. She entered into eternal rest on October 29, 2015 at the age of 74. Mary received her formal education through the Jasper County Public School System. After graduating she moved to New York City. On April 25, 1964, she married Rollo...
Thomas Webster Darden
Oct 29, 2015
Thomas Webster Darden, age 66, of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mr. Darden was born on January 18, 1949 in Miami, FL, the son of the late Thomas W. Darden and Elsie Virginia Brown Darden. He worked as the Manager of the NAPA Store at Hilton Head Island. He enjoyed shooting sports, particularly target...
Johnathan Conrad Cherol
Oct 28, 2015
Johnathan Conrad Cherol, age 33, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at his home in Bluffton. Johnathan was born in Newport, RI on December 19, 1981 to John Alan Cherol and Celeste Ruth DeBold Cherol. He was a restaurateur who owned Pepper's Old Town Restaurant and was a graduate of Allegany College in Meadville, PA. People loved Johnathan and...
Edward J. Rose, Jr.
Oct 26, 2015
Edward J. Rose, Jr., age 68, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Boston, MA died Monday, October 26, 2015 at his home. Mr. Rose was born on December 11, 1946 in Brighton, MA, the son of the late Edward J. Rose and Mary Coleman Rose. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War....
Thomas Ludlow Papst
Oct 26, 2015
Thomas Ludlow Papst (Tom) of Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away at home on October 26, 2015 at the age of 85. Tom, the son of the late Ira Hearst Coen and Frances Ludlow Papst, was born on June 14, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1952, he married his loving wife of 62 years, Joan Snider...
Howard €Œhal†Hallecks
Oct 25, 2015
Howard "Hal" Hallecks, age 79, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Davenport, FL and Brewster, NY died Sunday, October 25, 2015 at his home. Mr. Hallecks was born on January 4, 1936 in New York, NY, the son of the late Karl Edward Hallecks and Emma Rindfleisch Hallecks. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving on board...
Alice Saxon Knowles
Oct 25, 2015
Alice Saxon Knowles, 92, formerly of Ridgeland, SC and widow of Carl Knowles, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at the Agape Hospice House, Columbia, SC. She was born in Blythe, Georgia on August 5, 1923 to the late H. Grady and Vidella McCormack Saxon. She was a LPN formerly working at Candler General Hospital in Savannah, GA for...
James Patrick O'Brien Jr.
Oct 24, 2015
James Patrick O'Brien Jr., 73 of Bluffton passed away on October 24, 2015 at his home. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on February 9, 1942 to the late James Patrick O'Brien Sr. and Madeline Martin O'Brien. He was an Electrician and a member of IBEW. He was a member of Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church; a US Navy...
