OBITUARIES
Michael Raymond Desimone
Jan 14, 2015
Michael R. DeSimone, 48 of Bluffton, SC passed away unexpectedly at Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. He was born in Wise, VA on August 6, 1966 to Ramona Rife DeSimone and the late Joseph DeSimone. Mike graduated from Jenkins High School and received a Bachelors degree from EKU. He was the owner/operator of PPI, Elite Pools...
Star Hollifield
Jan 14, 2015
Star Hollifield, 50, of Hardeeville, SC died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her home. Star was born in Marion, NC on January 4, 1965. She was co-owner of Padgett Specialty. She was preceded in death by her brother, Butch Helton. She is survived by her husband of 20 years, Troy Lee Padgett; daughters, Miranda Leigh Grant and Alice Danielle Starling...
Ralph €Œdick†Ri Wetherell Jr.
Jan 13, 2015
Ralph Richard Wetherell Jr. Ralph "Dick" Richard Wetherell Jr. went to be with his beloved wife, Carol on January 13, 2015. He was still grieving the loss of his dear wife who died just 4 months and 4 days earlier. Dick was born on January 17, 1936 in Westfield, Massachusetts. He spent his early years in the New England and...
Sallie Ann Hoffman
Jan 13, 2015
Sallie Ann Hoffman Sallie Ann Hoffman (nee Darling) passed away peacefully on January 13, 2015, at Hilton Head Hospital, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born March 18, 1944 in Newark, NJ, the daughter of G. Edwin and Sarah Darling. She is survived by her loving husband of 51 years (John) Bill Hoffman, two sons, William Douglas (Brooke)...
Valerie Bollinne Smith
Jan 13, 2015
Valerie Bollinne Smith, 90, widow of Connie L. Smith, Jr., died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Ridgeland Nursing Center in Ridgeland, SC. She was born in Liege, Belgium on February 17, 1924 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bollinne. She was a Food Preparer who worked in both the health care industry and school systems. She is survived by...
Lottie Wladyslawa Romanewicz Van Bernum
Jan 12, 2015
Lottie Wladyslawa Romanewicz Van Bernum, 79 of Bluffton passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015 at Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, SC. She was born in Poland on April 27, 1935 to the late Frank and Valeria Cryzewski Romanewicz. She grew up in Bronx, NY where she met her husband of 58 years, Edmund. She is a member of Saint Gregory...
William Alva Mccormack
Jan 12, 2015
William Alva McCormack, 81, of Columbia, SC passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015 at Agape Assisted Living of Laurens, SC. Mr. McCormack was born in Ridgeland, SC, the son of the late Artie J. McCormack and Rosa Lee Malphrus Sutherland. He worked as a manager for a local radio station and retired after 26 years as executive of a...
Vito Michael Bruno
Jan 9, 2015
Vito ("Will/Willie") Bruno June 17, 1935 - January 9, 2015 Will Bruno of Bluffton, SC passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on January 9th, 2015 following a brief illness. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on June 17, 1935 and was the son of the late John and Grace (Colavita) Bruno. Will and his family moved...
Billy Albert Moore
Jan 9, 2015
Billy Albert Moore, 79 of Ridgeland, SC passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015 at his son's home. He was born in Ocilla, Georgia on March 13, 1935. He was the son of the late A.L. Moore and Charlie Eubanks Moore. He was the owner of Moore's Auto Parts in Jacksonville, FL until he retired and moved to South Carolina....
Donna Gilda Sundeen Toye
Jan 9, 2015
Donna Gilda Sundeen Toye, 85, closed her eyes on earth and woke up in heaven on January 9, 2015 in Hilton Head Regional Hospital, Hilton Head Island SC after a series of illnesses. Donna was born March 26, 1929 in Cloquet, Minnesota to Bernard Sundeen and Ruth Guilda Sundeen. She graduated from Cloquet High School in 1947 and soon after...
Richard €Œdick†R. Moore
Jan 7, 2015
Richard "Dick" R. Moore, 73, of Hilton Head Island, SC and formerly of Arlington Heights, IL, entered into eternal life with Christ on Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at his home. Mr. Moore was born in Philadelphia, PA on February 20, 1941, the son of the late Russell Moore and Florence Kolb Moore. He was a graduate and longtime fan of...
Louie Grover Smith Jr.
Jan 6, 2015
Louie Grover Smith, Jr., 70, died Tuesday, January 06, 2015 at his home in Grays, SC. He was born in Ridgeland, SC on January 10, 1944 to Mary Elizabeth Davis Smith and the late Louie G. Smith, Sr. He was a retired SC Highway Patrol Communications Specialist; life member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church where he served as Chairman of...
Judy Mohney
Jan 6, 2015
Judy Mohney, 78, of Bluffton died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at her home. Funeral services will be private. Funeral services will be private.
Oscar William Tysinger Iii
Jan 5, 2015
Oscar William "˜Billy' Tysinger III, 45 of Hardeeville, SC passed away on Monday, January 5, 2015 at Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville. He was born in High Point, NC on January 25, 1969 to the late Oscar William Tysinger Jr. and Gracie E. Walls Tysinger. He was the owner of Joker Joe's Truck Stop. He enjoyed hunting and off shore fishing....
Mary Jenkins Frazier
Jan 4, 2015
Mary Jenkins Frazier, 83, widow of James Frazier, died Sunday, January 4, 2015 at her home in Okatie, SC. She was born on July 01, 1931 in Ridgeland, SC to the late James and Francis Green Jenkins. She was a well known cook who started with Sea Pines Plantation and worked at Spring Island Plantation until her retirement. She was...
Maria T. Kotterer
Jan 3, 2015
Maria T. Kotterer, 79, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Chicago, IL died Saturday, January 3, 2015 in Savannah, GA. Mrs. Kotterer was born in Nuremberg, Germany on February 23, 1935, the daughter of the late Wolfgang Rothenberger and Teresia Schrodel Rothenberger. She worked in tax preparation for H&R Block for many years and retired to Bluffton where she was...
Frank H. Mularz
Jan 3, 2015
Frank H. Mularz, 73, of Bluffton passed away suddenly on January 3, 2015 at Hilton Head Hospital. Born in Elizabeth, NJ on March 10, 1941, he was the son of the late Theodore and Rose Mularz. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served as a Crew Chief on a B52 Bomber during the Cuban Conflict. Frank...
Betty Carter Buckner
Jan 3, 2015
Betty Carter Buckner, 82 of Hardeeville, SC and widow of John Ramsey Buckner Jr. passed away at her home on Saturday, January 3, 2015. She was born in Miley, South Carolina on April 11, 1932. She is the daughter of the late Harry H. Carter and Virginia Godley Carter. She was retired from First Union Bank in Hardeeville. She was...
Marjorie Cooler Campbell
Jan 3, 2015
Marjorie Cooler Campbell of Port Royal, SC died Saturday, January 3, 2015 at River Oaks Assisted Living. Plans will be announced later for a celebration of life service and interment of ashes at Grace Episcopal Church in Birmingham, AL. A long-time resident of Birmingham, Ms. Campbell returned to the South Carolina Lowcountry in 2010 when her health began to fail....
Charles Mitchell Lowther Jr.
Jan 2, 2015
Charles Mitchell Lowther Jr., 95 of Ridgeland passed away on Friday, January 2, 2015 at his home. He was born in Ridgeland, SC on January 3, 1919 to the late C M Lowther Sr. and English Elizabeth Davis Lowther. He was a building contractor who built many buildings on Parris Island and the Marine Corps Air Station. He built the...
