OBITUARIES
Jennings Heyward (Buzz) Bozard Jr.
Nov 21, 2014
Jennings Heyward (Buzz) Bozard, Jr., 77 of Ridgeland and widower of Janice Marie Bozard passed away on Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA. He was born in Orangeburg, SC on July 10, 1937 to the late Jennings Heyward and Irma Priester Bozard Sr. He is survived by two sons, Ricky J. Bozard (Patsy)...
Thomas G. Lillig
Nov 20, 2014
Thomas G. Lillig, 73, of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at his home. Mr. Lillig was born on March 7, 1941 in Chicago, IL, the son of the late George Lillig and Gertrude Lichter Lillig. He is survived by his wife, Donnelle S. Lillig; daughter, Leslie Rae Pitz (Paul) of Buffalo, NY; step-son, Gerald L. Rease, III of...
Linda Carol Burrer
Nov 20, 2014
Carol Burrer (Bristow), 68, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Toledo and Elyria, OH, passed away peacefully at home on November 19, 2014 after an 8 year battle with breast cancer. Carol was born November 15, 1946 in Oak Ridge, TN to June and Avery Bristow. Carol worked as a nurse in both Elyria, OH and Toledo, OH. She was...
Louise Pinckney
Nov 20, 2014
Louise Pinckney, 89, passed away November 20, 2014 at her home in Ridgeland, SC. Mrs. Pinckney was born on June 23, 1925 in Georgetown, SC to the late Chris Jenkins and Emily Habersham Jenkins. She worked for many years with the J. E. Smith family of Ridgeland. She was a member of Burton Deliverance Church in Burton, SC. She is...
Dr. Gregory L. Burhans
Nov 19, 2014
Dr. Gregory L. Burhans, 82, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Battle Creek, MI died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at NHC-Bluffton. Dr. Burhans was born in Ann Arbor, MI on August 3, 1932, the son of the late Gene Burhans and Marian Starbuck Burhans. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan and continued at the University of Michigan...
Robert Francis Bunting
Nov 19, 2014
Robert Francis Bunting, 75, of Bluffton, SC died November 19, 2014 at his residence. He was born on December 13, 1938 in Wilmington, Delaware the son of the late George Charles and Mabel Bozman Bunting. He worked as a Systems Engineer for General Motors Truck Division. He was a music lover of Big Band, Country, and Classical music and enjoyed...
Thomas Michael Catalano
Nov 19, 2014
Thomas Michael Catalano, 67, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Toms River, NJ died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Hilton Head Hospital. Thomas was born in Buffalo, NY on May 12, 1947, the son of the late Andreá Catalano and Betty McCue Catalano. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Vietnam War. He was a...
Pastor Alvin Burton Place
Nov 18, 2014
Alvin B. Place Ridgeland, SC Pastor Alvin Burton Place, 80, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Life Care of Hilton Head, Hilton Head Island, S.C. Pastor Place was born on June 26, 1934 in Meshoppen, Pennsylvania to the late James Burton Place and Ethel M. Smith Place. He was a graduate of Bob Jones University; formerly with Sears for...
Elenora D. Hunter
Nov 16, 2014
Elenora D. Hunter 81 of Bluffton, South Carolina formerly of New York, died Sunday November 16, 2014 at the home of Daniel and Donna Hunter where she resided. She is survived by her children Patricia Hunter, Katherine Vitto, Daniel Hunter, Dennis Hunter, Brian Hunter, and Barry Hunter, their spouses, 17 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. Memorial visitation to be held at...
Nazzereno U. Tancredi
Nov 15, 2014
Reno Tancredi, 79, of Bluffton, SC died Saturday, November 15, 2014 at his home. Mr. Tancredi was born on May 16, 1935 in Bronx, NY, the son of the late Emdio Tancredi and Concerta Izzi Tancredi. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a math teacher in Beaufort County for many years. He was a...
Jacob Bush
Nov 13, 2014
Jacob Bush, 64, of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, November 13, 2014. Mr. Bush was born on August 11, 1950 in Bluffton, SC, the son of the late Fred Watkins and Florence Bush. He worked as an equestrian caretaker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, George Bush, IV and his sister, Dorothy Mae Bush....
Louise Simmons
Nov 12, 2014
The life of Louise Simmons Louise Simmons was born on June 20th 1925 to James and Lucinda Simmons. She was educated in the Jasper County school system. Louise went to work at several different places during her life, finally retiring from the Palms Hotel. Louise bore three children Rochelle Simmons, Al Simmons (who preceded her in death) and her baby...
Thomas J. Bobrowski
Nov 12, 2014
Thomas J. Bobrowski, 82, of Bluffton, SC died Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Mr. Bobrowski was born on November 17, 1931 in Conshohocken, PA, the son of the late Joseph Bobrowski and Sophia Sadowski Bobrowski. He was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard, retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 after 28 years of dedicated service. After retirement, he...
James R. Mazurek
Nov 11, 2014
James R. Mazurek, 77, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Trumbull, CT died Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Mr. Mazurek was born on August 29, 1937 in Jersey City, NJ, the son of the late Frank and Olga D. Mazurek. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Dolores Mazurek; daughter, Tracy D. Saboe (Joseph) of Tampa, FL; son,...
Leonard Walter Krawczyk
Nov 9, 2014
Leonard Walter Krawczyk, 72, of Bluffton, died November 9, 2014 at his residence. He was born on December 3, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Walter and Rose Krawczyk. He was a retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer and after retirement worked for the Department of the Navy in Washington, DC working in the Office of Personnel Management. He...
Santina Arena
Nov 8, 2014
Santina Arena, age 99, of Bluffton died Saturday, November 8, 2014. Ms. Arena was born on October 19, 1915 in New York, NY, the daughter of the late Michael Manutela and Josephine Pignato Manutela. She was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. Ms. Arena is survived by her daughters, Ann Barbato (Louis) and Geraldine Caristo, all of...
Brenda Sue Milburn Ervin
Nov 8, 2014
Brenda Sue Milburn Ervin, 68, of Ridgeland died November 08, 2014. The Lincolnton. NC native was the daughter of Leonard O. and Dorothy McMurry Milburn who preceded her in death. Her survivors include her husband, Donald of 50 years, and son and daughter in law, Jeffrey and Michelle of Ridgeland; granddaughters, Paige Ervin of Ridgeland and Christina E. Bishop and...
Robert Lewis (Rocky) Smith
Nov 7, 2014
Robert Lewis (Rocky) Smith, 57, of Jacksonville, FL passed away on November 7, 2014 at St. Vincent-Riverside Hospice in Jacksonville, FL. He was born in York, PA on July 10, 1957 to Jean Broxton Smith and the late Robert Cleveland Smith Jr. He was a graduate of Georgia Tech and a Nuclear Engineer. He enjoyed motorcycles, fast cars, guns and...
Major Christopher J. Franco, U.S. Army
Nov 5, 2014
Major Christopher J. Franco, U.S. Army, age 35, of Bluffton, SC succumbed to spinal cancer that developed from a wound received in Afghanistan. He passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 under the care of Hospice of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Christopher was born on February 19, 1979 in Mt. Kisco, NY. He was an active duty U.S. Army...
Ray Donald Haymans
Nov 3, 2014
Ray Donald Haymans, 64, of Ridgeland passed away Monday, November 3, 2014 at his home. Ray was born December 16, 1949 in Ridgeland, son of Roy Haymans and the late Nell Tant Haymans. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Vietnam War. He was employed by Sea Pines Security of Hilton Head as a private...
