OBITUARIES
Eldora F. Kennedy
Dec 1, 2014
Eldora F. Kennedy, 86, of Bluffton, SC died November 29, 2014 at Coastal Carolina Hospital in Hardeeville, South Carolina. She owned and operated Kennedy's Ladies Clothing in Washington, Missouri. She moved from St. Louis to Sun City 13 years ago where she was a member and past president of the Irish Ladies Club and a member of St. Gregory the...
Brandon Dean Blacketer Turner
Nov 29, 2014
Brandon Dean Blacketer Turner, 34 of Bluffton passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2014 in the Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island, SC. He was born in Shawnee, OK on August 15, 1980 to Howard Dean Turner and Kathie Ann Blacketer Turner. He had lived in Bluffton since 2008 coming from Charlotte, NC. He was a graduate of Salida...
Alexander Donald Kline
Nov 28, 2014
Alexander Donald Kline, 89, of Bluffton, SC died November 24, 2014 at his residence. He was born on November 14, 1925 in East Orange, New Jersey, the son of the late Daniel Jacob and Hazel Rose Weademan Kline. He was a US Navy Veteran of WWII and Korea. He was a graduate of Columbia University School of Engineering where he...
Timothy V. Devine
Nov 28, 2014
On November 28, 2014 Tim passed away peacefully after a courageous seventeen year battle with Parkinson's Disease and Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. Tim led a very impressive, successful professional life and was Vice President at ALCO Industries in Valley Forge, PA until his retirement in 2005. Tim believed that everything was better when shared - be it a round of golf, a...
Roy T. Sturdivant
Nov 28, 2014
Roy T. Sturdivant Captain Roy T. Sturdivant, 92, embarked upon his "Final Voyage" and passed peacefully on November 28, 2014 in Bluffton, South Carolina, surrounded by his loving family. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend to many. He was also a World War II veteran and career US Merchant Marine officer. Roy was the son of...
Eleanor Lucerne
Nov 25, 2014
Eleanor Lucerne, 95, of Bluffton, SC died Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Ms. Lucerne was born in Pittsburgh, PA on November 17, 1919, the daughter of the late Frank and Ursula Janusonis (Jenison). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Lucerne and her daughter, Patricia Kleppe. She is survived by her daughter, Kathy Fleming...
Robert W. Wallace
Nov 22, 2014
Robert W. Wallace of Moss Creek Plantation, Hilton Head at age 92 passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on Saturday Nov 22, 2014 after having courageously fought a 4 year battle against ALS. Born in 1922 in Lakewood, New Jersey, Bob Wallace graduated high school at age 16 and attended The Trenton School of Industrial Arts becoming an...
Amberly J. Mckee
Nov 21, 2014
Amberly J. McKee, 29, of Bluffton, SC died Friday, November 21, 2014 at Hilton Head Hospital. Miss McKee was born on May 9, 1985 in Texarkana, TX. She was a graduate of Haworth High School in Haworth, OK. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Darla Mae Kates. She is survived by her mother and step-father, Pam and...
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...
