OBITUARIES
Herbert Stevens Owen
May 26, 2013
Herbert S. Owen, known to friends as Steve, died on May 26, 2013 while residing in Bluffton, South Carolina. He was born in the Bronx on March 5, 1921 To Herbert and Harriet Owen. He served in the army during World War II and was deployed to Italy and North Africa. After the war, Steve married Jane May. They had...
John Forrest Brown
May 25, 2013
John Forrest Brown, 78, of Callawassie Island, SC died May 25, 2013 at his home. A service will be held in Prestonsburg, KY.
Jacqueline Seelye Bushey
May 24, 2013
Jacqueline Seelye Bushey, 83, of Sun City Hilton Head died Friday, May 24, 2013. Born November 29, 1929, in Minneaplis, Minnestoa, she obtained her BS degree from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and her Reading Specialist Degree from Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and taught in various Milwaukee Public Schools until she retired in 1985, moved to Atlanta, Georgia and later...
Saul Jack Mark
May 22, 2013
My husband of 66 years, Saul, passed away on Wednesday, May 22nd. His last six days were spent in the ICU at Carolina Coastal Hospital, where he was treated with kindness and expertise for which we, his family, are most grateful. He was discharged from the hospital and returned home where he died sixteen hours later. Saul was born on...
Rebecca Mae Krommes
May 21, 2013
Rebecca Mae Krommes, 90 of Bluffton and wife of Robert E. Krommes passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at her home. She was born on December 9, 1922 in Tremont, PA to the late John Schneider and Verna Maher Schneider. She was an Elementary School Teacher and she enjoyed golf and snow skiing. She was a member of Lord...
Elizabeth Laliberte
May 20, 2013
The Extraordinary Life of Elizabeth Laliberte To love and be loved is the cornerstone of a life well lived and so spoke volumes about Bette Laliberte. Bette was born in 1934 and raised in the bucolic New England town of Deep River, Connecticut to the late Silvio Zanni and the late Dorothy Janoski. Bette adorded her Connecticut roots; summers in...
Gregory Bruce Yingling
May 18, 2013
Gregory Bruce Yingling of Okatie went home to be with his Lord in Heaven on May 18, 2013. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 2, 1950 to Mr. and Mrs. Harry and Laura Logue Yingling. Bruce received his education from Westminster College in Westminster, Pennsylvania. He was the founder of the Island Visitors Center in Bluffton. He was...
William Wilbur 'Billy' Bowers Ii
May 17, 2013
William Wilbur "˜Billy' Bowers, II, 65, of Ridgeland, SC died May 17, 2013 at Memorial Medical University in Savannah, GA. He was born on June 25, 1947 in Columbia, SC the son of the late William Wilbur and Burnell Lightsey Bowers. He was a skilled carpenter and known for his work throughout the Lowcountry. He is survived by wife Sharon...
Laura Lou Rummans
May 16, 2013
Laura Lou Rummans passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013, following a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Dorothy Sample Rummans and Mack Lewis Rummans. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina on March 27, 1952. She attended Columbia schools graduating from A.C. Flora High School in 1970. Laura attended Wesleyan College and the...
Anne Carolyn Mallard Veneto
May 15, 2013
Anne Carolyn (Mallard) Veneto, 90 formally of North Quincy, MA passed away May 15, 2013 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. She was born in Summerville, SC to the late Gertrude Hucks and William D. Mallard. She was preceded in death by her husband Dominic and her brother, William Daniel "˜Dan'. She is survived by her son Peter and wife Helen Veneto...
Fred Ostrow
May 14, 2013
Fred Ostrow, 88 of Bluffton passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at NHC Bluffton. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 25, 1925 to the late Nathan and Rose Kaplin Ostrow. He worked as a stage hand in a New York City theatre for fifty years. He is survived by his wife, Doris Ostrow; two sons, Derek...
Elsworth Eugene James
May 14, 2013
Elsworth Eugene James, 84 of Bluffton passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Bloom at Bluffton. He was born in Commerce, Georgia on March 8, 1929 to the late Eugene Howard and Marie Elizabeth Brookshire James. He was retired from the United States Navy and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta, GA. He enjoyed playing golf; a volunteer for...
Robert Carl Abbott
May 11, 2013
Robert Carl Abbott, 70 of Bluffton passed away at his home on Saturday, May 11, 2013. He was born in Marianna, FL on April 24, 1943 to the late Jessie Otis Abbott Sr. and Pansy Mae Purvis. He is survived by his wife, Solimar (Soli) G. Abbott of Bluffton; one son, Kenneth Wayne Abbott of Tampa, FL; one daughter, Jennifer...
Anthony Wayne Davis
May 10, 2013
Anthony Wayne Davis, 51, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 in Ridgeland, SC. He was born in Lexington, KY on March 12, 1962 to Billy Wayne and Wanda Sue Goodlet Davis. He was a construction worker. He is survived by his mother, Wanda S. Davis Childers of Ridgeland, SC; brother, David (Kim) Davis also of Ridgeland, SC and sister, Vicky...
James E. Tuten
May 9, 2013
James E. Tuten, Jr. died May 8, 2013 at his home in Hardeeville, South Carolina. He was born on September 3, 1954 the son of Betty Malphrus and James Tuten of Ridgeland. Jimmy was the owner and operator of Acme Auto & Wrecker Service in Hardeeville for over 30 years. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved being in the...
Christopher Lawrence Thomas
May 8, 2013
Christopher Lawrence Thomas, 20, of Hardeeville, SC died May 8, 2013. He was born on May 29, 1992 in New Jersey and moved to SC when he was 9 years old. He attended Bluffton Schools and graduated from SC Youth Challenge. Christopher liked riding his motorcycle and four-wheeler, bowling, and spending time with his family and dog, Starla. He is...
Stanley John Ratomsky
May 7, 2013
Stanley John Ratomsky, 93 of Hilton Head Island, and husband of Ann Ratomsky, passed away at his home on May 7, 2013. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 3:00 pm Monday, May 13, 2013 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 24 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head with a visitation beginning at 2:00 pm.
Ronald Leroy Pulfer
May 6, 2013
Ronald Leroy Pulfer, 82, of Bluffton, SC died May 6, 2013 at NHC-Bluffton. He was born on April 28, 1931 in Quincy, Ohio, the son of the late Albert Henry and Emma Margaret Smith Pulfer. He was a farmer and in 1965 he moved to Lima, Ohio and worked for H.U. Tuttle and Sons Construction Company until retiring in 1985....
Jerrold Minier Finch
May 5, 2013
Jerrold Minier Finch, 53 of Bluffton passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at the Memorial Medical University, Savannah, GA. He was born in Elmira, NY on September 5, 1959. He was the son of Jerrold Fletcher Finch and the late Anne Elberson Finch. He is survived by is father, Jerrold F. Finch of Bluffton; one brother, Robert H. Finch...
James Milton Dean
May 4, 2013
James Milton Dean, 61 of Tillman, SC passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at his home. He was born in Ridgeland, SC on November 15, 1951. He was the son of the late Milton and Irene Wood Dean. He was a truck driver for Nimmer Turf Farms. He is survived by his wife Janice Paige-Dean of Tillman; one son...
