OBITUARIES
Robin Leigh Burke Center
Feb 22, 2012
Robin Leigh Burke Center, 49 of Hilton Head Island, SC passed away at the Hilton Head Medical Center on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. She was born in Huntington, Indiana on March 1, 1962 and is the daughter of Carol Jeanne Kastner Burke Wheeler and Timothy Edmund Burke. Robin was the oldest of 5 siblings; she had three sisters and a...
David Miller Frankland
Feb 21, 2012
David Miller Frankland of Moss Creek Plantation, Hilton Head died peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Born on August 19, 1929 in Syracuse, NY, David was the son of George Robert and Ann Miller Frankland. A 1951 graduate of Millikin University in Decauter, IL, David worked for several years at General Motors before taking...
Norman Lester Bilsky
Feb 21, 2012
Norman Lester Bilsky, 84, of Hilton Head Island, died Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at his residence. He was born in Queens, NY in 1928 to the late Irving and Sadie Bilsky.He was formerly of Largo, Florida. He was a Navy veteran serving in WWII and was drafted into the Army to serve in Korea. He went on to work and...
Robert Sparks
Feb 19, 2012
Robert W. Sparks, 80, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012 in Bluffton, SC.He was born on January 22, 1932 in Metter, GA to the late Joe Sparks and Dovie Collins Sparks.He was a self employed Painter and a member of the SC National Guard.He is survived by two sons, Billy (Faith) Sparks of Martinsville, IN; Ronald Sparks of Ridgeland, SC;...
Anne Vita
Feb 18, 2012
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Carolyn Burger
Feb 18, 2012
Carolyn Burger, 78, of Hilton Head Island, SC, died Saturday, February 18, 2012 in Bluffton. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at St. Francis by the Sea on Hilton Head Island.
Christine Gaye Ughetti
Feb 18, 2012
Christine Gaye Ughetti, 64, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Unihealth Post Acute Care of the Lowcountry in Estill, SC.She was born on November 2, 1947 in Battle Creek, MI to the late Louis Ughetti and Josephine Postala Ughetti.She was a graduate of Limestone College with a BA in Business. She was an active member of St. Anthony
Mary Louise Austin Brown
Feb 16, 2012
Mary Louise Austin Brown, widow of Earl William Brown, 85, died Thursday, February 16, 2012 at her home in Bluffton.Mary was born in Washington, D.C., March 26, 1926. She was the youngest of nine children.She was a homemaker. She was Catholic and a charter member of Blessed Sacrament Church since 1947 when church was held in a movie theatre. She...
Barbara Minasi
Feb 16, 2012
Barbara Lane Minasi, 76, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in the Candler Hospital, Savannah, GA, after a brief illness. She was born in New Rochelle, New York on December 7, 1935. Barbara and Bob Minasi moved to Bluffton in 1985. For the next 16 years, Barb was Gramma and caretaker to over one hundred children...
Agnes Helen Hurst Coursey
Feb 13, 2012
Agnes Helen Hurst Coursey, 94, passed away Monday, February 13, 2012 at her home in Ridgeland, SC.She was born on October 4, 1917 in Newington, GA to the late Thomas Hurst and Agnes Edwards Hurst.She was employed by Piggly Wiggly in the Meat Dept; was an avid Braves fan, avid reader and a wonderful seamstress. She was a wonderful cook...
Stephen Tasi
Feb 13, 2012
Stephen Tasi, 87, of Bluffton, SC died Monday, February 13, 2012 at Coastal Carolina Hospital. Stephen was born in 1924 in Mohacs, Hungary to the late Sandor and Erzsbet Molnar Tasi. Stephen worked at the National Standard Steel Corp. He belonged to the Hungarian Reformed Church. He enjoyed landscaping, gardening, dancing, singing, and story-telling.Stephen is survived by his wife, Mary...
Elizabeth Overby Favata
Feb 13, 2012
Elizabeth Overby Favata, 56, of Bluffton, passed away February 13, 2012 in Bluffton. Elizabeth went home to be with her Savior after serving Him on staff at The Church of the Cross in Bluffton, SC. She is survived by her husband Ted Favata, her
Sarah Mclain Creech
Feb 12, 2012
Sarah McLain Creech, 27, of Hilton Head Island, passed away from complications of severe asthma on Sunday, February 12,, 2012. She was born January 16th, 1985 in Roanoke, VA to Janice and Bill Creech and moved to Hilton Head in 1997. She graduated Class Valedictorian, Heritage Academy, 2003, and was a 2007 graduate of the University of Virginia, where she...
Jasper Keels Smith
Feb 12, 2012
Jasper Keels Smith, 82, passed away February 12, 2012 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC.He was born in Islandton, SC on November 14, 1929 to the late Madge Keels Smith and Richard Heyward Smith.He spent his childhood years in Ruffin and Smoaks, SC and was a graduate of Ruffin High School. His first job after graduation was working...
James Bruce Saxon, Jr.
Feb 11, 2012
Bruce Saxon Jr. died Saturday February 11, 2012 in Savannah, Georgia. He was born in Ridgeland, South Carolina on August 2, 1948 to Susie Lowther Saxon and James B. Saxon, Sr. Bruce graduated from Ridgeland High School and remained in the Lowcountry for most of his life. He was a commercial shrimper. He is survived by father James Saxon, Sr.,...
Samuel J. Najarian
Feb 7, 2012
Samuel J. Najarian, 87, of Sun City, Bluffton, SC, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at his home.Sam was born in Brooklyn, NY on January 21, 1925. He was the son of Michael and Zabel Najarian who migrated to the United States in 1921. Sam spent all of his early years living in various sections of Brooklyn. As a...
Anne Marie Fust Jeger
Feb 5, 2012
Anne M. Jeger, 84, of Bluffton, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012, after a short battle with cancer.She was born April 14, 1927, in Altluneberg, Germany to Marie Hemeyer and Friedrich Fust.She immigrated to the United States in December, 1947, and met her future husband on the ship.She married Karl Gerhard Jeger in March, 1952, in New Jersey. He passed...
James William George
Feb 5, 2012
James (Jim) William George, 60 of Bluffton passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island.He was born in Martins Ferry, OH on May 4, 1951. He was the son of the late Anthony Albert and Gaynell White George.He retired as Chief Financial Officer for the Travel Centers of America. He and his family...
