OBITUARIES
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 "ËœBilly' 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 "ËœDan'. 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...
Jeffrey Francis Zabler
May 4, 2013
Jeffrey Francis Zabler, age 69 of Bluffton, SC passed from this life on May 4, 2013. Jeff was born on December 3, 1943 in New York City.He was the son of the late John and Mary Zabler. Jeff was married to his most beloved and loving wife Maureen Anne, who passed from this life February 22, 2011. Jeff began his...
Hazel Nettles Rowell
May 2, 2013
Hazel Nettles Rowell, 90, died Thursday, May 02, 2013 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC She was born in Ridgeland, SC on February 18, 1923 to the late Lewis and Linner Dean Nettles She was a homemaker that enjoyed cooking for her family. She loved fishing; enjoyed working with her flowers and loved being outdoors. She is survived by...
Robert Scott Greaves
May 1, 2013
Robert Scott Greaves, 33, of St. Petersburg, FL died May 1, 2013 in St. Petersburg, FL. He was born in Plymouth, MA on August 12, 1979 the son of Robert and Deborah Greaves of Bluffton, SC. He is survived by his parents, Robert and Deborah Greaves of Bluffton, daughter; Evie Lee Greaves and her mother Michelle Moss both of St....
Dennis Allen Stone, Jr.
May 1, 2013
Dennis Allen Stone, Jr., 55, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at Hampton Regional Medical Center in Hampton, SC. He was born in Macon, GA on February 25, 1958 to Dennis A. Stone, Sr. (Maurice) and Carolyn Branch Mullis. He was a building contractor. He is survived by his wife, Ami Price Stone of Ridgeland, SC; one son, Luke C....
Clifford X. Carrignan, Jr.
Apr 30, 2013
Carrignan, Clifford X. Jr., April 30, 2013 husband of Muriel St. John Carrignan of Bluffton, SC. Mr. Carrignan, 85 was born in New Haven, CT, son of the late Clifford and Elizabeth Carrignan Sr. He was the father of Clifford Carrignan III of St. Charles IL, Robert Carrignan of Burnet, TX and Kelly Carrignan Arpino of Hamden, CT; brother of...
