OBITUARIES
William Franklin Heer
May 23, 2011
William Franklin Heer, 76 of Okatie, SC passed away on Monday, May 23, 2011 at his home.He was born in Patterson, NJ on May 31, 1934. He was the son of the late Emil and Martha VanTreek Heer.He was a retired Nuclear Engineer and Vice President of Babcock & Wilcox Company and McDermott International. He was a avid Virginia Tech...
Jean C. Burton
May 22, 2011
Jean C. Burton, 86 of Bluffton, SC and widow of Charles Earl Burton passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2011 in the Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville.She was born in Monticello, KY on October 6, 1924. She was the daughter of the late Riley and Ethel Bell Burnett. She was a retired Real Estate Agent and apartment manager. She was...
Vera June Gillikin Smith
May 17, 2011
Vera G. SmithRidgeland, SCVera June Gillikin Smith, 90, widow of Charles William (Bill) Smith, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC.She was born on November 30, 1920 in Hamlet, NC to the late D. D. Gillikin and Vera June Smith Gillikin.She was the former Executive Director for Hardeeville Chamber of Commerce; former Bookkeeper for...
Donald Harold Iredale
May 15, 2011
Donald Harold Iredale, 81 of Bluffton passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2011 in the NHC Healthcare Bluffton.He was born in Lancaster, PA on April 4, 1930. He was the son of the late Harold B. Iredale and Mabel Groff Iredale.He moved to Bluffton in 2002. He was the owner of Iredale Funeral Home in Shillington, PA. He was a...
Margaret Joan Mccaig Elsner
May 14, 2011
Margaret Elsner, 61 of Bluffton and wife of Robert W. Elsner passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at her home.She was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 9, 1949. She was the daughter of Joan Mary Hartley McCaig and the late Thomas Joseph McCaig.She was a flight attendant for Delta Airlines for 35 years. She was an avid tennis...
Jesse Clinton Houston
May 14, 2011
Jesse C. Houston, 81 of Bluffton passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at his homeHe was born in Fredericksburg, VA on September 24, 1929. He was the son of the late James Knox Houston and Tessie Lowery Houston.He was retired from the Department of Defense. He was a member of Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church. He was a...
Anthony (Tony) Gentile
May 12, 2011
Anthony (Tony) Gentile of Sun City passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer. He died in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Philadelphia, PA July 1, 1942. Tony is survived by his cherished wife of 49 years, Margaret (Meg) and his devoted daughter Michelle of Atlanta,...
Edward Jerome Speer
May 10, 2011
Edward Jerome Speer, 76 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family.He was born in Birmingham, AL on August 10, 1934. He was the son of the late George Curtis and Julia Marie Craft Speer.He was the Proprietor of Tudor House Liquors of East Long Meadows, Massachusetts. He was a...
Jack Wesley Kapfhamer
May 10, 2011
Jack Wesley Kapfhamer, 85 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 in the Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC.He was born in Chicago, IL on February 27, 1926. He was the son of the late William and Claire Kapfhamer.He was a retired Insurance Agent and Realtor. He worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for many years. He...
John Francis Quirk
May 9, 2011
John Francis Quirk, 79, a native of Boston and retired U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major passed away on May 9, 2011 at St. Joseph
Martha Hughes Cook
May 9, 2011
Martha Hughes CookRidgeland, SCMartha June Hughes Cook, age 84, widow of William Francis Cook, died at her home on Monday, May 9, 2011.She was born June 12, 1926 in Hampton, SC to the late Francis Steadman Hughes and Cornelia Elizabeth Langford. She was a member of the Ridgeland Baptist Church. A Warren Candler Cadet of Nursing graduate, she was a...
Miriam Zittrauer Morris Harvey
May 8, 2011
Miriam HarveyHardeeville, SCMiriam Zittrauer Morris Harvey, 75, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Hospice Savannah in Savannah, GA.She was born on June 29, 1935 in Marlow, GA to the late Edward A. Zittrauer and Deweese Reddick Zittrauer.She was a cashier for Family Dollar Store and she was a Christian.She is survived by her sons, Thomas A. (Cheryl) Morris, Jr....
Fortunato "Paul" Lotardo
May 8, 2011
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Johnnie Ray Willingham
May 7, 2011
Johnnie Ray WillinghamMarch 12, 1937 - May 7, 2011Johnnie Ray Willingham, age 74 passed away at home Saturday, May 7, 2011. Acelebration of Life Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at11:00 a.m. at Church of the Palms UMC. 1425 Okatie Hwy, Okatie, S.C.Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. prior to the memorialservice.Johnnie was born...
Roma Fisher Messler
May 5, 2011
Roma Fisher Messler, 92, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC.She was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 17, 1919 to the late John R. Fisher and Cora M. Klodz Fisher.She was an Accountant for Herman J. Wolfe Company in Philadelphia, PA and a member of Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah,...
Patricia Ann Thomas Gibbes
May 2, 2011
Patricia Ann Thomas Gibbes, 84, of Hilton Head Island and wife of Charles Walker Gibbes passed away on Monday, May 2, 2011 in the Hilton Head Medical Center.She was born in Wabash, Indiana on October 16, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Harry A. and Minerva Milam Thomas.She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Union...
Rolando Eduardo Paez
May 2, 2011
Rolando Eduardo Paez, 65 of Hilton Head Island, SC died Monday, May 2, 2011 in the Hilton Head Medical Center.Born in Tunuyan, Mendoza, Argentina on September 1, 1945. He moved his family to Hilton Head in 1980. He was a long time employee of Holy Family Catholic Church. He was a loving family man, and will be dearly missed by...
George Miller
May 2, 2011
George Walter Miller, 70 of Bluffton, SC. Beloved husband of Charlene, father of Dana, Katherine and Elizabeth, brother of Grace, and friend of many died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on May 2, 2011.A Mass in his honor will be held at St Gregory the Great Catholic Church on Friday, May 6th, at 11:00 am.In lieu of flowers, donations...
