OBITUARIES
Ruth Benton Ford
Jul 24, 2009
Ruth Benton Ford, 63, of Bluffton, SC and wife of James Thomas Ford, Jr. passed away on Friday, July 24, 2009 at her home.She was born in Hampton, SC on January 11, 1946 to the late Jake and Alma Loreen Bowers Benton.She moved to Bluffton, thirty one years ago from Hampton County, SC. She was a member of the Landmark...
Nancy Grier Hamilton
Jul 22, 2009
Nancy Grier Hamilton, 81, of Moss Creek Plantation, passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 after a long illness. She was born in Hartford, CT on January 10,1928. She was the daughter of the late Edward Bosworth and Ruth Phelps Grier.She attended Beach Park School and Oxford in West Hartford, CT., Miss Gill
Howard Frank Harsch
Jul 21, 2009
Howard Frank Harsch, 73, of Hilton Head Island, SC passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at his home.He was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 21, 1936. He was the son of the late Frank and Herta Schwartz Harsch.He was an avid golfer who had four holes-in-one. He enjoyed fishing and cooking.He is survived by his wife of 51...
John Harold (Jack) Faldermeyer
Jul 20, 2009
John Harold (Jack) Faldermeyer, 71 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Monday, July 20, 2009 in the Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island, SC.He was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 20, 1937. He was the son of the late John and Margaret Neubauer Faldermeyer.He moved to Bluffton from Long Island, NY in 2004. He was a retired manager...
Olin Perry Williams
Jul 19, 2009
Olin Perry Williams, 78, of Hilton Head Island, SC passed away, Sunday, July 19, 2009 at Life Care Center of Hilton Head.He was born November 12, 1930 in Monroe, NC. He was the son of the late Fairley Lee and Eva M. Brooks Williams.He was the owner of Williams-Deaton Roofing Company, Inc. He was a Baptist. He was a US...
Frank Singleton
Jul 19, 2009
II Timothy 4: 6-7 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.Mr. Frank Singleton was born on October 30, 1928 in Ridgeland, SC to the late Joseph
Inez Singleton Swinton
Jul 18, 2009
Inez S. SwintonPhiladelphia, PAInez Singleton Swinton, 72, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC. She was born on September 19, 1936 in Ridgeland, SC to the late Lucille Swinton.Mrs. Swinton moved to Philadelphia at the age of 21 and was a Registered Nurse employed by Jefferson University Hospital of Philadelphia. She was a Baptist.She...
Theodore Horoschak
Jul 17, 2009
Theodore Horoschak, 63, of Okatie, SC passed away on Friday, July 17, 2009 at his home.He was born in Pottsville, PA on August 31, 1945. He was the son of the late Metro and Anna Holoviak Horoschak.He was a retired Foreign Service Officer with the United States Department of Agriculture. He was loved and respected by all who knew him....
Betty Jean Shook Bishop
Jul 15, 2009
Betty Jean Shook Bishop, 84, of Bluffton, SC and widow of Bernard Wilson Bishop passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on October 6, 1924. She was the daughter of the late William Norris and Veda Mae Brown Shook.She was a retired legal secretary for Vaux Law Firm. She was a member of the First...
William Mink
Jul 10, 2009
William Mink, 78, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2009 at his home in Bluffton, SC.He was born in Oakmont, PA on November 30, 1930. He was the son of the late Henry and Margaret Adams Mink.He moved to the Bluffton area six years ago coming from Florida. He was a retired engineer with the Department of Defense. He was...
Roy Edwin Thompson Sr.
Jul 9, 2009
ROY EDWIN THOMPSON, SR, 94, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, went home to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on July 9, 2009. Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on February 20, 1915 to the late William & Mellie Thompson, he served in the US Army in WW II. He resided in Mountain View, Missouri, before he met his late...
Otto A. Wahlrab
Jul 7, 2009
Otto A. Wahlrab, 76, of Hilton Head Island, SC passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in the Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC.He was born and grew up in Wilton, CT. He had a home in Rehoboth, MA for over 40 years before retiring to Moss Creek Plantation in Hilton Head Island, SC.He leaves his wife of 35 years, Joyce...
Robert Stanley Robbins Md
Jul 2, 2009
Robert Stanley Robbins, MD, 84 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at his home.He was born in Masontown, PA on January 10, 1925. He was the son of the late Goldie Johnson and Karl F. Robbins.He received his pre med education from Morgantown, WVA and his medical degree from Pittsburgh University. He was a General Practitioner...
John Joseph Riek
Jun 30, 2009
John Joseph (Jack) Riek, 80 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 in the Carolina House of Bluffton, SCHe was born in Buffalo, NY on May 31, 1929. He was the son of the late Leo J. and Anna Kinsella Riek.He was a US Navy veteran. He was a Korean Era veteran. He enjoyed golfing, boating, fishing...
Jennette Woods Vaigneur
Jun 29, 2009
Jeannette W. VaigneurRidgeland, SCJeannette Woods Vaigneur, 78, passed away Monday, June 29, 2009 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC. She was born in Ridgeland, SC on March 26, 1931 to the late Milton Woods, Sr. and Dora Harter Woods.She was a homemaker and a member of Great Swamp Baptist Church in Ridgeland, SC where she also attended Faith Baptist...
John Monroe Meeks Sr.
Jun 27, 2009
John Monroe Meeks, Sr, 69, of Hardeeville, SC passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at his home.He was born in Forsyth, GA on July 20, 1939. He was the son of the late Guy Watson and Mandy Elizabeth Hudson Meeks.He was the retired President of Lobeco Products Chemical Company, Inc. for 30 years. He was a member of the...
Irma Bozard Smith
Jun 26, 2009
Irma Bozard Smith, 73 of Ridgeland, SC and widow of Joseph Franklin Smith, Jr. passed away on Friday, June 26, 2009 in the Ridgeland Nursing Center, Ridgeland, SC.She was born in Orangeburg, SC on September 6, 1935. She was the daughter of the late Jennings H. and Irma Priester Bozard Sr..She was the owner of Island Court Reporting for thirty...
Jacqueline Jeschke Stocks
Jun 25, 2009
Jacqueline Jeschke Stocks, 76, of Bluffton, SC and wife of Charles A. Stocks passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the Carolina House of Bluffton.She was born in Downers Grove, IL on January 28, 1933. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Emma Muzik Jeschke.She and her husband moved to Bluffton in 2000 coming from Myrtle Beach,...
Samuel J.P. Hunter
Jun 23, 2009
Samuel Hunter, 81, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at his home. He was born in Chicago, IL on December 30, 1927. He was the son of the late Samuel and Margaret Boyle Hunter.He owned and operated the S.J. Hunter Company. He was a member of St. Anthony
Paul Dargan Gill Jr.
Jun 20, 2009
Paul Dargan Gill Jr., 90 of Ridgeland, SC passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2009 in the Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC. He was born in Ridgeland, SC on May 5, 1919. He was the son of the late P. Dargan and Indie Woods Gill.He was a retired Lt. Colonel, US Air Force, who served in World War II and...
