OBITUARIES
John Carl "Jack" Collins
Sep 18, 2026
John Carl (Jack) Collins, beloved husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend passed away peacefully on September 18th, 2026 at the age of 92 in Bluffton, SC, while holding his wife's hand.
Jack was born in St. Louis on January 20, 1934 and was the son of Lucille Derby and John Collins. He had one younger sister, Mary and a...
Margaret "Peggy" A. Blake
Sep 18, 2026
Margaret Ann (“Peggy”) Blake was sunshine personified. She was the brightest light in any room. Someone whose warmth, energy, and love were impossible to miss. She loved hard, she loved deeply, and she made sure the people in her life knew just how much they meant to her.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Arthur Charles Welles and Adele Costa, Peggy was...
Sheila Terry
Sep 18, 2026
Sheila Pittman Terry, 54, of Early Branch, South Carolina, passed away Friday, September 18, 2026, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia.
Sheila was born January 17, 1972, in Savannah, Georgia. She was the loving wife of Jamie Terry and the best mother to her son, Adam Pittman, and daughter, Carli Deloach and her fiancé, AJ Griffin.
Sheila was preceded in death...
Raymond Dudley
Sep 17, 2026
Raymond L. Dudley, 85, passed away suddenly at home September 17, 2026 with his wife and partner, Elaine (Lainey) Smith, by his side. Raymond believed “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with” and throughout their 50 year journey together they fulfilled that belief.
Born on July 11, 1941 he was the youngest son...
Deno Steve Caloudas
Sep 17, 2026
Deno Steve Caloudas, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully at home on September 17, 2026, surrounded by his family. Born on November 1, 1943, in Houston, Texas, Deno was the third child of his parents, Georgia and Steve Caloudas. He grew up alongside his three siblings, George, Elayne, and Steve Jr. After graduating from Bellaire High School,...
Helene Morgan Benson
Sep 15, 2026
Helene Morgan Benson, 65, died Tuesday September 15th while on a cruise. She was a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a resident of Hardeeville, South Carolina. She was a graduate of Woodlawn High School and Northwestern State University in Louisiana and Spring Hill College in Alabama. She held Masters degrees in Elementary Education and Theology. She moved to Vicksburg,...
Richard "Dick" Louis Marriner
Sep 15, 2026
Richard Louis “Dick” Marriner, 83, of Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on September 15, 2026.
Dick was born March 30, 1943, in Neptune, New Jersey, to the late Gerald and Carolyn Marriner. He grew up in Freehold, New Jersey, and later made his home in Englishtown, where he and his wife, Elsie, raised their family. Dick...
Joan Eileen Wheeler
Sep 15, 2026
Joan Eileen Wheeler
Joan Eileen Wheeler, 89, of Bluffton, South Carolina, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on September 15, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Oakdale, New York, on July 10, 1937, to Harold and Dorothy VanBumble. Joan was the second of two children and was preceded in death by her parents and...
Bernard Joseph Berger
Sep 13, 2026
SGM (Ret.) US Army, Bernard Joseph Berger, 83, of Bluffton, SC passed away Sunday, September 13, 2026 at NHC of Bluffton.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, September 18, 2026 at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton. Burial with full military honors will follow at 12:00 noon, at Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary St., Beaufort.
Barbara B. Silcox Moylan
Sep 12, 2026
Barbara B. Silcox Moylan, 86, of Okatie, SC passed away September 12, 2026 at her home.
Barbara was born November 20, 1939 in Perrysburg, OH to the late Delbert A. and Louise Garbe Bruggeman. She held a great passion for teaching and spent many years in the classroom, helping children earn an education.
Barbara is survived by her children, Amy Silcox and...
Joseph Puhak
Sep 10, 2026
Joseph A. Puhak, 75, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Sept. 10, 2026. Joe was born in Hazleton, Pa. on July 14, 1951 to Andrew and Helen Puhak. They were very happy to welcometheir son as he already had two sisters.
Joe graduated Penn State University and was employed at Dupont in Delaware for many years. Upon moving to Virginia, he...
Virginia "Ginger" Anderson Gerspach
Sep 10, 2026
Virginia “Ginger” Anderson Gerspach
November 8, 1943 – September 10, 2026
Virginia “Ginger” Anderson Gerspach, 82, of Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away on September 10, 2026, at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida.
Ginger was born on November 8, 1943, in Easton, Pennsylvania. She was raised on College Hill, attended March Elementary School, and graduated from Easton Area High School in 1961. She...
Thomas Hamilton Rhodes
Sep 9, 2026
Thomas (Tommy) Hamilton Rhodes, 79, of Ridgeland, South Carolina, passed away at his home on September 9, 2026, surrounded by his loving wife and daughters. Born on October 21, 1946, in Ridgeland, he was the son of the late James Roland Rhodes and Edith Phillips Rhodes.
Tommy was a proud graduate of Ridgeland High School, Class of 1964. He continued his...
Genevieve A. Halk
Sep 5, 2026
Born on May 4, 1939, to Clement and Genevieve Quinn, Genevieve A. Halk was a woman whose kindness, strength, and warmth touched all who knew her.
Raised in West Hempstead, New York, Genevieve dedicated her life to caring for others, first as a nurse and always as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was predeceased by her sister, Eileen...
Georgina Smith
Sep 4, 2026
Georgina Smith of Hilton Head South Carolina, a fighter to the end, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 4, 2026, with her loving husband Skip by her side.
Gina was born on October 7, 1950 in Bayreuth, Germany to the late Derrel “Sarge” Mullikin and Babette Roder Mullikin. Gina lived in many places throughout her life, but her favorite was the...
Courtney Kawchak
Sep 4, 2026
Courtney Kawchak, age 31, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 4, 2026 surrounded by her family.
Born on May 27, 1995, she was the cherished daughter of Debbie Kawchak and Steve Kawchak. Courtney touched the lives of everyone she knew with her loving personality and contagious sense of humor. She had a gift for sensing when others were in pain and...
Elizabeth "Bette" A. Sundell
Aug 31, 2026
Elizabeth A. “Bette” Sundell passed away Monday, August 31, 2026, from her battle with Dementia, at Life Care Center of Hilton Head Island, SC.
Bette was born August 23, 1941 in Hamburg, NY to the late Francis and Maybelle Wakelee. Bette was a hard worker in all that she did. She was a pioneer mom, who raised her children to be...
Brenda Hodge
Aug 30, 2026
Mrs. Brenda Hodge, 72, passed away at her residence in Swainsboro on August 30, 2026.
She was born in 1954 in Florence, SC, to the late Melvis and Joyce Barano Hodge. She lived in Hilton Head for the majority of her life until relocating to Swainsboro in 2019 with her daughter.
She was a woman whose greatest joy came from the simple...
Dževad & Mirjana Dizdarević
Aug 25, 2026
In Loving Memory of Dževad and Mirjana Dizdarević
Dževad Dizdarević, 73, and Mirjana Dizdarević, 71, of Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away together on August 25, 2026, following a devastating house fire caused by a lightning strike during a severe storm.
Dževad and Mirjana shared a life together for more than 50 years. Their story began in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they...
Catherine Senatore
Aug 25, 2026
Catherine “Cathy” Senatore, 69, passed away peacefully and embraced by family in Bluffton, South Carolina, on August 25, 2026, after a brave battle against aggressive lung cancer and other significant setbacks to her health.
Cathy was born on May 19, 1957, in Queens, New York, to Dominick and Margherita Senatore. She was raised in West Islip with her three siblings until...
