OBITUARIES
Vivian Johnson Bolton
Jun 18, 2009
Vivian Johnson Bolton, 83, of Bluffton, SC and wife of Robert W. Bolton, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at her home.She was born in Clover, PA on February 5, 1926. She was the daughter of the late James and Edith Baker Johnson. She was an avid tennis player. She enjoyed traveling and taking cruises. She was a Presbyterian...
Ralph Lamar Gormley, Jr
Jun 17, 2009
Ralph Lamar Gormley, Jr., 71, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at his home in Bluffton, SC.He was born April 20, 1938 in Tulsa, OK. He was the son of the late Ralph Lamar and Mary Evans Gormley, Sr.He was a graduate of the University of Arizona where he was a member of Delta Chi. He earned a Masters degree...
Earl Floyd Smith
Jun 16, 2009
Earl F. SmithBeaufort, SCEarl Floyd Smith, 59, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at his home in Beaufort, SC.Mr. Smith was born in Grays, SC on November 15, 1949 to the late Floyd G. Smith and Bessie Walls Smith. He was employed by the Department of Defense on Parris Island for the last twenty years. He was a U.S. Army...
William Harold Climo
Jun 12, 2009
William Harold Climo, Jr., 69, of Sun City Hilton Head died Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Hilton Head Hospital.He was born in Winthrop, MA and travelled extensively, residing in Oklahoma, North Carolina, California, Maryland, Hawaii, Virginia, and Colorado before moving to the Hilton Head area in 2005. He was an avid skier and golfer.Bill graduated from Wakefield High School...
Robert Elro Carroll
Jun 11, 2009
Robert Elro Carroll, 82, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2009 in the Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC.He was born in Leona Mines, Virginia on January 28, 1927. He was the son of the late James Mitchell and Ida Ethel Duncan Carroll.He moved to Taneytown, MD and became a Masonry Contractor. He was an avid hunter and...
Leoda Jordan Turpin
Jun 8, 2009
Leoda J. TurpinRidgeland, SCLeoda Jordan Turpin, 88, widow of the late W. Harold Turpin, passed away Monday, June 8, 2009 at The Ridgeland Nursing Center in Ridgeland, SC.She was born in Pelzer, SC on October 6, 1920. She was a Registered Nurse having retired from Anderson Memorial Hospital in Anderson, SC and she was a Methodist.She is survived by her...
Evelyn Foley Robinson
Jun 7, 2009
Evelyn T. Robinson of Sun City entered into eternal rest on June 7, 2009.Evelyn was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Timothy Robinson and her parents, Anna Golbach and Joseph Foley. Evelyn is survived by her cousins, Rosemarie and Edward Boney; Dorothy and Joseph Rafanello; Richard and June Jahn and Thomas Gallagher.The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint...
James Tury Oesterling
Jun 7, 2009
James Tury Oesterling, 81, of Hilton Head Island, SC, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2009 in the Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island, SC He was the son of the late Emanuel and Barbara Tury Oesterling.He was a Chemical Engineer. He served in the US Merchant Marine and US Army during World War II. He was a member...
Daphna Scott Houck
Jun 2, 2009
Daphna Scott Houck, 100, of Bluffton, SC and widow of Howard Houck passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 in the Carolina House of Bluffton, SC.She was born in Rosebud, Oregon on May 14, 1909. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Sally Walters Scott.She had lived in Bluffton for the past four years coming from Bedford, Ohio....
Myrtle Horton Cooler
Jun 1, 2009
Myrtle Horton CoolerSavannah, GAMyrtle Elizabeth Horton Cooler, 90, passed away Monday, June 1, 2009 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. She was born in Gillisonville, SC on March 19, 1919 to the late Robert Pringle Horton and Sarah Elizabeth Harvey Horton. She was a graduate of Ridgeland High School.She was retired from Candler Hospital in Savannah, GA...
Dennis Boyd Weeks
May 29, 2009
Dennis Boyd Weeks, 49, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009 in the Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island, SC.Dennis was born on February 22, 1960 in Avon Park, FL to the late James and Christine Weeks. He moved to Lake County in 1971.He was an electrician. He enjoyed outdoor grillin and Barbeque and he enjoyed...
Ray Marvin Smart
May 29, 2009
Ray Marvin Smart, 22, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009 in Beaufort, SC.He was born in Savannah, GA on October 5, 1986. He was the son of Joe Primus and the late Louise Martin Clark.He was employed by All My Son Trucking Company and he was a member of the Lion and Lamb Church of Hardeeville,...
R. Michael Burget
May 29, 2009
R. Michael Burget, 67, of Bluffton, SC passed away Friday, May 29, 2009 after a valiant battle with lung cancer. He was born in Indianapolis, IN on October 4, 1941 to Paul H. and Marjorie (Attkinsson) Burget.On September 1, 1962 Mike married Diane (Dinny) McFarland who survives him at home. He is also survived by his two son, Jeff Burget...
Lewis Joseph Flint
May 23, 2009
Lewis Joseph Flint, 77, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2009 at his home in Bluffton, SC.He was born November 14, 1931 in Boston, MA. He was the son of Lewis and Margaret Hanly Flint.He was a software engineer for Litton Industries and a US Army Veteran of the Korean Era. He was a member of Saint Gregory the Great Catholic...
Marie Antoinette Gagliardi
May 22, 2009
Marie Antoinette Gagliardi, 75, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009 at Coastal Carolina Hospital in Hardeeville, SC.She was born February 10, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY. She was the daughter of Joseph and Clotilde Papaeleo Rescigno.She was a homemaker and loved her family; she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a member of Saint Gregory the Great...
Thomas J. Wanket
May 22, 2009
Thomas J. Wanket, 73, was surrounded by his loving wife when he was peacefully called home to our Lord on May 22, 2009. Thomas was born on September 21, 1935 in Grosse Point, Michigan. He spent his early childhood in the Detroit area and St. Clair, Michigan. Tom was the son of Cyril and Rose Wanket. He graduated from Michigan...
Carol Elaine Brooks Facchiano
May 19, 2009
Carol Elaine Brooks Facchiano, 50, of Bluffton, SC and wife of Richard A. Facchiano, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.She was born in the Bronx, NY on December 25, 1958. She was the daughter of Robert and Madeleine Q. Brooks.She was employed by Reed Development Corporation. She was a member...
Helen Pritchard Newman
May 18, 2009
Helen P. NewmanHardeeville, SCHelen Elizabeth Pritchard Newman, 85, widow of L. Clarence Newman, passed away May 18, 2009 at Kindred Hospital in Green Cove Springs, FL after a long illness.She was born on December 31, 1923 in Emanuel Co., GA to the late John Harley Pritchard, Sr. and Alice Truett Pritchard.She was retired from Union Camp Corp. and was a...
