OBITUARIES
John Matthew Tomasic
Jan 18, 2024
John Matthew Tomasic of Hilton Head, SC passed away peacefully on January 18, 2024. Born in Hokendauqua, PA he was the son of Anna and Andrew Tomasic. He was a graduate of Whitehall High School and Lehigh University. John served in the Navy during WW II and was a longtime resident of both Woodbury Hts., NJ and Sun City,...
Thomas J. Gillen
Jan 17, 2024
Thomas Joseph Gillen, age 79, of Bluffton, SC, and Brunson, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at MUSC Charleston, SC. He was born on July 8, 1944 in Mitchel Field, NY, to his late parents; Thomas Joseph Gillen and Marion Nappe-Gillen.
Tom started his work life as a steam fitter, then opened a mechanical contracting...
Charles Edward Dean
Jan 15, 2024
Charles Edward Dean passed away on Monday, January 15, 2024 after a short illness.
Charles was born in Hartsville, SC on October 28, 1937 to the late Rodgers Dean and Nella Smith Dean.
Charles founded Dean’s Custom Air in 1968 and continued as it’s owner since that date. He was an original parishioner of St....
Gerard Hugh O'Connor
Jan 13, 2024
Gerard H. O’Connor, or “Jerry”, age 76, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC. He was born at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT to Hugh and Loretta O’Connor. He was a graduate of Conard High School and earned his degree from Central Connecticut State College. He married Carolann Jacobson on August...
Kunigunde R. Fenn
Jan 13, 2024
Kunigunde R. Fenn, 94, of Bluffton, SC passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Fraser Health Care.
Kunigunde was born September 9, 1929 in Bayreuth, Germany to the late Josef Roder and Elisabeth Hagen Roder. She enjoyed painting, listening to music, pet puzzles, and word games. She always took delight in visiting family in Germany and traveling...
Ryan James Andrew Johnson
Jan 13, 2024
Please come together to mourn, cherish, and honor our beloved Ryan James Andrew Johnson. A hardworking and loving young man, taken away from us early without warning or reason. Ryan loved his family and friends very deeply. He has a beautiful family who miss him dearly. He is leaving behind a Mother (Shannon Jordan) Father (Chancy Johnson) three sisters...
Marialyce J. Parker
Jan 13, 2024
Marialyce J. Parker, 92, of Bluffton, SC passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024 at her home.
Marialyce (Mari), was born February 24, 1931 in Chicago, IL to the late Martin Joseph Blanford and Alice Blanford. Mari was the middle child of nine. She is survived by two of her brothers, Robert and James Blanford. She worked as...
Robert Anthony Poto
Jan 12, 2024
Robert Anthony Poto (Bobby) was a resident of Okatie Pines Retirement Community, SC at the time of his death on Friday January 12, 2024 at the age of 86.
Previously, with his cherished wife Sheila and his beloved pets Bogie and Rusty, they spent many happy years within the Abbey Glen community with friends and neighbors until...
Emma Jean Rhea
Jan 12, 2024
Emma Jean Rhea passed peacefully in her sleep on January 12, 2023 while in hospice care at her daughter’s home in Bluffton, SC with her daughter and son-in-law at her side. She enjoyed 89 years of life.
All of her grandchildren and most great-grandchildren were fortunate to visit with her in the past few weeks. She was...
Charles John Hopkins
Jan 12, 2024
Charles J. Hopkins (Charlie), 73, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2024 in Bluffton, SC. He was the loving and dutiful husband of Joyce A. (Dunheimer) Hopkins for more than 50 years. In addition to his wife he is survived by his two children, Brett and Kara (Hopkins) Emes, as well as their families, including Holly (Jewett) Hopkins, Merritt...
Mario Adrian Flores-Landivar
Jan 12, 2024
Mario Adrian Flores Landivar was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on September 08, 1950. Mario passed away at the age of 73 on January 12, 2024, in his home in Bluffton, South Carolina. He was happily married to Ruth Mery Barrero Landa for 52 years and they had five children together: Ana Gloria, Silvia Marioly, Ruth Silvana, Claudia Alejandra,...
Hal Racine "Captain Ray" Padgett
Jan 11, 2024
Hal Racine “Captain Ray” Padgett was born on Callawassie Island June 12, 1935 to his mother, Marie Bailey Padgett and his father, Henry D Padgett. Racine passed peacefully into eternal rest at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at the age of 88.
Growing up on Callawassie Island was quite the adventure for...
Marsha E. (Cunningham) Ingalls
Jan 10, 2024
Marsha Elaine (Cunningham) Ingalls, 78, of 19 Kings Way, Ipswich passed away peacefully with her family by her side on January 10, 2024 following a brief illness.
Marsha was born in Lynn on February 26, 1945, the daughter of Violet Linnea (Nelson) Cunningham and John Wesley Cunningham. Though raised primarily in Peabody, she and her family moved...
Courtney Faith Kolencik
Jan 10, 2024
Courtney Faith Kolencik, 34, of Hardeeville, SC, formerly of Bowie, MD, was home when she was called to heaven Wednesday AM, January 10, 2024. She fought a long courageous battle with Type 1 Diabetes and Cancer.
She was born November 17, 1989 in Silver Spring, MD, the only daughter of Frank Stephen Kolencik and Cynthia J. Kolencik. ...
Carolyn Brubaker Carroll
Jan 10, 2024
Carolyn Brubaker Carroll, “Carol” of Lancaster, South Carolina, passed away on January 10, 2024 at Coastal Carolina Hospital after a short illness. She was the daughter of the late Thurman Devon Brubaker and Violet Flick Brubaker. She was born on May 17, 1938 in Kokomo, Indiana. Carol was a graduate of the University of South Carolina where she met...
Leslie Horton Meyer
Jan 8, 2024
Leslie Horton Meyer, 87, of Hilton Head Island, died at her home on January 8, 2024. She was born on January 2, 1937, in Cleveland, OH, the wife of the late J. Thornwell Meyer III and daughter of the late Donald and Florence Horton. She was a loving and devoted mother of four children and a dedicated friend of...
Emma Fisher
Jan 8, 2024
Emma Fisher, 95, of Saint Helena Island, SC passed away on Monday, January 8, 2024.
Emma was born in New York City, NY. As a young child she moved with her family to Bridgewater NJ, where she met her late husband, Marion Jack Fisher with whom she was married to for 46 years.
Emma received...
Richard Martin Lukesh
Jan 7, 2024
Richard Martin Lukesh, a resident here since 2017, died peacefully at his home on January 7, 2024. He was 77 years old.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Bluffton at 10:30 AM; Monday; January 29, 2024. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the...
Cheyenne Grace Roach
Jan 7, 2024
It is with deep sorrow that we announce Cheyenne Grace Roach, 22, of Early Branch, SC, passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2024.
A Lowcountry native, Cheyenne was born July 6, 2001 in Beaufort, South Carolina to parents Aaron and Elizabeth Roach. At the age of 2 she moved to Baltimore, MD. In her years there, she...
Alma Jean (Laird) Swanson
Jan 5, 2024
We are deeply saddened to announce that Alma Jean “AJ” Swanson, 80, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, January 5, 2024. She was preceded in death by her father Robert R. Laird, mother Emily Blanche Laird, and brother Robert R. Laird, Jr. She is survived by her husband, Charles “Chuck” Swanson, and children: Charles “Chip” Swanson (Diane),...
