Obituaries
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Loretta Olensky-Bureau
Oct 4, 2022
Loretta Olensky-Bureau Loretta Olensky-Bureau, born on January 19, 1955 in Bronx, New York to John and Ray Olensky, passed peacefully surrounded by her family on October 4, 2022. She was the House Secretary at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center before retiring in 2015. Loretta enjoyed reading and was an avid Facebook user. She was preceded in death by her brother, William...
Geraldine "Gerry" Reyer
Oct 4, 2022
Geraldine “Gerry” Reyer Gerry Reyer, 93, passed away on October 4, 2022 in Vero Beach, FL. Gerry was born in Reading, PA and moved to Fort Pierce, FL in 1990 coming from Massapequa Park, NY. She worked for General Motors as a secretary prior to her retirement. Gerry was a member of St. Mark’s Catholic Church, a volunteer for many...
Waldo Jones Akins
Oct 3, 2022
Waldo Jones Akins Waldo Jones Akins, 95, of Fort Pierce, Florida died on October 3, 2022. He was born on February 21, 1927 in Bulloch County, Statesboro, Georgia, he was the son of the late Roger and Ruby Akins. He spent his early years on the family farm and enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Jones married Betty Brannen...
Marian Martin Franko
Oct 3, 2022
Marian Martin Franko, 92, of Florida passed away at the Sea Breeze Rehab and Nursing Center on Oct. 3, 2022. She was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania on Aug. 6, 1930 and she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Credlo) Martin. Marian was a graduate of the Falls Overfield School and she worked at Tops Chewing Gum. Marian...
Joanne E. Santrock Tucker
Oct 3, 2022
Joanne Elizabeth Santrock Tucker was born in Akron, Ohio on July 23, 1938. Joanne went to be with her heavenly father on Monday, October 3, 2022, in Fort Pierce, Florida where she, and the love of her life, Jay, raised their four children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jay H Tucker, III of almost 64 years. She...
Daniel J. (Sharky) Cipriani Jr
Oct 1, 2022
Danny Cipriani passed away on October 1, 2022, from complications of Dementia. He was born in Toledo, OH, on October 5, 1941. Danny was top sales at Bob Schmidt Chevrolet throughout his younger years. After moving to Florida in the 1980s, Danny owned Sip’s Nite Club in the Village Green Shopping Center in Port St Lucie, FL. After Sip’s Nite...
Irvie Frances Saunders
Sep 30, 2022
Irvie Frances Saunders Irvie Frances Saunders, 74, passed away on September 30, 2022 in Vero Beach, Florida. Mrs. Saunders was born in Lakeland, Florida and moved to Fort Pierce in 1977 coming from Mississippi. Irvie worked for the St. Lucie County Planning and Zoning Department for over 25 years. She enjoyed taking road trips and playing bingo. She loved her...
Patricia "Patty" Aziere
Sep 30, 2022
Patricia “Patty” Aziere Patricia “Patty” Aziere, 79, passed away on September 30, 2022 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Mrs. Aziere was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and resided in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Patty graduated from Center High School in Kansas City, Missouri. She worked as a Physical Therapist Aid, data entry, but most of all as a devoted wife, mother,...
Ilona Joyce Yesensky
Sep 30, 2022
Ilona Joyce Yesensky, 80, passed away on September 30, 2022. Ilona was born in Fayette City, PA on January 18, 1942 and lived a wonderful childhood in the country. Ilona married the love of her life, James, in Charleroi, PA on the first day of Spring (June 21) in 1969 by a Justice of the Peace and they celebrated at...
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick R. Cianciolo
Sep 27, 2022
SERVICE BEFORE SELF. Lieutenant Colonel Frederick R. Cianciolo, USAF (Retired) passed away on September 27, 2022, at the age of 63 after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Inspired by his own father’s military service, Fred graduated in 1982 from the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, then married his high school sweetheart, Emily, with whom he recently...
Nancy Hazel Smythe
Sep 27, 2022
Nancy H. Smythe was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on March 10, 1944. Her parents, John, an executive in the steel industry, and Fancheon, a teacher and homemaker, were thrilled with her arrival. After ten years of trying, they finally got their bundle of joy. Nancy married her high school sweetheart, Daniel Stone Smythe, in 1963. They had two children...
Carl Blair Smith
Sep 26, 2022
Carl Blair Smith was born on August 19, 1931, in Scranton, Pennsylvania and entered the Gates of Heaven on September 26, 2022. Carl passed peacefully in the arms of his beloved wife of 67 years, Marjorie, and his three daughters at his home in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. After graduating from Central High School in Scranton, Carl volunteered to serve...
Lillian Mary Macgregor
Sep 26, 2022
Lillian Mary MacGregor, 85, of Port St. Lucie, Fl passed away peacefully September 26, 2022. Lillian was born November 11, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY to William and Lillian Regan. Lillian graduated from Sarah J. Hale High School in Brooklyn, NY. She married the love of her life, Harold MacGregor in their hometown of Brooklyn on June 15, 1958. Lillian was...
Jeffery Glenn Vessel
Sep 25, 2022
Jeffery Glenn Vessel, 59, died September 25, 2022, in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Jeff was born in Santa Cruz, California. He graduated from Baymonte Christian School in Scotts Valley. After joining the U.S. Army, he was stationed in Germany where he met his wife, Renate. They have two children, Lindsay and Madison. Jeff worked in sales. After moving to Florida,...
Edward (Ted) Golden O'Rourke
Sep 25, 2022
Edward (Ted) Golden O’Rourke November 27, 1931 – September 25, 2022 Ted O’Rourke age 90 of Ocean Breeze, FL and formerly of Nantucket, MA, died peacefully surrounded by his daughters on Saturday, September 25 2022. Ted hailed from Mission Hill, Boston, MA, where he was born November 27, 1931 to Mildred Reddish and Michael Joseph O’Rourke. After graduating from Mission...
Tony Dil
Sep 24, 2022
Tony Dil left this world on Saturday, the 24th of September 2022 at the age of 77 at home surrounded by his loved ones. He was born in Trinidad on the 10th of May 1945. Tony immigrated to New York in October 1967 at the age of 22. There he met the love of his life, Indra. They were married...
Rita Helen Cummings
Sep 23, 2022
Rita Helen Cummings, 84, passed away on September 23, 2022 in Fort Pierce, Florida. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1938. She is predeceased by her husband of 48 years Eugene Fortin, his son George Fortin and her siblings, Margo, Richard and Casey. She is survived by her sister Mary and her husband Frank Gladysz and many loving...
Jessie L. Spells
Sep 23, 2022
Jessie Spells Jessie Spells, 85, died September 23, 2022 in Fort Pierce, Florida. Mrs. Spells was born in Douglas, Georgia and moved to Florida over 70 years ago. Jessie loved to read and do puzzle books. She raised 7 kids and loved being with her grandchildren. Survivors include her daughters, Vivian Curry of Fort Pierce, FL, Brenda Curry of Fort...
Anna Mae Reimert
Sep 23, 2022
ANNA MAE REIMERT, 86, of Fort Pierce, Florida, formally of Emmaus, PA passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022. Born in Allentown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Claire (Toolan) Clauser and sister to her late brother Ernest Clauser. Anna Mae graduated from Allentown High School, class of 1953 and served on her class reunion as...
David E. "Dave" Jackson
Sep 22, 2022
David E. Jackson (Dave) 80 died on September 22, 2022 in Hospice care in Fort Pierce Florida. Mr. Jackson was born in Utica, New York and resided in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. He joined the Navy right after high school and did see a lot of the world from the deck of the USS Cromwell. He then graduated from Utica...