Obituaries

Obituaries for Orange County, Winter Garden, FL and surrounding areas.

Roberta Weber

Roberta Weber

Feb 18, 2018

Roberta June Weber, 81, of Winter Garden, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 12:30pm at the Church of the Messiah, 241 N. Main Street, Winter Garden.

Service Church of the Messiah 241 N. Main Street Winter Garden, GA  34787 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:30pm

Orvel Skinner

Orvel Skinner

Feb 12, 2018

Orvel Delbert Skinner, 79, of Paisley, Florida, passed away February 12, 2018. He is survived by his children, Billy Skinner, Jeanette Correa and Ken Skinner; grandchildren, Carlos Correa, William Skinner, Marchael Correa, Mikayla Riley and Haven Skinner; and one brother, Vernie Skinner. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 17, 2018, 11am at Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home. The...

Lee Forster

Lee Forster

Feb 12, 2018

Lee Brett Forster, 45, of Winter Garden, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018. Lee grew up in Rhode Island where he learned to love the outdoors, and graduated from North Kingston High School before moving to Florida. Lee enjoyed motorcycles, dirt bike riding, guns, hunting and camping. He always said he wanted to move to Alaska and live off...

Betty Prince

Betty Prince

Feb 2, 2018

Betty Jane Prince, 79, of Winter Garden, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018.

Visitation Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Friday, February 9, 2018 11-12pm Service Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home Chapel 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Friday, February 9, 2018 12pm Cemetery Winter Garden...

Trinity Estrada

Trinity Estrada

Jan 28, 2018

Trinity Murphy Estrada, 4 months, passed away January 28, 2018. It's time we must say Goodbye And we don't understand why- Today is the day we must Lay our Trinity to rest… Everyone knows she was the best… The best baby daughter, The best baby sister, The best Granddaughter… She was our miracle, our dream come true. We have...

Benton High

Benton High

Jan 27, 2018

Visitation Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11am-3pm Service Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home Chapel 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Thursday, February 1, 2018 11am Cemetery Woodlawn Memorial Park 400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road Gotha, FL  34734

Edward Utley

Edward Utley

Jan 24, 2018

Edward James "E.J." Utley, of Orlando, passed away at home on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. He was 82 years old and the beloved husband of Jo Ann for 59 years. He was born November 11, 1935, in Owosso, Michigan, but lived most of his life in Orlando. He was the eldest of eight children. E.J. served his country with...

Annette Driggers

Annette Driggers

Jan 22, 2018

Annette Jackson Driggers, 85, of Chuluota, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 3, 2018, 11am at Parkside Fellowship Church of the Nazarene, 200 N. Wayman Street, Longwood, FL.

Service Parkside Fellowship Church of the Nazarene 200 N. Wayman Street Longwood, FL  32750 Saturday, February 3, 2018 11am Cemetery Highland...

Howard Pulley

Howard Pulley

Jan 20, 2018

Howard Leroy Pulley, 84, of Tavares, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018. He was retired from the US Air Force having served in both Vietnam and Korea. He is survived by his daughter, Connie Rodgers and husband Terry; two stepdaughters, Sharon Peters and Sherry Hines; one stepson, Jeff Hines and wife Sally; his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services...

Glenn Whelan

Glenn Whelan

Jan 18, 2018

On Thursday, January 18, 2018, Glenn Frederick Whelan, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away at the age of 91.

Glenn was born June 30, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the Coast Guard in 1943, and was honorably discharged in 1946. On June 22, 1951 he married Dolores (Pierangelo) with whom he had 3...

Palmira Fortis

Palmira Fortis

Jan 6, 2018

Palmira Fortis, 102, of Gotha, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018. She is survived by her daughter Carmen M. Fortis; grandchildren, Jose Raymond Morales, Jose M. Morales, Belinda Brought and Eleda Espinoza; one sister, Carmen Bingham; one brother, Elias Rivera; and very close friends Nancy Friedmann, Tony Boriotti, and Elmer and Kathy Carrier.

Visitation Collison Carey Hand...

Evoyne Cassatt

Evoyne Cassatt

Jan 5, 2018

Evoyne B. Cassatt - age 68 of Ocoee FL.; passed away surrounded by her loving family on Friday, January 5, 2018. She is a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend that will be missed by all. The family will be present to receive friends on Monday, January 8th from 6-8pm at Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home, 1148...

Dolores Bauman

Dolores Bauman

Jan 3, 2018

Dolores "Dolly" Rita Kraemer was born on July 11, 1929, in Watertown, WI. She passed away in Winter Garden, FL on January 3, 2018, at the age 88. Dolores worked many years in the retail industry. Surviving are her daughters, Deborah Tieman and husband Mark, of Winter Garden, and Andrea Bauman, of Philadelphia, PA; two grandchildren, Melissa Tieman Kwak...

Elizabeth Britt

Elizabeth Britt

Jan 1, 2018

Elizabeth T. "Betty" Britt, 86, of Ocoee, passed away Monday, January 1, 2018. She was born August 24, 1931 in Mount Dora, Florida to the late Mary McArthur and James Monroe Thompson. She moved to Ocoee and attended Lakeview High School. Betty is survived by her children, Jim Britt and Debbie Scaletta; grandchildren, Kyle and Soon Britt, Kara and...

Margaret Weidner-Pilling

Margaret Weidner-Pilling

Dec 25, 2017

Margaret "Peggy" Weidner (1917-2017) Winter Garden resident, Margaret "Peggy" Weidner, passed away on December 25, 2017 at the age of 100. Peggy was preceded in death by her husband, William F. Weidner in 1974, second husband, Charles B. Pilling in 1992 and son Thomas W. (late wife Ruth) in 2017. She is survived by three children, William P. (wife...

Donna Bell

Donna Bell

Dec 21, 2017

Visitation Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Friday, December 29, 2017 11am Service Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home Chapel 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Friday, December 29, 2017 1pm Cemetery Winter Garden Cemetery Lake Butler Blvd Winter Garden, FL  34787

Sam Vandergrift

Sam Vandergrift

Dec 21, 2017

The cantankerous, witty, eccentric, beloved icon known as Mayor Scott, former Mayor of the City of Ocoee, died on December 21, 2017. Surrounded by twinkling Christmas lights and Christmas music, he died as he lived--as a fighter and legend. Born to Eleanor and John "Foots" Vandergrift in Ocoee, Florida, on March 22, 1940, Sam Scott Vandergrift was the youngest...

Mary Root

Mary Root

Dec 20, 2017

Mary B. Root was born in Charlotte, NC in 1925 the daughter of Curtis William and Caroline Strohecker Braswell. Mrs. Root grew up in Kentucky and graduated from Columbia College in Missouri. She moved with her family to Winter Park, Fl in 1950. Mrs Root taught kindergarden, was a secretary, homemaker and a loving Mom. She was preceded in...

Donald Davis

Donald Davis

Dec 19, 2017

Visitation Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Saturday, December 30, 2017 10am Service Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home Chapel 1148 East Plant Street Winter Garden, FL  34787 Saturday, December 30, 2017 11am Cemetery Ocoee Cemetery Ocoee, FL  34761