Obituaries

Pearline Kimbell February 25, 1936 ~ August 03, 2022

Paulette Sharada Carmen October 30, 1944 ~ July 25, 2022

Paulette Sharada Carmen, 77, of Pinellas Park, passed away early Monday morning July 25, 2022, at St. Petersburg General Hospital. Paulette was born October 30, 1944, to Willis and Mary (Halliday) Carmen in Beardstown, Illinois. She attended the Mennonite School of Nursing in Bloomington, Illinois, where she graduated with her LPN license and later went […]

Irmgard Schmedt April 06, 1934 ~ July 24, 2022

Irmgard Schmedt, 87, of St. Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022.  She was born in Graudanz, Poland. She met her future Husband, Rudolf Schmedt in Gamsen, Germany and on July 12, 1957, they were married. In 1960 they immigrated to Toronto, Canada, before moving to Miami, and eventually settled in St. Petersburg to […]

Cheryl R. Gumm July 22, 2022

Cheryl R. Gumm, age 77, left this life on July 22, 2022, in Largo, Florida. Cheryl was born April 3, 1945, to Howard and Eva Gumm in Houston, Texas, her hometown. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Music Therapy. She practiced that profession for several years at Milwaukee County Behavioral […]

Barbara Ann Steffek October 25, 1931 ~ July 15, 2022

Barbara Ann Steffek, 90, of St. Petersburg, Florida passed away Friday, July 15, 2022. Barbara was born and raised in Harvey, Illinois. Barbara and George moved to Florida in 1988. She was a homemaker with several interests. They enjoyed traveling here and abroad. One of her main interests was playing bridge.  She was an active […]

Rosario Cunanan October 11, 1936 ~ July 14, 2022

William Peterson December 12, 1971 ~ July 06, 2022

This is about a guy who lived in Pinellas Park whose name was William “Billy” Peterson. Billy was a man filled with great empathy, intuition, faith, and love for family, friends, and humanity. He was a father figure to his fatherless niece and was like a son to a 90-year-old neighbor who lived alone and […]

Thomas Wilcox February 27, 1958 ~ July 05, 2022

Tom Wilcox passed away unexpectedly in St. Petersburg on July 5, 2022. He was 64 years old. He is survived by his sons Brett and Aaron, daughter in-law Kristen, and granddaughter Lennon. He would frequently stop by and visit his granddaughter but never came empty handed. Grandpa Tom would always bring Lennon a gift or […]

Laverne Long July 02, 2022

Laverne F. Long, 96, of St. Petersburg, passed away July 2, 2022. Mrs. Long was born in Chicago, Illinois and was a retired receptionist for a real estate office. She is survived by her loving family, daughters; Pat Drogon & Carol Mitchell; granddaughter, Samantha Spano; great-grandchildren, Serena Thompson, Ava Spano & Jacob Spano and great-great […]

Manuel Rodriguez June 20, 2022

Manuel Ramon Rodriguez Torres, 67, died unexpectedly on June 20, 2022 at his home in Seminole, Florida. He is survived by his four sons, Manuel Rodriguez, Angel Rodriguez, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Alexander Rodriguez and his daughter, Francheska Mencia.  Manuel was born on August 29, 1954 in Coamo, Puerto Rico to his father Manuel Rodriguez, and […]