William R. “Russ” Rose of Punta Gorda, FL succumbed to cancer on January 3, 2015 at Tidewell Hospice in Arcadia. He was born on October 13, 1930 to Franklin C. and Ruth A. (Allbritton) Rose. He was the youngest of 5 boys (all deceased). While still a teenager, he entered the U.S. Air Force...

Lottie R. Vick, 82 of Punta Gorda, FL, passed away Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at her residence in Punta Gorda. She was born Oct. 6, 1932 in Rossville, GA, to Howard Stancel and Roberta Anderson. Lottie came to Punta Gorda from Ft. Myers, FL in 1977. She and her husband George A. Vick, Sr. were the...

Dennis McCormack, 69, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, in Port Charlotte, Fla. Arrangements are by Kays-Ponger & Uselton Funeral Home and cremation Services, Punta Gorda Chapel.

Essie Mae "Tess" Fetherolf, 89, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, in Port Charlotte, Fla. Essie was born Feb. 9, 1925, in Summerton, S.C., the daughter of Ellis Robert and Essie (nee Jeffords) Richbourg, and grew up on a family farm. A native of Summerton, and long time...

Monique V. Robert, 80, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Arrangements are by Kays Ponger & Uselton Funeral Homes, Port Charlotte.

Rosa Matilde Leon, 90, of North Port, Florida, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2014 at Quality Health Care Center. She was born on February 9, 1924 in San Juan de los Yeras, Villa Clara, Cuba. Rosa and her husband Wilberto Leon immigrated to the United States seeking freedom on March of...