On Sunday, July 19th, 2020, Darrell Jay Whitmore, loving husband and father of two children, passed away at the age of 77 peacefully at Tidewell hospice and is now with his Lord and Savior. He was born December 12th, 1942 in Lodi, Ohio (raised in Wadsworth), to Jay Whitmore and Iona (Whitmore)...

Dewey Wayne Ogle Sr was born on April 11, 1943 in Cowpens, South Carolina. He was the fourth of six children to Elbert Ogle and Roxie Elvira Stinnett. His siblings are: Jack Lynn Ogle (Deceased), Annie Ruth Hendrix (Deceased), Corinne Wise, JW Ogle, and Billy Eugene Ogle (Deceased). Growing up in...

Beverly J Hodge went home to the Lord peacefully on June 30th, 2020, at the age of 81. Beverly is survived by her loving daughter Belva (Keith) Garner; loving son Mark (Sandra) Hodge; sister, Barbara (Clyde) Ellerbee; 9 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, and 13...

Donald Frazier, 93, a longtime resident of Punta Gorda, passed away peacefully June 22, 2020. Don was born in 1927 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Mildred and Floyd Frazier. He was a retired TWA pilot with 33 years of service. Don was in the Navy V-12 program at the age of 17 while attending...

Paul G. Thomas, age 100, of Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at his Punta Gorda residence. Paul was born on October 25, 1919 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to the late Gust and Anna Lillian Thomas. Paul, a World War II veteran of the United States Navy, married Ann Tampas on...

The Reverend Clyde W. “Coach” Kaminska, Ph.D., CFRE, went home to the Lord on May 26, 2020 after serving Him for 66 years in the ministry, 28 of them in Florida. He was born on July 24, 1929, in Buffalo New York to Charles “Cully” and Charlotte (Klein) Kaminska, both of whom pre-deceased him, as...

Patricia Jean Reinert, age 83 of Port Charlotte, Florida passed away on May 24, 2020. She was born on November 21, 1936 to Paul and Rilla Greene in Dayton, Ohio. Patricia attended Roosevelt High School, graduating in 1955. She enjoyed ceramics, painting, gardening, and loved to dance. Patricia...

We are honored to serve the Pizarro Family and saddened to announce the passing of Mrs. Lydia Pizarro on May 19, 2020. Funeral and burial services will be private, but if you would like to send flowers to her final resting place within the Garden of Peace, please send them to: Royal Palm Memorial...

Franklin O'Brien "Brien" Smith, Jr., 64, of Punta Gorda, passed away May 14, 2020. He was born September 22, 1955 in Lynchburg, VA and has lived in Punta Gorda for the past 20 years, moving here from Virginia Beach, VA. He retired in 2012 from Scottrade. Before moving to Florida, he worked for...

Judith Kay Swett was born on April 29, 1951 in Rolla, Missouri and passed away on May 11, 2020 in Port Charlotte, Florida. Her final resting place is within the Garden of Honor at Royal Palm Memorial Gardens.

Elizabeth J. Rambo-Fish was born on December 14, 1923 and passed away on May 1, 2020. her final resting place is within the crypts of Mausoleum VI at Royal Palm Memorial Gardens.

Maria Gatz Fleming a native of Long Island New York, but a Floridian at heart, passed away on Wednesday April 1, 2020. She will be missed by all who knew her. She was the loving mother of Tanja Beahn and Anne Marie Coats-Gatz and the beloved wife of Don Fleming. She was born in Germany to...