June Margaret Atkinson, 86, of Mount Dora, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2019. She was born to the late Sidney and Margaret Birch in Coventry, England U.K. on October 20, 1932.
June attended the Welsh National School of Medicine, graduating 1956. She practiced medicine in Cardiff, Wales until moving to Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1964. After...
Colonel Rick Lester lived life with great zest and adventure. His "bigger-than-life" personality touched lives all over the world. Born in San Antonio, Texas, January 4th, 1953, to James and Barbara Lester, Rick followed in his father's Air Force fighter pilot footsteps. He joined the Air Force after attending Florida State University. His first assignment after pilot training was...
Brian James Cole, 38, of Mount Dora, FL passed away suddenly on Sunday July 28, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Anne, his son Hunter (age 7), his daughter Harper (age 4), grandparents, parents, sister, aunts and uncles, cousins, niece, nephew, and his extensive in-law family. Brian's family has always been the most important thing in his life;...
Gregory Allen Migliori, 57, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia,passed away on Sunday, July21, 2019, at Winchester Medical Center surrounded by his family. Greg was born to Joseph Migliori and Rosalie (Kaminski) Migliori in Toledo, Ohio in 1961. He graduated from Apopka High School in 1979 where he excelled in both baseball and football. Greg then went on to play...
Esmond Edward "Ed" Blanton, 67, of Mount Dora, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2019, at Advent Health Waterman Hospital in Tavares. Ed was an oral surgeon in Leesburg for more than 25 years, having started his practice there in 1989. A graduate of the University of Florida, Ed completed dental school at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond,...
The Reverend Robert I. "Father Bob" Maurais, retired Rector Emeritus of St. Edward's Episcopal Church in Mount Dora, Florida, died peacefully on July 6, 2019, just after celebrating his 88th birthday. He was born July 5, 1931 in Davenport, Iowa, and was raised and educated in Rock Island, Illinois. He attended Northwestern University before being called into active duty in...