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  • July 8, 2024
James Michael 'Mike' LaPensee

James Michael “Mike” LaPensee, a longtime resident of Anna Maria, passed away June 22, 2024, at the age of 79.

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  • June 12, 2024
JoAnne Hatch Galbraith Bruch

JoAnne Hatch (Galbraith) Bruch, born in New York City Aug. 9, 1935, peacefully departed on June 5, 2024, in Dallas, Texas.

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  • June 11, 2024
Barry Walden Walsh

Longtime Longboat Key resident Barry W. Walsh passed away peacefully on May 5, 2024, surrounded by family.

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  • June 11, 2024
Charles R. Greenhouse

Charles R. Greenhouse died in Sarasota, Florida, on May 25. He was born in New York City, the only son of Charles A. Greenhouse, a physician, and the former Anna Raynes.

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  • May 17, 2024
Jenny Ann Magarelli

Jenny Ann Magarelli passed away peacefully in Bradenton, Florida, on May 7, 2024, at the age of 86.

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  • May 9, 2024
Linda Lombardo Gidel

Linda Lombardo Gidel, 73, of Longboat Key, Florida — beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, aunt, friend and philanthropist — passed away peacefully in the presence of close family members on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

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  • April 15, 2024
Jean Arvilla Weeks Hanna

Jean Arvilla Weeks Hanna, a longtime resident of Longboat Key passed away on February 21st, 2024.

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  • April 9, 2024
Jeffrey Michael Deane

Jeffrey Michael Deane, 77, of Annapolis, MD, and Sarasota, FL, passed away on April 4, 2024, at the Hospice of Chesapeake Rebecca Fortney Inpatient Care Center in Pasadena, MD, after a fierce three-year battle with metastatic prostate bone cancer.

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  • April 2, 2024
Winston Monroe Register

Winston Monroe Register was born in Bismarck, ND to parents Clare E. and Elizabeth R. Register August 21, 1935.

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  • March 15, 2024
Stanley “Stan” Pastor

Stanley “Stan” Pastor

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  • February 27, 2024
Margaret “Pat” McGouran

Margaret “Pat” McGouran, resident of Bradenton, FL, passed away on February 17, 2024 at the age of 81.

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  • February 22, 2024
James Stephen ‘Steve’ Cox

James Stephen ‘Steve’ Cox, 72, of Bradenton, FL, passed away on February 14, 2024, with his family by his side.

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  • February 21, 2024
Albert “Jay” Graf

Albert “Jay” Graf, 76, of Longboat Key, Florida and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire passed away January 8th, 2024 from Alzheimer’s disease in Sarasota, Florida.

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  • February 19, 2024
Carmela Picardi

Carmela Picardi age 93 died peacefully on February 11, 2024, at Manatee Memorial Hospital.

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  • February 19, 2024
Andri Anna (“Andy”) Youngs

Andri Anna (“Andy”) Youngs, 89, longtime resident of Longboat Key, Fl. passed away on February 8, 2024.

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