Obituaries

Minneola Barber Lamb

Minneola Barber Lamb

Minneola Barber Lamb

Minneola Barber Lamb, 85 of Waynesville, North Carolina passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at Autumn Care.
Muriel Osburn

Muriel Osburn

Muriel Dolores “Lo” Osburn

Muriel Dolores “Lo” Osburn, 92, of St. Cloud, Florida (more recently Laughlin, NV and Austin, TX), died peacefully on January 25, 2020.      She was born to the late Fred B. and Ruth A. (Garrettson) Kenney on April 28, 1927, in St Cloud, FL.
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Phillip Ray Koonce

Phillip Ray Koonce was born November 17, 1934 in Holly Ridge, NC, to the late Henry and Eula Mae Koonce, however has lived in Florida since 1963, primarily in Kissimmee. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the Army as a paratrooper.
CLIFF SPEIR

CLIFF SPEIR

Clifford “Cliff ” Speir

Clifford “Cliff ” Speir, 94, passed away on January 22, 2020. He was born in Greenville, PA on October 27, 1925, to Harold and Freda Speir. He grew up in Pennsylvania and as a young man worked on his father’s farm and drove a milk delivery truck.
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Richard Franklin Ritter

Richard Franklin Ritter, 83, husband of Janet Ritter of St. Cloud, passed away on January 18, 2020. The family will receive friends for visitation on Sunday, January 26, 2020, from 6-8 p.m., at the Osceola Memory Gardens Funeral Home, 2000 13th Street, in St Cloud.
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Clarence Wendell Webster

Clarence Wendell Webster. Born - April 3, 1935. Deceased-January 9, 2020. Preceded in death by father Clarence Ozell Webster, mother Agnes Mills Webster, brothers: Donald Webster and Walter Lee Webster.
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George Kane Mahony Jr.

George Kane Mahony Jr., 92, affectionately called “Red” by his family members, passed away on November 18, 2019, under the loving care of his family and staff of Cornerstone Hospice, Kissimmee, Fla. Born on September 19, 1927, in Albany, N.Y., George was the son of George K.
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Phyllis T. Cregger

Phyllis T. Cregger, age 85, of Soddy Daisy and formerly of Kissimmee, Florida, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2019. She retired from AT&T Corporation with over 25 years of service. Phyllis was a member of the Kissimmee Women’s Club and enjoyed playing cards on Thursdays.
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Osceola News-Gazette

Brett Alan Edwards

Brett Alan Edwards, age 59, passed away November 1, 2019, in Lecanto, Florida, after a two-year fight against cancer. Born in Flint, Michigan, Brett was a proud graduate of Osceola High School in Kissimmee and held an A.S. degree from ITT Tech.
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Mary Francis Kraus

Mary Francis Kraus (Nee: Arnold), former Executive Director, Good Samaritan Society - Kissimmee Village, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2019, peacefully in her home in St Cloud, Florida. Mary was born on October 24, 1934 in Moore, Oklahoma, where she attended primary schooling.