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Clearwater

• BONES, ARGUSTA, 66, of Clearwater, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. She was born in Camilla, Ga., and came here in 1957 from Perry. She was a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Clearwater. Survivors include a daughter, Lapeno Boans, Clearwater; a brother, Curtis Boans, San Francisco; two sisters, Annie Lark Clark and Betty Lee, both of Clearwater; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Woody's Funeral Home, Clearwater.
• CLARK, NORMAN FRANK, 90, of Clearwater, died Monday (March 17, 2003) at home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. He was born in Toronto and came here in 1969 from Windsor, Ontario, where he retired as a manager of production control for Ford Motor Co. and Ford Canada. He was a member of Clearwater Community Church. Survivors include his wife, Marge; two sons, Gordon, Duncan, British Columbia, and Murray, Harrow, Ontario; 13 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. International Casket and Urn Gallery, Clearwater.
• CONLEY, JOHN J., 84, of Clearwater, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. He was born in Malden, Mass., and came here in 1976 from Concord, Mass. He was a metallurgist and an Army veteran of World War II with service in the China-Burma-India campaign. He was Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was an avid fisherman and bridge player. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Mary; a son, Michael, Ashland, Mass.; a daughter, Mary J. Herter, Westboro, Mass.; two brothers, Leo, Stuart, and Tom, Belleair; a sister, Kathleen Ash, Clearwater; and five grandchildren. Rhodes Funeral Directors, Druid Chapel, Clearwater.
• DRUM, GRACE E., 84, of Clearwater, died Wednesday (March 26, 2003) at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. She came here in 1969 from her native Rochester, N.Y., where she retired as a clerk for the U.S. Postal Service. She was a member and deacon of Lakeside Community Chapel. She enjoyed travel and was an avid reader and writer. Survivors include a daughter, Susan C. Rose, Clearwater; three sons, John Smith, Clearwater, Paul Smith, Franklin, N.C., and Douglas Smith of the United Kingdom; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Rhodes Funeral Directors, Druid Chapel, Clearwater.
• DUGAR, KATHLEEN, 83, of Shoreview, Minn., formerly of Clearwater, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at Trevilla of New Brighton (Minn.) Nursing Home. She came here in 1977 from her native Milwaukee and moved in 2000 to Shoreview. She retired as a sales manager for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team. Survivors include a daughter, Darlene Brushaber, North Oaks, Minn.; a son, Don, Duluth, Ga.; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
• GEORGE, ROBERT M., 73, of Clearwater, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. He was born in Stamford, Conn., and came here in 1979 from Spofford, N.H. He worked as an automobile salesman. Survivors include his wife of 22 years, Dianna; two sons, Alan Phillips, Clearwater, and Ken George, Medford, N.J.; and four grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Largo.
• GRANITE, JOHN R., 79, of Trinity, formerly of Clearwater, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Clearwater Centre, Clearwater. He was born in Chicago and came to Clearwater in 1989 from Park Ridge, Ill. He was a retired State Farm Insurance agent and a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and St. Ignatius Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Delores; and a daughter, Judith Danielson, Plato, Ill. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
• HEAD, LORRAINE RILEY, 82, of Clearwater, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at home. She came here in 1972 from her native Buffalo, N.Y. She was a retired real estate agent and a member of St. Brendan Catholic Church, Clearwater. Survivors include a son, Thomas E., Clearwater; two daughters, Marilyn Ball, Orlando, and Patricia A. Velez, Mesa, Ariz.; four sisters, Carol S. Whitmore, Belleair Beach, Jean Stone and Pauline McCarthy, both of Buffalo, and Kathleen Neudeck, West Seneca, N.Y.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Abbey Affordable Cremation & Funeral Services, Largo.
• JOHNSON, MEL O., 82, of Clearwater, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Emerald Garden Assisted Living Facility, Clearwater. He was born in South Euclid, Ohio, and came here in 1969 from Key West, where he retired from the Navy as a commander. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was Methodist. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Audrey; two sons, Jay Melvin Johnson, Clearwater, and Dr. Kenneth Dayton Johnson, Albuquerque, N.M.; two daughters, Terrance Gail Bramlett, Dacula, Ga., and Debra Ann Johnson Conway, Atlanta; and six grandchildren. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater.
• MARSHALL, ELLEN "NELLIE," 95, of Clearwater, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Highland Pines Nursing Manor, Clearwater. She was born in Freehold, N.J., and came here in 1968 from Sewell, N.J. She worked as a keypunch operator for IBM and was Episcopalian and a member of Rebekah Assemblies. Survivors include a niece, Beatrice Lacy, Clearwater; a nephew, Louis W. Tovey, Galway, N.Y.; and three grandnieces and a grandnephew. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater.
• SCHIEFEN, MONSIGNOR ROBERT W., 81, of Clearwater, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Mease Countryside Hospital, Safety Harbor. He was born in Rochester, N.Y., where he attended St. Andrew and St. Bernard Seminaries, and was ordained in 1946 for the Diocese of St. Augustine. He earned a degree in canon law at Lateran University in Rome. He served parishes throughout Florida. For 17 years, he was vice chancellor, chancellor and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Miami, and retired as the pastor of St. Isabel Parish on Sanibel Island, Diocese of Venice, Fla. He was elevated to monsignor by Pope John XXIII in 1958. He attended Espiritu Santo Catholic Church, Safety Harbor. Survivors include a sister, Arlene Foley, Tampa; sister-in-law, caregiver, Maureen Schiefen, Clearwater; and eight nieces and nephews. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Dunedin Chapel.
• TWYMAN, KAROLINA S., 90, of Clearwater, formerly of Belleair Bluffs, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at the Oaks of Clearwater. She was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., and came here in the 1970s from Mountainside, N.J. She was a member of Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Clearwater, where she was an usher for many years. She was formerly active in Planned Parenthood Association and the Innerwheel of Belleair Bluffs, where she was secretary, district chairwoman and president. She was a past president of the Belleair Bluffs Fire Auxiliary. Survivors include two sons, Thomas W., Ashland, Mass., and Chedister, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; two stepsons, Robert O., Rathdrum, Idaho, and Wilford P. Jr., Charles City, Va.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Hubbell Funeral Home and Crematory, Belleair Bluffs.

Dunedin

• BRANDENBURGH, DR. JOHN HOWARD, 74, of Dunedin, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at Cross Terrace Rehabilitation Center, Dunedin. He was born in New Paris, Ohio, and came here in 1967 from Kirksville, Mo. He was a physician and had a private practice for 25 years and created the first walk-in clinic in Pinellas County on Clearwater Beach. He was a Coast Guard veteran and a member of the Air Force Reserves. He was past president of the Pinellas County Osteopathic Physicians Association, former director of the Board of Examiners of Physicians in Florida. His hobbies were genealogy and woodworking. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Joan; three sons, Rodney Joseph, Clearwater, Terry Gross, Port Richey, and Toby Fred, Tarpon Springs; a daughter, Wendy K. Smith, Marshall, N.C.; a sister, Susan Jean Voelker, Delaware, Ohio; and four grandchildren. International Casket and Urn Gallery, Clearwater.
• GARY, EUGENE, 86, of Dunedin, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at Hospice House Woodside, Pinellas Park. He was born in Simpsonville, S.C., and was retired from the Air Force. He was a procurement officer and a veteran of World War II. He was Protestant and a member of the Moose Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; a son, Robert "Bob," Dunedin; two sisters, Nadie Ladd, Santa Fe, Tenn., and Edith Knuckles, Bristol, Tenn.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.

Largo

• GLENN, RAY, 72, of Largo, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., and came here in 1979 from Cheyenne, Wyo., and worked for AmSouth Bank. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars with the rank of senior master sergeant. He was an avid bowler and a member of Indian Rocks VFW Post 10094. Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Shirley; three sons, Ray G.W., Seminole, Trez D., Birmingham, and Scott, Auburn, Ala.; two sisters, Judy Glenn, Bakersfield, Calif., and Helen Sue Cooner, El Cajon, Calif.; and two grandchildren. Rhodes Funeral Directors, Belcher Chapel, Clearwater.
• HAMMOND, JANICE L., 45, of Largo, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Largo Medical Center. She was born in Knox, Ind., and came here in 1998 from Crown Point, Ind., and worked several years at Magic Tilt, Largo. She was a member of LaCrosse (Ind.) United Methodist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Nicole and Jaquelyn Zawora, both of Largo; her mother, Joyce Hayes, La Crosse; four brothers, Ron Hayes, Clearwater, Herb Hayes, Paulden, Ariz., Dan Hayes, Kouts, Ind., and James Hayes, La Crosse; a sister, June Sabuda, Wheatfield, Ind.; and two grandchildren. Clearwater Funeral Home & Cremation Options.
• NERI, SYDINA O., 69, of Largo, died Wednesday (March 26, 2003) at home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. She was born in Philadelphia and came here in 1988 from Twin Cities, Minn. She was a homemaker and an active member of Christ Community Presbyterian Church, Clearwater. Survivors include her husband of 16 years, Ross; two sons, Nick Orsatti, Apex, N.C., and Stephen Orsatti, Litchfield, Minn.; two stepsons, Michael, St. Paul, Minn., and Ross, Minneapolis; a stepdaughter, Dorothy Bland, and a sister, Dorothy Curlott, both of St. Paul; and 13 grandchildren. E. James Reese Funeral Home & Crematory, Seminole.
• NICHOLS, CATHY J., 47, of Largo, died Saturday (March 22, 2003) at home. She was born in Chatham, Ala., and came here in 1947 from Orange, Texas. She worked as a medical lab technician and was Methodist. Survivors include a son, Robert J. Ferri, Largo; a son, Dion W. DeLauder, Largo; a daughter, Michelle M. Young, Treasure Island; her mother, Mary V. Lesnansky, St. Petersburg; four sisters, LaVerta Anderson, Tarpon Springs, Tammy DeVore and Donna L. Moran, both of St. Petersburg, and Helen Watts, Breaux Bridge, La.; three brothers, Charles and Salvadore Anderson, both of Beaux Bridge, La., and George Anderson III, New Orleans; and three grandchildren. Memorial Park Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.

Palm Harbor

• KELSO, ALMA F., 90, of Palm Harbor, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at Manor Care Dunedin nursing home. She was born in Cleveland and came here in 1964 from Erie, Pa. She was a homemaker and graduated from Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa. She was a member of Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, Clearwater, the church's Women's Association and was a volunteer in the church's Child Development Center, and a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Survivors include a son, John C. III, Palm Harbor; two daughters, Linda K. Wright, Erie, Pa., and Jane K. Greenberg, Atlantic Highland, N.J.; a sister, Mary E. Hall, Longboat Key; and four grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Largo.
• ZINCK, CHARLES J., 83, of Palm Harbor, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. He was born in Bronx, N.Y., and came here in 1981 from West Nyack, N.Y., where he retired as a staff consultant for New York Telephone Co. He was an Army veteran of World War II and served under Gen. George Patton in the Battle of the Bulge. He attended Bethel Lutheran Church, Clearwater. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Barbara; a son, Paul, Palm Harbor, two daughters, Laura Zinck and Patricia Parker, both of Sloatsburg, N.Y.; and a brother, Henry, Tuckahoe, N.Y. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.

Safety Harbor

• MARTIN, CLARA LYNN, 91, of Safety Harbor, died Thursday (March 20, 2003) at Tandem Health Care at Safety Harbor. She came here several years ago from her native Altoona, Pa., where she retired as a cosmetics saleswoman. She was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include a daughter, Anna Marie Ermin, Safety Harbor. Ambassador Mortuary Service, Oldsmar.

Tarpon Springs

• LEE, MAURICE, 66, of Tarpon Springs, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at Hospice House Woodside, Pinellas Park. He was born in Cullman, Ala., and came here in 1993 from Flint, Mich., where he retired as a restaurant manager. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Clearwater. Survivors include his wife, Barbara; four daughters, Denise, Michelle and Stephanie, all of Flint, and Brenda, Oklahoma; his mother, Dorothy Higgins, Flint; and seven grandchildren. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Palm Harbor Chapel.

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Belleair Beach

• STESLICKI, KATHLEEN "KATE," 42, of Belleair Beach, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. Born in Johnstown, Pa., she came here in 1986 from Birmingham, Mich. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Clearwater and attended community Bible study. Survivors include her husband of 14 years, Eugene "Bud"; four sons, Mike, Robby, Johnny and William, and a daughter, Kristina, all of Belleair Beach; her mother and stepfather, Roz and Howard Benson, and a brother, John Blimmel, all of Erie, Pa.; three sisters, Karen Blimmel and Kim Blimmel, both of Erie, and Kristine Ferrans, Pittsburgh. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Serenity Gardens Chapel, Largo.

Pinellas Park

• BERECZKI, MARY M., 87, of Pinellas Park, died Saturday (March 22, 2003) at Northside Hospital and Heart Institute. She came here from her native Trenton, N.J. Survivors include three sons, Louis Bereczki, Jobstown, N.J., John R. Bereczki, Columbus, N.J., and James A. Bereczki, St. Petersburg; and a daughter, Mary E. Bereczki, Richmond, Va.; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Kingston & Kemp Funeral Home, Hamilton, N.J.
• TERANTINO, PETER JR., 53, of Pinellas Park, died Saturday (March 22, 2003) under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast from primary progressive aphasia. He was born in Morristown, N.J., and moved here in 1989 from Lake Hopatcong, N.J. He was a machine operator for the Masonry Builders in Tampa. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and received the National Defense Service Award. Survivors include his wife, Sharon; two sons, Richard Rebels, Pinellas Park, and Bruce Rebels, Orlando; his mother, Rose, Largo; three brothers, Albert, Seminole, Joseph, Largo, and Nicky, Lake Hopatcong; four sisters, Mary Innamorato, Jennifer Terantino and Josephine Terantino, all of Largo, and Edith Terantino, Mount Olive, N.J.; and a granddaughter. International Casket & Urn Gallery, Clearwater.

St. Petersburg

• ARMSTRONG, SHIRLEY A., 74, of Crystal River, formerly of St. Petersburg, died Saturday (March 22, 2003) at Seven Rivers Community Hospital. Born in Camden, N.J., she came to Florida in 1972 from Philadelphia. She was a retired electronics planner for ABA, St. Petersburg. She was a member of the Humanitarians of Crystal River and was Catholic. Survivors include a nephew, Brian Jannette, Seminole; and two nieces, Caroleanne Vorac and Marybeth Malownaski, both of Pinellas Park. National Cremation Society, Brooksville.
• BEAN, MAUREEN R., 69, of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Edward White Hospital. She came here in 1950 from her native Peabody, Mass., and was a bakery assistant at the Publix supermarket at Gateway Mall for seven years. She was Protestant. Survivors include her husband of 31 years, Forrest B.; two sons, Bradford R. Daniel, St. Petersburg, and David Daniel, New Port Richey; three daughters, Carolyn Dufoe and Tammy Hamilton, both of St. Petersburg, and Diane Christenson, Hartland, Mich.; four stepdaughters, Pamela Fernald, Temecula, Calif., Lori Thomson, Kennesaw, Ga., Connie Pittman, Woodstock, Ga., and Rebekah Stanley, St. Petersburg; her mother, Ruth E. Rollins, a brother, Frank Rollins, and a sister, Shirley Purkis, all of Arcadia; 24 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. E. Dale Gunter Funeral Home & Cremation Services, St. Petersburg.
• BELDEN, EDITH A., 80, of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at Grace Healthcare, St. Petersburg. Born in Joliet, Ill., she came to Florida in 1977. She was a nurse during World War II and was Protestant. Survivors include a niece, Georgia Sterly; and a grandniece, Amy Sterly. National Cremation Society, Sarasota.
• HOWELL, SHIRLEY G., 77, of St. Petersburg, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at home. Born in Charlotte, N.C., she came here in 1977 from Smyrna, Ga. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of St. Petersburg. Survivors include three sons, Dixie J. Howell Sr. and J. Steven Howell, both of St. Petersburg, and Claude Howell, Palm Harbor; two brothers, Kenneth Godfrey, Charlotte, N.C., and Earl Godfrey, Colquitt, Ga.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute Center-Bobbitt Chapel, St. Petersburg.
• LANE, JUANITA G., 79, of St. Petersburg, died Wednesday (March 26, 2003) at Wright's Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Seminole. Born in Charleston, S.C., she came here in 1972 from West Point, N.Y. She was a homemaker and was Protestant. Survivors include her husband, Col. Albert G.; a son, Garry G., St. Petersburg; and a sister, Mary Vann, Wilmington, N.C. Lewis W. Mohn Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Seminole.
• ROBINSON, VERA LEE, 89, of St. Petersburg, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at Egret Cove Center. Born in Windsor, Va., she moved here several years ago from Lancaster, Pa. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, William, St. Petersburg. Gee & Sorensen Funeral Home and Cremation Services, St. Petersburg.
• SWEETLAND, MARGARET, 79, of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at the Cypress Palms assisted care living facility, Largo. She came here 40 years ago from her native Palmyra, N.J. She did pediatric endocrinology research at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. Survivors include three daughters, Tracy Sweetland, St. Petersburg, Viola Sweetland-Platta, Scottsdale, Ariz., and May Sweetland, Seminole; and two grandchildren. Gulf Breeze Cremation and Burial Society, Largo.
• WANAMAKER, FRANCIS MARTIN "FRANK," 81, of St. Petersburg, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at home. Born in Detroit, he came here in 1997 from Dayton, Ohio, where he was a state investigator for 12 years. He was a radar operator in the Navy in World War II and a member of St. Jude's Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Rosemary Ann; two brothers, John, Fairfax, Va., and Charles, Columbus, Ohio. ALifeTribute FuneralCare, St. Petersburg.
• WATTS, CARL H., 85, of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at St. Anthony's Hospital. He was born on Swan Island, Maine. He retired as the director of the marketing division of the Maine Department of Agriculture after 40 years of service. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include two daughters, Carol Uhle, Emmaus, Pa., and Patricia Watts, Richmond, Maine; and two granddaughters. Veterans Cremation & Burial Society, Clearwater.
• WEIGAND, MARGARET MOYER, 77, of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (March 25, 2003) at home under the care of hospice. She was born in Esmont, Va., and moved here from Maryland in 1980. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church. She was active for several years with Meals on Wheels. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Robert; two daughters, Teresa Louise Weigand, Largo, and Claire Moyer Weigand, Feeding Hills, Mass.; two sons, Robert Allan, Damascus, Md., and Guy Andrew Weigand, Silver Spring, Md.; and a grandchild. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute Center-Bobbitt Chapel, St. Petersburg.

Seminole

• AMADOR, DORIS CLARK, 80, of Seminole, died Monday (March 24, 2003). She was born in Phoenix, Ga., and came here in 1969. She was a retired restaurant server. She was active with the Salvation Army. Survivors include her husband, Oscar; a son, Michael Clark, Safety Harbor; a sister, Ellie Adams, Florida; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute Center-Bobbitt Chapel, St. Petersburg.
• CITEK, ROGER, 50, of Seminole and New Orleans, died Saturday (March 22, 2003) in New Orleans of cancer. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., he came here in 1972. He was a Coast Guard veteran and a welder and restaurateur. He was Protestant. Survivors include his mother, Donna Citek, Seminole; three brothers, Paul, Syracuse, Tim, Orlando, and Andy, Seminole; and two sisters, Wendy Manning, Largo, and Patty Wells, Hershey, Pa. Lewis W. Mohn Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Seminole.
• EIBERT, STANLEY, 78, of Seminole, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) at home. He came here in 1986 from his native Marcellus, N.Y. He was a heavy-equipment operator. Survivors include his wife, Janice; a son, Harry, New York; and four daughters, Sharon, North Carolina, and Merri, Leora and Becky, all of New York; and 13 grandchildren. At Peace Cremation Services, Sarasota.
• KULP, HELEN, 87, of Seminole, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at Freedom Square Nursing Center. Born in Italy, she came here in 1974 from Buffalo, N.Y. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two grandsons, Scott M. Kulp, Westminster, Ohio, and Jack Kulp, Buffalo; and four great-grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Largo.
• SOLLID, FAYE, 89, of Seminole, formerly of Clearwater, died Monday (March 24, 2003) at Largo Medical Center. Born in Milwaukee, Wis., she came here in 1966 from Arlington, Va. She was a homemaker and a member of Seminole First Baptist Church. She held a master's degree and was a member of the Clearwater Beautification Committee, the Audubon Society, the Parliamentarians and several genealogical organizations. She lived in India for five years as part of a U.S. aid program. Survivors include a son, Jon Erik Sollid, Los Alamos, N.M.; a sister, Hetty Kramer, Tiffin, Ohio; three granddaughters; and 11 great-grandchildren. Sylvan Abbey Funeral Home, Clearwater.

South Pasadena

• CZEKALSKI, RICHARD L. "CHECK," 83, of South Pasadena, died Sunday (March 23, 2003) in the emergency room at Palms of Pasadena Hospital. He came here in 1922 from his native Cleveland with his father, Leopold, who became a noted speculator and property owner in Pass-a-Grille during the boom days of the 1920s. He was a 1937 graduate of St. Petersburg High School and a 1941 graduate of Georgetown University, where he received a business degree. He was a real estate broker in St. Pete Beach and Pass-a-Grille. He moved in 1948 to Cincinnati, where he was a builder, and returned to St. Pete Beach in 1973. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include a son, Peter F., Cincinnati; a daughter, Amy M. Carter, Chesterfield, Mo.; a sister, Ann C. Knight, St. Petersburg; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandson. E. Dale Gunter Funeral Home & Cremation Services, St. Petersburg.
 





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