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Gulf Breeze, Florida Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Gulf Breeze, Florida & Surrounding Areas

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Forester Cress

Forester Cress

Jul 18, 2024

Remembering the life of Veteran, Forester Cress (Master Sergeant USAF, retired). He was a devoted Husband, loving Father, and proud Grand Father. Additionally, he was an avid hunter and outdoorsman who enjoyed spending quality time with his friends and family. Forester Cress, age 78 of Navarre, FL. passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by the love of his family...

Mark Gingery

Mark Gingery

Jul 16, 2024

MARK LUCAS GINGERY

Mark Lucas Gingery born October 12, 1964 (59) in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Mary Esther resident passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at the HCA Fort Walton/Destin Hospital. 

Mark graduated in 1983 from Daleville High School in Daleville, Alabama. He served in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Mark earned a BS Degree in Computer...

Wilma Elaine Wright Claud

Wilma Elaine Wright Claud

Jul 9, 2024

Wilma Elaine Wright was born on May 5, 1936 to Lou Ella Garrett Wright and Charles Murphy Wright in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She was the third of four daughters.

Wilma graduated from Franklin High School and became Secretary to Circuit Court Judge W.J. Smith. She worked for Judge Smith for a decade and loved him like a father. In 1967, she married...

Pamela Siegmund

Pamela Siegmund

Jul 3, 2024

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother and friend, Pamela Siegmund, nee Pamela Stebbins, who passed away on July 3, 2024. She was a passionate reader who often finished more than one hundred books a year, as well as an accomplished sea sheller who had the knack for finding the best shells even...

Nahla Lappin

Nahla Lappin

Jul 1, 2024

With heavy hearts, we share the passing of Nahla Burke Lappin, a vibrant 15-year-old who brought light and laughter to all who knew her. Nahla’s short life was well-lived, but to quote one of her favorite artists, Prince, “the beautiful ones you always seem to lose.”

Nahla was a delightful paradox—a free spirit with contagious laughter, a punk rocker turned Barbie,...

Charles Earl Davis, Jr.

Charles Earl Davis, Jr.

Jun 30, 2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Charles Davis who left us on June 30, 2024, at the young age of 53. He was a beloved husband, brother, uncle, and friend who was cherished by so many. He had a successful career as a Corporate Director of Operations over-seeing 300 employees at 5 different facilities. Prior...

Elizabeth Prochaska

Elizabeth Prochaska

Jun 26, 2024

 

Elizabeth Vernon Sanford Prochaska, “Libby” 88, passed away on Wednesday, June 26th at home surrounded by her loving family. Libby was born September 20, 1935, in Fresno, California to Royal K. Sanford and Mary Elizabeth Davis Sanford. She was the eldest of three children. Her two sisters, Comfort Elizabeth Sanford Weintritt and Catherine Anne “Toby” Sanford Champagne preceded her in...

Mary Hinely

Mary Hinely

Jun 25, 2024

Mary Ann Hinely, age 84, of Gulf Breeze, FL passed away on June 25, 2024 in Pensacola, FL. She was born in Denver, CO on March 30, 1940.

Mary Ann graduated from South High School in Colorado and was a homemaker but her most important job was being an amazing wife to Garry, mom to her four children, then becoming a...

Sandra Bafundo

Sandra Bafundo

Jun 23, 2024

Sandra Bafundo, 89, was born in Beverly, MA, on September 06, 1934. She was the daughter of Ralph and Agnes Pettipas.

Funeral mass will be 11 am, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Gulf Breeze, FL with Father Kelly officiating and Rose Lawn Funeral Home directing. 

Sandra loved all people without reservation and was loved in return by...

David Maddock

David Maddock

Jun 17, 2024

David Paul Maddock, 38, passed away June 17, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born May 20, 1986 at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California to Gary Maddock and Rosalee Jones Maddock. David was a graduate of Navarre High School in 2004 and went on to serve in the United States Air Force as an Air Traffic Controller...

James Pelt

James Pelt

Jun 13, 2024

James D Pelt, 65, passed away peacefully at his home in Gulf Breeze on Thursday, June 13th 2024. James was lovingly cared for by his beloved wife Susan and cherished daughter Jennifer through many years of chronic illness, always showing incredible grace and resilience. Despite his health challenges, James was always quick with a smile, a laugh, a story, or...

Dorothy Naujoks

Dorothy Naujoks

Jun 9, 2024

Dorothy Naujoks of Navarre died on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Rose Lawn Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. 

Werner Kuhn

Werner Kuhn

Jun 7, 2024

Born in Frankfurt, Germany November 17, 1927 and died June 7, 2024 in Pensacola, FL. 

Werner immigrated to the US with his parents Hans and Maria, brother Stephen, two giant Schnauzers and a canary, at the age of 11 in 1939 on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam. They escaped Nazi Germany on one of the last ships to leave. The family settled...

Gerald Lee Brown

Gerald Lee Brown

Jun 3, 2024

Gerald “Jerry” Lee Brown, 88, of Gulf Breeze passed away Monday, June 3 at his home.  He was preceded in death by his mother, Modell Faye (Strozier) Johns and his father Austin Lee Brown. Jerry was a graduate of LSU law school and joined Pensacola Attorney Gordon Wells establishing the law firm Wells, Brown and Brady PA which he merged...

Amelita "Lita" Brown

Amelita "Lita" Brown

Jun 1, 2024

Lita Huffman Brown, 79, passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2024.

 

Lita was born to Bill and Amelita Huffman in Norfolk, VA on May 2, 1945. She spent the majority

of her formative years in Charleston, SC, and graduated at the top of her class from Ashley Hall.

She majored in English at Salem College and completed a Masters Degree in English at...

Patrick "Pat" Fulford

Patrick "Pat" Fulford

May 29, 2024

Today we celebrate the beautiful life of Captain Patrick Edwin Fulford—a beacon of light in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Pat, a cherished husband, father, brother and friend, transitioned from this world at the age of 70 on May 29, 2024, surrounded by his devoted family.

 

Pat was born on February 7, 1954, in Wilmington, Delaware. His early years were spent moving state...

Aurora Greeson

Aurora Greeson

May 28, 2024

Xavier and Kasey Greeson are heartbroken to share that their beautiful and extremely loved daughter Aurora Sage Greeson was born and passed away on May 28th, 2024. She will always hold a special place in their hearts and will be dearly missed by her family, including her big sister Annalise, her grandparents Lonny and Stephanie Hughes and Gregory and Samantha...