All Obituaries

Barry James Favre, 69 of Davie, Florida, passed away Monday, June 20, 2022.   He was born in Miami Beach, Florida to Emmit and Dorothy (Dorvit) Favre. He was a Welder/Marine Fabricator and received his General Education Diploma. He was a member of the Florida Citrus Model Train Society.   Barry served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1972.   Barry was a race car driver, demolition driver that was at the Hialeah Speedway. A stepfather and a...

Patricio Hemlock Andrade-Marin Balarezo passed away on Thursday, April 21st, 2022, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. USA.  He was 94 years young.  Born in Quito, Ecuador he was the son of Luciano Andrade-Marin Vaca and Zoila Balarezo Quiñones.  He studied at Escuela Espejo and Colegio Mejía in Quito, Ecuador.  Upon graduating from High School, he went to visit his aunt Hortencia Balarezo in New Jersey, USA.  He stayed to study Engineering in the US.  He was a...

Eric R. Borbe passed away at his home in Miami, FL on April 9, 2022. He was 73 years old. Eric was born on May 11, 1948 in Middleton Pennsylvania, the second child of Alfred Borbe and Joyce Wojnar. Eric and his sister Linda Smith (née Borbe) grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He moved to Berkeley, California to attend college at U.C. Berkeley, and spent the next decade there. He worked as a microbiologist at Cutter Labs and then attended graduate school at U.C. Berkeley, where he received...

Edgar “Ed” Joseph Daigle, a resident of Dickson Oklahoma, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at the young age of 74. He was born January 28, 1948, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana to the late Elphege A Daigle and the late Shirley Bergeron Daigle. He was a graduate of St. Joseph Elementary and Ponchatoula High School. In his teens and 20s, Edgar’s passion was music. He learned music by ear and bought hundreds of records to practice songs. He was lead singer and keyboard player...

Robert (Bobby, OB) Francis O’Brien was born, on Feb 5, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was an early arrival to parents Frank M. and Dorothy O’Brien. Robert passed away on March 16, 2022, after falling ill and battling health issues for several months. He attended elementary school in Dover, Massachusetts, and enjoyed many family gatherings and clambakes at Duxbury, or Scituate, Mass, at the beach. He had his first job at McGill’s Chicken Farm, plucking feathers from...

Maria V Kelley was born September 1935 in Traverse City, Michigan. She fell asleep in death peacefully January 2022. Maria was the youngest of 4 girls, born to Charles Edward VanDoren and Delores VanDoren. While still a young school girl, her family moved to Miami. And in 1954 Maria graduated from Miami Senior High School. In 1956 she started her career working for AT&T (Bell South). She advanced her career within the Company and retired after nearly 40 years of loyal service. n 1958...

Lee Walter, 82 Born January 6, 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to NYC, then to East Hampton before arriving in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 2002. Lee worked in Broadway productions in NYC with the legendary impresario Sol Hurok and was in the classical music industry for over 40 years producing concerts at Carnegie Hall in NY. Lee loved the symphony, musicals, gardening, cooking, traveling and entertaining. He had a large social circle and was extremely outgoing and fiercely independent. He...

Pedro A Colon Miro “Pete”  Age 71  from Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Passed away on December 22nd 2021. Over the years he was a consistent and reliable figure in our lives. He led his life with so much generosity and diplomacy. Always driven by compassion and understanding. It’s these qualities that should be at the core of each us and hope that his grandkids mimic for future generations. He will be missed and we will hold his memory in our hearts forever. He is...

Jacques André White, 1964-2021, leaves a beloved twin brother, older brother, younger sister, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Jacques also had many cherished friends/coworkers from nearly lifelong service as a Macy’s Associate. Jacques was a huge fan of Hollywood movie stars and pro tennis. He was accepted to the New York University and attended the University of Southern California. We will miss Jacques’ gentle soul on earth, but we can still feel him...

C. Don Petersen, Sr. passed away in Fort Lauderdale on December 13, 2021 at the age of 80.  Don lived in the Fort Lauderdale area for over sixty years.  He grew up in Cleveland Ohio.  He was an excellent athlete, extraordinarily gifted.  Don lettered in swimming, basketball and baseball at Shaw High School.  He was awarded an athletic scholarship to Rutgers University where he excelled in basketball and baseball and in his academic studies.  At the end of his...