All Obituaries

On September 18 and at her 99 years of life, Virginia Vélez de Toro departed back to her Creator. Lovingly called Mama Vi, Mama Toro and Titi Milla she became surrogate mother to many. In her last years, as well as at the time of her departure, her daughter, Haydee, was at her side. She is survived by her husband Rafael Toro, her children Haydee Toro & Hiram Toro, her grandchildren Gabriel Toro & Daniel Toro, Gabriel Vidal & Barbara Vidal whom she raised like her own and...

Michael, formerly of Louisville, KY and Owensboro KY passed away peacefully on September 9, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Michael was an R.N. retired from Broward Health. Michael had a passion for nursing. Prior to relocating to Fort Lauderdale, he had worked at Jewish Hospital, the former General Hospital and University of Louisville Hospital, all of Louisville. He particularly loved working at a teaching hospital and training new medical professionals. While at U of L he served as the...

Gerald King David, 61, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida has crossed into Enteral Life peacefully at the home he shared with his partner Beverly Freeman, on August 8, 2022. Gerald was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on October 2, 1960, to Gerald King David Senior and Sherry Jacklyn David. He attended Hollywood Hills High School. Gerald worked in sales at Pepsi and Coca Cola for the majority of his working years and enjoyed being around his family, friends and his dogs. Gerald David is survived by...

Delone Tipton Stone, 94, passed away on July 22, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  Delone was born on January 7, 1928, in Mount Hermon, LA. She moved with her family to Fort Lauderdale as a teenager, and graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School in 1945. After her two children entered elementary school, she helped her husband support the family with a successful home beauty shop, and later had a career with the Broward County Probate Court. She loved painting watercolors, walking...

On Sunday, July 10, 2022, Ricardo Castellanos, loving husband and father of four, passed away at age 84. Ricardo was born on May 23, 1938 in Honduras to Ricardo and Ana Castellanos. He received his law degree in the early 60s, and practiced law for over 30 years in Honduras while also serving as judge in several districts. On May 19, 1963, he married Marta Bedoya. They raised two sons, Ricardo and Carlos, and two daughters, Marta and Giselle. Ricardo was a very spiritual person and read...

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...