Carmen Rosa Zayas-Bazan

Nov 3, 2025

Carmen Rosa Zayas-Bazan, 87, of the Tall Trees village located in The Villages, Florida, passed away on November 3, 2025.

Carmen was born in Santiago de Cuba to Dr. Jorge Carlos Mestre and Carmelina Martinez-Aparicio on September 20, 1938.   She married Hector Zayas-Bazan on July 16, 1961, in Santiago de Cuba shortly before immigrating to the United...

William Joseph Tschantz

Nov 3, 2025

William Joseph Tschantz, 82, of The Villages, Florida, passed away peacefully on November 3, 2025. He was born on October 3, 1943, in Akron, Ohio, to the late Harold and Martha R. Tschantz and his brother Richard.

Bill, as he was fondly known, was a proud graduate of The Ohio State University and a lifelong Buckeye fan....

Mary Vaughn

Nov 3, 2025

Our dear mother Mary Vaughn passed peacefully yesterday (11/3/25) at 102 years of age after having lived a wonderful and blessed life. She enjoyed a loving 64-year marriage to our father, Carl Vaughn (d. 2010), and bore and raised the two of us. Growing up in Cincinnati, OH, she graduated from Withrow High School, entered Christ Hospital School of Nursing, ...

Carole B. Affsa

Nov 3, 2025

Carole B. Affsa , 93, of Dunedin, Florida, passed away on November 3, 2025. She was born on February 12, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts to Elias and Mary Hadge.

Carole was a talented hairstylist and proud co-owner of Russell Edwards Hair Salon, a sucessful business she built and operated alongside her husband. Beyond her successful...

Marguerite Baker

Nov 3, 2025

Baldwin Brothers Cremation Society would like to extend their sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Marguerite Baker who passed away on November 3, 2025. The obituary will be available shortly.

Dorothy Marie Bradley

Nov 2, 2025

Dorothy Marie Bradley of Sumterville, Florida passed away on November 2, 2025, at 7.56 a.m.at home surrounded by family.  She was born on April 29, 1938, in Springfield, Illinois. She was born to late Madeline M Charles and Dallas Alfred Morrow. Mrs. Bradley was a housewife as her husband was in the Military and had been stationed several places around...

Joan Anne Avila

Nov 2, 2025

Joan Anne Avila (Miller) age 82, went home to be with our Lord Sunday November 2, 2025 after battling complications that arose from an accident she had in The Villages, Fla on Dec. 12, 2024. Joan was born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 26th, 1942 to Raymond and Norine Miller (Hess).  Joan graduated from South High in Cleveland Ohio where...

Lynette Babcock Bowen

Nov 2, 2025

Lynette Babcock Bowen, affectionately known as Net Net, of Ft. Myers, FL, passed away on November 2, after a brief battle with a terminal illness.

Lynette was born in Charlottesville, VA and was the oldest of three girls. She graduated from Old Dominion University with a B.S. in Psychology in 1977 and an M.S. in Guidance and...

Charles Reid Hutchins

Nov 2, 2025

Charles Reid Hutchins passed away peacefully on November 02, 2025, All Souls Day in Venice, Florida. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Joan. He and Joan had two sons, Michael and Stephen and daughter-in-law Mary. He was also the proud Grandfather of Justin, David, and Megan, and great granddaughter, McKenna.

Charles Reid was the...

Louis Venella

Nov 2, 2025

Louis M. Venella

February 10, 1928 – November 2, 2025

Louis Martin Venella passed away peacefully on November 2, 2025 at the VA Nursing Home in Port Charlotte, FL, at the age of 97 years.  He was a great man who lived a long and full life.

He was born in...