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JUSTINA SERRANO, 59, Woods Avenue, Orlando, died Wednesday, May 3. Ms. Serrano was a homemaker. Born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, she moved to Central Florida in 1995. She was Methodist. Survivors: daughters, Maria Pagan, Ernestina Burgos, both of Orlando; five brothers; two sisters; one grandson. Carey Hand Cox-Parker Funeral Home, Winter Park.
MARTHA B. SHANER, 88, Buck Key Court, Ocoee, died Monday, May 8. Mrs. Shaner was a homemaker. Born in Leechburg, Pa., she moved to Central Florida in 1954. She was a member of Ocoee Church of the Nazarene. Survivors: daughter, Fay, Ocoee; six grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren. Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park, Orlando.
SAMUEL WILLARD SMITH, 69, 1382 LaPaloma Circle, Winter Springs, died Saturday, May 6. Mr. Smith was a maintenance worker in the hotel industry. Born in Kinston, N.C., he moved to Central Florida in 1990. He was a Jehovah's Witness. He was an Army veteran. Survivors: wife, Catherine; sons, Warren, Orlando, Kennedy, Decatur, Ga., Gary, Winter Springs, Donnell, Wayne, both of Staten Island, N.Y., Eric, Maitland; daughters, Diagra, Williemeta, Lorraine, all of Staten Island, Catherine Mott, Maitland; sisters, Bernice Koontz, Staten Island, Dorothy Nobles, Kinston, Margaret Hicks, Durham, N.C. Affordable Cremation Options of Orlando.
CALVIN I. STERLING, 66, Autumnwood Trail, Apopka, died Monday, May 8. Mr. Sterling was an electrical engineer. Born in Jamaica, he moved to Central Florida in 1980. He was a member of Bear Lake United Methodist Church. Survivors: wife, Mardel; daughter, Shara, Apopka; son, Sean, Apopka; sisters, Yvonne, Pat, both of New York, Daphne, Sonia, both of Jamaica, Yehe, Canada; brothers, Stanley, Atlanta, Henry, Canada; two granddaughters. Baldwin-Fairchild Semoran-Forest City Chapel.
GLADYS E. THOMAS, 77, Myakka Ave., Intercession City, died Saturday, May 6 of congestive heart failure. Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker. Born in Franklin County, Ala., she moved to Central Florida in 1954. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church. Survivors: daughters, Barbara J. Leaton, St., Cloud, Alice M. Collins, Peggy A. Frost, Joyce F. Arbuckle, all of Kissimmee; sons, John W. "Billy", Jr., St. Cloud, Robert A. and David J., both of Intercession City; brothers, Bill Burcham, Bobby Burcham, Tommy Burcham, all of Russellville, Ala., Jimmy Burcham, Tuscumbia, Ala., Roy Burcham, Chesterton, Ill., Dan Burcham, N.M., Jack Burcham, Birmingham, Ala.; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Conrad & Thompson Funeral Home, Kissimmee.
JERALD DEAN TIMBERLAKE, 71, 7701 Aviano Ave., Orlando, died Sunday, May 7, of Alzheimer's disease. Mr. Timberlake worked for Eastern Airlines. He was born in Winter Park. He was Baptist. Survivor: mother, Sarah, Winter Park. Golden's Funeral Home, Winter Park. Golden's Funeral Home, Winter Park.
CHARLES H. THROM, 71, 1360 N. Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island, died Sunday, May 7. Mr. Throm was a retired aerospace engineering assistant for Boeing. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he moved to Central Florida in 1998. He was a member of Church of Our Saviour. He was an Army veteran. Survivors: wife, Joan; sons, Douglas, Ronald, both of Cocoa, Kevin, Merritt Island; daughters, Cindy Kirby, Ormond Beach, Linda Lingner, Raleigh, N.C.; stepdaughter, Charlene Vetter, Buffalo; brother, Roger, Elma, N.Y.; seven grandchildren. Wylie-Baxley Funeral Home, Merritt Island.
JAMES ANDREW WISMAR, 30, Barrymore Court, Orlando, died Saturday, May 6. Mr. Wismar was a marketer for Universal Studios. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, he moved to Central Florida in 1999. He was Baptist. Survivors: wife, Belinda; father, James, Bonita Springs; sister, Julie Chill, Orlando; brother, John, Sacramento, Calif. Dobbs Funeral Home-West Orlando Chapel.
DOROTHY M. WOOD, 95, Northlake Drive, Orange City, died Monday, May 8. Mrs. Wood was a retired convenience store owner. Born in Dickinson, N.Y., she moved to Central Florida in 1972. She was a member of the All Saints Episcopal Church, Enterprise. Survivors: stepson, Allen, Pittsburgh; son-in-law, Donald Truax, Scotia, N.Y.; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. Lankford Orange City Chapel.
JOSEPHINE ROSE WRIGHT, 76, Magnolia Drive, Maitland, died Monday, May 8. Mrs. Wright was a homemaker. Born in Jamestown, N.Y., she moved to Central Florida in 1968. She was a member of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church. Survivors: husband, Vivian L.; sons, David V., St. Paul, Minn., Bradley J., Altamonte Springs, Douglas C., Speedwall, Tenn.; daughter, Dawn V., Maitland; brothers, Michael Piazza, Frank Piazza, both of Jamestown, James Piazza, Buffalo, N.Y.; sister, Mary Trank, Silver Creek, N.Y.; seven grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Altamonte Springs.
THELMA S. WRIGHT, 61, 1557 Daly St., Orlando, died Sunday, May 7, of acute renal failure. Mrs. Wright was a homemaker. Born in Greenville, S.C., she moved to Central Florida in 1957. She was a member of the Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research. Survivors: daughters, Lorraine, Elizabeth, both of Orlando; sons, Harold, Curtis, both of Orlando; brothers, James L. Sullivan, Philadelphia, Benjamin Sullivan, Greenville, John L. Sullivan, Ricky Sullivan, both of Piedmont, S.C.; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Postell's Mortuary-Pine Hills Chapel, Orlando.
MAE YESOLITIS, 81, South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, died Monday, May 8. Mrs. Yesolitis was a retired seamstress. Born in William Penn, Pa., she moved to Central Florida in 1996. She was a member of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and AARP. She was a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church. Survivors: daughter, Charlotte Calabretta, Orlando; son, Andrew, Glen Allen, Va.; sister, Anna Bresnock, Marietta, Ga.; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild. A Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service-Pine Castle Chapel, Orlando.
YVONNE FLORENCE YOHN, 98, Chelsea Street, Orlando, died Sunday, May 7. Mrs. Yohn was a homemaker. Born in Canada, she moved to Central Florida in 1942. Survivors: sons, William R., Orlando, Robert R., Miami, Laurence A., New Orleans; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park, Orlando.
JOHN WILLIAM RUSSELL, 82, 33202 Seashell Drive, Leesburg, died Friday, March 3. Mr. Russell was a retired sales representative for Hiram Walker Distillery. Born in New York, he moved to Central Florida in 1996. He was a member of American Legion, Eustis Moose Lodge, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Shrine of Rutland, Vt. He was Roman Catholic. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Irene; son, John, Oakdale, N.Y.; daughter, Gayle Gilberti, Shoreham, N.Y.; stepdaughter, Phyllis Smothers, Westminster, , Calif.; stepson, Raymond Mankiewicz, Holbrook, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg.
AMY JO SLACK, 25, Valdosta, Ga., died Thursday, March 2. Ms. Slack was a physical therapist. Born in Springfield, Ohio, she moved to Central Florida in 1982. She was Lutheran. Survivors: parents, Douglas and Kay, Jacksonville; maternal grandparents, Donald and Norma Johnson, Springfield; paternal grandfather, Howard, Springfield; paternal step grandfather, Paul Fay, Springfield; sisters, Angie Santelices, Orlando, Abbey Redden, Charleston, S.C. Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home, Orlando.
DOMINICK SPIOTTI, 80, Fairway Lane, Orlando, died Friday, March 3. Mr. Spiotti was a union bricklayer. Born in Tillie Foster, N.Y., he moved to Central Florida in 1981. He was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church. He was an Army veteran. Survivors: wife, Marge; daughters, Linda Kwiatek, Alexandria, N.J., Fran Bedner, Colonia, N.J.; stepdaughters, Kokie Dinnan, Boynton Beach, DeDee Ferlazzo, Le-Nee Roberts, Anna Marie Perri, all of Orlando; stepson, John A. Kokontis Jr., Orlando. Newcomer Family Funeral Home, Winter Park Chapel.
