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obert C. Morris was born on July 20, 1932 in Troy, New York. He passed away on November 21, 2017 at the age of 85.
Military
Robert joined the Navy on December 2, 1952 in Jacksonville and was honorably discharged after 3 years of service as a First Cl      								
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ary Celeste Rooks was born on December 1, 1922 to William and Rose (Fuchs) Schenkel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She passed away on November 20, 2017 at Sabal Palms surrounded by a loving family.
Family
Mary is preceded in death by her husband Patrick and      								
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incoln Edward Cook was born on March 9, 1930 to George and Jane (Lawless) Cook in Franklin, Massachusetts. He passed away on November 19, 2017 at the age of 87.
Family
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Yoko (Kobayashi) Cook; children Jane (Hal)      								
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									James Lee “Jim” Swafford, 56, of Crystal River, was born November 5, 1961 in Sarasota, Fl.  Jim had 2 bouts of a neurological disease called Guillain Barre, the last episode being very severe. Because of the gravity of this illness, he became focused      								
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onnie Dale Nickerson was born on June 8, 1947 to Luke and Donna Nickerson in Lansing, Michigan. He passed away on November 20, 2017 at Abby Nursing Home in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was a Marine Corp veteran. He will be buried at Great Lakes National      								
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artha Dean Smith (Mot, Mama, Mamai), 81, of Clearwater Florida, joined her husband Jerry Donovan Smith in eternity with Jesus at 7:03pm Thursday, November 16, 2017.  She passed away at home in the presence of her children and their families.
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tephen “Steve” Michael West was born on July 13, 1978 to Danny and Bonnie West in St. Petersburg, Florida.  He passed away on November 9, 2017 in Douglasville, Georgia on vacation, at the age of 39.
Family
He is survived by his wife Jennifer “      								
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									Ralph Leroy Gotshall, 101, of Dunedin, FL passed away peacefully on Wednesday November 15, 2017. He was born in Sunbury, PA and lived in Dunedin, FL on Heather Ridge Blvd for many years. Ralph spent a portion of his youth in an orphanage until after       								
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									Steven Dan Holland, 66, of Brandon, FL passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017, at the Brandon Regional Hospital.  He was born in Hackensack, NJ. He served his country in the United States Air Force for over twenty years before retiring as a Master Ser      								
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alter C. Ahrens, Jr. was born on July 11, 1932 to Walter and Emma (Brezinski) Ahrens in Columbus, Nebraska. He passed away on November 10, 2017 at Brookside Hospice at the age of 85. Walter joined the Army on November 17, 1952 in Omaha, Nebraska.
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