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OBITUARIES

 
Published June 5, 1991|Updated Oct. 13, 2005

AHRENS, HENRIETTA V., 77, of Holiday, died Monday (June 3, 1991) at HCA New Port Richey Hospital. Born in Chicago, she came here 20 years ago from McHenry, Ill. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include a sister, Rose O. Bachmann, Holiday; and a niece, Patricia Trice, Zephyrhills. National Cremation Society, Holiday.+ + +

ANIELLO, ORLANDO "OLLIE," 75, of New Port Richey, died Tuesday (June 4, 1991) at the Mease Hospital Countryside. Born in Montreal, he came here six years ago from Winchester, Mass. He was a retired security guard at the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and a former employee at the West End House Boys Club, Boston. He was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary L.; two daughters, Rosemarie Passanisi and Francine Sigman, both of New Port Richey; a brother, Albert, Braintree, Mass.; four sisters, Rose Bonfiglio and Edith Chiarenza, both of Boston, Annette Rocco, Malden, Mass., and Jennie Manfra, Billerica, Mass.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. George B. Morgan Funeral Home, New Port Richey.

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BUDDAY, FRANCES K., 78, of Hudson, died Monday (June 3, 1991) at home. Born in New York City, she came here one year ago from St. Petersburg. She was the owner of a novelty business and a Catholic. Survivors include a son, James, Winter Park; two brothers, George Benedict and John Benedict, Struthers, Ohio; and one granddaughter. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point.

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DE GROAT, MERLIN, 74, of Shady Hills, died Monday (June 3, 1991) at HCA Bayonet Point/Hudson Medical Center. He came here five years ago from his native Sussex, N.J. He was a dairy farmer and a member of the Sussex United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Sussex Grange and the director of the Rural Electric Co-op., Sussex. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; a son, C. Benjamin, Sussex; two daughters, Nancy Sartell, Spring Hill, and Patricia Selker, Houston; four brothers, Russell, Oregon, Claude, Largo, Lawrence, New Jersey, and Gerald, Albuquerque, N.M.; a sister, Lorena Jennings, Spring Hill; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Wellwood Funeral Home, Hudson.

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FORSYTHE, ROBERT C., 43, of Hudson, died Friday (May 31, 1991) at HCA Bayonet Point/Hudson Medical Center. He was born in LaGrande, Ore., and was a commercial fisherman and shrimper. Survivors include his wife, Darlene; a son Robert C. Jr., Hudson; a daughter, Lisa Forsythe Craft, Hudson; and a sister, Nellie Parker, Oregon. International Chapels Funeral Home, Pinellas Park.

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LUBAHN, HARSEL G., 72, of Zephyrhills, died Sunday (June 2, 1991). He came here 19 years ago from his native Port Huron, Mich. He was a retired building contractor and a member of the Bricklayers Union 10. He was a member of the Moose Lodge 2276, the Eagles 3752 and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Eugenia; a son, Dennis B., Durham, N.C.; a daughter, Denise Tingle, Carson City, Nev.; a brother, William, Concord, Calif.; and a sister, Beatrice Smith, Auburn Heights, Mich. Richardson Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.

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McPHEE, MICHAEL, 71, of Zephyrhills, died Monday (June 3, 1991) at East Pasco Medical Center. He was a supermarket manager and a member of Palm Lodge 327 AF & AM, West Palm Beach, the Mahi Temple Shrine, Miami, the Scottish Rite, Lake Worth, and Elks Lodge 124 and Disabled American Veterans, both of St. Petersburg. Survivors include his wife, Helen; four stepsons, John Kirik, Winston-Salem, N.C., Walter Kirik, Alexandria, Va., William Kirik, West Palm Beach, and Thomas Kirik, Boynton Beach; a stepdaughter, Patricia Dryden, West Palm Beach; his mother, Myrtle Weid, Zephyrhills; a brother, Mickey, Zephyrhills; a sister, Judy Williams, Clermont; and five grandchildren. Kelly Memorial Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.

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OSTERHELD, EARL D., 87, of Linwood, N.J., formerly of New Port Richey, died Sunday (June 2, 1991). He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a retired accountant. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors include a son, Earl V., Linwood; and John, Colorado; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. George H. Wimberg Funeral Home, Linwood, N.J.

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PRAUSE, LLOYD K., 82, of Port Richey, died Monday (June 3, 1991) at Orchard Ridge Nursing Center. Born in Leelanau County, Mich., he came here 11 years ago from Warren, Mich. He was an operation engineer with the Dayton Hudson Department Stores and a Lutheran. He was an Army veteran of World War II, a life member of the Disabled American Veterans AF & AM 444, Michigan, the Scottish Rite, Detroit, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4412, Hudson. Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Albert, Riverview, Mich.; a daughter, Barbara Banaszewski, Warren; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point.

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WALSH, MARK T., 95, of New Port Richey, died Saturday (June 1, 1991) at Oldsmar. Born in Hemlock, Mich., he came here four years ago from Saginaw, Mich. He was a banker and attended St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, New Port Richey. He was a life member of the Knights of Columbus. Survivors include a daughter, Patricia W. Litwhiler, New Port Richey; a sister, Margaret Sullivan, Bay City, Mich.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Holloway Funeral Home, Oldsmar.