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1958-2019 Michael J. Machonis, “Mike” age 61, of Deerfield Beach, FL, died on October 5, 2019. Mike recently retired from Found Care in West Palm Beach, as their Human Resources Manager. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, crabbing, and going to the beach. Mike was predeceased by his parents, Philip and Dorothy Machonis of Glen Mills, PA. Survivors: Sister: Anne Machonis (Ken); Brothers: Philip P. Jr. (Deborah), Peter (Devon), and Daniel (Laura) Machonis, four nephews and one niece. A Celebration of Life is planned in the new year. Please contact Mike’s sister at annem123@yahoo.com.
Donald Erskine Harvey age 75 of Miramar passed away October 2, 2019. Gathering of family & friends Thurs. Oct. 24th 6 – 8 PM with a 7 PM service at Landmark Funeral Home in Hollywood, FL. Inurnment with Military Honors, Fri. Oct 25th at 11:30 AM, at So. FL National Cemetery in Lake Worth. Add’l details at www.landmarkfuneralhome.com
Richard Thomas Shankweiler, of Pompano Beach, FL, died on October 9, 2019. Richard was precedeased by his brother, Philip K. Shankweiler, of Houston, Texas. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Barbara, his beloved sons, of whom he was so proud, Kevin (Song), of Ogden, Utah, Christopher, of Plymouth, Minnesota, Matthew (Rebeccah), of Plymouth, Minnesota, 3 beloved and precious granddaughters, Annika, Lauren, and Morgan, of Plymouth, Minnesota, and our beloved “adopted” daughter, Sandra M. Schulze of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Richard’s name to Graceplace School.org, c/o Elizabeth Coldren, Director, which works to free local youth from sex trafficking and other destructive lifestyles, P.O. Box 668876, Pompano Beach, Florida 33066. A Celebration Of Life service will take place at Gracepoint Church on Saturday, October 26th, 2019, at 11:00 AM, 5590 NE 6th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334. tmralph.com
CLARKE, Odette M., Age 88, of Ft. Lauderdale, passed on October 17, 2019. Born on July 5, 1931 in Epernay, France, she migrated to the USA in 1948 and settled in Memphis, TN with the people who sponsored her. After the arrival of her parents she moved to Georgia and secured a position with a CPA firm having studied accounting and English in France and graduating with top honors. Due to her mother’s health, Odette moved to South Florida in 1967 and secured a position with Flint Corporation as Office Manager where she met her late husband Tom who pre-deceased her in death in 1997. Odette received several awards for her unselfish work in several organizations. In 1980 she received the Woman of the Year award from the American Business Women’s Association. Prior to the death of her husband she was a member of the Fort Lauderdale Navy League Council, Broward Navy League and Broward Navy Days. After the death of her husband, she continued to support the Sea Cadets with her generous donations. She also received the year 2000 Freedom Award from Broward Navy Days for her dedication in sending monthly birthday cards to Navy Personnel of the USS COLE and she and Tom helped in the commissioning of the ship in 1996. Odette also supported the commissioning of the USS HIGGINS in 1999. She leaves this world blessed with life-long friends all touched by her natural goodness and her spirit. She leaves no survivors. Cremation to be handled by Kraeer Funeral Home, 4061 Federal Highway, Ft. Lauderdale. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets, Spruance Division, P.O. Box 4385, Sunrise Station, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33338
Turk, Martha 91, died peacefully on October 13, 2019. She was born January 6, 1928, in Fayetteville, WV to the late Chester V. and Eulah Tuggle. She spent her childhood in her beloved state of West Virginia, graduating second (Salutatorian) in her class at Fayetteville High School then later received her Regents BA from Concord College in WV. She met the love of her life, Robert, at the YMCA Columbus Dance after she had moved to Ohio. They were married in 1951 and spent 57 wonderful years together until his passing. After moving to Florida, Martha eventually taught at Oakridge Elementary where she was Media Specialist for over 30 years, retiring in 2001. She was involved in Hollywood Hills United Methodist Church, along with the German American Club, Orange Bowl Staging Committee and the Elks. Family and friends played a large part in her life. She loved spending time with her two grandchildren, Michael and Ally. She is pre-deceased by her husband, Robert Turk, survived by son Jeffrey Turk; daughters Susan Turk, and Michele (Jason) Drucker; grandchildren Michael and Alexandra Drucker. Visitation Friday, October 25th, 6-8 PM at Landmark Funeral Home. Funeral Service Saturday, October 26th, 10:30 AM at Hollywood Hills United Methodist Church. She will be laid to rest in Oak Hill, West Virginia. Arrangements by Landmark Funeral Home, 4200 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, FL 33021 954-989-8220. Please leave online condolences at www.landmarkfuneralhome.com
Sonia Levey of Westin, FL was born on January 3rd, 1931 to Mr. and Mrs. Isidore and Fannie Beck, residents of Brooklyn, NY. Sonny passed away peacefully in Orlando, FL on the morning of October 17, 2019. She was widowed by Ronald W. Levey to whom she was married for forty-five years. Sonny had a joyous and loving spirit, and was known as “The Queen of Hugs”. She brought a smile to the face of all. She dedicated her retirement years to serving her public library, assuring that she was surrounded by what she loved, people and books. Sonny is survived by her oldest daughter Laura Anne, her husband Edward and her two daughters Jaime and Shannon. Also by her second daughter Karen Susan, her husband Richard and their two children Donovan and Erica.Sonia will be buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale, Queens at 11am, Sunday, October 20, 2019.If you would like to make a contribution to an organization dear to her, please send donations payable to The West Friends of the Library, Broward County Library, Westin Branch, 4205 Bonaventure Boulevard, Weston, FL 33332. Noted as in Memoriam of Sonia R. Levey.
After a hard fought battle with aggressive cancer William Joseph Brown passed away on October 17th, 2019 at the age of 87.His wife Delores Lass predeceased him on April 7, 2012. He leaves behind his sons Doug, Curt and wife Gigi and grandsons Jason and Tyler, and their daughters Lisa, Susan and husband Bruce Eberst and granddaughter Julia.Bill is also survived by his sister Beverly Burwell.Bill was born on November 15th 1931 in Uniontown, PA to George C and Bertha Brown. Bill joined the army where he served his country proudly in the Korean War as a sergeant.Bill went on to play professional baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league organization. He then moved to Florida in 1958 and eventually started Margate Plumbing Company. Bill was also a Margate city councilman, American Legion and Margate Khoury League baseball manager for 10 plus years.The family would especially like to thank Dr. Velez and the oncology staff of Holy Cross Hospital for their compassionate care.A memorial service with be held at Kraeer Funeral Home in Margate on Tuesday, October 22nd between 2-4 and 6-8. Funeral mass will be held October 23rd at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Pompano Beach at 11AM. In lieu of flowers Bill’s wishes were to make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in his name.
Our Beloved; EDWARD ANDREW BECKER, passed from this life and set sail for an even better life on October 17,2019 at sunset. He was born on February 10, 1932 in Valley Stream, NY. He was preceded in death by his Mother, Edna L Becker & Father, John Becker, Sr.;2 sisters, Patricia Monteleone and Frances Becker; and 1 brother John Becker Jr. He is survived by his Partner of 41 years, Gordon L. Miller, and brothers, George Becker,Sr., Donald Becker, Sr., and Ronald Becker; and numerous nieces and nephews, Visitation will be at Kalis-McIntee Funeral Home, 2505 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors, Monday 10.21.19, from 4 to 7 PM.Graveside service and final burial will be at Pinelawn Cemetery, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Am. Cancer Society or a charity of your choice. Pray for understanding.
Mildred M. Richardson, 90, a longtime resident of Pompano Beach passed away on September 26, 2019. A gathering to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday October, 26, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
Jeanne Benjamin, born Jeanne Marie Bresland in Chicago, IL on April 21st, 1927, (died September 25, 2019) was mother of Joan Moran and Sandra Hormozi, grandmother of 2, great grandmother of 9 and great-great of 13. In her youth she danced in some of the biggest nightclubs in Chicago as a Latin dancer and even teamed up with her Mother “Rita” of Rio and Rita as a sister act during WWII. In the heyday of 1950’s Miami Beach, she worked at the Place Pigalle where she hobnobbed with stars like Frank Sinatra. She returned to Chicago in the late 50’s but left the snow of Chicago in 1979 to return to her beloved Florida. In her lifetime, she loved to play golf, shoot pool, ride her bike, was an avid reader, loved speaking Spanish, took night classes when she could, had a “green thumb” and enjoyed a cocktail. She was an independent and tenacious woman who supported herself and her younger daughter. She paid her last condo payment at 79 and worked until she was 80. Her home was her castle and was never more happy than to be there watching a great film on TCM in her “retirement” years. She left this earth with her favorite Three Tenors and Grieg Piano Concerto in A CDs accompanying her on her way.
(63), Passed away peacefully at home with grace and dignity on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, after a hard, nearly yearlong battle with oral cancer. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, James Andrew Pettigrew III, Lt. Col, USAF (Ret.); beloved children, Lindsay Pettigrew Zenelis (George) and Dr. Avery Pettigrew; parents, Shirley and Richard Harris of Kingsport, TN; siblings, Ted Harris and Joy Hunter and many nieces and nephews. Cynthia was a graduate of King University and Villanova University. She earned a Master of Science in Church Management. Throughout Cynthia’s life she held many positions; elementary school teacher, pianist, music education teacher, choir singer, and church office administrator at All Saints Espicopal Church of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Burke Presbyterian Church of Burke, VA. She loved an afternoon piece of dark chocolate and was an avid reader. Most recently, she visited New England and Canada to celebrate her 40th anniversary and was able to see Niagra Falls, the summit of Mount Washington and the sunrise on Cadillac Mountain,. A Memorial service will be held at Burke Presbyterian Church where she served and called home for 10 years on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 2 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to The Washington Sinfonietta for a concert that will be performed in her honor. Please view and sign the family guestbook at www.jeffersonfuneralchapel.com.
A daughter of New England whose persistent search for light, warmth, and favorable tennis weather led her to relocate to Florida, Joan M. Casey passed away peacefully on September 29, in Boca Raton. She was 85 years old; the cause was heart failure. Born on March 24, 1934, in Providence, Rhode Island, Joan Martha Redman married Edward F. Casey of Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1953. The couple had four children: Edward Joseph of North Attleboro, Jane of Bangkok, Thailand and Blenheim, New Zealand, John of North Attleboro, and Jennifer of Los Angeles, California. As a young wife in a conservative town at a conventional time, Joan devoted herself to raising her family while Ed held down a day job and attended law school at night. As her husband’s practice and the children grew, Joan, who revered education, attended occasional classes at Providence College. This love of learning is among the most enduring of her legacies to her children, who all have advanced degrees. Edward, John, and Jennifer took JDs; Jane earned a PhD in Fine Arts. Joan’s pride in their accomplishments was evident to all who knew her. Edward practices law and maintains a robust civic engagement in his hometown; Jane is an independent scholar and collector of Asian art; John is Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts; Jennifer is Director of Operations at Avenue Interior Design in Los Angeles. After her marriage of nearly three decades ended, Joan found strength and solace in study, taking a degree in Philosophy at Providence College. A member of the class of 1976, she graduated summa cum laude, with the highest commendation in her major. The next year Joan approached Sr. Mary Faith Harding, R.S.M., principal of Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, offering to teach a course that she had designed. Her argument must have been persuasive, because, although the academic year was already underway, a small cadre of honors students was pulled from various classes-in-progress to be the first to take the new “Humanities” course. Feehan had nothing like this wide-ranging seminar on Western culture from the Greeks through the Existentialists (in a Catholic high school!) with stops at Goethe and Tolstoy along the way. In the classroom, she was like The Tempest’s Ariel—she “flamed amazement.” As she lectured, her diminutive frame barely contained an intensity that gave off not only light but heat; she sparked her students’ intellects and lit the dimmer corners of their curiosity. There are natural teachers, and Joan Casey was one. Though this was something any of her children could have told her, she only came to believe it of herself at Feehan. And while her devotion to and deep, abiding love for her family described the arc of her life, teaching marked a major turning point for Joan. It gave her a new identity, a new way in the world. Her son John has said that “in many ways the opportunity to teach, motivate, and not unimportantly, support herself financially, saved her life.”After finishing her master’s degree at Salve Regina in Newport, Rhode Island, Joan returned to her beloved Providence College as a faculty member. One evening in 1985 while she and a friend were having a drink at Providence’s Biltmore Hotel, she caught the eye of a distinguished gentleman. Able to wear her erudition lightly and so talk to anyone on almost any subject with intelligence and wit, Joan was also lovely, petite, and charming. Soon James F. Morrill, CEO of Rhode Island Forging Steel Company, was completely smitten. He would be the companion of the rest of her life. Together they soon headed south for Delray Beach, Florida, a place in the sun where Joan thrived on a regimen of tennis, shoreline strolls, and dining al fresco. It was a perfect home base from which they could travel for pleasure, James’ business, or to visit her growing clan. In addition to James, her children and their spouses, she is survived by five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She will be much missed by them, numerous friends, and former students. Such a vivid presence as Joan M. Casey possessed seems to promise what it can only perform in acts of memory and rituals of mourning: an evergreen permanence. That she has gone is inconceivable, because it is not true. She has merely forsaken the Sunshine State to take up residence in the brighter chambers of her loved ones’ hearts. The home they make for her there will keep her warm, indeed.Donations in her honor may be sent to the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444 or call 561-266-0798.
Martin Barry Isenburg, 84, of Delray Beach Florida, died peacefully in his sleep early in the morning on Friday October 18. Barry and his beloved wife of 60 years, Carol McAdam Isenburg, lived a complete and joy-filled life full of vacations, golf, friends, card games, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Barry was born in Irvington, New Jersey and lived for many years and raised his family in Bridgewater, NJ. Barry proudly served in the Air Force and was a Korean War Veteran. He worked for many years as a Claims Manager for Travelers Insurance Company, and was honored with their Manager of the Year award in 1986. He and Carol were active members of Delray Dunes Country Club, and he had previously served on the Board of Governors for Raritan Valley Country Club. He was also very proud of the two holes-in-one that he made while playing, one at Delray Dunes, one at Raritan Valley. Barry and Carol also worked as volunteers for many years at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, assisting families of patients with directions and questions they had. He is survived by his children, Donald, Joy (Stump), and Steven. He also cherished the relationships with his son-in-law and daughters-in-law—Andrew Stump, Joanne Nardo Isenburg, and Pamela Iovino Isenburg—who helped to raise his seven grandchildren. His granddaughter and grandsons—Danielle, Raymond, Scott, Dylan, Matthew, William, and Todd—were his greatest pride and joy. Additionally, he was recently blessed with the birth of two great-grandchildren, Finn Hennessey and Louis Isenburg. Barry’s intelligence, sense of humor, and ambitious drive marked his life and his presence left an unforgettable impression on everyone he came in contact with.
