All Obituaries

Virginia H. Braasch passed away on May 23, 2019. No local services will be held.  

   Carolyn L. Zehr, 92, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. She was born in Hickman, Kentucky and moved to Cocoa Beach in 1958 from St Louis, MO.    Carolyn was a life-long musician, having received a bachelor’s degree in music from Lambuth College, teaching piano and voice lessons, serving as organist/choir director at the Cocoa Beach Community Church, Our Saviour’s Catholic Church, First United Methodist Church, Lutheran Church of the...

Rita Ursula Boyle Rita Boyle, 87, formerly of Amelia Island, Florida, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2019 at her home in Suntree. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Clyde, and her children, Thomas Boyle and Kathleen Simko. Also survived by her seven grandchildren, Leah Roszkowiak, Lindsey Boyle, Annie Boyle, Christopher Boyle, Laura Simko, Andrew Simko, and Matthew Simko and brother, Ludwig “Sonny” Ostendorf. Rita was born in Flatbush Brooklyn in 1931, to Lambertha...

Ralph Pallone, 82, formerly of Waltham, MA passed away peacefully Saturday May 18, 2019, surrounded by his wife and daughters. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Raymonda, their daughters Deborah and her husband Mike Rausch of Port St John, Dina Smith of Indialantic and Sandra and her husband Mark Kebadjian of Winchester, MA, 5 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, siblings Louise and Nicholas of Watertown, MA. He was predeceased by his parents Ralph and Susan and sister Philomenia Scalia...

DR. JOHN RANDOLPH MIDDLETON 3 May 1926 – 16 May 2019   Dr. John Randolph Middleton, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away early on 16 May, peacefully in his sleep.  From a family steeped in American history, like other men in the family and the rest of the Greatest Generation, he joined the Navy in WWII as soon as he was old enough.  Returning from the war, he went to Louisiana College for his first of many degrees, where he met...

Elizabeth (Betty) Geiger, 83, of Cocoa Beach, Florida died on May 13, 2019. She was born on December 19, 1935 in Manhattan NY and raised across the river in Hoboken N.J. Betty graduated from Sacred Heart Academy High School in 1954 and went to work in New York City. She had a passion for acting and performed Off Broadway until she married her high school boyfriend, Bill, on December 1, 1956.  They have four children.  The young family lived in Orlando, where Mrs. Geiger was very...

Charles Acton, 80, left this life on May 11, 2019 in Melbourne Florida after a lengthy battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, a result of his exposure to agent orange and toxic chemicals while serving in Vietnam.   Charlie was born In McBaine, Missouri on Nov 21, 1938.  He entered the UNITED STATES AIR FORCE on 21 Nov 1956.  His career began during the Cold War era in the Air Force Security Service where the "silent warrior crews" flew missions...

Virgil Lee Calvert 1942-2019 Virgil Lee Calvert 76 of Rockledge Florida, formerly Pekin Illinois died peacefully at home May 10, 2019. He was born December 27th, 1942 in Muscatine Iowa to Virgil L. Calvert and Betty Jane Church Calvert. Virgil attended school in Davenport, Iowa and later enlisted into the Marine Corp in Long Beach California. Virgil worked and retired from Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Illinois being recognized for his dedication in never missing a day of...

Mary Delafield Newcomb, 80, of Cocoa Beach Florida, known as " Polly," to her family and friends, passed away peacefully on Friday May 10, 2019 in Holmes Regional Hospital, Melbourne, Florida, with her husband, David, and son, Timothy, by her side. She died as the result of a pulmonary embolism. Polly is survived by her husband, David, of 57 years, a daughter, Laura Pleasenton of Louisburg, SC and a son Timothy and family of Cocoa, Florida: wife Stephanie and grandchildren Josh,...

Earlene Ingram Queen, 82 of Melbourne, FL died Monday, May 6, 2019. She was born in Russell Springs, KY. She was the daughter of the late Earl Ingram and Vivian Cravens Ingram. She and her husband Russell C. Queen, came to Brevard County in 1997 from Staunton, VA. She graduated from Lindsey Wilson Jr. College, Columbia, KY, received a BS chemistry degree from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Education degree from the University of Virginia of Charlottesville, VA. Mrs. Queen taught...