Obituaries

Herbert Morris Schildkraut

Herbert Morris Schildkraut

Mar 23, 2013

Herbert 'Herbie' Morris Schildkraut, 82 of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Maxine 'Midge' Lasky Schildkraut, died Friday evening, March 22, 2013, at Candler Hospital. Born in the Lower East Side in New York, he worked for many years as a junior accountant for the state of New York in tower 2 of the World Trade Center. He went to college...

Mary Allen Burgess

Mary Allen Burgess

Mar 23, 2013

Mary Willene Allen Burgess, 79, of Savannah, Georgia passed away peacefully Friday afternoon, March 22, 2013, at St. Joseph's Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Lyons, Georgia on May 3, 1933, the daughter of Willie Lewis and Alsie Lee Morris Allen. Mary was predeceased by her husband John S. Burgess, Jr.; two sisters, Annette Allen and Faye...

Dorothy Abbott Whitlock

Dorothy Abbott Whitlock

Mar 22, 2013

Dorothy Abbott Whitlock, 79, passed away on March 21, 2013, at Hospice Savannah after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Savannah and spent her entire life here graduating from Commercial High School. She worked and retired from Savannah Bank and Trust and then worked 10 years at Memorial Medical Center. Dorothy was a sweet and loving...

Marlene Cook Ford

Marlene Cook Ford

Mar 22, 2013

Marlene Elizabeth Cook Ford, 79, of Savannah, died Friday morning, March 22, 2013, at Hospice Savannah. She was the daughter of the late Robert Beuford Cook and the late Ruth Elizabeth Sharpe Cook.?? Born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 7, 1933, she graduated from Savannah High School in 1952.?? In 1995, she retired after 31 years with the Georgia Department...

Edna Storie Welsh

Edna Storie Welsh

Mar 20, 2013

Edna Edith Storie Welsh, 87, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Peter Joseph Welsh, Jr., died Tuesday evening, March 19, 2013, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Adelia Storie. While going to school, she worked at St. Joseph's Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she met her future...

Angela Velvet Reynolds

Angela Velvet Reynolds

Mar 20, 2013

Angela Velvet Reynolds, 27, of Savannah, Georgia died Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Savannah. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Sally Mcadoo

Sally Mcadoo

Mar 20, 2013

Sally McAdoo Coy, 94, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Peter Meldrim Coy, died Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

George Andrew Gordon,

George Andrew Gordon,

Mar 19, 2013

George Andrew Gordon, Jr., 67, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Betty Conley Gordon, died Tuesday morning, March 19, 2013, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late George Andrew Gordon, Sr. and the late Mamie Elizabeth Hope Gordon. George was of the Christian faith. He retired from Great Dane Trailers after 37 years...

Evans Daley Fruitticher

Evans Daley Fruitticher

Mar 18, 2013

Evans Daley Fruitticher, 74, of Newington, ??and husband of Lynn Bernstein Fruitticher, died Sunday evening, March 17, 2013 (his favorite holiday), at Candler Hospital. Waiting patiently to go fishing were Pete Lee and Charles Small; Johnny Williamson, his boyhood friend of 65 years, knew Evans would be late as usual. Born in Newington, he was a son of the late...

Marilyn Wagman Steinberg

Marilyn Wagman Steinberg

Mar 17, 2013

Marilyn Wagman Steinberg, 66, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday morning, March 17, 2013, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia she was a daughter of the late Abe Wagman and the late Juliet Ghelerter Wagman. Marilyn was a member of Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob and was a retired bookkeeper. Marilyn was an avid knitter and needlepointer who also enjoyed playing...

Lt. Force (Ret.)

Lt. Force (Ret.)

Mar 17, 2013

Lt. Col. James Hagood 'Sammy' Sams, U. S. Air Force (Ret.), 89, of Savannah, Georgia, and formerly of Warner Robins, Georgia, widower of Emily Jane Woosley Sams, died Sunday afternoon, March 17, 2013, at Savannah Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and under the care of Odyssey Hospice. ??Born in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, he was a son of the late The...

Robert Ellis Rushing

Robert Ellis Rushing

Mar 16, 2013

Robert Ellis Rushing, 68, died on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Spanish Oaks Retreat after a heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was surrounded by his loving family and under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. Robert was a member of First Baptist Church of Rincon and a former member of Calvary Baptist Temple. Robert was born on January 20,...

Barbara Devine Farrell

Barbara Devine Farrell

Mar 15, 2013

Barbara Jean Devine Farrell, 82, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Matthew \"Matt\" Joseph Farrell, died Friday morning, March 15, 2013, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, she was a daughter of the late George Jackson Devine and the late Regina Williams Devine. Mrs. Farrell was a communicant of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Indianapolis and was...

Arthur Louis French

Arthur Louis French

Mar 14, 2013

Arthur Louis French, 60, of Allenhurst, Georgia, died Wednesday evening, March 13, 2013, at Memorial University Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Mary Thomas Gregorakos

Mary Thomas Gregorakos

Mar 10, 2013

Mary Thomas Gregorakos, 95, of Marietta, Georgia and widow of Charles Gregorakos, died Saturday afternoon, March 9, 2013, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. Born in New York, New York, she was a daughter of the late James Thomas and the late Katherine Sinopoulos Thomas. She and her husband moved to Savannah in 1961 where they founded and operated the...

Mary Smith Greenfield

Mary Smith Greenfield

Mar 9, 2013

Mary Louise Smith Greenfield, 90, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Gerald 'Jerry' Greenfield, passed into God's loving arms on Saturday morning, March 9, 2013, at Hospice Savannah. ??Born in Savannah, April, 15, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Chester L. Smith and the late Rhetta Louise Collier Smith. She lived her life taking care of her husband...

Howard Schwartz

Howard Schwartz

Mar 6, 2013

Howard Schwartz, 86, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Selma Volinsky Schwartz, died Wednesday morning, March 6, 2013,??at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Danny Ray Mcpeters

Danny Ray Mcpeters

Mar 6, 2013

Danny Ray McPeters, 68, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Ellen Mobley McPeters, died Wednesday morning, March 6, 2013, at Candler Hospital. Born in Kennett, Missouri, he was a son of Louise Ethel Goodrich McPeters and the late James Nelton McPeters. Danny was of the Baptist faith and was a United States Army veteran having served during the Vietnam War....

Betty Pray Ortmann

Betty Pray Ortmann

Mar 6, 2013

Betty Joan Pray Ortmann, 83, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Chuck Ortmann, died Wednesday morning, March 6, 2013, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she was a daughter of the late Ervin Pray and the late Edna Martens Pray. Mrs. Ortmann was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church was a homemaker. She was a graduate of...

Mary Ora Pitt

Mary Ora Pitt

Feb 27, 2013

Mary Ora Pitt, 87, of Seal Beach, California, died Friday, February 22, 2013. The funeral service will be held at 11 o\'clock Wednesday morning at the graveside, Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.