Obituaries

Robert Wharton Dill,

Robert Wharton Dill,

Aug 23, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Robert "Rod" Wharton Dill, Jr., 69, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Susan McNulty Dill, died Saturday morning, August 21, 2010, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Dr. Lester Gretenstein

Dr. Lester Gretenstein

Aug 21, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Dr. Lester Gretenstein, 89, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Frances Solomon Gretenstein, died Tuesday afternoon, August 17, 2010, at his home. Born in New York, New York, he was a son of the late Jacob Gretenstein and the late Lena Feldman Gretenstein. Dr. Gretenstein was a graduate of the College of Charleston and Atlanta Southern Dental College...

Mildred Sprowl Wolfe

Mildred Sprowl Wolfe

Aug 20, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Mildred "Millie" Sprowl Wolfe, 91, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Harold Edward Wolfe, Sr., died Thursday afternoon, August 19, 2010, at Memorial University Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Lester Clyde Sprowl and the late Mildred Peck Sprowl Dooley. Mrs. Wolfe was a member...

Jean Witherington Hernandez

Jean Witherington Hernandez

Aug 18, 2010

Jean Baker Witherington Hernandez, 86, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Harry Gordon Witherington and Christopher Emanuel Hernandez, died Tuesday afternoon, August 17, 2010, at Azalealand Nursing Home. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Earl Preston Baker, Jr. and the late Helen Gertrude Harkness Baker Brewer. Mrs. Hernandez was a charter member of First Baptist Church...

Rb Matthews

Rb Matthews

Aug 15, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -Senior Master Sergeant RB Matthews, United States Air Force (Ret.), 83, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Delories Bell Matthews, died Thursday evening, August 12, 2010, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, he was a son of the late Robert Calvin Matthews and the late Minnie Ola Guthrie Matthews. Mr. Matthews served his country in the Korean Conflict...

Virginia Coney Lomel

Virginia Coney Lomel

Aug 15, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Virginia Coney Lomel, 103, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Arnold Joseph Lomel, died Saturday evening, August 14, 2010, at Azalealand Nursing Home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Emporia, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late William Lewis Coney and the late Mary Cardell Hill Coney. At the time of her death Mrs. Lomel...

Margaret Guyton Gartelmann

Margaret Guyton Gartelmann

Aug 13, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Margaret Guyton Gartelmann, 88, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of William Henry Gartelmann, died Tuesday morning, August 10, 2010, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Pinopolis, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late James Cuthbert Hare and the late Joanna Eunice Bolen Hare. She was raised by her paternal Aunt and Uncle, The Reverend Arther and Margaret...

Mary Vonwaldner Whalen

Mary Vonwaldner Whalen

Aug 11, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -Mary Jo vonWaldner Whalen, 87, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of William F. Whalen, died Tuesday afternoon, August 10, 2010, at her home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Charles Lewis vonWaldner and the late Josephine Roquemore vonWaldner. Mrs. Whalen was an active communicant of Blessed Sacrament Catholic...

Emilie Heller Flohr

Emilie Heller Flohr

Aug 9, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Emilie June Heller Flohr, 96, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of William J. Flohr, Sr., died Monday morning, August 9, 2010, at The Oaks at the Marshes of Skidaway Island. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Linda Hallock Kells

Linda Hallock Kells

Aug 8, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Linda Jean Hallock Kells, 64, of Savannah, Georgia, and formerly of Fort Myers, Florida, widow of Willard Kells, died Sunday evening, August 8, 2010, at her home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Richard Clark Stuntz,

Richard Clark Stuntz,

Aug 7, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Richard "Dick" Clark Stuntz, M. D., 88, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Suzanne Shellman Stuntz, died Friday morning, August 6, 2010, at his home. Born in Santiago, Chile, he was the son of missionary parents, the late Hugh Clark Stuntz and Florence Wolford Stuntz.  Dr. Stuntz was of the Methodist faith.  He was a United States Army...

Thetis Finch Pike

Thetis Finch Pike

Aug 5, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Thetis Finch Pike, 82, widow of Edgar L. Pike, died Tuesday morning at Candler Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Christine Palmer Pingel

Christine Palmer Pingel

Aug 5, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Christine "Christy" Frances Palmer Pingel, 54, died suddenly at her Windsor Forest home on August 3, 2010. Born and raised in Savannah, she graduated from Windsor Forest High School and attended Armstrong Atlantic University. She was in the process of earning her MBA degree. A talented artist, many of her works are exhibited at the A. T....

Msg., Force, (Ret.)

Msg., Force, (Ret.)

Aug 1, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Master Sergeant Walter Thomas Hopkins, U.S. Air Force, (Ret.), 61, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Catherine Connor Hopkins, died Saturday evening, July 31, 2010, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of John Craig Hopkins and Betty Jane Parson Hopkins. Walter served his country with the United States Air Force during the...

Keith Army (Ret.)

Keith Army (Ret.)

Aug 1, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Keith Ronald Rice, 70, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Norma Shives Rice, died Thursday evening, July 29, 2010, at his home. Born in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, he was a son of the late Ray Roscoe Rice and the late Elsie Victoria Custer Rice. He retired as an E-8 (Master Sergeant) Air Traffic Controller for the United...

Grace Thompson White

Grace Thompson White

Jul 30, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Lillian Grace Thompson White, 96, of Savannah, Georgia, died Thursday morning, July 29, 2010, at Azalealand Nursing Home. Born in Talking Rock, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Frank Thompson and the late Sally Young Thompson. Mrs. White was a very devoted Christian and member of Cokesbury United Methodist Church where she was a member...

Jerry Allen Sikes

Jerry Allen Sikes

Jul 26, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Jerry Allen Sikes, 62, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday morning, July 24, 2010, at his home. Born in Savannah, he was the son of Thelma L. Sikes and was a retired pharmacist. He is survived by his loving mother, Thelma L. Sikes of Savannah, Georgia; one uncle, Rayford Gastin and his wife, Avis of Savannah, Georgia; three...

Sarah Kaplan Epstein

Sarah Kaplan Epstein

Jul 26, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Sarah Kaplan Epstein, 80, widow of Elliot Epstein, died Sunday evening, July 25, 2010, at her home. Born in Houston, Texas, to the late, Sam Kaplan and the late Rose Oberhand Kaplan. She was raised by her step-mother, Aunt Ida Zimmerman Kaplan and was a member of Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob. Mrs. Epstein worked for Friedman's Jewelers...

Lt. Force (Ret.)

Lt. Force (Ret.)

Jul 24, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Lieutenant Colonel C. E. "Cass" Cassiday, United States Air Force (Ret.), 89, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Betty Jean Cook Cassiday, died Saturday evening, July 17, 2010, at Hospice Savannah.  Cass lost his valiant four-month battle with lung cancer just two months shy of what would have been his 90th birthday. He often stated that in life,...

Robert Russell Moore

Robert Russell Moore

Jul 24, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Robert Russell (Bob) Moore of Savannah passed away on July 21, 2010, at age 80. Bob was born on July 8, 1930, in Chattanooga, Tenn.  His parents were the late Russell E. Moore and Floy Bragg Moore. In addition to his parents, Bob was preceded in death by his sister, Patricia Moore Cason of Pensacola, Fla. He...