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Doris Mae ‘Dottie’ Howey

Doris Mae (Dottie) Howey, 87, died on July 22, 2008.

She was born in Glassboro, N.J., and moved to Cortez in 1959 with her loving husband, Harry S. Howey. They owned and operated the Cortez Trailer Park and Fishing Center for 30 years.

Dot is survived by Harry, her husband of 65 years, daughters Kathie Harris, of Daytona Beach, and Linda Johnston, of Bradenton; a son, Harry M. Howey, of Lavonia, Ga.; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and her brother, William Simmerman, of Bradenton.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 600 N. Beneva Rd, Sarasota, FL 34232, in memory of Doris Howey. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory, 43rd Street Chapel, in Bradenton is handling arrangements.

Lee R. Edwards

Lee R. Edwards, 64, of Palmetto, died July 24, 2008.

He was born in Akron, Ohio and moved to this area from there in 1970. He was a member of Westside Christian Church. He was the founding president of the West Bradenton Kiwanis Club, where he had more than 20 years of perfect attendance. He started West Bradenton Kiwanis-Manatee Broncos youth football team in 1978. He previously was a freshman football coach at Manatee High School and was very active in the Manatee High Football Booster Club. He helped remodel the stadium and weight room. In the early 1990s he started the Manasota Stars semi-pro football team. He built the football and soccer buildings at G.T. Bray Park. Survivors include his wife, Carla L.; son, Troy, of Bradenton; daughter, Kimberly Edwards, of Milton, Fla.; mother, Betty Dial, of Bradenton; brother; Bill Edwards, of Bradenton; sisters; Joyce Thompson, of San Antonio, Tex., and Becky Surgenor, of Jonesborough, Ten.; and four grandchildren, Ashlie, Zachary and Bethany Odom and Adrienne Edwards.

A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, at Westside Christian Church, 3512 15th Ave. W., Bradenton. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 43rd St. Chapel, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton, is in charge. Memorial donations can be made to Westside

Christian Church or Anna Maria Island Community Center, P.O. Box 253, Anna Maria, FL 34216.

Jon Timothy ‘Tim’ Lease

Jon Timothy Lease (Tim), 45, Bradenton, died July 16, 2008.

Good Earth Crematory is in charge of arrangements. A gathering will be held at a later date.

Survivors include two sisters, Kathy Harris and Terry William; eight brothers, Tom, Ken, Steve, Dan, Jim; Ric, Matt and Jeff; and his mother, Loretta.

Mildred Marcheck

Mildred Marcheck, 94, of Holmes Beach, was taken home by the Lord on Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

Born Anna Mildred Murphy on Feb. 24, 1914, in Pittsburgh, Pa., she was the eldest of nine children. She married Joseph Marcheck on Aug.29, 1940, and they had five children. She taught third grade at St. Margaret's Catholic School in Greentree from 1960 to 1980. She retired in when her husband became ill and then died in 1981. Soon after, she began to vacation on Anna Maria Island, and in May 1996 at the age of 82, Mildred moved to the home she would share with her daughter in Holmes Beach for the next 12 years. Mildred became a regular at Cafe on the Beach. She also liked to dine at the Sandbar restaurant where she enjoyed sunsets. Mildred loved her church, St. Bernard Catholic Church, where she served as a member of the Women's Guild and as a Eucharistic Minister.

She is survived by her son, William (Helen) Marcheck, and four daughters, Anne (William) Doran, Joan (William) Miller, Mary Catherine Amin, all of Pittsburgh, and Barbara Marcheck, of Holmes Beach. She also has a legacy of 15 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren, the youngest of whom is Drake Hugh Doran born June 24, 2008, on the 118th birthday of Mildred's father, Edwin Murphy.

Funeral arrangements were handled by William Slater II Funeral Services in Pittsburgh. A funeral Mass was held at St Margaret's Catholic Church on Monday, July 21. Mildred was then laid to rest in St Martin's Cemetary in Pittsburgh with her deceased husband, Joseph Marcheck. A memorial Mass will be held on a later date.

Wildlife Rescue co-founder dies

Wildlife Rescue Service of Florida co-founder and president, Arlene "Ellie" T. Smith, passed away on Thursday evening, ending her three-year battle with cancer. She was 67.

She will be remembered for her insatiable passion for helping sick and injured wildlife throughout Manatee and Sarasota counties for the last 25 years, particularly in Cortez and Anna Maria Island, according to her husband and Wildlife Rescue partner, Larry Smith.

"For years, they did the rescue and we did the rehabilitation," said Ed Straight, who has operated Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation in Bradenton Beach with his wife, Gail, since 1987.

Born Nov. 22, 1940 in Massena, NY, Smith moved to Bradenton in 1979, where she co-founded Wildlife Rescue, worked 60-hour weeks as a rescue volunteer and trained other volunteers.

She was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Service Award last January at a Manatee County Commission meeting.

She is survived by her husband, Laurence R. (Larry) Smith of Bradenton; and children John Brock and Lori Ann Sprague ,of Bradenton; Michael Brock, of Sarasota and Tracy Doughty, of Bradenton; sisters Marie Spencer, of Dover Plains, N.Y.; Marjorie Gowett of Bloomingdale, N.Y.; Sandra Pratt of Brookfield, Mass.; brothers Chuck Jaquis, of Apex, N.C.; Denny Miner, of Brookfield, Mass.; Jim Miner, of St. Petersburg; Tom Jaquis, of Portland, Ind., and nephew Jim Gowett, of Cortez. Ellie is also survived by seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Ellie was a member of Westside Christian Church. A Celebration of Life service will be held in Cortez in the next two weeks, after details are finalized. For more information, call 941-705-9453 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. any day.

llie’s final request was that donations be made to Wildlife Rescue Service of Florida Inc., P.O. Box 10475, Bradenton, FL 34282 in lieu of cards and flowers.