Obituaries

Did you know Stan Gober or have special memories of him? Send us your tributes to mail@marcoeagle.com. Submissions will be accepted until Monday and may be published in Tuesday's edition of the Marco Eagle.

A Goodland legend and one of Collier County's most beloved characters has died.

Edward P. Evans, one of thoroughbred racing's leading owners and breeders, has died after a brief illness. He was 68.

The frantic search for a woman who called 911 as her car was filling with water in a retention pond at the Fiddler's Creek development near Marco Island ended Tuesday with the discovery of her death. Mary J. Catania, 58, ...

Mike Minozzi loved his Island. His legacy is obvious in the construction of the S.S. Jolley Bridge as well as his dedication to civic issues. Funeral services were held Friday at San Marco Catholic Church. He was "Mr. Marco."

Fess Parker, 85, died Thursday... What we read Thursday reminded us of one wonderful evening in 2004, when we had several hours of great food and wine, good songs and stories with, can you believe it, Davy Crockett and Daniel ...

Marco Island community friend and activist Robert “Bob“ Stakich, 88, died early Tuesday morning after a brief illness.

He was Mr. Marco, the man with a large stature, who led boldly and held a gift for arguing effectively, while remaining gentle The life of Marco’s longest-serving city councilman, E. Glenn Tucker, was celebrated Friday evening, just days after ...

The Marco community responds with sorrow to the sudden death of one of Marco's first and longest-serving city councilors, Glenn Tucker, who was stricken by a brain aneurysm Sunday. Arrangements for Tucker were announced Tuesday.

Michelle Jackman, 37, of Marco Island, died just days before a benefit for her and her family was to be held at the Iron Rhino Saloon. Ruthann DeJong, of Naples, worked with Jackman at the Snook Inn for several years. ...

Phoebe Maria Magee, 7, passed away in her Island home Sunday after suffering a long term illness. Visitation was held Tuesday morning at Hodges-Josberger Funeral Home on Elkcam Circle and funeral mass is 12 p.m. Wednesday at San Marco Catholic ...

Physician Mitchell Jerome Shaw, 38, was last seen by his family on Christmas day and found dead in his Naples’ physicians’ office Saturday, reported Karie Partington, a spokeswoman with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.

The Island community is mourning the loss of father and fisherman, Joseph Nugent, 39, of 360 Capri Boulevard, Isles of Capri. Nugent died Thursday when he lost control of his motorcycle near 1400 19th St. S.W., Golden Gate Estates, according ...

Staci Marie Kelley, 41, light and love of the life of Jerry Gibson died peacefully Wednesday, October, 29, 2008.

My 87-year-old mother, Benedicte "Bennie" Traberg Smith, widow of pioneering broadcast journalist Howard K. Smith, has died at her beach side condominium on Marco Island, Florida. She passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from complications from hydrocephalus. A longtime ...