From Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home & Crematory
Edna Mae Jackson, 99, Vero Beach
September 25, 1921 – April 12, 2021
Edna Mae Jackson lived 99 beautiful years. Edna passed peacefully at home on April 12, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on September 5, 1921 to her parents Leonard and Margaret Porter Altenbaugh. On July 24, 1943 she married Richard R. Jackson, in Chico, California, where he was serving in the Army Air Corp. They moved from Pittsburgh to Conneaut Lake, PA in 1957. In 1979, they moved to Vero Beach, Florida, returning to Conneaut Lake to spend the summer months.
In 1940, at the age of 19, she won the title of U.S. Roller Figure Skating Champion. She continued to love to skate and to follow competitions throughout her life. She loved a good party and hosting get-togethers at the family home. Edna had a great love for animals and the family was blessed to have horses and several dogs over the years. Edna and Dick loved to travel and enjoyed many fishing trips to Canada and other locations. She was an avid golfer, playing with family and friends as a regular at Oakland Beach Golf Club in Conneaut Lake. After moving to Vero Beach she continued to golf and was still seen at the Vista Plantation driving range at age 90. She enjoyed drawing and painting and created beautiful artwork well into her 90’s. She loved playing cards twice a week with her family. Edna maintained an exercise program throughout her life and has always been an inspiration to her family and friends enjoying Pilates into her 90’s. Since 2010 she lived on her own and was very self-sufficient throughout. Getting together and visiting with her family brought her great joy; she especially enjoyed the visits with all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She often remarked about how much she loved being so close to her family and was very grateful that her children were all nearby.
Edna was a housewife and wonderful mother to four children, Bob (Susan) Jackson, Nancy (Virgil) Steadman, Bonnie (Kris) Wetherell and Barbara Baker (Carl Crider) all of Vero Beach, FL. She was very proud of her three grandchildren Michael (Courtney) Jackson, Austin, TX, Luke (Amanda) Steadman, Vero Beach, FL and her favorite granddaughter Jennifer (Preston) Flannery, New Castle, PA. Edna had five great grandchildren, Nadine and Landon Jackson, Ava and Tyson Steadman and Payton Flannery. She is survived by her sister-in law Carol Martin of Sand Key, Florida.
Edna and Dick were married for 66 years before Dick passed in 2010. She was pre-deceased by her husband, her parents and her brother John (Jack) Altenbaugh.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the VNA & Hospice Foundation, 920 37th Place, Suite 101, Vero Beach 32960, in her memory.
From Strunk Funeral Homes & Crematory
Richard R. O’Connor, 86, Vero Beach
April 5, 1935 – April 13, 2021
Richard R. O’Connor, DDS, cherished husband of Bonnie Tieckelmann O’Connor, died peacefully at their home in Vero Beach, Florida on April 13, 2021.
A former resident of Buffalo, New York, and a summer resident of Ridgeway, Ontario, he was predeceased by his beloved daughter Caitlin and is survived by his beloved children Sean, Mary, Richard, Margaret (John) Rowley, Brigid (Brian) Hazen, and Padraig (Kristi), beloved stepchildren Tamsin Hager and Isaac (Kristen Whissel) Hager, and devoted grandchildren Elizabeth Rowley, William Hazen, Alexandra Hazen, Riley O’Connor, Mary Grace O’Connor, Matthew Pretel, and Isla Hager.
The son of the late Donald and Marie O’Connor and brother of the late Donald (Mary Jane), he was born in Buffalo on April 5, 1935, and graduated from the SUNY at Buffalo School of Dentistry in 1964.
After retiring from private practice in Eggertsville, New York, he volunteered at the Good Neighbors Dental Clinic in Buffalo.
A Service will be held in Buffalo following the opening of the Canadian border.
From Strunk Funeral Homes & Crematory
Esteban “Chalo” Castillo Mendoza, 93
August 14, 1927 – April 7, 2021
Esteban will be forever known and cherished by his family as an admirable husband, and an honest and hardworking man with a strong character and a rebellious spirit. He was generous, a protector of others, and a lover of animals and nature. Born in Panama, Esteban was a proud patriot who was passionate about defending the rights of the oppressed. An athletics instructor, he was a competitive swimmer and swam across the Bay of Panama. Esteban was also President of the Employee Association of the National Institute of Sports of Panama. A student of one of the greatest Panamanian painters, he was constantly working to beautify the world around him. As an Indian River County school board employee, Esteban was known for his noble paintings of the school mascots on the Vero Beach High School stadium.
Esteban is survived by his beloved wife of 41 years, Didia, who he would have followed to the moon. He is also survived by his son Ivan (Ada), daughter Lizca (Jeffrey) and son Danilo (Caroline), grandchildren Akira (Juan Eduardo), Anita, Ivan Jr., Luly, Lyzka (Filip), JJ (Becky), Linnette and Angela, nieces Lourdes (Rick) and Alicia (Brian), and great-grandchildren.
From Cox-Gifford Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory
Ana Mercedes Bernal, 73
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