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John H Plate
Jul 22, 2016
John H Plate, 87, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, entered into eternal rest on Friday, July 22, 2016. He was born on Thursday, November 8, 1928 in Bronx, NY to the late Mrs. Emma Plate and the late Mr. Henry J. Plate. John was a graduate of Hofstra University, NY, and he went on to a 44 year career with Consolidated...
Marylou Martell Fields
Jul 22, 2016
Marylou Martell, 61, of Weymouth, MA died on Friday, July 22, Marylou Martell Fields, 61, of McClellanville, died Friday, July 22, 2016. She was born in Weymouth, MA, to the late Arthur G. Martell and Barbara (Martell) Fuini. She graduated from Braintree High School and was an office manager for most of her life. She will be deeply missed by...
Thomas Edward 'KoKo' Klocinski
Jul 21, 2016
Thomas joined his parents in heaven on July 21,2016. Born to Esther and Ervin Klocinski on February 10,1949, he attended Macomber Vocational High School. Upon graduation in 1967, he proudly served four years in the United States Air Force. After retiring from Libbey Glass in 2009, he and his wife moved to the good life on the beaches of South...
Penny F. 'Penny' Shoemaker (Forster)
Jul 20, 2016
Penelope “Penny†Louise Forster Shoemaker, 80, of Mt. Pleasant, SC died on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 28, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at McAlister-Smith Funeral Home, Mt. Pleasant. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Stella Maris on Friday, July 29, at 10:00 am. Burial will follow in the Mt....
Cecil G. Carlton
Jul 19, 2016
Cecil Glenn Carlton, 86, of Johns Island, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Born in Athens, GA to the late Everett and Rilla Carlton. Cecil joined the United States Navy at age 19. After his departure from the Navy he later served with the Marine Reserves. He was a truck driver with Teamsters and retired after 50 years. His hobbies...
Mary Lou Moran (Walsh)
Jul 19, 2016
Mary Lou Moran, 80, of Overland Park, KS, former resident of Mt. Pleasant, SC, died Tuesday, July 19, 2016. She was born to George and Olga Walsh in Queens, NY on February 9, 1936. After graduating from SUNY at New Paltz, she married the love of her life, John 'Jack' Moran on July 4, 1958. She was a loving wife...
William Creighton Shipman
Jul 17, 2016
William Creighton Shipman, 19, of Mt. Pleasant, SC entered into eternal rest with his family by his side on Sunday, July 17, 2016 in Columbia, South Carolina. He was born on Wednesday, January 1, 1997 in Mount Pleasant, SC to Nanci Steadman Shipman and Lee Shipman. Creighton loved his family. His heart was lacrosse, he truly loved playing and introducing...
Allison Elizabeth Muckelvaney
Jul 16, 2016
Allison Elizabeth Muckelvaney, 34, of Summerville, passed away Saturday July 16, 2016. Born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, on November 1, 1981, she was the daughter of Edward Butler and Enita Marsh. Allison's family moved here when she was 8 years old. She graduated from Stratford High School in 1999. Allison worked for T-Mobile for 12 years; her most recent position was...
Ernest Boris Vevoda
Jul 15, 2016
Ernest B. Vevoda, loving husband and lifelong partner of 57 years to Dolores Vevoda, passed from this world in his home on July 16, 2016 at the age of 89. Born in Prague in 1927 and after choosing an adventurous departure from the Czech Republic, he arrived in San Francisco in 1955, later settling on the East Coast. Being fluent...
Eduardo Fernandez Villanueva
Jul 14, 2016
Eduardo 'Eddie' Fernandez Villanueva, 78, of Ladson, passed away, Thursday, July 14, 2016, surrounded by his family and friends. Eddie was born December 21, 1937, to the late Leon and Dorotea Villanueva in San Manuel, Pangasinan, Philippines. He attended the Philippines College of Business before joining the United States Navy. Eddie served his country in the Navy for twenty four...
Dianne P White (Parker)
Jul 13, 2016
Dianne Parker White, 69, of Charleston, SC, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. She was born on Thursday, October 3, 1946 in Charleston, SC, daughter of the late Irma Norton Parker and the late Edward Ellis Parker. Dianne graduated from Garrett High School in 1964, and briefly attended the University of South Carolina. She married Francis White at the...
John E. 'Jack' Ilgenfritz
Jul 12, 2016
Command Master Chief John E (Jack) Ilgenfritz USN RET Goose Creek –Command Master Chief John E (Jack) Ilgenfritz, USN RET, 71, of Goose Creek passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. Born in Pittsburgh, PA he was the son of the late Jerome and Anna Ilgenfritz. Jack was married to his High school sweetheart, Karen, for 52...
Sandra Stewart 'Sandi' Obi (Stewart)
Jul 8, 2016
Sandra Stewart Obi, 70, of Charleston and formerly of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, passed away July 8, 2016. Born in Cullman, AL, she was the daughter of the late Floyd A. and Rosalee F. Stewart of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Sandra was a graduate of Tuscaloosa High School. She attended and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science...
Rosa Ribeiro (Cerqueira Afonso)
Jul 6, 2016
Rosa Ribeiro, 81, of Charleston and wife of Manuel Ribeiro, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Rosa Ribeiro was born on April 1, 1935 in Tibo, Portugal. She was retired. In addition to her husband, survivors include her son, Manuel Fernando Ribeiro, Jr. of Newark, NJ and her daughter Maria Lewandowski and her husband Steven Lewandowski of James Island, SC;...
David E Grant
Jul 3, 2016
David Eugene Grant, only son of the late Eugene and Ellen Grant, entered eternal rest at 11:11am on Sunday July 3, 2016. David was born on September 11, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, and in his 80 years on this Earth, David accomplished much in life. He was Editor of his college newspaper at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,...
Rebecca Gamble Livingston
Jul 1, 2016
Rebecca G. Livingston, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, SC died July 1, 2016 at Somerby Senior Living after a long illness. She was born in Kingstree, SC, the youngest child of Frank and Virginia Gamble. Rebecca received a nursing degree from Orangeburg Regional Hospital as a pre-natal nurse before marrying her husband of 63 years, Dr. Marvin W. Livingston. They made...
Brian Michael Allen
Jun 29, 2016
Brian Michael Allen, 43, of Summerville, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2016. He was born January 13, 1973, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brian graduated Goose Creek High School and was employed at Kapstone as a welder, where he was also a proud member of the Rescue Squad and Fire Brigade. Brian loved his Gamecocks, Braves and Vikings and also enjoyed...
Matthew Emery Sacilowski
Jun 28, 2016
PFC Matthew Emery Sacilowski, 22, of Summerville, SC, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. He was born on Wednesday, February 23, 1994 in Woodbury, NJ to Donna Rieder Sacilowski and Paul Matthew Sacilowski. Matthew was an energetic child. He enjoyed karate, basketball, bowling and computer games. His grandfather was a firefighter, which fueled his love of fire trucks. He...
Dr. Arthur William 'Bill' Ross
Jun 27, 2016
On June 27th Dr. Arthur Willam Ross (“Billâ€) died of cancer and heart failure and passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family and friends and within sight of his hydrangeas and the marsh that he loved. Dr. Ross was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1943 where he attended Murphy HS before obtaining his undergraduate degree from Davidson University....
Chad Michael Birnbaum
Jun 12, 2016
Chad Michael Birnbaum was born March 24, 1980 in Saginaw, Michigan where he grew up along with his younger brother, Christopher Birnbaum. He lived in East Lansing, Michigan while attending college and eventually achieved nine IT certifications, two of them this past spring. Although he held various networking positions, manager of the Holliday Inn on Folly Beach, while developing the...

