Obituaries

Toomer Vanderhorst Aimar

Toomer Vanderhorst Aimar

Jan 21, 2021

Toomer Vanderhorst Aimar, a longtime resident of Beaufort, South Carolina, died peacefully, January 20, 2021 at Morningside Assisted Living in Savannah, Georgia, under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. He was born in Thunderbolt, Georgia on December 1926 to the late William Washington Aimar, Sr. and Eugenie Toomer Aimar. He moved to Beaufort in 1939. Mr. Aimar attended Clemson University...

Catherine O\'Keefe Snell

Catherine O\'Keefe Snell

Jan 20, 2021

Catherine Josepha (O'Keefe) SNELL, 90, of Beaufort, SC, daughter of the late Dennis Francis and Catherine Josepha (Loughran) O'Keefe\ died Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at her home she shared with her daughter Linda and Mark. Catherine was born on October 8, 1930 in Providence, Rhode Island. She was predeceased in death by her husband, Gunnery Sgt. USMC Warren L. Snell...

Ellen Waughtel

Ellen Waughtel

Jan 16, 2021

Ellen M. (Murphy-Falsetti) Waughtel 75, of Cuba passed away at 5:51 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2021 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort SC. She was born Sept 18, 1945, in Cuba, the daughter of Charles C. and Emma Cline (Mowery) Murphy. She married Clayton L. Waughtel Jr., Feb 15, 1997. He preceded her in death Aug 30, 2020. She was...

Kyle Robert Smith

Kyle Robert Smith

Jan 16, 2021

Kyle Robert Smith, 71, passed away in his home in Lady's Island, South Carolina on January 15, 2021. He was born May 18, 1949 in Olney, IL to the late Thomas Kyle and June Adele Blackburn Smith. Kyle graduated from Edison High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma with the class of 1967 and attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri from 1967-1968....

Linda Jean Halteman

Linda Jean Halteman

Jan 16, 2021

Linda Jean Halteman, 60, of Beaufort, South Carolina and wife of Greg Halteman, died Saturday, January 16, 2021, at her residence. A Celebration of Life service will be held 3:00 p.m., Saturday, January 30, 2021, at Tidal Creek Fellowship - 290 Brickyard Point Road South, Lady's Island. The service will also be live streamed at facebook.com/decibelchurch.

Frederick "Fritz" Diehl

Frederick "Fritz" Diehl

Jan 9, 2021

Frederick 'Fritz' Diehl died peacefully of natural causes Friday, January 8, 2021 in his home. He was 96 and lived a long full life. He will be missed by Ruth, his wife of 74 years, his daughters, grandson, and friends. He was lovingly cared for in his last years by James and Melissa Driscoll and their family. Fritz was born...

James S. Mcmullan

James S. Mcmullan

Jan 7, 2021

James S. McMullan, 86, died January 5, 2021 at residence in Beaufort, SC. He was born February 26, 1934, in Union, MS, son of Spurgeon McMullan and Catherine Hunter. Jim graduated from Murphy High School, Class of 1951, in Mobile, AL. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 11 years as an Airborne Radio Operator. Following military service, he...

Evelyn Blanche Koth

Evelyn Blanche Koth

Jan 7, 2021

Evelyn Blanche Koth, 75, gently passed from this world on Jan 4, 2021 in the company of loved ones in her home in Beaufort, SC, less than 10 miles from where she drew her first breath on Parris Island in the Naval Hospital. She was eternally her daddy's girl, a daughter of the south, and a child of spring, wearing...

Richard Leslie Schulze

Richard Leslie Schulze

Jan 2, 2021

Richard 'Rick' Leslie Schulze, 65, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Thursday, December 31, 2020, at his residence. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at Copeland Funeral Service - One Copeland Drive. A funeral service for Rick will be held 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 5, 2020, in the chapel of Copeland Funeral Service.

Linda Kay Wilson

Linda Kay Wilson

Dec 20, 2020

Linda Kay Wilson, 72, of Beaufort, South Carolina and wife of Howard Wilson, died Sunday, December 20, 2020, at her residence. In addition to her husband of 52 years are four daughters, Tina Steele (Darryl), Sheila Glazewski (Chet), Jamie Everett, and Elizabeth Young (Paul); 17 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning,...

Charles C.

Charles C.

Dec 19, 2020

Charles C. Lee passed away in his home in Jonesboro, Georgia on Friday, December 19th, 2020. Charles was born November 22,1953 in Beaufort, South Carolina to Mr. P. C. and Mrs. A. H. Lee. Charles graduated Cum Laude in 1976 with a BA in Aviation from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He then began his career with Wheeler Airlines...

Ltcol Corps (Ret.)

Ltcol Corps (Ret.)

Dec 16, 2020

Charles 'Chuck' Francis Sprietsma passed away on Saturday evening December 12, 2020 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Chuck was born on October 28, 1946 in New Rochelle, New York and was the first child and first son of Charles J Sprietsma and Dorothy Vale Sprietsma. Chuck attended the University of Tampa on a full basketball scholarship and graduated as the outstanding...

Purita R. Wolfe

Purita R. Wolfe

Dec 14, 2020

Purita R. Wolfe, 64, of Beaufort, South Carolina and wife of Mark Wolfe, died Friday, December 11, 2020 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Purita was born in Marikina, Philippines and was the daughter of Milagros Reyes Santos and the late Isaac Santos. She was co-owner, with her husband, of the Filing Station, Lady's Island. The family will receive friends from 5:00...

Curtis Tanner

Curtis Tanner

Dec 14, 2020

Curtis Tanner, 79, formerly of Beaufort, South Carolina died Friday, November 27, 2020. A graveside service for Curtis will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Beaufort Memorial Gardens.

Agatha Young Harris

Agatha Young Harris

Dec 2, 2020

Agatha Young Harris, 93, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Wednesday morning, December 2, 2020, at Morningside Assisted Living Facility of Beaufort. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Copeland Funeral Service ' One Copeland Drive.

Mary Mcallister Dunning

Mary Mcallister Dunning

Nov 28, 2020

Mary Jo McAllister Dunning, 90, of Beaufort, widow of Wilburn Carl Dunning, Jr. passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 in Florence, South Carolina. She was born in Big Creek, Alabama on December 29, 1929 to the late D. S. McAllister and Dixie Belle McAllister. She had three brothers, Maurice, Wilmer, and Charles McAllister. Mary Jo worked in Beaufort in...

Sgtmaj Corps (Ret.)

Sgtmaj Corps (Ret.)

Nov 21, 2020

Born to Roy and Sallie Walters in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, on December 16, 1932, Franklin Delano Walters embodied the motto of his beloved Marine Corps, Semper Fidelis. Doodlebug, as his family called him, grew up with his brother, Herbert, and sister, Edith, on his family's farm. He learned to hunt and fish with his dad. He'd teach his children and...

Paul Francis Jank

Paul Francis Jank

Nov 18, 2020

Paul Francis Jank II, 74, of Beaufort, South Carolina and husband of Soledad Austria Jank, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning, December 18, 2020, at Beaufort National Cemetery with United States Marine Corps Honors.

Ellen Martha Jenness

Ellen Martha Jenness

Nov 18, 2020

Ellen Jenness, formerly of Beaufort, South Carolina and Gresham, Oregon, passed away peacefully at the Sunnybrook Rehabilitation facility in Raleigh, North Carolina on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. In addition to her parents, Sammie and Ella Smith, Ellen was preceded in death by her husband John Jenness, daughter Roxie Holmes Lee, and younger brother Randy Smith. She is survived by four...

Amalia Vernon Pugh

Amalia Vernon Pugh

Nov 9, 2020

Amalia Elise Vernon Pugh passed away quietly in her sleep, November 9, 2020, in Winter Haven, Florida. She was born February 9, 1924, in Columbia, SC. She is survived by her four children; Margaret Pugh of Winter Haven, FL, Georganne Williams of Lawrenceville, GA, David Pugh of Milton, FL, and Kathryn Filipovich of Gaffney SC; seven grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren....

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