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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

( Editor’s Note: Readers will notice that a few lawyers listed below died a number of years ago. Their deaths are only now being reported as the Bar only recently received confirmation of their passing. Those mostly out-of-state members were found when Bar staff was attempting to locate members who were delinquent or lapsed for a number of years.)

Edtrik DeAngelas Baker, Columbus, MS

Admitted 2005; Died July 4, 2009

Richard Keith Allen, Coral Gables

Admitted 1987; Died August 14, 2009

W. Michael Allen, Ponte Vedra Beach

Admitted 1981; Died July 30, 2009

James L. Amsden, Ft. Lauderdale

Admitted 1955; Died August 9, 2009

John M. Barnes, Jr., Sarasota

Admitted 1980; Died January 21, 2009

Richard K. Bennett, Naples

Admitted 1978; Died July 18, 2009

Mark B. Bisbing, Miami

Admitted 1982; Died July 1, 2009

Candace Connart Bleifer, Studio City, CA

Admitted 1994; Died February 11, 2009

Richard Ian Brickman, Weare, NH

Admitted 1959; Died July 1, 2009

Daniel James Brown, Jacksonville

Admitted 1988; Died August 22, 2009

Glenn Matthew Burton, Tampa

Admitted 1983; Died June 24, 2009

June Louise Lykes Carpenter, Plantation

Admitted 1983; Died December 23, 2007

Frank Cascio, Bay Shore, NY

Admitted 1964; Died September 29, 2008

Steven Jeffrey Cohen, Miami

Admitted 1973; Died June 29, 2009

Robert L. Coleman, Kansas City, MO

Admitted 1973; Died August 24, 2009

Frank Joseph Connors, Winchester, MA

Admitted 1982; Died August 14, 2009

Patrick Kevin Davey, Tallahassee

Admitted 1974; Died August 18, 2009

James Burton Denman III, Ft. Lauderdale

Admitted 1974; Died May 15, 2009

D. Zeke Ezekowith, Hopewell Junction, NY

Admitted 1978; Died June 13, 2009

James Daniel Fahey, Hobe Sound

Admitted 1960; Died July 24, 2009

Dale Cason Ferguson, Lake City

Admitted 1963; Died August 20, 2009

John Kermitt Finch, Safety Harbor

Admitted 1990; Died July 29, 2009

Clinton E. Foster, Panama City

Admitted 1963; Died January 15, 2009

Roberta Fulton Fox, Coral Gables

Admitted 1968; Died August 9, 2009

Reinaldo I. Gonzalez, Port Orange

Admitted 2007; Died August 1, 2009

Robert E. Hensley, Bradenton

Admitted 1950; Died March 11, 2009

Alexander, J. Hersha, Naples

Admitted 1981; Died July 3, 2009

John Reid Heuer, Blacksburg, VA

Admitted 1953; Died June 15, 2009

Jorge Hevia, Jr., Miami

Admitted 1976; Died August 5, 2009

Wade Lee Hopping, Tallahassee

Admitted 1958; Died August 11, 2009

L. R. Huffstetler, Jr., Brooksville

Admitted 1965; Died June 19, 2009

John L. James, Havana

Admitted 1977; Died July 27, 2009

John W. Kearns, Miami

Admitted 1970; Died May 20, 2009

Siegfried Kessler, Shalimar

Admitted 1971; Died July 12, 2009

George Nicholas Klimis, Tarpon Springs

Admitted 1986; Died July 2, 2009

Jay Louis Kotzen, North Miami Beach

Admitted 1965; Died June 27, 2009

Scott Doherty LaRue, Winter Haven

Admitted 1989; Died August 10, 2009

William Henry Lefkowitz, Ft. Lauderdale

Admitted 1973; Died July 27, 2009

Robert J. Lewison, Miami

Admitted 1952; Died March 10, 2009

Joseph S. Lefrak, Edgewater, NJ

Admitted 1978; Died August 26, 2009

Jerry Lee Lovelace, Cape Coral

Admitted 1994; Died June 14, 2009

Albert C. Lowery, Miami

Admitted 1953; Died July 14, 2009

Michael Owen Mathis, Tallahassee

Admitted 1981; Died July 28, 2009

Katy Bowen McCampbell, Stuart

Admitted 2004; Died August 14, 2009

John P. McKeever, Ocala

Admitted 1963; Died August 15, 2009

William Morris Moldoff, Nassau, NY

Admitted 1950; Died May 1, 2007

Claude T. Moorman II, Altamonte Springs

Admitted 1980; Died April 28, 2009

James M. Noel, Grand Island

Admitted 1952; Died January 1, 1987

Ralph Emerson Moon, Jr., Palm Harbor

Admitted 1976; Died April 23, 2009

Theodore R. Nelson, Bay Harbor Islands

Admitted 1949; Died February 8, 2008

Terrence Patrick O’Brien, Vero Beach

Admitted 1982; Died June 11, 2009

Elsie Merritt O’Laughlin, Ft. Pierce

Admitted 1948; Died June 11, 2009

Megan Christine O’Toole, Lighthouse Point

Admitted 2005; Died July 15, 2009

Barbara Jeanne Parker, Hollywood

Admitted 1977; Died March 7, 2009

Bernard S. Peck, Naples

Admitted 1979; Died July 31, 2009

Burton Phillips, Taos, NM

Admitted 1955; Died January 12, 1996

George Amos Pierce, Charlotte, NC

Admitted 1966; Died August 17, 2009

Carmen Joseph Pino, Buffalo, NY

Admitted 1978; Died March 28, 2009

Meyer Z. Reuben, Tucson, AZ

Admitted 1967; Died July 14, 2009

George Richardson, Jr., Ft. Lauderdale

Admitted 1951; Died July 31, 2009

Leo Peter Rock, Jr., Altamonte Springs

Admitted 1966; Died March 8, 2009

Margene A. Roper, Whittier, NC

Admitted 1980; June 28, 2009

Billy L. Rowe, St. Petersburg

Admitted 1953; Died July 19, 2009

Joseph A. Scarlett, Deland

Admitted 1952; Died June 28, 2009

Marvin Schild, New Smyrna Beach

Admitted 1953; Died August 1, 2009

Gary Lee Stump, Orlando

Admitted 1969; Died June 28, 2009

Kenneth Charles Sundheim, Stuart

Admitted 1985; Died June 21, 2009

Patrice Ann Talisman, Coconut Grove

Admitted 1981; Died June 24, 2009

James S. Taylor, Jacksonville

Admitted 1953; Died August 22, 2009

Ellinor F. Tolli, Moorhead, MN

Admitted 1951; Died August 1, 1979

Donald G. Tripp, Oxford, MI

Admitted 1965; Died Dec. 17, 1988

E. Glenn Tucker, Marco Island

Admitted 1975; Died May 24, 2009

Billy Gene Tune, Florence, AL

Admitted 2005; Died Aug. 26, 2008

Herman Ulmer, Jr., Boston, MA

Admitted 1948; Died March 19, 2008

Martin Bruce Unger, Orlando

Admitted 1977; Died August 21, 2009

James W. Vance, West Palm Beach

Admitted1958; Died Jan. 31, 2007

Wilfred C. Varn, Tallahassee

Admitted 1948; Died Nov. 17, 2003

Russell H. Volkema, Grand Rapids, MI

Admitted 1954; Died Dec. 12, 2001

David L. Wagner, Louisville, KY

Admitted 1976; Died Nov. 1, 1995

George P. Warren, Ft. Lauderdale

Admitted 1978; Died Nov. 17, 2003

Arthur L. Weiner, Barnstable, MA

Admitted 1978; Died April 8, 2001

Richard N. Wenng, Parlin, NJ

Admitted 1951; Died June 10, 2004

R. Barry Wehrman, Covington, KY

Admitted 1958; Died May 10, 2007

Nicholas P. Wellman, Lake Worth

Admitted 19974; Died May 17, 2009

Gladys Irene White, Millersville, MD

Admitted 1948; Died April 9, 1998

William G. Williams, Sanford

Admitted 1989; Died April 27, 2009

Richard Lee Windsor, Auburntown, TN

Admitted 1972; Died Dec. 7, 2008

Kirby L. Wilson III, River Rouge, MI

Admitted 1968; Died Nov. 17, 2002

P.E. Winegar, Traverse City, MI

Admitted 1949; Died June 14, 1988

Walter F. Winton, Jr., Great Barrington, MA

Admitted 1976; Died May 19, 2007

Charles Mark Wishna, Plantation

Admitted 1987; Died June 16, 2009

Robert W. Worley, Jr., Marion, MA

Admitted 1977; Died May 26, 2007

Bruce S. Wouters, Trenton, N J

Admitted 1972; Died Sept. 27, 2000

Louis C. Wyman, Manchester, NH

Admitted 1957; Died May 5, 2002

Arnold G. Ziegler, Silver Spring, MD

Admitted 1978; Died June 10, 2007

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