Obituaries

Martine LaVake Chaplauske, 78, of Yulee, Fla., passed away from heart failure Jan. 4, 2021.

Robert LaPlaca was born 80 years ago on July 16, 1940, in Buffalo, N.Y. He was the son of Loretta and Jim LaPlaca.

Patricia “Pat” Ann Squires passed away peacefully Jan. 8, 2021, at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville’s Alice and T. O’Neal Douglas Center for Caring after suffering a heart attack Jan. 2.

Nellie Jane Roberts Surrency, 90, of Jacksonville, passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at her home. 

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Thomas Benton Basore Jr., of Fernandina Beach, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Jan.

Henry Ralph Haddock, 90, a longtime resident of Fernandina Beach, Fla., who recently moved to Melbourne, Fla., passed away at 6 p.m. Jan. 5, 2021.

Betty S. McKendree, 85, longtime resident of Yulee, passed away peacefully Jan. 12, 2021, at Acosta-Rua Community Hospice Center in Jacksonville, Fla.

Jack M. McKendree Sr., 86, a longtime resident of Yulee, Fla., passed away peacefully Dec. 31, 2020, at Baptist Medical Center Nassau in Fernandina Beach.

Patricia Anderson Pittari died Jan. 7, 2021, in her home on Amelia Island, Fla. She was 88 years old and had been ill for several years.

Saralyn Sellers passed away Jan. 6, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla.