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Lennox Jeffers, MD, will be missed by all of us. He passed away on January 10th, 2020, surrounded by family, friends, and colleagues. He was an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami and Chief of Hepatology at the Miami VA Medical Center. He also served as Associate Chief of the Center for Liver Diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Len was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1944 to Leone LaCaille and Cecil Washington Jeffers. After his family...

Mary McCabe Healy, departed this life on the morning of January 10, 2020 asleep in her bed with her dog by her side. Originally from Brooklyn, N, Mary spent 65 years of her life in Miami. She was a strong willed Irish Catholic woman who never raised her voice or hand. Mary and her husband, Bob (now deceased) had 7 children, Mary (John) Marlowe, Jane (David) Chidekel, Roberta (now deceased), Tom Lundstedt, Bob (Linda) Healy, Joe (Gabrielle) Healy and Nancy Healy-Sulliva; 12 grandchildren and...

If roses grow in Heaven Lord, please pick a bunch for me. Place them in my Mother’s arms and tell her they’re from me. Tell her that I love her and miss her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for a while. Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day, but there’s an ache within my heart that will never go away. Antonina “Nina” P. Curry, 82, of Miami, returned to her heavenly home peacefully in her sleep on January 7,...

Kenneth Robert Meister September 8, 1957 – January 5, 2020 Ken was born to Marcia and Bob Meister on a typical sultry late-summer day in 1957, in Coral Gables, Florida. He was the middle child of three. His brother Mike was older by two years, and his sister Tracy, arrived six years later. His free spirit expressed itself and his lifelong refusal to be hemmed in began on day one. When Marcia was admitted to the hospital, the doctor told her the baby wasn’t due for another eight hours,...

Cecelia Batten Wallace, a long-time resident of the Miami area and member of the Riviera Country Club and the Digger’s Club, passed away unexpectedly Thursday the 2nd of January at South Miami Hospital at the age of 84 years old. PeeWee, as she was affectionately known to family and friends, was born to Mary and Harold Batten in 1935. She grew up in Mt. Gilead, NC and was a graduate of Stephens College and the University of North Carolina. She was a very talented singer who won various...

PEPPAS, PRISCILLA (Persy) VARKAS (90), longtime resident of Miami, passed away on January 1st, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She is predeceased by her parents, George and Irene Varkas, sister, Mary Lymneos (Klis) and brother George "Tarkey" (Aurelia). Born on March 29, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, Persy grew up surrounded by loving, large, Greek family that included many aunts, uncles and cousins. She met Nicholas Peppas the love of her life in Boston and they married in 1950. ...

Cal Rosenbaum passed away on Saturday, December 28th at the age of 83. Always a fighter, he succumbed gracefully at the end. Born in Hartford Ct., November 10, 1936, his family relocated to South Florida when he was 13. He was part of the first four year graduating class at Coral Gables High School in 1954. Cal attended University of Miami , graduating in 1958 and went into business as a traveling salesman for photographic supplies and equipment. In the early 1960's he went to work for Louis...

If roses grow in Heaven Lord, please pick a bunch for me.   Place them in my Mother’s arms and tell her they’re from me.   Tell her that I love and miss her and when she turns to smile,  place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for a while. Because remembering her is easy, I do it everyday.   But there is an ache within my heart that will never go away. Hope Lawson Hughes passed away peacefully surrounded by the ones who loved her dearly on Friday, December...

Peter C. Frank 91 widower for 21 years after his wife of 47 years to Shirley Ann (Welsch) Frank, now are reunited again. Peter leaves behind three adult children: Michael John Frank and wife Judy of Canada, Timothy Paul Frank of Naples, and Suzanne Marie Berrane and husband Charlie of Miami. Peter had seven Grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He was owner and operator of Exchange Photo Offset Printing Company in NYC and then in Miami Florida. The celebration of his life and his...

Judith Esther Copa, born February 17, 1935, died December 25, 2019 at her home in Cutler Bay, Florida at the age of 84. Judith was born in Little Falls, Minnesota and was a creative homemaker who loved raising her four children and exposing them to unique experiences in their various homes throughout the United States, Germany, and Holland. Judy also loved working at the Miami-Dade Public Library where she was close to one of her true loves, books. Judy is predeceased by her loving,...