Kathleen M. “Kippie” DeFord, 70, of Hastings, passed peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at the Community Hospice Bailey Care Center in St.

After a yearlong struggle with cancer, David Theodore Deutsch of Sebring, Ohio, passed away while in hospice care on Oct. 18, 2020, at the age of 75.

Despina “Bess” Efsthation, 89, of Palatka, passed peacefully from this earth on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at her home.  

Audrey Alicia Fox, 80, of San Mateo, passed from this life on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, at Putnam Community Medical Center. 

Gaudencio Gomez, 86, of Crescent City, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at his residence. 

Constance “Connie” Faye Hadden, 83, of Palatka, passed from this life on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the Putnam Community Medical Center following an extended illness. 

James Edward “Jim” Hars, 79, of Palatka, passed away Friday, Oct 23, 2020, at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine following an extended illness. 

Richard D. Kerns, 77, of Satsuma, passed from this life on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2020, at Putnam Community Medical Center following an extended illness.

Francis P. (Frank) Spena, 82, of Palatka, passed away on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Frank was in New Britain, Conn. He was an accomplished jazz pianist.

Chiante Stallworth, 23, of St. Augustine, transitioned into the sunset of eternal life on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at her residence.