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INSIDE THIS EDITION
President’s Message
The first of April has come and many of our residents are heading north. Each day I see more cars and vans being packed for the trek north. It’s sad to see our good friends leaving but encouraging knowing we will see each other next fall. We are truly blessed to have two sets of friends, summer and Emerald Pointe. How many have that reward.
As you get ready to leave, please be sure you let the office know when you are leaving. Also, be sure your contact information for the summer is accurate and on file in the office.
To bring you current on a recent issue at Emerald Point, CCI (a contractor who has done work at Emerald Pointe in the past) has filed a law suit against Emer-ald Pointe. CCI claims they did some work at our facility and was never paid. We are currently going through documents to determine if the work was in fact authorized, started and completed. We are presently working with our attor-ney who is preparing a response to the plaintiff. At this time, (early in the pro-cess) I cannot share specific detail of our position, other than to say we prepar-ing a defense of this claim.
I hope you all have a great summer.
Tyler Hiatt
2 Tracey’s Desk
2 Manager’s Report
3 BOD Members
3 Clubs, Committees, Mtgs
5 Calendar
6 Who We Are
7-8 Social Events
8 Sports
9 Conquistadors
9 Homes for Sale
10 In Memory
11 Pictures
12 From Your Editors
Emerald Pointe 25188 E. Marion Ave
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Office 941-637-1150
Hours 9-4
FAX 941-637-9727
Access
Control 941-637-1136
Galley 941-639-8779
Gazette Editors
EP Website: emeraldpointe.webs.com
Emerald Pointe 2016 Board of Directors
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From left to right: Mick McGee, Director; Tyler Hiatt, President; Bob Henry, Treasurer; Ron, Gibbons, Director; Dave Ostrow, Director; Me-
gan Crossin, Secretary; Joan Lasley, Vice President
Coffee Talk with Tyler Upstairs at the Yacht Club
WED mornings @ 9:30 am
Ask Qs and provide input on EP issues to Association President Tyler Hiatt
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From Tracey's Desk Please be sure to cover up when walking to and from pool or just walking around in the community, I have received a couple calls regarding men walking in the community without their shirt on. Please do not put up any notices on the bulletin boards if it does not pertain to Emerald Pointe or approved by the board. Now that the season is winding down, please stop by the office and pick up a "checklist" for your unit, and of course, the all important form for departure needs to be filled out. For those leaving, just want to say, enjoy your summer, and I look forward to seeing you in the fall! Reminder ~ Please be sure to check in with the office upon your return and your leaving, because we need to mark this in our system if you are here or not. Sincerely, Tracey [email protected]
Manager’s Report, Alan Mayo, EP manager
It seems that a number of owners are starting to head back up north for the summer and by the end of May the property will seem empty. I was on Vacation last week in the Georgia Mountains and had a great time in the cooler weather and even got 1”of snow. While I was gone the Maintenance crew was able to finish up some projects and start some new ones.
The repairs to the stucco bands on F building is completed except for the painting of the new stucco and that will be done by Wednesday of next week. We found many of the bands were so bad that in many cas-es just a few taps on the stucco caused it to fall off. The landscape crew finished up the walkway to the docks between Villas 8 and 10 with new plantings and repairing the common wall on the right side walking down to the dock. They also worked on the walkway between Villas 24 and 26 with new plants and clean-ing up a lot of the old dead plants that needed to be replaced.
The Phase I project is coming to a completion and we expect that the Majority of the work will be done by the middle of next week. There will still be many items that will need to be done after they leave such as the final painting of the areas outside of the entry doors . This will be done in the next few weeks by anoth-er painting company and should not take long but we wanted to include the closet doors to the storage ar-eas as well as the walls in the entry area. After the painting is completed we will install the doorbells and the door stops . There is also work left to be done on the outside stairways that require welding of steel plates and we will be installing new garage doors on the trash areas. The next big project will be the up-dating of the elevators over the summer months. This will take all summer and will require that elevators will be shut down for as much as 2 to 3 weeks while the updating is completed. We will give plenty of ad-vance notice so that owners can make plans for that time period if you are not able to use the stairs during the repair process.
There will be a meeting with Condo unit owners on Tuesday of next week at 1:00 p.m. to review with an engineer that has been hired to discuss the condition of the roofs on the condo buildings and a presen-tation of a product that will be applied to the existing roof so that another 10 years of useful life can be ex-pected from the roof that we now have. So anyone that lives in the Condo buildings or anyone who missed the same discussion we had with the Villa owners are welcome to come .
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Board of Directors (BOD)
Tyler Hiatt President 317-694-3225 [email protected]
Joan Lasley Vice President 941 505-1865 [email protected]
Megan Crossin Secretary 941-916-9753 [email protected]
Bob Henry Treasurer 203-644-4732 [email protected]
Mick McGee Director 586-945-7049 [email protected]
Dave Ostrow Director 847- 651- 9837 [email protected]
Ron Gibbons Director 802- 233- 1783 [email protected]
Infrastructure Committee
The Board has developed a mission statement for an Infrastructure Committee and has appointed Ed Uhland as Chairman of this Committee. Ed will nominate 2 or 3 other owners to serve as the core of this committee. The purpose of the Infrastructure Committee will be to broadly oversee the Association’s existing physical assets: its land; buildings; equipment, including underground utilities and irrigation system; docks and roadway infrastructure. The Board is also looking to this Infrastructure Committee to develop short and long term plans to maintain and enhance the value of Emerald Pointe physical property. For this core group to be effective, we are looking for individuals in the overall community with expertise who can support their efforts, as the need arises. So if you have skills in the following areas, please call the office and volunteer:
Construction Water and Sewer Engineering Security and Alarm Systems
Roofing Electric/other utilities Roads and paving Elevators
Stucco Electrical Dredging Comcast and other internet providers
Painting Plumbing Other marine related maintenance
New Safety Committee
We have formed a new Safety Committee with members Alan Mayo, Kay Frederick, Dick Raymond, Ron Gibbons and an employee to be named later.
Clubs, Committees, and Meetings Landscape Committee
First Monday
3:00 PM Carl Schneider (941) 505-1497 [email protected]
Tennis Club First
Tuesday 4:00 PM Gordon Peterson (941) 347-7046 [email protected]
Advisory Committee
Second Tuesday
9:30 AM Stan Gorka
Dan Jamrose (941) 637-8271 (941) 575-7793
[email protected] [email protected]
Fishing Club Tuesdays 9:00 AM Charlie Sampsel (941) 505-1402 [email protected]
Yacht Club Second Tuesday
4:00 PM Lou Anstine (941) 979-1265 [email protected]
Social Committee
First Wednesday
3:00 PM Audrey Sanborn and Patty Hyatt
(941) 286-5140 (941) 575-2283
[email protected] [email protected]
Emerald Pointe Board
Last Wednesday
9:30 AM Tyler Hiatt 317-694-3225 [email protected]
Book Club Second
Thursday Lunch @12;
1:00 pm Judy Schade 260-668-0472 [email protected]
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Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
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-Ladies Bridge
12:15
-Potluck 5pm
-Fishing Club 9am
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Ladies’ Coffee
10am
- Talk with Tyler
9:30am Clubhouse
-Poker 6:30pm
-Ben’s Dinner 5:30-
7:30
-Mah Jongg 1-4
upstairs Yacht
Club
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Crafts 10am
-Ben’s Fish Fry
5:30-7:30
-Happy Hour
5pm
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Celebration of
Life in memory
of Andy
Anderson 4-6 in
the clubhouse
-Blood Pressure
Taken 11-12
clubhouse
-Ladies Bridge
12:15
-Landscape Mtg
3:00
-Potluck 5pm
-Fishing Club 9am
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Ladies’ Coffee
10am
-Condo Unit Owner
Mtg 1pm clubhouse
-Tennis Club 4pm
- Talk with Tyler
9:30am Clubhouse
-Social Committee
3pm
-Poker 6:30pm
-Ben’s Dinner 5:30-
7:30
-Mah Jongg 2:30-
4 upstairs Yacht
Club
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Crafts 10am
-Ben’s Fish Fry
5:30-7:30
-Tennis Mixer
9am
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 -Ladies Bridge
12:15
-Potluck 5pm
-Fishing Club 9am
-Advisory
Committee 9:30
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Ladies’ Coffee
10am
-Yacht Club Mtg
4pm
- Talk with Tyler
9:30am Clubhouse
-Poker 6:30pm
-Ben’s Dinner 5:30-
7:30
-Book Club 1-2:30
-Mah Jongg 2:30-
4 upstairs Yacht
Club
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Crafts 10am
-Ben’s Fish Fry
5:30-7:30
-Tennis Mixer
9am
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-Ladies Bridge
12:15
-Potluck 5pm
-Fishing Club 9am
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Ladies’ Coffee
10am
- Talk with Tyler
9:30am Clubhouse
-Poker 6:30pm
-Ben’s Dinner 5:30-
7:30
-Mah Jongg 1-4
upstairs Yacht
Club
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Crafts 10am
-Ben’s Fish Fry
5:30-7:30
-Tennis Mixer
9am
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 -Ladies Bridge
12:15
-Potluck 5pm
-Fishing Club 9am
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Ladies’ Coffee
10am
--Board Meeting 9:30
Clubhouse
-Poker 6:30pm
-Ben’s Dinner 5:30-
7:30
-Mah Jongg 1-4
upstairs Yacht
Club
-Clay Busters 9:30
-Crafts 10am
-Ben’s Fish Fry
5:30-7:30
-Tennis Mixer
9am
Grill Hours Monday-Friday
Breakfast 8-11:30
Lunch 11:30-2
Dinners Wed&Fri
by: Linda Wilkinson
April 2016
Water Aerobics
Mon – Fri
8:30 & 9:30
By: Suzanne McGee
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A series of articles by Doris Streiter featuring our EP friends and neighbors
Jeryl and Dorothy Benner: From High School Sweethearts to Small Business Successes Jeryl and Dorothy (Dot) Benner at ages 92 and 90 can reflect on their lives and know that they have parlayed courage, ambition, and frugality into a highly productive life. The Benners
met in 1940 as teenagers in a roller skating rink in Pennsville NJ, where Dot went twice a week, and Jeryl skated every night as part of a gang of boys wearing jackets that said “Angels?” on the back. But fun-loving Jeryl was also an ambitious teen. In 1937 at age fourteen, he got his first job in an amusement park, initially picking up soda bottles, then running the merry-go-round (5 cents a ride), and later the roller coaster. His aunt, with whom he lived, put his pay check straight into the bank. From his savings, Jeryl bought his first car and got a job delivering ice to people’s “ice boxes.” After com-pleting high school, Jeryl was hired as a “lab technician” (starting at 57 cents per hour) at the DuPont chemi-cal company (working in the same building as the man who discovered “Teflon”). In 1943 he was called into the service and joined the Air Force. Dot had spent her early childhood on a farm. She remembers vividly that when her brother was trying to teach her to milk a cow, she felt a hand on the collar of her shirt, yanking her up from the milking stool, and heard her mom saying firmly, “You get back in the kitchen where you belong!” She definitely didn’t want Dot to be doing the boys’ chores. When Dot graduated from high school she also began working at DuPont—in the payroll department, where an adding machine at that time was a “modern” piece of equipment. In September 1944, Jeryl came home on furlough and they married. After Jeryl was discharged, he continued at DuPont, which had honored his seniority while he was in the service. In 1947 Jeryl and his brother purchased some land on a road leading to the ferry between Pennsville and Newcastle DE, where they built ten tourist cabins, charging $3 a night, while Dot managed them and Jeryl continued at DuPont. Their office had one of the first TVs in the area, a seven-inch one, which was “a real novelty to our tourists and our own kids.” In her “spare time,” Dot also raised chickens, 500 chicks twice a year, and sold eggs to individuals and a dairy farm. When the Delaware Memorial Bridge was built, making the ferry obsolete, their cabins closed. So, Jeryl in-vested in more land along the ferry road, put in a new road, and built houses. In 1961, the Benners started yet another venture—their own fuel oil company, which they began with nothing – no trucks, no furniture, no cus-tomers. But they grew by advertising and word of mouth; family members served as drivers; and Dot man-aged the books. Twenty years later they had over 500 customers. As if they didn’t have enough to do, the couple also opened a bar—“Club 720”—across the bridge in Dela-ware. Dot was responsible for collecting the money and paying the bills. Additionally, in 1971 they bought a 219-acre farm where they raised registered Hereford cows. Sadly, it was at this farm where Jeryl lost his leg in a farm accident. After 33 years working for DuPont, Jeryl retired in 1975 at age 51. Why so early? According to Dot, “I was the one behind him doing all the work, and I needed his help,” especially with the booming fuel oil business. Finally in 1981 they sold the business and retired for good. They started traveling more, ultimately going all over the U.S. and the world, including a 58-day trip around South America. In 1983, having no other vacation plans, they came to Florida to visit a friend who brought them to Emerald Pointe. Buildings E and F were under construction; they bought in building F and have been here part-time ever since. Now they are selling their New Jersey home, which Jeryl had built and in which they had lived since 1949. They will now be year-round residents, looking forward to visits from their two children, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
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EP Grill Hours: Monday through Friday, Breakfast 8-11:30, Lunch 11:30-2
Wednesday dinner, 5:30-7:30
Friday fish fry, 5:30-7:30
See the weekly dinner menu and signup sheet on the Yacht Club Bulletin Board
Social Committee 2016-17
Audrey Sanborn and Patty Hyatt, the new Co-Chairs of the Social Committee, invite everyone to attend the
next meeting: Agenda: Social Events for next year
WED, April 6th at 3:00 pm
Upstairs at the Yacht Club
Please come ready to discuss new ideas for events for next season
Refreshments will be served. We appreciate your participation !!!
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Yard and Bake Sale Thanks
Many thanks go out to all the Emer-
ald Pointe people that donated
items to the yard sale. We raised a
total of $1,100. The crew were very
organized and hardworking. From
the convoy of trucks at Liz's/Klein's
garages (7am), setting up 12 order-
ly tables, to the end where the eve-
rything was cleaned up. Final
thanks to you all.
The “Fairy” Queen Regie Philbrook
(T 1035) in all her glory with
Grandmaster Andy Anderson (V 02)
reigned at the 2016 annual St. Pat’s
celebration. Sadly Andy passed away
two weeks later.
Sock Hop and Talent Show We had nearly 90 in attendance (88), Veralou Scott and her sister Jean
Hopkin sang "Sisters", popularized by Rosemary Clooney and her sis-
ter. Chuck Philbrith was excellent with his country music specialty, and
Andy Ellul was mellow with his clarinet interpretation of Verdi's Nabucco -
the Dance of the Hebrew Slaves joined in harmony by Dr. Bob Gould
singing the operatic Italian verse.
Dancing and dessert were generally serenaded by Dr. Bob's mellow
voice alternating with traditional recorded artists. The evening was en-
joyed by all.
Thanks to Bob and Katherine for putting this event together.
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EP Yacht Club's Poker Run and Picnic Boats away! Emerald Pointe's Yacht Club had its first Poker Run on March 6, 2016. As few of us had the experience, we followed our instructions: get started Tuesday morning or "when there is a permitting tide". Prior to departure each participant, or, anyone who wanted to pay the fee for entry in the competition and ride a boat, drew from a (Trader Joe's) paper bag a poker card at the Yacht Club and noted that suit and number on their score sheet. There were three other cards to be obtained by boat from the fueling docks at the Isles Yacht Club and the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club plus one at Harpoon Harry's Dock. At each stop, plus the final back at the EP Yacht Club, score sheets were annotated and turned in to Commodore Lew An-stine at the end of the run. We crewed on Stice's Happy Hours, picking up our second cards at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club where the Dockmaster seemed a bit foggy on the rules, but held out the bag; we made the picks and notations on our sheets. Anstine's Fifty/Fifty had departed ahead of us and we went on to the Isles Yacht Club where we were hailed from competing crafts including Kemps and Roehrls on their pontoon boats ahead, and Cunningham's cruiser Happy Daze behind us. Next, we headed to the Harpoon Harry dock to find Kemps preceded us, again, and that three others including Holles Dick's Trot On had just departed. With 9 boats and 44 participants everyone completed the run prior to the 3:00 PM deadline and the winners were announced by organizer Holles Dick at the Yacht Club meeting that followed: First place Howard Hale; Sec-ond Denise Meikle and Third Ken Armstrong. The event was one of the most popular the Yacht Club has un-dertaken, and there is no doubt that it will be repeated next season. The Harbor Heights picnic, March 22, was also popular despite a windy day with low tide. A total of 53 people signed up, but due to grounding one boat did not appear. Lil' Toot was the largest vestal to make the voyage along with five other smaller boats. While many opted to take the car, all agreed the hamburgers and hot dogs were wonderful; although some ants did appear to make it an official picnic, they did not create a problem for the intrepid yachtsmen of Emerald Pointe. Marcia Schneider
Emerald Pointe Music Lovers
A real 290 year old Stradivarius violin. There are fewer than 700 in ex-
istence, and this one, owned by Gary Levinson the Guest Artist with the
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, met with the Emerald Pointe Music Lov-
ers at the intermission of the concert March 6, 2016, featuring the Sibeli-
us Violin Concerto and Brahams Symphony Number 1. We sponsored
the evening's performance and were rewarded with a private meeting of
both artist and instrument. There are 18 contributing families at the
Pointe who have been enjoying our annual cocktail party organized by hostess Joan Lasley (former Sym-
phony Board President) since 2004. We enjoy meeting Maestro Ponti and learning about the season he
has planned for the following year as well as supporting our "first class Charlotte Symphony." M.S.
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FORE!!!
The 2016 Emerald Pointe Tuesday Golf League
When: Starts January 11, 2016 and subsequent Mondays till ??? 5 tee times beginning at 8:45 AM
Where: Port Charlotte Golf Club 22400 Gleneagle Terrace
Sign-up: Send an email to Dean Bauman at [email protected] include your name, EP address, and phone #
Questions? Email to Dean at [email protected]
We have only 5 tee times this year so remember it's "first come, first served" to get a tee time.
EP Clay Busters
Emerald Pointe has a new Sporting Clays Club called Emerald Pointe Clay Busters. It currently has six
members. The Club shoots sporting clays on Tuesday and Fridays at 9:30 at Babcock Webb Shooting
Range on Tucker Grade Road Exit 158 off I 75 South. The Club also shoots some Fridays at Sarasota Gun
Club in Nokomis and will also be shooting at a new Gun Club opening on Bermont Rd off Rte 17 North.
The Club welcomes beginners and experience shooters. Instruction will be available for beginners on funda-
mentals of shooting and gun safety.
All shooters must have their own Safety equipment which includes eye safety glasses and ear muffs along
with their own gun.
If any Emerald Pointe Resident is interested in joining the club or learning more about it, they can contact
Guy or Kay Frederick at 315-268-0708 or [email protected].
Tennis Tournament J. Boyle and M. Schneider
The 11th Annual Emerald Pointe Mixed Doubles Fun Tennis Tournament was held on 3/5/16 with 32 players--teams determined by a random draw
for each round run by J.Boyle and J. Machus--and nearly as many onlookers. While Gordon Peterson, the Tennis Chairman was also the event
chair he was not able to participate as a player--he forgot to sign himself up! The program began when both players and observers consumed copi-
ous amounts of coffee and pastries overseen by
the Corbas, followed by all the contestants draw-
ing partners and playing-off until there were four
finalists who had survived the competition. At
that point we had a much needed lunch break
handled by the Raymonds that included pizza,
water, soda, beer and wine with the final four
being the few that chose the water. (There
seems to be a theme with our EP athletics--food
followed by more food. It must work as these
events are very popular.) Benches were placed,
seating was at a premium and the final round
commenced with cheers for the good
shots, groans for the missed ones, and after the
final game the winners were determined and the
trophies presented.
Four finalists with Tennis Chairperson Gordon Peterson..... L-R Larry Bordsen & his partner Leah Macgill, Goldie Abecassis and her partner Rick Hau,
and Chairperson Gordon Peterson.
Winners Goldie Abecassis and Rick Hau receiving con-
gratulations from Tennis Chairperson Gordon Peterson
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Unit Sale Price
D 107 $ 74,900
D 307 $ 79,900
D 403 $ 99,000
A 103 $ 119,900
A 204 $ 119,900
B 308 $ 149,900
TH 1014 $ 174,900
TH 1006 $ 210,000
D 108 $ 225,000
E 108 $ 225,000
TH 1045 $ 237,900
TH 1022 $ 239,900
E 101 $ 247,700
TH 1008 $ 249,900
FSBO
TH 1016 $ 269,000
TH 1001 $ 255,000
If you would like your
For Sale By Owner
property added to this
list, please send your
information to
Linda Wilkinson by the
20th of each month at
the following email:
Please include the subject
line: EP - For Sale By
Owner - so she'll know not
to delete it as an unknown
sender.
Fourteen Emerald Pointe Properties
are Listed for Sale as of March 21, 2016 Submitted by Linda Wilkinson –
from the Charlotte County MLS, Multiple Listing Service
In Punta Gorda You Never Know
I had an errand to run in Fisherman’s Village and knew when I
saw the Charlotte County Conquistador’s half- scale galleon
(on wheels) that something was happening at the Vil-
lage. Chatting with one of the men garbed in Spanish Con-
quistador-ware with boots, pantaloons, puffy sleeved jackets
and metal helmets with plumes, I learned the Nina and Pinta
(no Santa Maria) were making their way into our dock. Sure
enough, a glance down the Peace River earned me a look at
two old square-rigged caravel class sailing vestals.
As they paused in the harbor a skiff came in with two crew-
men using a lead line to measure the depth of the channel
and docking area while we were stacked alongside wav-
ing and being filmed for the local TV station. Not only were
the Conquistadors among us, but their Priest (complete with
floor length robe and a bamboo 6’ cross) was passing out
beads for us to wear (I guess we were supposed to be the
Calusa Indians). Suddenly people accumulated from all over:
bikers who were in the area and saw the ships, shoppers who
were curious about the Conquistadors, and folks who had
read about the arrival of Columbus’s crew in the local pa-
per. The Galleon shot off their cannon (they love to do that in
parades and wherever), everyone cheered, that Punta Gorda
was “discovered!”
The Nina was crafted by hand using no power tools and its
presence is to teach about the navigators, ship builders and
sailors who could come across an ocean with those tiny boats
with very high freeboard and no engine. Pretty tough folks
those early sailors. What with the people photographing
them, the TV crew in a boat filming, the gang of us on shore
cheering in our beads, and the Galleon’s cannon going off, I
think they knew they were welcome in Punta Gorda. They will
be at the Village from April 1-10, 2016 and open for tours.
Marcia Schneider
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Andy Anderson passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016.
There will be a celebration of his life Sunday, April 3 from 4-6 in the club-
house.
Wesley F. “Wes” Spence, 77, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed into the presence of his Lord,
Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Bayfront Health Punta Gorda. He was a long time EP resident. He
was born July 10, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pa., to F. Wesley and Anna May Spence. Wesley graduat-
ed from Chester High School in 1956, and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was
captain of the NROTC drill team. Upon graduation in 1960, he was commissioned a Second Lieu-
tenant in the United States Marine Corps. In 1965, while stationed at Marine Corps Air Station, Ka-
neohe Bay in Oahu, Hawaii, Capt. Spence was deployed to South Vietnam. His 9th MEB Expedi-
tionary Brigade were the first American combat troops to serve in Vietnam, other than those who
had served as designated advisers. After serving his 13-month tour in Vietnam, Wes resigned his
Marine Corps commission and began a 26-year career with the Dupont Corporation, retiring as a
district sales manager. He enjoyed fishing, boating, remodeling, and camping with his family. Wes
was a member of the Marine Corps League, Vietnam Veterans of America, and First United Method-
ist Church of Punta Gorda. He was a passionate follower of Jesus Christ; devoted to his family; and
loved the United States of America.
He will be greatly missed by his wife of 55 years, Ruth Spence; daughters, Donna Spence of Wall-
ingford, Pa., Sherrie Barnes of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Karen (David) Cottrell of St. Albans,
W.Va.; granddaughters, Kristin (Doug) Ogden and Katie (Ethan) Brown, both of North Carolina;
grandson, David Barns of North Carolina; great-granddaughter, Nora Brown; four nieces; great-
nieces and nephews; and his friends, neighbors and church family. Wes was preceded in death by
his sister, Gail Stauffer.
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Boy do we have fun!
Pictures taken by Gayle at various EP functions.
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Mick and Suzanne McGee
It’s snowing in Michigan! If heading north is in your future, and you are on the fence about when to begin the trek, in this case the grass is much greener on the south side. It looked like a blizzard yesterday, and the telltale frosting on the roofs tells me that spring is not in the air. We are still locked in the north while Mick continues his medical requirements, and hope to get back home a few times this spring and summer. A special request for those wonderful folks who contribute to the EP Gazette. We love getting personal email in our various email boxes, but if the subject is “gazette” would you kindly send the information to [email protected]. It puts all wonderful things Gazette all in one place and makes it easier on me, and it IS all about me after all :)
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