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Evelyn Millis Duvall started earning her reputation as a pioneer in the field of family development in 1947 when she was organizing director of the first White House Conference on [...]

Donald A. Mosier, 105, who was considered the oldest World War I veteran in Southwest Florida, said he lived through the sinking of three ships, imprisonment and the accidental detonation [...]

Charles E. Furbee Sr. became executive director of the West Coast Inland Navigation District in 1969, soon after the agency's intercoastal waterway was completed. Although Furbee was not faced with [...]

Ella Cook Hoffman, a longtime Sarasota County teacher who oversaw Riverview High School's English department for years, died Wednesday in Louisiana. Hoffman was a teacher at the school when it [...]

Fifty years ago, circus tent makers commonly started their careers in the sailmaking business. But Butch Troyer walked into tent making with no experience after serving in the Army during [...]

In his youth, John L. Houle hunted deer on Sarasota land where the Bobby Jones Golf Complex was later built. As an adult, he served as a Sarasota County commissioner [...]

A few years after Hubert Lee Webb's son became a quadriplegic, he left his pastorate at a church in St. Cloud to help his son further his education. 'He gave [...]

At 73, Patrick W. Gallagher was considered a world-class runner. He was ranked among the best runners in his age group by the national magazine 'Running Times,' said Lynette Ferreira, [...]

Dr. Helena T. Fedukowicz spent her life helping people see. She lost most of her own eyesight to macular degeneration in her old age, but she continued to receive recognition [...]

Loren 'Larry' Johnson Vulte was one of the first civilian pilots to qualify on a Boeing-747. He flew for more than 30 years, including flying rescue missions to Bangladesh during [...]

Jim Terry Sr. was a Republican leader in Sarasota at the beginning of the party's 25-year growth spurt. He was president of the Sarasota County Young Republican Club and chairman [...]

At 72, Martin A.E. Bloomquist was tired of playing 50-year-olds in tennis tournaments. So he decided to start a 70-over tournament. He found the place, the Sarasota Bath & Racquet [...]

Murray Gray had a great appreciation for the Japanese. He often told his children about the wonderful time he spent in Japan, with Japanese and westerners alike. He told his [...]

Edythe Irene Myers left her imprint on Venice area history. A member of a Laurel pioneer family, she kept the records of the Venice Area Old Timers and helped maintain [...]

Ivan H. Groom believed that the key to long life was keeping busy. During the 95 years of his life, he set a good example by managing nine dairy stores [...]

In 1919, Louise and Alan Parmelee left their hometown of Ansonia, Conn., to honeymoon and to start a new life in Java, Dutch East Indies. It was not only a [...]

Betty 'Liz' Repulski taught generations of students to write better. Generations of teachers have used her methods. Daniel Kennedy, the principal of Sarasota High School, said she was 'probably the [...]

George Leslie Ragan became interested in physics after a University of Florida professor recognized the physicist in him. Ragan went on to work on cutting-edge projects with worldwide implications, developing [...]

Menno Swartzentruber was chosen by his congregation to draw lots. He said he was chosen by God to become an Amish minister. In the Amish church, a number of men [...]

Byline: Bonnie A. Frey STAFF WRITER James Mullen found out he had prostate cancer in the mid-1980s, a time when there was little information readily available about the disease. When [...]

Richard C. Ball approached photography from all angles, but his wife, Vera Elizabeth, said he preferred the artistic side. Ball was a photojournalist for several large newspapers, worked in several [...]

You could say that Garnet Stottlemyer helped build Sarasota. When he came down in 1945, he was a devout angler who adored the water, and he fell in love with [...]