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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Charles Robert Jenkins

Charles ‘Bud’ Jenkins, 82, of Oxford, FL, passed away January 24, 2016.  Born in Philadelphia, PA, Bud moved to The Villages in 2011 from Woodbury, NJ, where he lived for many years.  Bud was a U.S. Army veteran and an avid woodworker.  He is survived by his wife, Ann Bakanowsky Jenkins, of Oxford, son Bill Jenkins of Germantown, MD, daughter Donna (Scott) Quinn and granddaughters Heather and Megan Quinn, in Cincinnati, OH.  A prayer service will be held Thursday, January 28, at 5 p.m. and visitation from 4 – 6 p.m. at Beyers Funeral Home in Lady Lake.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, January 29 at 12 noon, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Wildwood, FL with interment at Florida National Cemetery at 2 p.m.

Let them keep the fence!

A Village of Palo Alto resident, in a Letter to the Editor, expresses support for a couple in The Villages fighting to keep a fence to keep out elements of the outside world.

There are truly wonderful people in The Villages

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of DeLuna resident expresses thanks for a kind couple who did him a huge favor. He does not know them, but he is very grateful.

Thank You Marsha Shearer

A Village of Piedmont resident expresses his thanks to Marsha Shearer for information in her recent Opinion piece. But we sense a little sarcasm.

People have a right to feel safe in their homes

A Fruitland Park woman who regularly travels on Cherry Lake Road expresses support for a Village of Caroline couple fighting to keep stockade-style fence to protect their property. Read her Letter to the Editor

No vending machines at recreation center

A Hacienda of Mission Hills resident is questing the lack of vending machines at a recreation center.