Submitted by: Dan Rich
Stephen Howard Etherington
1943 -Dec. 27, 2008
South Bend Tribune 12/31/2008
OCALA, FL - Stephen Howard Etherington, 65, passed away on
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at Shands in Gainesville. He was born in
Mishawaka, IN, and moved to Ocala from Winter Haven in 1989. He
was a retired salesman and a member of Blessed Trinity Catholic
Church. He is survived by his wife, Johnie of Ocala; his
daughters, Rachel Raduns and husband, Jon of Ocala, and
Penni Fansler and husband, Jeff of Walkerton, IN; his sons, Lamar
Thomas Etherington of Gallatin, TN, and Douglas Etherington of
South Bend, IN; his brother, Richard Etherington of Muncie, IN;
his 12 grandchildren and his three great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be held on Friday, January 2, 2009 at 9:30 A.M. in Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, with Father Pat Sheedy officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday from 6-8 P.M. in Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, 910 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Burial will be at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens.