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Obituaries SARASOTA LITTLE LEAGUE
FOUNDER FERREIRA DIES; ALSO SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND HEAD COACH
AT SARASOTA HIGH
Bill Rutland had just been hired as athletic director at Sarasota High School. Ferreira, who became his first assistant, died Sunday in Fort Myers. He was 83. During his 11 years at Sarasota High, Ferreria served as head coach in basketball, baseball and track, an assistant in football, director of physical education and, when Rutland left to devote full time to the Sailor Circus, athletic director. In 1948, national Little League commissioner Carl Stokes asked Ferreira if he would start a Little League program in Sarasota. Only Pensacola and St. Petersburg had Little League programs at the time. He worked with Chet Ihrig, George Higgins, Bill Dingwell, John Saba, J.T. Pierce and Rutland and also involved the Sarasota Optimist Club in getting the program off the ground. He found county-owned land at the corner of Tuttle Avenue and 12th Street that would make an ideal Little League park, then pestered county commissioners into granting permission to use it. By the summer of 1949 there were four Little League teams in Sarasota, two in Venice. A native of Fernandina Beach, Ferreira was a three-sport star in high school. He played quarterback for Wally Butts at Georgia Military School, then for Shug Jordan at Auburn. He accepted a coaching job at West Point, Ga., when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941. During World War II he served with the 106th Infantry Division and was captured in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. During the two-day march to a POW camp, he suffered frostbite and had the five toes of his left foot amputated by a Polish doctor in Stalag 2A on Feb. 9, 1945. Complications from the frostbite and imprisonment resulted in the amputation of his left leg just above the knee on Feb. 9, 1976. He accepted the baseball coaching job at Fort Myers High School in 1956. He was instrumental in starting the Little League programs in Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee counties. The Little League complex in Fort Myers is named for him. He coached baseball at Fort Myers for 19 years and retired in 1976. He has been enshrined in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Contributed by Norita Moss Sarasota Herald Tribune May 30, 2004 Howard Luscomb, 82, Englewood, died May 28, 2004. He was born Oct. 5, 1921, in Detroit and came to Englewood 38 years ago from there. He was the former owner of Howard's Pool Service and Howard's Pool World in Englewood and Port Charlotte. He was also a car dealer, motel owner, airplane pilot and boat captain. Survivors include sons David of Englewood and Alan of Lapeer, Mich.; daughters Charlene Macuga of New Baltimore, Mich., Marilyn Bidell of Harrison Township, Mich., and Raelynn Thiel of Good- rich, Mich.; a companion, Kay Dugan of Englewood; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday , with services to follow, at Lemon Bay Funeral Home, Englewood Chapel. Burial will follow in Gulf Pines Memorial Park. Contributed by Norita Moss Thomas Howard Stamper Sr., 88, Sarasota, and formerly of Bradenton, died May 28, 2004, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He was born July 2, 1915, in Denton, Ky., and came to Bradenton in 1958 from Seneca Falls, N.Y. He moved to Sarasota in 1964. He retired as a drywall contractor and had also been a catastrophe insurance adjustor. He was a member of the Elks Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Billie L. (Blizzard); a daughter, Kay Strickland of Myakka City; a son, Thomas H. Jr. of Sarasota; sisters Margartet Walker of Sylvester, W.Va., and Madalene Hale of Huntsville, Ala.; a brother, Delbert H. of Harrison, Ark.; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. No visitation or services are planned. Interment will be in Fogartyville Cemetery, Bradenton. Brown and Sons Funeral Home, 26th Street Chapel, is in charge. Contributed by Norita Moss Florence P. Fox, 83, Sarasota, died May 27, 2004. She was born June 9, 1920, in Terre Haute, Ind., and came to Sarasota in 1977 from Springfield, Va. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Concerned Women for America, Christian Coalition, American Family Association and Siesta Key Chapel. Survivors include her husband, Retired Army Col. Archie C.; daughters Barbara Brennan of Virginia and Carole Brazil of Hawaii; a son, James of California; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Siesta Key Chapel. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Contributed by Norita Moss Mary Hammond, 96, Sarasota, died May 24, 2004. She was born Feb. 8, 1908, in Illinois. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a granddaughter, Deborah L. Arrowood of North Carolina. Burial will be in Silver Creek, N.Y. Sarasota Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge.Contributed by Norita Moss Velmo L. Holm, 87, Tampa, and formerly of Sarasota, died May 19, 2004. He was born Sept. 5, 1916, in Tender, Neb., and came to Sarasota in 1982 from Omaha, Neb. He moved to Tampa in 1997. He retired in 1981 as a sales representative after 37 years at Graybar Electric Co. in Omaha. He was a member of Sarasota Power Squadron and a board member of First Step in Sarasota. He was a member of Pine Shores Presbyterian Church in Sarasota and Calvary Chapel of Bradenton. Survivors include his wife, Maxine B.; daughters Karen Dillingham of Indian Wells, Calif., and Carol Perales of Tampa; sons William of Arroyo Grande, Calif., Velmo L. of Alamogordo, N.M., Jay of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Robert Boy of Bettendorf, Iowa, and Bruce Boyd of Boulder, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. June 6 at Pine Shores Presbyterian Church. Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, is in charge. Contributed by Norita Moss Joan Marie Kellerman, 69, Sarasota, died May 26, 2004. She was born Nov. 24, 1934, in Clifton, N.J., and came to Sarasota in 1970 from New Jersey. She was an executive secretary in the residential construction industry in Sarasota. She was a Jehovah's Witness. Survivors include sons Karl of Orlando and Ronald of Fayetteville, N.C.; and a brother, Bill Lange of Palm Harbor. A memorial service was held Saturday in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. National Cremation Society, Sarasota chapter, was in charge. Contributed by Norita Moss Teresa Dawn Knight, 41, Sarasota, died May 25, 2004. She was born April 2, 1963, in Jacksonville and came to Sarasota in 1978 from Tallahassee. She graduated in 1981 from Sarasota Institute of Technology. She was a former licensed practical nurse. She had also worked as a waitress and supermarket employee. Survivors include her husband, Philip; a daughter, Melinda T. Pershing of Nokomis; a son, Devon of Sarasota; sisters Pamela Rich of Sarasota and Monica Ragland of Dayton, Ohio; and her parents, Harrison Ragland and Martha Roberts, both of Sarasota. A memorial service and burial will be private. National Cremation Society, Sarasota chapter, is in charge. Contributed by Norita Moss Sarasota Herald Tribune| February 26, 1997 O.J. Hendry, Sarasota, died Feb. 23, 1997. He was born in Tampa and was raised in Sarasota. He retired as division manager for 3M Corp. He was a Coast Guard veteran. Survivors include a son, Jim of Sarasota; and a brother, Maxwell of Seffner. A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. today at Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Wilson Chapel. Contributed by Norita Moss Date: June June 1994
Mary E. Forsberg, 85, Venice, Florida A private
service will be held for Mary E. Forsberg of Venice. formerly of Orange,
Conn., who died Tuesday June 21,1971. Mrs. Forsberg was born in Worcester,
Ma. July 16, 1898, and moved to Florida from Orange in 1971. She was
a retired registered nurse and had been a member of the Orange Garden
Club and the Woodbridge, Conn., Garden Club. She leaves a daughter,
Barbara Christopherson of Clinton, Mass., a son, Richard Forsberg of
Orange; and three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 400 E. Fiedl Ave., Venice,
Foa., 34285 Submitters Name: Barbara Forsberg
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