Isabelle Maxine Laub – Registered Nurse, Artist, & Lifelong Volunteer. Isabelle passed away peacefully on January 29, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was just shy of 98 years old. Buddye was born to Rose and Benjamin Heyman in Newark, N.J. on February 15, 1926.

She grew up in Baltimore, MD, graduating from Forest Park High School in 1944. She began her life of service as one the first teenage volunteers at the University of Maryland Hospital. While still in high school, she served as a fire watcher during World War II. After graduation, she joined the Cadet Nurse Corps, and graduated from Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in 1947. Her name is engraved on the Women’s Wall of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC., in tribute to her service. While in nursing school, she met the love of her life, Rainer “Ray” Martin Laub at a rooftop USO dance, and moved to Boston, MA.

While Ray completed his undergraduate engineering degree at Northeastern University, she worked at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. They married in Baltimore in 1948, and then to Pittsburgh shortly thereafter. Buddye helped establish one of the first same-day surgical units at Montefiore Hospital. They eventually moved to Springfield Delaware County, PA, where they lived for 34 years and raised four children. Buddye worked at Hahnemann and Chester Hospitals, and then at the newly-built Riddle Memorial Hospital where she worked for twenty years. There she discovered her love for emergency nursing. She received her certification in emergency nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.

A strong community leader, Buddye was active in Hadassah and served on the Board of Directors of Ohev Shalom Synagogue in Wallingford, PA. She served as President of Sisterhood and gave generous amounts of her time to organizing and overseeing fund-raising dinners, fairs, and also took part in the temple’s musicals. One of her most significant volunteer efforts was creating and coordinating a program to place Jewish volunteers in Delaware County hospitals on Christmas Day. The program still is in effect today. Ray’s job transferred to Orlando, Fla in 1982. Here Buddye worked in the emergency department at Winter Park Memorial Hospital, retiring in 1995. She continued her volunteer work as a Red Cross nurse, frequently serving as the registered nurse in hurricane shelters.

Buddye was active in the Tuscawilla Homeowners Association, the Winter Springs Senior Center Board of Directors and played an active role in local politics. She delivered Meals-on-Wheels for 22 years and cooked for the homeless through Orlando’s Ohev Shalom Synagogue for 25 years. Her love of volunteering was insatiable. Within months of her move to Cascade Heights in 2013, she initiated and managed a battery recycling program and worked each week in their “Corner Store” selling snacks and sundries, and did whatever she could to help her neighbors. Buddye was a devoted wife, mother, Oma, and great-Oma.

She loved to travel and was an extremely talented painter, specializing in oils and acrylics. Buddye was quite the seamstress and used to sew her own evening gowns. She enjoyed needlepoint and crocheting. Buddye was an excellent cook, memorable hostess, a skilled gardener, lover of orchids, a voracious reader, and an amazing and loving friend who will be sorely missed.

Buddye is survived by her four children; Ronald (Ellen) Laub, Leonard (Yvonne Ascher) Laub, Amy Laub, Cindy (Harry) Cohen, six grandchildren; Rian (Sarah) Laub, Rebecca (Adam) Lang, Jacob (Julia Dancyger) Laub, Ilana (Yoryos Pönnighaus) Cohen, Aaron (Marybeth Murray) Laub, Shelby (Trevor) Rosenberg, and eight great-grandchildren; Rachel, Nora, Gavin, Rainer, Maeva, Owen, Ruadh, and Noa.

Graveside services for Buddye will be held Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Congregation Ohev Shalom Cemetery (6034 Old Winter Garden Road, Orlando) with Rabbi David Kay officiating.

Lynn Mack Folsom left us Friday, January 26, 2024.

Lynn was a loving father to Cathy Errion, Peggy Folsom, and John Folsom (Jill); loving grandfather to Johnny Folsom (Candice), Ryan Folsom (Katie), Justin Folsom, Dawn Folsom, David Feldman (Tracy), and Paul Feldman (Aricka); loving great-grandfather of 12.

His life’s work started out as a block mason into Home Building, Developer, and Investor. As a Home Builder Contractor through Bel-Aire Homes built many homes and subdivisions through the Central Florida area, with much focus in the West Orange area. As a Developer, built Windtree Condominiums, Windtree Professional Office Buildings, Wendys (now a Starbucks), and the 1st City of Ocoee Complex on Bluford.

Retiring at the age of 55, he started a wood working business to sell on the road in craft shows throughout the states alongside his wife, Pauline R. Folsom, who passed away in 2020. He enjoyed traveling, cruising, golfing (West Orange Country Club), an Exalted Ruler and member of the Winter Garden Elks BPOE 2165 and enjoyed his Texas Hold-am poker games.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 3, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, which is located at 428 E. Plant St. in Winter Garden.

A committal service will be held on Saturday, February 2, from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Winter Garden Cemetery, which is located at 13636 Lake Butler Blvd. in Winter Garden.

Steven J. Barger Jr., age 56, of Sanford, Florida passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2024.

A public visitation with catering for Steven will be held Thursday, February 1, 2024 from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, 90 Weathersfield Ave., Altamonte Springs, FL 32714.

A funeral service will occur Thursday, February 1, 2024 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, 90 Weathersfield Ave., Altamonte Springs, FL 32714.

A graveside committal will occur Thursday, February 1, 2024 from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Highland Memory Gardens, 3329 E Semoran Blvd, Apopka, FL 32703.

Harold John McCambridge was born November 20, 1935 and went on to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 21, 2024 after a lengthy illness, at the age of 88.

Survived by wife Agatha (nee Giorgianni) of 68 years. Loving daughter Mary (David), and sons Harold (Espi), George (Katie) and Michael. Brother Jack (Suzie), six grandchildren, three great-grandsons and several in-laws, nieces, nephews as well as an extensive group of devoted friends over every decade of his life all around the world.

He was predeceased by his parents Harold and Bertha and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Born in Manhattan and raised in Astoria, Queens, New York, he excelled in high school baseball and tried out for the Baltimore Orioles team as a pitcher. He entered the US Army in 1953 and after marrying, he and Aggie went to Orleans, France Military Base in January 1956 where they lived until his tour was complete in summer 1957. He cleaned planes overnight for American airlines and attended Fordham University during the day to support his growing family. He then took on a Treat potato chip route and his family traveled to relatives’ homes sitting on boxes of product in the back of the truck, which we fondly remember.

Promoted to Vice President/Sales for Eastern Seaboard at Treat, he’d attend conferences to promote the brand. In 1971 he started Mini Mart International, Inc. which grew into a chain of 13, twenty-four hour convenient stores in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens where he enjoyed great success. He also was partial owner in a black-car taxi business catering to corporate accounts. One of his favorite pastimes was enjoying his boat which he named “Enterprise” and shared memorable times with family and friends on the Great South Bay of Long Island.

In 1990, he and his wife felt called to leave Long Island, New York and move to the Orlando area to begin ministry work. They created Love of Christ Ministries which welcomed you to worship on Fridays overnight featuring outstanding worship ministers singing praises to our Lord. His dear friends the Caleb Family and Rev. Bob Beckett were instrumental in the ministry. He also developed Lord and Spirit Media which, at that time, duplicated millions of tapes and CDs of major Christian ministries which were mailed to partners’ homes each month. His clients included the ministries of Joyce Meyer, Benny Hinn, Jerry Falwell, Clint Brown and many other worldwide organizations.

During this time, he was instrumental in showcasing young praise and worship music ministers including David Sauger. With Rusty Goodwin, Mack produced Bobby Klein’s recording of his favorite song “Symphony.” Mack helped create the Worship Group “Sanctuary” comprised of students and alumni of Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University. He and Aggie also traveled domestically and internationally on several occasions to help church leadership better understand how to usher in the Holy Spirit through worship including a six-month invitation by Pastors Leslie and Julie Ramiah at their church in Durban, South Africa. It was there his book “Bringing Jesus to Christians” was written and published. They also delivered messages and visited with those the Lord put on their hearts in England, Austria, Italy, Israel and several other nations.

Later in life he held praise and worship at Lake Lily in Maitland very early in the morning with his dear friend Benedict Caleb helping countless men through challenging times. He supported many other ministries and families who needed advice, financial resources and emotional strength. And they, in turn, supported and prayed for him.

A viewing will be at Revelation Church, 9913 Bear Lake Road, Apopka, Florida on Monday, January 29, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. with Celebration of Life Ceremony following at 12:00 noon led by Pastor Joe Manno. Military burial will be at 9:15 a.m. at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery, Mims, Florida on Tuesday, January 30, 2024.

Charles Forrest Holcomb, Jr. passed away from complications of brain cancer on January 23rd, 2024, at his home in Lake Mary, Florida at the age of sixty-five. Charles was born on September 7th, 1958, in Laon, France to Charles Forrest Holcomb, Sr. and Ruth Delores Boyd.

He is survived by his wife Mary, daughter Danielle, son Nicholas, and sister Delores Hall. He is preceded in death by his parents Charles and Delores Holcomb of Titusville, Florida.

Charles graduated from Titusville High School in 1976. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1977-1979 as an aircraft mechanic. Charles attended UCF in 1979 where he was a member of the university’s first football team. He earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and finance from Florida Southern College in 1992. He had a 40-year career in the energy industry and was employed by TECO Corp., FPL, and Duke Energy. For the past two years he worked for Infratech Corp. as a Regional Sales Manager.

Charles served on the of the Board of the Central Florida Hotel Lodging Association Engineers Council for many years. He was also a board member for the Seminole County Cultural Arts Association and past president of the Florida Young Artists Organization (FYAO). Charles married Mary Cecchini, a clinical psychologist in 1987. They spent their lives in the Orlando area raising their two children Danielle and Nicholas. Charles coached Danielle in soccer and softball and was her biggest fan when she played collegiate Lacrosse. He also supported Nicholas’s passion for music by attending numerous lessons, concerts, and through his role with the FYAO. He always prioritized supporting his wife and children over all of his varied interests.

Charles enjoyed watching and participating in competitive sports. He was an avid golfer, a sport he played for his entire adult life. He enjoyed his monthly poker games and the laughter and camaraderie that came along with that. Charles was an excellent mechanic and a guy who could fix anything. Often called “MacGyver” by family and friends, he was famous for “fashioning a tool” out of just about anything. He genuinely enjoyed building things, including remodeling older homes. He answered the call not only for his wife and kids, but also for his extended family…no job too big or small. He also liked creating wooden toys for his kids when they were young, and built his son a beautiful bass guitar.

More than anything, Charles was a great friend. He was generous, loyal, and would not hesitate to help someone in need. He had a wellspring of jokes and stories and shared them with anyone who was in his company. Charles never met a stranger. He was a positive influence on so many people and an excellent role model for his children who he taught the equal value of hard work and play.

A memorial is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Friday February 2nd with a reception to follow. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Charles’s life.

Rosa D. Malave, age 59, of Altamonte Springs, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024, at the AdventHealth Orlando Hospital.

Rosa was born in New Haven, Connecticut on January 21st, 1965. The family moved to Florida in 1979. She graduated from Apopka High School and worked for Drew Medical, now known as SimonMed, for many years.

At a very young age she taught herself how to ride a bike and would race all the boys in elementary school and not one could beat her. When she got to middle school, she enrolled herself in all the school activities such as ballet, tap, jazz dancing, gymnastics and the choir. In high school she joined the girls’ softball team. She used to ride her 10-speed bike for miles and jog as if the road was unending. Even after having two kids, she would join the gym to maintain her weight and health.

She still loved doing all those things, plus singing and dancing until, after extensive blood work and research, she was finally diagnosed with Scleroderma, which is a chronic connective tissue disease generally classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Her whole body and organs were affected especially her lungs. She was kept alive with oxygen tanks until finally her lungs gave up on her.