Plant City Observer

Obituaries 12.15.22

Mario Jesus Enciso, Jr.

Mario Jesus Enciso, Jr.,  71, of Plant City, Fla., born in Havana, Cuba on Jan. 13, 1951, entered into eternal rest on Dec. 3, 2022.

Expressions of condolence at www.HopewellFuneral.com.

Anthony ‘Tony’ Apfel

Anthony “Tony” Apfel,  79, of Lithia, Fla., born in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 19, 1943, entered into eternal rest on Dec. 3, 2022.

Expressions of condolence at www.HopewellFuneral.com.

Tommy Samuel Burnett

Tommy Samuel Burnett, 55, of Lakeland, Fla., born in Ala. on Dec. 17, 1966, entered into eternal rest on Dec. 6, 2022.

Expressions of condolence at www.HopewellFuneral.com.

Wanda Wall

Wanda Wall, 86, of Plant City, Fla., passed away on Dec. 8, 2022.

Funeral services were held Dec. 13, 2022 at Haught Funeral Home Chapel, 708 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Plant City, FL 33563.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.haught.care.

Maria Rodriguez

Maria Rodriguez, 75, of Dover, Fla. passed away on Dec. 9, 2022.

The family will receive friends Dec. 15, 2022, from 2 to 3 p.m. at Haught Funeral Home Chapel, 708 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Plant City, FL 33563. Funeral services will follow at 3 p.m.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.haught.care.

Josefa ‘Maria’ Christian

Age 77, went to Heaven Nov. 25, 2022 

Born Josefa Vera Ballesteros in 1945 in Malaga, Spain, she emigrated to the US at age 18 and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y..  She has traveled, and lived in several states, and spent many years in Sparta, Illinois.  She was an avid walker, chatting with all the animals she encountered on her way.  She was known in the community and her church for giving toys to needy children and preparing food & donating clothes for those in need. 

Predeceased by her late husband, Herbert Lantz Jr, and the late Fritz Lee Che, her mother Dolores Vera Sanzone, and her son Theodore Wilfred Lantz.  Survived by her children: Kim Elizabeth Stewart of Sebring, Fla, Herbert “Jimmy” Lantz III of Knoxville, TN, Stefanie Alicia Christiana of St Louis, Missouri, and Christina Marisa Morales of Riverview, Fla., and her seven grandchildren:  Raven Stewart, Emily Lantz, Arianna Lantz, Melia Lantz, Maya Morales, and Michael Morales.  

Service to be held Dec. 17, 2022 at 3 p.m. in the chapel at First United Methodist Church, 303 N Evers St, Plant City, FL 33563.

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