Irwin Bruxvoort, 84, of Anna Maria, died Feb. 17.
He was born in Doon, Iowa, and later moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, before moving with wife Betty to Anna Maria in 1993.
The couple split their time between Anna Maria, where they enjoyed biking and walking around the island, and Hudsonville, Michigan.
They were members at CrossPointe Fellowship church, where friends were like family.
He will be dearly missed.
Mr. Bruxvoort is survived by daughter Lori Jones; five stepchildren; two brothers; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Charles ‘Charly’ Richard Mellen
Charles R. “Charly” Mellen, 89, died Feb. 15.
He was born July 11, 1934, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to the late Charles R. and Lucy Mellen.
He graduated from Keith Academy in Lowell, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Boston College.
He spent almost 40 years as a teacher of mathematics and as a baseball coach for Nashua High School, Lowell State College, Lowell High School and Keith Academy.
He led the Nashua High School baseball team to Class L State championships in 1976, 1979, 1991 and 1993 and was inducted in the 1994 Nashua Athletics Hall of Fame.
He most recently was employed at the family business, Just4Fun Beach Rentals, in Holmes Beach.
Mr. Mellen has been a winter resident of Anna Maria Island and northwest Bradenton since 1982.
He truly loved the island lifestyle, including golf, fishing on his boat, Charley’s Angel, and meeting up with new and old friends at local watering holes.
He spent his summers in the Hamptons — Hampton, New Hampshire. He always had a smile and a great sense of humor.
A celebration of life will be 3-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, at the American Legion Kirby Post Stewart Post #24.
A New Hampshire celebration of life and Mass will be celebrated at a future date. Interment will be at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Lowell. Brown and Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory is handling arrangements.
Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice. Condolences for the family may be made at brownandsonsfuneral.com.
Mr. Mellen is survived by his children Martha Jane and husband Michael Flynn of northwest Bradenton, Charles and wife Roxanne of Nashua, New Hampshire, Kristina G. of Nashua, and Jeffrey and wife Nancy of Reno, Nevada; grandchildren Josh and Becky Vogel, Erin and Deigo Felipe, Charles R. III, Katlyn and Jared Maloney and Katherine, Annie and Sara Mellen; great-grandchild Sage Vogel and baby Vogel due in March; and many cousins, nephews and nieces.