Daniel Naeher
Daniel Naeher, 60, of Bradenton and formerly of Holmes Beach, died March 28.
He was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, moved to Holmes Beach in 1968 and moved to Bradenton in 2018.
A celebration of life will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at a family residence. People planning to attend can call 252-876-2285 for the address.
Mr. Naeher is survived by wife Tracy Thomas; sisters Deborah Bradley of Bradenton and Denise Harrington of Bradenton; brothers Donald of Sarasota, Douglas of Holmes Beach, David of Bradenton and Dana of Valrico.
Vivian Ashford Van Horne
Vivian Ashford Van Horne, 95, born in Watkinsville, Georgia, and a longtime resident of Holmes Beach, died Jan. 10.
She met and married her husband, William J. Van Horne, while working in France during the Korean War.
She traveled the world and took family with her when possible. The couple returned to the Southeast and started a business, The Fun Company, which for 20 years staged employee picnics for companies around the United States. Five years after her husband’s death, Mrs. Van Horne sold the company and took to traveling the world in earnest. She touched many lives and will be fondly remembered by all. She deeply loved and cared for her family, and lived a life that brought them together, even though them lived in different parts of the world.
Mrs. Van Horne is survived by her three children, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.