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John B. Cagnina
John B. Cagnina, 81, of Holmes Beach, died May 31.
He was born Sept. 16, 1943, in Tampa to the late Ignazio E. and Josephine Cagnina.
He was a lifelong Floridian whose life was marked by his faith, integrity and love for family, friends and community.
He grew up on Anna Maria Island and spent his childhood years fishing, working at his family’s IGA store, playing baseball and football and enjoying the freedoms of living on a relatively undeveloped island. The tranquility of beach life suited him and Anna Maria Island remained his lifelong home.
Following graduation from the University of Florida with a degree in business administration, he proudly served in the Florida Army National Guard for six years. His professional journey included work as a sales representative with the Kellogg Co., a stockbroker with Francis I. duPont & Co. and opening a citrus company.
After four years in the citrus business, he pursued his interest in real estate finance, becoming a licensed mortgage broker and founding Southeast Independent Mortgage Co., where he spent the majority of his working career.
An avid reader, Mr. Cagnina enjoyed reading financial, historical and political publications. He enjoyed time with family and friends, vacationing in Montana and New England, watching sports and cheering his beloved Gators.
He will be remembered as a man of integrity, quiet strength and unwavering devotion to those he loved. His legacy lives on in the lives he touched and the memories he helped create.
He was preceded in death by his son, John Michael Cagnina.
A celebration of life will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Ginny’s and Jane E’s Cafe in Anna Maria. Memorial donations may be made to the Center of Anna Maria Island, P.O. Box 253, Anna Maria, FL 34216.
Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 43rd Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cagnina is survived by his wife, Carol Gilley; sister Carmen and husband Bill Shea; sister-in-law Dorothy Surette; aunt Josie Pollock; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Ronald Tutewiler
Ronald Tutewiler of Holmes Beach died June 3.
He was born May 6, 1937, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to George “Jack” and Thela Tutewiler.
He graduated in 1955 from Battle Creek Central High School, where he played the trombone in the band and jazz band. As a young man he enjoyed driving stock cars at Galesburg Speedway.
He worked at Michigan Bell Telephone for 34 1/2 years, taking an early retirement in 1990. After a couple years of finishing projects at the house on Crooked Lake, he worked part-time for a few years at Barry County Telephone.
He married Gail Foster in 1980 at Richland Covenant Church in Richland, Michigan, and they lived at Crooked Lake in Delton for more than 17 years. He loved to fish for bluegill off his dock, cruise the lake in his pontoon boat and entertain his many friends and family. He fell in love with golden retrievers when a coworker gave him a 7-year-old golden named Paulo. Paulo was the first of five golden retrievers they would have.
In 1994, Ron and Gail started spending winters at their condo on Anna Maria Island. He enjoyed
riding his bike all over the island, to Longboat Key and St. Armands Circle. They went to amusement parks, were members of Mote Marine and enjoyed entertaining many family and friends on their Florida vacations.
He and Gail later sold the Crooked Lake home and moved to a more permanent home in North Beach Village in Holmes Beach. He loved to walk the beach for hours and walk his dogs. They spent summers at Sandy Pines in Dorr, Michigan, for five years, then rented cottages closer to family and, in 2010, bought a condo in Richland, Michigan. In Florida, after 30-plus years on Anna Maria Island, they moved to a home in NW Bradenton. They joined Roser Memorial Community Church in Anna Maria and held season tickets at the Island Players for over 30 years.
Even after 35 years in Florida, Ron was an avid Michigan sports fan, especially rooting for the Detroit Red Wings, but he followed them all.
Visitation was at the Winkel Funeral Home in Otsego, where a funeral service officiated by Pastor Ray Brown was to be held June 13. Burial was to follow at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego. A memorial service will be held at Roser in the fall. Contributions in memory of Mr. Tutewiler may be directed to Roser Church, P.O. Box 247, Anna Maria, FL 34216, or to the Golden Retriever Rescue of Mid-Florida.
Messages of condolence may be posted at www.winkelfuneralhome.com.
Mr. Tutewiler is survived by wife Gail; four children from a previous marriage to Shirley Barnes, Ronda Ernsberger of Delton, Michigan, Kathy Williams of Battle Creek, Terri and husband Carl Linsley of Battle Creek, and Greg wife Tammy of Ceresco, Michigan; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.