Obituaries

Vela Marie Ryle, 54, of New Smyrna Beach, a former project manager in the information-technology industry, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.

Thomas John O'Hara, 88, Nof ew Smyrna Beach, former owner/operator of a commercial moving business, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.

Ruth I. Fairbanks, 89, of Edgewater, a former clerical secretary for the Volusia County Department of Elections, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009.

Arthur Richard Ritter Jr., 85, a former resident of New Smyrna Beach and a bank courier, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009.

Elizabeth Foley, 79, of Edgewater, a homemaker, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009.

Rose Manning Ayres, 88, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.

Lawrence A. Mullan, 78, of New Smyrna Beach, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and a teacher, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009.

June Connell, 92, Oak Hill, a homemaker, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009.

William George Brown, 79, an entertainer known nationally, of New Smyrna Beach, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009.

Gerald "Jerry"L. Doser, 81, of Edgewater and Fairport, N.Y., a loving husband of 60 years, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2009.

Walter Henry Glenn, 72, of New Smyrna Beach, founder of the North Bridge Yacht Club in New Smyrna Beach, which now boasts 567 members, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009.