• Alfred R. Sargent, 76, of Edgewater, a former press operator for Pratt-Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, Conn., died Saturday, July 4, 2009.
• Laurel Artis Shaffer, 56, of New Smyrna Beach, former owner of Shaffer Pharmaceutical who earned degrees in anthropology, religion and philosophy from the University of Florida, died Thursday, July 2, 2009.
• Raymond B. Hallstrom, 64, of Edgewater, secretary to the Kiwanis Club of Southeast Volusia County and the father of three grown children, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (see separate story).