Bernice R. Purcell, 95, of Brandon, Florida and a former resident Tallahassee and Charlotte Harbor, Florida died Monday, October 1, 2018 at Hawthorne Health and Rehab of Brandon.
Bernice was born August 8, 1923 in Sharon, Connecticut and moved to Charlotte County in 1983 from Marlow Heights, Maryland in 1973. She moved to Tallahassee in 2006 and then
to Brandon in 2012.
She is survived by her loving family, a daughter, Judy A. (Jim Padgett) Skinner of Tallahassee, FL; two sons, Craig Robert (Norma) Purcell of Riverview, FL and Donald William (Marylou) Purcell of North Port, FL; a sister, Elizabeth Ann Picarelli of Terryville, CT; 8 grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Robert “Bob” W. Purcell who died in 2006.
Private interment will be held at Charlotte Harbor Cemetery, Charlotte Harbor, Florida.
Friends may visit online at www.robersonfh.com to extend condolences to the family. Arrangements by Roberson Funeral Home & Crematory Port Charlotte Chapel.