Homosassa, Florida – Robert Elmer Kamm, 81, of Homosassa, FL, passed away on Sun., March 12, 2023 at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, FL.

A native of Aurora, IL, Mr. Kamm was born Aug. 24, 1941 to Elmer and Thelma (Dusell) Kamm, one of four children. Bob, as he was known to many, earned his BS degree in Pharmacy in 1963 from the University of Illinois, Chicago Center Campus and his law degree, Doctorate of Jurisprudence, in 1969 from John Marshall Law School, which is now affiliated with University of Illinois, Chicago Center Campus.

While he was earning his doctorate degree, Bob married the former Nancy G. Kanan on Aug. 29, 1964, his loving wife who survives him. Mr. Kamm was a retired pharmacist and attorney with a specialized practice in the pharmaceutical industry. He also designed and implemented a program at Marion Labs (now Sanofi) that worked with the marketing team and Marion Scientific to approve marketing plans and packaging inserts, as well as advertising and liaison with FDA on the approval of new drugs.

Prior to and after his retirement, he served as the president of the AFPE (American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education). He was particularly proud that he was able to retire at age 52 from the corporate world. However, he continued to be active and taught the pharmacy law class at the University of Florida pharmacy school for a number of years. He also worked as a consultant for various pharmaceutical companies nationwide.

Bob moved from Shawnee, KS, where he had lived for 18 years, to Odessa, FL, where he lived for ten years, and finally moved to Homosassa in 2005.

Baseball was his lifelong passion. He grew up in the Chicago area and loved his Cubs but, unusually, also loved the Cardinals because his father was from the St. Louis area. Later, he was an avid fan and season ticket holder for the KC Royals for many years and was lucky enough to be acquainted with several players. He shared this passion with his family, and they created many wonderful memories together.

After retirement he became an avid golfer and tennis player. He loved to travel and made several trips to Europe and the Caribbean with his wife. He enjoyed reading and collected all of John Grisham’s novels. He also loved model trains, in particularly the “N” gauge train set, and collected a large inventory of train sets.

After moving to Florida Bob’s idea of a perfect day was to go to the beach, relax and work on his tan OR go to a spring training game. He especially enjoyed meeting up with one of the players he knew from the Royals.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Kamm was preceded in death by his youngest brother, Jim Kamm of Canandaigua, NY and his elder sister, Carol Ertel of Maple Lake, MN.

In addition to his beloved wife of 58 years, Nancy G. Kamm of Homosassa, Bob is survived by his children Amy Kamm (husband Laurent Prevot) of Lenexa, KS and Robert C. Kamm (wife Alana Crews) of Alabaster, AL and grandchildren Raffaella Prevot of Lenexa, KS; Eleanor Prevot, currently of Daegu, S. Korea and Bas and Zoe Kamm of Zurich, Switzerland, as well as a brother, Tom Kamm of Ft. Worth, TX. Wilder Funeral Home, Homosassa, FL. www.wilderfuneral.com

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Boothbay, ME – Thomas W Tavenner, Esq., age 90, of Boothbay, passed away peacefully on the evening of Dec. 5, 2022 surrounded by his family.

Thomas was born on Aug. 28, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Eugene and Hildegarde Tavenner.

He is survived by his son Thomas Jr. and his wife Ann, of Andover, Massachusetts; son John and his wife Yolande of North Conway, New Hampshire; son-in-law David Spencer of Dresden, Maine; five grandchildren, Sarah, William, Isabel, Abigail and Tommy; one great-grandchild, Eleanor Lisa, and nieces and nephews, including his niece Christine who he considered a second daughter.

He was predeceased by his wife Priscilla, his wife of 62 years, his daughter Lisa Tavenner Spencer, and two half brothers, Peter and Jack Wulfing.

While he spent all his summers in Boothbay as a young boy, Thomas was born and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and attended St. Louis Country Day School before moving east to complete his undergraduate and legal studies at Harvard University. Early in his career he practiced law in Boston where he met the love of his life Priscilla who he married on the coast of Oregon in 1959. He later worked for the Maine Attorney’s General Office before forming his own practice in Andover, Massachusetts until 1975 when he moved back to the place and family home he truly loved setting up his law practice in Boothbay Harbor which he and his wife Priscilla ran together until they retired in 2018.

Thomas was proud to be part of and an active member of the community, including the Congregational Church and Lions Club, and donated his time to several causes true to his heart. He worked tirelessly to help keep the local movie theater here in Boothbay Harbor.

Thomas always had time to tell a story and was a wealth of knowledge on historical matters as well a shipbuilder in his own right having built from scratch a fleet of wooden ship models of American ships over a span of several decades. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and relished both new and lifetime friendships he made over the years. He had a great love for animals of any kind and most days in his law office a golden retriever would be found under his desk as he never lived a day in his life without some kind of pet at his side.

He had a lifelong passion for sailing usually accompanied by either Priscilla or his golden retriever in his beloved Boothbay Harbor one design Galatea, which he had built in 1966 by Sonny Hodgdon and owned his entire life.

While he will be sorely missed, he will never be forgotten as he left behind as a gift to his family, friends and those who knew him embodying a legacy of faith, character, values and optimism.

A celebration of life will be announced at a later date to be held in the summer of 2023. In lieu of flowers if you wish to donate, select a charity of your choice in the memory of Thomas.

Hall’s of Boothbay has care of the arrangements. To extend online condolences, please visit hallfuneralhomes.com

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Thomas Jacobs, Bennington, Vermont, a longtime Bennington attorney and former Select Board Chairman Thomas Jacobs, died Wednesday April 1, 2020 after being stricken while bike riding. He is being remembered by friends and colleagues as a force for positive economic change in Bennington, Vermont.

While serving on the board for six years, Jacobs was chairman as the $54 million Putnam Block project moved from an inspirational idea toward a groundbreaking in August 2019.

Although he declined to run for another Select Board term in March 2019, Jacobs, 74, continued to be an advocate for collaborative approaches to strengthening the downtown and the local economy. During a public hearing in February on a proposed local option tax plan, he saw that revenue source as an opportunity to invest in Bennington’s future.

Burial and service arrangements s have not been announced.

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