JON PETER 'PETE' STRAUBE

• Published in: The Orlando sentinel
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Orlando, Fla Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 12.12.2013
• Subjects: Hodges, Nancy; Straube, Jon Peter

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013, Jon Peter Straube's long battle with cancer came to an end. Pete was a kind, gentle man who delighted all who knew him with his humor & integrity. Born April 19, 1945 to Edward & Martha Straube, Pete dedicated his life to children. He graduated from Boonton HS in NJ, Emory Univ (BA) & Stetson Univ (MA). He married his college sweetheart Nancy Hodges in 1968 and raised their 3 children in DeLand, FL until Nancy's death in 1991. While teaching, he found love again and married Mary Ann Tartaglia; they started a new life in Winter Park. He taught for 40 years at DeLand HS, Deltona HS, & Sweetwater Episcopal Academy, and served as president of the Volusia Educators Assoc. Pete loved his school kids & sponsored a reading contest where he shaved his head & let the kids sign it. He was an avid sports fan who loved golf, played & coached tennis & basketball; a movie buff who created the Funky Films Festival. He enjoyed old time rock & roll, never refusing a bowl of ice cream. Pete believed in democracy, registering voters even while battling cancer. He leaves his wife Mary Ann; children Kathy (Roy) Ducker, Jill (Brian) Speiser, & Jeff (Pascaline) Straube; brother Paul (Cyndy); niece Elizabeth; grandchildren, Evan, Isabelle, Carl, Samantha, Lauren & Lindsey. Service will be Saturday, Dec 14 at 2:00 at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection 251 E Lake Brantley Dr, Longwood, FL. Donations may be made to Give Kids the World, www.gktw.org, and www.HospiceOfTheComforter.org.