Bladen, Florence P., 93, of Tampa, passed away on Friday, July 18th, 2014. She was born in the Bronx, NY. She worked as a teacher’s aide at B.C. Graham before retirement. Florence touched many lives and will be dearly missed. She enjoyed reading, bingo, soap operas and taking the bus everywhere. She is preceded in death by her parents Michael and Pauline Noga; husband John; son Dennis; and grandson Dennis. Florence is survived by her children: John (Betty), Barbara Huntsberry and Karen (John) Leon; grandchildren Michael, Brianna and Jared (Brittney) Bladen, Christopher Huntsberry (Ruben Saucedo), Patrick (Caylin & Issak) Karppe, Ryan and Kyle Leon. A visitation will be held at Blount & Curry Funeral Home MacDill Chapel at 6:00pm on Tuesday, July 22nd and a funeral service will follow at 10:00am on Wednesday, July 23rd. Burial will take place afterwards at Myrtle Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Florence’s name to the Tampa General Hospital Foundation.
