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Jeff Furst - St. Lucie County Property Appraiser (2001-2010) FACM lost a good friend to the organization when Jeff Furst, St. Lucie County Property Appraiser, passed away from a stroke July 5th leaving behind a long history of public service. He is remembered as probably the smartest elected official in St. Lucie County, a great property appraiser who had the interests of the people first in his mind. He leaves behind his wife of 45 years, Delaine, an associate professor at Indian River State College, two daughters, Stephanie Harmody and Dr. Christina Narnvar of Sebastian. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Ralph Bischel - Hendry County FACM extends its sincere regrets that a member of its own, Ralph Bischel, passed away on September 3, 2009. Mr. Bischel was the GIS Cadasdtral mapper for Hendry County and was a very talented cadastral mapper who virtually built the entire GIS parcel base for the county. He was both a gifted mapper and a computer genius working on both the original paper maps that he meticulously constructed to the conversion of those maps to computer format using GIS. He was a very unassuming person whose contributions to mapping will be forever remembered in Hendry county. Michael Dean - DeSoto County Mr. Michael Deen, De Soto County Property Appraisers Office, Senior Mapper, passes away July 11, 2007 at the age of 57. Mr. Dean worked many years for Professional Surveyor and Mapper, Kermit Roan. He continued his career in the mapping profession when he joined the DeSoto County Property Appraiser Office Mapping Department. His professionalism, friendship and love are a great loss to his coworkers, friends and family. He will be missed. Dave Clifton - Volusia County Volusia County Loses One of It’s Best Dave Clifton was a Deeds Supervisor for the Property Appraiser’s Office and had worked for Volusia County for 24 years. He died on September 4, 2005 at the age of 56. Dave was a native and lifetime resident of DeLand. He served in the US Army and National Guard. Dave was very athletic; a current member of the YMCA and a softball player with the Florida Half Century Amateur Softball Association. He leaves behind his wife Sherry and daughter and son, Emily and Nolan. In the community, Dave was known as a man of his word and a man of great knowledge of the lands of Volusia County. He was well respected and faultlessly accurate. He had a great reputation for interpreting legal descriptions, resolving conflicts, and finding map discrepancies. By his co-workers, Dave was considered a fine leader with a great sense of humor and a man with a wealth of knowledge. He was an avid Seminole fan and had a lively rivalry in the office. He was loyal, patient and sincere. He will be remembered by some of his favorite sayings: “a map is only as good as the map maker”, “good job”, and “goodnight, hey, thanks for coming”. He will be truly missed. From Morgan B. Gilreath, Jr., Volusia County Property Appraiser: "Dave Clifton filled "all the bills." He was a devoted father and husband who doted on Nolan, his son, and Emily, his daughter and talked of Sherry, his wife, as if they were still dating. Outside of his family, Dave truly loved "mapping" and was instrumental in our being where we are, technologically. He was a close personal friend to many of us and he is missed by all." Erma Thomas - Pinellas County
On Tuesday, November 29, 2005 Erma Thomas passed away. Erma was one of the " Founding Five" of FACM and served as its first President for two terms, from 1987 to 1989. Erma worked at the Pinellas County Property Appraiser's Office for over 30 years until her retirement in 1994. We are both proud and grateful for her commitment and dedication to FACM and Cadastral mapping. Our sympathy goes to her family and friends.
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