Prominent Sarasota civic leader, lumber entrepreneur dies at 95

Charlie Stottlemyer was known as being easy-going, all-around friendly and the "epitome of a pillar of the community."

Charlie Stottlemyer
Charlie Stottlemyer
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G.W. Jacobs had long admired what his friend and longtime fellow FCCI Insurance Group board member Charlie Stottlemyer had pulled off when it came to big family trips. Stottlemyer, with more than a dozen grandchildren and even more great-grandchildren, put together a big family adventure once a year. Destinations included Colorado and other places out West. 

 

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