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with her dad. 
Wife and mom Ruth is 
a retired Channel 4 news 
anchor (Ruth to the Rescue). 
The three of them were a 
grateful family, praying Jerry 
would win his war with CLL 
and Richter Transformation. 
It was waged during the 
pandemic at their winter 
home in Florida he had 
built on Longboat Key 
and at Moffitt Cancer 
Center in Tampa during 
an immunotherapy clinical 
trial.
Jerry had genuine 
friends who miss him, too 
numerous to list, but they 
know who they are. How he 
treasured their friendship. 
He is also survived by 
his closest extended family: 
brothers-in-law and sisters-
in-law, Chuck, Dave, Kim, 
Lorraine, Duane; nieces and 
nephews, Eryn, Andrew 
(Becky), Kali (Danny); 
great-nephews, Brayden and 
Max; cousins, Cindy, Jay and 
Bobby. 
Contributions to honor 
Jerry’s life may be made 
to St. Jude’s Hospital, 
Penrickton Center for Blind 
Children or a charity of one’s 
choice.

SCOTT 
CHANESS, 65, 
of Boca Raton, 
Fla., died June 
16, 2021. 
He is survived 
by his wife, Nicole Chaness; 
children, Nathan Chaness, 
Kali Yonowitz and Corey 
Yonowitz; parents, Fred and 
Enid Chaness; brothers and 
sisters, Brian Chaness, Neil 
and Shelley Chaness, Steven 
and Ruth Chaness, and 
Andrea Chaness and Kerry 
Fazio; many other loving 

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