Edward William Hamilton

Mr. Edward William Hamilton, age 82, a resident of Ocala, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.  He was born in Lakewood, Ohio on February 21, 1942 to William and Florence (Murman) Hamilton.  He graduated from St. Edward Catholic High School.  Ed joined the Ohio National Guard after high school.  He then became a meatcutter at his families’ grocery store, Murman’s Super Value, as well as other grocers in the Cleveland area.  He later moved to Ocala, Florida where he began working for Certified Grocer’s and later retired from grocery sales and store resets across Florida and the Caribbean.  After retirement, Ed and his wife Paulette enjoyed cruises and trips throughout the United States and Europe. He especially loved seeing the National Parks, visiting almost all of them in the US.  He was an active member of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church.

He devoted his time to the church working at the Soup Kitchen, helping out with Lenten Fish Fries, assisting the nuns with travels to and from events and the airport, and teaching the R.C.I.A program to encourage others to become Catholic.  He was an active member of the Knights of Columbus where he became a Fourth Degree Knight.  He was also active as the House Manager at the Ocala Civic Theater and Treasurer on the ACT IV board.  

Mr. Hamilton is survived by this wife of 60 years, Paulette (Haders) Hamilton, his two daughters, Michelle Hamilton of Ocala and Linda (Hamilton) Ferrara, son-in-law James Ferrara of Homosassa, his two sons, Thomas Hamilton of Port Charlotte, and Timothy Hamilton of Ocala.  He has four grandchildren, Britani Hamilton, Ashley Hamilton, Zachary Hamilton, and Ty Ferrara.  He is preceded in death by his father (William Hamilton), his mother (Florence Murman Hamilton), his sister, Catherine Hamilton Dorenkott, and survived by his brother, Raymond Hamilton of Detroit, Michigan.