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Capt. Joseph M. Hunter, Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida Friday, May 25, 1973 Age 45, of 701 Dade St., Immokalee, died at 3 a.m. this morning at Naples Community Hospital of a heart attack. He was commander of the Immokalee substation of the Collier County Sheriff's Department at the time of his death and had served in that capacity for the last five years. Born in Fort Myers, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1945 to 1947. He was employed by the Florida Game and Fresh water Fish Commission from 1951 to 1953, the Collier County Sheriff's Department from 1953 to 1957 and was a constable of Collier County from 1957 to 1958. Captain Hunter was employed by the Monroe County Sheriff's Department from 1958 to 1959, and the Fort Myers Police Department from 1960 to 1968. He took over the Immokalee substation May 16, 1968. For his assistance in making arrests he was commended by J. Edgar Hoover of the F. B. I., the U.S. Border Patrol, the Dade County Public Safety Commission and other law enforcement agencies. He was a member of the Immokalee Masonic Lodge No. 3198 F & A. M. He is survived by his wife, Lena (Dee) Hunter of Immokalee; a daughter, Mrs. Judy Gray of Homestead; a step-son, Whitt Newsome and a step-daughter, Nina Newsome, both of Immokalee; his mother, Mrs. Mable Hunter of Immokalee; a brother, Ed Hunter of Naples; a sister, Mrs. Jeannine Paul of Immokalee; three nieces and two nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kingdom Hall in Immokalee with Mr. George Cobb officiating. Interment will be in the Baptist Cemetery. Friends may call at the Brister Funeral Home in Immokalee Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------- Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida Sunday, May 27, 1973 HUNTER SERVICES -- Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the Kingdom Hall in Immokalee for Capt. Joseph M. Hunter who was station commander of the Immokalee sub-station of the Collier County Sheriff's Department. He died early Friday morning at Naples community Hospital of a heart attack. Captain Hunter had been station commander since May 16, 1968, and had been a law enforcement officer since 1951 |