Van Dyke Clifton Vernon Van Dyke, age 88, of Haines City, a retired home builder / remodeler, passed away unexpectedly, October 17, 2011 at his home in Green Cove Springs. Clifton was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts on January 31, 1923 to Donald J. Van Dyke and Eva E. Sanborn Van Dyke, and was the youngest of nine children. He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers and sisters. Clifton is survived by Hazel A. Van Dyke, his loving wife of 64 years who he met and married in Brockton, Mass. He is also survived by his nephews: Steven (Jan) Van Dyke of Springfield, Mass.; Brain (Mona) Van Dyke of Lehigh Acres, FL; Mike (Jeanne) Van Dyke of Milford, Mass; Jim (Anita) Ashley of Mass.; Steve (Millie) Ashley of Mass.; Nieces; Theresa Ashley of Mass.; Lori (Rob) Alger of Mass.; Anna Marie (Rick) Winnie of Green Cove Springs, Fl.; sister-in-law, Margaret Ashley of Green Cove Springs, FL.; brother-in-law, Allan (Pauline) Ashley of Mass. and many adoring grandnieces and grandnephews. Clifton owned and operated a home building / remolding business for a number of years under the title Jim Van Dyke Linoleum and Tile on Cape Cod. He also successfully ran several motels in the Cape Cod, Waquoit and Falmouth areas of Massachusetts. He proudly served in the U.S. Coast guard during WWII. Clifton was a life member of the Aleppo Shrine and Masonic Lodge. hide