Obituary

Trot Insider has learned that longtime horseman and race secretary Alan Douglas Armstrong passed away suddenly at his home on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 at the age of 65.

Longtime Standardbred participant Fernande Brodeur (née Boivin) passed away on Thursday, December 15 at the age of 100.

Dr. Franklin Lewis Pellegrini, 52, of Mantua, Ohio, passed away on December 22, 2016 at the age of 52.

William N. Lancaster, 94, of Columbus, N.J., died at home on December 23, 2016.

Longtime Standardbred owner John Garfield 'Gary' Smith of Ennismore died peacefully in his sleep at home on December 26, 2016 in his 71st year.

Dick Latessa, 87, the veteran song-and-dance man who stole hearts as Wilbur Turnblad in the original Broadway production of Hairspray, passed away on Monday, December 19.

Adrian Charles de Pasquale, 78, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, passed away on Monday (December 12) surrounded by his family.

Jo Ann Hertlein, 69, of Bronxville, New York, the daughter of the late Anna and Joseph Stivala, passed away on December 17, 2016 after a battle with cholangiocarcinoma.

Longtime Quinte Raceway horseman Arli McDonald passed away on Monday, December 12 at the age of 83.

Lifelong Standardbred horseman George Cheyne of Bright, Ont. passed away on Tuesday, December 13 at his family farm at the age of 85.

Sheila Libfeld, the wife of Al Libfeld, one of North America's most noted breeders and owners of harness horses, passed away last Thursday (December 8) at her home.

It has been announced that Craig Lipka passed away suddenly on Wednesday, December 7 at the age of 56.