Ben Tyler Stadelman, 61, of Atlantic Beach, FL passed away on December 19, 2025, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsburgh, Ben was a proud member of the Jacksonville University community and resident of the Jacksonville Beaches as well as Canton, OH. Known for his magnetic personality, Ben was the quintessential \u201clife of the party\u201d who never met a stranger. Whether cheering for the Steelers and Jaguars or \u201cholding court\u201d with friends, he lived with vigor.<\/p>\n
Ben was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and The Hon. Diana L. Stadelman, and his brother, Scott. He is survived by his sisters, Tracy Stadelman and twin sister Kristen Stadelman; sister-in-law, Pamela Stadelman (Scott); nephew, Sean; niece, Kaitlin; and a grand-nephew and three grand-nieces.<\/p>\n
A\u00a0Celebration of Life\u00a0will be held\u00a0at\u00a02 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at Jerry\u2019s Grille (\u201cHQ\u201d),\u00a013170 Atlantic Blvd., Jacksonville, FL. Please visit his online Tribute at www.quinn-shalz.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Tyler Stadelman, 61, of Atlantic Beach, FL passed away on December 19, 2025, following a courageous battle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-136409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}