Obituaries

Virginia Eloisa Fontecilla

Virginia Eloisa Fontecilla

Oct 4, 2006

Virginia Eloisa Fontecilla, 101, died Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at the Brianeenter. She was one week shy of her 102nd birthday at the time of her death. Mrs. Fontecilla remained sharp aneenjoyed visiting with family until the last few days of her long aneeventful life. She was born in Jovellanos, Cuba and moved to the Uneed States with her husband,...

Johneesley Chapman

Johneesley Chapman

Sep 24, 2006

Johneesley Chapman, Sr., 90, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2006 of a ruptured abdominal aneurism at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He and his wife Katherine moved to Murfreesboro from Durham, North Carolina two years ago to be near their daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Marc Stephens. They are currently members of First Uneed Methodist Church in Murfreesboro....

Elma Larobardiere Harris

Elma Larobardiere Harris

Aug 28, 2006

Elma LaRobardiere Harris, age 91, passed away Monday evening, August 28, 2006 at Rose Manor Healthcare Center. She was born June 28, 1915 ineexico, NY to the late George and Lela Alt LaRobardiere. Mrs. Harris was a graduate of Mexico Academy and Central School, Oswego Normal School currently SUNY Oswego and Syracuse Uneersity. She beganeer career teaching in a one...

Charles S. White

Charles S. White

Aug 19, 2006

Charles S. White a resident of Croasdaile Village in Durham died August 19, 2006 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born oneeptember 29, 1921 ineerseyville, Illinois he was the son of the late Irving and Florence White and was preceded ineeath by his brother Richard White. Mr. White was a 1943 graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and served as a...

Kenneth Alvin Hahn

Kenneth Alvin Hahn

Aug 2, 2006

Kenneth Alvin Hahn, age 78, died Wednesday morning August 2, 2006 surrounded by his loving family. A Durham resident for the past three years, Mr. Hahn was born in Chicago, IL to the late Alvin aneethel Johnson Hahn. Mr. Hahn is survived by his four children: Jenneer Donner and husband, Scott, of Durham, NC; Barrett Hahn of Hillsborough, NC; Hannah...

George Watts Carr, Jr.

George Watts Carr, Jr.

Jul 29, 2006

George Watts Carr Jr., 87, long time Durham business and civic leader, died at his residence in Morehead City on Saturday, July 29, 2006, following a brief illness. Carr was borneecember 6, 1918, the oldest son of George Watts Carr, need architect, and Amy Winston Carr. Reared in Durham and a 1936 graduate of Durham High School, he was also...

Florencia Catacutaneendoza

Florencia Catacutaneendoza

Jul 27, 2006

Mrs. Florencia Catacutaneendoza, 96, of Randolph Road, Durham, died July 27, 2006 at her residence. Florencia was born June 21, 1910 in the Phillipines, a daughter of Dionisio and Marta Nocum Catacutan. She graduated from Phillipines Normal College, and was a fourth grade teacher. Florencia moved to Durham in 1977, and became a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She...

Marianna Rose Goodwin

Marianna Rose Goodwin

Jul 25, 2006

Marianna Rose Goodwin, a resident of Chapel Hill, died Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at Duke Medical Center. She was 12 years old. Marianna was born in Durham on April 28, 1994 to Franee. and Rosalind Volpe Goodwin. She was a rising seventh grader at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill Marianna was a very determined aneenergetic individual, strong-willed and ready...

Deborah Welt Kredich

Deborah Welt Kredich

Jul 22, 2006

Deborah Welt Kredich, M.D. died Saturday, July 22, 2006 at Duke Hospital followineeight years of living with breast cancer. She was born October 1, 1936 in Iowa City Iowa, the daughter of Dale aneeleanor Welt. She is survived by her devoted husband of 48 years, Nicholas Kredich, M.D.; daughter Kathryn Rohlf and husband, John, of Campbell, CA, their children Laney,...

Frances Phipps Parker Mcadams

Frances Phipps Parker Mcadams

Jul 8, 2006

Frances Phipps Parker McAdams died Saturday, July 8, 2006 at Rose Manor Healthcare Center. She was 91 years old. A Durham native for many years, Mrs. McAdams was born in Granville County to the late James Walter and Lelia Alice Wilkerson Phipps. She was a graduate of the Class of 1932 from Durham High School and a faithful and devoted...

Louise Carter

Louise Carter

Jul 4, 2006

Louise Carter died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at Georgetown Uneersity Hospital in Washington, DC. She was 94 years old. Although Louise was born in Durham, NC to the late Chester and Sula Pickett Whitaker, she lived most of her life in Washington, DC. Louise is survived by several loving and devoted nieces, nephews and cousins. Graveside services will be held...

Katherine Dusenberry Daniel

Katherine Dusenberry Daniel

Jun 18, 2006

Katherine Dusenberry Daniel, age 93, formerly of 4012 Bristol Rd., Durham, NC died June 18, 2006 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center after several years of declining health. Katherine was born July 29, 1912 in Due West, SC to George Reid Dusenberry, Sr. & Lina Radcliffe Dusenberry. She was the oldest of seven children. She graduated valedictorian of her class from Due...

Pauline Monteith Arena

Pauline Monteith Arena

Jun 9, 2006

Pauline Monteith Arena died Sunday, June 09, 2006 in Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Polly was born May 8, 1908 outside Granee Falls, NC, the daughter of the late Hattie Butler and Nathan Young Monteith. She graduated from the Watts School of Nursing in 1930 and was married to Dr. Jay Morris Arena in 1931. The couple celebrated their 64th wedding anneersary...

Katherine Hughes Parson

Katherine Hughes Parson

Jun 7, 2006

SANFORD - Parson, Katherine, age 67, of Sanford went to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, June 7, 2006. Katherine was born October 12, 1938 in Lillington, NC to the late JW & Essie Mae Baker Hughes. She attended Sanford Business College where she obtained a diploma as a business secretary. In 1961, she married the love of her...

Mary Byrne Gates

Mary Byrne Gates

Jun 2, 2006

Mary Byrne Gates died peacefully June 2, 2006 at UNC Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Mary is survived by her two sons, William Kent Gates and Matthew Byrne Gates, and seven brothers and sisters: Chris Byrne and his wife Jackie, Russell Byrne and his wife Ellen, John Byrne and his wife Manuela, Elizabeth Byrne, Bryan Byrne, Kerry Byrne,...

Stuart Mcguire Sessoms, Jr.

Stuart Mcguire Sessoms, Jr.

Jun 1, 2006

Stuart McGuire Sessoms, Jr., age 58, died Thursday, June 1, 2006. He was born in Baltimore, MD to Thelma Call Sessoms and the late Stuart M. Sessoms M.D.. He received a BA degree from the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968. He was a member of the UNC Basketball Team and the Psi Chi Fraternity. In 1974...

Ingeborg Czyz

Ingeborg Czyz

May 30, 2006

Ingeborg Adele Adelheid Czyz died Tuesday, May 30, 2006 in Schwetzingen, Germany. She was a loving and caring mother and grandmother. Mrs. Czyz is survived by her daughter, Ursula Maria Turkaly and husband, James Richard Turkaly of Durham, NC; her grandchildren, Natalie Ann Turkaly and Jimmy Turkaly, Jr., also of Durham; her brother, Wilfried Obermark of Loehne; sisters, Anna Niediek...

Linda Roy League

Linda Roy League

May 30, 2006

Linda Roy League, 64, of Durham died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. She was born in Norfolk, VA to the late Doris Waldrop and Jesse Cox League, Sr. on October 8, 1942. Linda is survived by her sister, Anne L. Tice and husband, Harrell D., of Durham, NC; her brother, Jesse C. League, Jr.,...

Bodie Felton Sandling, Sr.

Bodie Felton Sandling, Sr.

May 27, 2006

Bodie Felton Sandling, Sr., 86, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday May 27, 2006 in Savannah, GA after an illness. Born Mar 1, 1920 in Durham County, Mr. Sandling lived in the area until he moved to Georgia in January 2006 to be close to his only son. Graduating from Bethesda High School with the class of 1937, he went in...

Barbara Norwood Clark

Barbara Norwood Clark

May 11, 2006

Mrs. Barbara Norwood Clark, 67, of Croaisdaile Village in Durham, formerly of Pittsboro, died at her home Thursday, May 11, 2006. She was a Chatham County native, borneecember 9, 2006, to Max and Helen Boone Norwood. Barbara was a graduate of Pittsboro High School, and attended UNC-Greensboro. On June 29, 1958 she married Rufus Walter Buddy Clark at Mt. Pleasant...