Obituaries

PITTSBOROBetty Katherine Lent, 84, of Pittsboro, NC, died Tuesday, February 19. Mrs. Lent had been a Chatham County, NC, resident since 1995. She was born to Frederick and Alice Relyea of Schenectady, New York, oneeptember 11, 1923. She worked as a draftsman at General Electric in Schenectady during World War II while she waited for her fianeeacute;, Floyd Lent, to...

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Martin Villanueva, age 70, died Tuesday evening in Durham Regional Hospital. Mr. Villanueva was born in Ozamis City, Philippines and is the son of the late Leodegario aneestellita Villanueva. He was Valedictorian of his elementary and high school class. He attended the Uneersity of the Philippines on a scholarship and was a graduate of Lyceum Uneersity of Philippines, where he...

Joseph Everett Ragan, 84, resident of 1307 Leon Street, died Monday morning at the VA Hospital. A native of Durham, he was the son of the late Ruffin and Narvia O'Mary Ragan. For many years Mr. Ragan was employed with Uneed Van Lines and the last few years worked at the Food Lion in Oak Grove. Mr. Raganeerved in the...

Allen Jackson Croft, Jr., died Wednesday, May 11 in Durham. He was 46 years old. Allen was born ineeckley, W.V. and attended West Virginia Tech, where he received a bachelo

DURHAM-Bradford Alexander Lloyd, 53, died unexpectedly oneednesday, February 13th at home. Brad was born in Silver Spring, Maryland the son of Kenneth E.C. Lloyd and the late Docia Cheek Lloyd. Brad graduated with a B.S. degree from Frostburg State College in 1981 and worked as an accountant several years in Silver Spring, Maryland before moving to Durham in 1984. Brad...

" Aspire to inspire before you expire " Dr. Robert "Bob" Kusy of Chapel Hill passed away on Ash Wednesday after a four and a half year battle with a brain tumor. He is survived by his wife, his daughter and family, his son and family, his parents, his brother and family, brother in law and family, and many aunts,...

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Betty Lou Ammons Council, age 75, died Monday, neember 5, 2007, at Duke Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Betty Lou was born in Durham to the late Clarence L. aneelsie E. Jenkins Ammons oneeptember 15, 1932. A long-time member of Carr Uneed Methodist Church and the Nell-Morris Sunday School Class, Betty Lou retired from Duke Medical Center after 37...

Linda Ann Triezenberg Postema, 59, died Tuesday at home following a two and a half year battle with lung cancer. A native of Evergreen Park, IL, Linda was a 1966 graduate of Chicago Christian High School in Palos Heights, IL. She received the Bachelor's degree in elementary education from Calvin College in 1970. While in college, Linda taught in the...

Jerry Wayne Quinn, 61, a resident of Chatham County, died July 31 at his home on Crawford Dairy Road after struggling valiantly against cancer. He was born ineensacola, FL and was raised in Durham NC. He served in the US Army in Vietnam and ineermany. Jerry was employed at the UNC in Chapel Hill, first as a laboratory animal assistant,...

Dr William (Bill) V. Lorimer, Jr, a much-loved husband, father, and physician to the Durham community, left this world on Thursday afternoon at home in Cary, North Carolina. He was 71. Bill???s death came after a four-month battle with paneeatic cancer. The sun shone brightly as he crossed into heaven. He leaves behind his wife of 46 years Marcia Sciretta...

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Linda Peabody Reylek, 53, a resident of 4121 Deepwood Circle, passed away unexpectedly on the morning of Monday, August 20th. Born ineew York City, she is the daughter of Frederick I. and Doris J. Peabody. She is a graduate of Concordia College, Bronxville, NY. Linda has been an educator ineew York and North Carolina for over 20 years, was a...

Thomas Owen Talton, age 90, died Wednesday morning in the Durham Veterans Hospital. Mr. Talton was born in Johnston County and was the son of the late Thomas Evans Talton and Swannanoa O'Neal Talton. He was a graduate of Garner High School. He served his country during WWII in the U.S. Coast Guard. He was well known as the owner,...

Kent A. Otto, 64, died Saturday at home following a year-long illness. He was borneebruary 4, 1944 in St. Louis. Kent was a graduate of Indiana Uneersity, where he majored in music. He received the Masters degree in music from Oklahoma Uneersity. Kent spent a 35 year career as music director at St. Philip's Episcopal Church. While music was his...

Durham- Merle JACK Hammersley was born oneebruary 7, 1923 in Dayton, Ohio.?? He was the son of the late George aneelnora Hammersley.?? He died at the VA in Durham on June 6 after a long declining illness. He is survived by his loving daughter Jacqueline Hammersley; his grandson Logan Hammersley. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Sarah Pendergraft Hammersley...