Obituaries
Robert Alan Stelzenmuller
Mar 20, 2025
(DURHAM) – Robert Alan Stelzenmuller, age 93, died at home on March 20, 2025. He was born on May 7, 1931 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late James Grey and Helen Brennan Stelzenmuller.
After graduating from the University of Alabama, Al served in the United States Air Force in Louisiana. It was the first of many Southern homes he shared with...
Clarence "Tray" Wilson Boone III
Mar 17, 2025
DURHAM, NC - Clarence "Tray" Boone III, 49, passed March 17th, 2025 at Duke Regional Hospital.
Predeceasing him in death Mother Sharon McDonald and Stepfather Rodney McDonald
He is survived by Father Clarence "Butch" Boone, brother, Brandon Riley Boone and his two sons Zachary and Cole. His step-mother, Linda H McCown and husband Alfred L. Jackson his sister, Kristen Vick McCown and...
Patrick A. O'Keeffe
Mar 17, 2025
Durham, North Carolina, USA – Patrick Augustine O’Keeffe, aged 97, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. ‘Pat’ was born in County Cork, Ireland, November 27th, 1927 to the late Ellen and William O’Keeffe.Pat emigrated to the United States in 1957, along with his beloved late wife, Catherine (Kathleen), settling in Durham, NC. Their loving...
Maria Longo Babes
Mar 15, 2025
Maria Longo Babes (89), beloved wife and mother, died peacefully on March 10, 2025, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. She was born on December 17, 1935, to the late John and Mildred Longo of Jersey City, New Jersey.
Maria was known and admired for her unwavering love and dedication toward all of her family and friends. She was an...
Lois Ann Crowell
Mar 14, 2025
Durham – Lois Crowell, age 86, died on March 14, 2025. She was born on January 22,1939 to the late Edward and Louise Crowell.
Growing up in Elizabeth, NJ, Lois attended St. Genevieve’s Grammar School and graduated high school from St. Mary’s High School in 1957. Lois held many jobs early in her career but spent the majority of her working...
John Henry Schmelzer
Mar 12, 2025
DURHAM, NC – John Henry Schmelzer, age 76, died at the Woodland Terrace assisted living community in Cary, NC on March 12, 2025. He was born on March 1, 1949 to the late Roy and Angela Schmelzer of Sturgeon Bay, WI.
John was born in Sturgeon Bay and spent his childhood there, helping his father at his restaurant, Roy’s Drive-In. He...
Martha Umstead
Mar 11, 2025
Martha Umstead, known as Patsy by friends and family, age 97, died on March 11, 2025. She was born on June 5, 1927 to the late Walter Williams Umstead Sr. and Juanita Perdomo Umstead.
She was the oldest of 3 children. Born in Bogota, Colombia, she moved to the United States with her family in 1937. She grew up in North...
Dewey Wilmont Chapple, Jr.
Mar 6, 2025
Dewey Wilmont Chapple, Jr., 90, of Raleigh, NC joined his Lord and Savior peacefully on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
He was born on September 28, 1934 in Winston-Salem, NC to the late Dewey Wilmont Chapple, Sr. and late Alma Charles Chapple. Preceding him in death was his sister, Sally Ann Williams, and many beloved cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Left to cherish his...
Gregory Thomas Wolf
Mar 2, 2025
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Gregory Thomas Wolf, age 80, died peacefully on March 2, 2025, only weeks after his wife of 56 years, Susanne Wolf, passed away.
He was born on March 7, 1944, to the late Leonard and Anne Wolf.
A proud native of Scranton, Pa., who was fond of saying “There’s always a connection to Scranton,” Greg graduated from the...
Arthur "Chuck" Wayne Reveal
Mar 1, 2025
Arthur “Chuck” Wayne Reveal, 69, of Cross Lanes, West Virginia died March 1, 2025, at Duke University Medical Center after courageously battling an illness. As the cup he kept in the hospital stated, he was the “best dad ever.” Chuck was preceded in death by his parents Romeo and Rena, and brother Robert. Chuck is survived by his daughter and...
Brenda Kay Perkins
Feb 27, 2025
DURHAM – Brenda Kay Perkins, age 72, died in Roxboro, NC on February 27, 2025. She was born on July 5, 1952 to Rena and Charles Wood.
Brenda grew up in Durham and attended Durham High School. She began a long career in health care, during which she held positions at Duke Eye Care Center, Durham Regional Hospital, and FastChart. One...
Donald Franklin Burgin
Feb 27, 2025
Donald Franklin Burgin, 88, of Bahama, NC passed peacefully from this earth on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
Don was born in Marion, NC, to Jonas and Elsie Sisk Burgin. He completed his undergraduate studies at Western Carolina University and earned his Master’s Degree in Education from North Carolina State University. He met his wife of 49 years, Edna Blalock Burgin, while...
Robert "Bob" James Brueckner
Feb 23, 2025
Robert James (Bob) Brueckner passed away on February 23, 2025 at the SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC. He was born in Fort Wayne, IN, on Dec. 23, 1955, the eldest child of the late Mynhart O. Brueckner, Jr., and Georgene Rose Deller Brueckner. Family moves took Bob to Wabash, IN, back to Ft. Wayne, IN,...
Mark Lee Kantrowitz
Feb 19, 2025
DURHAM – Mark Lee Kantrowitz, age 74, died on February 19th, 2025. Mark was born on May 31, 1950 to his late father, Max, and mother Helen Kantrowitz.
Mark graduated from University of Illinois in 1982 with a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering and an MS in Physics. He graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Applied Physics in 1971. Mark...
Wade Elmer Marlette
Feb 16, 2025
Wade E Marlette, age 87, died at Duke Hospital on 2/15/25. Wade was born on December 12,1937 in Lewiston, ME to the late Lt Cmdr Wade E Marlette and Martha Ruth Hayes Marlette both born in what is now greater Durham.
He grew up in Rock Hill and Summerville SC. He graduated from Summerville High School in 1955 and Erskine College...
Oliverio Reyes Bravo
Feb 16, 2025
Oliverio Reyes Bravo passed away unexpectedly on February 16, 2025, of natural causes. His life was a testament to perseverance, faith, and love—a beautiful blend of the American Dream and the spirit of Mexico. He will forever be remembered as a devoted husband, father, and friend who greeted the world with a warm smile.
Born on November 6, 1962, in San...
Miriam Sierra
Feb 16, 2025
Miriam Sierra, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Durham, NC. She was born on June 12, 1948, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and later made Brooklyn, NY, her home, where she met the love of her life, Rafael Sierra, in 1966. They married in 1968 and built a life together before moving...
Susanne Heil Wolf
Feb 14, 2025
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Susanne Heil Wolf, age 81, died peacefully at home surrounded by love on February 14, 2025.
A native of Dunmore, Pa., she was born on January 9, 1944, to the late Harry and Emma Heil.
She attended Marywood Seminary and Marywood College before becoming a nurse at Cornell University—New York Hospital School of Nursing in 1966. While working...
Francis Charles "Chip" Clark
Feb 13, 2025
Francis Charles “Chip” Clark, whose passions were mountain fishing streams, the law, and his Irish heritage, died Feb. 13 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73. Clark, of Gibsonville, a career banking attorney and a Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill, was an attorney at First Union Corporation and subsequently Wachovia Corporation, and was a director at Bell Davis...
Donald Leonard Castro
Feb 11, 2025
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina) – Donald L. Castro, 65, died of cancer in his home on February 11, 2025. He passed away as he lived his life – calmly, quietly and peacefully.
Don was born on December 17, 1959 to the late Loren and Hilda (Pigniatelli) Castro in San Luis Obispo, CA. During his early years the family lived in California,...
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