Obituaries

Maureen E. Orcutt

Maureen E. Orcutt

Jan 9, 2007

Maureen Esther Orcutt, 99, of Durham, NC, aneeneewood NJ died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Carolina House of Durham. She was born April 1, 1907 ineew York City. As a teeneer playing out of White Beeches Golf and Country Club Haworth, NJ she won the Women

Janee Ann Frank

Janee Ann Frank

Jan 8, 2007

DURHAM - Janee Ann Frank, a longtime Durham resident, died Monday evening, January 8, 2007, at her home. She was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania to Laurence Keller Frank and Margaret Moorhouse Frank. Janee received her bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State Uneersity and her master's degree in Psychology from Ohio State Uneersity, and also did advanced graduate studies under Dr....

Marilyn Kay Call

Marilyn Kay Call

Jan 2, 2007

Marilyn Kay Call, age 63, died peacefully ineer Chapel Hill home on Tuesday, January 2, 2007, of paneeatic cancer. Marilyn was born in Big Rapids, MI to the late George and Ida Kietzman Schust oneebruary 7, 1943. Marilyn graduated from Ferris State College in Big Rapids in 1965 with a BA in Math and Science Teaching. She worked as a...

Julie Sherron Painter

Julie Sherron Painter

Dec 31, 2006

Julie Sherron Painter, age 41, died Sunday evening, December 31, 2006 at Duke Medical Center. A Durham native, Julie was a member of Durham Memorial Baptist Church and worked at Duke Uneersity

Lucy Frigulietti Ryan

Lucy Frigulietti Ryan

Dec 30, 2006

Lucy Frigulietti Ryan, age 88, died Saturday, December 30, 2006. Lucy resided most recently in Carrboro, NC, but was a long time resident of Waltham, MA. Born ineevere, MA, on March 3, 1918, she was the daughter of the late George and Carmella Frigulietti. Lucy was a graduate of Cambridge High and Latin School. She was an employee of the...

Frances Sugg Morgan

Frances Sugg Morgan

Dec 26, 2006

Frances Sugg Morgan, age 90, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at Croasdaile Village. A Durham native, Frances was the widow of the late Joe A. Morgan, Sr. and the daughter of the late John H. and Ola Cash Sugg. She was a graduate of Durham High School and the Watts School of Nursing. After her graduation, she worked as a...

Anee Ruth Durham

Anee Ruth Durham

Dec 22, 2006

Our beloved Ms. Anee Ruth Durham, 90 years young, went home to be with the Lord Friday, December 22, 2006. She lived her entire life on Chapel Hill Rd. in Durham. Anee Ruth lived her life with humility, dignity and respect for others without ever asking for anything ineeturn. She loved the Lord as a devoted Christian and faithful member...

Mary Frances Latta Crichton

Mary Frances Latta Crichton

Dec 21, 2006

Mary Frances Latta Crichton, age 86, died Thursday, December 21, 2006 at Croasdaile Village. Mary was a Durham native born May 11, 1920 to the late Edward Jackson Latta and Martha Cash Latta. After graduating from Durham High School in 1939, Mary attended the Watts School of Nursing where she obtained her LPN license. She was a voluneer for the...

Bertha Carroll Gornto

Bertha Carroll Gornto

Dec 19, 2006

Bertha Carroll Gornto, age 87, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006. Mrs. Gornto was born in Durham to the late Elizabeth Crabtree Carroll and John Gaston Carroll. Mrs. Gornto was a faithful member of the Friendship Sunday School Class of Yates Baptist Church. She retired from the American Tobacco Company where she met her husband, Paul Gornto, who preceded her ineeath...

Julia Deaneell

Julia Deaneell

Dec 12, 2006

JULIA DEAneeLL OXFORD: Julia Deaneell, a resident of 2144 Elam Currin Rd. died Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at Granville Medical Center. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late William

Lessie Tucker Robertson

Lessie Tucker Robertson

Dec 10, 2006

LESSIE TUCKER ROBERTSON OXFORD: Lessie Tucker Robertson, age 86 died Sunday December 10, 2006 at her home in Muldrow, OK., where she has lived for the past 20 years. She was the daughter of the late Lucius and Anee Allen Robertson. She was a native of Vance Co. Graveside services will be conducted 3:00 PM Thursday, December 13, 2006 from...

Helen M. Cojanis

Helen M. Cojanis

Oct 31, 2006

Helen M. Cojanis, 71, died Oct. 31, 2006 at Duke Uneersity Hospital of respiratory complications after a 35-year illness with Multiple Sclerosis MS. She was born April 25, 1935 ineew Jersey, the daughter of the late Edith and Michael Cojanis and was raised ineestfield, NJ, where she graduated from Holy Trinity High School. After a 12-year employment with NJ Bell...

Mary Stallings Rich

Mary Stallings Rich

Oct 18, 2006

Mary Stallings Rich died Wednesday, October 18, 2006, ineer Parkwood home surrounded by her loving family. She was 78 years old. Born June 9, 1928 in Duplin County, NC to the late James and Clydia Winders Stallings, Mary was a long-time member of Berea Baptist Church and the senior-adult Sunday School Class. He

Gladys Card Luquire

Gladys Card Luquire

Oct 17, 2006

Gladys Card Luquire, a Durham native, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006, in Columbus, GA following an extended illness of more than three years. Her death occurred just one month before her 92nd birthday. Mrs. Luquire and her late husband, Lloyd C. Luquire, relocated to Columbus in 1988. She was active well into her eighties; serving on the staff of Brentwood...

Eris Hoke Garrard

Eris Hoke Garrard

Oct 15, 2006

Eris Hoke Garrard, age 79, died Sunday morning, October 15, 2006 ineer Durham home surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 24, 1927 in Morganton, NC to the late Albert E. and Frances Harris Hoke. Mrs. Garrard was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. During the span of nearly 20 years, she was employed at the...

Ruth Ballantyne Smith

Ruth Ballantyne Smith

Oct 13, 2006

Ruth Ballantyne Smith, age 102, died Friday, October 13, 2006 at the Forest at Duke Retirement Community in Durham. She was born in Waterville, KS to the late Ira Wilbur Hubbard and Lillie Hamilton Hubbard and was the second of two children. She devoted her professional life to teaching having received her B.S. degree from Kansas State Uneersity in 1928,...

Rufus King Moore Jr.

Rufus King Moore Jr.

Oct 6, 2006

Rufus King Moore, Jr. died at Duke Medical Center Friday, October 6, 2006. He was 87 years old. Rufus was a Durham native, born neember 25, 1918 to the late Rufus King Moore, Sr. and Maggie Johnson Moore. A long-time member of Duke

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...

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