Obituaries

Betty Z. Cralle

Betty Z. Cralle

Oct 10, 1928

Betty Zaffarano Cralle, of 3320 Rugby Rd., died Monday in Duke Hospital following a six month battle with lung cancer. Betty was born October 10, 1928 in Astoria, NY, to Nicholas and Amelia Lagno Zaffarano. She graduated from Sewanaka High School and received an associate

William Mills "Bill" Law

William Mills "Bill" Law

Aug 20, 1928

William Mills ???Bill??? Law, age 88, died Tuesday morning August 30 at his home. Bill was born on August 20, 1928 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the eldest son of William Hopkins Law and Kathryn Mills Law. As a young man, he lived in Rockport, Massachusetts, Maneester, New Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont where he attended Burlington High School. Shortly after his graduation...

Helen V. Leontis

Helen V. Leontis

Aug 2, 1928

Helen Vassiliades Leontis, 90, died Wednesday, October 17. She was born August 2, 1928 ineew York City to the late George and Vassiliki (Livas) Vassiliades. Helen moved to Durham with her parents in the early 1940???s. She graduated from Durham High School and worked her entire career as an administrative assistant with the City of Durham. Over many years, Helen...

Frances Elizabeth Freck

Frances Elizabeth Freck

Apr 9, 1928

On March 15th, Frances Freck, 83, loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother passed into the loving arms of her Lord Jesus Christ. Frances was born April 9, 1928 in Copiah County, MS and grew up ineemphis, TN, but was a longtime resident of Denver, Colorado, having moved there in 1958 to pursue her career as a cytotechnologist at the Uneersity...

Era Campbell Link

Era Campbell Link

Mar 27, 1928

Era Mae Jo Campbell Link died Tuesday at Hospice of the Meadowlands following a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1928, in Sanford. Mrs. Link was a graduate of Watts School of Nursing and had a 10 year nursing career at Watts Hospital until the birth of her children. She was an active member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church...

Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner

Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner

Jan 24, 1928

Mrs. Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner died June 16 at Croasdaile Village. A Durham native, she was born January 24, 1928 to Mary Lee Duncan Freeman and Theodore Marvin Freeman, Sr., who predeceased her. Gloria was the widow of Warren Eugene Wagner, the love of her life. She also was predeceased by brother, Theodore Marvin Freeman, Jr. Gloria was a member...

George Freeman Davis

George Freeman Davis

Jan 17, 1928

George Freeman Davis, 87, died at The Seasons of Southpoint on Tuesday, June 23rd. He was born January 17, 1928 to the late James M. Davis and Virginia Watts Davis in Norfolk, VA. George was a graduate of The Uneersity of Virginia where he received his Bachelor???s Degree in Accounting and was a member of the Cavaliers Football team. Following...

Mary Louise Powe Gardner

Mary Louise Powe Gardner

Oct 30, 1927

DURHAM: Mary Louise Powe Gardner died Tuesday at home following a lengthy decline. She was born October 30, 1927 in Durham to E.K. Powe, Jr. and Louise Watkins Powe. Mary Louise was among the proud attenees of Watts Street Elementary School. After graduation from Salem Academy, she began college at Duke Uneersity and graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina....

Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham

Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham

Apr 28, 1927

Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham, 87, of Pittsboro, NC peacefully passed away in his sleep Saturday afternoon, January 3, shortly before a mass for his beloved late wife was being said at the St. Julia Catholic Church. Dan was born on April 28, 1927 in Donnelsville, Ohio, the son of Louis J. and Barbara Jane (Leffel) Graham. After graduating Olive Branch...

Lillian Smalley

Lillian Smalley

Apr 24, 1927

DURHAM - Lillian Marie Baber Smalley, age 85, died peacefully ineer Durham home Wednesday evening July 4. Lillian was born in Richmond, VA to the late Leonard Keel and Marie Thompson Baber on April 24, 1927. Blessed with a lovely soprano voice, Lillian brought joy to others through music throughout her life. Her love of books carried her into a...

Paquita Poza

Paquita Poza

Mar 14, 1927

Paquita Poza was a free spirit, a strong, independent woman who beganeer life at a time and place where that was not the norm. Born Fanny de Jesus Jaramillo, March 14, 1927 in Gu??tica, Colombia to a devoutly Catholic family, from the beginning she did not accept teachings uneestioningly. She said she remembered wondering when she was very young and...

Patricia Lavell Robertson

Patricia Lavell Robertson

Mar 12, 1927

Durham ??? Mrs. Patricia Lavell Robertson died Tuesday evening at the Forest at Duke Health Center. Trish was born ineenatchee, Washington on March 12, 1927. She attended schools ineenatchee and Seattle and attended from the Uneersity of Washington. In August of 1947, she married H. B. Robertson, Jr. During her husband???s career in the Navy, they lived in San Diego,...

Odette Lauve Briggs

Odette Lauve Briggs

Mar 9, 1927

Odette Lauve Briggs, 91, died peacefully ineer sleep April 6 at her Durham home. She was born March 9, 1927 in Alexandria, LA to the late, Edmee (Rivoire) and Albert Pierre Lauve. Odette was proudly raised in a traditional Catholic home with her French immigrant mother, American father and sister ineer beloved New Orleans. She graduated from St. Mary???s Dominican...

Virginia Fedor

Virginia Fedor

Jan 11, 1927

Virginia Fedor, age 86, of Durham, NC died Tuesday May 21 in Durham after a brief illness. She was born January 11, 1927 ineew York City, the daughter of Peter and Inez Viera Gonzalez. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Joe Fedor in 2012, her parents and her brother, David Gonzalez of Milford, NJ. Virginia is survived by her...

James Reid Pleasants, Jr.,

James Reid Pleasants, Jr.,

Oct 18, 1926

James Reid Pleasants, Jr. 81, died Friday in Duke Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was born October 18, 1926 in Watts Hospital to James Reid and Nellie Fern Lashley Pleasants. Jim was a 1944 graduate of Durham High School and Wake Forest Uneersity. He joined the Claude M. May Company immediately after college, and then entered...

John F. Richards

John F. Richards

Jul 22, 1926

John F. "Jack" Richards, 86, died Sunday morning in Duke Hospice's Hock Pavilion. He was born July 22, 1926 in Tottenville, Staten Island, NY to the late John aneemma Richards. Mr. Richards served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was stationed in the Philippines. A Durham resident since 1962, he was employed with Collins & Aikman Corp. for 46...

George A. Cralle

George A. Cralle

Jun 5, 1926

George A. Cralle, 85, died Friday, March 16 in UNC Hospital. He was born in High Point, NC June 5, 1926 to the late Fontaine Maury Cralle and Helen Muse Cralle. George attended Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, NY, from where he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17. With his musical talent on the alto saxophone, he...

Evelyneewton Evelyneewton

Evelyneewton Evelyneewton

May 17, 1926

CHAPEL HILL - Evelyneewton, 92, of New York City and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died on the 15th of neember.?? She was born on May 17, 1926 in Roanee Rapids, North Carolina to Nanny Cleaton Shaw and John Albert Shaw. She was a resident of Durham where she raised her family, and then moved with her husband Mitchell (???Mitch???) to...

Roy Jack Horner, Sr.

Roy Jack Horner, Sr.

Apr 6, 1926

Roy Jack Horner, Sr. died Wednesday morning in Rougemont surrounded by his loving family. He was 79 years old. Jack was born in Los Angeles, CA to the late Roy J. and Nellie Tong Horner on April 6, 1926. Jack moved to Durham in 1983 after proudly serving his country for 20 years while stationed in the U.S. Army. Prior...

Louise Alstoneemay

Louise Alstoneemay

Mar 23, 1926

DURHAM: Louise A. LeMay, 85, of Durham, departed this life after an extended illness. She was born on March 23, 1926, and was preceded ineeath by her husband of 63 years, Dr. John C. Lemay, her parents, Clara Louise and Julianeeredith Alston, her brother, Julianeeredith Alston, Jr. and by her sister Anne Alston Malloy Currin. She was a devoted mother,...

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