Obituaries

Richard Ihly ,78,died Sunday Feb 8 in Pittsboro NC. He was a lifelong lover and respecter of the natural world and was happiest when around water. He shared his love of nature with his family and friends and taught many children to fish and water ski. He led by example and was a role model for those who knew him....

Frank J. Force died peacefully at the Durham VA Hospice Center oneebruary 21, 2015. He was born in Caro, Michigan on June 2nd, 1920 to Maude and Frank Force. He was preceded ineeath by his beloved wife Florence, his brother Bill and sister Betty. He is survived by son Jim Force, daughters Sue Haut and Peggy Force, granddaughters Bridget Siedlecki,...

George ???Matthew??? Miller, 26, of Creedmoor, NC, was suddenly taken away from us on Thursday, March 26, 2015. Matthew was a lifelong resident of Creedmoor where he was loved and cherished by many. He was known as the life of the party and touched many lives with his compassion and genee spirit. He will be missed and always remembered by...

Amy Louise Brandt left this world on May 15, 2015.?? Amy was in the presence of her loving husband, mother, and relatives.?? Amy was born on April 2, 1978.?? She was the daughter of Suzanne Fix Brandt and Donald H. Brandt.?? Amy was preceded ineeath by her grandparents Patricia and Louis Fix and Herbert and Margaret Brant. On August 25,...

RALEIGH Jon Michael Taylor, 70 of Raleigh, previously of Durham, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, May 9th at 5:00 pm in his home surrounded by family and friends after the battle with a Glioblastoma brain tumor. Mike was born ineeattle, Washingtoneecember 6, 1944 to Lorne G. Taylor (deceased) aneevelyn C. Taylor. He graduated from Annandale High School, Virginia: 1963,...

Luke J. Gill, aged 72, born June 14, 1942 in McKees Rocks, PA, passed away Friday afternoon at home following complications from a Leukemia targeted Stem Cell Transplant. His wife Donna and his children and close family friends supported aneencouraged Luke as he passed on to heaven. Luke fought unrelentingly over the past two years?? however, the challenge proved insurmountable....

Virginia Sue Williams, a true servant of The Lord, has passed to be with him for ever more. Sue was the eldest daughter of Leola and Michael A. Williams of Dunn, NC. During 9th grade at Dunn High School, she was offered a scholarship to attend Sacred Heart Academy ineelmont, NC. She was Salutatorian of her class in 1949. She...

Suddenly on Friday, neember 20, in the VA Medical Center, Joseph S. Costa, 86, beloved husband of Cecelia ???Ceil??? Costa, (nee Freda); devoted father of Richard (Mary) Costa of Montville, NJ, Joseph J. Costa (Susan) of Durham, NC and Karen (Bill) Ference of Marlborough, MA; fond grandfather of Christopher, Michael and Joanna; and brother of Peter Costa of Staten Island....

DURHAM- On the afternoon of October 26, 2015 Martha Louise Pope Wetherington passed away peacefully at Peak Resources Treyburn. Martha was 86 years old. Martha was born in Durham, NC oneeptember 21, 1929. She was the fifth child, of seven, born to the late Abner Benton and Vera Pickett Pope. Martha moved to Chatham County where she spent most of...

CHAPEL HILL - Marian Sinico Clifford , 78, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away, neember 14, 2015. Marian was born January 3, 1937, in Sharon, Massachusetts to Marcel and Martha Sinico and grew up in Pittsfield the oldest of five children. She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1955. On June 10, 1961, she married Mahlon James Clifford Jr....

Ralph Nofsinger, Sr. age 86, passed away Monday, neember 23, 2015 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. Ralph was born ineerrin, Illinois October 27, 1929 to the late Dallas Nofsinger aneetha Lawson Nofsinger. Ralph served in the Marine Corps and was a graduate of Southern Illinois Uneersity. He spent his career at State Farm Insurance Company where he was head...

Hilda Gray Elliott, 71, passed away on Monday, neember 2, 2015 at her home in Granville County. Hilda was born in the Oak Hill community of Granville County on neember 21, 1943 to Charlie Emory Talley and Polly Wilburn Talley. She was employed over the years by Pepsi Cola and Mitchell Warehouse, and was co-owner of Elliott's Jewelers in Oxford....

Suzanne Sweeney Valliere, age 65, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, neember 7, 2105 at her Durham home. She was born in Biddeford, Maine to Irene V. Cyr Sweeney and the late John E. Sweeney. Suzanne graduated from St. Louis High School in Biddeford, Maine. While her daughters were young, she worked as an Avoneepresentative and held...

DURHAM, NC: Robert Ehrlich Eiland, 71, died Thursday after a long illness. Bob was born neember 27, 1943 in Torrance, CA to the late Ehrlich and Marilee Eiland. He spent a portion of his childhood in Badin, NC prior to the family moving to Lower Burrell. Bob graduated from New Kensington High School in 1962, receiving his B.S. in business...

Oxford Jim Hobgood, Age 81, passed away Tuesday neember 24, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was a lifetime resident of Oxford, a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. Jim was the son of the late Alvin and Mattie Hobgood of Oxford. He was retired from Burlington Industries after 50 years of service, as well as a...

Mary White Cheek, age 99, passed away peacefully oneecember 2, 2015 at Croasdaile Retirement Community. She was born in Chatham County to Lydia Tysor and Robert L. White neember 4, 1916. Mary moved to Chapel Hill with her mother at the age of 5 after the death of her father. She was educated in the Chapel Hill schools and attended...

Cruz-Durham Dateline Ms. Cresencia ???Chris???, ???Ising??? Toledo Cruz, 81, passed on to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on neember 27, 2015 at Duke Hospital, while surrounded by her beloved family. Born in the Philippines oneeptember 14, 1934, Chris was the middle child of seven children. She is survived by brothers and sisters, Frank, Dory, Nina, and Manny,...

Wallace ???Wally??? Jackson neember 23, 1930 ??? neember 29, 2015 DURHAM- Wallace ???Wally??? Jackson passed away early Sunday.?? He was attended by his loving partner, Waltraud Berneein.?? Dr. Jackson was Professor Emeritus of English at Duke Uneersity, where he taught and continued his studies for more than 35 years.?? He was a respected scholar of William Blake and Alexander Pope,...

Samuel Rankin Fisher, MD, died oneednesday, neember 25, 2015, with his loving family by his side. He was sixty-five years old. Dr. Fisher was a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Head and Neck Surgery and communication Sciences at Duke Uneersity Health System. He was a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, the...

Dr. Steven Vogel, 75, of Croasdaile Village, Durham, died Tuesday, neember 24, 2015. He was born ineeacon, New York, the son of Max and Jeanette Rachel Vogel, on April 7, 1940 and was educated in the Beacon public schools and at Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie. After receiving a Bachelor???s degree at Tufts Uneersity, he earned Master???s and Doctoral degrees in...