Obituaries

Dr. Patricia Nichols Page, age 89, died July 27 at Croasdaile Village, Durham, NC. She was born neember 11, 1923 at home ineelrose, MA. She graduated in 1941 from Melrose High School and went to Smith College in an accelerated program due to the war, graduating in 1944. She then obtained her first Master's Degree in 1946 in Christian Education...

Flowers, birds, all manner of wild creatures, and sparkly glass: these are just some of the things that Gladys loved. Add to it an appreciation for the written word, a penchant for roller skating and shopping, and a firm faith founded in the Lutheran Church, and you caneegin to see the woman that she became. Gladys was the eldest daughter...

Mario "JOJO" Lorenzo Brillantes Ferido, age 43, died unexpectedly in his Durham home on Monday, August 19. JOJO was born in Pasay City, Manila, Philippines oneebruary 4, 1970 to the late Lorenzo Ferido and Thelma Brillantes, who survives him. He was employed at Duke Hospital and was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham. JOJO is survived by...

Our dear sweet mother, Doris Thomasson Brown, age 91, of Durham NC, passed away Thursday evening, the 6th of February, while holding her hand. She blessed us so very much throughout our lives. We are so very grateful that she is now in the hands of our Lord. She was an angel who blessed so many people with her genee...

A funeral mass for James will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church oneebruary 3, 2020, at 10 am. Inurnment will follow the mass in the church columbarium. Friends and family are invited for a reception at the church after the services.

Oxford, NC Stephen O???Brian Hight, age 65, died oneebruary 23, 2020 at UNC Rex Healthcare. ??He was born to James Thomas Hight, Sr and Jean Marie O???Brian Hight on April 23, 1954 in Granville County. Steve graduated high school and joined the US Army in 1974 and served till 1979. He met and married his wife, Ammie, in 1979. He...

Oxford, NC Joan Marie Booth Courtois, age 87, died oneebruary 9, 2020. She was born to the late Alonzo Charles Booth, Sr. and Daisy Ruth Dickinson Booth in Smethport, Pennsylvania on neember 26, 1932. Joaneegan a lifetime career serving her country in the Uneed States Army (Women???s Army Corps). After an Honorable Discharge, she transitioned into Civil Service, through the...

DURHAM ??? Louis Carl Fras, age 83, died oneebruary 5, 2020. He was born on neember 4, 1936 to Lewis Fras and Sophia Wojtylko Fras in River Rouge, Michigan. Louis attended the Uneersity of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he earned a degree in pharmacy. He joined the Navy and was a member of Public Health Service from 1964-1970. He...

DURHAM ??? Juliette Johnson Trask, a Durham native, died oneecember 12 surrounded by her family. Julie was a loving wife, sister and mother, and a proud and active grandmother. Julie is survived by her husband, Tallman Trask III; mother, Juliette Davis Johnson; siblings, Marcia Johnsoneelford and William Hutchins Johnson, Jr.; daughter, Kellie McDonald; stepchildren, Merrill Trask-Price and Tallman Trask, IV;...

Rev. Barbara Le Hays died ineer residence at the Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham, NC oneec 11, 2019.?? She was age 95. Born on October 15, 1924 to the late Dr. L. E. Crick and Beulah Belle Frazier Crick, Barbara grew up in Britton, Oklahoma.?? A gifted musician and precocious student, she graduated with a B.A. from Oklahoma Central...

Allison Rose O???Toole, age 28, died suddenly in a car accident oneecember 15, 2019. She was born on March 15, 1991 in Durham, NC. Allison was an outstanding student and a voracious reader. She graduated from Durham School of the Arts in 2009 with an art focus in photography. She received her Bachelor???s Degree in Psychology from The Uneersity of...

DURHAM ??? Dorothy Caroline Knittel Cornell, age 86, died oneecember 9, 2019. She was born on April 26, 1933 ineew Castle, PA, the only child of Henry Carl Knittel and Margaret Shirk Knittel. Dorothy battled cancer for 7 years, meeting its new challenges and continuing to live life fully.?? At her passing she was surrounded by family, and had received...

Michele Marie (LaRocca) Nelsoneent to her eternal rest oneec. 8, 2019 in Durham, NC with her husband & children at her side. Michele was born to Patricia (Maher) Filice & Tito Samuel LaRocca oneec. 9, 1957 in San Jose, CA. She attended St. Lucy???s Elementary & graduated from Archbishop Mitty HS ???76. Michele attended San Jose State & Sacramento State...

Maria (Mary) Burak Szadek, 93, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on neember 21, 2019. She was born in Buraczki, Poland oneecember 10, 1925. After WWII ineecember 1951, Mary and her late husband, Joseph John Szadek, came to the Uneed States. On June 6, 1958, she became a citizen of the Uneed States of America in the US...

Sylvia Williams Herweyer, 83, of Bahama, died on Sunday, neember 24, 2019.?? She was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, daughter of the late Willis and Verlie Williams.?? She graduated from Brookville High School in Lynchburg and Medical College of Virginia in Richmond with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. As a nurse, she served in various capacities;?? home health nurse,...

Oxford, NC Marguerite Elliott West, age 84, died on neember 26, 2019 at Rex Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center. She was born to the late Zebuleon Vance Elliott and Lonie Elizabeth Elliott on neember 23, 1935 in Granville County. Marguerite was a lifetime resident of Granville County.?? She met and married her husband in 1956 and raised two children. ??While...

Oxford, NC Margaret Louise Seabolt Finch, age 86, died on neember 23, 2019 She was born to the late Eugene Seabolt and Roselyneeadows Seabolt on May 15, 1933 in North Carolina. Margaret is survived by her children, Sylvia Finch, Bruce Finch and Steve Finch and many loving family and friends who will miss her greatly. Margaret was preceded ineeath by...

Nicholas Parris passed away on Monday, neember 11, 2019 after a long battle with dementia. He was 81 years old. Nick spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area. He was the son of Greek immigrants from Asia Minor and served in the U.S. Army in Korea in the late 1950s. While working full-time, he put himself through college...

Marion Laird, 90, of Chapel Hill died on neember 12, 2019.?? She was born in Atlanta, GA to Savelle and Margaret Price Bonavita and grew up in Columbia SC.?? She graduated from Coker College in Hartsville, SC where she cultivated her beautiful singing voice, studied languages and was known fondly as ???Googie???.?? She sang in public venues and on radio...