Obituaries

Rosemary Kern Whitfield

Rosemary Kern Whitfield

Rosemary Kern Whitfield, 82, died Wednesday in Durham Regional Hospital. She was borneeptember 11, 1923 on the family farm outside Lismore, Minn. as one of nee children. After marriage to her husband, Robert, the couple made their home in Trimont, MN, later moving to Durham in 1966. Rosemary was a beloved waitress at Bullock

Maxine Downey Beadle

Maxine Downey Beadle

DURHAM: Maxine Downey Beadle, age 86, died Wednesday, August 30, after a long period of declining health. She was born in Lamar, South Carolina to Lula Bass Downey and Marshall L.

Esther L. Ace

Esther L. Ace

Esther Laviner Ace, age 73, resident of 4615 Leesville Rd. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She was borneecember 14th, 1932 in Wagram, NC and was the daughter of the late Lonee E. and Minee Ray Laviner. She was a graduate of Highsmith Nursing School in Fayetteville, NC and Duke Uneersity School of Nursing. She also attended Flora McDonald College....

Ada Mae King

Ada Mae King

Ada Mae King, a resident of Farrington Rd., died Friday morning, September 1, in Durham Regional Hospital. She was born in Chatham County to the late George Francis and Mattie Cheek Perry. A long-time member of Ephesus Baptist Church, Mrs. King was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Harlan...

Donald George Ruegg

Donald George Ruegg

Donald George Ruegg, age 82, died Sunday, October 22, at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. Donald was born in La Junta, CO oneeptember 11, 1924 to the late George Albert and Cecilia Corrine Decker Ruegg. Donald graduated cum laude in 1947 from Dartmouth College with a B.A. degree, and later earned an MBA degree in 1972 from the Uneersity of Chicago....

Sybil M. Davis

Sybil M. Davis

Sybil McGilvary Davis, a Durham native, died Monday, October 23, at Duke Medical Center. She was 81 years old. Borneecember 17, 1924 to the late David S. aneessie P. Rigsbee McGilvary, Mrs. Davis was a long-time member of Hope Valley Baptist Church. She was employed by Hudsoneelk for many years before her retirement in 1991. Mrs. Davis is survived by...

Frederick Gaylord Pugsley

Frederick Gaylord Pugsley

Frederick Gaylord Pugsley died Tuesday, neember 21, 2006 at Carver Living Center. He was 86 years old. Mr. Pugsley was born March 29, 1920 to the late Frederick I. Pugsley aneemma Gaylord Pugsley ineeekskill, NY. Mr. Pugsley was a veteran of World War II, having served with the 351st Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Among the decorations...

Patricia Garvin Porcelli

Patricia Garvin Porcelli

On Saturday, October 28, 2006, Patricia Garvin Porcelli, the greatest woman on earth, just crossed over into eternal life at the Duke Hospice Inpatient Facility in Hillsborough. Patricia will always be near her husband

Boyce Cole Link

Boyce Cole Link

Boyce Cole Link, age 83, died peacefully in his Durham home Monday morning, October 30. He was born in Orange County oneeptember 9, 1923 to the late John A. and Ruby Cole Link Mr. Link was a life-long member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church and the Hudsoneen

Miguel Angel Marrero

Miguel Angel Marrero

Miguel Angel Marrero, 78, died Monday in the V.A. Hospital. A native of Puerto Rico, he was a resident of Orlando, Fla. from 1993 until moving to Durham in 2005. Mr. Marrero proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. Although suffering a permanent disability in the military, he successfully supported his family, sending all four...

Willard Elmo Inscoe

Willard Elmo Inscoe

Willard Elmo Inscoe, age 90, died Saturday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Durham to the late John E. and Mary Dollar Inscoe, he owned and operated Willard

Eva Marianneedge

Eva Marianneedge

Eva Marianneedge, age 85, died Thursday morning, March 9, at Croasdaile Village, where she lived since 1999. Eva was born in Frankfurt, Germany to the late Leopold Harris and Johanna Brandeis on October 30, 1919. Eva left Germany as a teeneer and went to Palestine, where she met and married her first husband, Naftalie Berneein. She joined the British Royal...

Mary Ellen Gunter

Mary Ellen Gunter

DURHAM - Mary Ellen Gunter, 89, died Sunday night at the LaSalle Healthcare Center. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas Gunter and Anee Belle Lockamy Gunter. Miss Gunter served in the U. S. Army. She was retired from Burlington Industries and she attended Grey Stone Baptist Church. Surviving are one sister-in-law, Pansy Browning Gunter,...

Delancy S. Price

Delancy S. Price

DeLancy S. Price died Saturday at the Forest at Duke Retirement Community, where she lived since 1993. A former resident of Newbury, SC, she was the daughter of Jeffie Lee and Braneey H. Snelgrove. Receiving her education in the Newbury city schools, she went on to graduate from Newbury College. A teacher in the Williamsburg and Florence County, SC school...

Theodore V. Cassidy

Theodore V. Cassidy

DURHAM: Theodore Vincent Cassidy Major USMC - Ret., age 71, died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday. Ted was still recovering from the death of his beloved wife, Patricia in October. A native of Red Bank, NJ, he graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School and St Peter's College. Ted served his Country as a Major in the US Marines, with...

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