Obituaries

CHAPEL HILL: Dr. Sidney Weineein, 88, died at home Monday following an extended illness. A New York City native, he was one of 11 children. Dr. Weineein graduated from the prestigious Townsend Harris High School. He was a graduate of the City Uneersity of New York and received his Masters and Ph.D. degrees ineeuropsychology from New York Uneersity. Dr. Weineein's...

Efland- Helen Mary Wasnak, 78, died at Duke Uneersity Hospital peacefully on Monday, neember 8, 2010. Born ineew York City, NY on August 5, 1932, she was the daughter of the late James Delahunty and Margaret Lee Delahunty. She is survived by her daughters, Margaret Wasnak of New York; Eileen Wasnak of Fuquay-Varina; a son, James Wasnak of Efland; a...

Martin Milano, 57, passed away suddenly Friday, neember 5, 2010, at his home in Pittsboro, North Carolina. He was born May 30, 1953 in the Bronx, NY to Louis Milano and the late Eileen Milano. Martin was a WAN Engineer for the Chatham County School District in North Carolina. He was a devoted father who loved fishing, trap shooting, sports,...

OXFORD: Mrs. Cleva Wilson Blythe-Hester, age 95, died Friday, neember 5, 2010 at Granville House in Oxford, NC. She was the daughter of the late R. Edward Wilson and Carrie Snowden Wilson of Williamsburg County, S.C. She was preceded ineeath by her first husband S. Marshall Blythe and second husband, C. Landis Hester of Oxford. She was a faithful member...

Lester Eugene Calicutt, 78, of Walker Drive, Pittsboro, passed away neember 6, 2010 at his home. Born in Bonee, NC on March 26, 1932, Mr. Calicutt was the son of Lee and Linee Calicutt. He served his country in the US Navy. Mr. Calicutt was a retired mechanic, and worked 30 years at Kayser-Roth in Siler City. He is survived...

Robert Gilmer Pope, 86, died at Croasdaile Village Pavilion, Durham, NC oneecember 25, 2010. He was born May 1, 1924 in Haddoneeld, NJ, to the late George Embry Pope and Helen Gilmer Pope. Robert graduated from Lehigh Uneersity after serving as an Ensign in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He was Owner-Partner of W.S. Pope &...

Inez Hunt Tilley died peacefully ineer Durham home on Thursday, neember 11, 2010. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday on October 10th of this year. A Durham native, Mrs. Tilley was born to the late William Samuel and Banee Holloway Hunt. During WWII, Mrs. Tilley worked at Wright Machinery Company. In 1951, she graduated from the Watts Hospital School of...

Kenneth Edwin Norwood, 62, of Manns Chapel Road, Pittsboro, died neember 11, 2010 at his home following a brief illness. Mr. Norwood was born May 3, 1948 in Durham County, the son of Edwin A. aneevelyn O'Neal Norwood. He was a US Army veteran and was retired from Martin-Marietta where he worked as a welder. Mr. Norwood was a member...

DURHAM: After a period of declining health, Mary Jane Wallace Credle, 75, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Claudia Brueckner. Mary Jane was the youngest daughter of the late Paul Grady Wallace aneelizabeth Rollins Wallace. Born and raised in Durham, Mary Jane grew up oneeeman Street and had many happy memories of what nearby downtown Durham had to...

Josephineerwin Russell Shaw, 88, passed away peacefully at Carillion Assisted Living of Hillsborough at 7:00 AM oneecember 16, 2010. Josephine was born in High Point, NC on October 25, 1922 to Elijah Austin Russell aneella Erwin Russell. Josephine went to school in Hamlet, NC and after graduation worked for the US Army where she met and married her husband. Following...

Anee Louise Moss, age 89, died Tuesday evening, neember 9, 2010, at the Hillside Nursing Center in Wake Forest. Anee Louise was born in Franklin County on May 27, 1921 to the late George and Anee Bertha Winbon Laughter. She was a long-time member of Union View Baptist Church in Franklinton. Anee Louise is survived by her three children: James...

Dorothy Reynolds Willis, 89, died Friday in Britthaven Nursing Center. She resided in Chapel Hill for the last 8 years to be close to her son. A native on Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late S.R. and Lydia Mosteller Reynolds. Mrs. Willis was raised in the Long Shoals community and graduated from Tryon High School. In 1941,...

OXFORD: Robert C.

Krzysztof, known as Christopher to many of his friends, is survived by his wife Teresa, his sons Matt and Konrad, Konrad's wife Stephanie and their son Ryan, as well as many other family and friends. The funeral will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill on Friday, January 28 at 1pm. In lieu of flowers, the...

: John B. Makros, 80, died Saturday in the VA Hospital. He was born neember 30, 1930 in Kardamyla, Chios, Greece and previously was a longtime resident of Huntington, NY. Most recently he lived with his sister in Cary. John came to the U.S. in 1947 and graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, after which he attended Appalachian...

Dorothy Reynolds Willis, 89, died Friday in Britthaven Nursing Center. She resided in Chapel Hill for the last 8 years to be close to her son. A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late S.R. and Lydia Mosteller Reynolds. Mrs. Willis was raised in the Long Shoals community and graduated from Tryon High School. In 1941,...

Willie Helen Lamb Winston Ball, 90, entered into eternal rest Friday evening at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. Born in Capron, Va., she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Lamb and Dorothy Rena Whitehead Lamb. Helen moved to Durham in 1938. She married Raymond L. Winston, who died in 1970. Later she married Robert L. Ball, who died in 1996....

James Thomas Rich of Durham went home to meet his Lord Friday evening following a short illness at Duke Hospital. He is survived by his two "Reds" wife, Polly Woodlief Rich and L'il Red Rich, his mother, Mrs. Lucille Rich, nephew Travis Medlin, his adopted brother, Brent Tapp and special friend of 30 years, Bobby "O" O'Briant, along with legions...

Mary Frances Napier ne Broskoski, 85, of Durham, NC, formerly of Springfield, NJ, died at Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands oneeb. 23, 2011 in Hillsborough. Born on July 1, 1925 ineersey City, NJ, Ms. Napier grew up in White Haven, PA. She received a diploma in 1946 from the Hospital of the Uneersity of Pennsylvania for Nurses and served in...

Mrs. Edna Olivia Hall Christmas, 92, wife of the late Daniel Webster Christmas, passed away peacefully with her family by her side oneebruary 3rd, 2011. She was borneeptember 29, 1918 in Ettrick, Virginia to the late Thomas Stephen and Olivia McLaughlin Hall. She had 3 brothers, the late Victor Carlyle Hall, the late Thurlow Hall, and Waldo Preston Hall of...