Obituaries
Norman Carl Gaddis
Feb 13, 2024
Norman C. Gaddis, a career Air Force officer, died peacefully on Feb 13, 2024 with his family by his side.
Norman C Gaddis was born in Jefferson Co., TN, on September 30, 1923. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in 1944. He flew the P-40 Warhawk and the P-51 Mustang in a non-combat...
Crescenzo (Cris) Mercaldo
Feb 12, 2024
Crescenzo (Cris) Joseph Mercaldo passed away peacefully at his home under hospice care surrounded by members of his family on February 12, 2024. He was born in Manhattan, NY to Mary and Phil Mercaldo. Cris graduated from high school and joined the Army where he served our country for two years. He met and married the love of his life,...
Tommie Williams Calhoun
Feb 6, 2024
Tommie Lou Williams Calhoun, 86, died Tuesday, February 6, at Croasdaile Retirement Community. She was born September 29, 1937, in Etowah, Arkansas, to JD and Hazel (nee Taylor) Williams.
She graduated from Memphis State University, where she met her eventual husband James E. Calhoun, and began teaching English in Bolton, TN. In 1960 she and Jimmy married in Memphis. The couple...
Carol Sue Clary
Feb 5, 2024
Durham, NC – Carol Sue Clary, age 86, died in Durham, North Carolina on February 5, 2024. She was born on October 9th, 1937 to the late Ethel and James Carlson.
Carol attended Richmond High School in Richmond Indiana and attended Berea College in Kentucky. While Carol held many jobs, including comptroller of the original Hilton Inn of Durham, her favorite...
Hala Husn
Feb 5, 2024
Hala Chaaban Husn, age 67, peacefully passed in Durham on Monday, February 5, 2024. Born on July 20, 1956 in Choueifat, Lebanon to the late Izzat and Hekmat Chaaban. Wife of Nabil M. Husn; loving mother of Jason (Kelly) Husn and Justin (Megan) Husn; proud grandmother of Leila, Nora, Sophia, Eliana, and Carter Husn. Sister of Rabih Chaaban (Sharon) of...
Morna Lam
Feb 2, 2024
Morrisville, NC- Morna Lam, age 30, died at a Duke University Hospital after fighting a brave battle with cancer on February 2nd, 2024.
Born in New York City, New York, Morna moved to Burlington, North Carolina at a very young age. Morna graduated from Walter M Williams High School in 2012. Following her graduation, she pursued her passion for nursing at...
Charles Richard Merwarth
Feb 2, 2024
Pittsboro, NC – Charles Richard (Dick) Merwarth, MD was born on August 27, 1930 and died on February 2, 2024. He grew up in a small town in New Jersey where he made friends that lasted a lifetime including his beloved wife, Pat. They became high school sweethearts, married eight years later and remained in love for sixty-seven years of...
Lynn Marie Edwards
Feb 1, 2024
Lynn Marie Edwards of Raleigh, NC., after a short illness passed away on February 1, 2024, surrounded by family and friends. She was only 60 years of age. Her family and friends are deeply saddened by her sudden illness and death.
Lynn was born on February 27,1963, to Ada & Wayne Edwards at Falls Church, VA. At an early age the...
Linda Wilson
Feb 1, 2024
Linda Williams Wilson, age 73 of Oxford, North Carolina, was born on May 8, 1950, in Cary, NC and sadly left us on February 1, 2024.
Linda was raised in Cary and attended Cary High School, where she graduated from and then went on to attend Hardbargers Business College where she earned her degree. She married her high school sweetheart Jim...
Nancy Starr Avery
Jan 29, 2024
Chapel Hill, NC – Nancy Avery, age 86, died at a local hospital on January 29, 2024.
Born in Columbia, S. C., Nancy and her mother later moved to a home on Hillsborough Rd in Chapel Hill when she was two years old. Her mother found employment as a secretary in the Education Department at UNC. Nancy enjoyed laughing and chatting...
David Malbourne Stovall
Jan 26, 2024
David Malbourne Stovall, age 82, died peacefully on Friday, January 26, 2024 at Duke University Medical Center following a period of declining health. He was born on September 15, 1941, in Stovall, North Carolina to the late Willard Holmes “Snooks” Stovall and Ruby Guthrie Stovall.
David graduated from Stovall High School and Fuller’s Business School. He also attended East Carolina University...
Betty Lou Webb
Jan 26, 2024
Betty Lou Stanberry Murchie Webb
August 13, 1925-January 26, 2024
Betty's earthly journey ended January 26, 2024, at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina. She was born in Winona, Minnesota, on August 13, 1925, the daughter of Roscoe and Gladys Stanberry. Most of her early years were spent in the beautiful city of Minneapolis. Though her childhood was during the Great Depression,...
Deborah Susan Dale
Jan 26, 2024
Durham, NC – Deborah Dale, age 72, a beacon of love and an embodiment of resilience, beautifully impacted the hearts of so many. She peacefully passed on Friday, January 26 at 8:40a but her legacy of Love endures.
Born to Eleanor and Gib, Deborah's early life was marred by challenges that she transformed into a wellspring of strength and compassion. Faced...
Richard Marvin Hauck
Jan 25, 2024
Richard M. Hauck was born on June 22, 1938 to the late Clarence and Mary Hauck, and passed peacefully on January 25, 2024, at the age of 85.
Richard was employed by Case-Hoyt Printers of Rochester, NY for 40 years before retiring to Durham, NC. Richard was also a U.S. Army Veteran.
Richard is survived by his wife Margaret, son James...
Ella Jean Evans
Jan 23, 2024
Ella Jean McDonald Evans, age76, passed away at her home on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. She was born on September 11, 1947, in Granville County, North Carolina to the late William Ralph McDonald and Florence Hester McDonald.
Jean retired from the state of North Carolina after working 30 years with children that she loved like her own. She was known for...
Robert Lee Fustine
Jan 22, 2024
Robert L. Fustine, age 61, of Durham NC, passed away on January 22, 2024, at his residence surrounded by his family. Born June 2, 1962, in DuBois, PA, he was the son of the late Henry and Kathryn Fustine of Brockway, PA.On December 1,1984, Bob married Annette Neal who survives.
Bob worked as the Facilities Manager at the Duke Faculty Club...
Merial R Depasquale
Jan 18, 2024
Merial Rimmer DePasquale was born December 26, 1924, in Mebane NC, to Arthur Hughes Rimmer and Beatrice Breeze Rimmer. She spent most of her youth in Roxboro, North Carolina, along with her two sisters, Janice and Alta.
She had various jobs in her life and one of the first was During WWII, working at Collins and Aikman inspecting material that was...
Ingrid Buhler Pisetsky, Md
Jan 17, 2024
(Durham, NC) – Ingrid Christine Buhler Pisetsky, MD, age 78, died peacefully at home on January 17, 2024. She was born on June 16, 1945, in Pasadena, CA to the late Rolf and Mary Buhler.
Ingrid lived in Durham, NC for over 45 years, with cherished friends in the Forest Hills neighborhood bridge group, of which she was a member for...
Rosalyn Estelle Crews
Jan 16, 2024
Rosalyn Estelle Crews, fondly known as Sister, went to her Heavenly home at the age of 90 on January 16, 2024. She lived her entire life in the home she was born at on May 27,1933 to her late parents, Norfleet Green Crews, Jr and Rosalyn Estelle HarrissCrews.
Sister led a full life. Faithful to her family, she worked hard ...
Tor Juan Liholt
Jan 13, 2024
Durham – Tor Juan Liholt, age 94, died at home in Durham, North Carolina on Saturday, January 13, 2024. He was born on Monday, August 12, 1929 to the late Hjordis Ricarda Liholt and Hugo Liholt.
Tor J Liholt was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in young adulthood moved to the United States to pursue school in building and fixing...
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