Obituaries

Stella Katharine Izzo

Stella Katharine Izzo

Jan 14, 2017

Chapel Hill ??? Our dearly beloved Stella Katharine Izzo was stillborn at 30 weeks, 2 days gestation on January 14, 2017. Stella is survived by her parents, Nicholas Aneew and Ashley Hagler Izzo; maternal grandparents, Richard Belton and Constance Livesay Hagler, of Gainesville, GA; paternal grandparents, Brian Ray and Lisa Reynolds Shaw, of Dallas, TX; aunts and unees, John Tyler...

Abner Benton Pope, Jr.

Abner Benton Pope, Jr.

Jan 14, 2017

Abner Benton Pope, Jr. died at his home Saturday morning on January 14, 2017 at the age of 92. He was born to Abner Benton Pope Sr. and Vera Pickett Pope on July 30, 1924 in Durham, NC. He retired from Durham Exchange Club Industries after 26 years and was a member of Braggtown Baptist Church. Survivors include his sister;...

Frances Loraine Wiese Akins

Frances Loraine Wiese Akins

Jan 14, 2017

Durham - Frances Loraine Wiese Akins passed away January 14, 2017 at the Pavilion at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina following a long decline with Parkinson???s disease. A memorial service is planned for January 28, 2017 at 11:00 am at Few Chapel at Croasdaile Village. The family will greet friends at 10:00 am at the chapel. Rev. Dorisanne Cooper...

Wendy Jones Clark

Wendy Jones Clark

Jan 13, 2017

Oxford: Wendy Jones Clark, 43, of Oxford died on January 13, 2017. She was a native of Granville County. Wendy was preceded in death by her father; Bobby Carol Jones. She is survived by two sons; Christian and Ethan as well as her mother, Susan Lyon; and brother, B.J. Jones. Wendy is also survived by her extended family and friends....

Wendy Jones Clark

Wendy Jones Clark

Jan 13, 2017

Oxford: Wendy Jones Clark, 43, of Oxford died on January 13, 2017. ??She was a native of Granville County.?? Wendy was preceded ineeath by her father; Bobby Carol Jones.?? She is survived by two sons; Christian aneethan as well as her mother, Susan Lyon; and brother, B.J. Jones.?? Wendy is also survived by her extended family and friends. A graveside...

Benjamin Franklineeaton, Jr.

Benjamin Franklineeaton, Jr.

Jan 11, 2017

Keaton-Chapel Hill Dateline ?? Benjamin Franklineeaton, Jr. died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at UNC Hospitals. He was born to the late Harriet Keaton O???Neal and Benjamin Franklineeaton. He is survived by his sister, Willie Keaton Williams (Carter) of Fuquay-Varina, NC; his nephew, Myers Williams (Colleen); and his niece, Catherine Tucker (John). Benjamin was preceded ineeath by his life-mate of 49...

Sally Kooistra Ransford

Sally Kooistra Ransford

Jan 10, 2017

CHAPEL HILL: Sally Kooistra Ransford passed from this life at home in the early hours of January 10, 2017. Mourning her loss but celebrating her life and future are her husband of 51 years, Paul; her three daughters and their spouses, Kristin and Hans Hiemstra of Chapel Hill, Becca and Lee Champion of Charlotte, and Julie and Aaroneeon of Raleigh;...

Dr. Sharoneeannette Overcast-Hawks Dnp, Msn, Crna

Dr. Sharoneeannette Overcast-Hawks Dnp, Msn, Crna

Jan 10, 2017

Sharoneeanette Overcast-Hawks passed away ineer home, surrounded by her beloved family, January 10, 2017 from complications of cholangiocarcinoma. She was born May 3, 1956, in Mt. Airy, NC and lived in Cana Virginia during her youth surrounded by her entire family. Sharon attended Virginia Tech and graduated with a Bachelor???s Degree in Nursing from Radford Uneersity and moved to Durham...

Doris Riley Ondek

Doris Riley Ondek

Jan 10, 2017

Durham ??? Mrs. Doris Riley Ondek was born in Omaha, Nebraska oneeptember 22, 1922 and she died on January 10, 2017 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Doris spent her youth living in Omaha, NE and San Francisco, CA. She graduated from Benson High School in Omaha, after which she moved back to San Francisco where she was employed as a secretary...

Mary Franklin Jones

Mary Franklin Jones

Jan 9, 2017

Mary Franklin Jones, 97, of Durham died Monday, January 9, 2017 at her residence at The Forest at Duke. Mary was born in Norfolk, VA on April 6, 1919 to the late Luther and Ada Franklin. She grew up in Stem, NC, graduated from East Carolina Uneersity with a BA in Home Economics and Science, and taught Home Economics ineenton,...

James Thomas Hewitt

James Thomas Hewitt

Jan 9, 2017

DURHAM: James Thomas Hewitt, 82, died Monday, January 9, 2017, at Duke Hospital following a short illness. He was borneeptember 3, 1934 in Scranton, PA to Samuel aneelizabeth (Craig) Hewitt. Jim graduated from Notre Dame, after which he received an MBA degree from Northwestern Uneersity and a J.D. degree from John Marshall Law School. He served in the U.S. Army...

Mary Jean Watters Moore

Mary Jean Watters Moore

Jan 7, 2017

Durham ??? Mrs. Mary Jean Watters Moore, 90, died peacefully on January 7, 2017 at Croasdaile Pavilion. Mrs. Moore was born neember 15, 1926 in Mobile, AL to the late Nicholas and Katherine Watters.?? Jean graduated from Auburn Uneersity, and in 1947, married Ruben Thomas Moore, who preceded her ineeath in 2007.?? After their children had grown, she returned to...

Joseph Brodie Newton

Joseph Brodie Newton

Jan 7, 2017

Joseph Brodie Newton, of Oxford died on January 7, 2017. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Victor and Josephine Overton Newton. He is survived by his wife Shirley Harris Newton and his sister Jo Ann Newton Elliott. Joseph is also survived by other loving friends and family. Joseph was a lifelong resident of...

Joseph Brodie Newton

Joseph Brodie Newton

Jan 7, 2017

Joseph Brodie Newton, of Oxford died on January 7, 2017. ??He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Victor and Josephine Overtoneewton. He is survived by his wife Shirley Harris Newton and his sister Jo Anneewton Elliott.?? Joseph is also survived by other loving friends and family. Joseph was a lifelong resident of Granville County.??...

Christopher Theodosios Lazakis

Christopher Theodosios Lazakis

Jan 1, 2017

DURHAM- CHRISTOPHER THEODOSIOS LAZAKIS We mourn the death of Christopher Theodosios Lazakis, who passed away in Durham on January 1, 2017. Born October 5, 1928 in the Greek village of Kleisari, North Epirus, Christopher initially followed in the footsteps of his father Theodosios, working as a teacher in North Epirus and on Syros. After travelling to the US, he earned...

Barbara Lee Waldmann

Barbara Lee Waldmann

Dec 27, 2016

Barbara Lee Waldmann died December 27, 2016 in Durham, NC. Born in Michigan to the late George and Phyllis Robin.?? Barbara recently celebrated her 77th birthday. Barbara was a graduate of the Providence School of Nursing Detroit, Michigan, Bachelor of Arts from Siena Heights Uneersity Adrian, Michigan, and the Wyandotte Hospital School of Anesthesia, Wyandotte, Michigan where she received her...

Diane Lea Wood Rosati

Diane Lea Wood Rosati

Dec 24, 2016

Diane Lea Wood Rosati, age 76, died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Duke Medical Center. She was born ineest Hartford, CT to the late Charles and Camille Mathieu Wood. While she grew up ineew York, she made North Carolina her home in the early 1960s and neer left. She was a treasured friend to many, always ready to lend a...

Florence Elizabeth Clouse

Florence Elizabeth Clouse

Dec 22, 2016

Florence Elizabeth Clouse peacefully passed away at Hillcrest Convalescent Center on December 22, 2016. She was born to the late John and Jenny Minns Cuthill on August 14, 1924, in Buffalo, NY. Florence earned a Ph.D. in physical education at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She had a long career as a physical education teacher and served as an...

Gisela Von Zur Muehlen Ives

Gisela Von Zur Muehlen Ives

Dec 20, 2016

Gisela von zur Muehlen Ives, 85, died peacefully at home in Durham, North Carolina on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 after an extended illness. She was preceded ineeath by her parents; sister, Ilse von zur Muehlen; and brother, Herbert von zur M??hlen, who was killed in World War II. Gisela was born oneer father???s estate in Latvia on June 17, 1931...

Elizabeth "Betty" Jordan

Elizabeth "Betty" Jordan

Dec 18, 2016

DURHAM ??? Elizabeth (Betty) Ochsner Jordan, 79, of Durham passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Betty was born in Chicago, IL oneecember 7, 1937 to the late Roland Ochsner and Alice Todd Ochsner. In 1957, Betty married to James N. Jordan Jr in Chicago. They had five children over the next six years and lived...

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