Obituaries
Lessie Tucker Robertson
Dec 10, 2006
LESSIE TUCKER ROBERTSON OXFORD: Lessie Tucker Robertson, age 86 died Sunday December 10, 2006 at her home in Muldrow, OK., where she has lived for the past 20 years. She was the daughter of the late Lucius and Anee Allen Robertson. She was a native of Vance Co. Graveside services will be conducted 3:00 PM Thursday, December 13, 2006 from...
Helen M. Cojanis
Oct 31, 2006
Helen M. Cojanis, 71, died Oct. 31, 2006 at Duke Uneersity Hospital of respiratory complications after a 35-year illness with Multiple Sclerosis MS. She was born April 25, 1935 ineew Jersey, the daughter of the late Edith and Michael Cojanis and was raised ineestfield, NJ, where she graduated from Holy Trinity High School. After a 12-year employment with NJ Bell...
Mary Stallings Rich
Oct 18, 2006
Mary Stallings Rich died Wednesday, October 18, 2006, ineer Parkwood home surrounded by her loving family. She was 78 years old. Born June 9, 1928 in Duplin County, NC to the late James and Clydia Winders Stallings, Mary was a long-time member of Berea Baptist Church and the senior-adult Sunday School Class. He
Gladys Card Luquire
Oct 17, 2006
Gladys Card Luquire, a Durham native, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006, in Columbus, GA following an extended illness of more than three years. Her death occurred just one month before her 92nd birthday. Mrs. Luquire and her late husband, Lloyd C. Luquire, relocated to Columbus in 1988. She was active well into her eighties; serving on the staff of Brentwood...
Eris Hoke Garrard
Oct 15, 2006
Eris Hoke Garrard, age 79, died Sunday morning, October 15, 2006 ineer Durham home surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 24, 1927 in Morganton, NC to the late Albert E. and Frances Harris Hoke. Mrs. Garrard was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. During the span of nearly 20 years, she was employed at the...
Ruth Ballantyne Smith
Oct 13, 2006
Ruth Ballantyne Smith, age 102, died Friday, October 13, 2006 at the Forest at Duke Retirement Community in Durham. She was born in Waterville, KS to the late Ira Wilbur Hubbard and Lillie Hamilton Hubbard and was the second of two children. She devoted her professional life to teaching having received her B.S. degree from Kansas State Uneersity in 1928,...
Rufus King Moore Jr.
Oct 6, 2006
Rufus King Moore, Jr. died at Duke Medical Center Friday, October 6, 2006. He was 87 years old. Rufus was a Durham native, born neember 25, 1918 to the late Rufus King Moore, Sr. and Maggie Johnson Moore. A long-time member of Duke
Virginia Eloisa Fontecilla
Oct 4, 2006
Virginia Eloisa Fontecilla, 101, died Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at the Brianeenter. She was one week shy of her 102nd birthday at the time of her death. Mrs. Fontecilla remained sharp aneenjoyed visiting with family until the last few days of her long aneeventful life. She was born in Jovellanos, Cuba and moved to the Uneed States with her husband,...
Johneesley Chapman
Sep 24, 2006
Johneesley Chapman, Sr., 90, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2006 of a ruptured abdominal aneurism at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He and his wife Katherine moved to Murfreesboro from Durham, North Carolina two years ago to be near their daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Marc Stephens. They are currently members of First Uneed Methodist Church in Murfreesboro....
Elma Larobardiere Harris
Aug 28, 2006
Elma LaRobardiere Harris, age 91, passed away Monday evening, August 28, 2006 at Rose Manor Healthcare Center. She was born June 28, 1915 ineexico, NY to the late George and Lela Alt LaRobardiere. Mrs. Harris was a graduate of Mexico Academy and Central School, Oswego Normal School currently SUNY Oswego and Syracuse Uneersity. She beganeer career teaching in a one...
Charles S. White
Aug 19, 2006
Charles S. White a resident of Croasdaile Village in Durham died August 19, 2006 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born oneeptember 29, 1921 ineerseyville, Illinois he was the son of the late Irving and Florence White and was preceded ineeath by his brother Richard White. Mr. White was a 1943 graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and served as a...
Kenneth Alvin Hahn
Aug 2, 2006
Kenneth Alvin Hahn, age 78, died Wednesday morning August 2, 2006 surrounded by his loving family. A Durham resident for the past three years, Mr. Hahn was born in Chicago, IL to the late Alvin aneethel Johnson Hahn. Mr. Hahn is survived by his four children: Jenneer Donner and husband, Scott, of Durham, NC; Barrett Hahn of Hillsborough, NC; Hannah...
George Watts Carr, Jr.
Jul 29, 2006
George Watts Carr Jr., 87, long time Durham business and civic leader, died at his residence in Morehead City on Saturday, July 29, 2006, following a brief illness. Carr was borneecember 6, 1918, the oldest son of George Watts Carr, need architect, and Amy Winston Carr. Reared in Durham and a 1936 graduate of Durham High School, he was also...
Florencia Catacutaneendoza
Jul 27, 2006
Mrs. Florencia Catacutaneendoza, 96, of Randolph Road, Durham, died July 27, 2006 at her residence. Florencia was born June 21, 1910 in the Phillipines, a daughter of Dionisio and Marta Nocum Catacutan. She graduated from Phillipines Normal College, and was a fourth grade teacher. Florencia moved to Durham in 1977, and became a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She...
Marianna Rose Goodwin
Jul 25, 2006
Marianna Rose Goodwin, a resident of Chapel Hill, died Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at Duke Medical Center. She was 12 years old. Marianna was born in Durham on April 28, 1994 to Franee. and Rosalind Volpe Goodwin. She was a rising seventh grader at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill Marianna was a very determined aneenergetic individual, strong-willed and ready...
Deborah Welt Kredich
Jul 22, 2006
Deborah Welt Kredich, M.D. died Saturday, July 22, 2006 at Duke Hospital followineeight years of living with breast cancer. She was born October 1, 1936 in Iowa City Iowa, the daughter of Dale aneeleanor Welt. She is survived by her devoted husband of 48 years, Nicholas Kredich, M.D.; daughter Kathryn Rohlf and husband, John, of Campbell, CA, their children Laney,...
Frances Phipps Parker Mcadams
Jul 8, 2006
Frances Phipps Parker McAdams died Saturday, July 8, 2006 at Rose Manor Healthcare Center. She was 91 years old. A Durham native for many years, Mrs. McAdams was born in Granville County to the late James Walter and Lelia Alice Wilkerson Phipps. She was a graduate of the Class of 1932 from Durham High School and a faithful and devoted...
Louise Carter
Jul 4, 2006
Louise Carter died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at Georgetown Uneersity Hospital in Washington, DC. She was 94 years old. Although Louise was born in Durham, NC to the late Chester and Sula Pickett Whitaker, she lived most of her life in Washington, DC. Louise is survived by several loving and devoted nieces, nephews and cousins. Graveside services will be held...
Katherine Dusenberry Daniel
Jun 18, 2006
Katherine Dusenberry Daniel, age 93, formerly of 4012 Bristol Rd., Durham, NC died June 18, 2006 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center after several years of declining health. Katherine was born July 29, 1912 in Due West, SC to George Reid Dusenberry, Sr. & Lina Radcliffe Dusenberry. She was the oldest of seven children. She graduated valedictorian of her class from Due...
Pauline Monteith Arena
Jun 9, 2006
Pauline Monteith Arena died Sunday, June 09, 2006 in Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Polly was born May 8, 1908 outside Granee Falls, NC, the daughter of the late Hattie Butler and Nathan Young Monteith. She graduated from the Watts School of Nursing in 1930 and was married to Dr. Jay Morris Arena in 1931. The couple celebrated their 64th wedding anneersary...
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