Obituaries
Louis H. Wiethe, Jr.
Mar 8, 1929
DURHAM-Louis H. Wiethe, Jr., 82, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 17th at Durham Regional Hospital. He was born in Covington, Kentucky, on March 8, 1929, the son of Louis H. and Juliaetta Bacon Wiethe. Louis had a lifelong love of motion pictures from the experience of growing up around his father's many movie theaters in the Cincinnati area. He graduated...
Mary Law Taylor
Jan 19, 1929
DURHAM- On Monday, July 21, 2014, Mary Frances Law Taylor was taken by angels to her heavenly home. Mary passed away peacefully at home with her loving husband and children at her side. Mary was born on January 19, 1929 to the late Francis X. and Mary L. Nestor Law. Mary is survived by her husband of 66 years, Harold...
Betty Z. Cralle
Oct 10, 1928
Betty Zaffarano Cralle, of 3320 Rugby Rd., died Monday in Duke Hospital following a six month battle with lung cancer. Betty was born October 10, 1928 in Astoria, NY, to Nicholas and Amelia Lagno Zaffarano. She graduated from Sewanaka High School and received an associate
William Mills "Bill" Law
Aug 20, 1928
William Mills ???Bill??? Law, age 88, died Tuesday morning August 30 at his home. Bill was born on August 20, 1928 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the eldest son of William Hopkins Law and Kathryn Mills Law. As a young man, he lived in Rockport, Massachusetts, Maneester, New Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont where he attended Burlington High School. Shortly after his graduation...
Helen V. Leontis
Aug 2, 1928
Helen Vassiliades Leontis, 90, died Wednesday, October 17. She was born August 2, 1928 ineew York City to the late George and Vassiliki (Livas) Vassiliades. Helen moved to Durham with her parents in the early 1940???s. She graduated from Durham High School and worked her entire career as an administrative assistant with the City of Durham. Over many years, Helen...
Frances Elizabeth Freck
Apr 9, 1928
On March 15th, Frances Freck, 83, loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother passed into the loving arms of her Lord Jesus Christ. Frances was born April 9, 1928 in Copiah County, MS and grew up ineemphis, TN, but was a longtime resident of Denver, Colorado, having moved there in 1958 to pursue her career as a cytotechnologist at the Uneersity...
Era Campbell Link
Mar 27, 1928
Era Mae Jo Campbell Link died Tuesday at Hospice of the Meadowlands following a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1928, in Sanford. Mrs. Link was a graduate of Watts School of Nursing and had a 10 year nursing career at Watts Hospital until the birth of her children. She was an active member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church...
Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner
Jan 24, 1928
Mrs. Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner died June 16 at Croasdaile Village. A Durham native, she was born January 24, 1928 to Mary Lee Duncan Freeman and Theodore Marvin Freeman, Sr., who predeceased her. Gloria was the widow of Warren Eugene Wagner, the love of her life. She also was predeceased by brother, Theodore Marvin Freeman, Jr. Gloria was a member...
George Freeman Davis
Jan 17, 1928
George Freeman Davis, 87, died at The Seasons of Southpoint on Tuesday, June 23rd. He was born January 17, 1928 to the late James M. Davis and Virginia Watts Davis in Norfolk, VA. George was a graduate of The Uneersity of Virginia where he received his Bachelor???s Degree in Accounting and was a member of the Cavaliers Football team. Following...
Mary Louise Powe Gardner
Oct 30, 1927
DURHAM: Mary Louise Powe Gardner died Tuesday at home following a lengthy decline. She was born October 30, 1927 in Durham to E.K. Powe, Jr. and Louise Watkins Powe. Mary Louise was among the proud attenees of Watts Street Elementary School. After graduation from Salem Academy, she began college at Duke Uneersity and graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina....
Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham
Apr 28, 1927
Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham, 87, of Pittsboro, NC peacefully passed away in his sleep Saturday afternoon, January 3, shortly before a mass for his beloved late wife was being said at the St. Julia Catholic Church. Dan was born on April 28, 1927 in Donnelsville, Ohio, the son of Louis J. and Barbara Jane (Leffel) Graham. After graduating Olive Branch...
Lillian Smalley
Apr 24, 1927
DURHAM - Lillian Marie Baber Smalley, age 85, died peacefully ineer Durham home Wednesday evening July 4. Lillian was born in Richmond, VA to the late Leonard Keel and Marie Thompson Baber on April 24, 1927. Blessed with a lovely soprano voice, Lillian brought joy to others through music throughout her life. Her love of books carried her into a...
Paquita Poza
Mar 14, 1927
Paquita Poza was a free spirit, a strong, independent woman who beganeer life at a time and place where that was not the norm. Born Fanny de Jesus Jaramillo, March 14, 1927 in Gu??tica, Colombia to a devoutly Catholic family, from the beginning she did not accept teachings uneestioningly. She said she remembered wondering when she was very young and...
Patricia Lavell Robertson
Mar 12, 1927
Durham ??? Mrs. Patricia Lavell Robertson died Tuesday evening at the Forest at Duke Health Center. Trish was born ineenatchee, Washington on March 12, 1927. She attended schools ineenatchee and Seattle and attended from the Uneersity of Washington. In August of 1947, she married H. B. Robertson, Jr. During her husband???s career in the Navy, they lived in San Diego,...
Odette Lauve Briggs
Mar 9, 1927
Odette Lauve Briggs, 91, died peacefully ineer sleep April 6 at her Durham home. She was born March 9, 1927 in Alexandria, LA to the late, Edmee (Rivoire) and Albert Pierre Lauve. Odette was proudly raised in a traditional Catholic home with her French immigrant mother, American father and sister ineer beloved New Orleans. She graduated from St. Mary???s Dominican...
Virginia Fedor
Jan 11, 1927
Virginia Fedor, age 86, of Durham, NC died Tuesday May 21 in Durham after a brief illness. She was born January 11, 1927 ineew York City, the daughter of Peter and Inez Viera Gonzalez. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Joe Fedor in 2012, her parents and her brother, David Gonzalez of Milford, NJ. Virginia is survived by her...
James Reid Pleasants, Jr.,
Oct 18, 1926
James Reid Pleasants, Jr. 81, died Friday in Duke Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was born October 18, 1926 in Watts Hospital to James Reid and Nellie Fern Lashley Pleasants. Jim was a 1944 graduate of Durham High School and Wake Forest Uneersity. He joined the Claude M. May Company immediately after college, and then entered...
John F. Richards
Jul 22, 1926
John F. "Jack" Richards, 86, died Sunday morning in Duke Hospice's Hock Pavilion. He was born July 22, 1926 in Tottenville, Staten Island, NY to the late John aneemma Richards. Mr. Richards served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was stationed in the Philippines. A Durham resident since 1962, he was employed with Collins & Aikman Corp. for 46...
George A. Cralle
Jun 5, 1926
George A. Cralle, 85, died Friday, March 16 in UNC Hospital. He was born in High Point, NC June 5, 1926 to the late Fontaine Maury Cralle and Helen Muse Cralle. George attended Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, NY, from where he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17. With his musical talent on the alto saxophone, he...
Evelyneewton Evelyneewton
May 17, 1926
CHAPEL HILL - Evelyneewton, 92, of New York City and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died on the 15th of neember.?? She was born on May 17, 1926 in Roanee Rapids, North Carolina to Nanny Cleaton Shaw and John Albert Shaw. She was a resident of Durham where she raised her family, and then moved with her husband Mitchell (???Mitch???) to...
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