Obituaries

Dorothy Isselhardt Hill, 84, died Wednesday morning at Rose Manor Health Care Center. She was born ineelleville, IL to the late Russell and Pearl Dill Isselhardt. Mrs. Hill will be remembered affectioneely as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, who enjoyed sewing and gardening. Surviving are her four children: Vicky Brown and husband, Ronald, of Timberlake; Marc Hill and wife,...

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,...

Butner, N.C. - Eddie L. Smith, age 81, died August 25 in nursing facility in Lawrenceville, Ga.He was a native of Telfair Co. Ga. and was the son of the late Rev. A. O. and Anee Mae Oneal Smith. Mr. Smith, a minister, educator and author retired from the Federal Prison System, Department of Education in Butner. He was a...

Gertie Dillard Braneey, 93, of Durham, died peacefully ineer home at 2600 Croasdaile Farm Parkway on Friday evening. She was born in Cary but spent most of her adult life in Durham and was active in many organizations. She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she met and married her late husband, Lendon. She and her husband were...

Virginia Grim Smith Bussey, 88, of Carol Woods Retirement Community died after a brief illness Sunday in UNC Hospital. She was borneecember 25, 1916 in Richmond, VA to Eugene Henry Grim, Jr. and Addie May Seward Grim. She was raised in both Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA, and lived in Norfolk until 1966. Mrs. Bussey moved to Edgefield, SC, where she...

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...

John Edward Graham died neember 7, 2008, at home in the presence of his family and priest. He was borneebruary 28, 1927, in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Sophie Kloeckler and John Freeman Graham. John joined the Navy at an early age and served in the Pacific during World War II on the USS Orleck. He lived and worked...

Mary Edwards Taylor, age 84, died Wednesday evening at Duke Medical Center. Mary was born in Mars Hill, NC to the late Bryan W. and Adeline Gibbs Edwards. She was a member of Yates Baptist Church and was a very enthusiastic sports spectator for UNC football and basketball teams. Mary is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 60...

Cleo Nichols Martin, 97, died Thursday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Cleo was born in Durham county, daughter of the late Elbert H. and Sadie Jones Nichols. Mrs. Martin was a physically and spiritually strong woman, who was a life time member of Olive Branch Baptist Church. She was spirited and independent aneenjoyed gardening and yard work. Cleo often said...

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Donald George Ruegg, age 82, died Sunday, October 22, at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. Donald was born in La Junta, CO oneeptember 11, 1924 to the late George Albert and Cecilia Corrine Decker Ruegg. Donald graduated cum laude in 1947 from Dartmouth College with a B.A. degree, and later earned an MBA degree in 1972 from the Uneersity of Chicago....

Presbyterian Church U.S.A. mission worker, Dr. David C. Kneert, 38, died Saturday, Nov. 14, in Atlanta after he collapsed while jogging. Kneert and his wife, Leigh, were appointed to missioneervice in July. They and their four childreneere living in Atlanta awaiting visas for a planned move to Brazil. A 2009 Ph.D. graduate of Duke Uneersity, Kneert had been appointed to...

Dorothy Chamblee Moore, age 86, died Saturday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. She was born in Wake County on neember 15, 1920 to the late Walter David and Mary Dean Chamblee. Mrs. Moore was a long-time member of First Baptist Church and the Loyalty Sunday School Class. She was a Durham High School graduate, class of 1939. Mrs. Moore worked...

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Pauline Buddemeier was born inees Moines, Iowa August 18, 1931 to Dr. John and Nina B. Jewell. She later moved to Sterling, Illinois where she attended grade and high school and scholastically performed in an outstanding manner. In 1948 she enrolled in the Uneersity of Illinois where she majored in bacteriology and chemistry. Pauline married Maurice R. Buddemeier in 1953...

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...

Edwina Nadine Bottom Piper, 91, a resident of Magnolia Gardens died Friday at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Hutton Valley, MO, she was the daughter of the late Owen and Florence Simenton Bottom. Mrs. Piper worked as a bookkeeper until her retirement. She was a member of the National Organization of Retired Federal Workers. She was a member of First...

Ezra Olmsted Heinz died Monday, August 15 in Duke Hospital. He was born August 11 to Todd and Jenneer Heinz of Durham. In addition to his parents, Ezra

: 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...

Mary Mason Foster, 96, resident of 4912 Biscayne Road, Durham, NC died Friday afternoon. Mrs. Foster was born in Gaston County and was the daughter of the late William and Senith Stewart Mason. She operated a Day Care from her home for about 10 years and then was employed with the J. B. Ivey Department Store for several years. In...