Obituaries

DURHAM- Alicia Baldwin "Lisa" Champion died oneeptember 3, 2011 in a sudden and swift onset of lung cancer. She was the daughter of the later Alice Nelson Walker and Albert Baldwin Walker of West Hartford. Lisa was born in 1941 and attended Oxford School ineest Hartford and graduated from Wells College in Aurora, NY in 1963 where she majored in...

Dr. Suydam Osterhout, MD, PhD, age 85, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed into the comfort and peace of our Lord oneeptember 14, 2011 from complications of paneeatic cancer. He was the son of the late Howard aneedna Davison Osterhout and predeceased by his sister, Miriam Rosengarten. He was a 1945 graduate of Princeton Uneersity and received his MD from...

Victor Bernard Civalier, age 82, died peacefully at his home in Hillsborough on Saturday, September 10. Born in Manville, RI, Victor retired from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service and was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Hillsborough. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Alice C. Civalier of Hillsborough; his sons,...

John Paul Keefe, age 25, died neember 14, 2011. He was born in Durham, NC, on June 20, 1986. John lived in Chapel Hill with his family until his graduation from East Chapel Hill High School in 2004, where he was a member of the improv group and choir. He played guitar at local coffee shops and, as a senior,...

Naomi Chisenhall Mims, age 88, died Sunday morning at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She was born ineerson County to the late John Jackson and Della Harris Chisenhall. Naomi moved from Roxboro to Durham in 1938 and sooneegan working at Liggett Myers where she retired after 44 years of employment. Naomi had a strong faith in God and was an active member...

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...

Carmine Agustus DeLuccia age 94 died August/28/2011 at his home in Pittsboro, NC. Carmine-devoted husband and father was a World War II veteran, a roofer, and he operated heavy machinery. He will be missed. Mr. DeLuccia is survived by his wife Angela DeLuccia, his daughters Linda Morrison and her husband Ronald, of Cary, and Carlene Romano and her husband Bill...

DURHAM -We celebrate the life of Winona Helen Cassin Malpass, who spent her life in the service of her family, church and community. Winona was born a twin with Virginia Cassin Smith in Chicago's Lutheraneeaconess Hospital to Starona Hillis Brown and Thomas Milo Cassin. She outweighed her twin by over a pound and half, something she neer let her sister...

Harvey Edward Goodwin, 79, passed away at Duke Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Chatham County to the late Buck aneella Goodwin. Mr. Goodwineeaves behind his wife, Owanna Goodwin; two children, Jeff Goodwin wife, Patty of Apex and Robin Goodwin of Durham; two grandchildren, Cameron Goodwin and Colton Goodwin; and one brother, Paul Goodwin of Cary....

Mrs. Estelle Brooks Bouldin, 82, died neember 8, 2011 at Pittsboro Christian Village. Born in Moore County on June 27, 1929, Mrs. Bouldin was a daughter of Lucian J. Brooks and Beulah Rosser Brooks. Mrs. Bouldin worked as maneer for Raymond Bouldin Construction Company for a number of years, and later worked at Pittsboro Christian Village after she became a...

Ted Edwin Curran Murphy III passed away surrounded by family and friends this past Monday evening at Duke Uneersity Hospital after a nearly 5-year year battle with stage 4 melanoma. Born in Washington, DC to Edwin and Helen Murphy on 16 May of 1969, Ted has been a resident and beloved neighbor in Durham, NC for the past 20 years....

DURHAM -Thomas Tom W. Knight passed away Thursday morning, December 1 after a long battle with cancer. He was originally from Durham but has beeneesiding in Franklinton, North Carolina with his caretaker, Ann R. Matti. He was borneecember 14, 1955 and was the son of the late Arthur J. Knight, Jr. and Hattie Lou Lasater Knight and brother of the...

Myrtie Ellen Oldham Clark, age 95, died Friday, neember 4, 2011 at Big Springs Specialty Care Center in Huntsville Alabama where she was residing following a period of declining health. Myrtie was born in Chatham County oneecember 26, 1915. Myrtie was preceded ineeath by her husband William Henry Clark and her parents Willis and Lula Oldham. Services will be held...

CHAPEL HILL: Paige Pennington Graham, age 11, died at home Wednesday following an extended illness. She was borneecember 31, 1999 in Duke Hospital and attended Morris Grove Elementary School. Paige had an amazing smile and ability to convey her love to everyone ineer midst. She delighted in the achievement of others, always applauding their successes. Paige enjoyed attending Sunday School,...

Deborah Mortensen Allen, age 57, died Thursday evening, neember 3, at the Hospice of Wake County care facility in Raleigh in the presence of her loving husband of 30 years. Deborah was born in Danbury, CT to the late Dana and Delores LaValley Mortensen on neember 23, 1953. She was a graduate of Southampton College and later served in the...

Mrs.Frances Anneeckler Jestes, 60, of Chapel Hill, NC went home to be with God on August 14th, 2011 after a courageous fight with melanoma cancer at Beacon Place in Greensboro. Born June 25th, 1951 in Guilford County, Ann was the oldest of four daughters of William Francis Seckler and Grace Anneeckler. She attended High Point City Schools and obtained an...

DURHAM Ms. Asuncion "Siony" Toledo Cruz, 75, of 1508 Carrickfergus Ct., passed on to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ oneeptember 16, 2011 at Meadowlands Hospice Home in Hillsborough. Born in the Philippines on August 15, 1936 she acquired her Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics at the Philippine Women's Uneersity. She migrated to the US in...

Barbara Ann Conklin, age 72, died Monday at Duke Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Mary Phyllis Peddicord and Francis Michael Keidel. For 52 years, Barbara was married to Ross Conklin. In addition to raising three children, Mrs. Conklin always made time to give of herself to others. She served as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion...

Beatrice Geneva Watson Erdesky, 97, died Friday, neember 11, 2011, at Lynchburg General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Durham, N.C., the fourth of sixteen children to the late Nanee and William Watson. She was the wife of the late George A. Erdesky and was preceded ineeath by her second son, William R. Erdesky and her first grandson, Kevin...

OXFORD: Brian Thomas Young, age 42 a resident of Oxford, died Saturday at Granville Medical Center. He was a native of Cobb County Ga., and was the son of Joseph Glenn and Paula Louise Richardson Young. Brian was an employee of Revlon, a member of St. James Catholic Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus. A Funeral Mass...