Obituaries

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Philip C. Gast, who showed that gumption and tenacity can take your dreams anywhere, died Saturday, May 12th in Durham, N.C. He was 88. Gen. Gast will be remembered professionally as a decorated and accomplished defender of his country, a skilled combat pilot and a respected military leader whose career took him across the country...

CHAPEL HILL - Donald Louis Tiedeman passed away suddenly on Tuesday, neember 22, 2016. Don was born in East St. Louis, IL on October 1, 1936 to Louis and Lucille Tiedeman. He is survived by Sue (Keagle) Tiedeman, his wife of 57 years; four daughters Wendy Cawley and husband Jon, Kristin Tiedeman and husband Jerry, Karyn Magee and husband Tony,...

Louie A. Camacho joined his wife Ana on the Eve of their 48th wedding anneersary, August 21, 2018. Originally from Denver, CO, he settled in La Habra, CA for almost 40 years before retiring to North Carolina 10 years ago. Louie by trade was a maneer ineelecommunications. Prior to that he was involved in building and maintaining the first IBM...

DURHAM - Fulton Sutherland, 67, of Durham passed away Thursday, August 16th after an extensive illness with cancer. He grew up in Laurinburg, NC by a loving aneextended family. He graduated from Scotland High School and The Uneersity of North Carolina. Fulton found his true love, wife Pam by swaying her on a boat ride on John???s Pond in Laurinburg,...

A full obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Please check back for further updates. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at 3:00 pm from Oxford Presbyterian Church, 121 Gilliam St, Oxford, NC. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive guests one hour prior to the church service.

It is with sorrow and sadness that we share the news of the death of our son and brother??Eli Ali Allebaugh, who died from complications arising from the disease of addiction oneebruary 27th?? ???? There will be a memorial service at Eno River Unitarian Uneersalist Fellowship, 4907 Garrett??Road in Durham on Sunday, March 4th at 4 p.m. In lieu of...

Dorothy Francis Patterson, of Durham, died Friday morning at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She was 89 years old and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Mrs. Patterson was born in Fair Haven, NJ to the late John Francis and Gertrude Bull Lang. Mrs. Patterson is survived by her daughter, Patricia Cassidy and husband, Ted of Hillsborough; her son, Jhn L....

Richard H. Gustafson, PhD, of Durham, North Carolina, formerly of Princeton Junction, New Jersey died at home oneeptember 19, 2007 at the age of 78. He is survived by his wife of almost 55 years, Jeanne K. Gustafson; daughters Lisa J. Foulkes-Arnold of Durham, Kathryn E. Gustafson of Durham, and Kirsten Gustafson-Kapur of Mendham, New Jersey; his twin brother, Robert...

September 4, 1930 ??? neember 11, 2016 Chapel Hill: Mrs. Mary Frances McKinney Olive, 86, died the morning of Friday neember 11, 2016, at her home in Chapel Hill, NC. Born in Durham, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Jessie Stallings McKinney and was also preceded ineeath by her six siblings. Mrs. Olive was a...

Tom Carsey, age 52, of Durham, NC, died oneebruary 21, 2018, after a stubbornly determined fight with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was born on January 20, 1966, in Omaha, NE, to Dennis and Marsha (Green) Carsey. He graduated from Fremont (NE) High School in 1984. Tom graduated from Wayne State College (NE) in 1989, where at...

Rebecca Lee Mitchell, age 66, died on Tuesday, neember 22, 2011, at The Hospice of Wake County following a period of declining health. She will be deeply missed by those who knew her. Ms. Mitchell was born ineee County oneeptember 28, 1945. She was a retired Legal Assistant for the Office of the Attorney General for the State of North...

John Joseph Eslinger, age 98 and fondly known to many as ???Charm,??? died peacefully in his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on neember 18, 2018. Loving father of Kathleen (Daniel) Herr and Linda (Brian) Lewotsky; loving grandfather to Nicholaus (Mollie) Herr, Matthew (Alisa) Herr, Rebecca (Richard) Dismuke, Laura Herr, Sarah Rose (A.J.) Barragan, and Sage Lewotsky; great-grandfather to Calvineerr,...

Konrad Karl Fish of Greensboro, NC died of Lewy Body Dementia oneebruary 21, 2018 in Raleigh, NC. Konee was preceded ineeath by his parents, Frank and Mildred Fish. He was born on May 9, 1935 in a cottage on his grandfather's dairy farm in upstate New York. He spent his childhood leading an idyllic, simple existence playing with his cousins,...

William Henry Senter, 87, died Friday, February 23 at Hock Family Pavilion following a brief illness. He was borneecember 13, 1930 in Duke Hospital to the late Marie Pauline and Hubert H. Senter. After graduation from Durham High School, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving for 4 years until discharge in 1952. He began a career in computers in...

"I knew if I married him, that I would have an interesting life," said Phyllis, Robert's wife and co-pilot of sixty-five years. And so she has.?? Robert Aneew Kantra was an academic, an avid pilot, motorcyclist, and fisherman. He shared all of these and his love of travel, museums, ballet, opera and the symphony with his entire family.?? Robert grew...

Emily Gray Sexton Harrell, age 90, of Durham passed away on Sunday, June 10, after an illness of 2 months which she endured with grace, courage, her strong faith, and the love and support of her family, friends, and church family. Her family is grateful for the care and support she received from the dedicated caregivers of Duke Hospice. She...

Mytyle Trapnell McLeod, 94, of Carolina Meadows Retirement Community went home to be with her Savior on Thursday, July 12. A native of Metter, GA, she was the daughter of the late Lonee and Mary Wallace Trapnell. Mrs. McLeod lived in Ft. Pierce, FL for many years, where she was secretary of First Baptist Church. She retired in 1992 and...

Aileen Lally Ferguson, 90, died on Friday September 9th, after a long battle with paneeatic cancer. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1925, Aileen graduated from the College of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx. Aileen focused oneeing a wife and mom, raising four childreneefore returning to work as a Financial Aid Counselor at George Mason Uneersity. She served in...

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Dr. A. Stanton Colvin died Monday morning in Durham Regional Hospital. Dr. Colvin was born neember 9, 1923 in Wolcott, NY and was the son of the late Burdette and Lucy Colvin. He attended school in Wolcott, NY and was a graduate of Cornell Uneersity with a DVM Degree from the veterinary college. Staneerved in the U. S. Army during...