OBITUARIES
Anthony Linthicum
Nov 26, 2017
Anthony Todd Linthicum lived and loved with his whole heart, demonstrating a generosity of spirit that knew no bounds. He passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 55, on November 26, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Anthony was born on November 17, 1962, in Durham, NC, to the late Hill Edward (Ed) Linthicum, Jr., and...
Rose Kiehart
Nov 24, 2017
Rose “Kitty” Moschowsky Kiehart passed away on November 24, 2017 at home surrounded by family, a little more than two months shy of her 101st birthday. Born January 31, 1917 in New York City, she attended Manhattan public schools and graduated as an RN from New Rochelle School of Nursing. She married Paul Peter Kiehart in 1940. She was...
Adeline Reed
Nov 23, 2017
Adeline Reed, 89, died Thursday November 23, 2017 at The Arbor, Galloway Ridge in Pittsboro. Arrangements are pending.
Eleanor Kobza
Nov 23, 2017
Mrs. Eleanor Virginia Kobza, 97, died Thursday morning, November 23, 2017 at UNC Hospital - Hillsborough. Mrs. Kobza is survived by her dauther, Sharon Bunzendahl, and her husband, Hartwig, of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Kobza's ashes will be entombed next to her husband at St. Adelbart's Cemetery in Milwaukee, WI.
Hugh Westray, Jr
Nov 22, 2017
Ty Westray died peacefully at the VA Medical Center Hospice Unit on November 22, 2017 due to inoperable cholangiocarcinoma. He was 68 years of age. Ty was born to Hugh and Margery Westray on September 5, 1949 in Goldsboro, NC. The family moved to Chapel Hill in 1960, where Ty attended Phillips Junior High and Chapel Hill High School,...
Steven Walls
Nov 22, 2017
Steven Michael Walls, artist, father and friend, died in a car accident on November 22, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the age of 46. He was born May 21, 1971 to Judith Walls-Fair and David Walls in Palo Alto, California. Steven’s impact on this world is undeniable, and there is evidence of this everywhere. His big heart,...
Milton Blackwood
Nov 20, 2017
Chapel Hill - Mr. Milton Evander Blackwood passed away on November 20, 2017 at his home. Milton was the son of the late William and Elizabeth Blackwood. He was born on a family farm in Chapel Hill on September 14, 1926. He entered the US Navy in 1944, and served in the Pacific during World War II. He later...
Coleen Barbour
Nov 19, 2017
Humble, generous, and one of God's most devoted and faithful servants, Coleen Parker Barbour, age 80, went to be with the Lord on November 19, 2017 after a courageous journey with cancer. She was born on February 2, 1937 in Orange County and was the daughter of the late Ira Lee Parker, Sr. and Ruby Combs Parker. Mrs. Barbour...
Vernon Hill
Nov 17, 2017
Vernon Ivalee Hill, 86, of Raleigh passed away Friday, Nov 17, 2017 and has been taken home by his precious Lord and Savior. Born in Carrboro, NC on March 5, 1931 and the youngest of six brothers and sisters, he was the son of the late Herbert and Velna Hill of Carrboro. He is survived by a brother, William...
Shirley Clark
Nov 12, 2017
Shirley Tillman Clark was a native of Durham. She was born on September 13, 1927 and was the daughter of late Cleveland Wilson Tillman and Lillie Horner Tillman. She passed away November 12, 2017 at the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields after several months of declining health. As well as being a mother, she worked for many years in retail...
Roberta Black
Nov 11, 2017
Roberta Callison Black passed away peacefully at 3:30 am on November 11, 2017 in her home amidst her family. She was born in Albany, New York on April 30, 1939 to Eugene H. Callison, architect, and his wife Theodosia Burr, landscape architect. Her early years were spent in and around Hamden, Connecticut. After graduating from Hamden High School, she...
Beverly Rodgers
Nov 10, 2017
Beverly Rodgers, 80, passed away November 10, 2017, after bravely enduring the slow march of dementia. She is survived by her son, Jeff Bray (Claudia), daughter, Marsha Bray Krzyzewski (Ken), grandson, Jake Krzyzewski, sister, Irma Gesche (LeRoy) and nieces Donna Marzolf and Jenny Gesche. She was predeceased by her parents Claudius Bernard Scott and Reba Lea Mitchell Scott, husband...
Bradford Jensen
Nov 7, 2017
Bradford Lee Jensen, 66, of Chapel Hill died Tuesday November 07, 2017. Arrangements pending.
Leita Crabtree
Nov 4, 2017
Leita Crabtree passed away peacefully at home with family on November 4, 2017 just shy of her 100th birthday. She lived the last 9 years with son Barry Crabtree, wife Laurie, grand-twins Wyatt and Kit along with Herbie and Mochi. Leita was born in Atlanta GA in 1918, raised in Norlina and her adult life in Carroboro. Before retirement...
James Dostert
Nov 4, 2017
James Howard Dostert, age 75, died of heart failure on November 4, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jim was born on February 14, 1942 in Spokane, Washington to the late John and Ruth Dostert. Jim graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane in 1960 and attended Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, earning a Bachelor's Degree...
Victoria Green
Nov 4, 2017
Victoria Green, 98, died Saturday November 4, 2017 at home. Arrangements Pending.
Ruth Gray
Nov 4, 2017
Ruth Jane Gray, 94, died at home on Saturday evening November 04, 2017. Arrangements are pending.
Thomas Kale
Nov 4, 2017
Thomas "Tom" Lawson Kale died peacefully at The Foley Center on November 4, 2017 in Blowing Rock, NC at the age of 91. Tom is survived by his wife of 35 years Judy May Kale, his 5 daughters and their spouses: Trudy Kale Compton and husband Tommy Compton of Mebane, NC, Theresa Lynn Kale and husband Steve McDow of...
Lawrence Gilbert
Oct 31, 2017
Lawrence Irwin Gilbert, 88, died Tuesday October 31, 2017 in Chapel Hill. OBITUARY Lawrence was born January 24, 1929 in New York City. He graduated cum laude from Long Island University in 1950, with a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry, received his M.S. in 1955 from New York University, and his Ph.D. in Zoology in 1958 from Cornell University....
Dorothy Thurman Seago
Oct 28, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy May Thurman Seago, 92, wife of the late Lester L. Seago, died October 28, 2017. Mrs. Seago is survived by her sons, Jerry Seago, and his wife, Barbara, of Hillsborough, Joe Seago, and his wife, Linda, of Georgia; brothers, Ezell Thurman and Lloyd Thurman, both of Tennessee; three grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; as well as nieces and...
