OBITUARIES
Margaret Sirvis
Apr 8, 2017
Margaret (Peggy) Pickard Sirvis, 93, died peacefully on April 8th, surrounded by the love and care of Carol Woods staff. Born in Chapel Hill, she was the daughter of the late Alfred A. and Margaret Killough Pickard. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in Group Social Work. While at the University, she was dedicated...
Allison Rockefeller Greene
Apr 8, 2017
Allison Rockefeller Greene, age 65, died on April 8, 2017, at her home at 8808 Oxford Court, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born Allison Jayne Rockefeller on February 10, 1952, in Ridgewood, New Jersey to Winston Gardner Rockefeller and Barbara Millard Rockefeller. After graduating from Pascack Hills High School in New Jersey in 1970, Allison attended the University...
Duane Taylor
Apr 7, 2017
Duane F. Taylor of Carrboro, NC died peacefully at home on April 7, 2017 after an extended illness. He was born to Norris and Marie Taylor in Iowa City, Iowa September 30, 1925. He served in the United States Navy Air Corps during World War II. He received a BS in chemical engineering and a masters in metallurgical engineering...
Chang Lee
Apr 5, 2017
Chang Ho "Peter" Lee of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away on April 5, 2017 at the age of 87 at Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. He was born on May 9, 1929 in a riverside village in what is now North Korea. Mr. Lee was a student at Kim Il Sung University studying English when the Korean...
Ross Kingsley
Apr 3, 2017
Dr. Ross William Kingsley, age 89, died on April 2, 2017 at his home in Durham, NC. He was born on October 26, 1927 in Erie, PA to the late William F. and Florence J. Kingsley. He was married to MaryAnne Rawa on December 26, 1955. Ross attended Erie Technical High School in Erie, PA. He served in both...
Harold Shepard
Mar 31, 2017
Mebane - Mr. Harold Thomas Shepard, 70, died Friday, March 31, 2017. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church. For many years he was employed by McKee Baking Company (Little Debbie) and was also an auctioneer. For forty-three years he was the loving husband of Mickie Mears Shepard who survives. Also surviving are, three sons: Gregory Michael Shepard,...
Christine White Childers
Mar 31, 2017
Hillsborough - Christine Thomas White Childers, 84 of Phelps Rd. Hillsborough passed away, Friday, March 31, 2017 at UNC Hospital. Mrs. Childers was born, December 15, 1932 in Orange County, NC to the late Herbert and Oma Walker White. She attended Orange County Schools. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Childers,...
Nellie Cheshire
Mar 30, 2017
Hillsborough - Nellie Cheek Cheshire died March 30th at home after several years of declining health. She was born September 16, 1928, the only daughter of Carl and Nellie Davis and was the widow of Lucius McGehee Cheshire. Surviving are her sons, Lucius M. Cheshire, Jr. and wife Betsey and Carl D. Cheshire and wife Debra, three grandchildren: Kevin...
Edith Davis
Mar 30, 2017
Edith Hawkins Davis, 91, passed away March 30, 2017, after a brief illness. Edith received her nursing degree from Watts School of Nursing and worked for several years as a nurse at Watts Hospital in Durham. Upon her marriage in 1951, she left her nursing career to become a full-time homemaker. She said many times that her training as...
Greg Zimmerman
Mar 30, 2017
Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is serving the Zimmerman family. Obituary and service information is incomplete at this time.
Arthur Thurber
Mar 30, 2017
It is with a heavy heart that we tell you that Arthur F. Thurber, age 88, transitioned from life to life eternal on March 30, 2017 after a long illness. Art was born in 1929, in Lynn, Massachusetts to Arthur S. Thurber and Ruth D. Thurber. He graduated from Biddeford High School in 1946, and then served in the...
Timothy Potter
Mar 28, 2017
Timothy John Potter, age 81, passed away peacefully on Tuesday March 28, 2017, following several years of declining health. Born November 3, 1935 in the city of Exeter, Devon, England, John was the only child of Walter Lewis and Thursa Violet Potter. John was always so proud of his father's valor displayed and acknowledged with the Distinguished Conduct Medal,...
Robert Parr
Mar 27, 2017
Dr. Robert G. Parr, emeritus Professor of Chemistry at UNC and resident of Chapel Hill, died quietly on March 27 after a brief illness. He was 95. A celebration of his life followed by a reception will be held at 2Pm on Friday, March 31 at the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)at 4097 Garrett Road In Durham. The...
Shirley Collins
Mar 25, 2017
Hillsborough - Shirley Garrett Collins, 76, of Schley Rd. Hillsborough, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the home of her daughter Debra in Rougemont, NC. Ms. Collins was born in Granville County and attended Granville County Schools. She was an office manager for several pest control companies prior to her retirement as an office manager for Minta Bell...
Mary Halwacs
Mar 22, 2017
Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is assisting the Halwacs family. Obituary and service information is incomplete at this time.
Norma Gorski
Mar 20, 2017
Elaine H Gorski, 62 yrs, passed from this world in the early morning of March 20th, 2017 in the comfort of her home. Elaine, the oldest child of a military couple, was born in England on March 18th, 1955 before the family was transferred stateside. Her mother, Norma, re-married Billy Lassiter after moving back to Sunbury, in Gates County,...
Cary Dearmey
Mar 14, 2017
Mebane - Cary Lee DeArmey, of Mebane, NC, went home to be with the Lord on March 14, 2017. Cary was a graduate of LeTourneau College in Longview, TX with a degree in mechanical engineering (specialty in welding). He was employed by GKN. Cary's love for 'CARS' lasted a lifetime. Cary had a sense of humor and always had...
Jesse Klass
Mar 13, 2017
Hillsborough - Jesse Eugene Klass, 80, died Monday, March 13, 2017. He was born in Chatham County. He was a graduate of Moncure High School. He Lived in Kinston for the majority of his life. He is survived by two daughters: Janet Aliff and Julie Klass, one son, Joel Klass (Becky), 5 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. He was...
Joe Cates
Mar 12, 2017
Joe Merritt Cates, 72, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017. Joe was born in Durham and raised in Hillsborough, NC. He was the son of the late Marion and Nellie Merritt Cates. He graduated from Orange High School in Hillsborough, NC. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and served from 1963-1969. He enjoyed his career as a longtime...
John Irwin
Mar 11, 2017
John "Possum" Howard Irwin, age 72, peacefully passed away on March 11, 2017. He was born in Chattanooga, TN on October 13, 1944. Prior to his retirement he was employed 31 years with the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the Hillsborough Police Department. He served 3 years active duty in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Officer. John...
