OBITUARIES
Thomas Edward Stephens
Feb 27, 2024
Thomas Edward Stephens, 83, passed away peacefully at his home in Mebane, NC on February 27, 2024 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. His hard work paid off as he rose from the son of a tobacco farmer in Person County to managing A & P grocery stores in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough and finally becoming a successful...
Henrietta Croom
Feb 23, 2024
Henrietta Brown Croom, age 83, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away on February 23, 2024. She was born on September 23, 1940 to Grady Anderson Brown and Emma Mabel Cheek Brown. She was raised in Hillsborough, North Carolina and graduated from Hillsborough High School.
Henrietta retired as Professor of Biology emerita from Sewanee-The University...
Eleanor Margaret Holloway
Feb 21, 2024
The force of nature that friends would come to know as Ellie–a brave, kind hearted, hardworking, intelligent woman who cheated death an entire eight times–passed this past Wednesday in peace at Duke University Hospital. (If you didn’t know her, we’re so sorry you missed her!) Her adventure began in Caracas, Venezuela, as the only child of Arie and Margaretha...
Mark Laabs
Feb 20, 2024
Mark Joseph Laabs, 40, passed away on February 20, 2024 at his brother’s home in Durham, North Carolina. Throughout his all too short life, he was a brilliant champion for everything he believed in and deeply inspired those around him, touching countless hearts and minds globally.
Mark was raised in Memphis, Tennessee and became a year round...
William C. Hamlett Jr.
Feb 18, 2024
William Cornelius Hamlett, Jr, 76, passed away at his home under the care of Gentiva Hospice, on February 18, 2024. Will was born on January 22, 1948, in Henderson, NC, the son of the late William C and Dorothy Ayscue Hamlett. He graduated from Hartsville High School and went on to earn both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology...
Helen Tobiczyk Kaferle
Feb 16, 2024
Helen Tobiczyk Kaferle, 99, of Chapel Hill, NC, formerly of Meriden, CT, passed away peacefully with her family by her side February 16, 2024, at the University of North Carolina Medical Center.
Born June 1, 1924, in Library, PA, to the late Joseph and Frances Tobiczyk she was predeceased by her husband of 70 years,...
Eugene Bozymski
Feb 15, 2024
Dr. Eugene Michael Bozymski, beloved husband, father, grandfather and gastroenterologist passed away peacefully at home on February 15, 2024. He was the youngest of six children born in 1935 to Clementine and Alexander Bozymski in Mansfield, Ohio. He is survived by the love of his life for over 70 years, Mary Kay.
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Jeremy Dwayne Riffe
Feb 15, 2024
Jeremy Dwayne Riffe, 53 of Efland, NC passed away at Duke Hospital on Thursday February 15, 2024, surrounded by family and friends. Jeremy had been battling Leukemia since Oct 2023.
Jeremy was born in Milton, WV on April 30, 1970, to Norman and Carol Riffe. He has two older brothers, Phillip and Keith Riffe.
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Jane Smith
Feb 14, 2024
Jane Coe Smith, 74, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away on February 14, 2024, following a stroke. Her family remained by her side through her passing in the peace and respite of the Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home of UNC Health Care.
Jane was born to John and Bessie...
Ann P. Hoover
Feb 11, 2024
Ann P. Hoover (Powell), 76, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024, in her home in Chapel Hill, NC.
A memorial service will be held at La Residence, 202 W Rosemary St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 2:00 PM. Walker’s Funeral Home will be...
Maryann Kingsley
Feb 10, 2024
MaryAnne Kingsley, age 92, died on February 10th, 2024 at Peak Resources Brookshire, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She was born on January 21, 1932, in Erie, Pennsylvania, to the late Marie A. and Stanley F. Rawa.
MaryAnne graduated Academy High School, and Mercyhurst College with a B.A. in Biology in 1953 and taught mathematics at...
Thomas Neff
Feb 10, 2024
Thomas “Tommy” Neff, of Pittsboro, NC, passed away peacefully with his loving wife Pamela at his side on February 10, 2024, at the age of 71 years old.
Tommy and Pamela were blessed with 32 years of marriage and simply loved spending time together. They enjoyed holidays and dinners with family and friends, and took...
James H. Ward, Jr.
Feb 9, 2024
James H. (Jim) Ward, 75, passed away at the Durham VA on February 9, 2024 surrounded by family members.
Jim was born on July 9, 1948 in Cleveland, TN to James H. Ward, Sr. and Ruby Standifer Ward, both deceased.
A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of Kathy...
John Edward Maroney
Feb 8, 2024
John Edward Maroney, 86, died in Durham, NC on February 8, 2024 after a long illness.
John was born in Medford, MA on August 6, 1937 to Evelyn (Finegan) and Edward Maroney. He graduated from Tufts University in 1959 and in 1960 was married to Patricia (Pat) Maria Folsom, whom he met in 1956 through...
Muhamet Hito
Feb 6, 2024
Muhamet (Matt) Hito
1942 - 2024
Our Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Friend, Muhamet Hito passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, February 6th, 2024, surrounded by his loving family at UNC Hospice care.
A proud American citizen, Muhamet was born in Vlora, Albania on January 17th, 1942. He...
Robert Bernard Bizal
Feb 5, 2024
Robert Bernard Bizal died February 5, 2024 at his home in Chapel Hill, NC.
Born on March 31, 1927, Bob was the son of John Bizal and Margaret Gergic, immigrants from Slovenia in Austria-Hungary. He was the second youngest of 13 children. Bob’s parents and all his siblings predeceased him.
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Marlyse Emilie Bach
Feb 4, 2024
Marlyse Emilie Bach passed away peacefully in Chapel Hill on Sunday, February 4 2004, aged 74. For many years she had put up a very brave and stubborn fight against cancer.
Marlyse, whose family lives in Nancy, France, came to study US history at UNC Greensboro in 1976. She then obtained a second Masters in...
Daisy Jewel Sechrist
Feb 4, 2024
Mrs. Daisy Jewel Sechrist passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at the age of 87 years old. Arrangements are incomplete.
Walker's Funeral Home in Hillsborough is assisting the Sechrist family.
Grace Williams Simmons
Feb 2, 2024
Grace Williams Simmons died peacefully in her Orange County home on February 2, 2024; due to complications of advanced stage dementia. She was 95 years old.
Ms. Simmons was born on January 7, 1929, at home in Hillsborough, NC to her parents Naomi Pearson Williams and Charles A. Williams, Sr. She was educated in the...
Virginia Taylor Mcmurray
Feb 1, 2024
Virginia (Ginny) Taylor McMurray quietly passed away on the afternoon of February 1, 2024 at her home in Hurdle Mills, North Carolina. She was 97.
Virginia Taylor was born on New Year’s Eve Day, 1926 in Durham, North Carolina to John Arnold Taylor and Bessie Minton Taylor. She was the youngest of five children in...
