OBITUARIES
Mary Ellen Fox
Dec 29, 2020
Mary Fox age 93 of Hillsborough, NC passed peacefully at home with loved ones around her on Tuesday December 29, 2020. She was well known and loved for her work at the Orange County Health Department and as an Office manager at HR block. She was an active member of the Garden Club, and gave tours for the Historical...
Horace Lee Ward
Dec 29, 2020
Horace Lee Ward, 94, passed away at home on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Horace wa preceded in death by his parents, Lennie Frank and Maude Durham Ward and sister, Jessie Ward Cheek. A lifetime resident of the White Cross Community and member of Antioch Baptist Church, Horace was a WWII Veteran that served in the US Army. Many happy...
Arnold Daniel Rollins
Dec 28, 2020
Mr Arnold Daniel Rollins, a resident of Chapel Hill. Died Monday Dec. 28th at the age of 85. Mr Rollins was born May 10th, 1935 to the late Jake and Mary Rollins. Arnold was devoted to his late wife, Jean of 62 years. He served in the Army from 1958-1964. It was such an honor for him to have...
Eleanor Mae Kimberley
Dec 26, 2020
Eleanor (Transou) Kimberley Eleanor Kimberley, 82, of Durham, NC, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 26th, 2020. She is survived by her sons Kevin (Cathy) Kimberley of Holly Springs, NC; Kyle (Dianne) Kimberley of Durham, NC; grandchildren William (Lizzie), and Anna; great-grandchildren Dean and Olivia. A private family service will be held at a later date. The...
Judy Marie Clontz
Dec 26, 2020
Judy Marie Wilson McPherson Clontz, 82, of Burlington died Saturday, December 26, 2020. She was a native of Alamance County, attended school in Mebane, graduating in 1956 and became a homemaker. Judy was born Aug. 25, 1938 to the late Henry Grover Wilson, Sr. and Alice Mae Ray Wilson. She is survived by her son David Wiggins McPherson III...
Cheryl Elaine Junkmann
Dec 23, 2020
Mrs. Cheryl Elaine Junkmann, 83, wife of the late Laverne George Junkmann, died December 23, 2020 in Chapel Hill. A full obituary is forthcoming. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 10:00am, at Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Legion Road. Officiating will be Rev. Ben Williams. Masks will be required, and social distancing will be...
Annie Wagoner
Dec 22, 2020
Annie (Ann) C. Wagoner, age 76, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on December 22, 2020. Ann was predeceased in death by her father and mother, Walter and Vernell Crabtree, brother William Crabtree, and her beloved husband, Russell Wagoner. She is survived by her sister, Marion Crabtree. She is also survived by two children: Sheila Crawford...
Sharrane Glenn Lloyd
Dec 18, 2020
On December 18, 2020, Elizabeth Sharranne Glenn Lloyd entered her eternal joy with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She sojourned as a pilgrim for 73 years. Her Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date at Crosslink Community Church, 3445 Old Hillsborough Road, Mebane, North Carolina with a visitation at the church prior to the...
Victoria Theresa Hofmann
Dec 15, 2020
Vickie passed to heaven on 15 December 2020 at the age of 73. She leaves behind her loving husband of 52 years, Lorenz, her two children Lorenz and Paul (Tracy), and four loving grandchildren Jaxon, Madeline, Jenna, and Kara. She was born in Chicago Illinois in 1947, and attended Divine Savior while winning Miss Teen Chicago. She married Lorenz...
Nalda Haithcock Scarlette
Dec 14, 2020
Mrs. Nalda Haithcock Scarlette, age 85, passed away on December 14, 2020. A more complete obituary is forthcoming. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is assisting the Scarlette family.
Owen Lee Allison
Dec 14, 2020
Mebane, NC - Owen Lee Allison of 2170 S. Third St ext in Mebane passed away peacefully at home, December 14, 2020 , under hospice care. Owen was 95, born May 30, 1925 in Hillsborough. He always said he wanted to live to 100, like some of his relatives. However, complications from Covid-19 robbed him of his hope. A...
Arthur St. Clair Deberry, Jr.
Dec 14, 2020
Arthur St. Clair DeBerry, Jr. - Born January 18, 1929 to Arthur S. DeBerry Sr. and Frances Rubilee (Ruby) Whitehead DeBerry, died at home December 14, 2020. He was the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas DeBerry (Virginia Hyman) and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Raymond Whitehead (Eugenia Deal). He was a native of Tarboro, North Carolina. His mother...
Carlis Marie Laws
Dec 12, 2020
Carlis Marie Dillehay Laws, age 71 years, of Oxford, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Carver Rehabliltation & Living Center in Durham. Carlis was born in Durham County, North Carolina on Wednesday August 31, 1949. She was raised in Carrboro by her parents the late Stewart Preston Dillehay and the late Florence Mildred Brown Dillenhay. She was...
Bobby Alton Terry
Dec 7, 2020
Mr. Robert (Bobby) Terry died December 7, 2020. The graveside service is 11 AM Friday in Walnut Grove Methodist Cemetery, 7215 Walnut Grove Church Rd., Hurdle Mills.
Diva Lozano Willemse
Dec 6, 2020
Diva Willemse passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, December 6, 2020 in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She was 82. Diva was born on January 3, 1938, in Tolima, Colombia, to Antonio Lozano and Clementina Aya Lozano. The eldest of eight children, she grew up surrounded by nature living on her family's farm. She loved her family's horses and...
Cathy Hanby-Sikora
Dec 4, 2020
Cathy Hanby-Sikora passed away peacefully at her home in Chapel Hill, NC on Friday, December 4, 2020 at the age of 65. Cathy was born on January 18th, 1955, in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Alfred and Francis Hanby. After graduating from Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana, she went on to get a BA in History, Folklore,...
Paula Ruth Rogenes
Dec 4, 2020
Paula R. Rogenes (August 29, 1949 – December 4, 2020) Paula Ruth Rogenes was born in Grand Forks, ND, on August 29, 1949, to Arthur and Ruth (Mickelson) Rogenes. She was baptized and confirmed at Grue Lutheran Church, rural Buxton, where her great grandparents had been founding members in the 1880’s after emigrating from Norway in the late 1870’s....
Jerome M. Pilarski, Sr.
Dec 4, 2020
Mr. Jerome Marcel Pilarski, 93, of Carrboro, died at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC on Friday, December 4, 2020. He is survived by his children, two daughters, Katherine Scott and Karen Herndon; one son, Marty Pilarski; three grandchildren, Jeremiah Pilarski, Charity Mcdonald and Harold Herndon, Jr.; three great grandchildren, Abigail and Caleb Mcdonald and Harland Herndon. Jerome was...
Pauline Newman
Dec 4, 2020
Pauline Shorter Newman, age 90, died in her sleep on Friday, December 4. She was a resident of Elmcroft Assisted Living Community and a member of Hillsborough First Baptist Church for over 60 years. Before retirement, she worked as an office manager at "The News of Orange" newspaper for about 40 years. Pauline was preceded in death by her...
Mary Swistok Goetze
Dec 3, 2020
Mary (Swistok) Goetze died on December 3, 2020 after a long illness. She was 76. Mary was born on June 22, 1944 in Passaic, New Jersey to Irene and Harold Swistok and was the eldest of four children. Mary was a retired bookkeeper who enjoyed collecting hand made quilts and collectables of all kinds. She enjoyed communicating with her...
