OBITUARIES
Nola Mcbroom
May 2, 2018
Nola K McBroom, 90, of Hurdle Mills NC, passed away peacefully at home on May 2, 2018. Nola was born in Elkins, West Virginia to the late Mr & Mrs Denzel Kesling on March 16, 1928. She worked at Eaton Corp in Roxboro, NC, until she retired. Nola is survived by her daughter, Linda Riley of Rougemont; son, Jerry...
Francois Deprez
May 1, 2018
The most interesting man in the world has progressed to his next adventure. If you knew Francois Deprez, you are already nodding your head. He had more passions than most people have problems: music, petanque, photography, woodworking, sailing, cooking, politics and rustling up roadside treasures. His premier passion was his wife Christina and the two beautiful boys they raised...
Edwin Dixon, Jr.
Apr 30, 2018
Chapel Hill, NC - Edwin Harrison Dixon, Jr. died Monday, April 30, 2018. Ed, the son of the late Elizabeth Sessoms and Edwin Harrison Dixon, lived most of his childhood in Charlotte and graduated from Walter Bickett High School in Monroe, NC. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1952 where he...
Tammy Cole
Apr 28, 2018
Tammy Lynn Cole, 47, died Saturday, April 28, 2018. She was born in Alamance County. She attended Grady Brown Elementry School, Stanback Middle School and two years at Orange High School. She graduated at Northern High School and attended East Carolina University. Ms. Cole was a Law Office Administrator with Cordell and Cordell Law firm in Raleigh. She loved...
Colleen Milner
Apr 28, 2018
Akron, Ohio native, Colleen Handley Milner, 86, who lived at 300 West Arbor Ave. Port St. Lucie, FL died Saturday April 28, 2018 while residing at Seasons at Southpoint in Durham for her last five months. Retired Mrs. Colleen Milner had been a Business Teacher at Fort Pierce Central High School in Fort Pierce, FL for 27 years of...
Mary Fehr
Apr 27, 2018
Mrs. Mary Lou Fehr, died unexpectedly in Chapel Hill on Friday, April 27, 2018. Mrs. Fehr is survived by her daughters, Deborah Benedetti, and her husband, William, of McKeesport, PA; Barbara McNulty, and her husband, Michael, of Chapel Hill, NC; her son, Chip Fehr, and his wife, Kim, of Chatham County, NC; grandchildren, Brooke Benedetti-Richarz, and her husband, Jason...
Robert Hoppin
Apr 27, 2018
Chapel Hill – Mr. Robert Chambers Hoppin, 74, died unexpectedly on Friday, April 27, 2018, in Cary, NC. Bob was born in Houston, Texas. His father was a career Air Force pilot and his mother was a professional artist. Raised in a military family, he lived in most of the American states and in Japan. He received a BS...
Henry Jackson
Apr 27, 2018
Henry Steven Jackson, 71, passed away on April 27, 2018 at Duke University Hospital. He was born on May 15, 1946 in Davidson county to the late Olive Belle Burnett (Stainback). Raised in the Raleigh area in the presence of a large family, Henry lived in various areas of the country prior to settling in Chapel Hill in 2008....
Florence Ricks
Apr 26, 2018
Florence Christie Ricks “Chris”, passed away from cancer on April 26th, 2018, in her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Chris was born on January 21, 1937 in Amarillo, Texas to the late Francis Bell Watson and Charles Cloyd Christie. After completing high school in San Francisco, California, she attended college at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where...
Sean Edmondson
Apr 24, 2018
Sean Michael Edmundson, passed away on April 24, 2018 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born on April 12, 2018 to his parents Jonathan and Crystal Edmondson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted with caring for Sean's family.
Margaret Adams
Apr 21, 2018
Ms. Margaret Leigh Adams, age 62, died at her home on April 21, 2018. Ms. Adams is survived by her brother Kirkwood Adams, Jr. and her sister Stokes A. Adams. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. A full obituary will be posted when it is available.
Vera Juliano
Apr 19, 2018
Mrs. Vera Aquino Juliano, 100, wife of the late Rudolph Juliano, died at her home on Thursday, April 19, 2018. Mrs. Juliano is survived by her children, Rudy Juliano, and his wife, Eve, Jeanne Wagner, and her husband, Michael, all of Chapel Hill; grandchildren, Gregory Juliano, and his wife, Kristine, Jonathan Juliano, and his wife, Erin, William Porfilio, and...
Rebecca Hauser
Apr 16, 2018
Rebecca Yomtov Hauser, 95, passed away peacefully at home on April 16th. She is survived by her children Edward (Deborah), Bonnie, and Mark (Kathleen) Hauser, grandchildren Brian, Matthew and Michael Hauser, and Laura Hauser O’Keefe (Tom), and great grandson Arthur O’Keefe. She is preceded in death by husband Manny Hauser. A graveside service was held on Wednesday April 18th,...
Nancy Raasch
Apr 15, 2018
Nancy Raasch died peacefully at home with family on April 15, 2018. She was born in Modesto, CA, and moved to Chapel Hill/Carrboro with her husband Ralph in 1976 when he accepted a faculty position at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Nancy attended Henry M. Gunn Senior High School in Palo Alto, CA, where she met Ralph, and...
Michael Wilson
Apr 14, 2018
Burlington - Mr. Michael Wilson, 70, husband of Jeanene A. Wilson, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon. Mike was born and raised in Burlington, NC. He was educated at Williams High School and graduated from Elon University. For many years, Mike was employed by Alamance County, retiring in 2015. In addition to his wife of 33 years, Mike is survived by...
Leah Burt
Apr 13, 2018
Leah Brodbeck Stenzel Burt, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, passed away unexpectedly on April 13th at Duke University Hospital. Leah was born October 27 1931, the daughter of Elsie Agnes Brodbeck and Henryk Bronislaw Stenzel. Much to her father’s surprise, she was born a redhead. She always relished her distinction as a ginger, or “carrot-top”. The family of three moved...
Michael Hunt
Apr 12, 2018
On 12 April, after a rich and productive life and in the loving presence of his family, Michael H. Hunt passed away suddenly at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, from complications of leukemia. Michael. Born in Texas and captured in an old photograph as an inquisitive little "cowboy" with an infectious grin and penetrating blue eyes, he grew up to...
Thomas Walter Amstadt
Apr 10, 2018
Thomas Walter Amstadt, 34 of Mebane died on April 10, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Skokie, Illinois on January 9, 1984. He is survied by his parents, Walter and Mary Amstadt of Mebane, one brother Joseph Amstadt of Illinois, Grandmother, Marget Siegel of Mebane and Grandfather, Joseph Amstadt of Rock Hill, SC. Tom loved his family....
Gary Johnson
Apr 3, 2018
Gary Thomas Johnson, 46 of Hillsborough died on April 3, 2018. He was born on February 11, 1972 in Orange County, North Carolina and was the son of Paul Wesley Johnson and Virginia Ann Morris. His father and grandparents Johnny and Margaret Clayton and John William and Martha Johnson preceded him in death. Gary attended Orange County Schools and...
Eloise Squires
Apr 2, 2018
Mrs. Eloise Fogleman Squires 86, of Chapel Hill met her Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, April 2, 2018. She was predeceased by her parents, Herman and Virginia Fogleman, and a son, Richard Jackson Squires, Jr. She is survived by her loving husband and best friend of 67 years, Jack Squires of the home, a son, Kevin Squires (Jamie), two...
