Joe Herzenberg, longtime Chapel Hill Town Council member, Democratic Party stalwart, Greenways champion and an astute historian of local politics died today from complications of diabetes. He left this world, we are told, surrounded by friends. Details of memorials to follow. Update: Thread on OP: We’ll Miss You Joe
Category: Obituaries
Obituary – Florence Gray Soltys
Florence Gray Soltys, 72, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, September 27, 2007. She was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late O.G. and Addie Gray. She is survived by her husband, Dr. John J. Soltys, two daughters, Rebecca Soltys Jones and Addie Gray. She also is survived by her brother, Glenn Gray,…
Obituary – Virginia Fant Hamm
Virginia Fant Hamm, 87, of Chapel Hill and Pittsboro, NC, passed away Friday, September 21, 2007 at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living Home in Pittsboro. Mrs. Hamm was a native of Pendleton, South Carolina and was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Charles W. Hamm, Sr. and three brothers Ernest S. Fant, Marshall…
Obituary – Joan Elizabeth Byrne
Joan Elizabeth Byrne, 68, of Chapel Hill passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at UNC-Hospital in Chapel Hill. Byrne was born on December 12, 1928, in Queens, NY to Charles and Elizabeth Mullet Lang. Byrne and her husband William lived in the Governors’ Club in Chapel Hill for the past 12 years and met…
Obituary: Morris W. Rosenberg
Morris W. Rosenberg, 87, veteran foreign correspondent and Bureau Chief for the Associated Press, died of prostate cancer at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 15, 2007. Rosenberg graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism in 1940, and was elected to the NC Journalism…
Obituary – Giuseppina Maria “JoJo” Finazzo
Giuseppina Maria “JoJo†Finazzo, 22, died Wednesday, September 5, 2007. She was a native of Durham County and grew up in her family’s Italian Restaurant, Sal’s Pizza. After graduating from East Chapel Hill High School, she received her CAN and was currently working as a teacher’s assistant at Carrboro Elementary School. Her goal was to…
Obituary – James Eber “Jim†Lash
James Eber “Jim†Lash died peacefully at Carolina Meadows on August 31st. He was 92. Jim was born on November 22, 1914, in Rialto, California. After graduating from UCLA, he pursued an early interest in better housing for underprivileged populations by becoming a city planner. He served as the first Director of the San Francisco…
Obituary – George M. Norwood Jr.
George M. Norwood Jr., 86, of Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, died peacefully at home on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. A former hospital and university administrator, he was born in Goldsboro on July 15, 1921, to the late George and Helen Norwood. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Zabelle Corwin Norwood. In 1978…
Obituary – Charles William “Will†Steiner, II
Charles William “Will†Steiner, II, age 43, died at his home on September 1, 2007. Steiner was proprietor of several Outback restaurants over the years, and will be remembered by those who worked for him as a caretaker whose kindness, integrity and generosity were unfailing. His outreach into the community took the form of charity…
Obituary – Willis Hampton Knight
Willis Hampton Knight, age 83, died Sunday, August 26, 2007 at Laurels of Chatham Nursing Home in Pittsboro, N.C. after several years of declining health. Preceding Knight in death were his parents, Hampton and Cara Hobby Knight, brother Everett Knight and sisters Elsie McBane, Edna Caldwell, Lillian Knight and Helen Campbell.
Obituary – Ruth Solomon Wright
Ruth Solomon Wright, age 89, died August 25, 2007 in Chapel Hill after several years of declining health. Born in Pressman’s Home, Tennessee in 1918, she had lived in Chapel Hill since 1948 and was a homemaker for the majority of her life. She was pre-deceased by her husband of 60 years, O.J. (Jack) Wright,…
Dr. Joseph Philibert Lorio
Dr. Joseph Philibert Lorio died Thursday afternoon, August 16th, 2007, at Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk VA, at the age of 65. Dr Lorio was a resident of Carrboro, NC since his retirement in 2001. Previously he had been a resident of Fairfax, VA and a practicing psychiatrist in Falls Church. He was on the faculty…
Robert Finley Gaines
Robert Finley Gaines, 79, of Chapel Hill, died Friday, August 10, 2007, after a long illness.   Mr. Gaines, a long-time resident of Chapel Hill, is survived by his wife of 55 years, Nancy Cheek Gaines, and by two daughters, Marcia (Gordon) Mercer of Franklin, NC, and Mary Anna (Richard) Lindholm of Charlotte, MI.. Also surviving…
Vennie Neal Best
Vennie Neal Best, 94, of Carrboro, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007. She was the daughter of the late John Yancey Neal and the late Alice Burke Neal. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Thurman E. Best, and her son, Danny M. Best, Sr. Mrs. Best retired from UNC Hospital and was…
Obituary – Philip Wayne Cooke
Philip Wayne Cooke of Fearrington Village died at his home on July 30. He was 75. Dr. Cooke was a professor emeritus at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and retired in 2003. Born on January 7, 1932 in Surry County to the late Chonnie and Porter W. Cooke, he was the oldest of…