Dietrich von Haugwitz, 79, of Durham died on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at his home after a short bout with stomach cancer. Mr. Haugwitz retired from Duke University in 1992 as a Health Systems Engineer who wrote computer software for the medical center. He was active as a board member for the NC Network for…
Category: Obituaries
Nancy Kitt Mills
Nancy K. Mills passed away on June 12, 2007. The cause was breast cancer. She was a beloved wife, mother, cousin and friend. She was also an artist, designer, landscape architect and tireless contributor to her community.
Obituary – John Ambrose Hebert
John Ambrose Hebert, 103, died on June 15, 2007 at Britthaven of Chapel Hill. He was born in Terre Haute, IN in 1904, son of Joseph A. and Mabel Chewning Hebert. He attended the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina, graduating from the latter in 1926. He majored in philosophy and continued…
Obituary – Valerie P. Rishel
Valerie P. Rishel, age 67, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina died Thursday June 14, 2007 from complications following a bone marrow transplant she had received as a treatment for leukemia. She had been battling leukemia since November 2004. Ms. Rishel was born November 17, 1939 in Glen Richey, PA to Carl Emil Peterson and Delphine…
Obituary – Charles Houston Teague
Charles Houston Teague, 77, passed away at 3:20 pm on Friday, June 15, 2007 at the Heritage Villa Nursing Center in Bartlesville, OK. Graveside funeral services were held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery in Chapel Hill NC with the Rev. Martha Hubbard Forrest officiating. Committal prayers…
Viola Howard Davis
Mrs. Viola Howard Davis, age 90, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Durham, NC. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 2:00 pm at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Apex, NC. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 pm at the…
Obituary – Max Paul
Max Paul, 87, died on June 13 at the Chapel Hill Rehabilitation Center. He was born January 10, 1920, on the Lower East Side of New York City to immigrant parents. After graduating from high school, Max worked odd jobs during the Depression, then served in the Army during World War II. He would later…
Obituary: Max Paul
Max Paul, 87, died on June 13 at the Chapel Hill Rehabilitation Center. He was born January 10, 1920, on the Lower East Side of New York City to immigrant parents. After graduating from high school, Max worked odd jobs during the Depression until enlisting in the U. S. Merchant Marine, serving in the Mediterranean…
Obituary: Linda Norwood Kitchens
Linda Norwood Kitchens passed peacefully at her home in Hillsborough on Saturday, June 9, 2007. Linda was a native of Chapel Hill but moved to Hillsborough in 2005 to her home she affectionately referred to as her “earthly promised land.†Linda enjoyed many beautiful days bird watching from her sunroom and telling stories of her…
Obituary: Richard Whitehead Sparrow
Richard Whitehead Sparrow of Chapel Hill died Wednesday, June 6, 2007. A graduate of Chapel Hill High School, Mr. Sparrow attended the University of North Carolina and was a World War II veteran having served in the Pacific theater. He was retired from the US Postal Service. A memorial was held at 2:00 pm Saturday,…
Obituary: Elizabeth Truitt Insch
Elizabeth Truitt Insch passed away in her home in Chapel Hill on the morning of Friday, June 1, 2007. She was born in Sanford on December 24, 1924, the middle child of James Spencer and Grace Mann Truitt. After a career in the civil service in Panama, she married William Insch of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who…
Obituary: Thelma Horner Duncan
Thelma Horner Duncan Thelma Horner Duncan, 86, of Chapel Hill died Monday morning at Carol Woods Health Center. A native of Alamance Count, she spent almost all of her life in Orange County where she was a member of the North Chapel Hill Baptist Church and had retired from UNC. A funeral service will be…