OBITUARIES
Donald Zinser
Oct 24, 2018
Donald Timothy Zinser, 68, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, after a brief illness. Tim is survived by his two children, daughter, Kimberly Andrews (Alan) and son, Justin Zinser; brother, Charles Zinser (Andrea) of Plattsburgh, NY; half-sister Victoria, Phoenix AZ; grandchildren, Cassidy and Brody; nephews Allen and Brandon; nieces Krista and Victoria; grandnieces and nephews Tommy, Matthew, Grace...
Michael Arcure
Oct 24, 2018
Mr. Michael Benjamin Arcure, died Wednesday evening at his home in Raleigh. Michael was born in Greensboro, North Carolina to Ann Marie and Scott C. Arcure. His family relocated to Chapel Hill in 2001, where Michael graduated from Carrboro High School in 2013. Michael loved animals, playing baseball and basketball, enjoyed fishing and being outdoors, including water-sports on Jordan...
Christopher Ashley Eno
Oct 23, 2018
Christopher Ashley Eno passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in Graham, North Carolina. He was born on April 18, 1973 in Plainview, New York to Jean and Frederic Eno II. He was a 1991 graduate from Bayport-Blue Point High School. Christopher married Heather Godley on September 21, 2002 in Greenville, North Carolina. He is survived by his beloved...
George Howard Richman
Oct 22, 2018
George Howard Richman Sr. was born on July 25th, 1918 in Milford, Michigan to Fred and Bertha Richman. He grew up in Milford, Michigan with his family (7 siblings, mother, and father) where his family was one of the founders. In 2000, George moved to North Carolina. George loved sweets and his puzzles. In July he celebrated his 100th...
Hannah Sutton
Oct 22, 2018
Hannah Green Sutton, nee Oppenheimer, died on October 22, 2018 at the age of 83, after a battle with cancer. Hannah was born in Dusseldorf, Germany on October 14, 1935. Following Kristallnacht in 1938, she and her parents fled to Holland, England, Wales, and finally the United States. She spent her childhood in Chicago and Pittsburgh, where she attended...
Harold Brokaw
Oct 22, 2018
Pretty Much the life and times of Hal Brokaw Harold (Hal) Lee Brokaw was born in Evansville, Indiana on December 26, 1925 to Floyd Embre and Lillian Vivian Painter Brokaw. He grew up in Evansville along with his younger brother Floyd Elliot. Young Floyd died at the age of nine when Hal was 12 years old. Hal attended Stanley...
Mary Henderson
Oct 18, 2018
Mary Edna Chadwick Henderson, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed surrounded by her family on October 18th, 2018 at the age of 82 years old. Mary Edna is survived by her 3 daughters, Genny Wrenn and husband, Jimmy, of Hillsborough, Lisa Floyd and husband, Tim, of Raleigh, and Teresa Lindsay and husband, Dwayne, of Salisbury, NC, and daughter-in-law, Sarah, of...
Sidney Smith, Jr.
Oct 17, 2018
Chapel Hill - Sidney Rufus Smith, Jr., aged 87, passed away on October 17, 2018. Sidney was born on September 18th, 1931, in Greensboro, NC, to the late Page Johnston and Sidney Smith, Sr. He graduated from Greensboro High School (now Grimsley) in 1949. He attended Duke University, and in 1953 received a degree in business administration, after years...
Mary Johnson
Oct 15, 2018
Mary Evelyn Watkins Johnson died Monday, October 15th, 2018 at Carol Woods retirement community, Chapel Hill, NC. She was born on June 9th, 1928 in Ann Arbor Michigan, daughter of Leonard Lionel Watkins and Katherine Smith Watkins. She married Dr. Wendell Johnson, mathematics professor, on December 28th, 1948. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology at Phillips University in...
James Nida
Oct 14, 2018
Durham - Mr. James Oliver Nida, 88, passed peacefully in his sleep Sunday morning at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Mr. Nida was born on February 13, 1930 in Carthage, Missouri to the late Oliver and Neva James Nida. He was raised and educated in Carthage. Upon graduation from high school, he immediately enlisted in the US Navy, retiring in 1969...
Kirk Vaughan
Oct 13, 2018
Kirk Tyree (Ty) Vaughan, 54, of Chapel Hill, NC, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 13, 2018, while tracking an injured deer with his pride and joy tracking dog, Mac. Kirk and Mac were a native NC tracking team who tracked all over the North Carolina area to help hunters retrieve their wounded game. Kirk was...
Jean Ferguson
Oct 12, 2018
Mrs. Jean Elizabeth Workman Ferguson, 84, died October 12, 2018. She was born in Durham to the late Johnny and Mary Workman, and attended the Durham schools. Mrs. Workman worked at Wrights Machinery which became Sperry Rand from 1950's-1990's. Today a devout Christian, a loving mother, friend, wife, and grandmother, met her reward. To be remembered for her love...
Victor Finizio
Oct 11, 2018
Victor (Vito) Peter Finizio, of New Bern, NC, passed at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, from extensive and lengthy complications following surgery, taking his last breath in the arms of his beloved wife, Athena Kris Bernal, on October 11, 2018 at the age of 68. He is survived by his wife, Athena Kris Bernal; his maternal aunt, Adele Petruzzo;...
Marilyn Price
Oct 9, 2018
Mrs. Marilyn Faye Price, age 83 passed away in Chapel Hill on October 9, 2018. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is caring for the Price family.
Marilyn Patrickis
Oct 8, 2018
Marilyn Jones Patrickis shared love, gentleness, strength, kindness, and great energy with everyone she met, and everywhere she went. On October 8, 2018 Heaven opened its doors and escorted Marilyn away from this earthly life to join those who went before her. Marilyn’s mother, Ada Ward Jones and her father, John Linwood Jones lived in Chicago, Illinois from 1928...
Robert Patterson
Oct 5, 2018
Robert “Bob” James Patterson, 80, entered into rest peacefully on October 5, 2018. Bob was born in Kansas City, Missouri on May 24, 1938. He grew up in Jacksonville, Florida and moved with his parents and sister to Houston, Texas in 1958. He graduated in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Houston. Bob...
Dorothy Mae Manuel
Oct 3, 2018
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Simmons Manuel age 90 of Mebane died on October 3rd, 2018 at the Hospice Home of Alamance in Burlington, NC. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and was the daughter of the late Ethel and Reece Simmons. In addition to her parents she was proceeded in death by her husband Odell Manuel, her Brothers, Talmadge and...
Vivian Drobnak
Oct 3, 2018
Mrs. Vivian Rita Drobnak, age 56, a resident of Chapel Hill died on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to help the Drobnak family.
Patricia Ennes
Oct 3, 2018
Patricia Anne Ennes (“Pat”, “Grandma”) passed away in peace on October 3, 2018 at Duke University Hospital after a brave fight against cancer. Pat is survived by her mother, Ann Elizabeth Long (Adams) of Ann Arbor, MI; her sons and daughter in laws, Charles & Karen Johnson of Chapel Hill, NC and Rob & Joy Johnson of Concord, NC;...
Elizabeth Ann Wheaton
Oct 1, 2018
Elizabeth Ann Wheaton, known as Betty by the many who loved her, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on February 25, 1928. After 25 moves and over 90 years of making others smile, Betty finally moved to a permanent, heavenly address on October 1, 2018. Betty was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Robert James (“Bob”) Wheaton, Jr., and...
