Cary, NC Obituaries

Allison Phillips DeBardelaben, 62, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away on May 17, 2026. Born April 30, 1964, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Allison will be remembered with deep respect and enduring af...

William Richard (Bill) Becker passed away on May 16, 2026, at Southern Magnolia Living in Holly Springs, N.C., surrounded by his family and caregivers. He was born on March 27,1931 in Miami, F.L. du...

Lawrence Joseph Breitenbach passed on May 13, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on December 26, 1949, in Cincinnati, he was the son of Paul Herman Breitenbach and Anna Marie (Griffith) Breitenbach. He grew...

Franklin Delano Ellis, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away on May 8,2026 . Born on October 29, 1936, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Franklin was the son of the late Clyde Tillman Ellis and Queen Visti...

Mary Ellin Weinberg passed on May 7, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on January 24, 1943, Mary Ellin lived in Cary, North Carolina. Please continue to follow up for a full obituary. If you would li...

Lorraine M. Smith, 92, of Cary, NC, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Lorraine was born January 30, 1934 in Albion, New York, the youngest daughter of Domenico and Domenica Spada. She was predeceased...

Ingeborg Hotrich passed away on May 5th at the age of 100. Inge was born in Germany to Josephine and Richard. When she was one year old, her parents moved to America for work. Inge stayed in Germany...

Elisabete passed away peacefully in the home she lovingly called “the best house she ever got to live in” on May 5, 2026. In the final years of her life, she faced a terminal neurological illness that...

Jane Elizabeth Miller Bartles, 89, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at home on May 5th, surrounded by her immediate family. She was a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmot...

Ann Chambliss Timberlake, 79, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 2, 2026, after spending a day surrounded by her family. Ann was born on September 12, 1946, in New Haven...

Carolyn Hunter Williams, daughter of Hazel and Earl Hunter, of Huntington, West Virginia, passed away peacefully at home in Durham, North Carolina last Friday after a long life steadily improving her ...

Barbara Shirley Slepian passed on May 3, 2026, at the age of 85, having been born on December 8, 1940.

Nicholas fought courageously against a rare and aggressive cancer. Courage means not that he was unafraid, rather, he kept getting back up and fighting in spite of the fear and difficulties. He was di...

Suzanne Sullivan, a loving wife, devoted mother, cherished grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family after a lengthy illness. Born in East Orange, New Jersey...

Edyth Carwile Dejarnette, 93, passed away on April 30, 2026. Born May 24, 1932, Edyth was raised at her childhood home in Naruna, Virginia, the daughter of the late Asa Carwile and Sarah Strong Carwil...

Carol Anne Edwards passed peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of April 30, 2026 at her home in Cary, North Carolina. Born Carol Anne Platt in Fairfield CT in January 1938, she was a gr...

Newton Allen Campbell of Apex, North Carolina passed away peacefully on April 30. A memorial service will be held at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home at 200 SE Maynard Road, Cary, North Carolina on May 26 ...

Leonard Alfred Mercer, 93, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away April 26, 2026. He was born June 12, 1932, in Lorain, Ohio, to the late Alfred Ray Mercer and Florence Catherine Hummer Mercer. Len g...

David Leroy Seward passed on April 26, 2026 at the age of 81. Born on June 15, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland David lived in Cary, North Carolina He was the loving husband of Lynda Seward for 64 years a...

Emmon Samuel Rogers, born July 2, 1935, of Cary, NC, passed away on April 24, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of love, service, and devotion to family. He is survived by his wife, Diane; his children, ...

Eugen “Gene” Ruegg, born January 2nd, 1940, in Baden, Switzerland, to Herman and Sophie Ruegg, was the third of their children. His early life, shaped by the period of World War II, led him to complet...

Alvin Morris Wade, 91, of Cary, died Wednesday, April 22, 2026. A native of Greene County, N.C., he was born November 14, 1934, the son of Giles Rand Wade and Blanche Sugg Wade. After working severa...

Rosanne Butler, 70, of Holly Springs, North Carolina, passed away on April 22, 2026. Rosanne was born on February 8, 1956, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Stuart and Mary Pearson. She was the third of ...

Katherine Elaine Johnson, 63, of Cary, passed away April 22, 2026. She was born in Raleigh on September 20, 1962 to Bob and Cynthia Longmire Johnson. Katherine had a forty- year long career in accou...

Cortez Gilbert (Gil) Lowery, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Carteret Hospital in Morehead City, North Carolina. Gilbert was born on June 15, 1935, in State Road, Surry County, Nor...

Thomas "Tom" Richard Manyik, 94, died April 19, 2026. Born November 26, 1931, in Ramah, Colorado, Tom lived a life marked by steady purpose, faithful service, and a quiet ability to lift the people ar...

Laura Virginia Sanderson was born to Elizabeth LeRoy Sanderson on April 26, 1943, in Augusta, GA while her dad, Lt. Col, Charles (Sandy) Sanderson was chief engineer for the railroads that supported P...

Nancy Fagley Forestieri, age 93, of Cary North Carolina passed on April 18, 2026. If you would like to share a memory of Nancy, kindly select the "add a memory" tab. Please check back periodically f...

Kenneth "Ken" Richard Singleton passed away on April 17, 2026, at the age of 70. He was born on March 22, 1956, in Suffern, New York. Ken loved spending time with his family and many friends. He enj...

Janice “Jan” Watts Kellen passed away on April 16, 2026, after a brief battle with cancer at UNC Rex Hospital at the age of 79. Jan was born on February 6, 1947, in Greensboro, NC and grew up in Char...

Janet Ray Herman, age 85 of Cary, North Carolina, passed on April 16, 2026. If you would like to share memories of Janet, please select the "share a memory" tab. Please check back periodically for t...

Keith Mervin Jones passed on April 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born on June 24, 1944, Keith was a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Jeffrey Foster Balliet, age 70, of Raleigh North Carolina, passed on April 15, 2026. If you would like to share a memory of Jeffrey, kindly select the "add a memory" tab. Please check back periodica...

John Raoul Maynard, A Christian husband and father, was born in Cary NC on October 21, 1935. He grew up on Chatham Street with his parents John Thomas Maynard and Grace Holleman Maynard. He broke his ...

Charles Pendergraft, age 91, passed away in his family’s home on April 13, 2026. He was at peace after a weekend watching the Masters with his son, Brian, visiting with his nieces and favorite pets, a...

Jesse Roland Hagan Jr. of Raleigh passed away on April 12, 2026. He was born in Norfolk, VA on May 26,1960 to Roland and Evelyn Hagan. Roland had a career in marketing for IBM for over 25 years. He g...

Mary Josephine Bularzik passed away on April 12, 2026, at the age of 78, having been born on April 28, 1947.

Dr. Lane Norton Tracy, husband of Athena Leonudakis Tracy and father of Diana Maria Tracy (Raleigh, NC), Andrea Georgina Tracy (Crete, Greece) and Mark Stanley Tracy (Wake Forest, NC, married to Ebony...

Warren “Jim” Croom Jr., 75, of Cary, NC, passed away at his house with his family on April 12th, 2026. He was born in Norfolk, VA on August 6th, 1950 to Warren Sr. and Lois Croom. He has a younger si...

Alan Keith Tope passed on April 7, 2026, at the age of 79; born July 31, 1946, he was a resident of Holly Springs, North Carolina.

Oscar Taylor Jones passed on April 9, 2026, at the age of 89, having been born on August 30, 1936.

Frances Yvonne Bonner Garvin, of Raleigh, NC, previously of Aiken, SC, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2026. She was a kind-hearted presence whose life reflected devotion to family, faith, and the ...

Camille Conti, 82, passed away on April 6, 2026. A longtime resident of Oakland, NJ, and more recently of Apex, NC, she was a resilient woman whose life reflected strength, devotion, and steady grace....

Nita “Nana” Littlejohn Gore, 80, of Apex, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2026. Born on September 4, 1945, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Nita lived a life marked by compassion, re...

Thomas Kirk Stuart, age 81, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2026, at his residence. Born on December 9, 1944, in Raleigh, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Raifor...

Cole Prescott Hadel passed away on March 29th, 2026 unexpectedly after a brief illness. He was born December 26th, 1971 in Hampton, VA. He is survived by his loving parents, Paul and Beverly Hadel, a...

Anne was born and raised in Newberry, SC to Maude Hamilton and Clinton Britt "Billy" Matthews. She attended both Winthrop and Newberry Colleges, where she received a degree in English. While in colleg...

Lelia Allen Davenport passed away Saturday, March 21st following a valiant battle with renal cancer marked with courage, dignity, grace and good humor. Lelia, the only child of Fred Allen Davenport (...

Patricia Whitley Hudson, 84, passed away on March 22, 2026. She was born on January 1, 1942, in Smithfield, North Carolina, and was a resident of Cary, North Carolina. A hard-working, resilient, and a...

Joan (Joanie) Peelen Ritsema, 88, of Cary, NC, died on March 22, 2026. Joanie was born on June 2, 1937, to Daisy and William Peelen in Kalamazoo, MI. She graduated from University High School in Kalam...