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Vincent Thomas Urban
Vincent Thomas Urban of Chapel Hill died suddenly at his home on Jan. 16, 2005. He was 88.
Born in Lake County, Illinois, he was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and served during World War II.
Services and burial will be held at a later date in North Shore Garden of Memories in Waukegan, Ill.
Survivors include his daughter, Sandra Prelipp of Chapel Hill; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Louise S. Dettlinger
Louise Shaw Dettlinger died recently at UNC Hospitals.
A graveside service will be conducted at Westwood cemetery in Carrboro at 11 a.m. today.
Survivors include a special friend, Nello Clark of Chapel Hill.
Arrangements are by Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill.
Elizabeth L. Ellis
Elizabeth Landrum "Lib" Ellis of Chapel Hill died Jan. 26, 2005 at Carolina Meadows Health Center. She was 87.
Born in Landrum, S.C., she received a bachelor's degree in 1938 from Coker College, where she was chosen May Queen and served as student body president her senior year. She was an elementary school teacher and raised four daughters in Chapel Hill. For a number of years taught music in The Little Red Schoolhouse, a private kindergarten. She later taught music, arts and crafts in local nursing homes.
She was a charter member and the first female deacon of the Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church, served on the Orange County Board of Welfare, was a leader among Chapel Hill church women in the integration movement of the 1960s and served as first president of Church Women United. She also served as president of the UNC Woman's Club and the N.C. Council of Women's Organizations. As a member of the Chapel Hill Garden Club, she won numerous blue ribbons for her arrangements.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at Binkley Baptist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Barbara Minah of Columbia, Md., Marybeth Cockcroft of Lyon, France, Francie Segar of Charlottesville, Va., and Frieda Harden of Eugene, Ore.; a sister, Frances Weathers of Bowman, S.C.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Elizabeth Ellis Memorial Fund at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514; or the Alzheimer's Association, 400 Oberlin Road, Suite 220, Raleigh, N.C. 27604.
Edith T. Hendricks
Edith T. Hendricks of Chapel Hill died Jan. 30, 2005 at Carolina Meadows. She was 92.
She was born in Albany, N.Y., and was a graduate of the University of Vermont. She was a personal technician for the New York Department of Civil Service in Albany, N.Y., and worked as a volunteer at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Albany.
She was a long-time member of the Chapel Hill Country Club.
A service will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Carolina Meadows. Interment will be in Fort Plain cemetery in Fort Plain, N.Y.
Survivors include two sisters, Olive Johnson of Chapel Hill and Alice Whelan of Delmar, N.Y.
Memorials may be made to the Duke Comprehensive Cancer center, 512 S. Mangum St., Durham, N.C. 27701, or to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 1330, Durham, N.C. 27702-1330.
Eleanor A. Idol
Eleanor A. Idol of Chapel Hill died Feb. 1, 2005. She was 84.
She was born and raised in High Point and graduated from Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va.
She was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Durham, where she served on the board. She spearheaded and funded a chapel at the church. She did volunteer work at Duke Hospital and the former Watts Hospital. She ran the Red Cross Blood Center for six years and was a member of the Durham-Orange County Junior League. She moved to Carol Woods Retirement Center in Chapel Hill in 1994 and became a member of Orange United Methodist Church.
Memorial and graveside services will be conducted Friday at Orange United Methodist at 11 a.m.
Survivors include a son, Robert Amos Idol; a daughter, Cassandra Idol Cerles; and a grandson.
Lawrence S. Lanset
Lawrence Sidney Lanset of Chapel Hill died Jan. 30, 2005. He was 87.
He was a former employee of W.R. Grace Company and the Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation.
A graveside service was conducted Tuesday at the Judea Reform Congregation cemetery by Rabbi John Friedman.
Memorials may be made to the Nature Conservancy in Chapel Hill.
Buster Marlow
Buster Marlow of Chapel Hill died Jan. 30, 2005 at his home. He was 77.
He was born in Horry County, S.C., and was the retired owner of Twin Village Heating and Air Conditioning Company.
A graveside service will be conducted today at 2 p.m. in Westwood cemetery in Carrboro.
Survivors include his wife, Katherine Marlow of the home; two sons, James Douglas Marlow of Bynum and William Christopher Marlow of Chapel Hill; five brothers, Thomas Marlow of Chapel Hill, Pete Marlow of Carrboro, Dick Marlow of Mebane, Jack Marlow of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Mickey Marlow of Pittsboro; four sisters, Lois Valley of Goldsboro, Elizabeth Goodman and Patricia Howard, both of Pittsboro, and Betty Sue Dodson of Chapel Hill; one grand-daughter, two step-grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
J. Council Pinnell
Jackson Council Pinnell of Henderson died Jan. 31, 2005 at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City. He was 85.
A native of Vance County, he was a graduate of Wake Forest College and served during World War II. He was co-founder of Pinnell Insurance Agency. He served on the Henderson City School Board for 17 years and was chairman for two years. He was a charter member of the Henderson Jaycees and was a past pPresident of the Henderson Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was a former deacon.
He lived in Carolina House in Chapel Hill for four years.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel by Paul A. Baxley. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at the J.M. White Funeral Home.
Survivors include two daughters, Beverly P. Grissom of Waynesboro, Va., and Nancy P. Munn of Morehead City; a sister, Miriam P. Johnson of Lubbock, Texas; and three granddaughters.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Vance Granville Community College Endowment Fund Corporation, P.O. Box 917, Henderson, N.C. 27536.
Arrangements are by the J.M. White Funeral Home.
Diana Braun
Diana Dea Sprague Braun of Chapel Hill died at UNC Hospitals on Jan. 29, 2005. She was 66.
She was bornin West Chester, Iowa, and attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
She moved to Chapel Hill in 1971 and was a homemaker and a mother. She spent many years working at The Country Store. She was an active volunteer in the community, working with the PTA, local schools, and neighborhood committees. She was active in the Chapel Hill Service League in which, at the time of her death, she was a sustaining member.
Survivors her husband, John; two sons, Sam, of Chapel Hill, and Daniel, of Clayton; a sister, Beverly Bell Sprague of West Chester, Iowa; and a brother, Leland L. Sprague of Ojai, Calif.
A memorial service is planned for family and friends in Chapel Hill in the spring. Her remains will be interred next to her parents’ graves in the Wellman, Iowa, cemetery, in the spring.
Memorial contributions may be made to Christmas House c/o Chapel Hill Service League, P.O. Box 3003, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515 or Triangle Hospice, 1001 Corporate Drive, Hillsborough, N.C. 27278.
Willie Raymond Cooley
Willie Raymond Cooley of Chapel Hill died Feb. 3, 2005. He was 65.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at White Rock United Holy Church by the Rev. David Henderson. Burial will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Marva Cooley, of the home; a daughter, Linda Taylor of Powder Springs, Ga.; two sons, Willie Cooley Jr. of Charlotte and Phil Cooley of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a sister, Louise Whitley of Apex; and six grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home.
Donald R. Dyer
Donald R. Dyer died Feb. 2, 2005 from a brain hemorrhage at UNC Hospitals. He was 86.
Born in Mesa, Colo., he received a bachelor’s degree in geography from Stanford University. After receiving a doctorate from Northwestern University in 1950, he joined the geography faculty at the University of Florida at Gainesville. His work took him to Cuba and Peru before he was tapped by the U.S. State Department in 1962 as geographic attache at the embassy in Rio de Janeiro. As geographic specialist under direction of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, his work took him to 87 countries before he moved to Chapel Hill in 1978. He was active in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) as well as the C.G. Jung Society of the Triangle Area. Two books he wrote on Jungian thought were published, as well as numerous articles in professional journals.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Chapel Hill Friends Meeting at 531 Raleigh Road.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; two daughters, March Elizabeth Dyer of Virginia Beach and Meredith Claire Dyer of Santa Cruz, Calif.; and one grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the World Wildlife Fund, P.O. Box 97180, Washington, D.C. 20090-7180 (www.worldwildlifefund.com); or to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, 1829 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514.
John E. Fobes
John Edwin Fobes of Asheville died suddenly but quietly Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in his home. He was 86.
He was born and raised in Chicago. He was a 1939 cum laude graduate in international relations from Northwestern University and won the Kirk Oratorical Prize. He received a master’s degree in international relations in 1940 from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded an honorary degree of doctor of humanities by Bucknell University in 1973.
He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater from 1942-46 and attaining the rank of major.
In the Bureau of the Budget, he helped administer the Marshall Plan and address issues arising from increased multilateral activity following World War II.
He served for three years as attache to the U.S. delegation to NATO and OEEC and was appointed director for the State Department’s Office of International Administration. He served as assistant director, then deputy director, of the U.S. Mission in India. He also worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as assistant director-general for administration. In 1971, he was appointed deputy director-general, the organization’s chief operating officer, a post he held until his retirement in 1977.
After leaving UNESCO, he was a visiting scholar at Duke University and adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He received the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service in 1983 and the Nehru Gold Medal in recognition of “profound commitment to the organization and outstanding contribution to the achievement of its goals” in 1992. He was elected fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science in 1992.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel Weaver Fobes; a daughter, Patricia Sanson of Maryville, Tenn.; a son, Jeff Fobes of Weaverville; three granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Feb. 13 at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave., Asheville.
Memorials may be made to the Fobes Memorial Fund of Americans for UNCESCO, 1400 K St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20006 or the WNC chapter UNA/USA, P.O. Box 724, Hendersonville, N.C. 28793. Comments in memoriam may be e-mailed to jfobes@mountainx.com.
Virginia Lee Rodekohr
Virginia Lee Rodekohr of Chapel Hill died Tuesday at UNC-Hospitals. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Chapel Hill Memorial cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Edward Rodekohr of the home; two sons, Mark Rodekohr of Washington, D.C., and Eric Rodekohr of Sunset, La.; and a daughter, Barbara Rodekohr of Baltimore, Md.
Arrangements are by Walker’s Funeral Home.
Christy Walker
Christy Walker of Carrboro died Feb. 1, 2005 She was 32.
A lifelong resident of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, she graduated from Chapel Hill High School. She worked at the Kitty Cat Coffee Shop at Residential Services Inc.
A memorial service was held Saturday at Walker’s Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions are requested made to an agency that protects animals.
Sadie Lee Haskins
Sadie Lee Haskins of Chapel Hill died July 30, 2005. She was 79.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Aug. 4 at Scarborough & Hargett Funeral Home chapel in Durham. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Survivors include one son, Benjamin Haskins of Chapel Hill.
