Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina

James Thomas Lambert

James Thomas Lambert

Jun 11, 2013

James Thomas Lambert of Cornelius,NC passed away peacefully on June 11, 2013. Loving and adored husband of Carole Lambert; father of Lisa (John), Jimmy (Ava) and Chris (Suzanne); two sisters, one brother, four nieces and three nephews. He was highly respected and admired by his colleagues at Vermont American Corporation, where he retired after a 25-year successful career. He was...

Edward Frederick Gensinger

Edward Frederick Gensinger

Jun 10, 2013

Edward Frederick Gensinger, 96, of Cornelius, NC died Monday June 10, 2013 at Levine & Dickson Hospice. A Funeral Mass will be conducted 10:30 a.m. Friday June 14, 2013 at St. Therese Catholic Church, Mooresville, NC. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. at Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home. Memorial Contributions may be made to Levine &...

Edgar Porter McConnell, Jr

Edgar Porter McConnell, Jr

Jun 9, 2013

Mr. Edgar Porter McConnell, Jr. 63 of Charlotte, NC died Sunday June 9, 2013 at Levine & Dickson Hospice House. Born March 19, 1950 in Mecklenburg County he was the son of Faye Cline McConnell and the late Edgar Porter McConnell, Sr. Edgar was a member of Williams Memorial Presbyterian Church, employed at the Nevins Center, Inc and was a...

Peter Devon White

Peter Devon White

Jun 9, 2013

Peter Devon White of Huntersville, NC passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening June 9, 2013 in Charleston, SC. He was born in Boone, NC on February 28, 1985. Peter was the youngest son of Donna McKinney and Chuck White. He was a 2003 graduate of North Mecklenburg High School and shortly after graduation began working at Sun Belt Rentals in Charlotte....

Sara  Blanchard Erickson

Sara Blanchard Erickson

Jun 5, 2013

Erickson, Sara Blanchard passed away June 5, 2013 in Davidson, North Carolina. She was buried at the Veteran's Administration Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina on June 10, 2013, joining her husband Robert F. Erickson, veteran of World War II and Korea, who died in 2006. Sally was the daughter of Ralph Harris Blanchard and Margaret Hooker Blanchard, born July 5,...

Emma  C Tovar

Emma C Tovar

Jun 2, 2013

Mrs. Emma Casso Tovar, 93, of Churchill Assisted Living in Mooresville NC,formerly of El Paso, Texas died Sunday June 2, 2013 at Levine Dickson Hospice House. Born February 24, 1920 in El Paso, Texas she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lopez Casso and Adela Solis Casso. Mrs. Tovar taught English as a second language for fourteen years, was...

Karen Miller Johnson

Karen Miller Johnson

May 31, 2013

Karen Miller Johnson, 73, of Davidson, NC passed away on May 31, 2013 in the home she loved and with family and friends she loved. Karen was born on December 7, 1939 in Cleveland, OH, to the late Earl and Mary Baker Miller. She graduated from Shaw High School in Cleveland, OH and attended Edison Community College, in Fort Myers,...

Kathryn Louise Taylor Culbertson

Kathryn Louise Taylor Culbertson

May 29, 2013

Mrs. Kathryn Louise Taylor Culbertson, 77, of Charlotte, NC died Wednesday May 29, 2013 at Novant Health-Charlotte. Born September 29, 1935 in Laurens, SC she was a daughter of the late Spurgeon Taylor and Elizabeth Irby Taylor. She was employed with the Dept of Defense as a Navy pay clerk. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Sunday June 2,...

Vera Howell McAuley Stegall

Vera Howell McAuley Stegall

May 24, 2013

Mrs. Vera Mae Howell McAuley Stegall, 80, of Huntersville, NC died Friday May 24, 2013 at the Havens at Highland Creek. Born December 15, 1932 in Elkins, West Virginia she was a daughter of the late Ercle Howell and Russie Wamsley Howell. Mrs. Stegall was a member of the Huntersville Presbyterian Church where she served as an Elder, was a...

Ronald Horace Brown

Ronald Horace Brown

May 21, 2013

Ronald Ronnie" Horace Brown, 62, of Lincolnton, NC formerly of Huntersville, NC died Tuesday May 21, 2013 at Kindred Health Care, Lincolnton, NC. Born July 12, 1950 in Iredell County he was a son of the late Joe Clarence Brown and Juanita Williams Brown. Ronnie was employed for 37 years with Cashion's Grocery Stores and served on the Huntersville Police...

William Hugh Strider

William Hugh Strider

May 20, 2013

William "Bill" Hugh Strider, 86, of Huntersville, NC passed away Monday May 20, 2013. Bill was born May 4, 1927 in Mecklenburg County to the late Joseph and Eunice Norkett Strider. He served his country in the US Navy and later worked for Duke Energy. Bill loved to spend time with his family, especially his grandchildren. A funeral service will...

Hollis Eugene Reid

Hollis Eugene Reid

May 20, 2013

Mr. Hollis Eugene Reid, 92, of Locust, NC, formerly of Cornelius, NC, died Monday, May 20, 2013 at CMC Northeast Medical Center. Born October 11, 1920 in Davidson, NC, he was a son of the late William Alexander Reid and Minnie Howard Reid. Mr. Reid was a lifetime member of the Cornelius Presbyterian Church. He was a WWII United States...

Frances Tarleton Wheeler

Frances Tarleton Wheeler

May 19, 2013

Frances Tarleton Wheeler,68, of Hickory, NC passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2013 after battling metastatic colon cancer for seven years. She was born January 6, 1945 in Wadesboro, NC to Juanita Atkinson and the late Glyn Tarleton. Frances resided in Hickory, NC since 1988. She had a Master's Degree in Education and retired from Western Piedmont Community College in...

Clark Donnell Goodrum

Clark Donnell Goodrum

May 14, 2013

Clark Donnell Goodrum, 77 of Albemarle, NC formerly of Cornelius, NC died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis, NC. If Clark Goodrum had been given one more day of good health, it's no secret how he would have spent it - gotten up early to bushhog a big field; had a reunion/picnic with all his family...

Frances W. Richards

Frances W. Richards

May 12, 2013

Frances Warfield Richards passed away on May 12, 2013 She was 95 years old. Frances was born in Carolina, West Virginia on November 11, 1917, to Joshua Dorsey and Clarice Warfield, the second of seven children. The family later moved to Shinnston, WV where she attended school and as a young woman met and married Stanley Abruzzino, her first love...

Margaret Elizabeth Lewandowski

Margaret Elizabeth Lewandowski

May 12, 2013

Margaret "Peggy" Lewandowski (nee Rodgers) passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 12, 2013. She was 74. Peggy was a resident of Charlotte, NC formerly resided in Freehold, NJ and was a passionate Real Estate Broker Salesperson for over 30 years. A loving mother and grandmother she is survived by five caring children; Michael Bradley and wife Jacqueline of Huntersville, Tim...

Robert Douglas Dillner Sr.

Robert Douglas Dillner Sr.

May 9, 2013

Robert Dillner Sr. January 3, 1944 - May 9, 2013 NASCAR winner Ken Schrader once claimed that there is a difference between a racecar driver and a racer. He said anyone could be a driver, but only those special few who "get it", are racers. Robert Dillner Sr. agreed with that. In that same vain, there's a difference between a...

Patricia Ann Griffin Richardson

Patricia Ann Griffin Richardson

May 9, 2013

Mrs. Patricia Ann Griffin Richardson, age 82, of Denver. NC died Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. Born June 9, 1930 in Hickory, NC she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Florence Griffin. She was a member of the Red Hat Society, enjoyed playing bridge and bunko and was a homemaker. Funeral Services will...

Sofia Elizabeth Tabaka Komarnycky

Sofia Elizabeth Tabaka Komarnycky

May 7, 2013

Sofia Elizabeth Tabaka Komarnycky, 86 of Cornelius, NC died Tuesday May 7, 2013 at Novant Health Charlotte. She was born June 30, 1926 in Ukraine the daughter of the late Alexander Tabaka and Caroline Tiermann Tabaka Along with her husband, the late Bohdan Komarnycky (decease Dec 2007)they owned and operated several resorts, condo rental company and a furniture manufacturing co....

Theresa Nancy Nogay

Theresa Nancy Nogay

May 6, 2013

Theresa Nancy Nogay, 87, of Highland Creek, Charlotte, died May 6, 2013. Funeral services will be held on May 25, 2013 in Weirton, WV.

Local Obituaries for the Lake Norman Community

James Thomas Lambert

James Thomas Lambert

Jun 11, 2013

James Thomas Lambert of Cornelius,NC passed away peacefully on June 11, 2013. Loving and adored husband of Carole Lambert; father of Lisa (John), Jimmy (Ava) and Chris (Suzanne); two sisters, one brother, four nieces and three nephews. He was highly respected and admired by his colleagues at Vermont American Corporation, where he retired after a 25-year successful career. He was...

Edward Frederick Gensinger

Edward Frederick Gensinger

Jun 10, 2013

Edward Frederick Gensinger, 96, of Cornelius, NC died Monday June 10, 2013 at Levine & Dickson Hospice. A Funeral Mass will be conducted 10:30 a.m. Friday June 14, 2013 at St. Therese Catholic Church, Mooresville, NC. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. at Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home. Memorial Contributions may be made to Levine &...

Edgar Porter McConnell, Jr

Edgar Porter McConnell, Jr

Jun 9, 2013

Mr. Edgar Porter McConnell, Jr. 63 of Charlotte, NC died Sunday June 9, 2013 at Levine & Dickson Hospice House. Born March 19, 1950 in Mecklenburg County he was the son of Faye Cline McConnell and the late Edgar Porter McConnell, Sr. Edgar was a member of Williams Memorial Presbyterian Church, employed at the Nevins Center, Inc and was a...

Peter Devon White

Peter Devon White

Jun 9, 2013

Peter Devon White of Huntersville, NC passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening June 9, 2013 in Charleston, SC. He was born in Boone, NC on February 28, 1985. Peter was the youngest son of Donna McKinney and Chuck White. He was a 2003 graduate of North Mecklenburg High School and shortly after graduation began working at Sun Belt Rentals in Charlotte....

Sara  Blanchard Erickson

Sara Blanchard Erickson

Jun 5, 2013

Erickson, Sara Blanchard passed away June 5, 2013 in Davidson, North Carolina. She was buried at the Veteran's Administration Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina on June 10, 2013, joining her husband Robert F. Erickson, veteran of World War II and Korea, who died in 2006. Sally was the daughter of Ralph Harris Blanchard and Margaret Hooker Blanchard, born July 5,...

Emma  C Tovar

Emma C Tovar

Jun 2, 2013

Mrs. Emma Casso Tovar, 93, of Churchill Assisted Living in Mooresville NC,formerly of El Paso, Texas died Sunday June 2, 2013 at Levine Dickson Hospice House. Born February 24, 1920 in El Paso, Texas she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lopez Casso and Adela Solis Casso. Mrs. Tovar taught English as a second language for fourteen years, was...

Karen Miller Johnson

Karen Miller Johnson

May 31, 2013

Karen Miller Johnson, 73, of Davidson, NC passed away on May 31, 2013 in the home she loved and with family and friends she loved. Karen was born on December 7, 1939 in Cleveland, OH, to the late Earl and Mary Baker Miller. She graduated from Shaw High School in Cleveland, OH and attended Edison Community College, in Fort Myers,...

Kathryn Louise Taylor Culbertson

Kathryn Louise Taylor Culbertson

May 29, 2013

Mrs. Kathryn Louise Taylor Culbertson, 77, of Charlotte, NC died Wednesday May 29, 2013 at Novant Health-Charlotte. Born September 29, 1935 in Laurens, SC she was a daughter of the late Spurgeon Taylor and Elizabeth Irby Taylor. She was employed with the Dept of Defense as a Navy pay clerk. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Sunday June 2,...

Vera Howell McAuley Stegall

Vera Howell McAuley Stegall

May 24, 2013

Mrs. Vera Mae Howell McAuley Stegall, 80, of Huntersville, NC died Friday May 24, 2013 at the Havens at Highland Creek. Born December 15, 1932 in Elkins, West Virginia she was a daughter of the late Ercle Howell and Russie Wamsley Howell. Mrs. Stegall was a member of the Huntersville Presbyterian Church where she served as an Elder, was a...

Ronald Horace Brown

Ronald Horace Brown

May 21, 2013

Ronald Ronnie" Horace Brown, 62, of Lincolnton, NC formerly of Huntersville, NC died Tuesday May 21, 2013 at Kindred Health Care, Lincolnton, NC. Born July 12, 1950 in Iredell County he was a son of the late Joe Clarence Brown and Juanita Williams Brown. Ronnie was employed for 37 years with Cashion's Grocery Stores and served on the Huntersville Police...

William Hugh Strider

William Hugh Strider

May 20, 2013

William "Bill" Hugh Strider, 86, of Huntersville, NC passed away Monday May 20, 2013. Bill was born May 4, 1927 in Mecklenburg County to the late Joseph and Eunice Norkett Strider. He served his country in the US Navy and later worked for Duke Energy. Bill loved to spend time with his family, especially his grandchildren. A funeral service will...

Hollis Eugene Reid

Hollis Eugene Reid

May 20, 2013

Mr. Hollis Eugene Reid, 92, of Locust, NC, formerly of Cornelius, NC, died Monday, May 20, 2013 at CMC Northeast Medical Center. Born October 11, 1920 in Davidson, NC, he was a son of the late William Alexander Reid and Minnie Howard Reid. Mr. Reid was a lifetime member of the Cornelius Presbyterian Church. He was a WWII United States...

Frances Tarleton Wheeler

Frances Tarleton Wheeler

May 19, 2013

Frances Tarleton Wheeler,68, of Hickory, NC passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2013 after battling metastatic colon cancer for seven years. She was born January 6, 1945 in Wadesboro, NC to Juanita Atkinson and the late Glyn Tarleton. Frances resided in Hickory, NC since 1988. She had a Master's Degree in Education and retired from Western Piedmont Community College in...

Clark Donnell Goodrum

Clark Donnell Goodrum

May 14, 2013

Clark Donnell Goodrum, 77 of Albemarle, NC formerly of Cornelius, NC died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis, NC. If Clark Goodrum had been given one more day of good health, it's no secret how he would have spent it - gotten up early to bushhog a big field; had a reunion/picnic with all his family...

Frances W. Richards

Frances W. Richards

May 12, 2013

Frances Warfield Richards passed away on May 12, 2013 She was 95 years old. Frances was born in Carolina, West Virginia on November 11, 1917, to Joshua Dorsey and Clarice Warfield, the second of seven children. The family later moved to Shinnston, WV where she attended school and as a young woman met and married Stanley Abruzzino, her first love...

Margaret Elizabeth Lewandowski

Margaret Elizabeth Lewandowski

May 12, 2013

Margaret "Peggy" Lewandowski (nee Rodgers) passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 12, 2013. She was 74. Peggy was a resident of Charlotte, NC formerly resided in Freehold, NJ and was a passionate Real Estate Broker Salesperson for over 30 years. A loving mother and grandmother she is survived by five caring children; Michael Bradley and wife Jacqueline of Huntersville, Tim...

Robert Douglas Dillner Sr.

Robert Douglas Dillner Sr.

May 9, 2013

Robert Dillner Sr. January 3, 1944 - May 9, 2013 NASCAR winner Ken Schrader once claimed that there is a difference between a racecar driver and a racer. He said anyone could be a driver, but only those special few who "get it", are racers. Robert Dillner Sr. agreed with that. In that same vain, there's a difference between a...

Patricia Ann Griffin Richardson

Patricia Ann Griffin Richardson

May 9, 2013

Mrs. Patricia Ann Griffin Richardson, age 82, of Denver. NC died Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. Born June 9, 1930 in Hickory, NC she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Florence Griffin. She was a member of the Red Hat Society, enjoyed playing bridge and bunko and was a homemaker. Funeral Services will...

Sofia Elizabeth Tabaka Komarnycky

Sofia Elizabeth Tabaka Komarnycky

May 7, 2013

Sofia Elizabeth Tabaka Komarnycky, 86 of Cornelius, NC died Tuesday May 7, 2013 at Novant Health Charlotte. She was born June 30, 1926 in Ukraine the daughter of the late Alexander Tabaka and Caroline Tiermann Tabaka Along with her husband, the late Bohdan Komarnycky (decease Dec 2007)they owned and operated several resorts, condo rental company and a furniture manufacturing co....

Theresa Nancy Nogay

Theresa Nancy Nogay

May 6, 2013

Theresa Nancy Nogay, 87, of Highland Creek, Charlotte, died May 6, 2013. Funeral services will be held on May 25, 2013 in Weirton, WV.