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University Obituaries for 2010

University Obituaries for 2010

Topics for this story: News Releases
February 4, 2010 |
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Editor's Note: For 2009 obituaries, click here.

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September

William T. Neal, Jr., who worked at Maintenance of Materials Office from 1966 to 1988, died Sept. 23.

Mary Perry, who worked with Housekeeping Services from 1977 to 1989, died Sept. 15.

Lillie M. Wilson, who worked with West Campus Housing Services from 1976 to 1995, died Sept. 8.

Luvenia T. Elliot, who worked with Environmental Services from 1980 to 1990, died Sept. 1.

August

Mildred C. Lipscomb, who worked at the DS West Campus Café from 1959 to 1994, died Aug. 28.

Raleigh E. Price, Jr., who worked in the Davison Building from 1963 to 2003, died Aug. 27.

Clara Smith, who was a Duke employee from 1947 to 1981, died Aug. 25.

Ellen Snipes, who worked in the Self-Pay department from 1980 to 1990, died Aug. 3.

Lorene R. Carter, who worked at Duke, died August 1.

Teresa Avery, who has worked at Duke Primary Care Brier Creek since 1997, died August 3.

Alease C. Mack, who was part of the Nursing IV Team from 1966 to 1995, died August 6.

Mattie Harris, who worked at the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, died August 7.

Dorothy Armento, who worked in the Economics Department from 1986 to 2002, died August 7.

Mary Gunter, who worked at Duke from 1959 to 1980, died August 15.

Ramona Overman, who worked at the Obstetrics-Gynocology Department from 1959 to 1989, died August 17.

 

July

Charles Johnson, who worked at the Engineering and Operations Department from 1970 to 1985, died July 28.

Lola Page, who worked at Duke from 1959 to 1983, died July 3.

Margie S. Smith, a former employee at Minot Rehab Clinic, died July 10. Smith worked at Duke from 1980 to March 31, 2010.

Lynn Anderson, a worker in the Patient Revenue Management Organization, died July 11. Anderson worked at Duke since 1977.

Diane Baird, a Duke University Affiliated Physicians employee in Butner, died July 15. Baird worked at Duke since 1992.

George W. Honeycutt, a former maintenance worker, died July 16. Honeycutt worked at Duke from 1948 to 1976.

Bobby Tyndall, a former office machine repair worker, died July 17. Tyndall worked at Duke from 1964 to 1996.

Katheryn M. Taylor, who worked at the Materials Management Office from 1964 to 1990, died July 28.

Charlotte Wheeler, a former nursing service employee, died July 30. Wheeler worked at Duke from 1958 to 1981.

 

June

Evelyn W. Blackburn, who worked at Duke from 1982 to 1989, died June 21.

Bonnie Dunnagan, an employee in Duke Health Technology Solutions, died June 20. Dunnagan began work at Duke in 1969.

George Junginger, a former Duke Clinical Research Institute employee, died June 1. He worked at Duke from 2001 to 2007.

James H. Phillips, a former electrical engineering employee, died June 4. He worked at Duke from 1964 to 2001.

George Pratt, a former Environmental Services employee, died June 7. He worked at Duke from 1986 to 1994.

Victor H. Taylor, a former maintenance department employee , died June 10. He worked at Duke from 1966 to 1992.

Joanna Hiller, a radiation department employee died June 10. She has been working and Duke since 1996.

Alton Goodwin, a former employee at Sea Level Hospital, died June 14. He worked at Duke from 1971 to 1989.

Lona Temple, a former Duke University Stores employee, died June 18. She worked at Duke from 1957 to 1976.

Josephine Foster, a housekeeping employee died June 19. She has been working at Duke since 1997.

 

May

Edith Minton, a former academic computing employee, died May 1. Minton worked at Duke from 1964 to 1986.

Doris Crudup, a former Surgey Unit employee, died May 1. Crudup worked at Duke from 1952 to 1989.

Charlene King, a Private Diagnostic Clinic employee, died May 4. King started work at Duke in 1990.

Mattie Bradsher, a former Clinical Research Unit employee, died May 16. Bradsher worked at Duke from 1977 to 2004.

Margaret Williams, a pediatrics employee, died May 17. Williams started work at Duke in 1990.

Faye E. Iglehart, a former nursing director in the emergency department, died May 24. Iglehart worked at Duke from 1974 to 1994.

April

Nettie McMillan, a former Med Unit 730 employee, died April 28. McMillan worked at Duke from 1966 to 1988.

William Philpot, a former Dining employee, died April 23. Philpot worked at Duke from 1954 to 1994.

Calvin Rogers, a former perfusion services worker, died April 14. Rogers worked at Duke from 1971 to 2007.

James W. Watson, a former Blue & White Room employee, died April 10. Watson worked at Duke from 1956 to 1995.

Evelyn Tharrington, a former radiology worker in the Film Library, died April 8. Tharrington worked at Duke from 1978 to 2005.

Alice Thompson, a former General Medical Clinic employee, died April 1. Thompson worked at Duke from 1972 to 1993.

 

March

Helen M. Gray, a former Sea Level Hospital employee, died March 26. Gray worked at Duke from 1975 to 1993.

Roberta McNeil, a former employee in the Housekeeping department, died March 30. McNeil worked a Duke from 1974 to 1984.

Pattie Lewis, a former biochemistry employee, died March 20. Lewis worked at Duke from 1965 to 2000.

Donnie Faircloth, a former university maintenance worker, died March 29. Faircloth worked at Duke from 1961 to 2001.

Johnnie Bumpass, a former Bryan Center Dining Services employee, died March 25. Bumpass worked at Duke from 1958 to 1994.

Barbara Lovell, a former medical house staff program employee, died March 20. Lovell worked at Duke from 1986 to 1997.

Margaret Wilkins, a former employee in the office for the associate vice president for student affairs, died March 29. Wilkins worked at Duke from 1954 to 1994.

Valinda Wilkins, a former Child and Adolescent Psychiatry employee, died March 13. She worked at Duke from 1969 to 2008.

Barbara Cannady, a former medical pediatrics clinic employee, died March 19. She worked at Duke from 1948 to 1986.

Laura Sessoms, a former Crafts center employee, died March 27. Sessoms worked at Duke from 1949 to 1981.

Alta Stephens, a former employee in the Sims Ward, died March 25. Stephens worked at Duke from 1969 to 1986.

Ruth T. Moore, a former employee at Duke, died March 12. Moore worked at Duke from 1968 to 1984.

 

February

Mildred Haithcock, an former Laundry Services employee, died Feb. 27. Haithcock worked at Duke from 1965 to 1986.

Bessie Mae Johnson, a former employee in Dialysis, died Feb. 26. Johnson worked at Duke from 1963 to 1994.

Jessie Jackson, a Housekeeping employee, died Feb. 24. Jackson has worked at Duke since 2001.

Katherine Andrews, a former employee at Duke, died Feb. 1. Andrews worked at Duke from 1970 to 1983.

Janice Newcomb, an employee in the Athletic Department, died Feb. 8. Newcomb has worked at Duke since 1973.

John Danford, a former employee in the Blood Bank, died Feb. 15. Danford worked at Duke from 1947 to 1981.

Barbara A. Mason, a former employee at the General Medical Clinic, died Feb. 19. Mason worked at Duke from 1981 to 1998.

Irene Wall, a former Housekeeping employee, died Feb. 20. Wall worked at Duke from 1969 to 1985.

Dennis Rickman, an employee in the Ophthalmology department, died Feb. 21. Rickman has worked at Duke since 2000.

January

Mary Hunsberger, a former employee in the Division of Nephrology, died Jan. 23. Hunsberger worked at Duke from 1980 to 2002.

Robert Perry, a former employee in the sterile procesing department, died Jan. 1. Perry worked at Duke from 1960 to 1989.

Sherland Blackman, a former Duke Regional Hospital Cafeteria employee, died Jan. 4. Blackman worked at Duke from 1997 to 2007.

Julia E. Holeman, a former employee in the Bio-Medical Waste Program, died Jan. 17. Holeman worked at Duke from 1980 to 1996.

Juanita Terrell, a former employee, died Jan. 22. Terrell worked at Duke from 1967 to 1990.

Patricia J. Charles, a former employee in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, died Jan. 31. Charles worked at Duke from 1974 to 1997.

Mark Pelletier, a Pharmacy employee, died Jan. 27. Pelletier has worked at Duke since 1969.

Patricia Silver, a former employee in accounting, died Jan. 2. Silver worked at Duke from 1930 to 1975.

Esther Blake, a former employee in the Edwin L. Jones Cancer Research Center, died Jan. 9. Blake worked at Duke from 1964 to 2004.

Carolyn C. Bunn, a former employee in Community and Family Medicine, died Jan. 9. Bunn worked at Duke from 1971 to 1988.

Donald Harris, a housekeeping employee, died Jan. 10. Harris worked at Duke since 1990.

Carolyn Baker, a former employee in the Division of Gastroenterology, died Jan. 22. Baker worked at Duke from 1963 to 1991.

Dewanna Tate, an employee in the Radiation Department, died Jan. 27. Tate worked at Duke since 2005.

Pamela A. Martin, a former Duke employee, died January 13. She worked at Duke from 1990 to 1997.

Louise B. Riley, a former materials management employee, died January 15. She worked at Duke from 1962 to 1982.

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