Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina

Thomas   Couch

Thomas Couch

Jun 29, 2015

Thomas William Bond Couch, 80, of Davidson, NC, died at Brookdale Home in Mooresville, NC on June 29, 2015. He was born in Greenwood, SC on November 6, 1934. His parents were Essie Hooper Couch and William Hubert Couch of Ware Shoals, SC. Tom was a graduate of Western Carolina University and Indiana University, being a member of the first...

Donald A. Sims

Donald A. Sims

Jun 28, 2015

Donald Arthur Sims, 76, of Huntersville returned to his heavenly home on June 28, 2015. After a heroic fight with cancer, he died peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was an amazing man who lived and loved well and continued this example up until his death. Don was born in Mooresville on April 28, 1939 to...

James Baldemar Rodriguez

James Baldemar Rodriguez

Jun 26, 2015

Baby boy, James Baldemar Rodriguez, son of Baldemar and Anna Yurick Rodriguez was born into the arms of angels, June 26, 2015. Graveside services will be held on Monday June 29, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Mt. Zion Community Cemetery.

JoAnne Cannino Schillace

JoAnne Cannino Schillace

Jun 24, 2015

JoAnne Cannino Schillace, 88, of Concord N.C., died June 24, 2015, at CMC Northeast. She was born July 24, 1926 in Brooklyn,NY, daughter of the late Antonio Cannino and Giacoma Mazzola Cannino. JoAnne was a retired Comptometer Operator and a Catholic by faith. She was the best mother and grandmother you could ever ask for. She so loved her grandchildren...

Doris Jean Sneed

Doris Jean Sneed

Jun 24, 2015

Doris J. Sneed went home to be with the Lord on June 24, 2015. She was born October 12, 1950 in Huntersville, NC to the late Allison and Lessie Hopkins Sneed. A visitation will be held on Saturday June 27, 2015 from 11:00 am until 12 noon at Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home. The funeral service will be conducted at noon in...

Tessa Valentina BeDell

Tessa Valentina BeDell

Jun 23, 2015

Tessa Valentina BeDell, 15, of Davidson, NC transitioned from this life to the next on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. She was born March 25, 2000 in Velikiye Luki, Russia and joined her family in Cornelius, NC in December 2001. Tessa was a rising sophomore at Community School of Davidson. Everyone who knew her was captivated by her smile, loving nature...

Lynn Gibson Brown Dausman

Lynn Gibson Brown Dausman

Jun 22, 2015

Lynn was born in Dayton Ohio on October 1,1934 and died peacefully in the early morning of June 22. It was the end of an extraordinary life. She was one of the first people to be cured of Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the mid-1960's. Treated by pioneering oncologists at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., her cancer cure came with...

John Michael Grap

John Michael Grap

Jun 22, 2015

John Michael Grap, 50, of Denver, NC passed away Monday June 22, 2015 at his home. John was born July 15, 1964 in Plainfield, NJ to the late William and Janine Frankowski Grap. He was an Operations Manager for Nissan North America and former employee of Harley Davidson where he met many friends. John was a member of Holy Spirit...

Dean Ramseur Fox

Dean Ramseur Fox

Jun 21, 2015

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give - Eleanor Roosevelt Our beautiful mother, Dean Ramseur Fox of Huntersville, NC, passed away on June 21, 2015, Father's Day, while surrounded by her family, 17 days after her diagnosis with lung cancer. No husband or father...

Spencer Howard Johns

Spencer Howard Johns

Jun 18, 2015

Spencer Howard Johns, 79, of Charlotte, NC passed away Thursday June 18, 2015. A graveside service will be held on Saturday June 20, 2015 at 10:30 am at Northlake Memorial Gardens, Huntersville, NC. Friends may offer condolences to the family at www.raymerfh.com.

Braedon Christopher Nolan

Braedon Christopher Nolan

Jun 17, 2015

Braedon Christopher Nolan, 10, of Cornelius, NC passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC. Braedon was born October 9, 2004 in Olney, Maryland to Chris and Kate Barber Nolan. Braedon never let the challenges that life put in front of him dampen his spirit. He was the bravest person that we ever met. Braedon brought...

William   Hill

William Hill

Jun 15, 2015

William Hill, died June 15, 2015. Arrangements are pending at the Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Huntersville N.C.

Thomas   Cartee

Thomas Cartee

Jun 15, 2015

Thomas Lee Osbon Cartee, 59, of Huntersville, NC went to be with the Lord on Monday June 15, 2015. Thomas was born October 18, 1955 in Charlotte, NC to Fay Kosloski and the late Ralph Cartee. He was a veteran of the US Air Force. Thomas worked in the construction business for many years, and in his spare time he...

Densel Ray Henderson

Densel Ray Henderson

Jun 14, 2015

Densel Ray Henderson, 93, of Charlotte, NC, passed away Sunday June 14, 2015 at Novant Health, Harris Hospice Unit. Densel was born October 24, 1921 in Union Grove, NC to the late Staley and Vera Barker Henderson. Densel served his country as a Marine in WWII and then went on to work as a machinist in the automotive industry. Densel...

David  Lee Pietrowski

David Lee Pietrowski

Jun 14, 2015

David Pietrowski, 64, passed away on Sunday June 14th after a short illness. Dave was born in Buffalo, NY to the late Anthony and Nina Pietrowski, and brother to the late Tony Pietrowski. Dave was a loving husband, father and grandfather and known to many as a kind and helpful friend. His wife Elizabeth (Wlodyka) Pietrowski; his brother and sister-in-law...

Edward Arthur Tamplin

Edward Arthur Tamplin

Jun 12, 2015

Edward Arthur Tamplin, 76, of Mooresville, NC passed away June 12, 2015. Edward was born September 20, 1939 in Uxbridge England to the late Edwin and Winifred Keeble Tamplin. He was a brick mason by trade. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Jones Tamplin. Edward is survived by his sons; Martin Tamplin and...

Gary   Ham

Gary Ham

Jun 12, 2015

Gary Lynn Ham, 64, of Charlotte, NC passed away peacefully on Friday June 12, 2015 at his home. Gary was born March 28, 1951 in Mooresville, NC to the late Robert F. Ham and Willie Ree Smith Ham. Gary was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and loving friend. He was a South Carolina Gamecock alumni and an avid fan....

Elaine   Emanuel

Elaine Emanuel

Jun 10, 2015

Elaine Macropoulos Emanuel, 89, of Cornelius, NC passed away peacefully in Folly Beach, SC. Elaine was born March 6, 1926, in Athens Greece to the late Nicholas and Anna Trakada Macropoulos. Elaine attended the University of Athens in Greece. She was very active in her church in Greensboro, NC where she served on the board of Philoptochos, and St. Luke...

James Collins Wilder

James Collins Wilder

Jun 10, 2015

James Collins Wilder, my soul mate and the love of my life, passed away Tuesday June 9, 2015 after a very aggressive cancer called Cholangiocarcinoma, five weeks total. A memorial will be held at the Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home in Huntersville, N.C., Saturday June 13, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. He leaves behind his wife of 35 years, Lynda Turner Wilder, his...

Richard J. Jaeger

Richard J. Jaeger

Jun 8, 2015

DAVIDSON - Richard J. Jaeger Jr., 91, of the Pines in Davidson, was called home by the Lord on June 8, 2015. He was born on July 28, 1923, in New York City, the oldest son of Richard J. Jaeger Sr. and Bertha Jaeger. He was married for more than 71 years to our beloved mother, Janet, who preceded him...

Local Obituaries for the Lake Norman Community

Thomas   Couch

Thomas Couch

Jun 29, 2015

Thomas William Bond Couch, 80, of Davidson, NC, died at Brookdale Home in Mooresville, NC on June 29, 2015. He was born in Greenwood, SC on November 6, 1934. His parents were Essie Hooper Couch and William Hubert Couch of Ware Shoals, SC. Tom was a graduate of Western Carolina University and Indiana University, being a member of the first...

Donald A. Sims

Donald A. Sims

Jun 28, 2015

Donald Arthur Sims, 76, of Huntersville returned to his heavenly home on June 28, 2015. After a heroic fight with cancer, he died peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was an amazing man who lived and loved well and continued this example up until his death. Don was born in Mooresville on April 28, 1939 to...

James Baldemar Rodriguez

James Baldemar Rodriguez

Jun 26, 2015

Baby boy, James Baldemar Rodriguez, son of Baldemar and Anna Yurick Rodriguez was born into the arms of angels, June 26, 2015. Graveside services will be held on Monday June 29, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Mt. Zion Community Cemetery.

JoAnne Cannino Schillace

JoAnne Cannino Schillace

Jun 24, 2015

JoAnne Cannino Schillace, 88, of Concord N.C., died June 24, 2015, at CMC Northeast. She was born July 24, 1926 in Brooklyn,NY, daughter of the late Antonio Cannino and Giacoma Mazzola Cannino. JoAnne was a retired Comptometer Operator and a Catholic by faith. She was the best mother and grandmother you could ever ask for. She so loved her grandchildren...

Doris Jean Sneed

Doris Jean Sneed

Jun 24, 2015

Doris J. Sneed went home to be with the Lord on June 24, 2015. She was born October 12, 1950 in Huntersville, NC to the late Allison and Lessie Hopkins Sneed. A visitation will be held on Saturday June 27, 2015 from 11:00 am until 12 noon at Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home. The funeral service will be conducted at noon in...

Tessa Valentina BeDell

Tessa Valentina BeDell

Jun 23, 2015

Tessa Valentina BeDell, 15, of Davidson, NC transitioned from this life to the next on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. She was born March 25, 2000 in Velikiye Luki, Russia and joined her family in Cornelius, NC in December 2001. Tessa was a rising sophomore at Community School of Davidson. Everyone who knew her was captivated by her smile, loving nature...

Lynn Gibson Brown Dausman

Lynn Gibson Brown Dausman

Jun 22, 2015

Lynn was born in Dayton Ohio on October 1,1934 and died peacefully in the early morning of June 22. It was the end of an extraordinary life. She was one of the first people to be cured of Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the mid-1960's. Treated by pioneering oncologists at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., her cancer cure came with...

John Michael Grap

John Michael Grap

Jun 22, 2015

John Michael Grap, 50, of Denver, NC passed away Monday June 22, 2015 at his home. John was born July 15, 1964 in Plainfield, NJ to the late William and Janine Frankowski Grap. He was an Operations Manager for Nissan North America and former employee of Harley Davidson where he met many friends. John was a member of Holy Spirit...

Dean Ramseur Fox

Dean Ramseur Fox

Jun 21, 2015

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give - Eleanor Roosevelt Our beautiful mother, Dean Ramseur Fox of Huntersville, NC, passed away on June 21, 2015, Father's Day, while surrounded by her family, 17 days after her diagnosis with lung cancer. No husband or father...

Spencer Howard Johns

Spencer Howard Johns

Jun 18, 2015

Spencer Howard Johns, 79, of Charlotte, NC passed away Thursday June 18, 2015. A graveside service will be held on Saturday June 20, 2015 at 10:30 am at Northlake Memorial Gardens, Huntersville, NC. Friends may offer condolences to the family at www.raymerfh.com.

Braedon Christopher Nolan

Braedon Christopher Nolan

Jun 17, 2015

Braedon Christopher Nolan, 10, of Cornelius, NC passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC. Braedon was born October 9, 2004 in Olney, Maryland to Chris and Kate Barber Nolan. Braedon never let the challenges that life put in front of him dampen his spirit. He was the bravest person that we ever met. Braedon brought...

William   Hill

William Hill

Jun 15, 2015

William Hill, died June 15, 2015. Arrangements are pending at the Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Huntersville N.C.

Thomas   Cartee

Thomas Cartee

Jun 15, 2015

Thomas Lee Osbon Cartee, 59, of Huntersville, NC went to be with the Lord on Monday June 15, 2015. Thomas was born October 18, 1955 in Charlotte, NC to Fay Kosloski and the late Ralph Cartee. He was a veteran of the US Air Force. Thomas worked in the construction business for many years, and in his spare time he...

Densel Ray Henderson

Densel Ray Henderson

Jun 14, 2015

Densel Ray Henderson, 93, of Charlotte, NC, passed away Sunday June 14, 2015 at Novant Health, Harris Hospice Unit. Densel was born October 24, 1921 in Union Grove, NC to the late Staley and Vera Barker Henderson. Densel served his country as a Marine in WWII and then went on to work as a machinist in the automotive industry. Densel...

David  Lee Pietrowski

David Lee Pietrowski

Jun 14, 2015

David Pietrowski, 64, passed away on Sunday June 14th after a short illness. Dave was born in Buffalo, NY to the late Anthony and Nina Pietrowski, and brother to the late Tony Pietrowski. Dave was a loving husband, father and grandfather and known to many as a kind and helpful friend. His wife Elizabeth (Wlodyka) Pietrowski; his brother and sister-in-law...

Edward Arthur Tamplin

Edward Arthur Tamplin

Jun 12, 2015

Edward Arthur Tamplin, 76, of Mooresville, NC passed away June 12, 2015. Edward was born September 20, 1939 in Uxbridge England to the late Edwin and Winifred Keeble Tamplin. He was a brick mason by trade. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Jones Tamplin. Edward is survived by his sons; Martin Tamplin and...

Gary   Ham

Gary Ham

Jun 12, 2015

Gary Lynn Ham, 64, of Charlotte, NC passed away peacefully on Friday June 12, 2015 at his home. Gary was born March 28, 1951 in Mooresville, NC to the late Robert F. Ham and Willie Ree Smith Ham. Gary was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and loving friend. He was a South Carolina Gamecock alumni and an avid fan....

Elaine   Emanuel

Elaine Emanuel

Jun 10, 2015

Elaine Macropoulos Emanuel, 89, of Cornelius, NC passed away peacefully in Folly Beach, SC. Elaine was born March 6, 1926, in Athens Greece to the late Nicholas and Anna Trakada Macropoulos. Elaine attended the University of Athens in Greece. She was very active in her church in Greensboro, NC where she served on the board of Philoptochos, and St. Luke...

James Collins Wilder

James Collins Wilder

Jun 10, 2015

James Collins Wilder, my soul mate and the love of my life, passed away Tuesday June 9, 2015 after a very aggressive cancer called Cholangiocarcinoma, five weeks total. A memorial will be held at the Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home in Huntersville, N.C., Saturday June 13, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. He leaves behind his wife of 35 years, Lynda Turner Wilder, his...

Richard J. Jaeger

Richard J. Jaeger

Jun 8, 2015

DAVIDSON - Richard J. Jaeger Jr., 91, of the Pines in Davidson, was called home by the Lord on June 8, 2015. He was born on July 28, 1923, in New York City, the oldest son of Richard J. Jaeger Sr. and Bertha Jaeger. He was married for more than 71 years to our beloved mother, Janet, who preceded him...