Catherine Case
Oct 19, 2006
COLUMBUS, NC - Catherine Robinson Case, 81, of Columbus, NC died Thursday, October 19, 2006 in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Liverpool, England, she was the daughter of the late George and Ruth Baggott Robinson and was the widow of Thomas Case who died in January of 2005. She was a member of the St. John the Baptist...
Robert Thrift
Oct 19, 2006
COLUMBUS, NC - Robert James Thrift, 101, of Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus, NC died Thursday, October 19, 2006 in Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC.Born in Cincinnati, OH, he was the son of the late Douglas and Martha Kegel Thrift. He attended the University of Cincinnati and graduated from Purdue University in 1931. Mr. Thrift retired from Dupont in 1970. He was...
Ivan Kuster
Oct 18, 2006
IVAN JAMES KUSTERCOLUMBUS, NC -- Ivan James Kuster, 94, of 1064 Mill Street, Columbus, NC, died Wednesday, October 18, 2006 in Autumn Care Nursing Center in Saluda, NC. Born in Buffalo, NY, he was the son of the late James F. and Katherine Eisenhardt Kuster. He was a veteran, having served in the US Army. Mr. Kuster moved to Polk...
Robert Kestler
Oct 17, 2006
TRYON, NC - Robert Edwin Kestler, 92, of 70 Oak Street, Tryon, NC died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC. Born in Reading, Pa, he was the son of the late Edwin and Emma Kestler. Surviving are two sons, Robert M. Kestler of Campobello, SC and Gary Kestler of West Chester, PA; one sister, Josephine Thistle...
Larry Fagan
Oct 14, 2006
Green Creek, NC - Larry James Fagan, Sr., 64, of 350 Radar Rd., Rutherfordton, NC (Green Creek Community) died unexpectedly at his home Saturday, October 14, 2006.A native of Green Greek, NC he was the son of Sybil Westbrook Bitting of Autumn Care in Saluda, NC and Huey Fagan of Green Creek, NC. He was a veteran of the US...
Darlene Lockhart
Oct 14, 2006
LANDRUM, SC -- Darlene Nevada Lockhart, 55, of 115 Pierce Road, Landrum, SC died Saturday, October 14, 2006 in Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg, SC.Born in Polk County, NC she was the daughter of the late David Herbert and Dena Parker Lockhart. She was a client at Piedmont Skills in Greer, SC and was a member of Oak Grove Baptist...
Mary Morris
Oct 9, 2006
MILL SPRING, NC - Mary Ellen Fowler Morris, 98, of Pea Ridge Rd., Mill Spring, NC, died Monday, October 9, 2006 at the home of her daughter.Born in Polk County, NC she was the daughter of the late John Nathan and Naomi Nanney Fowler. She was the widow of Fred Alexander Morris who died in 1974. She was a l931...
Thomas Warder
Oct 8, 2006
Tryon, NC- Thomas Grayston Warder, born in Grafton, West Virginia on September 14, 1910, passed away peacefully on October 8, 2006 at White Oak Manor in Tryon, North Carolina at the age of 96. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1932, he served in World War II in the construction of ships in Newport News, Virginia, achieving the...
Gertrude Dusenbury
Oct 7, 2006
Tryon, NC- Gertrude Dusenbury passed away peacefully on October 7, 2006 at St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC in the loving care of St. Luke's staff, family, and friends. She was born on April 14, 1914 in Breckenridge, PA. Gertrude's love of tennis and swimming started as a child in Lansing, MI. She was a 1932 graduate of Lansing Central High...
Sara Mccarter
Oct 5, 2006
Tryon, NC- Sara Jo McCarter, 74, of 145 Falcon Lane, Tryon, NC died Thursday, October 5, 2006 at her residence. She was the widow of the late Vernon McCarter who died in 1991. Born in Asheville, NC she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Joseph Mayes. Ms. McCarter retired from Mastercraft in Spindale, NC in 1989 after 13...
Jessica Greene
Oct 4, 2006
Rutherfordton, NC- Jessica Paige Greene, 23, of 120 Capozzi Vineyard Dr., died Wednesday, October 4, 2006 in Memphis, TN from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born in Bozeman, MT on May 1, 1983 and was the daughter of Marvin and Audrey Kay Page Greene of Rutherfordton, NC. She graduated from Bozeman High School in 2001 and loved...
Barbara Francis
Oct 3, 2006
COLUMBUS, NC - Barbara Thomas Francis, of Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC died Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at Tryon Estates Medical Facility, Columbus, NC. Born in Boston, MA, in 1918, she spent her formative years in Boston, Belgium and Canada, and attended first the Choat School for Girls, in Boston and then the Tourelles School in Brussels. After graduating from Branksome...
Carolyn Poe
Oct 3, 2006
Tryon, NC - Carolyn S. Poe, 74, of Tryon Estates and formerly of Warrior Drive, Tryon, NC died Tuesday, October 03, 2006, in St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Ambrose Everrett Carroll and Viola K. Smith. She moved to Polk County 21 years ago from Minneapolis, MN and Western Springs,...
Marjorie Haslwanter
Oct 2, 2006
Marjorie Wertheim Haslwanter, 98, of Tryon, NC died Monday, October 2, 2006 in White Oak Manor, Tryon, NC.Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Blanche M. Mendenhall Wertheim. She was the wife of the late Leo Haslwanter who died in 1973. She became interested in genealogy in the 1960's and was able to trace...
Pamela Warner
Sep 30, 2006
Today we mourn the passing of Pamela Wesche Warner, 62, of West Lakeshore Drive, Landrum, SC. She passed away at the Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, NC after a short battle with a neurological disease. She graduated with a Bachelor in Arts Degree in Abstract Art and a minor in Business Management from University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1982....
Ernestine Crowell
Sep 29, 2006
Tryon, NC -- Mrs. Ernestine Peek Crowell of Oak Hill Apartments in Tryon, NC died September 29, 2006 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. She was born May 30, 1927 in Atlanta, GA and was the daughter of Ernest Laprade Peek and Thelma Lunsford Peek. Mrs. Crowell was a graduate of Girls High in Atlanta, GA. She was an avid bridge player...
Lois Weidenfeller
Sep 27, 2006
Columbus, NC - Lois Nauth Weidenfeller, 83, wife of D. R. Weidenfeller of 615 Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus, NC died Wednesday, September 27, 2006 in Tryon Estates Medical Facility. Born in Kiel, WI, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Daniel F. and Lola Harvey Nauth. Originally from Milwaukee, WI, she moved to Polk County in 1999 from Camden,...
Lillie Cowan
Sep 26, 2006
TRYON, NC -- Lillie Davidson Cowan, 92, of 87 Cowan Lane, Tryon, NC, died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 in White Oak Manor Nursing Center in Tryon, NC.Born in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Crawford and Ida Belle Wilhelm Davidson. She was the widow of John W. Cowan who died in 1978. Mrs. Cowan and her...
William Moore
Sep 24, 2006
Columbus, NC - William Blackwell Moore, 91, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 in Tryon Estates, Columbus, NC. Born in Gastonia, NC, he was the son of the late Hugh Langford and Rebecca Blackwell Moore. Mr. Moore was a lst Lt. in the U. S. Marines, serving as Company Commander in Iwo Jima during WWII where he received a purple heart....
