Eastern Wayne High Alumni Obituaries

The 1949 HurricaneThe 1949 Texas hurricane originated in the eastern Pacific Ocean on September 27th. It traversed Central America and southern Mexico as a tropical depression, causing significant flooding in Guatemala.Johnny Ray Anthony: A Life Born in the StormBorn during this tumultuous weather e...

Elaine Natzke Schmidt, 93, died peacefully Tuesday morning, October 14, 2025, at Parkview Estates in Wayside, Wisconsin. Born on June 3, 1932, at the family home in Wayside, Elaine Elsie Lydia Natzke was the eldest child of Amos and Loraine (Kiekhaefer) Natzke. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion...

Elmer Stauffer passed peacefully from this life to his eternal home in Heaven on January 9, 2026. He was 99 years old; just 2 months and 2 days short of his 100th birthday and slightly over a year after Mildred, his wife of 75 years passed away.Elmer Stauffer, son of Rudy L. and Sylvia (Steiner) St...

97 passed away on December 19 2025 at home with her children at her side in Palo Alto California. Margaret was born in Odin Illinois the eldest of two children to Elester Leck Harville and Martha VanSant Harville. She attended Odin School 1st grade through high school where she graduated twice She g...

Sylvia "Kay" Bondar ne Hudgins born on January 9 1941 in Houston TX was the younger daughter of Eugene Fields Hudgins and Lola Lee Hudgins Miles. After graduating from Bellaire High School in Houston Texas where she was the Reserve Officers Training Corps ROTC elected representative Kay attended Bay...

Perry Devon Miller 75 was born to the late James Miller and Mattie ArmwoodHale on January 8 1951 in Wayne County NC. He transitioned to be with his heavenly father on his birthday Thursday January 8 2026 surrounded by his family at UNC Rex Hospital in Raleigh NC. Perry graduated from Carver High Sch...

Jean Baxter of Portsmouth VA formerly of Hopelawn New Jersey passed away on December 26 2025 at Bon Secours Harborview Medical Center in Suffolk VA. She was 94. Born in Perth Amboy NJ Jean lived in Hopelawn NJ for 55 years. Jean graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1950. She was a parishioner o...

A Celebration of T.W. Clark Jr.s Life age 95 of Survey Community Texas will be 1000 a.m. Monday January 19 2026 at Stringer Griffin Funeral Home Chapel in Jasper Texas with burial to follow at the Clark Family Cemetery in the Mayflower Community of Newton County Texas. Family will receive friends f...

Joseph Lynn Hill, known by most as Joe, passed away Monday, January 5, 2026, at Wayne UNC Healthcare.Joe had been a long time resident of the Spring Bank area of Goldsboro, prior to relocating to Helping Hands Assisted Living Center about 18 months ago.Joe was a member of the 1981 graduating class o...

Waterville Carlton L. Fitzgerald 89 passed away on April 6 2024 after an extended time of declining health. He was born on Sept. 15 1934 in China ME to Lloyd F and Hazel Esancy Fitzgerald. Carlton was a lifelong resident of China attended the South China Village School and was a member of the first ...

She graduated from Morse High School in 1960 and Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing in 1963. She worked as an RN at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1963 1966 and Bath Memorial Hospital from 1967 1987.Ginger enjoyed many outdoor activities such as gardening hunting fishing and sno...

GEORGETOWN Wayne C. Shaw 72 of Georgetown and Greenville died on August 1 2015 at home in Georgetown with his family by his side. He graduated from Morse High School in 1961 and Maine Maritime Academy in 1965 with a degree in engineering. He served in the US Merchant Marine shipping out for 32 year...

SIDNEY Lora B. Wright 84 ofSidney passed away on Friday Nov. 16. 2012. She left us peacefully in herhome surrounded by her family. Shewas born in China the daughter of William and Lora Pomeroy Bean. Shegraduated from Cony High School and attended MidState Business College bothin Augusta. Whilein hi...

Patricia Ann Ritter 97 of Angola Indiana passed away peacefully on Thursday January 1 2026 at Lakeland Rehab Health Care Center in Angola Indiana. Pat was born on May 11 1928 in Angola Indiana. She was the daughter of Wymond L.C. Sr. and Clara Talbott Ritter. She graduated Salutatorian from Angola ...

John Foster DeSpain“The trick to life is to make it look easy.” That was a favorite saying of John DeSpain. His quick wit and ready smile made him friends wherever life took him. Although life has its challenges for each of us, John lived his life making it look easy.John passed away December 6, 202...

Anderson Bernice S. nee Seeling Oct. 5 2017. Daughter of the late Frederick the late Marie Seeling. Sister of Marie C. Schobert. Aunt of Lynn M.S. Wayne Geisser William B.C. Susan Schobert. Bernice was a January 1953 graduate of Philadelphia High School for girls she was a Life Long Volunteer with...

Linda Kay Pearson 79 of Lansdale and formerly of Lansing MI died Saturday January 3 2026. She was the beloved wife of Peary A. Pearson her husband of 57 years. Born October 25 1946 in Lansing MI she was a daughter of the late James and Marjorie Webster Yanz. Mrs. Pearson was a graduate of the Univer...

Peggy Sue Palmer age 94 formerly of Sikeston MO died Saturday December 20 2025 at Auburn Creek Assisted Living Center in Cape Girardeau MO. Born January 6 1931 at Preston Mississippi to the late Henderson Rosamond and Clara Luke Rosamond she was the middle child of 15 children. She lived most of her...

Grace Marie Robuck, 92, passed away December 30, 2025. Grace was born July 21, 1933 in Macon to Melvin George and Verna Mae (Pease) Craig. She married Roy Lee Robuck on November 30, 1952 in the family home on the farm east of Macon where she lived in her entire life.She was a graduate of Macon High...

Beverly Sue Stober Daggs 89 formerly of Memphis passed away in hospice care in Columbia MO on October 16 2025 after a courageous 19 year battle with cancer. Beverly was born May 26 1936 in rural Saline County MO the only child of Hobert Wayne Stober and Lillian Pauline Hays Stober. She was a 1954 gr...