All Obituaries

Bryant "Mac" McClure Wallace age 72 of Columbus, NC passed away February 3, 2023 at Mission Hospital. Arrangements will be announced. Sanders Funeral Home.

Daniel William Schutter age 83 of Columbus, NC passed away January 31, 2023. Dan was born in Hazelton, Pa. on Nov. 22nd, 1939.  He graduated from MMI Preparatory School, a high school serving the sons of coal miners.  He received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College and his MS in Chemistry from Franklin and Marshall University.  Dan went on to work for Armstrong Cork, where he was credited with creating a patent for resilient ceiling tiles.  He then...

Linda Lee Greaton age 85 of Columbus, NC passed away January 27, 2023. Services will be at Tryon Estates. Sanders Funeral Home.

Arthur Bourbeau age 88 of Tryon, NC passed away January 26, 2023. Services will be private. Sanders Funeral Home.

  Marvin Michael Helton 82, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Monday January 23rd, 2023 while resting at home. Born in Polk County, NC he was the son of Kansas Ruff Helton and Uzzell Helton. He was preceded in death by his parents and by brothers Morris (Bill) and Walt.  Also proceeding him in death are a baby sister who died at birth, and sisters Lois Kay, and Ruby.  Marvin is survived by his sisters Emojean, Faye and Sharon, here to cherish his...

Joan Elizabeth MacIntyre Dove of Tryon, NC passed away at age 90 after a full, free spirited and brave life. Joan was born March 5, 1932 in Camden NJ, the daughter of Robert Earl MacIntyre and Leah Genevieve Knaebel MacIntyre.  She was raised in Mamaroneck and New Rochelle NY, lived in Arizona, California, and North Carolina, and died here in the foothills at Upstate Community Hospice, on January 20,2023 .  She is survived by her son Jeffery Sargent, daughter Jana Sloan (Paul),...

Walter Gernot Flaschar passed away January 19, 2023, at the age of 93. He was born in Albany, California in 1929, to Erich and Irmfried Flaschar, and graduated from high school in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Walter graduated from Ohio State University, and continued to cheer on OSU’s football team throughout his life. In 1951, Walter married the love of his life, Nancy Holz. Together, they had a wonderful, fun, and meaningful life for 71 years, filled with love, friendship, and adventure....

Robert Ernest Harris age 71 of Columbus, NC passed away January 19, 2023. Services will be private. Sanders Funeral Home.

Guenter Heinz Langefeld, age 83, of Hendersonville, NC passed away peacefully at home on January 15, 2023. Guenter was born in Germany in November 1939 and immigrated when he was 22 years of age.  Guenter worked in the airline industry and held positions in New York and Los Angeles before being transferred to his post in Anchorage, Alaska where he met his wife Judith in 1978.  Guenter and Judith were married in 1980 and had their two boys, Eric and Bjorn, in Alaska and lived there...

  Sherri Marie Miller (Panek), aged 56, passed away on January 9th, 2023 in Polk County, North Carolina. She was born on September 19th, 1966 in Flint Michigan to Virginia Panek. She attended Flint Public Schools and received her GED before starting a family at the age of eighteen.  She married her husband, Patrick Miller, on May 29, 1986. They were married for over 36 years until Patrick’s untimely death from pancreatic cancer on January 3rd, 2022.  Sherri was a...