Dorothy Cojocari

Dorothy Wallace Carraway Cojocari, 86, of Gastonia, NC, formerly of Harlowe, NC, died on Sunday, February 16, 2020, at Gaston Hospice, Robin Johnson House, in Dallas, NC.

Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Munden Funeral Home in Morehead City. Interment will follow at Carteret Memorial Gardens.

She was born on September 6, 1933, to William Rone Wallace and Fannie Casey Wallace in South River, NC.  She graduated from Beaufort High School and worked as a Contract Specialist at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station until her retirement.  After her retirement, she held other jobs at various places including First Flight Federal Credit Union and Walmart.  She married Luther Wilson Carraway of Merrimon, NC on October 4, 1952.

Her hobbies included sewing, crochet, cross-stitch, coin collecting and baking. She was a member of Eastern Star.  She attended Edwards Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in South River, NC and later attended several churches in Havelock where her daughter Lorene served as pianist/organist.  She married George Cojocari in 1994. While married to George, they attended First United Methodist Church in Havelock, NC.

She is survived by twin daughters, Irene Carraway Streng and husband Dr. David James Streng of Gastonia, NC  and Lorene Carraway Walsh and husband Joseph Terence Walsh of Wrightsville Beach; grandchildren, Diana Streng Knipping  and husband Keith Knipping, Laurel Meredith Streng of Raleigh, NC, and David James Streng II and significant other Anna Folkens of Charlotte, NC;  great-grandchildren, Henry Liam Knipping and Vivian Amelia Knipping of Raleigh; grand-dog, Bentley Walsh of Wrightsville Beach; sister-in-law, Marie Cannon Wallace of South River, NC; and several nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was preceded in death by husband Luther Wilson Carraway of Harlowe, NC in 1992, and by husband George Edward Cojocari of Havelock, NC in 2002.

The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. prior to the service at Munden Funeral Home.

Flowers are welcome, or in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gaston Hospice, Robin Johnson House, 5005 Shepherd’s Way Drive, Dallas, NC  28034.   Donations of food should be given to the church or Food Bank of your choice.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory in Morehead City, NC.