Obituaries

JOSEPH N. FARHAT age 74, beloved husband for 47 years of Hiam (nee Tannous); loving father of Kathy Lekic (husband Bobi), Karan Rohfeld (husband Joel), Paul, and Leslie; devoted grandfather of Benjamin, Luke, Emilia, Paige, and Camden; cherished son of the late Nasr and Wadia (nee Mitri); dearest brother of Sami, Samir, Simon, and Najat; treasured brother-in-law of Bechara and...

Mile Brkic, age 84. Beloved husband of Mara (deceased); dear father of Mile “Eddie” (Dijana), Visnja, Mirjana Tomicic (Ivan) and Gordana Susnjara (Ante); grandfather of Mile “Sonnie”, Daniela, Marino “Nino” Brkic, and Tanja, Renata, Ante, Alen Tomicic, and Anita Lembach (Chris), Angela Hoover (Phil), Ante “Tony” (Denise), Tomislav (deceased) and Maria Rulek (Marko); great grandfather of Adrijana and Milania Tomicic,...

PHILLIP J. CERVELLI age 90, beloved husband for 63 years of Kathryn A. (nee Bordonaro); loving father of Karyn Stovicek (husband Donald, deceased), Margaret (Ladan) Hansbury (husband Peter), Mary Jo Carter (husband Don, deceased), and Nicole Pappas (husband Thomas); devoted grandfather of Christina Stovicek (fiancé Mark Rubino), Rachel Kolecky (husband Michael), Deanna Oliphant (husband David), Scott Ladan and Daniel Carter;...

Kenneth R. Sloan, 73, of Mentor, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Oct. 17, 2019. He was born March 2, 1946 in Cleveland.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Rosanne; his children: Robert  Bucar and Kathryn Sargent (Peter); his grandchildren: Luka and Marko Bucar, and Sloan Brown; his sisters: Kathleen Vick (Ron) and Susan Kostrencic (Zlatan); his brother-in-law,...

ANITA BELLETTI  (nee PISSACCO) age 89, beloved wife of the late Dino; loving mother of Robert (Nola), Walter (Nadia) and George (Laura); devoted Nonna of Anthony (deceased), Paulo, Olivia (Patrick), Diana (Aaron), Erica (Nicholas), Alex and Gina; and Cristian. Bisnonna of Joshua, Andrea, Madeline, Elliott, Stella and Sofia; Great Great Grandmother of Daxton; cherished daughter of the late Antonio and...

Mirko Stepic, 90, of Willoughby, passed away peacefully on Oct. 16, 2019. He was born in Grabarska Kod Centingrad, Croatia on Feb. 18, 1929. Mirko was a resident of Willoughby for the past 15 years after moving from Mentor. He was a maintenance worker for 25 years at Universal Screw Machine, retiring in 1994.

He is survived by his beloved...

ARCHIE MACKINNEY, JR MD age 90, beloved husband for 64 years of Shirley (nee Schaefer); loving father of Julie Holt (husband Melvin), Theodore (wife Rachel), John (wife Julie); devoted grandfather of Erin, MD, Ben, Joel (wife Monika), Catherine Holt, Carolyn Ockerse (husband Alex), and Seth; cherished brother of Carolyn Raffensperger and the late William (wife Karin); treasured brother-in-law of retired...

CAROL J. RAKOCZY (nee Neroni) age 78, beloved wife of the late John C.; loving mother of Michelle Park (husband Scot), Christine Taylor (husband Richard), and John (wife Jennifer); devoted grandmother of Chelsea Winchell, Ryan Winchell, Dayna Rakoczy, Hannah Taylor, Melanie Rakoczy, Nathan Park, Brian Taylor, Johnny Rakoczy; step-grandmother of Lauryn Park, Emily Brown (husband Jason), and step-great-grandmother of Karissa,...

PHILLIP J. BOVA age 92, beloved husband for 67 years of Clare (nee Raith); loving father of Maryclare Lydic (husband Jesse), Jim (wife Marie), and Kathy Sabatino; devoted grandfather of Meggan Sherlock (husband Larry), twins Ashleigh A. & Jason (wife Elizabeth) and Lindsey Bushman, Kristen and Matthew Bova (wife Marissa) Katie Goldberg (husband Ryan), and Mark Sabatino (wife Chelsey), great-grandfather...

JAMES R. SANTON age 90, beloved husband for 52 years of the late Doris (nee Malek); loving father of Bob, Jim (Pam), Deb (Ron) Cleavercy, Sandy (Ramon) Klein, and Kelly (Larry) Sohn; devoted grandfather of 14, 3 of which precede him in death, and great-grandfather of 12; cherished son of the late Charles and Sandra (nee Giarrizzo); dearest brother of...

HELEN M. “Bobbie” FRENCH (nee Bobroski), aged 91 years, beloved wife for 54 years to the late James, loving mother of James S. (wife Janet), Kenneth J. (wife Youngwon), Craig M. (wife Cynthia) and the late Robert A., devoted grandmother of Hannah and Jaemeson, fond sister of  the late Josephine Agostin, John Bobroski, Mary Gharrity and Joseph Bobroski, treasured aunt...

Anka Zovko, age 72. Beloved wife of Blago; dear mother of John, Jerko and Maria; sister of Marija Gregov (Mile), Nada Bagaric (Slavko), Ivo Masina (Milka), Katica Soric (Branko) and the deceased: Ivanica Stipanov and Vjeko Masina.

Family will receive friends to pay tribute to and celebrate the life of Anka at The DeJohn-Flynn-Mylott Funeral Home of Willoughby Hills, 28890...

DONALD JOSEPH CASTRO, aged 67 years, lost his battle with Alzheimer’s Disease on Oct. 11, 2019, beloved of Christine (nee Soeder), dear father of Stephanie Scheffer (husband Gary) and Natalie Fraker (husband Ian), loving grandfather of Jack and Sophie Scheffer, devoted son of the late Dominic and Helen (nee Schuerger), cherished brother of Elaine Nicolli (husband David – deceased), treasured...

STEPHEN A. NEVULIS age 57, beloved husband for 33 years of Doreen (nee Ventura); loving father of Bryan (wife Mara) and Jeff; devoted grandfather of Kara Noelle; cherished son of Anna Elizabeth (nee Friedrich) and the late Anthony; dearest brother of Leonard, Anita Titus (husband Wayne), and the late Christopher; treasured son-in-law of Rosemary and the late Arthur Ventura; cherished...

CHARLES L. MURPHY age 62, loving father of Katrina K. Haynes (husband Travis) and Charles “Sam” Lanier; devoted grandfather of Travis Jr. and Tyler Haynes, and Charles, Charleda and Charvaya McCrary; cherished son of the late Charles  and Arzelle “Pam”  (nee Holloway); dearest brother of Tanzia, Dolores, Angela and the late Edward.

Chuckie was born on November 11, 1956 in...

Mijo je pošao u životni raj u 79 godini života, 11og Rujna, 2019, u ljubavnom krugu svojih najbližih: supruge Ivke i sina Ivana, kod svoje kuće u Richmond Heights, Ohio. Ostaju ožalosćeni: supruga Ivka Dropuljić Gudelj sa 55 godina braka, sin Ivan sa suprugom Stacy Green, unučad: Luka, 15 god, i Ava, 13 god, koji žive u Tampa, Florida. Sin...

ROBERT J. SULYOK age 87,  beloved husband for 65 years of Shirley A. (nee Greggs); loving father of Holly Naujoks (husband Gerald) and Heidi Cooke (husband Alexander); devoted grandfather of Christen (deceased) and Matthew Naujoks, Cameron Cooke (wife Kaylee), and Alexandra; cherished son of the late Peter and Bessie (nee Kecthkemati); dearest brother of the late Paul (wife Lillian, deceased);...

ROBERT J. SZCZEPINSKI age 84, beloved husband for 64 years of Loretta Ann (nee Pucel); loving father of Denice Ritondaro (husband Nicholas), Timothy, Michael (wife Catherine), Robert “RJ” Jr. (wife Lynn), and Loretta Ann “Lorrie Ann” Frazier (husband Michael); devoted grandfather of 9 and great-grandfather of 4; cherished son of the late Benjamin and Carrie (nee Niznik); dearest brother of...

RICHARD R. RUSSELL of Highland Heights, formerly of Greenville, South Carolina, passed away after a short illness at Hillcrest Hospital. He was born October 21, 1931 to late Joseph and Elsa (nee Reimer) in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School, in 1949, Richard attended Case Western Reserve University where he met his wife Jennie and they married on...