Obituaries

THERESE ANNE HANSON, aged 58 years, beloved partner to Lewis Taylor, loving mother of Lewis Taylor “LJ”, dearest daughter of Rev. Robert and Susie (nee Montgomery) Hanson, cherished sister of Britt Townsend (husband Daniel), Thea Mozingo (husband Charles) and the late Karl Rolf Hanson, beloved aunt of Catherine and Charles Mozingo. Therese worked at the Spaghetti Co. and then at...

HILDA ROM (nee Jonke) age 89, originally from Seele, Gottschee, Austria, passed away on July 19, 2019. She was the beloved wife of the late Rudolf Rom; loving mother of Ernest, Walter, and Elizabeth; cherished daughter of the late Johann Jonke and Pauline (nee Jonke) Frank Hutter; dearest sister of Helene Mausser (husband Arnold, deceased), Annemarie Schwarz (husband Klaus, deceased),...

KATHERINE RUTH “KATIE” NICOLLI (nee Davey), aged 41 years, a well-respected and much loved Speech Therapist with the Hilliard Ohio School District lost a courageous battle with cancer and passed away on July 20, 2019 at the Maltz Hospice Center in Beachwood, Ohio.

She was blessed with many friends, neighbors, colleagues and family and is survived by her two daughters,...

CHRISTOPHER ALLEN “Topher” WILSON age 16, beloved son and grandson of Wayne and Cyndi Frimel; loving brother of Dominik Resnik; cherished nephew of Michael and Becky Frimel, Timothy Frimel, Susan and Gordie Starcher and James Kelly; dear godson of Edwin and Nancy Ehrke; loving cousin and friend to many.

Topher was born on August 29, 2002 and passed away suddenly...

RICHARD W. D’ANDREA age 77, beloved husband for 54 years of Felicia  (nee Sanfilippo); loving father of Laura Dalessandro (husband Mark) and Lynette Averill (husband Steven); devoted grandfather of Nicholas and Marissa Dalessandro and Paul and Joseph Averill; cherished son of the late Peter and Frances (nee Fanzo); dearest brother of Andrea Ottobre (husband Anthony). U.S. Army Veteran.

Richard was...

LENKE S. TREIBLE (nee Salamon) age 96, beloved wife of the late Arthur; loving mother of Susan Cangelosi (husband Jerome) and Janet Lipp (husband Fred); cherished grandmother of Jessica Lipp, Louis Cangelosi (Liane), Allye Lipp, Marissa Cangelosi, and Robert Lipp; devoted daughter of the late Alexander and Mary (nee Klimek) Salamon; dearest sister of the late Esther Fodor and the...

WILLIAM A. “BILL” CLARK, aged 84 years, beloved husband of the late Dorothy (nee Harrison) and the late Margaret (nee McGuire), dear father of Jessie Burgess (husband Daniel), William G. (deceased), John (wife Nancy), Andrew (wife Noelle), James Angel (wife Pam), Joy Gilchrist (husband Ted) and Jill Bollinger (husband John), loving grandfather of 13 and great-grandfather of 13, devoted brother...

RYAN WILLIAM KEEFER, of Richmond Heights, born on February 17, 1991 and passed away July 14, 2019 at the age of 28. Beloved son of Christine Malec and William Keefer, loving father of Caleb Keefer, special son to Rick Armour, devoted brother of Rachel Hill (Joshua), loving grandson of Phyllis Hans and the late Raymond Hans, and Sandra Keefer and...

JACQUELINE M. “JACKIE” PULAR age 83, cherished daughter of the late George and Pauline Pular (nee Haffner); dear cousin and surrogate aunt of many.

Jackie was born on May 11, 1936 and passed away on July 17, 2019. She was a resident of Richmond Heights, and previously lived in the Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland. Jackie graduated from St. John College...

WILLIAM J. DEMYAN age 82, beloved husband for 56 years of Arlene (nee Tishko); loving father of Colene Rus and John (wife Natalie); devoted grandfather of Rachel, Andrew and Allie Rus, Madison, Grant and Tyler; dearest brother of the late George, Donald, and Delores; treasured brother-in-law of Sheilah Mitchell; dear uncle, great-uncle, and cousin of many. U.S. Army Veteran.

Bill...

EDITH A. “EDIE” SMREKAR (nee Michal) age 89, beloved wife for 56 years of the late Donald; loving mother of Susan Godshall (husband David), Timothy (wife Cherrie), James (fiance Alicia) and Annette Jarosz (husband Mark); devoted grandmother of Michael (wife Charniah), Eric Godshall (wife Bethany), Melissa Christian (husband Justin), Katie Giulitto  (Mike Darrah), Jeffrey (wife Miranda), Amy, Megan and Matthew...

SUSAN C. GILLICH (nee Hodges) age 68, beloved wife for 28 years of the late Thomas; loving mother of Raymond and Rachel Waugh (husband Zac); cherished daughter of the late Robert and Vera (nee Slosar) Hodges; dearest sister of Helen Scheiner (husband David) and Pat Furth. Susan was a 1969 graduate of Chagrin Falls High School. In lieu of flowers,...

ROBERT ELMER HORNYAK (affectionately known as “Uncle Bob” by most) passed away the evening of July 10th at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights., Ohio. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and was the son of John and Margaret (Olexo). During World War II he served in the United States Army as an overseas Military Police officer; afterwards, most of his...

TERESA H. KRUPA (nee Kimak) age 71, loving mother of Craig, Amy Williams, and Alan (wife Kristy); devoted grandmother of Ashley, Amanda, Nickolas, Gabriel, Lillian and Nathan; cherished daughter of the late Marcel and Gertrude (nee Tommer) Kimak; dearest sister of Cherie Anderson (husband Denis), Clara Brown (Randy), Shelly Weaver (husband Gary) and Hank Kimak; dear cousin of Judy Varns;...

JOSEPHINE L. CARDELLINI (nee Carnazza) age 98, beloved wife of the late Anthony; loving mother of the late Anthony (wife Linda); devoted grandmother of Christina Cardellini-Rockey (husband Andrew) and Jennifer Cardellini (fiancé Nathan Creviston); cherished daughter of the late Ignatius and Grace (nee Cali) Carnazza; dearest sister of Carmella Genova (husband Joseph, deceased), Connie Valore (husband Salvatore, deceased), Virginia Berardinelli...

SHIRLEY SOLTES (nee Wacko) age 81, beloved wife for 59 years of William; loving mother of Karen Backus (husband Kent), Patricia Kelleher (husband Kevin), William, Michael (wife Amy), and Mary Kay Bruner (husband Bradley); devoted grandmother of Erin Roberts (husband Tracy), Kelsey and Connor Kelleher, Anna, Nathan, and Adam Soltes, Katherine Bruner and great-grandmother of Riley; cherished daughter of the...

JOSEPHINE A. VERDI (nee Kozel) age 94, beloved wife for 71 years of the late Joseph B; loving mother of Joseph R. (wife Patricia) and Thomas (wife Margaret); devoted grandmother of Kathleen Impullitti (husband Nicholas), Daniel (wife April), Brian, Jane, Michael (wife Kara), James (wife Cassandra), Katherine (fiancé Peter DeCapua) and great-grandmother of 8; cherished daughter of the late Joseph...

RUTH ELIZABETH MACADAM (nee Smeltz), aged 86 years, beloved wife of the late Colin, dear mother of Mary, Colin (wife Sheila -deceased), William and Barbara, loving grandmother of Ed, Joe, Matt, Mike, Chris and Kayt, great-grandmother of Emma, Taylor, Brendyn, Connor, Charlie and Amelia, devoted sister of the late Jean Ricksecker and John Smeltz, fond aunt and grand-aunt. In lieu...

ANA P. SANKOVIC (nee Peloza) age 80, beloved wife for 62 years of Antony; loving mother of Renato (deceased), Lori Murphy (deceased) (husband Daniel), Denis (wife Kathy) and Anne-Marie Schlessel (husband Michael); devoted nona of Danny, Michael, Jack, Anthony (deceased), Elena, Amanda, Matthew and Nathan; dearest sister, aunt, great-aunt and friend of many.

Ana was born on August 31, 1938...