Obituaries

JOSEPHINE R. CHERUBINI (nee Ritosa) age 98, beloved wife of the late Mario; dearest sister of Julia Cerovac, and the late Paula, Antonia, Antonio, Anna Agaliotis, Giovani, and Emma Pavat; dear aunt and great-aunt of many.

Josephine was born in Parenzo, Italy on January 20, 1921 and passed away peacefully on July 27, 2019. She was a resident of Kirtland,...

“LOIS ARLENE, The Village Queen, the sweetest girl that’s ever been seen!”, passed away July 20, 2019 at the age of 92. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Almer and Esther, and her brother Almer J. Cook. Private graveside services. Arrangements entrusted to DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF SOUTH EUCLID.

 

SOEN LIANG TJOE, M.D. age 81, passed away on July 22, 2019.  He was the beloved husband for 37 years of Yuan Tjoe; loving father of Steven Tjoe (wife Xin Nie) and Benita Tjoe, M.D.; dearest brother of Li Wen Tjoe, Tjutju Hartani, and the late Joe Liang Tjoe; treasured brother-in-law of George Yuan, Jim Yuan, and the late Gary...

FLORA JENKO, age 89, beloved wife for 62 years of the late Joseph; loving mother of Margaret Boehm (husband Gus, deceased) and Joseph Jenko; devoted grandmother of Andrew, Peter, Caroline and David Boehm. Cremation by DeJohn Crematory. Family will receive friends to pay tribute to and celebrate the life of Flora at THE DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS, 28890...

ANDREW M. BELAVIC age 94, beloved husband of the late Patricia (nee MacIvor); loving father of Catherine Schultz (husband Robert), Andrew Jr. (wife Mary), and Barbara O’Brien (husband Michael); devoted grandfather of Mackenzie and Morgan O’Brien, Alyse, Matthew, and Michael Belavic, and the late Benjamin Robert Schultz; cherished son of the late George and Kata (nee Frketic); dearest brother of...

ROSEMARY B. SMITH (nee Stettenfeld) age 89, loving mother of Edward (wife Karen); devoted grandmother of Kara; cherished daughter of the late Edward and Rose (nee Hoge) Stettenfeld; dearest sister of the late Ellen Marton (husband Emery, deceased), Florence Martin (husband Norman, deceased), Frank “Pat” Stettenfeld (wife Martha, deceased), and John Stettenfeld (wife Eileen, deceased); dear aunt and great-aunt of...

A memorial service and celebration of life will be held for Donald F. (“Don”) Grazko, 80, of Newbury, Ohio from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Thursday July 25th, 2019 at DeJohn Funeral Home at 12811 Chillicothe Rd, Chesterland, OH 44026. A 10:00 am funeral mass will take place on Friday July 26th at St. Helen Catholic church at 12060...

STANLEY E. VRABEC age 92, beloved husband of the late LaVerne (nee Kocin); loving father of Tina Vrabec (husband Jesse Wainright); devoted grandfather of Kayla Vrabec; cherished son of the late Joseph and Angela (nee Zlobec); dearest brother of the late Joseph (wife Diana); dear uncle and great-uncle of many.     WWII and Korean Conflict U.S. Navy Veteran. Contributions may be...

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...