Obituaries

EDWARD J. “RIP” RUPENA age 89, beloved husband for 64 years of Violet (nee Vogrin); loving father of Marla and Sharon Currier; cherished son of the late Joseph and Adela (nee Almasy); dearest brother of John (wife Patricia) and the late Joseph, Catherine Stuper (husband Junie) and George (wife Winifred); dear uncle and great-uncle of many. Retired Lt. Euclid Fire...

MARY T. GRASSO (nee Marino) age 97, beloved wife of the late Anthony; loving mother of Frank (Cora), Toni Cirino (Anthony) and Janet Stratz (Robert); devoted grandmother of Lisa, Angelo and Michael Cirino and Dana and Erica Stratz; cherished daughter of the late Gaetano and Vincenza (nee Maenza) Marino; dearest sister of the late Lena Lombardo (Ignazio, deceased), Samuel (Ruth,...

ANTHONY “TONY” BECHEMER age 85, beloved husband for 50 years of Janet (nee Kaleyta); dearest brother of Herb (Carole) and the late Nadine Taubert (Ted), Adele Hauck, and Ronald; dear uncle and great-uncle of many. U.S. Army Veteran.

A lifelong Cleveland area resident, Tony passed away on June 26, 2018.  Through the years, he worked in quality control for a...

HELEN M. GERVINSKI (nee Spodnik) age 93, beloved wife of the late Frank, loving mother of Nancy Gervinski, Donna Casey, and Mary Noonen (husband Daniel); devoted grandmother of Lauren McCarthy (husband Brandon), Kali O’Dell (husband Jeff), Sarah Noonen, and great-grandmother of Ava O’Dell; cherished daughter of the late Michael and Anna (nee Jefko) Spodnik; dearest sister of James (wife Jean),...

RUTH C. JONES (nee Bliss) age 93, beloved wife of the late Alwyn; loving mother of Gary and Lynne Long (husband Clayton); devoted grandmother of Christopher (wife Erin), Katherine and Kevin Ensign; cherished daughter of the late Rev. Elmer and Eugenia (nee Stumpf) Bliss; dearest sister of the late Kermit Bliss and Irmgarde Selby; dear aunt of Elaine, Diane, Dale,...

SIDNEY C. SWEET, JR. age 78, beloved husband for 50 years of Cora (Hershberger); loving father of Stephen (significant other Emma Migneault); cherished son of the late Sidney C. and Pauline M. (nee Le Roy); dearest brother of Kenneth (wife Marlene), Beverly Durkee (husband Larry), Susan Sweet (husband Stephen Kalman), and Douglas (wife Darlene); treasured brother in law of 4...

GEORGE A. PALUF age 91, beloved husband for 70 years of Rose Marie (nee Papp); loving father of Sr. Donna, SND, Timothy (wife Darlene (nee Bozza)) and Karen Kruse (husband Kenneth); devoted grandfather of Timothy (wife Stacey), Christy Menzies (husband Nicholas), Ryan Paluf, Kevin Kruse (fiancé Amber Guizzotti), Kyle Kruse and great-grandfather of Adelaide, Bennett, Hannah, Timothy, and Conor; dearest...

MARY ANN RABEK (nee Visconti) age 92, beloved wife of the late Erwin J.; loving mother of Frank (wife Jeanne) and Roseann Hicks (husband Brad); devoted grandmother of Frank Rabek, Heather Oster (husband Nate), Tim Rabek, Jennifer Hughes (husband Caleb) and great-grandmother of Blake and Ryan Rabek, Maya and Emma Hughes, Lucy and Zoe Oster; cherished daughter of the late...

RONALD J. MANDATO, age 74, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 25, 2018. Beloved husband of Janet (nee Powell). Devoted father of Frank (Susie), Pam Tanner (Paul), Ronnie, Joey (Carla), and Jennifer Stanziano (Joe). Loving grand- father of Megan, C.J., Marissa, Taylor, Joey, Natalie, Mariana, Isabella, Samie, Gigi, Lillie, McKella, Alex, and Ryne (deceased). Great-grandfather of Damiano,...

ALDON E. FLAISMAN age 66, beloved father of Rhianna; loving grandfather of Brandon and Brendan; cherished son of the late Albin and Josephine (nee Mihevc); dearest brother of Alana Wallin (husband Robert) and the late Alan; dear uncle and great-uncle of many.

Aldon was born January 30, 1952 and passed away June 22, 2018. He was a resident of Highland...

JOHN JOSEPH CORRIGAN JR., of Lakewood, OH, aged 60 years, beloved son of the late John Joseph Sr. and Mary Jean (nee Wint), brother of Susan Murphy (husband Thomas), Therese, Joseph and the late Patricia, uncle and great-uncle.

Please meet for the graveside services Saturday, June 30, 2018 at the entrance to All Souls Cemetery (Rt. 6, Chardon) at 11...

EDWARD J. COLABUNO age 95, beloved husband of the late Lena (nee Ciolfi); loving father of Francesca Shea (husband Jeff) and Theresa Wymer (husband Ray); devoted grandfather of Nicholas (wife Ann), Anthony and Tom Wymer (wife Rachel), Courtney Wenz (husband Ted), Andrea Wymer and great-grandfather of Carrie, Jack and Gabriel; cherished son of the late Angelo and Theresa (nee Costello);...

Mass of Christian burial for Sandra Sue (Moulton) Rockafellow, 72, will be held on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. at The Church of St. Mary, 401 North Street Chardon.

Mrs. Rockafellow died June 17, 2018 after a defiant and unwavering fight with cancer. She was a life-time resident of Chardon, Ohio.

Sandy was born in Cleveland, Ohio on...

Tomo Derezic, age 87. Husband of Julijana (nee Boros); father of John (Marija), Steve (Vesna), Stephanie Sutter (John), Joseph, Frank (Rosie), Branko (Sharon), Danny (Aimee), Andy (Christy) and the deceased Marica, Katica and Ruzica; grandfather of Eva DeMicheli (Marko), David, Adriana Kucinic (Pave), Tomislav, Marina, Simon Sutter (Stefanie), Johnny Sutter (Kara), Samantha Polsinelli (Bill), Nicole Sutter, Nadia Begovic (Toma), Michael,...

CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER DARLING, aged 36 years, assistant professor of Illustration and Digital Design at Kent State University, beloved husband for 5 years to Elaine (nee Fowler) and loving father to be, devoted son of Craig and Deborah (nee Wallin), cherished brother of Kirsten Fuentes Darling, and Aaron, Brittany, Kirk, Kyle and Collin Darling, dear son-in-law to John and Dianne Fowler,...

HUGH MARSHALL, age 65 of Chesterland, passed away the night of Thursday, June 14, 2018 surrounded by family after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.  Hugh was the equipment manager at Case Western Reserve University and touched the lives of thousands of members of the community during his over-30 years of service to the campus.  Hugh was a 1971 graduate...

ANNETTE M. WRIGHT (nee Cicero), beloved wife of the late Allen; loving mother of Gregory Skoda Sr. (wife Patti), Brenda DeLeo (husband Mike), and Christopher Skoda (wife Stephanie); devoted grandmother of Gregory Skoda Jr. (wife Amanda), Brent Skoda, DJ DeLeo (wife Marie), Brittany and Bobby Skoda, Drew DeLeo, Michael Skoda (wife Camille), Jenny Craven (husband Michael), Taylor Skoda and great-grandmother...

Mandica Butic, age 68. Beloved wife of Ante; dear mother of Tony (Carol Sue) and Dennis; sister of Marija Uskok (Stipe) and Elizabeta Grabusic; cousin of Blazenka Kardum and Eva Alaburic (Veljko).

Family will receive friends to pay tribute to and celebrate the life of Mandica at THE DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS, 28890 CHARDON RD. (between Bishop Rd....

JUNE G. EROSKEY (nee Maehler), aged 89 years, beloved wife of the late Clifford R., dearest mother of Kevin H., Gail A. Zak (husband James) and Sandra L. Stockey (husband Charles), loving grandmother of Abby Turner-Stockey and Kaelyn Zak, fond sister of the late Marilyn Johnson. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of June suggested to St. John Lutheran...