Obituaries

Jennie Pograis, age 103, of Euclid, Ohio. Passed away December 22, 2017. Beloved wife of Edward (deceased). Devoted mother of Margaret Pograis Bennish (husband William), Carolyn Pratt (husband Gary) and Jacqueline Rusnik (husband Dale). Loving grandmother of Jenny Van Hyning, Anna Allender, Andrew Pratt, Kristin Retallick, Sarah Bennish, John (deceased) and Thomas Rusnik (deceased); great-grandmother of Taylor, Olivia, William, Riley,...

NANCY JO CRAMER, aged 75 years, beloved companion to the late Alexander B. Abood, devoted daughter of the late William A. and Wilma (nee Kope), loving sister of Richard Dale Cramer, survived by her sister-in-law Teresa Abood-Martin, her nephew Jacob Martin, and her cherished friends. Contributions in memory of Nancy Jo suggested to The Animal Protective League, 1729 Willey Ave.,...

Richard Francis Malinowski, 87, passed away peacefully on December 18, 2017 in Burton, OH. Devoted husband of the late Maggie Lee Malinowski (nee: Flannery) for 61 years and loving father of Barbara Damiano (nee: Dalton), Linda (Dann Stapp), David (Christina), Frances (Robert Bevis), Edward (Carrie), and Carol (Sean Peenstra); devoted grandfather of Jason Stapp (Lilli), Jennifer (Richard Taylor), Tina Bevis...

Our dear Sister Mary Anne (formerly Sister Mary Emeric) 84, died December 14, 2017. Beloved daughter of the late Emery and Mary Anna (nee Mudri) Blasko and sister of deceased Edward (Jean) and Lawrence (Anne, deceased). Cherished sister of Sister Mary Veronica, SND, William (Jean), and Catherine Farrell (Vincent, deceased); loving aunt and great-aunt of many nieces and nephews, dear...

ELENE H. LANDIN (nee Evanick) age 94, beloved wife of the late Charles Landin and Stephen W. Kundrach; loving mother of David (wife Jacqueline), Douglas, and Jeffrey Kundrach; devoted grandmother of Jennifer Soros (husband David), Stephanie and Julie Kundrach and great-grandmother of Paige Soros; cherished daughter of the late John and Helen (nee Adamsky) Evanick; dearest sister of Ralph Evanick...

RUTH M. FARKAS (nee McMaster) age 91, beloved wife of the late James; loving mother of Carolyn Farkas Noe, Susan F. Gerard (husband Ed) and Cynthia Jung; devoted grandmother of 3 and great-grandmother of 3; cherished daughter of the late William A. and Anna C. (nee Gordon) McMaster; dear aunt and great aunt of many.

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DIGNA O. PIZARRO (nee Olazo) age 84, beloved wife of the late Ricardo; loving mother of son Don and daughter Rique; treasured mother-in-law of Elena Cambio; cherished daughter of the late Eulalio and Digna (nee Guevarra) Olazo; dearest sister of Amor Siebert (husband Charles) and the late Conrado and Arturo Olazo, Lourdes, and Stella Santa-Elena; dear aunt and great-aunt of...

HILDA M. KARCZEWSKI (nee Gowing) age 93, beloved wife of the late Raymond; loving mother of Sandy Samac (nee Means); devoted grandmother of Tracy (husband Mike) Dougherty and Erik Samac (wife Jennifer) and great-grandmother of Nikolena, Niko and Max Samac; cherished daughter of the late Arthur and Elizabeth (nee Harris) Gowing; dearest sister of the late Ellen and Joe (wife...

MARKO J. CERNE age 88, beloved son of the late Jernej and Franja (nee Ocvirk); dearest brother of the late Marija Ana Krajc, Marjeta Franciska Cerne, and Jernej (John) Cerne; special friend of August Pust.

Marko was born on April 23, 1929 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and passed away on December 9, 2017. He graduated from Department of Electrotechnics, University of...

BETTY DINARDO (nee Sedmak) age 89, beloved wife for 72 years of Eugene Jr.; loving mother of Eugene III (wife Catherine), Sandra Horton (husband John), Victoria Montifiore (husband Stephen), and the late Carla; devoted grandmother of John (wife Debra) and Nathan Horton, Gina Kriz (husband Ray) and great-grandmother of Alivia, Lindsay, Brian, Jack, and Jacqueline; cherished daughter of the late...

ROSE MARY KUBIK, aged 92 years, beloved daughter of the late Adam and Mary (nee Galayda), dear sister of Bernard (Helen), Adam, Robert (May) and Thomas Kubik, Helen Robertson (William) and Florence Almasy (Andrew) (all deceased), survived by Donna Kubik (wife of Thomas), loving aunt of Glenn (Janet), Mark (Annie) and Brian Kubik, Linda Gorley (Mike), Diane Barner, Roger (Barb)...

MARK E. COLGAN age 54, beloved husband of Rebecca Wu; cherished son of C. Patrick and Zita (nee Burrell); dearest brother of Sharon.

Mark was born in Cleveland on November 2, 1963 and passed away December 8, 2017. He graduated from Hawken School. He continued his education and received degrees from Cornell University and UCLA. Mark served his residency at  ...

Bernita Quinn Wiegand (nee Gund) age 90, beloved wife of Clifford Wiegand and the late Michael Gerard Quinn; loving mother of Bernita Kavulich (husband James), Elizabeth Opalich (husband William), Maureen Rawley (husband Michael), Eileen Sraj (husband Michael, deceased) and Barbara Buzonas (husband Benjamin, deceased); devoted grandmother of 15, great-grandmother of 10, step-grandmother of 15 and step-great-grandmother of 6; dearest sister...

WESLEY E. SCHIEFERSTEIN age 74, beloved husband for 48 years of Betty (nee Safreed); loving father of Matthew (wife Franziska), Lisa Mariola (husband Joe) and Lindsay Grisafo (husband Kevin); devoted grandfather of Nicole Spidalieri and A.J. Mariola; treasured brother of Richard (wife Holly); dearest father-in-law of Ralph Spidalieri; dear uncle and great-uncle.

Wes was born on July 3, 1943 in...

MASAE “MIKI” THOMPSON (nee Sugizaki) died December 10, 2017 from natural causes. She was 89. Sixty years ago, Miki married a man she had known for only a short time and left her family, her native land, and its culture, language, and food to travel nearly halfway around the world and start a new life. In the years that followed,...

FRANCES C. FIERRA (nee Ursetti) age 97, beloved wife of the late James; loving mother of Jeffrey M.D. and Deborah Johnson (husband Roy); devoted grandmother of Kelly Voss; cherished daughter of the late Sam and Anna (nee Mirasole) Ursetti; dearest sister of Helen Duffy, and the late Carmen Ursetti, Grace Profetta, and Paul Ursetti; dear aunt and great-aunt of many.

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AGNES U. SOPKO (nee Uhall) age 97, beloved wife of the late Michael; loving mother of Thomas (wife Helen) and Martha “Marty” (Bunnell) McCallum (husband Rich); devoted grandmother of Thomas, Jr. (wife Samantha), Christopher, James Bunnell (wife Krissi), Laura Calevski (husband David), Elicia Lipinski (fiancé Robert Bates) and great-grandmother of Clayton, Thomas III, James IV, Eloise, Evelyn and Marley; cherished...

MARK D. FORKER age 48, beloved husband for 14 years of Hallie (nee Myeress); loving father of Nolan, Phoebe and Gavin; cherished son of Jeffrey (deceased) and Alice (nee Horton); dearest brother of William Toth (wife Kristine), Denise Sciaulino (husband Frank), Melanie Nosan (fiancé Ahmed Marashly), and Shannon Kachline (husband Jeffrey); godfather to Kelsea Sciaulino and Stephen Orlic; uncle of...

CAROLYN LEE RAVEN (nee Salona) age 78, beloved wife for 56 years of Kaj Laurence “Larry”; loving mother of Mary Beth Gersten (husband Don) and Michael; devoted grandmother of Nicolas Kaj Tyler and step-grandchildren Richard (fiancé Shawna Ward) and Jennifer (fiancé James Johnson); cherished daughter of the late Mitchell and Alice (nee Kelley) Salona; dearest sister of Janice Scibbe (husband...

PETER BEDROSIAN age 89, cherished son of the late Stephan and Armenoui; dearest brother of Narkis Seraydar and the late Andrew Tashjian; dear uncle and great-uncle of many.

Peter was born February 14, 1928 in New York City and passed away November 27, 2017 in Cleveland. He grew up in the Bronx, New York and moved to Cleveland after his...