Obituaries

RONALD J. ALIC age 80, beloved husband for 56 years of Frances (nee Avcin); loving father of Sr. Mary Joseph (Diane) PCPA, Andrea Kampe (husband Peter), David (wife Kim) and Stephen (wife Nancy); devoted grandfather of Aleksandra, Mara, Matthew, Luke, Andrew, Andra Kampe, Frances, Amelia, Joshua, Clare and Marie Alic; cherished son of the late Joseph and Antonia (nee Trepal);...

HELEN I. SMITH (nee Ingham) age 88, beloved wife of the late Gerald Ross Smith; loving mother of Alison Ingham-Smith and Roxanne Smith-Mansell (husband Louis); cherished daughter of the late Percy and Florence (nee Barber).

Helen was born on April 10, 1929 in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania and passed away on May 14, 2017. She was a resident of The Waterford...

MYRON EUGENE TRINKLE, age 53, of Willoughby, OH died suddenly May 12, 2017. Myron was born in Cleveland to the late Harold E. and Loretta (nee Cox) Trinkle. He graduated from Willoughby South High School in 1982 and worked as a funeral assistant for several funeral homes on the east side of Cleveland. Myron’s hobbies included golfing, fishing and playing...

GEORGE H. TROPP, aged 92 years, husband of Mary Carol (nee Kickel), father of Philip, Lisa Dunmire (Robert), Denise, Robert (Kelley) and Dennis (Raychel), grandfather of Peter and Jessica, brother of William, Arleen Hayes and the late Wilma Holliday.

Family and friends are invited to meet for the Mass of Christian Burial Thursday May 18, 2017 at St. Gregory the...

ROBERT A. “BOB” BRACALE age 94, beloved husband for 62 years of Irene (nee Allazetta); loving father of Robert (wife Jolene), William, Scott (wife Lori), Christopher and Annmary; devoted grandfather of Melanie Bracale, Alec Buscetto, Tanner, Taylor, Hunter, Matthew, Sydney and Christian Bracale; cherished son of the late John and Antoinette (nee Ianetta). WWII U.S. Army Veteran.

Bob was born...

Mary A. Klemencic (nee Lach) age 94 of Cleveland, passed away May 14, 2017 at Euclid Hospital.

Mary was born in Cleveland where she remained a resident all of her life. She was a life time parishioner of St. Mary Church (Holmes Ave.) where she was a member of the Altar Society. Mary was also a member of the Euclid...

BRIDGET L. D’AMORE was born on Feb. 22, 1927 and died on May 14, 2017 at Hospice House of the Western Reserve at the age of 90. From her birth she was surrounded by the love of her Italian family. Her mom, Theresa, and her father, Tobia, as well as her brother Pat were the center of her life. “Bridgie”...

Charles was born on December 17, 1930 in Johnstown Pennsylvania. He was a resident of Euclid area for 54 years formally of Cleveland and a member of Our Lady of the Lake Parish formerly Holy Cross Catholic Church and St Christine Catholic Church of Euclid. Charles attended high school in Johnstown, PA. He is a member of the SNPJ Lodge...

George Remner age 95 died May 9th 2017 at Altercare in Mentor. He was born in Cleveland on August 14, 1921.  George was a graduate of East Tech High School. A Proud a WWII U.S. Army Veteran, he was in charge of guarding prisoners.

George was a retired sales consultant with an electronics company.

He was very knowledgeable with electronics...

MARIE E. GEBURA (nee Brice) age 87, beloved wife for 60 years of the late Edward A.; loving mother of Theresa “Terri” Jensen and Edward M. Gebura (wife Patricia); devoted grandmother of Matthew (wife Jennifer) and Michael Jensen, Ryan (Jess) and Kevin Gebura (Bethany), Rachael Greenwalt (husband Andrew), Allyson Reid (husband Samuel) and Crosby Craddock and great-grandmother of Soren and...

W. THOMAS “TOM” DONOVAN, aged 77 years, beloved husband for 53 years to Mary Beth (nee Monroe), devoted father of Teresa Todd (David), Lisa DiVincenzo (John), Thomas S. (Jamie), Susan (Ron), Kate McDade (Tim), Megan Lublin (Patrick) and Kevin (Pamela), loving grandfather of Jessica and Allison Todd, Travis and Jack Donovan, Alexa and Kayla McDade, Donovan Lublin, and Emily, Bridgette...

WILLIAM J. MORTON age 92, beloved husband of the late Laverne (nee Somers); loving father of Betsy Joliat and John (wife Barbara); devoted grandfather of Kiernan Reed (husband J.P.), Kylie Berry (husband Evan) and Laura Morton; dearest brother of Warren Morton and Mary Mann.

Bill was born on April 3, 1925 and passed away on May 4, 2017. He was...

GAETANO SPINA age 83, beloved husband for 62 years of Margherita (nee Romano); loving father of Licia Kovach (husband Andrew), Danny (wife Margaret Gray) and Tony (wife Barbara); devoted grandfather of Jennifer, Andrew and Madeline Kovach, Savannah and Brandon Spina; dearest brother of Vanda DeAngelo, Romeo Spina and Silvana Izzi; dear brother-in-law, uncle and friend of many.

Gaetano was born...

MARTIN J. “MARTY” NAPOLI age 57 died suddenly Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Florida.

He was born in Cleveland on November 11, 1959.  He graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and attended Cleveland State University. Marty was the owner operator of a home improvement company in Florida. He enjoyed playing the guitar, golf, going to the beach and watching the...

MARY ELIZABETH “BETH” ZEMBIAK (nee Fenton) age 72, loving mother of Daniel, Jeff (wife Nicole), Laura Ippolito (husband Mike) and Kelly Korce (husband Dave); devoted grandmother of Nicole, Jennifer and Anthony Ippolito, Sarah, Madeline, Daniel and Andrew Zembiak, Matthew, Jonathan, Joshua and Michael Korce; cherished daughter of the late Ely and Mary (nee Crawford) Fenton.

Beth was born on February...

MARK A. PSOTKA age 89, beloved husband of the late Mary Ann  (nee Garred); cherished son of the late Mark and Mary (nee Kohut); loving brother of Mary Kidon, Theresa and Constance Psotka, and the late Genevieve Haberecht and Dorothy Sabatine; dearest uncle of Gregory Dati, Jeffrey and Terry Sabatine; dear godfather of Vetus J. Syracuse and friend of Anthony...

PATRICIA ANN NEMETH age 54, cherished daughter of Joan Nemeth (nee Gallagher); dearest sister of Debbie Virost (husband John); treasured aunt of Carla Marie Virost; dear niece of Jean Gallagher.

Patricia was born on January 15, 1963 in Cleveland and passed away on April 30, 2017. She was a resident of Brunswick for 20 years, formerly of Cincinnati. Patty loved...

LORETTA M. FETKO (nee DeIuliis) age 82, beloved wife for 62 years of George; loving mother of Mark, Renee Hall (husband Jeff), Denise Merritt (husband G. Michael); devoted grandmother of Derek Fetko, Lauren, Beth and Natalie Hall; dearest sister of Joseph DeIuliis (wife Avis), Luke DeIuliis (wife Theresa), the late Marguerite Corsetti (husband Marino deceased) and Anthony DeIuliis (wife Concetta);...

Josip Luketic, age 89. Beloved husband of Eva (nee Rendulic); caring father of Zdravko (Cheryl), Darko (Susan) and Kathy Day (Daniel); loving grandfather of Nicole Luketic-Flaws, David, Philip, Christopher and Chelsea; loving great grandfather of Fiona and Rhys; dear son of the late Ivan and Kate (nee Gerovac); cherished brother of several deceased siblings; dear friend of many.

Family will...

ROY A. DALTON age 49, beloved son of Roy L. and the late Donna (nee Telban) Dalton; loving brother of Denise and Brad Dalton; treasured uncle of Dominique and Jessica.

Roy was a lifelong resident of South Euclid. He graduated from Brush High School in 1986 and worked as an auto mechanic. Roy will be remembered most as a happy-go-lucky,...