Obituaries

SAMUEL JAMES RONIS age 26, beloved son of Peter and Nanette (nee Norton); loving brother of Benjamin; devoted grandson of J. Brad and the late Virginia Norton, Betty-Ann and the late Norman Ronis; cherished nephew of J. Christopher and Kathy Norton, Douglas and Vickie Norton, Iain and Brenda Ronis; dearest cousin of Emily Ronis, Nicole Roeder, and Angela Horton.

Sam...

FRANCIS C. STASICK “CHAS”, aged 96 years, beloved husband of the late Olga (nee Derczo), dear father of Diana Acton (husband Patrick), Betsy Lerch (husband Dan), and Les (wife Carmela), loving grandfather of Jon (wife Jamie) and Matthew (wife Natacha) Acton, Christina Shepherd (husband Jacob), Robin and Doug Lerch, and Allison Hager (husband Tyler), great-grandfather of 6, cherished brother of...

 

ANTHONY R. RUSSO, Jr. age 76, beloved husband for 48 years of Judith (nee Lapka); loving father of Michael (wife Athena), Philip and Peter; devoted grandfather of Christina; dearest brother of Antoinette Evans (husband Lawrence); dear brother-in-law, uncle and great-uncle of many.

Anthony was born on August 18, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri and passed away on December 25,...

JAMES B. WILLIS age 66, born on February 19, 1950 in Columbus, Ohio passed away on December 25, 2016. He was the beloved husband for 35 years of Kathy (Hoffman) Willis (nee Calvert); loving father of Kelly Hoffman (fiancé Ken Barton) and Connie Brazauskas (fiancé Michael Oliver); devoted grandfather of Andrew Arabie, Jayson Brazauskas, Katherine Arabie, Robert Brazauskas, Manny DelPinal,...

THOMAS G. “TOM” McDONALD, 88, of Chardon, entered into eternal life Friday, December 23, 2016 surrounded by his family at his home.

Tom was born August 15, 1928 in Chardon, OH to the late John and Helen (nee Keoth) McDonald. He graduated from Chardon High School in 1948. Tom was employed with the U.S Post office and eventually became the...

Rev. Mr. Donald W. Lobdell

Born August 21, 1939

Son of Samuel H. Lobdell and Lillian Lisuch. Brother to Douglas Lobdell. Married to Sarah Caughey Lobdell “Sally” on September 9, 1967. Father to Daniel (deceased), Joseph (wife Elizabeth Gierlach “Lisa”), Elizabeth (husband John Rowe), and Mark (wife Mary B.). Grandfather to Ben, Tony, Emily, Andy, Jacob, Noah, Katrina, Mark, Maddy,...

Vinko Zalac, (71) of Wickliffe, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was born November 1, 1945 in Croatia. He worked for Enterprise Welding for 15 years. He was a dedicated, hard worker. He was very handy and able to fix almost anything. He always put his family first and loved them dearly.

Vinko...

MICHAEL L. DiNALLO age 59, beloved husband for 33 years of Lori (nee Lewins); loving father of Vincent (wife Brittany), Joseph, Sally and Daniel; cherished son of Giocondino and the late Antoinette (nee Discenza); dearest brother of Lucy, David (wife Theresa) and Lisa Formichelli (husband Frank); treasured son-in-law of William Lewins and the late Geraldine (nee Dotson); dearest brother-in-law of...

GORDON “DON” BLEWETT, 75, of Chardon, entered into eternal life, Sunday December 18, 2016 at Mentor Woods.

Born February 18, 1941 in Cleveland, OH, Don was a veteran of the Army National Guard. He was employed for 32 years and retired from the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company in 1993. Don enjoyed the outdoors and loved boating and snorkeling. In addition,...

LINDA M. RUPLE (nee Berglund) age 63, beloved partner of Jeff; loving mother of Chad, Kristina, Matthew (wife Skiy), Kourtney and Brittany; survived by her loving former husband Randy; devoted grandmother of 8; cherished daughter of the late Franz and Eleanor (nee Snyder); dearest sister of Nils Berglund, Carol Breininger (husband William) and the late Carl Berglund; dear aunt of...

FRIEDA MARY “PUDGE” BODWELL (nee Fischer) age 78, beloved wife for 59 years of B. Richard “Dick”, former Chagrin Falls mayor; loving mother of Bradley “Brad” (wife Vicki), Elizabeth “Beth” Brown (husband Mark) and Gregory; devoted grandmother of Brian (Stephanie) and Mitchell Brown, Fischer, Henry, and Wesley Bodwell; daughter of the late William and Winifred (nee Thomas) Fischer; sister of...

ELEANOR M. SALETTEL (nee Earley) age 98, beloved wife of the late Joseph F.; loving mother of Dennis J. (wife Maureen nee Kiernan) and the late Sharon “Sherry” Matejka (husband Joseph); devoted grandmother of Colin (deceased), Kelly and Megan Salettel, Katie Berman (Neil), Anne Dieglio (Tony), Joseph, Jr. (Rory), Mark (Susan), James (Sydney), and Maureen Koscinski (Kenneth) and great-grandmother of...

JAMES A. KRIZ age 61, beloved husband for 34 years of Robin (nee Opper); loving father of Geoffrey (wife Brankica); cherished son of Mildred (nee Rustand) and the late Albert; dearest brother of Frank (wife Anne), Donna Harmon and Kenneth (wife Linda); nephew of ­­­Frederick Leek; dear uncle and great-uncle of many.

Jim was a 61 year resident of Willoughby...

JOHN J. “JACK” WALLACE, age 90, beloved husband of the late Doris (nee Ritondaro); loving father of Kathleen Howell (husband Jeffrey), Doreen Colello (husband John) and the late Brian (wife Linda); devoted grandfather of Gina Wallace, Daneen Ruggieri, Kate Howell Bullard (Peter), Kelly Howell Heimbecker (Justin), John Wallace, Danielle Ruggieri DeSatnik (Jason) William Wilson (Andrea), “Bestest” Friend Jianna Colello and...

Emery “Jim” Rozsits was born on October 6, 1937 in the town of Kapuvar, Hungary. After receiving his electrician trade school diploma in Gyor, Emery immigrated alone to the USA in 1956 via Cleveland residing in the popular Hungarian, ‘Buckeye Road’ neighborhood. At the young of age 19, with little money and minimal English language skills, he seized any opportunity...

Mary Brnusak, 75, of Cleveland passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016. Mary was born on March 23, 1941 in Zumberak, Croatia. She is survived by her husband, Louis; her children, Mary Ann Little (Tim) and Louie (Diana); her grandchildren, Angela, Timmy, Michelle, Jon Little, Aryn and Emily; her sisters, Dragica, Ljubica and Mira; and many extended family and friends....

DOLORES E. LOTZ (nee Noppmann) age 90, beloved wife of the late Chester; loving mother of Gary, Ricky (Kathy), Tommy and Diane Tusek (Chip); devoted grandmother of Dan (Stacey), Michael,  and Pastor James Lotz (Jennifer), Jessica Tusek (deceased), Brittany Tusek, Kevin and Nicky Lotz and great-grandmother of Jonah, Joshua, Jill, Ava and Thea; cherished daughter of the late Herman and...