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Frieda Wallace
FRIEDA JANE WALLACE, age 98, of Mayfield Heights, passed away February 9, 2016. She was born and raised on Valley Ridge Farm in Hunting Valley. She is survived by her niece Kathe Lyons Martin of Greensboro, NC, nephew Walter J. Walko of Mentor, OH, and four great-grand nephews and two great-grandnieces.
Contributions may be made in Frieda’s memory to American...
John Fiorello
JOHN A. “JACK” FIORELLO age 72, beloved companion and husband for 41 years of the late Elizabeth A. “Betty” (nee Nemeth); cherished son of the late Angelo and Katherine (nee Geiger) Fiorello; dearest brother of James (wife Cheri), Florence Sirca, Evelyn Fiorello, Raymond (Pam) and the late Richard “Babe” (wife Fran) and Carl (wife Carol); loving step-father of Sharon Barth...
Mary Siciliano
Mary C. Siciliano (nee Lima), 98, entered into eternal life, March 23, 2016.
Born August 11, 1917 Johnstown, PA, Mary migrated with her husband to Cleveland in 1946. She was a homemaker before going back to work in 1966 as a secretary in the development Department at University Hospital. She retired in 1982.
Mary passed her time working on crossword...
Karen Corrigan
KAREN M. CORRIGAN (nee Kleinshrot), age 69 was born on November 15, 1946 in Painesville and passed away on March 22, 2016. She was the beloved wife of the late Jack; loving mother of DeeAnna Thayer (husband Steve, deceased), Laurie Romig, Joseph, Sean (wife Jennifer), Shannon Humberson, Patrick (wife Lindsay), and the late Danny, Donna, and Baby Corrigan; devoted grandmother...
Leonard Calanni
LEONARD S. CALANNI, SR., aged 81 years, long-time resident of Avon Lake and member and usher at St. Joseph Catholic Church, long-time companion to Linda Wilson, beloved father of Leonard S. II, Michael (wife Pam) and James, dear grandfather of Jessica and Joey, devoted son of the late Salvatore and Josephine (nee Pirello), cherished brother of Mary Bartkowicz (husband Frank)...
Gladys Folk
GLADYS C. FOLK (nee Hamilton) age 95, beloved wife of the late J. Kenneth; loving mother of June Seech (husband Ernest “Rusty”) and Lisa Elliott (husband M. Tucker); devoted grandmother of Jennifer Seech (husband Mark Hrvatin), Jason Seech and great-grandmother of Jacob, Meggan, Joshua, Trevor, Owen, Johnathon, Colin, and the late Julia; cherished daughter of the late Oran and June...
Edward Klemencic
EDWARD D. KLEMENCIC 72, beloved father of Doreen Kolenc, Denise, Dennis and Darren (Niurka); cherished grandfather of 5; dearest son of Mary and the late Edward J. Klemencic; dear brother of Marlene (Jerry) Weisenberg and Marilyn Banko and loving companion of Judy Lutzke. US Marine Corps Veteran. Prayers of Christian Burial 11 a.m. Saturday March 26, 2016 at THE ZEVNIK-COSIC...
Irene Bondy
IRENE BONDY, beloved daughter of the late John and Mary (nee Janosik), loving sister of the late Mary and James. Christian Burial Service Thursday, March 24, 2016 at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 496 E. Washington St., Chagrin Falls, at 11:30 AM. Burial Friday, in Sacred Heart Cemetery (Brisbin, PA.). Friends received at The Church THURSDAY 1 HOUR PRIOR...
Nancy Settevendemie
NANCY S. SETTEVENDEMIE (nee Valenti), age 100; beloved wife of the late Quirino “Steve”; loving mother of Gaetana Stakich (husband James, deceased), Linda Kelly (husband Michael) and Nancy Goede Gardner (husband Dennis); devoted grandmother of Steven Stakich, Amy Stakich Nageotte (Daniel), David Goede (Nikki), Ryan Kelly (Kim), Anthony Kelly, Nicholas Goede (Tiffany) and great-grandmother of 10 ½; cherished daughter of...
Bertha Drobnic
BERTHA F. “Bert” DROBNIC (nee Leksan), beloved wife of the late James V.; loving mother of Denise L. (deceased), Diane M., James V., and Dina Flesher (deceased); devoted grandmother of Emma, Sean (deceased), and Oliver Flesher; cherished daughter of the late Joseph and Gertrude (nee Gabrosek) Leksan; dear sister of 4 brothers and 3 sisters, all deceased.
Bert was a...
Joseph Kurrent
Joseph Kurrent, 94, passed away March 12, 2016 at The Slovene Home for the Aged. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 22, 1921 to the late Joseph and Caroline (nee Trzan).
Joe, who was called “Jokes” by his boyhood friends, was married for 72 years to Dorothy M. (nee Ogrinc). He married Dorothy shortly before he left for...
Charles Fitzgerald
CHARLES E. “Charlie” FITZGERALD age 79, beloved husband for 28 years of Regina A. (O’Toole) (nee Skufca); loving father of Charles E. Jr. (wife Laura) and step-father of David O’Toole (wife Joy), Mary Daedelow (husband Donald), Joseph O’Toole and Michael O’Toole (wife Jayne); devoted grandfather of Chaz and step-grandfather of Amanda Daedelow; cherished son of the late William and Dorothy...
Michael Barkoot
MICHAEL G. BARKOOT, JR., aged 69 years, beloved son of Michael G., Sr. and the late Ruth (nee Slusser), dear brother of John (wife Linda), beloved friend to Janice Giles, loving uncle of Matthew and David (wife Michelle) Barkoot, great-uncle to Maggie and Sofiah.
Michael was employed at Filter Dynamics, J.C. Penney’s and C.W.R.U. Michael was a member of the...
Dannielle Reglus
DANNIELLE M. REGLUS (nee Opalich), aged 54 years, beloved wife for 14 years to Kenneth, loving mother of Peter, Michael, Kenny, Donte and Krystle, grandmother of the late Kayden, cherished daughter of the late Daniel and Kathryn (nee Morganti) Opalich, treasured sister of Candice Minello (husband George) and Nicholas Opalich (wife Charlene), devoted aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend to many.
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Julia Sohl
JULIA LOUISE SOHL, age 91, died peacefully on Wednesday March 16, 2016 at Brookdale rehabilitation facility in Richmond Heights and was reunited with her loving son Kenneth, Jr who died suddenly on March 10, 2016.
JULIA LOUISE SOHL (nee Novotney) was born April 4, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia, moved with her family to Starford, Pennsylvania and graduated from Commodore...
Lotus Vitantonio
LOTUS ANN VITANTONIO age 81, was born on June 13, 1934 in Cleveland and passed away on March 15, 2016. She was the treasured daughter of the late Anthony and Theresa (nee DeFabio); dearest aunt of Gayla Amato and great-aunt.
Lotus was a resident of Concord for 2 years, formerly of Naples, Florida. She was a member of Holy Rosary...
Janet Wood
Janet Wood, 82, a longtime resident of Denville, NJ, passed away on March 8, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was predeceased by William Wood, Jr, her husband of 58 years, who passed away in 2015. She was the beloved mother of William (Joan) and Margaret (Barry) Owen, grandmother of Nathan (Deyla), Stephen, Lauren and Caleb, and great grandmother of Jay,...
George Edwards
Celebration of Life Service for George H.S. Edwards, 68, will be on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 8 PM at The DeJohn Funeral Home & Crematory of Chardon. Mr. Edwards died on Monday at his home surrounded by his family. He was a resident of Chardon for 45 years.
George was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Chesterland....
