Obituaries

MARY R. “BABE” JIANNETTI (nee SAVOCA) age 96, beloved wife for 63 years of the late Frank “Hank”; loving mother of Frank (wife Barbara) and Michael (wife Cathy); devoted grandmother of Joseph, Jeanine Rivas (husband Anthony), Anthony (wife Alicia), Jennifer Lyons (husband Christopher) and great-grandmother “Baby Grandma” of  Cali and Easton, and “ GG” of Henry, Vincent, Olivia and Nicolo;...

SAM A. DAHER age 59, beloved husband for 18 years of JoAnn (nee Bystrom); cherished son of Aref and Marie (nee Sayegh); dearest brother of Simon (wife Jennie) and Steve (wife Genna); loving son-in-law of Larry and Kathy (nee Marriott) Bystrom; devoted brother-in-law of Ron and Steve (wife Shannon) Bystrom; dear nephew, uncle, cousin and friend of many. Survived by...

MICHELLE A. LUPO (nee Sbrocco) age 72, beloved wife for 53 years of Robert; loving mother of Jay (wife Katie), Corrie (husband Jacob) and Michael; devoted Nana of Tara, Grace and Emma; cherished daughter of the late Frances (nee Tartaglia) and Michael Sbrocco; dearest sister of the late Patricia Roth (husband George deceased); dear niece, aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend...

CLARA JEAN WILLS, aka CLARA W. HENRY, born December 17, 1935 in Glen Jean, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2023 at Hospice of the Western Reserve. Beloved wife of Richard G. Henry, Sr., loving mother of Valerie Henry, Richard G. Henry, Jr. (Sheila), Peter Henry and David Henry, cherished grandmother of William M. Henry (Lisa) and dear...

CHESTER D. ZIELINSKI age 80, beloved husband of the late Kathryn (nee Myernik); loving father of  David Zielinski (Cathy), Stephanie Sorohan, Laura Sorohan-McGinty (Thomas), and the late Mark Zielinski and Audrey Sorohan; devoted grandfather of Sheridan, Michael, Krista, Colin, Liam, Sarah (Aaron), Daniel (Carson), Megan (Justin) and Grace; caring great-grandfather of Nolan, Joshua, Adelynn, Aspen, Silas, Lennon and Lincoln; cherished...

PETER M. CARROLL age 82, beloved husband for 59 years of Carol (nee Giordano); loving father of Timothy (Eileen) and Denise (Tim); dearest brother of the late Robert and Edward.

Private entombment at Knollwood Cemetery.

A Celebration of Life Service will be announced at a later date.

Arrangements entrusted to THE DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS.

 

MARK E. BRUSS, aged 71 years, beloved husband for 46 years to the late Margaret Jane (nee McNeil), loving father of Melanie Bruss, Steven Bruss (Melissa), Laura Bozickovich (Mitch), Margaret “Maggie” Goats (Rick) and Mary Ann Tiscenko, devoted grandfather and great-grandfather.

Contributions in memory of Mark suggested to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Funeral...

DANIEL J. FESS age 52, beloved husband for 24 years of Jennifer (nee Shaw); loving father of Sam and Olivia; cherished son of David A. Fess (wife Beverly) and the late Cheryl Burich (nee Ebersole) (husband Jim); dearest brother of Robert (wife Brook); dear son-in-law of Sandra and the late James Shaw and brother-in-law and uncle of many.  

 Daniel...

NANCY R. KUNES (nee McGrath), of Highland Heights, OH., died peacefully at home on Dec. 5th, 2023, aged 86 years. Born to Thomas and Dorothy McGrath in Buffalo, NY, on Sept. 22, 1937. Loving wife of the late Daniel J., dear mother to Jeffery D. (Wendy) and David S., and she cherished her role as grandmother to Charlotte L. Kunes,...

Helen M. Menke

October 6, 1953-December 4, 2023

Aged 70 years; beloved wife of 49 years to James D. Menke, mother to Diane (husband Brian) and David; devoted grandmother to Jackson and Colton; dear sister to Mary (husband Paul departed); and Tom (wife Andrea) and cherished aunt of 11.  Friend to many over the course of her life and a...

PAULA  A. Nock age 64, beloved wife of Howard; loving mother of Jennifer (Russell) Brock, Kate (Joseph) Keck, Stephen (Tony) Manes, Daniel Nock, Gabriel (Shawnee) Nock, Howard (Mirna) Nock, and Sean (Kim) Nock; devoted grandmother of Amber, Nathan, Ella, Paige, Brantley, Oliver, Howey, Caleigh, Ethan, and Gabe; daughter of the late Stephen and Glenna (nee Payne) Manes; sister of Sharon...

IRENE AGNES DAVIS (nee Drexler), aged 90 years, devoted wife of the late Joseph W., dearest mother to Mark (Lori), Ann Marie (JB Shaw), John (deceased) and Paul (Anne), and beloved by 9 grandchildren.

A longtime Gesu parishioner of deep and simple faith, Irene was active for decades teaching RCIA, developing the content for a Bereavement ministry, and serving meals...

CAROL A. BLAHA-GRAY age 81, passed away November 28, 2023.

She was born on May 28, 1942, to Anne and William Blaha. She devoted many decades of her life to teaching English at Shaw high school. Carol loved reading and crocheting. She lovingly raised multiple cats throughout her life.

Loving wife to the late James Gray, loving sister to Linda,...

Mary Jane Reed (nee, DiGiovanni) was born in 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio and passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer’s on November 23, 2023 (Thanksgiving Day morning) in Palm Desert, California.

Mary Jane grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the daughter of Italian immigrant parents (Mary and Leo) and sister to Ben, the eventual owner of Big Bouquet...

MARY BARRESI (nee Parisi) age 99, beloved wife of the late Sam T.; loving mother of Donna M. Trombetti   (A. R. Skip), Joanne R. Garofalo and Barbara M. Barresi; devoted grandmother of Theresa Soto (Andrew), Sam Trombetti, Gina Trombetti, Melissa Westbrook (Christopher), Lindsey Pekarcik (Douglas), Matthew Garofalo, Sara Drollinger (Jeremy), Andrew Debevec and Anna Debevec and great-grandmother of eight; cherished...

GEORGE A. BATES age 86, passed away peacefully on November 30, 2023; beloved husband of Mary (Coyne) (nee Wirsing) and the late Mary Roberta (nee Koenig); loving father of Christine (deceased), Bridgette Skaff (David), George (Jennifer), Robert (Elisabeth), and stepfather of Patricia Lannan, John Coyne (Anne-Marie), Julie Ford (James) and Daniel Coyne; devoted grandfather of 15 grandchildren; cherished son of...

Richard D. Damore, age 67 of Willoughby Hills, passed away November 28th, 2023 at home surrounded by his family. He was born April 22nd, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Phillip and Madelene Damore.

Rich retired from the Lake County Department of Utilities where he was a supervising engineer.

Rich was an avid golfer, enjoyed family vacations and anything...