Obituaries

MARITA A. KLEMENTS (nee Best) age 84, beloved wife of the late Bernard; loving mother of Joseph (Carol), James (Gayle), John (Donna), Susan Mason (Paul), Eugene, and Cinthia (Denise Lachowski); devoted grandmother of William, Marita, David, Thomas, Jamie, Ann, Michael, Brian, Clayton and Lucas and great-grandmother of 3; dearest sister of Eugene (Eileen), Louis (Lucy), Sr. Lois Best, S.N.D. and...

ELLEN M. SWITALSKI (nee Flanagan), age 92. Beloved wife of the late John; loving mother of Leon (wife Natalie), Louise Wieczorek (husband Joe), Martha Shapiro and Michael (wife Annette); devoted grandmother of Courtney Case (husband Jeremy), Jeffrey Switalski, Chris Wieczorek (wife Kelly), Amanda Wieczorek, Jessica Forsythe (husband Jeremy), Anthony Switalski, Sharon Switalski, Stephanie McNeal (husband Michael) and great-grandmother of Noah,...

AUSTIN J. “JOE” ADAMS, born September 15, 1929 passed away on April 5, 2015 at age 85. He was the beloved husband of the late Marion (nee Chinnock) and Carol A. (Blatnik) (nee Kattler); loving father of Barbara Dougherty (Edward), Raymond (Kathleen), Patrick (Andrea), Michael (Gail), Timothy (Julie), Martin (Barbara), Nicholas (Peggie), Katherine Zalar (William) and Mary Ellen Layman (Joseph)...

In loving memory of James (Jim) Austin Brown (91) who passed 3/27/15 and will be greatly missed by family and friends; loving father of Bonita Power (Brown) and Martin Brown; cherished grandfather of Alanna Power and great grandfather of Krystal Power-Long; loving brother of Chester Brown, Delores Corron (Brown), Austin Brown, and Norman Brown and survived by the mother of...

DENNYSE M. CAHILL (nee Healy) age 92, loving wife of 50 years to the late William E.; beloved mother of Geraldine Spisich (husband Frank), James Cahill (wife Gail) and Alice M. Cahill (CAPT, USN, Ret., PhD) (husband Kevin Hickey); cherished grandmother of  ten, great-grandmother of  15 and great-great grandmother of one; sister of the following deceased: Rev. Patrick P. Healy...

HELEN MARIE JONES (nee Kaleal), aged 75 years, beloved wife of the late Harry, dearest mother of Gary Bolinger (Tricia), Denise Coppedge (Paul), Elizabeth Papas (Bob), Therese York (Jeff), and Jennifer Malensek (Ryan), loving grandmother of Anthony, Bradley, Melanie, Connor, Nicholas, Brian, Ben, Spencer, Jacob, Emily, Taylor, Matthew, Nathan and Alex, cherished sister of Robert (Yolanda), Gerald (deceased) (Carol) and...

JAMES JUDE “JIMMY” MAZZOLA, age 45, of Mentor, loving father of Justin; beloved son of Jim and Judy (nee Vallo); devoted brother of Danny (Lisa) and Diana Tootell (Mason); dearest grandson of the late Frank & Margaret Vallo and James & Mildred Mazzola; dear nephew and cousin of many; cherished nephew and soul mate of Wendy Vallo Lewis (Bill) of...

RUTH ANN GANSER, age 66; beloved daughter of the late Jerome J. and Patricia D. (nee Dutcher); loving sister of Duane (wife Carol), Joseph and the late Thomas; devoted aunt of 4 and great-aunt of 7; dearest friend to many at the St. Anthony Center.

Ruth Ann most recently lived in Highland Hts, but was a former resident of Euclid. ...

MADALINE C. “PINKY” LINEHAN (nee Johns), beloved wife of the late Danny, dear sister of Bernice Zupich (husband Evan) (both deceased), loving aunt of Paul and William (wife Nancy) Zupich, fond great-aunt of Joel, Eric and the late Evan Zupich.“She was a kid’s best friend”

Family will receive friends to pay tribute and celebrate the life of Pinky at THE...

KATHERINE A. SMITH (nee Warszawski) age 66. Beloved wife of Allen Batis; loving mother of Jerry (wife Laura), J.P., and Jeff (wife Dawn); devoted grandmother of Jason Smith, Sierra Gron Schwartz, Jeffrey and Lane Smith; cherished daughter of the late Eugene and Sadie (nee Pierce) Warszawski; dearest sister of Mark Warszawski (wife Denise); dear aunt of Chris and Steffan Warszwaski;...

EILEEN Mac DOUGALL (nee Mills), age 92. Beloved wife of the late Robert N.; loving mother of Patricia Belhorn (husband Paul deceased), Barbara Stamoulis (husband Angelo), James (wife Delia), Joanne, Susan Rogers, and Robert (wife Sherri); devoted grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of 11; cherished daughter of the late George and Mabel (nee McGavin) Mills; dear sister of Carol Barawowski,...

JAMES J. CUNNINGHAM, born November 27, 1964 to the late James B. and Dorothy (nee Smith) and passed away April 2, 2015 at age 50. Cherished and loving friend of Bonnie Lisch; loving brother to Kelly of Wickliffe, John “Sean” (wife Jennifer) of Strongsville, Michael (wife Marlene) of California, Ryan (wife Christie) of South Euclid and the late Daniel; devoted...

DONALD W. PARSONS, age 87; beloved husband of the late Betty Jane (nee Probeck); loving father of Donald W. Jr. of Atlanta, GA, Beverly J. Horacek of Mayfield Hts,, and Richard A. (wife Mary) of Bedford Hts.; devoted grandfather of Cory Horacek, Gregory, Tiffany, Kelly, and Richard Parsons, and great-grandfather of Mya and Kameron; cherished son of the late Edward...

Marilyn S. Wines (nee Skinner), 84, passed away on March 27, 2015 in Aurora, OH from complications of Parkinson’s disease.  She was born on September 26, 1930 in Confluence, PA, but lived in the Cleveland area most of her life.

The year was 1947 when Marilyn Skinner came to Cleveland as a scholarship student, entering Mather College of Western Reserve...

MARY BITTNER (nee Selep) age 93. Beloved wife of the late John; loving mother of Patricia Bittner Jakubec, Robert (wife Elaine) and David (wife Kimberly); devoted grandmother of Greg Jakubec, Robert, Jr., Richard, Frank, Kaitlynn, and great-grandmother of Kiley and Evan Jakubec.

Private burial Knollwood Cemetery. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at...

Together Forever

GENEVIEVE L. “GINGER” HUSTON (nee Klein), aged 65 years, beloved wife of the late George D., dearest mother of Todd (wife Toni) and the late Jennifer, loving grandmother of Ryan, Dylan, Alyssa and Lily, devoted daughter of Donald J. and the late Clarice (nee Glass) Klein, fond sister of Donald Klein (Ann), Julie Krute (Marty), Greg Klein, and...

ROBERT E. RYAN, age 85, beloved father of Salvatrese “Sali”, Richard and Christine Ryan and Melissa Valore (husband Scott); loving grandfather of David and Pvt Daniel Ryan, USMC, Alexa, Michael and Marissa Valore; cherished son of the late James and Anne (nee Zubal); dearest brother of the late Thomas (wife Gaye, deceased) and William (wife Ginny); former husband of Loretta...

Mass of Christian Burial for Marija Znidarsic (nee Zgonc) age 89 of Kirtland,  will be held 11 a.m Wednesday April 8, 2015 at Divine Word Church 8100 Eagle Rd. Kirtland, OH followed by burial in All Souls Cemetery.

Mrs. Znidarsic passed away March 29, 2015 at TriPoint Medical Center in Concord.

She was born in Sernjak, Slovenia and emigrated to...

ELIZABETH K. “BETTY” ROGERS (nee Hines), aged 91 years, dearly beloved wife for 67 years to Edward P., D.D.S., loving mother of Kathryn Sanson (husband Michael), Edward P., Jeffrey M. (deceased) and Mary Sue (fiancé Robert Cigany), cherished grandmother of Michael E. (wife Dena) and Scott R. Sanson, fond great-grandmother of Michael and step-great-grandmother of Maria and Victoria, cherished sister...

MARIE RUCINSKI (nee Gainard), age 91. Beloved wife of the late Leonard L.; loving mother of Richard (wife Patti); devoted grandmother of Richard Rucinski, Jr (wife Michelle) and Nathaniel Rucinski and great-grandmother to Caitlyn and Emma; cherished daughter of the late Marcel and Marie Louise (nee Rallier) Gainard; aunt of many. Marie was preceded in death by two brothers and...