Obituaries

MARGARET J. DEUTSCH (nee Olejnyik), age 92. Beloved wife of the late Joseph S. Loving mother of Rosemary Culotta (husband Charles, deceased), Joanne (Payne) Filocco (husband Joseph), Kathleen Abood (husband Roger), Joseph (wife Cheryl) and John S. Devoted grandmother of Annamarie and Suzanne Culotta, Ralph Culotta (deceased), John, Michael and Kevin Payne, Alice Seyfried (James), David Abood (Christa Jo), Dr....

THEODORE M. JAKAB, age 76. Beloved husband for 51 years of Peggy (nee Bayrd). Loving father of Patricia Fougerousse (husband Mark), Christopher, Gregory (wife Jill) and Theodore. Devoted grandfather of Melissa, Kevin, Megan, David, Lauryn, Jenna, Amanda, Alivia, Michael and great-grandfather of Kyle and Carter. Dearest son of the late Michael and Mary (nee Turocy). Dear brother of the late...

THOMAS D. AGRESTA, SR, age 54. Beloved husband for 34 years of Denise (nee Chiancone). Loving father of Thomas D, Jr. (wife Jennifer nee DeFiore), Ronald A, (wife Jennifer nee Murray) and Nicholas A, (wife Amanda nee Benson). Devoted grandfather of Victor, Carmen, Brandon and Joey Marie. Cherished son of the late Albert and Margaret. Treasured son-in-law of Minnie (nee...

NICOLETTE L. JOHNS ‘NIKKI ‘, (nee Nardolillo), entered eternal peace Sept. 17, 2007. Nikki’s love and life left her personal imprint on everyone and everything she touched. Cherished wife for 47 years and life long partner of Michael J., dearly loved mother of Michael N. (Debi), Mark (Shelley), Marianne Parkinson (Steve), Monica Montani, Marcia, and Michelle Shaw (James), treasured grandmother...

CHINLUEN JUDY HU (nee Huang), beloved wife of Liyen James, loving mother of Wynee, Ann and Tiffany, survived by the following relatives in Taiwan: her mother Tsay Yuen Huang (nee Liu), her brothers Huei, Hsin and Kwan, and her sister Sue.

 

ROSE MARIE McGREW (nee Domineck), aged 81 years, dearest mother of Timothy, Thomas (wife Kim), Cynthia and Mary Havel, loving grandmother of Tara, Megan, Kerry, Jessica, Sean, Samantha, Ryan, Jimmy, Tyler and Jaimin.

 

MICHAEL SANDOR, aged 59 years, passed away Sept. 10, 2007, beloved son of the late John Joseph and Martha Christine (nee Bowser), long-time resident of City View Nursing Center in Cleveland.

 

ELIZABETH MARIE ‘LIZ ‘ ENDLE, aged 58 years, beloved daughter of the late Theodore and Barbara (nee Kucsara), dearest step-daughter to the late Florence (nee Heeley), cherished sister of Barbara Ann Domski (husband Russell) (formerly Sterk), dear sister-in-law to the late Michael Sterk, devoted aunt of Christopher Sterk (wife Treena), Laura Sterk and Jennifer Sterk-Seiber (husband Tim), cherished grand-aunt and...

ANTHONY J. ‘CASI ‘ CIRINO, Sr age 83. Beloved husband for 62 years of Helen S. (nee Minicucci) (Minnis). Loving father of Renee J. (Providenti) Cirino, Lorraine Cirino and the late Anthony J., Jr. Dear father-in-law of Thomas Providenti. Devoted grandfather of Thomas C. Providenti (wife Jill) and great-papa of Dylan and Talia. Treasured son of the late Antonio and...

THOMAS G. SMITH age 58. Beloved son of Barbara Wercion and the late George Smith. Loving companion of Mary McPhee. Dearest brother of Susan LaRiche (husband Ronald), Cindy DiTomaso (husband Fred) and Sally Ward (husband James). Dear uncle, great-uncle and nephew of many.

 

ELVIRA MARIE ARMSTRONG (nee Mariotti) age 90. Beloved wife of the late William P. Loving mother of William P. (wife Mary), Kathy Hollingsworth (husband Dale) and Mary Lintern (husband Daniel). Devoted grandmother of Nicole Ford (husband Stellie), Laura Tooman (husband Tyler) and William Armstrong, Stacey Gardner (husband Andrew), Robert and Bradley Hollingsworth, Amanda Leben (husband Matt) Adam, Allison and the...

JULIA GERM, aged 81 years, daughter of the late Frank and Mary (nee Verdi), sister of the late Angela Svekric, Mary Jane Yuhasz, Rudolph, Josephine Luketic and Pauline Long.

 

LILLIAN L. VRANEK (nee Lanese), aged 88 years, beloved wife for 59 years to Eli J., dearest mother of Karen Mihelcic (husband Don) and Karl J., loving grandmother of Joshua Mihelcic (wife Nikki), treasured great-grandmother of Lillian Rose Mihelcic, devoted sister of the late Marie Spetrino, Nick Lanese, John Lanese, Elsie Gallagher, William Lanese, Gertrude Sminchak and Theodore Lanese, cherished...

MARIA MAROTTA (nee Novakov), age 72, of Tempe, AZ, passed away on September 1, 2007 in Mesa, AZ. Born in Yugoslavia she made her home in Cleveland for over 30 years before moving to Arizona 12 years ago. Maria was a seamstress for many years and her quality workmanship was utilized at the Drapery Workroom. She is survived by her...

MARTHA L. KOVAR (nee Kapral) age 87. Beloved wife of the late Edward. Loving mother of Martin and Lawrence. Devoted grandmother of Betsy Kovar and Nicole Latosky. Preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters. Dear aunt and great-aunt of many. Martha loved going to the movies, reading, shopping and dancing and loved her Siberian Huskies. Her family remembers...

KATHLEEN MARIE GATZULIS (nee McManus), aged 37 years, beloved wife for 5 years to Marc P., devoted mother of Emma Grace and Bridget Kathleen, loving daughter of Joseph and Helen Marie (nee Burke) McManus, cherished sister of Brian Joseph McManus (wife Julie), Eileen Marie McManus, Sean Burke McManus (wife Chris) and Colleen Marie Krohe (husband John), dear daughter-in-law of Dan...

WILLIAM A. HLIVAK, aged 78 years, beloved husband for 50 years to June (nee Collins), dearest father of Kathleen Zak (husband Phillip), Margaret Verderber (husband Herb) and Mary Beth Hlivak-Wesley (husband John), loving grandfather of Kendra and Devon Zak, devoted brother of Robert (deceased) (wife Irene), Richard (wife Jackie) and Florence Kandzer (husband Tom).

 

ROBERT M. LUZIER, aged 67 years, beloved husband of Joyce M. (nee Cek), dear father of Phillip (wife Katie) and Nathan, devoted brother of Carolyn Ulizzi (husband Ken), Audrey McMillin (husband Bill) and the late Joseph ‘Sonny ‘, cherished uncle and great-uncle. Bob was a 25 year resident of Richmond Heights, previously residing in Cleveland. He was employed by TC-3...

FRANK SCHULTZ, age 92, retired Lt. (1977) in the Cleveland Fire Dept. Frank was proud to have given 40 years of service to the Cleveland community as a firefighter. Beloved husband of the late Mary Ann ‘Mae ‘ (nee Valvoda) and the late Mary (nee Baburek) (formerly Provenzano), dear father of Dr. James Schultz (Wendy), Janice Garvey (Craig) and the...

JOHN GELSIMINO, age 81 Beloved husband of the late Matilda M. ‘Tillie ‘ (nee Schmidt). Loving father of Bonnie L. (Fleming) Delp (husband Rev. Paul) and John P. (wife Rosemarie). Devoted grandfather of Lisa Wiener, Shawn, Chad and William Fleming, John L. and Julie Gelsimino, Holly Lash, Dean and the late Paul J. Delp and great-grandfather of many. Cherished brother...