Obituaries

MILDRED “MICKIE” WYLLIE (nee Lilly) age 98, beloved wife for 61 years of the late Robert Jr. “Bob”. She is survived by Robert III “Bob” (wife Elaine), Ginny Rice (husband Chris) and the late Trudie Vander Haut (husband Dirk) and Bill (wife Madonna Arredondo). Grandchildren include Bob Wyllie IV (wife Betsy Prueter), Jim Wyllie (wife Amy), Heidi Vander Haut, Peter...

NATALIE R. FRATINO  (nee Lanese) age 98, beloved wife for 66 years of the late Michael; loving mother of Joan Aquila and Michael; devoted grandmother of Barbara Mote, Robert Aquila, Pamela Somerville and great-grandmother of Amanda, Raquel and Mathew; cherished daughter of the late Domenic and Frances Lanese (nee Dato); dearest sister of the late Frances Prijatel (husband Anton deceased),...

MERCURIO J. “MICK” CIANCIOLO age 86, beloved husband of the late Carol (nee Vitkovits); loving father of Rosina “Rose” Cianciolo and Margaret “Margie” DePaul (husband Richard, Jr., D.D.S.); devoted grandfather of Scott Sangston, Jr. (fiancée Bridget Grau) and Shannon Sangston (Matthew Flanagan); cherished son of the late Mariano and Rosemary (nee Demma). U.S. Army Veteran.

Mick grew up in Shaker...

MICHAEL A. RETINO, JR. age 93, beloved husband for 70 years of the late Violet (nee Vaccariello); loving father of John (wife Angela) and the late Michael, III (wife Caroline); devoted grandfather of Elizabeth; cherished son of the late Michael A. Sr, and Marguerite (nee Beaujolais); dearest brother of the late Louis; dear uncle and great-uncle of many. U.S. Army...

ARLENE R. KOVACH (nee Rupp), peacefully joined her heavenly family on March 21, 2023, surrounded by her loving husband of 63 years, Ludwig, and her five children, James (wife Joan), Karen Sue Daugherty (husband Stephen), Pamela Krebs (partner Blaine McKelvey), Laura Ann Cronin (husband Sean) and Mary Michelle Lau (husband Peter). She was the proud grandmother to 18 grandchildren and...

ANTOINETTE AOUN SELWAN, age 84, passed away on March 21, 2023, devoted wife of the late Maroun Nemr Selwan, survived by her children Pierre Selwan (wife Eliane), Pierrette Sahlani (husband Nabil) and Eliane Seeman (husband Joe), dear grandmother to Marc, Elizabeth, Christian, Michel, Mario, Anna, Lily and Patrick, great-grandmother to Kayden, loving sister of the late Elias Aoun (wife Samia...

DANIEL T. FRITZ age 55, beloved husband for 30 years of Colleen (nee Perko); loving father of Jarrod, Jakob, and Hadlie; cherished son of Gail (nee Gorney) and the late Frederick (retired Fire Chief of Orange Village); dearest brother of Traci Gambino (husband Joe), Ryan (wife Jessi), and the late David (wife Marina); devoted son-in-law of Karen and the late...

WALLACE KEITH “WALLY” GUENTHER, age 88, beloved husband for 58 years of Loretta (nee Whitney); loving father of Melissa Rink (Jeffrey), Kip (Pam), Todd, and Kirk (Kate); devoted grandfather of Justin and Braeden Rink, and Ben, Adelyn, and Avery Guenther; cherished son of the late Albert and Althea (nee Saunders); dearest brother of Douglas, Gary, Warren, Diane LaFrenz, Lynn Wilks,...

JAMES N. LIBERTY age 83, beloved husband for 60 years of Judith (nee Geer); loving father of Mark; cherished son of the late Nick and Helen (nee Fircak); dearest brother of Vincent Dean (wife Beverly) Liberty and brother-in-law of Patricia (husband Frank A. III) Smith and the late Deborah Russo; dear uncle and great-uncle of many.

Jim lived in Concord...

PAUL THOMAS DALE, age 84, beloved husband for 56 years of Brenda (nee Klavora); loving father of Thomas (Mara) and Wendy Zele; cherished son of the late Thomas and Anna Mae (nee Rowan); dearest grandfather of Matthew Dale and Joseph and Georgia Zele; and devoted brother of the late Marceline Bruich, Nancy Harvey (Kenneth), and Donald Leichliter (Audrey); and uncle...

ANN ELIZABETH PERUSEK age 93, wife for 39 years of the late Frank; loving mother of Allan (wife Jane), Sharon Krysiak (husband Anthony), and the late Ronald (wife Louise, deceased); devoted grandmother of 6 and great-grandmother of 7; cherished daughter of the late Nicholas and Pauline (nee Best) Wranich; dearest sister of Christine Schall (husband Earl, deceased), Dorothy Jones (husband...

ELOISE A. FINAZZO (nee Cirino), aged 88 years, beloved wife for 65 years to Martin J., dearest mother of James (wife Nancy), Michael (wife Terri), Rosanne Wright (husband John), Mark (wife Diana) and Christopher (wife Sandy), loving grandmother of Emily, Alyssa and Michael Finazzo Jr., Carli Miller (husband Ben), Jennifer and Jonathan (wife Chelsey) Wright, Halle Martin (husband Mike) and...

HAZEL “LORRAINE” GRINDLE (nee Odum) age 91, beloved wife of the late Everette E.; loving mother of Anthony Grindle, Deborrah Marinelli, and the late Steven Grindle; devoted grandmother of Christina Neuhaus, Dena Marinelli (Tom Larrivee), Anthony Grindle, and Shane Grindle and great-grandmother of Isaac Neuhaus, Ava Lorraine Neuhaus, Madison Grindle, and Sydney Grindle; daughter of the late Paul and Glena...

MICHAEL J. “MICK” BUYNAK age 71, beloved husband for 51 years of Cathy (nee Crowe); loving father of Michael (wife Natalie) and Matthew (wife Christina); devoted grandfather of Angelina, Charles, Lillian, Madelynn and Christopher Buynak; cherished son of the late Michael and Angeline (nee Argenzio); dearest brother of Vincent (wife Deborah) and brother-in-law of Connie Wallace (husband Timothy); dear uncle,...

ANA LEBEN (nee Vugrinec) age 75, beloved life partner of 5 years of Carl Lee; loving mother of Natalie Wisnieski (husband David), Joe and Tony Gjerek and step-mother of Shawn, Brian and Aaron Leben; devoted grandmother of Brittany, Victoria and Caitlin Wisnieski, Jay (JJ), Katryna, Beverliana, Joey-Melinda,  and Jessa Gjerek, Jena and Monica Gjerek and great-grandmother of David Wallie; cherished...

DAVID L. BORTNICK age 82, beloved husband for 57 years of the late Barbara (nee Connick); loving father of Daniel (wife Karen), Gregory (wife Kimberly), Steven (wife Denise), and the late David Jr. and infant Timothy; devoted grandfather of Beau, Tyler, Shelby (Stephen) Clapacs, Alec, Mia (Jordan) Fisher, Sophia, Marco Sonny and great-grandfather of Brayden, Colson, Jude, Knox, and Remy...

ROLAND JAMES RICHMOND, Jr. age 78, loving father of David (wife Angel) and James (wife Michelle); devoted grandfather of Justin, Andrew, Jason, and Hailey; cherished son of the late Roland J. Richmond, Sr. and Evelyn Richmond (nee Nemeth); dearest brother of Roslyn “Sue” Szego (husband Ron) and the late Virginia Levine and Calvin Coates; uncle of Deborah, Patricia, Michael, Jim,...

JUDITH M. COSTELLO (nee Padavick) age 85, beloved wife of the late Gene F.; loving mother of Laura Frederico, Gene W., Tom (Robin Eberhardt), Maryann (Ken) Hawley, and Carolyn (Tony) Grossi, and mother-in-law of Carmen Frederico  and Victoria Bradley; devoted grandmother of Jennifer (Chris) Vickers, Caitlin (Brian) O’Connor, Christopher (Calle) Hawley, Justin and Amy Hawley, Anthony and Maria Grossi, Taylor...

EDWARD J. BELLE passed away at home February 25, 2023, from congestive heart failure. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 19, 1942, to Louis Belle and Anne Butkovic.  Ed was the founder and longtime owner of Surface Engineering, a pavement maintenance company in Cleveland.

Surviving are his sons Louis (Lisa) Belle of Callicoon, New York, Steve “Eddie” Belle...

JOHN J. KOLAT, Sr. age 90, beloved husband for 66 years of Barbara A. (nee Adams); loving father of John, Jr. (wife Nina), Michael (wife Sue), Timothy (wife Doreen), and Karen; devoted grandfather of 11 and great-grandfather of 9; cherished son of the late Jack and Mary (nee Zoldak); dearest brother of the late Helen, Frank (wife Rose, deceased), Jacob...