Obituaries

ALEXANDER H. SOMERS, aged 60 years, beloved husband for 38 years to Nancy (nee Homoly), dear father of Alex Jr. (wife Marilyn), Bill and Ashley (Blaine Westropp), loving grandfather of Alex III “Tripp”, Charlie and Lillian, cherished son of the late Walter “Deke” and Lillian (nee Brendel), fond brother of Walter Jr. and the late Scott and Christopher. We love...

GERALDINE “JERRIE” M. NEMETZ (nee Schwartz) age 85, beloved wife of the late Louis; cherished daughter of the late John and Zella (nee Seech) Schwartz; dearest sister of the late Robert Schwartz; loving niece of Margaret Lisy (nee Seech) and Ernest Seech; loving aunt of Robert, Jr. (wife Cindy) and Richard Schwartz (wife Eva), Eileen Podolak (husband Richard), and the...

STEVEN P. MELCHIOR age 66, beloved husband for 30 years of Linda (nee Lisi); loving father of Dustin (wife Emilee) and Marisa; devoted grandfather of Calen; cherished son of the late Enzo and Donna Jean (nee Lotz); dearest brother of Jane Long; dear uncle and friend of many.

Contributions may be made in memory of Steve to Hospice of the...

Carmen D. Camino age 61, beloved husband for 40 years of Charlene (nee Podojil); loving father of Carmen (fiancee Nichole Simpson), Christopher (wife Monica), Cassidy (deceased), and Carlene; devoted grandfather of Anthony, Madelyn, Abriana, and Natalina; cherished son of Marina (nee Sbrocca) and the late Joseph; dearest brother of Nick Camino (wife Debbie), Angelina (Steve); dear son-in-law of Arnold and...

LARRIE CHESTER MALOBENSKI age 72, beloved husband for 45 years of Kathleen (nee Stone); cherished son of the late Chester and Violet (nee Werenko); dearest brother of Linda Simpson (husband David, deceased); dear uncle, great-uncle, and friend of many.

Larrie was born on July 2, 1948 in Ravenna, Ohio and passed away on November 20, 2020 after battling throat cancer....

RICHARD F. “Richie”  BARILLE age 66, beloved husband for 35 years of Donna (nee Patriarca); loving father of Danielle and Joe; cherished son of the late Nicholas and Lucille (nee Petti); devoted brother of Joe (wife Trish), Anne Vallone (husband Brian), Mary Ann Pokorny (husband Jeff) and his late twin brother Damian and Theresa Carlo (husband Bones); treasured son-in-law of...

MARGARET L. “MARGE” DALY (nee Jicha) age 87, beloved wife for 65 years of G. William, Sr.; loving mother of Linda Cardellini (husband Anthony, deceased) and G. William, Jr. (Deborah Bonser); devoted grandmother of Christina Cardellini-Rockey (husband Andrew), Sarah Daly, Jennifer Cardellini (fiancé Nathan Creviston), Steven and Audrey Daly; cherished daughter of the late Evatt and Louise (nee Davis) Jicha;...

ROBERT J. KNOTEK age 93, beloved husband for 64 years of Marian J.   (nee Klasson); loving father of Robert A., David A. (wife Lana deceased), and Joan Hinkle (husband Robert); devoted grandfather of Mary Kristen Morelli (husband Brian), Daniel (deceased), and April Lagman (husband Curtis) and great-grandfather of Matthew, Jenna, Ava, and Lucy Rain; cherished son of the late Robert...

FRANK AUGUST OLEY, SR. age 59, beloved husband of Tammy (nee Bane); loving father of Frank Jr. (Brittany), Brooke (Tim) and Brynn Oley; cherished son of the late Jake and Ruth (nee Minzer) Oley; dearest brother of Barbara Peterson (deceased) (husband Daniel); dear son-in-law of Cinda Durachinsky and Jess Bane (wife Sandra); beloved nephew, uncle, great-uncle, cousin, brother-in-law and friend...

Joie de Vivre!

Always a lady…infectious laughter…ever a Maumee girl…faithful daughter of Angela…well pressed and sharply turned out…compassionately supportive…phrases that all spring to mind immediately when we recall Sister Marie Michelle whose life spanned nine decades in northern Ohio.  An Ursuline sister for 70 years, Sister Marie Michelle loved her family, her community and her varied ministries that introduced her...

MILENA DROBNIC (nee Lavrencic) age 86, beloved wife of the late Lojze “Louis”; loving mother of Daniel Drobnic of Downers Grove, Illinois and Nancy Malone (husband Raymond) of Kirtland; grandmother of Ashley and Nicole Malone, and Daniel and Abigail Drobnic; daughter of Matija and Marija (nee Kobal) Lavrencic; cherished sister of Sreco Lavrencic, Marinka Lavrencic and the late Ivanka Nusdorfer...

JOHN N. JOURILES, age 95, beloved husband of Ellen (Stamulis) for sixty-seven years, father of Nick, Tim (d. 1959), Joan and Greg, grandfather of Philip Jouriles, Josh Lory, Jennifer Jouriles and Asa Lory, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2020. A great mentor and friend, John was loved by those who knew him for his warmth, generosity, and humor.

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ALBERT J. JURCISEK, “Big Al” “33”, aged 82 years, beloved husband for 59 years to Nancy Lynne (nee Cala), dear father of Anne Marie Grapo (John), Debi Hunt (James – deceased), Joseph (Sandra), Peggy Clarke (Chuck), Christine Johnson (Ron) and John (Jennifer), loving grandfather of 15 and great-grandfather of 5, cherished brother of Jan Fudurich, treasured uncle and great-uncle to...

SOFIJA MATIC (nee Milicevic) age 77, beloved wife of the late Pero; loving mother of John (wife Christine), Josie, Joe (wife Anita) and the late Baby Anton; devoted Baba (grandmother) of John, Danny, Nikolas, CJ and affectionately known as Baba to Maria, Alyssa and Joey; treasured daughter of the late Ivo and Kata Milicevic; dearest sister of the late Lucija...

VIRGINIA ANN McGOWAN (nee Papierski) age 95, beloved wife for 52 years of the late John Francis; loving mother of Monica Daugherty (husband Andrew); devoted grandmother of Michael Daugherty; cherished daughter of the late Walter Papierski and Leona Kielman (nee Noruk) (husband Stephen, deceased); dearest sister of the late Walter Papierski (wife Dolly); dear aunt and great-aunt of many.

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RONALD B. BRANDT II passed away on October 29th, 2020. His last job was at Norman Noble. He enjoyed working on cars. He was a handy man at most everything. Survivors are his mother, Mary D Johnson, his sister Anamarie Polito, his nephew Nick Polito (wife Angel and their two children), niece Angelica Polito, his aunt Nada Kovacic and many...

LATIFY SHIBLEY (nee Abounader) age 97, passed away November 6, 2020.

Latify was born into a farming family in Aitaneet, Lebanon, a small village of predominantly Maronite Christians.  The family grew lentils, olives, figs and wheat, and Latify and her siblings all pitched in.  When Latify was 14, her parents arranged her marriage to Raymond Shibley, a Lebanese American from...

DORIS ANN GOGA (nee Kvasnicka) age 82, beloved wife for 38 years of Gary; loving mother of Maria Lang (deceased), Anita Spaeth (deceased) (husband Dale), and Christina Kelland (husband Jim); cherished daughter of the late James and Anna (nee Koran) Kvasnicka; dearest sister of the late James Kvasnicka (wife Ausma, deceased); dear aunt of David, Eric and Brian Kvasnicka.

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SANTO “Sandy” APRILE age 93, born on December 30, 1926 and died peacefully November 4, 2020. He was the beloved husband for 66 yrs of the late Antoinette and will be deeply missed by his loving children: Debra Wert (husband James), Manny (wife Audrey), Lisa Wolfgram (husband Michael), and Charlene Smrdel (husband Gregory); devoted grandfather of Tera Cowdin (husband Ryan),...

TIMOTHY J. WARD, beloved husband of the late Carol (nee Ray); loving father of Nora Yoskovich (husband Barry), Thomas (wife Christine), Timothy P. (wife Denise), and Michael (wife Suzi); devoted grandfather of 10 and great-grandfather of 5.

Tim was born in Cleveland Oh and passed away on November 6th 2020. Tim resided in Cleveland until moving to Kirtland in 1992....