Obituaries

MARK STEFFAN age 56, beloved husband for 10 years of Tracey (nee Meador); loving father of Savanna and Carson; cherished son of the late Leon and Helene (nee Huhnlein); dearest brother of Frank (Maria), Sylvia (Mark) and Lisa Steffan; treasured son-in-law of Byron and Kathleen Meador; fond brother-in-law of Gene and Vicki Meador, Garnett and Sherri Meador, Kathy Anne and...

BEATE LUDWINA MONTAGNA (nee Klüber) age 95, beloved wife for 71 years of Joseph; loving mother of Linda DiPietro (Ralph Lederer), Gaetano “Tom” and Mario (wife Erana); devoted grandmother of Anthony DiPietro III, Michelle Sumpter (husband Jackson), Michael Montagna, Lana Pastor (husband Evan), Kim and Mario Jr. and great-grandmother of Alexa and Cayla Sumpter, Bryson and Owen Pastor, and Nathan,...

ROBERT H. NORDER age 77, beloved husband for 55 years of Patricia (nee McClintick); loving father of Wendy Norder (husband William McKeand) and April Brewster (husband Keith); devoted grandfather of Sage and Allison McKeand, and Benjamin and Chloe Brewster; cherished son of the late Bert and Edna (nee Johnson); dearest brother of the late Bert and brother-in-law of Betty Sadd;...

JEROME N. “JERRY” SHAVEYCO age 89, beloved husband for 60 years of Dolores “Debbie”  (nee Bailey); loving father of Mary Thomas, Jane and the late Ann; cherished son of the late Michael and Nellie (nee Gozdinsky); dearest brother of the late Genevieve Porter; dear uncle, great-uncle and friend of many.

Jerome N. “Jerry” Shaveyco was born on July 24, 1930...

On Sunday June 7, 2020, JAMES EDWARD SHELBY passed away at the age of 103. He was born on September 15, 1916 to the late James J. and Alice (nee O’Brien) Shelby. James and Alice raised him and his four brothers and sisters (William, Alice, Margaret and John, all deceased) in the Collinwood area of Cleveland. Following his graduation from...

JOANNE D. DAWSON (nee Flynn), aged 81 years, beloved wife for 61 years to Robert J., loving mother of Laura Luxenberg, Amy Dawson and James Dawson (wife Laura Setzfand), loving grandmother of Emma and Harper Dawson-Glass.

Joanne graduated from Hinsdale High School in Hinsdale, Illinois in 1956, she attended Rosary College in Chicago where she was a member of the...

DOLORES MYSLINSKI (nee Wisniewski) age 90, beloved wife of the late Clarence B.; loving mother of Marilyn Eatough (husband Bernard), Diane, Elaine Adams (husband Richard, deceased), and Christine Toth (husband Joseph); devoted grandmother of Ryan Eatough (wife Nicole), Michelle Copley (husband Christopher), and Charlie Adams and cherished great-grandmother of Jeremy, Jason, Jude and Vera; treasured daughter of the late Joseph...

Stephen Bivens, photographer, teacher, and community advocate whose work in the photographic arts traversed the terrain between place, personhood, and politics died on June 1 at Cleveland Clinic Hospital. He was 52.

A prolific photographer, whose work served as the historical memory for inner-city families,  arts organizations, and neighborhoods, Stephen’s invaluable contributions to Cleveland’s artistic landscape had just begun to...

JAMES R. KENNEDY passed in peace Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at the age of 88,  beloved husband of 66 years to Marilyn J. (nee Sidano), loving father of Vicki (Ronald H. Krasney), Shawn (Kathleen), Daren and Julie (Michael) Austin, adored Papa of Erin (Noah) Ginsburg, Kathryn Koeblitz (Brent Gaisford), William Koeblitz (Alex Soriano) and Annie Koeblitz, Elysabeth (Ryan Gvora) and...

GLADYS M. HADDAD, age 89, beloved daughter of the late Fred and Rose (nee Amor); loving sister of the late Phillip; dearest cousin of George Haddad, Anthony Asher, Rosemary Asher, and the late Richard Haddad; friend of many.

Gladys was born in Cleveland on September 12, 1930 and passed away on June 2, 2020. She was a resident of South...

AIDA G. KINCZEL (nee Cutrone), age 92, beloved wife for 56 years to the late Martin J., dear mother of Paul, Peter (Barbara) and Stephen (Barbara), loving grandmother of Sara, Aaron (Mindi), Matthew, Daniel (Taylor) and Olivia, great-grandmother of Kayla, Adriah, Taryn and Charlotte, devoted daughter of the late James N. and Ermalinda “Emily” (nee Graziano) Cutrone, cherished sister of...

JANET N. HANSON (nee Abé) age 85, beloved wife of the late Robert; loving mother of Robert, Lisa Anderson (husband William), Gregory (wife Joni) and Lori Watson (Nicholas Salvatore); devoted grandmother of Amanda Carpenter (husband Bryan), Gregory Hanson (wife Margarita), Michael Watson (Annie Groudle), Megan Hanson (fiancé Dylan Crocker), Brittany Watson and Tyler Watson, Alexis Anderson and great-grandmother “GG” of...

JOHN T. MALINOWSKI age 80, passed away peacefully in his home on May 13, 2020. A resident of Hartstown, PA, for over 40 years, John is remembered by family and friends as a smart, kind, and generous person. He was the youngest son of the late Frank and Stella (nee: Pieczul) Malinowski of Mahanoy City, PA. He was preceded in...

THERESA “Rezi” BREZNIKAR (nee Gregorcic), age 88, beloved wife of the late John “Janez”; loving mother of Margaret Mangosh (husband David), Jenny Sagers (husband David) and Martina Norton (husband James); devoted grandmother of Christopher (wife Tawna), Matthew, Kelly, Elizabeth, Ian, Amanda, Emma and Joseph.  Survived by Ani, Rupert, and Minka all of Slovenia.  Pre-deceased by two siblings.

Theresa “Rezi” Gregorcic...

DONALD M. ANTONACCI age 77, beloved husband of Mary K.  (nee Hendershott); loving father of Michelle Antonacci and Raquel Erb (husband Robert); devoted grandfather of Nicholas Strimpel, Jennifer Phillips, Dominic and Joshua Erb, and great-grandfather of Nicholas Strimpel, Jr.; cherished son of the late Dominic and Eugenia (nee Briganti); dearest brother of Diana Luster and Gene Antonacci (wife Jeanie); former...

CLIFFORD K. OWENS age 78, beloved husband for 52 years of Clara (nee Lee); loving father of Karla (Michael) Kunc and Keri (Thomas) Kowalski; devoted grandfather of Michael A. (Sarah), Zachery (Shawna), Jonah, Aaron, and Samuel and great-grandfather of Michael S., Noah C., Ava and Allie; cherished son of the late Clifford G. and Ruth (nee Knierim) Owens; dearest brother...

Anna Grace Herbert Rosenberger, 94, of Willoughby, Ohio went peacefully to be with her Lord on May 20, 2020 with family by her side.  She was born to the late John Wesley and Mary Elizabeth McCoy Herbert on October 14, 1925 in Oak Hill, Ohio.  Ann was one of ten children in the Herbert family.  After graduating from high school,...

GARY L. COAKLEY age 72, beloved husband for 50 years of Lucy (nee Caretti); loving father of Cory, Jacob (wife Jessica), Joshua (wife Stephanie Kurtzuba), and Monica-Marie Coakley; devoted grandfather of Gavin, Duncan, and Taidhgin McElroy, and Calvin and Dexter Coakley; cherished son of the late Kenneth and Betty (nee Wolfe) Coakley; dearest brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle, and friend of many....

age 43, loving father of Marlee; cherished son of Julie (nee Zlaket) and the late William R.; dearest brother of William S., Angela Fadel (husband Michael) and Rebecca Hill (husband Duane); dear uncle of Ashley Trent and Michael, Isaac and Thomas Fadel; former husband of Trisha Namy; treasured nephew, cousin and friend of many.

Nick was born on October 21,...