Obituaries

Apr 30, 2021

Christie Morgan Madsen died on April 30, 2021. Christie was born July 28, 1953, daughter of the late H. Stephen Madsen and the late Sarah Stewart Ruth. She and her family lived in Shaker Heights during her very early years and later moved to Novelty, Ohio. As a child, Chris contracted rheumatic fever on two occasions, with the recurrence causing serious damage...

Apr 27, 2021

Rachel Anna Ruiz (aged 43) quietly passed away on April 27, 2021. She was the beloved daughter of Diane Armstrong and Douglas Colwell, sister to Andrew Colwell (Sarah Jane Colwell), stepsister to Matthew Wilson and Michael Wilson, aunt to James Colwell and Brock Colwell, and granddaughter of Bernard and Louise Armstrong (deceased) and Fred Colwell and Lorraine Colwell (deceased)....

Apr 25, 2021

Anne Feller, born Anne Morris Gilliland on February 13, 1930 in Ansonia, CT. Died peacefully on April 25, 2021.

She was married to Robert Feller, Cleveland Indians pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame member, from 1974 until his death in 2010.

Anne is survived by her children, Morris Thorpe and Rachel Thomas, and her grandchildren, Jack...

Apr 20, 2021

Martha Gibson Ray

Born:  April 12, 1946

Passed:  April 20, 2021

Daughter:  Sarah Rebecca Ray

Parents:  Doris Ink Ray and Theodore B. Ray, Jr.

Grandparents:  Hazel Dixon Ray and Theodore B. Ray, Sr. & Doris Smith Ink and Joseph Ink

Siblings:  Theodore Burt Ray III (passed 11/3/2017),...

Apr 14, 2021

Eleanor F. Kutina (nee Ferenczy), age 89 of Orange Village, OH.  Beloved wife of the late Franklin J. Kutina, Jr; loving mother of Bruce Kutina, Kimberly Nelson (Robert) and Diane Adams; dear grandmother of Lindsey, Christopher, Alex and Ben Nelson, Kyle and Tyler Adams;  The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to your...

Apr 10, 2021

John Hardin:

A Round of Applause for A Life Well-Lived

Not a snowflake fell in Cleveland, Ohio, on the day John Robert Hardin was born during the winter of 1930. He was the third child and only boy gifted to John and Luevada Hardin, formerly of Greenville, Georgia. Everything suggests that his older sisters Barbara...

Apr 6, 2021

Michael “Mike” Ahrens Clegg passed away on April 6th due to complications from a planned surgery. He passed in peace at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mike was a force to be reckoned with in all of the best ways. He was famous for being unapologetic about his beliefs and the fact that with him you would...

Apr 2, 2021

McGINNESS, Mary Anne (Rohr) passed away peacefully at home on April 2nd, 2021, Good Friday.

She was preceded in death by her devoted husband Neil McGinness and survived by her three loving children Neil, Margot, and Henry (Mac); two daughters-in-law Ellen Burns McGinness, Macy Allatt McGinness and her eight beloved grandchildren— who were the light of her...

Apr 1, 2021

CECILIA BARTLETT DISTAD 1931 - 2021

Cecilia Bartlett Distad of Chagrin Falls, Ohio passed away on April 1, 2021 at the age of 89.  Cecilia is survived by her loving husband of 63 years Richard C.; sons Richard N. (fiancée, Brenda O’Reilly) and William E. (wife Hilde); grandchildren Jonathan M.; Henry C. (wife Jordon) and Christopher P....

Mar 29, 2021

A service will be live streamed Tuesday, April 13th at 2 PM

Mar 26, 2021

GARDNER, JOHN HOWLAND, III, M.D. 89, died at Ahuja Hospital on March 25th with his loving daughters present.

Born New Haven, CT. Oct. 1, 1931 to John Howland Jr.  & Ruth (Huntley) Gardner (both deceased).

Married Anne Kates Larkin, R.N. April 23, 1960 (deceased April 2006).

Children:  Elizabeth Milgram (Tom), Helen & Sarah (deceased)....

Mar 26, 2021

Cheryl Ann Reynolds, age 73 of South Burlington, Vermont, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021.  She was born to the late Betty Byrd Reynolds and Donald Reynolds on May 25, 1947 in Elmira, New York.  She is predeceased by her brother, Robert Miller.  Cheryl is survived by her sister, Terri Miller, her brother, Donald (Cheryl) Reynolds, her daughter, Rachel (Rory) Malone,...

Mar 20, 2021

John (Jack) Redfield Thalman of Shaker Heights, Ohio passed away at the Weils of Chagrin Falls on March 20, 2021 at age 75 after a long illness. Jack is survived by his brother James Charles Thalman and sister-in-law Heather J. Richey Thalman of Bainbridge Township, Ohio; his sister Anne Elizabeth Thalman of Shaker Heights, Ohio; and his nephew James...

Mar 10, 2021

Jean Sterner Sheetz Greiner, 92, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Born in 1928 in Culver City California, Jean was raised by her mother, Rebecca Adams Nelson and stepfather Paul Nelson along with her brother, Tom, and sister Margaret in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

Jean graduated from Stout University with a degree in Home Economics. Upon...

Mar 7, 2021

Dr. Ann E. Roulet devoted her life to her beloved family and to a distinguished career in the arts. After earning her B.A. from Toledo University and M.A./Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, Ann was a literature professor for 35 years and Dean of Students for 10 years at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Students, colleagues, friends and family...

Mar 4, 2021

James Marion Mills, beloved brother and uncle, passed away on Thursday, March 4.  He was 65 years of age.

A math and science ‘whiz,’ Jim was a Strnad Fellow at University School, an engineering major at Dartmouth College, and a valued 30-year employee of the Micro Center store in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Jim also served...

Feb 28, 2021

George L. McGaughey, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died peacefully at home with his beloved wife Sarah Ott-Hansen at his side on February 28, 2021, after a long illness.

Born to George and Margaret (Gibbons) McGaughey, he was raised in Easton, Pennsylvania along with his late twin sister Margaret known as “Sisty” and his younger brother James, all...

Feb 24, 2021

The Story of Martha J. Dent

(as told to my daughter, Mary)

My name is Martha Dent. Even though I am in my 80’s, I still feel like a woman in my prime on a good day. I was born in Pittsburgh and moved to Ohio when I was five years old. I did not...

Feb 22, 2021

Josephine Newcomer Inkley, a native Clevelander, died at home Monday, February 22, 2021. Born August 5, 1921 to Ruth Chisholm Newcomer and Frank Christian Newcomer, Josephine graduated from Laurel School and attended Bennett College. She made her debut in 1939 at The Assembly Ball.

Josephine was an avid lover of the arts, gardening, traveling, and spending summers...

Feb 22, 2021

Charles J. Wilson, Devoted Son to Esther Mae Junke and William H. Wilson, Loving Husband to Mary Ann Wilson (Nee Kozma) of 61 years, Devoted Father to Suzanne M. Wilson (Tony Al-Beshrawi) and Carolyn E. Wilson (Bart P. Terburg) and Devoted Grandfather to Daniel A. Terburg. Dear brother of the late Daniel H. Wilson.  Charlie was a Professional Mechanical...