Obituaries
Patricia Michael
Nov 11, 2017
Patricia Elizabeth Michael passed away on November 11, 2017. She was born on October 3, 1938 to William and Elizabeth Michael. She proudly attended Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights and graduated in 1956. Patricia graduated from Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia in 1960. She was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She owned the Carlin House that specialized...
Elizabeth Jastremsky
Nov 11, 2017
Elizabeth C. Jastremsky (nee Reistetter), born October 7, 1943, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2017. Sister of seven, Mother of two, Grandmother of five, Great-grandmother of one, the dearly departed was loved by many. Liz was a nurse, a poet, and a lover of Pepsi and Cheez-its. She welcomed a good conversation. Hers was a quick wit, with many...
Nancy Murphy
Nov 9, 2017
Nancy M. Murphy, 87 of Shaker Heights, Ohio, passed away on November 9, 2017. Nancy was born in Cleveland on May 15, 1930. She attended Cleveland Public Schools during her elementary years and received her high school diploma from Beaumont School for Girls in Cleveland Heights. She continued her education at St. John's College where she received her undergraduate degree...
Kuen Lee
Nov 8, 2017
Kuen Lee, Ph.D, age 98 of Shaker Hts., OH. Beloved husband of the late Hun Ti Chow; loving father of Bernard Lee (Rose Wong) of Shaker Hts., Pui Yin (Qui Win) of Taiwan, Siu Wai (Michael Kwok) of Toronto, Canada, Ming Lee of Hong Kong, China, Felix Lee (Yoko Kato) of Sunnyvale, CA; dear grandfather of Theresa and Catherine, Jasse...
Donna Zorge
Nov 8, 2017
Donna W. Zorge (nee Watkins), beloved sister of Fred A. Watkins (Wilma) of Kirtland Hills, OH. Beloved aunt of Christopher Watkins (Catherine), Timothy Watkins, Anna Schlieman (John). Dear great aunt of Peter, Beatrice, and Phoebe Watkins; Madeline, Sophia, and Jack Schlieman. Donna was a graduate of Hathaway Brown School, Colby-Sawyer College, and Case Western Reserve University. She received a Masters...
Andrew Marec
Nov 3, 2017
Andrew Marec, age 52 of Shaker Hts., OH; dear son of Judith and the late Ronald Marec; dear brother of Lisa DiPaolo (John), Holly Mack (Curtis) and the late Christopher Marec; uncle of Thomas, Melissa and Brian DiPaolo, Brittany and Brooke Mack; nephew of Elaine Marec. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in his name to...
Lucille Burkett
Nov 3, 2017
Lucille M. Burkett, 94, peacefully passed away on November 3, 2017. Lucy, a native of Columbus, Ohio, graduated from West High School in 1941. Her Bachelor's of Science degree from The Ohio State University was awarded in 1945, followed by a Masters' from the same institution in 1946. She served as an instructor at Ohio State from 1946 to 1952....
Mary Adams
Nov 3, 2017
Mary Anna Adams (nee Vanca) was featured in the 1932 edition of the Youngstown Vindicator when she celebrated her 4th birthday as her first birthday, having been born Leap Year, February 29, 1928. Her parents were Helen Mary Vanca (nee Nalepa) and John Leroy Vanca of Pennsylvania. Mary Anna was born at home on McGuffy Road in Youngstown, Ohio. At...
Charles Skinner
Oct 31, 2017
Charles "Chuck" Scofield Skinner, age 77, of Rocky River, Ohio, passed away on October 31, 2017. Chuck was born in Rocky River on February 10, 1940 to loving parents Harry Harrison Skinner & Margaret (Scofield) Skinner. Chuck was a graduate of the Culver Military Academy and from there graduated from Cornell University's School of Engineering with a B.S. and M.Eng....
Robert Dunbar
Oct 31, 2017
Robert C. Dunbar, PhD., age 74 of Cleveland Heights, OH; Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University (1970-2017). Passed away on October 31, 2017 in the Cleveland Clinic of heart failure. Beloved husband of Mary A. Dunbar (nee Asmundson); loving father of Geoffrey T. Dunbar (Nancy M.) of Hanover, NH; William A. Dunbar (Ari Sato) of Yokohama, Japan; dear...
Arthur Baldwin
Oct 27, 2017
Arthur Douglas Baldwin, II, age 85, passed away Oct.27th after a valiant battle against prostate cancer. The world has lost a dedicated public servant, committed civic leader, and loving husband and father. Many will miss his steady, quiet guiding hand. Arthur (Art) is survived by his wife of 60 years Margot (nee Farr), four daughters, Laura Baldwin-Wortman (Charles Wortman) of...
Alice McKinley
Oct 23, 2017
Alice Roberts McKinley, age 93 of Cleveland Heights, OH, passed away peacefully in her sleep with her daughter by her side on October 23, 2017. The dear daughter of Alice Waring Roberts and Louis C. Kuhn, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband Rowland Paull McKinley, JR, daughter Lissa McKinley, brothers Louis and Bowie Kuhn, and son-in-law Richard...
David Findlay
Oct 22, 2017
LtC (Ret.) David Brian Findlay was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He was a 1975 graduate of Shaker Heights High School. David's family was a member of Shaker Heights Country Club where he was on the swim team, participated in the junior golf program, and bowled in the bowling leagues. He also played little league baseball under the...
John PhD
Oct 20, 2017
JOHN HOWARD TRIPP, PhD Beloved husband of Kathleen T. Tripp (nee Tillson) of Cleveland Hts., OH; dear father of Jonathan Clive Tripp of San Mateo, CA and dear grandfather of Aya Elissa Tripp, and brother of Clavell Tripp (Brenda) of Exeter, UK. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in his name to The American Diabetes Association,...
Mary Mercer
Oct 17, 2017
Mary Lou Mercer, age 90 of South Franklin Circle in Chagrin Falls, OH. Beloved wife (51 years) of the late Vincent G. Mercer; loving mother of Guy V. Mercer (Kathryn) of Shaker Hts., David S. Mercer (Jackie) of Frederick, MD and the late Linda M. Hung (Patrick) formerly of Gurnee, IL; dear grandmother of 6; great-grandmother of 1. The family...
Jean Wiant
Oct 16, 2017
Jean A. Wiant, (nee Probeck) beloved wife of the late Richard A. Wiant, mother, grandmother, community volunteer and ardent supporter of music, died on October 16. She was 89 years old. She is survived by her children; Carolyn; James (Sharon); Marianne Shearer (John); Allen (Lisa) and her cherished grandchildren; James, Pence, Allison, Will, Lauren and Benjamin and her dear friend...
Joseph LaGuardia
Oct 14, 2017
Joe LaGuardia was a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but for more than 40 years was an Indians fan in Cleveland. He was married to Bernadette LaGuardia (née Barrett) and they had two children: his son, Jonathan, lives in Tucson and is working on his doctoral dissertation in English Literature; his daughter, Jeannine, lives in Buffalo with her husband Dinesh, and...
Linda Williams
Oct 8, 2017
Linda A. Williams (nee Davis). Beloved mother of Vernon Williams. Dear grandmother of Dominique Williams. Also survived by cherished grandson Roderick Cooper. Dear sister of Joan Davis, all of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Linda is also survived by many loving cousins. No contributions please. Private Family Service. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT BROWN-FORWARD, 17022 CHAGRIN BLVD., SHAKER HTS., OH 44120 ON THURSDAY,...
Joel Makee
Oct 6, 2017
Joel A. Makee, beloved husband of wife Mary Ann Makee (nee Capuano) of Cleveland Heights, OH; daughter Katherine and spouse Jeffrey of San Rafael, CA, daughter Jacqueline and spouse Shannon of Berkeley, CA, son Andrew and spouse Aleah of Tryon, NC, son Scott and spouse Aisha of Denver, CO, daughter Elizabeth and spouse Michael of San Diego, CA, son John...
Cornelia Corrigan
Oct 5, 2017
Cornelia Stott Richter Corrigan, born Dec.8,1938 in St. Paul, Minnesota, daughter of Mary Elizabeth Stott and Harold Charles Richter and beloved wife for almost 60 years, of John Herbert Corrigan, peacefully passed away on October 5th after a several year battle with Alzheimer's. Nikki, as her father named her when entering school (Cornelia a bit too formal) had an older...
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