Obituaries

Norman Mandell

Norman Mandell

Sep 12, 2017

Norman Holmes Mandell was born July 21,1935 and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He was five years older than his sister Carolyn, otherwise known as Toodie, and teased her unmercifully. She recalls her fear as he carried her "upside-down downstairs!" Cousin Liz Kendall remembers him as a wonderfully fun and cool older cousin who knew all the rock and...

Nancy Hamilton

Nancy Hamilton

Sep 5, 2017

Nancy B. Hamilton (nee Baker), age 94, passed away September 5, 2017 Preceded in death by dear parents, Katharine and Harold T. Baker. Beloved mother of Rex (Maureen Szpatura), Beth Selinsky (Michael, deceased), Woody (Perry III) (Lynette), Jill Apple (Scott), and Bruce (Holly Walquist.) Loving sister of the late William E. Baker (Jane Farmer, deceased) and the late John T....

Samuel Petry

Samuel Petry

Sep 5, 2017

Samuel Richard "Dick" Petry, II passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, and is now at peace with the Lord. He was a long-time resident of Pepper Pike, Ohio. Born on November 18, 1942, in Dennison, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County, Dick was the son of the late Samuel Richard Petry and Theodora Arline Petry (Underwood). He is survived by his...

Glenn Moore

Glenn Moore

Aug 28, 2017

Glenn Howard Moore, 88, died August 28, 2017. He was born on February 12, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Carl and Margaret (Spriggs) Moore. A graduate of South Hills High School in 1946, Glenn joined the Army at age 17 and proudly served his country for two years in Korea before the outbreak of the Korean War. In...

Russell Bean

Russell Bean

Aug 25, 2017

Russell G. Bean, age 95, of Cleveland, OH, formerly of Saratoga, NC, passed away on Friday, August 25th, 2017. Born December 15, 1922 in Cochranton, PA, he was the son of John Bean and Maude McCracken Bean. Following High School he attended Grove City College and later Michigan State College at E. Lansing, MI. He enlisted in the US Army...

Yilmaz Belentepe

Yilmaz Belentepe

Aug 23, 2017

Yilmaz Cetin Belentepe, 85, passed away peacefully from acute myeloid leukemia in the Cleveland Clinic on August 23, 2017. Yilmaz was born in Antalya, Turkey to Yildirim and Seher Akyuz Belentepe. He was: a beloved father of Nilgun B. Trogdon (spouse Raymond D.) of Charlotte, North Carolina and Cengiz Y. Belentepe (spouse Tomoko T.) of London, England; dear grandfather of...

Helmut Alpers

Helmut Alpers

Aug 18, 2017

Helmut A. Alpers, age 87 of Orange Village, OH, peacefully passed away on August 18, 2017 following a lengthy illness. Beloved husband of Marcia A. Alpers (nee Nord); Dear father of Stuart N., Scott C., Erica S. Allen (James R.); grandfather of Sydney N. and Quinn L. Alpers and Grant A. Allen; brother of Hugo A. Alpers and the late...

Katherine Leihgeber

Katherine Leihgeber

Aug 17, 2017

Katherine "Kit" Leihgeber, dear sister of Martha J. Becker (Mrs. Philip M.) of Memphis, TN. Aunt of Mary Jeanne Masters. Also survived by cousin Mariann Ford (Mrs. Harry) of Youngstown, OH and other cousins. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to The Memorial Fund of Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts.,...

Christopher Bruch

Christopher Bruch

Aug 15, 2017

Christopher Chiles Bruch, Jr., age 38. Beloved father of Mason and Kaylynn Corrigan. Cherished son of Karen (nee McKenna) and Christopher Chiles Bruch. Adored brother of Danette Bruch Bush (Christopher), Megan Bruch Zabell (Bryan) and Haleigh Bruch Babcox (Eddie). Uncle to Mackenzie, Maranda and Madison Bush; Ryleigh and Jaycob Zabell and Eddie Babcox. Cousin and nephew of many. The family...

Jeera Hayden

Jeera Hayden

Aug 13, 2017

Dr. Jeera Hayden (nee Clubwala), age 74, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died on Sunday, August 13, 2017 after a short illness. Beloved wife of 46 years to Stephen Hayden; loving mother of William Hayden and Louise Hayden (John Leber); adoring grandmother to Isabelle and Emily. She was an accomplished physician much loved by her patients. A 1967 graduate of the...

Creola Alexander

Creola Alexander

Aug 10, 2017

Creola Alexander passed away August 10, 2017. She was the loving wife of the late Mack Alexander. Beloved mother of Delores Minter and Juanita Brown. Loving grandmother of Sharon L. Minter, Kimberly S. Brown, and Victoria M. Brown; great grandmother of Gregory Mitchell, Jr., and Charline D. Minter; great-great grandmother of Raven Sharae and Raquel Monica Cloud-Mitchell, Jason Leonard Charles...

Patrick Rose

Patrick Rose

Aug 6, 2017

PATRICK BRITT ROSE, Born March 19, 1975, in Warren, Ohio, and died August 6, 2017, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Patrick is survived by his parents, Mary Britt Rose of Fairfax, CA, and C.L. (Laurie) Rose of Cleveland Heights; and his two stepsisters, Meg Hiestand of Chicago, IL, and Ashley Hiestand of Los Angeles, CA. He is a beloved grandson of...

Robert Jamieson

Robert Jamieson

Aug 3, 2017

Robert Reid Jamieson, 74, of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017. He was a devoted husband of the late Sara Kay Jamieson (Smith), awesome father to Robert, Bruce (Amanda), and Julia Jamieson, joyful grandparent to Hadley, Roger, Evelyn, Juniper and Indigo, and dear brother to the late Gerard Jamieson. Robert served over 40 years in the steel...

MARTIN ANDREWS

MARTIN ANDREWS

Aug 2, 2017

MARTIN BRADLEY ANDREWS was the beloved husband of Willow Kenyatta Andrews (nee Pastard) of Cleveland Hts., OH and dear father of Cooper Turner Andrews (USMC) and Cameron Bradley Andrews. He was the beloved son of Joseph (Joe) and Lisbeth (Betsy) Andrews (nee Cooper); dear brother of Allison Andrews, brother in law of Kris Andrews (nee Perkins); uncle of Alexia (Lexi)...

Jerome Gratry

Jerome Gratry

Jul 30, 2017

Jérôme René Alexandre Marie Gratry died July 30th surrounded by close family members. He was 74. Born in October 1942 in Mâcon, France to Charles and Agnes Gratry, Jérôme was educated in England, Switzerland and France before moving to the United States to attend Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois. He then earned an MBA at Thunderbird School of...

Emily Hodgman

Emily Hodgman

Jul 21, 2017

Emily J. Hodgman (nee Jewell) of Pepper Pike, beloved wife of Dr. James R. Hodgman of 59 years died July 21, 2017. Loving Mother of Catherine Schramm (Bart), Kenneth Hodgman, and the late Herbert Hodgman. Dear Grandmother of Julie Isaacs (Justin), Heather Schramm and Scott Schramm. Great-grandmother of Emily Isaacs. Graduate of the University of Michigan. Worked at Orange Schools...

Jean Taber

Jean Taber

Jul 21, 2017

JEAN ELOUISE HOWER TABER, age 94, beloved wife of the late Benjamin Charles Taber, predeceased by her parents Gladys Elouise (nee Farnsworth) Ginther and John Bruot Hower, stepmother of the late Benjamin C. Taber. Also survived by Otis Ayers Hower (Kathy), James Hamilton Hower (Claudia), and the late John Otis Hower. Also survived by other loving relatives from the Taber,...

Salvatore Volpe

Salvatore Volpe

Jul 21, 2017

Salvatore L. Volpe, 88, Gates Mills, Ohio, passed away on July 21, 2017. Longtime Shaker Heights resident, where he and wife Geraldine raised their family and were active parishioners at St. Dominic Parish. Born in Garfield Heights, OH and raised in Detroit, MI, Sal attended Kenyon College and graduated from Wayne University. Sal loved music and enjoyed entertaining family and...

Louis Adams,

Louis Adams,

Jul 17, 2017

Louis was a long-time employee of Ohio Bell, Lou started out his career at age seventeen climbing poles to wire phones into homes in Youngstown, Ohio. During his career his job assignments took him to Paris, Hawaii, Nigeria, Panama and more, in collaboration with Western Electric; and, he moved the family from Ohio to New Jersey, Virginia, and Illinois, and...

Kathleen Meredith

Kathleen Meredith

Jul 17, 2017

Kathleen Meredith, much-loved mother, sister, and friend, died on July 17, aged 69. Kathleen was a determined perfectionist who possessed a keen eye for design and aesthetics, had a penchant for detail, and held herself to the highest standards in everything she did. Most importantly, though, she will be remembered by those who knew her for her thoughtfulness, compassion, and...