Obituaries
Dorothy Hartley
Dec 17, 2016
Our mom was born at home on the family dairy farm in Northern Wisconsin, in a January snow storm. I always loved her stories of growing up on the farm - the second of 7 children, she and my Aunt Alice, as the two oldest, helped with the chores. She always told us the story of the pigs following them...
Gerard DeOreo
Dec 17, 2016
Gerard A. DeOreo Jr., MD 75 years old of Shaker Heights passed away on December 17, 2016 of natural causes. Gerry was a lifelong resident of Shaker Heights and graduated from Gilmour Academy class of 1959. He graduated from Kenyon College with B.A. in French in 1963 and received his MD from Western Reserve University School of Medicine Class of...
Anne Hauwaert
Dec 15, 2016
Anne van Hauwaert (née CREMER), beloved wife to Pierre M. van Hauwaert. Dearest Step-Mother to Pierre-François, Didier and Léo van Hauwaert. Dearest Sister to Claude Cremer. Dearest sister-in-law to Francoise Drykoning. Anne was born in Brussels, Belgium during WWII. Her first memory, as a toddler, is of cheering the U.S. Army as they liberated Brussels. Many other memories will be...
John Sweeney
Dec 13, 2016
John G. Sweeney, age 92 of Shaker Hts., OH was born May 13, 1924 in Fairmount, West Virginia. He was a professor at John Carroll University. Beloved husband for 65 years of the late Regina M. Sweeney (nee Milligan); loving father of Mary Foy (John) of Bryn Mawr, PA; Cecile Muehrcke (Mike Bell) of Willoughby Hills, OH, Rosemary Hsu (Albert)...
Sue Godfrey
Dec 10, 2016
Sue Godfrey was the beloved Mother of Alexander John Kundrat (Donna Negrelli) and Kathryn Sue Kundrat (Steve Gordon). She was a loving Grandmother to Nicholas Kundrat, Jamie Kundrat and Rebecca Gordon. Sue was an artist, naturalist, business owner, gardener, world traveler and feminist. She was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and graduated from Cleveland Heights High School. After high school,...
Jorge Boisset
Dec 5, 2016
Jorge Felipe Boisset Boisset, 93, died Monday, December 5, 2016 at South Pointe Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, due to heart failure. He passed peacefully, and doctors assured the family he didn't suffer. He leaves his wife, Victoria Therencia (Silva) Boisset; his daughter, Rosa Boisset-Brindle; his son-in-law, Brad R. Brindle; his granddaughter, Maya Liza Brindle; nieces, nephews and many close friends....
Edward Pembroke
Dec 5, 2016
Edward C. Pembroke, II, age 66, beloved father of Edward C. Pembroke, III, Rev. Earle Pembroke (Vanessa), Erica C. Young, and Eileen C. Mills (Cisco); beloved grandfather of five; dear brother of Felecia Pembroke, Marc Pembroke, Lenice Giargiana (nee Buford) (Joe), and the late Tanya. Ed is survived by his mother Winifred Buford (nee Pope), and by his former wife,...
Olga Dietrich
Dec 4, 2016
Olga Helen Dietrich (nee Cordula), age 97, of Cleveland Heights, passed away December 4, 2016 at Golden Living in Kirtland, Ohio from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 55 years, George Winfield Dietrich. Dear mother of George, Richard, William, and John; dear grandmother of 15 and great-grandmother of 18. A Memorial Service...
Charles Kehres
Dec 3, 2016
Charles (Charley) Kehres of Beachwood, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016. A lifelong Clevelander, he was the son of the late Margaret Pitts and Edward Beople Kehres and brother of the late Jim Kehres (Marcia). He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Mary, his admiring sons, Charles P. , Jr of Newport, Rhode Island and Christopher...
Jacobus Severiens
Nov 29, 2016
Jack was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on August 6, 1936, the second child of Johannes and Cornelia Severiens. The family moved to the Dutch East Indies in 1938 but had to flee when the Japanese overran the islands in 1942. They were in the last convoy to escape safely. Their journey to the U.S. was circuitous: first Australia, then...
David Kay
Nov 28, 2016
David A. Kay 1943-2016 David A. Kay, age 73, of Chagrin Falls, OH died on Monday, November 28, suddenly and unexpectedly while working in his garden. David was an avid gardener and environmentalist. He attended Hawken School in Cleveland and graduated from Orange High School in 1962. Shortly after graduation from Denison University in 1966, David began working for the...
Lille Mortensen
Nov 27, 2016
Lille was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Senatobia, Mississippi, 35 miles south of Memphis, where her family had cotton farms and owned the local department and hardware store. That was a different time for the South and the country. Because Lille was named for her mother, she became known in the family as "Baby Lille", or just...
Francis Appeldorn
Nov 26, 2016
FRANCIS R. APPELDORN, the beloved father of Stephen E. Appeldorn (Val) of Geneva, OH and the late Laura Zver; dear grandfather of Rebecca Dea (Matthew); Douglas and Kimberly Appeldorn; Alexandra, Christopher and Thomas Zver; dear brother of Jerry Appeldorn (Rosemary) and Nancy Moore. Francis graduated from St. Vincent High School (now known as St. Vincent/St. Mary) in Akron in 1953....
Carol Mau
Nov 25, 2016
Carol E. Mau (nee Belding), age 90 of Shaker Heights, OH. Dear wife of the late William L. Mau; loving mother of Bryan W. Mau (Tina Gramm) of Arlington, MA, Merrill E. Mau of Shaker Heights, and Kenyon M. Mau of Shaker Heights, OH; dear grandmother of Kailey E. Mau and Kenyon W. Mau. The family prefers that those who...
Jane Fossan
Nov 23, 2016
Jane Van Fossan, age 85 of Shaker Hts., OH died of natural causes 11/23/2016. Graduate of Hathaway Brown School and Hood College. Active in Civic Affairs of Shaker Hts., The Shaker Hts. Historical Society, The Nature Center, Friends of Shaker Towne Center and The Welcome Wagon. Long time employee of the Cleveland Skating Club and Potter & Mellen. Beloved daughter...
N. Andrews
Nov 19, 2016
Noel Stewart Andrews (Stu) was born on November 3, 1939, in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, to Lola and Errol Andrews. He grew up on a sheep farm, went to grammar school in a one-room schoolhouse, and rode his horse, Pretty Kate, to school every day. Later, he graduated from Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School in Tamworth, New South Wales,...
Francis Owens
Nov 17, 2016
Dr. Francis J. Owens Sr., M.D. of Pepper Pike (and of Judson Park, Cleveland Heights) on November 17, 2016 joining his beloved wife, of 59 years, Lois Arlene (née Parrish) and son James Patrick, and his cherished brothers, Andrew Jackson Owens and Otto James Owens Jr., and parents, Otto James Owens Sr., M.D. and Mary Catherine (née Link), in heaven....
L. Duncan
Nov 14, 2016
Fuller was born May 19, 1940 in Cleveland and passed away November 14, 2016 in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies where he has owned and operated Jamaica Pre-Mix, Ltd., since 1969. He is survived by his wife, Gayle Schiring Duncan and daughters Heather and Kelly and granddaughter, McKinley. State-side, Fuller resided in Coral Gables, Florida. He had two "loves of his...
Ann Molyneaux
Nov 9, 2016
ANN G. MOLYNEAUX (nee Geery) The beloved mother of Miles D. Molyneaux (Rebecca S.) of Solon, OH and Rebecca S. Molyneaux of Cleveland Hts., OH; dear grandmother of Kate, Lauren and Bethany Molyneaux and Benjamin and Emma Hegyes; dear sister of Bill Geery, Susan Marshall (Chester) and Thomas Geery (Julie). The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions...
Henry Fisher
Nov 8, 2016
Henry S. Fisher (Harry) was a connoisseur of the finer things in life, good food, fine literature, classical music, smart clothes and exceptional people. Harry was an avid New York Times reader, honestly not missing any day for any reason. He was the ultimate renaissance man, pursuer of poetry and written works, teaching himself the Chinese game of Go, playing...
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