Obituaries
James Ireland
Jan 25, 2015
From The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 25, 2015, byline: Janet H. Cho James D. "Jamie" Ireland III, a civic-minded Cleveland businessman who was passionate about promoting the arts and numerous cultural institutions in Northeast Ohio - especially the Cleveland Orchestra and University Circle Inc. - died Tuesday. He was 65. Ireland was a former managing director and former chairman of...
Donald Gruettner
Jan 24, 2015
Donald W. Gruettner was born October 13,1930 to Hilda and Harold Gruettner. He graduated from Bayview High in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Marquette University and then went on to law school at the University of Michigan where he received his Juris Doctor degree. Don joined the law firm of Baker Hostetler & Patterson in 1955. He took the state bar...
Helen Tingwald
Jan 21, 2015
Helen R. Tingwald (nee Reeves) Beloved wife of the late Fred R. Tingwald. Dear mother of Heidi R., Charles F. and George R. Tingwald (Ellen). Dear grandmother of Karl and Mark. Private Family Service. PDF Printable Version
William Jones
Jan 16, 2015
William Macfarlane Jones (January 20, 1922 - January 16, 2015) Bill Jones passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on Friday, Jan. 16, just 4 days shy of his 93rd birthday, after a short struggle with pneumonia. He was blessed to have spent the recent holidays with his extended family in Cleveland. Bill's life accomplishments could fill a...
Thomas Allen
Jan 12, 2015
Thomas Theodore Allen Jr. - or- Ted Allen Age 72 of Cleveland Heights, OH died January 12, 2015 in Cleveland, OH of complications from multiple myeloma. He was born December 20, 1942 in New Kensington, PA son of Thomas Theodore Allen and Ann Amanda Giesey Allen. He is survived by his wife Jill, daughter Nicole, sisters Peg and Liz, brothers...
W. Wentz
Jan 10, 2015
William Budd Wentz, M.D. died peacefully on January 10, 2015, at the age of 90. Budd was born on August 9, 1924, to Alonzo Budd Wentz and Bessie Mitchell Wentz. Growing up in Riverside, New Jersey, Budd had an adventurous and eventful childhood growing up in the Great Depression and experiencing the events leading up to World War II. Budd...
Nicholas Hudak
Jan 10, 2015
NICHOLAS M. HUDAK was the beloved husband of the late Helen L. Hudak (nee Lilly). He was the dear father of Linda A. Gorski of Solon, OH and Lucille Lee Chipps (David) of Chagrin Falls, OH and was also survived by his dear son-in-law, David Chipps. Nicholas was the dear grandfather of Kelly Gorski and Holly Gorski, Christie Peters (David)...
Doris Williams
Jan 10, 2015
Doris S. Williams "Suzanne", age 78 of Cleveland, OH. Dear sister of Carolyn Lindren of Palmetto Bay, FL; dear aunt and friend to many. An Interment Service will be held at 11 am on Tuesday, January 20 at Greenlawn Cemetery, 2580 Romig Road, Akron, Ohio. A Memorial Service will be held at 11am on Friday, January 30 in the McGregor...
Alma Winslow
Jan 9, 2015
Alma H. Winslow (nee Hall). Dear mother of Michael Winslow of CA. Beloved sister of Lorna Hall Mierke (Harvey) of Cleveland Hts., OH and Bruce Albert Hall (Cora Lou) of Concord, MA. Dear aunt of Kathryn, Elizabeth and Sara Mierke (husband Matthew Young); Dear aunt of Stephen, David (Caroline) and Sandra (Richard). Also survived by several great nieces and nephews....
Howard Zucker
Dec 28, 2014
Howard L. Zucker, age 61 of Shaker Hts., OH. Beloved husband of Adrienne L. Zucker (nee Finney); loving father of Michael R. Zucker (Lizzy) of University Hts, Danniele E. Zucker of Cleveland and Richard J. Zucker of Atlanta, GA; dear grandfather of Edith M. Zucker; dear brother of Benita M. McElwee (the late Gregory) of South Euclid and Jerry M....
Ellen Collins
Dec 26, 2014
Ellen R. Collins (nee Rollins), beloved wife of the late Grady Collins. Dear mother of Marilyn Rox, Priscilla Lee, Grady Collins Jr., Cassie Tunstall, and the late Shirley Brown and Steve Collins. Funeral services will be held at Brown-Forward, 17022 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights, OH 44120, on Friday, January 2, at 11 am where FRIENDS MAY CALL ONE HOUR PRIOR...
Rodney Finn
Dec 25, 2014
Rodney Huck Finn, DDS, age 81. Dear husband of Marilyn Dell Leiser for 59 years. Dear father of the late Mary Katherine Finn Gruettner and Wendy Joan Finn Stallings. Dear grandfather of Andrew Stallings. Huck graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1951. He attended Duke University in '52 and '53 and graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Dentistry....
Mary Bowen
Dec 25, 2014
MARY M. BOWEN of Cleveland, OH -- Former Mansfield & Warrensville Hts., Ohio resident. Mary May Bowen, nee Smidley, died Thursday, December 25, 2014. She passed peacefully at her residence in the Solon Pointe at Emerald Ridge Senior Community. Daughter of the late Blanche Lape and Remma Moody. Mary was born in Washington Courthouse, Ohio, on April 30, 1927. A...
James Harris
Dec 24, 2014
James Harris was born to Velma Prince and George Harris Sr. on March 15, 1929 in Brighton, Alabama. He grew up in Bessemer and spent his earlier years there. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1948. James met and married Kathleen (Harrington) Spencer in 1973. They joined together their children and created a beautiful blended family of six children. He...
Patty Frolking
Dec 19, 2014
Patty Lou Schoonover Frolking, 89, died December 19, 2014, at Arden Courts in Chagrin Falls, OH. Loving wife of James E. Frolking for 66 years, mother of Chris Frolking and Margie Nulsen (Kneeland, CA), Tod and Evelyn Frolking (Granville, OH) and Steve Frolking and Joanna Wicklein (Durham, NH). Grandmother of Erika and Simon Lee (Bloomington, IN), Jason and Lindsay Biga...
Mildred Nellis
Dec 12, 2014
Mildred Arnold Nellis born December 8, 1911 in Brooklyn, NY died December 12, 2014 at home in Bratenahl, OH. Predeceased by her husband Ralph H. Nellis, her daughter, Lynne Kilmurray and her grandson, Thomas Kilmurray. She is survived by her daughter, Wendy Cushman, seven grandchildren, and nineteen great-grandchildren. "Mimi" graduated from Hathaway Brown School in Cleveland and Finch College in...
Joan Reifman
Dec 11, 2014
Joan Mishler Reifman, born October 11, 1943 to Dr. and Mrs. William Mishler, passed away December 11, 2014. She is survived by her beloved husband, Dr. Seymour Reifman; daughter, Margaret (Meggin) Griffin Crawford; son and daughter-in-law, James (Jeb) and Dana Griffin; and granddaughter, Sopfia Griffin; sisters, Martha Reiss (Tom) and Ann Hutzel (Don); stepchildren, Joel Reifman and Anne Reifman Peterlin;...
Hazel Miller
Dec 10, 2014
Hazel Traster Miller was born in Cleveland, Ohio to William and Zella Traster. Hazel married Orville Edward Miller of North Canton, Ohio, on June 9, 1947, at Epworth Euclid Church, with the reception held at Wade Park Manor (now Judson Manor). They lived in Cleveland Heights where they attended the Church of the Saviour for many years. They had two...
Jane Harris
Dec 6, 2014
Jane King Boyer Harris, beloved mother of Holly Boyer Scott (Peter) of Chagrin Falls, OH, Susan Harris White (Tod) of Chagrin Falls, OH and the late Robert Jerome Boyer, Jr. Dear grandmother of Sarah Boyer Felson (David), Michael Jerome Scott and Jacob Gardinier Scott (Sarah); Hunter Talbot White and Tucker Adams White. Dear great grandmother of Maren Keen Scott and...
Elizabeth Shearer
Dec 5, 2014
Elizabeth Carroll Shearer, 89, of Chesterland, Ohio died at 7:30 am on Friday, December 5, 2014. She was born December 27, 1924 in Garrett, Indiana to George Charles Carroll and Margaret M Mountz Carroll. She was a graduate of Wiley High School in the class of 1942. She received her bachelor's degree in French from Swarthmore College in 1946. In...
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