Obituaries

Harrison Rychener

Harrison Rychener

Sep 17, 2014

My husband preferred to go by H.C. Rychener, no fuss just a ionbasic person. He was born in Harrisburg, PA on February 5, 1929 to Una Kepler Rychener and Raymond Raber Rychener. His paternal grandparents were Amish (Raber) and Mennonite (Rychener) from Fulton County, Ohio. On the maternal side he had the German Keplers and the British (Carters and Withers...

William Garvey

William Garvey

Sep 12, 2014

An only child, Bill cared deeply about his family. He said he had "two good wives" and he was very fond of his children, step-children, and grandchildren. Born in Fall River, Mass. in 1935, Bill lived in the same house until he graduated from LaSalle Academy in Providence, RI. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and spent his summers...

Regina Sweeney

Regina Sweeney

Sep 3, 2014

REGINA MILLIGAN SWEENEY age 87, of Shaker Hts., OH. Dear wife for 65 years of John G. Sweeney; loving mother of Mary Foy (John) of Bryn Mawr, PA; Cecile Muehrcke (Mike Bell) of Willoughby Hills, OH; Rosemary Hsu (Albert) of Catonsville, MD; Frank Sweeney (Marjie Kaplan) of Pennington, NJ; Regina Sweeney (Gerry Murphy) of Carlisle, PA; Margaret Muldoon (Larry) of...

Titus Munyasya

Titus Munyasya

Sep 2, 2014

Titus Muema Munyasya was born in Kitui, Kenya, June 24, 1937. Titus was an ambitious and intelligent man whose parents put an emphasis on education and spirituality from an early age. He excelled in school, attended the Teacher's College of Machakos and became a schoolteacher in Kitui, where he enjoyed passing on his love of learning to others. He later...

John Ginal

John Ginal

Sep 2, 2014

JOHN V. GINAL, Sr. age 88 was the beloved husband of the late Irene A. (nee Karwowski) and the dear father of Cynthia G. Maurer (Joseph C.) and John V. Ginal, Jr. (Sharon L.) of Sagamore Hills, OH. John was the dear uncle of Steve Ginal, III (Cheryl) and favorite uncle of many nieces, nephews and cousins and he was...

Barbara Kaiser

Barbara Kaiser

Aug 28, 2014

Kaiser, Barbara Wrigley (Lance), 93, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2014, in her home in Needham, Massachusetts. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Donald H. Kaiser, and two sons, William S. Kaiser of Wellesley, and Donald L. Kaiser of Coffs Harbour, Australia, and his wife, Denise, and two daughters, Leslie A. Price of Cleveland, Ohio, and...

Howard Tedick

Howard Tedick

Aug 27, 2014

Howard Tedick, age 86, died peacefully on August 27, 2014. He was fun-loving and life-loving, a devoted husband and father, and loyal friend. For over 60 years he worked and led successful companies in heating and air conditioning in the Cleveland/Akron area. Preceded in death by parents, Molly and Constantine Tedick, and brother Daniel. Survived by loving wife of 61...

Margaret Chapman

Margaret Chapman

Aug 21, 2014

MARGARET JEAN CHAPMAN of Baltimore MD, the beloved sister of the late James E. Chapman and sister-in-law of Anita (nee Esbenshade). Aunt of Thomas M. Chapman of Worthington, OH, David A. Chapman (Erica) of Twinsburg, OH and the late Ann. Graveside services will be held Thursday September 25th at 2 PM in The Old Westerville Center Cemetery, Westerville Center, OH....

Sue Wrolstad

Sue Wrolstad

Aug 17, 2014

Dorothy Sue Parkins Wrolstad Sue Wrolstad, who died on August 17, 2014, was an educator, a woman of faith and a loving person who made all around her smile. She was born on July 10, 1925, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ralph and Edna Parkins. Sue graduated from the University of Wyoming, where she met her future husband,...

Doris Haring

Doris Haring

Aug 16, 2014

Doris Frances Bennett Haring 1919-2014 Doris Frances Bennett Haring passed away on August 16th, 2014 after being ill for slightly more than a year. She survived her late husband Reverend Robert William Haring, Pastor Emeritus of Trinity Presbyterian Church (Now: St. Mark's Presbyterian Church). They were very happily married for over sixty-seven years until his passing in 2011. Their only...

Albert Findlay

Albert Findlay

Aug 15, 2014

Albert Dwight Findlay was a pioneer in many different ways, starting at a very young age. At age 5, Al was one of the very first youths, at his age, to undergo open heart surgery from the world famous cardiologists at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, Kay and Cross, to repair a hole in his heart that he had from...

John McClaran

John McClaran

Aug 11, 2014

Robert McClaran was born in Youngstown, Ohio on October 29, 1920. His mother, Martha, was a homemaker, and his father, Wade, worked in the steel mill. Robert was the oldest of three children. He has two younger sisters, Mary and Martha, who happen to be twins. After graduating from South High School, Robert attended Wittenberg University. He was a member...

John McDonald

John McDonald

Aug 9, 2014

Dr. John Leo (Jack) Mc Donald, 89, passed on Friday, August 8, 2014, at his residence in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, formerly he was living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. John was born November 5, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, the first of the two children of Anna Marie Koeppel Mc Donald and Leo Winibald McDonald. John graduated from Hunter College and at...

William MacDonald

William MacDonald

Jul 29, 2014

One of the great members of Cleveland's Greatest Generation passed away on July 29, 2014 at the age of 95. William E. MacDonald ("Bill"), former Chairman & CEO of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, was an outstanding Ohio business and civic leader. He was Chairman of the Board of the Cleveland Clinic, the United Way, and the Cleveland Growth Association....

John Henry

John Henry

Jul 24, 2014

John D. Henry of Chagrin Falls passed away on July 24, 2014. He was 89. Jack is survived by his beloved wife of 23 years Janet Hawkes Henry of Chagrin Falls. He was the loving father with Tudy Gatzert of David A. Henry of Shelburne Falls, MA, Michael A. Henry of Boston, MA, Susan A. Henry of Detroit, Michigan and...

Edward Garfield

Edward Garfield

Jul 21, 2014

EDWARD D. GARFIELD "Ted" died July 21st in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Ted was the beloved partner for over 35 years of Richard Lee Mesnick "Ric" of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was the dear brother of Dana A. Garfield (Nancy) of Medina, OH, Timothy D. Garfield (Carla) of Twinsburg, OH and Sally Garfield of California and the dear son of the...

Beverly Higley

Beverly Higley

Jul 14, 2014

Beverly Gray Higley was born in Chicago on November 23, 1933 and passed away at her Chagrin Falls residence, July 14th, 2014. She was the daughter of Wallace Taylor Gray and Jessie Oliphant Gray, and the younger sister of John Gray. She grew up in Rutherford, NJ and later Haddonfield, NJ where she attended Haddonfield Memorial High School. After graduating...

Sally Simmons

Sally Simmons

Jul 12, 2014

Sally Hodge Brasfield Simmons,age 50, passed away in her Chagrin Falls home on July 12, 2014, after a courageous 14 month battle with brain cancer. She was the devoted mother of Tyler Webb Simmons and Connor Philip Simmons. Sally is also survived by her parents, Emily Hodge Brasfield and Philip Herman Brasfield, Jr.; by her sister, Julia Wood Brasfield: and...

Kristen Guinn

Kristen Guinn

Jul 8, 2014

KRISTEN ELIZABETH GUINN - Kristen, age 36, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Shaker Heights, Ohio passed away on July 8, 2014. Kristen was a 1996 graduate of Shaker Heights High School and of the University of Michigan School of Education in 2000. She was the beloved daughter of Kathryn Nordstrom Guinn of Jacksonville, Florida and Guy F. Guinn of Solon,...

Benton Henkel

Benton Henkel

Jun 30, 2014

Benton Kirkby Henkel (February 23, 1967 - June 30, 2014) Ben Henkel, age 47, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2014 at home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Ben was surrounded by his immediate family members, including his mother and father, Sally and Oliver "Pudge", and his brothers, Peter and David. Ben faced a six week battle against pancreatic and liver...