Obituaries
Merritt A Osborn
Dec 8, 2023
Merritt A. Osborn, age 95 of Chagrin Falls, OH. Beloved husband of the late Amity A. Osborn; loving father of Stephen Osborn (Faith) of Mantua, OH, Susan Osborn (the late Daniel Weingast) of Lafayette, CO, Sarah Osborn (David Eden) of West Linn, OR and Elizabeth Osborn (Gordon Holbein) of Bridgewater, NH; dear grandfather of Merritt Osborn, Elise Goldwater (Adam), B. Jacob...
Thomas Whitely Cullinan
Nov 30, 2023
Thomas Whitely Cullinan of Cleveland Heights.
May 30, 1970-November 30, 2023.
Survived by his wife Joanna May (Hunkins).
Preceded in death by his mother Helen B. Cullinan and father Thomas P. Cullinan.
Beloved son-in-law, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin, and dog dad. He was a friend and mentor to many.
Memorial Services will be held Monday, January 22nd, 2024 at 11am in...
Celia A Smith
Nov 25, 2023
Celia Adrienne Smith was born in Cleveland, OH on April 25, 1959, at University Hospital MacDonald Women’s Hospital to Iona Chunn Smith and Prince Jackson Smith. She lived a full and fruitful life as a very strong Christian and a genuine lover of mankind. She departed this life in the early morning of November 25, 2023.
Celia graduated from Lutheran...
Louise Woolfolk Grayson
Nov 19, 2023
Long time Cleveland/Shaker Heights resident, Louise Woolfolk Grayson, peacefully transitioned in her sleep at her home of 61 years, on November 19, 2023. She was just shy of her 98th birthday.
Born in Caroline County, Virginia, Louise was the seventh of eight children, born to the late Hallie and Nettie Wright Woolfolk.
Louise met and married her husband, Anderson, in...
Nora Pollock Castle
Nov 18, 2023
Longtime Cleveland Heights resident, Nora Castle died on November 18, 2023 at age 84 from Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a disease that neither she nor her family had ever heard of before her diagnosis 11 months ago.
She was predeceased by her daughter Kate, in 1980. She is survived by her husband William, son Peter, daughter Amy, grandson Aidan McAree and...
Pauline Degenfelder, PhD
Nov 16, 2023
E. Pauline Degenfelder, PhD, MBA, age 83, of Shaker Heights, OH, passed away on November 16, 2023. Pauline was born in New York City in 1940 to Joseph and Elise Sutta, who ran a diner in Queens, NY. She had a pleasant childhood, exploring New York City, going to summer camp and taking care of her sister Nancy. Pauline attended the...
Joan W Wilharm
Nov 12, 2023
A long-time resident of the Village of Chagrin Falls, Joan Weaver Wilharm was born in Canton, Ohio on March 24, 1934 and passed away on November 12, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth Carter Weaver and Ursula Morgan Weaver, and her brother, Richard David Weaver.
After graduating from high school in Canton, she attended Ohio Wesleyan...
Jay Hoffer Sload
Nov 11, 2023
Jay Hoffer Sload of Shaker Heights, Ohio passed away on November 11, 2023. He was a son of Paul Hoffer Sload and Katharine Harrington Sload, born on November 6th, 1936 in Shaker Heights, where he lived 80 of his 87 years. Jay graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1954 and from Denison University in 1958. At Denison, Jay majored...
Margaret Marie McNitt
Nov 10, 2023
The beloved wife of Thomas McNitt of Shaker Hts., OH. The dear mother of Richard A. McNitt (Simone) of University Hts., OH and the late Brian McNitt. She was the dear grandmother of Bryantomas and Mckenzie McNitt and the dear sister of the late Pauline Washtak of Springfield, NE, and Frances Iwanski of Lorain.
Marge was a teacher...
Henry Chisholm III
Nov 9, 2023
Henry Chisholm III passed away peacefully on November 9 at the age of 88.
Henry married his high school sweetheart, Sally Weaver, upon graduating from Yale University in 1957, and they spent 66 happy years together raising their three children, golfing, curling, traveling and being active grandparents.
Henry had a successful career as a metallurgical engineer in Oglebay Norton’s Iron...
Susan Hanrahan Turben
Nov 6, 2023
Dr. Susan Hanrahan Turben (11/06/1936 – 11/06/2023)
On November 6, 2023, her 87th birthday, Susan Hanrahan Turben passed away peacefully. She leaves her beloved husband of 47 years John F. Turben (Jack) of Kirtland Hills, OH, sister Mary H. Berlow of Buffalo, NY and children Newton S. Kimberly, Jr. (Elizabeth) of Chagrin Falls, OH, James H. Kimberly (Beth) of...
Judith H. Luetkemeyer
Nov 4, 2023
Judith H. Luetkemeyer passed away peacefully on November 4, 2023 of ovarian cancer. At her side were her two long time friends, William J. Ayers of forty-seven years, and R. Mason Watt of twenty years. Judy’s cancer was diagnosed in mid August. It was extremely aggressive, succumbing to it in three short painful months.
Judy had a lifelong love of music,...
Lorinda N. Collister
Nov 3, 2023
Lorinda (Rindy) Nash Collister was born on December 5, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio and peacefully passed at the age of 83 on November 3, 2023. Rindy grew up in Gates Mills and was the devoted daughter of John Franklin Nash (deceased) and Barbara Bruch Nash (deceased) and the loving sister of John Franklin Nash, Jr. (deceased). Rindy shared 52 joyful...
Barbara Yeomans
Oct 25, 2023
On October 25, 2023, Barbara Yeomans (nee Black) died at home with her daughter and son-in-law by her side. She had been in hospice for most of 2023. She was born in Chicago in 1928 to Robert F. Black and Fredonia Frazier Black. She grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, graduated from Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio,...
Janet Dow Goodwyn
Oct 25, 2023
Janet Susan Goodwyn was born on April 15, 1946 in Mansfield, Ohio. She was the loving daughter of the late Marion and Louise (Powell) Dow. "Susie" as friends and family called her always said "Dad had to hurry home and finish his taxes". Susie was quite the beauty with blond curly hair. She graduated from Crestline High School in 1964. ...
Florence Klein
Oct 25, 2023
Florence Klein (nee Jeavons) the beloved wife of Ronald Klein; the dear mother of Geoffrey Klein (Richard Harlan, MD) of Cleveland, OH and Brian Klein (Letitia Van Beers-Klein) of Cleveland Hts., OH; dear grandmother of Emily Klein (Fiancé, Lucas Gonzalez) and Jessica Klein; sister of the late Richard Jeavons and dear daughter of the late Sydney and Mildred Jeavons.
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Ellen Whelan
Oct 23, 2023
November 26, 1956 – October 19, 2023
“The single most amazing person I have ever encountered.”
Ellen Whelan, devoted wife of Bill, loving sister of John (Cindy), Tom (Diane) and David (Dana) Hollister, and sister-in-law of Hugh (Jan), Alexandra Dunietz and Anna Farrow (Doug), died Thursday October 19 at the age of 66. Besides her immediate...
David Witherbee Boyle
Oct 22, 2023
A resident of Shaker Heights for 39 years, Dave was a Certified Financial Planner MBA, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, LUTCF. He was also a Commander in the United States Coast Guard. Dave served 5 years active duty in Viet Nam, Hawaii, Philippines and New Orleans. He retired from the Coast Guard with 27 years as an officer in the Reserve.
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Mariquita "Maggie" Morrison
Oct 20, 2023
Mariquita ‘Maggie’ Morrison, 68, passed from this Earth after a courageous battle with depression and dementia on Friday, October 20 in Durham, NH. She was born June 8, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, the third of four children of Nancy Dygert Morrison and Hunter Morrison Jr.
As the only girl in a family of boys, Maggie had a special...
Alison Jean Whitney
Oct 9, 2023
Alison Whitney was born on October 14, 1971, in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, to Thomas and Helen Rathburn. She had one younger sister, Molly. Alison grew up in a loving and supportive family, and she was always close to her parents and sister.
Alison had a lifelong love of music, and she played the bassoon with the Strongsville Community and Solon...
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