Obituaries
Elizabeth Brien
Dec 17, 2012
Elizabeth Dunbar Brien was a fifth generation descendent of the Reid and Dunbar families who came from New England to settle in Cleveland in 1830. She attended Margaret Hall School for Girls. She was a graduate of Laurel School and attended the Institute of Art. Her main interests were in antique collecting, reading, boating and travel. Mrs. Brien and her...
Marion Bryan
Dec 15, 2012
MARION S. BRYAN nee Shallenberger The beloved wife of the late Ezra K. Bryan, passed away December 15th, 2012. Marion was the dear mother of David C. Bryan of Huntington Beach, CA; Stephen M. Bryan Mila of Chicago, IL and the late James M. Bryan, the dear grandmother of Melissa Bryan and dear sister of the late Gregory Shallenberger and...
Doris Grunwald
Dec 14, 2012
DORIS J. GRUNWALD nee Warren The beloved wife of Robert C. Grunwald of Lyndhurst, OH, passed away December 14th, 2012. Doris was the dear mother of Gretchen Luchsinger Greg Cook of Camerillo, CA, Gail Vitar of Chatsworth, CA and Janet Cummings Glenn of No. Canton, OH and the dear grandmother of Vincent, Matthew, Emily, Alexis, Dominic, Michael and Jack. The...
Fredrick Lamb
Dec 10, 2012
Fredrick Sherman Lamb, of Cleveland, died Monday, December 10, after a brief illness. He was 96 years old. Mr. Lamb was the husband of the late Helen Adams Lamb; the father of Betsy Lamb Merriman and Philip H. Lamb Cynthia, both of Cleveland; the grandfather of Lisa Chambers Mason, Benjamin and Kata; and the great-grandfather of Grace Ann and Will....
Aiden Essenburg
Dec 6, 2012
Aiden Duane Essenburg, age 10 weeks, of Cleveland, OH. Beloved son of Brian and Melissa Essenburg. Dear brother of Lacey, Bree and Brian, Jr.; dear grandson of Cindy Essenburg, Reinhard Essenburg and Caroline Pomian; great grandson of Carol Blackburn and Margaret Pomian. Loving nephew, grand nephew. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, December 13 at Church of...
Freddie Cooper
Dec 5, 2012
In Remembrance of the Life of Freddie W. Cooper Freddie W. Cooper was a native of Syracuse, New York born July 8, 1921, the eldest of three children. His family moved to Cleveland in 1928, where Freddie participated in many sports- baseball, football, track and skating. He won the title of Speed Skater Champion of the Cleveland Press Silver Skates....
Ellen Thomas
Dec 2, 2012
Ellen Ann McGinity Thomas, age 66, died on Sunday, December 2, in Cleveland. Beloved wife of Scott Thomas; cherished mother of Elizabeth T. Guida Richard of Alpharetta, GA and Jennifer T. Harst Jon of Bloomfield Hills, MI. She was the treasured grandmother of William A. Guida, Matthew J. Guida, Jacob R. Guida, Elizabeth K. Harst, Andrew W. Harst and Cameron...
Kenneth McGovern
Nov 22, 2012
Kenneth W. McGovern was one of a cadre of bright young idealists who came to Cleveland to help rebuild the city after the election of Carl Stokes as mayor. Like many of his colleagues from that era, he stayed on in his adopted city and continued his community development work for the rest of his life. As the City's executive...
John Hollister
Nov 22, 2012
John B. "Jack" Hollister, Jr, devoted husband of Elizabeth "Betty" Boyle Hollister, father to John B. Hollister III Cindy, Thomas J. Hollister Diane, Ellen Hollister Whelan Bill, and David B. Hollister Dana and Grandfather to William, Steven, Benjamin, Samantha, Allison and Andrew; November 22, 2012. Jack was born in Cincinnati, Ohio July 25, 1925 to John B. and Ellen Rollins...
Herbert Putnam
Nov 16, 2012
HERBERT N. PUTNAM, JR. The beloved husband of Carolyn B. nee Bauer of Shaker Hts., Ohio, passed away at his home November 16th, 2012. Herbert was the dear father of Sandra P. Guida Patrick A. of Barrington, RI, David N. Putnam of Garfield Hts., OH and the late Herbert N. Putnam, III. He was the grandfather of Kristin A. Todd...
Lula Byrd
Nov 15, 2012
LULA MAE BYRD nee Watson Lula was the beloved wife of the late Buster Byrd and the dear mother of Daisy E. Gandy of Warrensville Hts., OH and Minnie Lou Gandy of Cleveland, Ohio. She was the dear grandmother of five and great grandmother of four. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT BROWN-FORWARD, 17022 CHAGRIN BLVD., SHAKER HTS., OH MONDAY, NOV. 19TH...
Maud Drane
Nov 4, 2012
Maud Carson Tucker Drane, age 96, died on Sunday, November 4, in Cleveland after a long illness. She was born on August 25, 1916, in one of the pavilions designed by Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia, where her maternal grandfather served as dean of the law school. Her paternal great-grandfather, John Augustine Washington, was the last private citizen...
Catherine Fuller
Oct 19, 2012
Catherine Fuller Fuller "Kay" beloved wife of the late John Lawrence Fuller. Dear mother of John L. Fuller, Jr. "Jack" Gini Hill of Port Haywood, VA, Thomas A. Fuller, M.D. Anita of Lakewood, OH and Carolyn Fuller White Gerald of Ft. Collins, CO. Dear grandmother of Kattia Ball Gregory; Corey White, Sara Braves Fuller and Jason Braves Fuller and Melinda...
William Hall
Oct 12, 2012
WILLIAM E. HALL The beloved son of the late Earl F. and Dorothy Cundall Hall and the dear cousin of Nancy Murphy of Beachwood, OH, passed away October 12th, 2012. Mr. Hall was a graduate of Brown University and Hunter College, with time spent studying at Oxford University in England. He was a former resident of Shaker Hts., OH, but...
Vernita Nail
Oct 10, 2012
Vernita Chalker Nail was born to The Rev. Dr. Merrill A. and Mable Steib Chaffee on September 26, 1924 in Avon, Ohio. She was a 1942 graduate of Minerva High School and a 1946 graduate of Mount Union College where she received her bachelor's degree in music education. She taught public school in Ohio in the Marlington, Brookfield, Niles and...
Dean Dean
Oct 10, 2012
Dean Cox, age 74 of Beachwood, OH. Beloved husband of Barbara Cox nee Fuerst; dear father of Diana Johannessen Martin of Cleveland Hts., OH and Kevin Cox Jennifer of Raleigh, NC; grandfather of six; dear brother of Darrel Cox of Mentor, OH, Clarice Yoder of Blacklick, OH, Lynn Cox of Westerville, OH, and the late Clifton. The family prefers that...
David Shriver
Oct 6, 2012
David Perry Shriver was born October 8, 1939 in Jersey City, NJ. He died peacefully, early Saturday morning, October 6, 2012, at the Cleveland Clinic, from complications of leukemia. David was holding the hand of Elizabeth, his wife of fifty years. David was the son of George Edward Shriver and Alice Mary Shriver nee Goble. He grew up in Nutley,...
Thomas Reese
Oct 4, 2012
THOMAS J. REESE of Shaker Hts., OH, Died October 4th, 2012 at his Shaker Heights residence, Tom was the dear father of Deborah and Thomas J., Jr., both of Martha's Vineyard, MA and the dear grandfather of Olivia Marie Rogers. Tom is survived by his dear brother, George W., III, of Shaker Hts., OH and his dear sisters, Sandra Reese...
Ruby Neville
Oct 4, 2012
Ruby B. Neville, loving wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on October 4, 2012, at the age of 88. Ruby was born April 2, 1924, to George Reuben and Elsie Louise Brown in Shaker Heights, OH, where she lived her entire life. She graduated from Shaker Heights High School and was a 1946 graduate of Mount Holyoke College. She...
Barbara Weinfurtner
Oct 3, 2012
Barbara Boykin Weinfurtner is survived by her husband, Robert K. Weinfurtner, her sister Betsy Zahtilla Karl, her three sons Karl Barb, Edward Amy, James Annette, her daughter, Molly Brunner Rick, and her grandchildren, Suzanne, Barbara, Rebecca and Robbie Weinfurtner, Andrew, Kelley, Alyssa, Brody and Jamie Weinfurtner, Casey and River Weinfurtner, Jesse and Sean Brunner and many nieces and nephews. She...
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