Obituaries
Wilma Bemis
Jul 20, 2012
Wilma "Billie" Criley Nye Bemis nee Suits. Beloved wife of the late William Wallace "Pug" Criley, Walker Hamilton Nye and William Hay Bemis. Dear Stepmother of Elizabeth Cameron Dean, and Rebecca Jasperson Bon. Also survived by Pug's nieces and nephew, Helen B. Burdg and the late Peg Bloker. Billie is also survived by her nieces, Karen Chakford, Marilyn Dietrich and...
Lee Lockwood
Jul 20, 2012
Lee Wilson Lockwood, age 97, passed away July 20, 2012. Lee was born in Minneapolis, and was raised in Cleveland. When she was a young girl, the Wilson family began the annual summer trips to Martha's Vineyard by car to visit a large entended family. She was married for 63 years to George S. Lockwood, Jr., who died in 2003....
Marilyn O'Neill
Jul 20, 2012
Marilyn O'Neill nee Wise was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Harold Wise. She graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1953 and Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York in 1957. She worked for Booz, Allen & Hamilton until her marriage to Patrick J. O'Neill in 1960. He died in 1988. They are survived by their six sons, Patrick, Jr. Becky,...
James Arthur
Jul 18, 2012
JAMES A COE, Age 80, of Shaker Heights, died Wed., July 18th, 2012. James was the beloved husband of Virby, the cherished father of Victoria Richard, Renita, Brenda and Cynthia. He was the brother of George Albert of Chicago, IL and brother-in-law of William H. Alexander, Jr. James was the devoted grandfather of six and great grandfather of seven. The...
Herbert Rudy
Jul 17, 2012
Herbert Eugene Rudy, age 94. Preceded in death by Esther, his wife of 67 years. Beloved father of Diane Hahn, Linda Jane and the late Carol Clear; grandfather of Christopher Clear, Robin Foster, Cora and Molly Hahn; great grandfather of Michael and Justin Clear; brother of Robert, Harry Lee, and Grayson Rudy. Mr. Rudy was Vice President and Treasurer of...
Tina Pantelakis
Jul 13, 2012
Tina D. Pantelakis nee Haliotis, age 90 of Shaker Hts., OH. Loving wife of the late Frank Pantelakis; dear mother of Zoë Wood Robert of Shaker Heights, OH and the late Penny Chadwick. She was the grandmother of Rebecca Johnson, Liana, Ashley and Cara Wood and great-grandmother of Jordyn Johnson. She was the sister of Helen Anthony Stefanos. The family...
Andrew McComb
Jul 11, 2012
Andrew Duncan McComb, Jr., was born August 20, 1947, to Faye Melissa Bowman & Andrew Duncan McComb, Sr., and his older sister, Jeannie. He grew up on Douglas Rd. in Wickliffe, Ohio. He graduated from Wickliffe High School in 1965. Soon after he and his family moved to Mentor, Ohio. Following high school, he attended Cleveland State University. He was...
Ruth Newell
Jul 10, 2012
Ruth C. Newell, 93, who was active in both Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC community organizations, died on July 10, 2012. Mrs. Newell was a native of Gates Mills, OH and a resident of Potomac, MD. She was also a long-time summer resident of Cranberry Isles, ME and an active supporter of island activities. Mrs. Newell was a graduate of...
Constance Axelrod
Jul 9, 2012
Constance Hope Axelrod was born in 1923 in the heart of the hills of Jenkins, Kentucky. Her natural beauty was to behold and in the 1940's carried her to the excitement of the thriving city of Cleveland, Ohio. In Cleveland she fast became a busy and successful model for major fashion and jewelry companies. Of her many talents she enjoyed...
Edward Cornell
Jul 7, 2012
A much-loved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, Edward Cornell passed away peacefully this week. Edward was born in 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio to Helen and Frank Cornell. He graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1962 and went on to receive a BSEE from Ohio State University, where he was inducted into the Engineering Honor Society. In 1972, he...
Thomas Murphy
Jul 6, 2012
Thomas Ouseley Murphy, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died peacefully at home on July 6, 2012. Beloved husband of the late Mary nee Landis, dear father of Stephen T. Hope of Chagrin Falls, OH; Elizabeth Sanborn Mitchel of Gates Mills, OH and Thomas L. of Mt. Kisco, NY. Dear grandfather of Abigail and Alyssa Murphy and Sarah, William, Allison and Julie...
Charles Teare
Jul 4, 2012
Charles Howard Teare, age 82 of Bratenahl, OH. Loving life partner 50 years of the late Clifford K. Kern; dear brother of Ronald E. Teare of Cleveland, OH and Paul L. Teare Jean of Atlanta, GA; dear uncle of Gregory L. Joan, Stephanie Burke Steve, Erin Vitagliano Christopher and Ross M. Teare. The family prefers that those who wish may...
Albert Higley
Jul 3, 2012
Albert M. Higley Jr. was born May 11, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a 1946 graduate of Shaker Heights High School and a 1951 graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Mr. Higley was also a graduate student of The School of Business of Cornell University. From 1951 thru 1953, Mr. Higley served as a corporal in the US...
Charles Price
Jun 30, 2012
Intrigued with Flight, Charles was a winged spirit. He was born in Garden City, Kansas, April 25, 1926, the fourth child of Charles Richard and Mary Agnes Price. His father operated an auto repair shop and his mother, a former schoolteacher, was known for her prize-winning cakes and popcorn balls. Charles attended school through the infamous Dust Bowl and got...
James Burgoon
Jun 30, 2012
James P. Burgoon, age 79 of Cleveland Hts., OH. Loving husband of the late Joella Burgoon; dear father of Linda, Harriet, Margaret and Martha; beloved grandfather of Philip, Laura, Conrad, Ellis and Grier; dear brother of Denis. James Philip Burgoon Jim was the first born of two sons to James Albin Burgoon and Helen Viola Lettrell and raised in Brecksville,...
Elizabeth Hitchcock
Jun 24, 2012
Elizabeth G. Hitchcock Bobbie was an active supporter of local history, specializing in Western Reserve architect Johnathon Goldsmith about whom she published a book in 1979. She died at Breckenridge Village in Willoughby at the age of 94. Mrs. Hitchcock moved to the area as a new bride in 1942 and adopted the Western Reserve as her own. As it...
Homer McDaniel
Jun 23, 2012
HOMER McDANIEL , born June 21, 1925, peacefully passed away with family by his side, on June 23 in Naples Fla. A 1944 graduate of University School, he enlisted in the Navy and attended Baldwin Wallace and University of Pennsylvania on the V-12 program. He started his machine tool builder career at the Hill Acme Co. in 1946 and retired...
Eleanor Everett
Jun 20, 2012
Eleanor E. Everett Nee Egan Eleanor was born on April 9th, 1911 to Henry Chandler and Nina McNally Egan. She graduated from Westridge School in Pasadena, California, in 1929. She then attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1933 with a Major in Art History. After college she worked as a model for Marshall and Field & Co....
Gustave Pekoc
Jun 15, 2012
Gustave "Gus" Pekoc, age 24 of Cleveland, OH passed away peacefully on June 15, 2012. Loving son of Roy and Jean Pekoc; dear brother of Sam Pekoc (Pam) of Warren, OH; dear nephew of Chris, Joan (James Infante), Frank (Jane), Lucy (Mike Preston), Mark (Kelly) and Tom Pekoc; Michele (Jeff Smitley), Joel (Ann), Claudia (Paul Isenhour), Paul (Colleen) and Marc...
John Purcell
Jun 15, 2012
John M. Purcell, Ph.D, age 79 of Cleveland, OH. Former head of the language department at Cleveland State University. Dear brother of Patricia J. Pyles Lowell of Cincinnati, OH and Robert D. Purcell Bonnie of Citrus Hills, FL; loving uncle of 4, great-uncle of 10 and great-great uncle of 3. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions...
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