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Priscilla Johnson

Priscilla Johnson

Feb 10, 2012

PRISCILLA J. IDE nee Johnson Age 93, passed away February 10th, 2012 in her Judson Park residence. Mrs. Ide attended Hathaway Brown School and Smith College, graduating from Smith in 1940. She married Mr. Ide in 1942. They remained happily married until Mr. Ide's death in 1999. Mrs. Ide was a life-long parishioner of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland...

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Feb 9, 2012

Mary Pauline Jordan Davis was born in Shawinigan Falls, in rural Quebec. Her father, a civil engineer with Virginia roots, had been reared in Ontario. Her mother, a native of Escanaba, Michigan, met him while visiting a friend in Quebec. Mary spent her first five years in Quebec before moving with her family to the Chicago area. In suburban Villa...

Leonarda H

Leonarda H

Feb 9, 2012

Leonarda "Lennie" Hendricks Lee died peacefully February 9, 2012, at age 93. She was born in Cleveland, OH on June 14, 1918, Flag Day. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert Fetter Lee, the loving mother of Martha Cole Lee and Nancy Lee King Grif, and the devoted grandmother of Griffin King and Melissa Lee King. Lennie graduated...

June Merkel

June Merkel

Feb 6, 2012

JUNE GLENDINNING MERKEL of Gates Mills died peacefully at home on February 6, 2012. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 15, 1917. She was the daughter of Dr. William Bell Glendinning, a prominent Cleveland physician and Virginia Mathieson, who was a nurse. She was the devoted wife of the late William E. Merkel and loving mother of the...

William Smith

William Smith

Feb 5, 2012

William Tousley Smith was born in Cleveland in 1931. He passed away February 5th. William graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in 1949 and went on to Dartmouth College where he became a Ruffus Choate Scholar, graduating cum laude in 1953. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1956, with the honor of the Order of...

Robert Prochaska

Robert Prochaska

Feb 3, 2012

Bob Prochaska "Mr. Pro", Loving Husband, Father, and Grandfather passed away Friday, February 3rd. Bob was born in 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio where he continued to reside for over 85 years. He attended Shaker Heights High School and served as a Radioman in the Navy in WWII. After his honorable discharge he went on to attain his degree in Engineering...

Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly

Feb 2, 2012

NANCY S. KELLY nee Swearingen age 74, passed away February 2nd, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. Nancy was the beloved wife of Dennis H. Kelly of S. Euclid, Ohio. She was the dear mother of Stephen D. Kelly Julie of Burlington, MA and Katy K. Ptacek Jim of Lakewood, Ohio and the dear grandmother of Aurora and Nina Kelly, Erin Ptacek...

Pamela Mynatt

Pamela Mynatt

Jan 22, 2012

Pamela Joyce Mynatt-Hulsinger, 65, passed on Sunday January 22nd, 2012 following complications from renal failure. Pamela was born October 20th, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio to Helen and Eugene Gomez. She was the third child and only daughter from this union. Pam was raised with strong family values; she was a devoted mother. Pam attended Cleveland Public Schools. In high school...

Harry Werwage

Harry Werwage

Jan 19, 2012

HARRY W. LUM, 70, passed away January 19th, 2012. Beloved husband of Candace J. Lum nee Jones for 50 years. Brother of Jennie Lynch. Father of Chip Karen Lum of Chagrin Falls, Megan Lum Mehalko of Pepper Pike, David Julie Lum of Shaker Heights. Son of the late Warren and Jane Lum. Grandfather of Taylor and Kristen Mehalko, Warren and...

Peter Hoke

Peter Hoke

Jan 18, 2012

PETER HAMLIN HOKE, age 29 was the beloved son of Elinore I. Evans John Rampe of Willoughby Hills, OH and Martin R. Hoke Maria of Lakewood, Ohio. Peter was the brother of Elizabeth Hoke and Christopher Hoke Nicoleand the grandson of Phyllis Evans and Laurie and George Hoke, MD. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in...

Morgan Ketchum

Morgan Ketchum

Jan 18, 2012

Bud Ketchum was born May 31, 1924 in Cleveland Ohio. He graduated from Shaker Heights High School and attended Indiana University. He graduated in 1948 with a Bachelors Degree in Business. Bud enlisted in the United States Army in October of 1942 and was called to active duty May 19, 1943. He was in Wheeler, Georgia for his Infantry Basic...

Ann Little

Ann Little

Jan 16, 2012

Ann Halle Little, who piloted a Stearman bi-plane when she was 16, photographed architecture in fifty countries and published a popular history of her family's department store, The Halle Bros. Co. died January 17, 2012 at age 97. Ann Murphy Halle was born on the longest day of 1914, June 21, at her parents' summer home, Hallefarm, near Kirtland in...

John Fischer

John Fischer

Jan 16, 2012

JOHN PHILIP FISCHER, II, LT, USN "J. P." The beloved son of Dorothy T. Fischer nee Thom and John P. Fischer Linda L. Andi of Garrettesville, OH. JP was the dear brother of Danica Fischer Kobylski Jason and Kimberly H. Fischer and dear grandson of Frederick A. Thom Virginia of Columbus, MS, the late Lillian Thom, and the late Mary...

Margaret McGuire

Margaret McGuire

Jan 10, 2012

Margaret "Peg" McGuire was born in Cleveland, Ohio January 27, 1919. She was educated in Cleveland Public Schools and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in June 1941 earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She spent three years serving the War Effort at American Steel & Wire and Lincoln Electric Companies. Peg joined the American Red Cross Overseas Unit and went...

Catherine Mallin

Catherine Mallin

Jan 9, 2012

CATHERINE LILLIAN MALLIN nee Rogers "Kitty" passed away January 9th, 2012 at the age of 77 years. She was a loving mother to Karl J. Urbach-Mallin Debbie of Lakewood, OH and Kevin J. Mallin Heidi of Carmel, IN. She was a loving grandmother of Zachary Urbach and Ian Mallin, and also of Stasia, Bridget, and Gretchen Mallin. Kitty was born...

Caroline Thompson

Caroline Thompson

Jan 6, 2012

Caroline Ruth Thompson, 31, died unexpectedly in Santa Monica, CA on January 6, 2012. She was born in Boston June 12, 1980 and had lived in Chestnut Hill, MA. She was the daughter of Neil L. and Kathleen A. Thompson of Chestnut Hill, and the sister of Jeffrey L. Thompson of New York, NY. Caroline was a graduate of Park...

Helen Santymire

Helen Santymire

Jan 5, 2012

Helen Santymire was born October 2, 1919 in Pittsburgh, PA, the only child of Otto Berlin Clem and Viva Pauline Goliday. She grew up in Paw Paw, West Virginia and graduated from Paw Paw High School in 1938. After graduating, Helen worked briefly at a Tannery. Helen was an avid roller-skater and she loved ice skating in the Paw Paw...

John Krum

John Krum

Dec 31, 2011

John A. Krum, aged 90, died December 31, 2011 after several bouts of pneumonia and subsequent complications. Beloved husband of the late Marcey Lynn Krum. Survived by his daughter, Katherine of Paris, France and by his son, John Jr. of Zurich, Switzerland. Katherine has two daughters Nathalie of Madrid, Spain and Laura of Paris, France. John Jr. and his wife...

James Jordan

James Jordan

Dec 29, 2011

James Kent Jordan III, aged 66, died suddenly at University Case Medical Center on Thursday, December 29, 2011 following cardiac surgery. Born September 4, 1945 in Augusta, Georgia, Mr. Jordan graduated from Benedictine High School in Cleveland, OH and Oberlin College. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia and a Red Cross volunteer in Vietnam, James settled in...

Louise Denon

Louise Denon

Dec 29, 2011

Louise Veronica Denon passed away this 29th day of December, 2011, at a graceful age of 99 years old. Louise was born on August 8th, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York to John Picard and Louise Rost Picard, and is survived by one daughter, The Hon. Patricia Lobo. She had one brother, John, who was four years younger than herself. Louise...

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