Obituaries
Laura Chisolm
May 21, 2011
Laura Brown Chisolm died peacefully at home in Cleveland Heights on Saturday afternoon, May 21, surrounded by family and friends, after a brave and inspiring fight against metastatic breast cancer; she was 63. Her family, colleagues, and many friends of all ages will greatly miss her brilliance, beauty, generosity, and sense of humor. A gathering to honor Laura's life will...
Jeanne Jarvis
May 18, 2011
Jeanne Goss Jarvis, beloved wife of the late Thomas H. Jarvis. Dear mother of Walter J. B. McWilliams, Jr., the late Marion J. McWilliams and the late Thomas S. McWilliams, II. Dear grandmother of Jarvie and George B. McWilliams; and Thomas R. and Matthew S. Wilkinson. Jeanne graduated from Bennett College in the 1950's. She worked and volunteered at University...
Robert Landgraf
May 15, 2011
Robert J. R.J. Landgraf died on Sunday, May 15, 2011. R.J. joined Fairmount Presbyterian Church on February 15, 1959. He served as a Deacon in the 60's and a Trustee in the 1970's. He was President of the Board of Trustees his third year. He was recently inducted into the Elders Association in 2008 after a few years on Session,...
Earl Stilson
May 13, 2011
Earl B. Stilson of Twinsburg, Ohio, formerly of Shaker Heights., Ohio, died May 12th, 2011. Earl was the beloved husband of Ruth O. Oviatt and the late Betty nee Rearick. He was the dear father of David Stilson Sherrie Furey-Stilson of University Hts., Ohio and Robert Stilson Riko of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina and the stepfather of Jerry Steel Anne...
Mary Fant
May 12, 2011
Mary Fant nee McCrea, age 87, beloved wife of John F. Fant, Jr., loving mother of John III Kathleen, Katherine Mitchell Martin, Emily Martin Robert and Molly Pierce Andy. Dearest grandmother of eight, sister of Charles H. McCrea deceased and Richard E. McCrea. Graduate of Laurel School class of 1942 and Wellesley College class of 1946. Teacher at Laurel School...
Sara Koschembahr
May 5, 2011
Sara L. von Koschembahr nee Quiring beloved wife of Clemens for 59 years, died May 5, 2011. Dear mother of Daniel of Seattle, WA; Cornelia Rendall David, deceased, Marion and Margaret all of Cleveland. Loving grandmother of Molly Rendall. Companion of Robson von Koschembahr and Austin Rendall. Sister of the late Anne Shure. The family prefers that those who wish...
Karen McCloskey
May 3, 2011
Karen A. McCloskey, dear aunt of Elizabeth Lewis Tyler of Burke, VA and Barbara Griffin Dereck of Dallas, TX. Beloved daughter of the late Dorothy E. and Kenneth McCloskey. Dear sister of the late James McCloskey. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 9555...
Katharine Patterson
Apr 30, 2011
Katie was born in Garden City, Long Island, New York on September 24, 1920 and died April 30, 2011 in Newbury, Ohio, where she has lived since 1994. Dear sister of the late Benjamin Patterson and the late Joseph Kirkpatrick Patterson. Dear aunt to Linda Bob Parker, Pamela Beach, and Jennifer Walter Reed, all of Texas. Dear cousin of Patterson...
Steven Brown
Apr 29, 2011
STEVEN EDWARD BROWN, 58, died at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio on Friday, April 29. Steve was born on September 27, 1952 in Bethesda, Maryland. The second child of the late Dr. J. Cudd and Kathryn Work Brown, he grew up and attended schools in Oregon, California, Virginia, Maryland, and New Hampshire. Before moving to the Cleveland area in...
Robert McWilliams
Apr 29, 2011
The essence of a life is difficult to capture in words, particularly for a man who valued deeds over words and who led by example. He lived his Christian faith with quiet purpose ?À? serving those in need and choosing justice at every turn. He believed that family was the root of one's legacy in life and he would often...
Alan Alexander
Apr 28, 2011
Alan Russel Alexander died April 28 at his residence. He was 80. Dr. Alexander, a lifelong Cleveland resident, was a graduate of Shaw High School, Western Reserve College and Western Reserve Medical School. He was a clinical faculty member at Case Western Reserve Medical School and a pediatrician who treated thousands of children during his 40-year career. He was known...
Robert Pfaff
Apr 27, 2011
ROBERT W. PFAFF Age 88 of Willoughby, OH, the beloved husband of 56 years to Susanne Pfaff nee Root, passed away April 27th, 2010. Bob was the dearest father of Susan Chrystal John of Summit, NJ and loving grandfather of Elizabeth Chrystal. He was the brother of the late William H. Pfaff Jean and the late Janet Ford. Bob was...
William Murfey
Apr 27, 2011
WILLIAM H. "BILL" MURFEY, Age 59; passed away April 27th, 2011. Bill was the beloved husband of Karen Murfey, nee Shemitz of Kirtland, OH, the dear father of Katherine, William H., Jr. and Ellen and the dear brother of James Murfey Janet of Brookfield, NH and Latham "Skip" Murfey, III Marion of Kirtland, OH. Bill was also survived by loving...
George Oliva
Apr 24, 2011
George Oliva, Jr. died early Easter morning, April 24, 2011 of natural causes at his home in Kirtland Hills, OH. He was born on November 9, 1920 in New York, New York. He was educated at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, Princeton University and Fordham Law School. George moved to Cleveland, OH in 1950 and married Gertrude Perkins of Gates...
Ruth Kennedy
Apr 21, 2011
Surrounded by loving family, Ruth MacNab Kennedy passed away peacefully on April 21, 2011. She was born September 30, 1920 in Cleveland Ohio to Alma Stone MacNab and Edward J. MacNab, both of whom preceded her in death. Ruth was very proud of her Scottish and Austrian heritage. Her travels spurred and maintained connections to MacNab relatives in Scotland. Ruth...
James Wilsman
Apr 15, 2011
Jim was born in Port Huron Michigan on October 7, 1939 to Fay and Leo Wilsman. He had a younger brother, Tom Wilsman. After moving many times with his family, Jim graduated from Howland High School near Warren Ohio in 1957. Jim then attended Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio where he majored in Political Science and graduated in 1961. Jim...
Kathryn Wood
Apr 13, 2011
Kathryn May Wood, age 80, was the beloved wife of G.T. "Ted" Wood. She was the dear mother of Stephen A. Wood Eileen Chadis Wood of Newport News, VA, Janet L. Felty James A. of Bremerton, WA and Kenneth D. Wood Clara W. of Portola Valley, CA. She was a loving grandmother and great grandmother. Kathryn was the only child...
Kenneth Fleming
Apr 11, 2011
Ken was a Real Estate Broker for more than thirty years and devoted much of his adult life to his vision of a revitalized Cleveland. Ken was a Marine Corps Fighter Pilot who flew F4 Phantoms in the late sixties/early seventies. Raised in North Stamford, Connecticut, he was an older brother to ÒDocÓ, Cici and Mary who all tried to...
E. Swope
Apr 9, 2011
E. CHARLOTTE SWOPE nee Burton Age 88, passed away April 9th, 2011. Charlotte was born and raised in Baltimore, Ohio, where she met her late husband, Tom, who died in 1989. She was the dear mother of Sally S. Garfield of Shaker Hts., OH and Ann I. Swope of Cleveland Hts., OH; the dear grandmother of two and great grandmother...
James Lennon
Apr 6, 2011
James Phillips Lennon, age 49, was the beloved son of John P. Lennon Susan S. Lennon and Mary G. Maxson nee Gallagher and the late Peter Maxson. Lennon was the dear brother of John T. Lennon Elizabeth, Thomas F. Lennon Kim, William H. Lennon Virginia, Timothy C. Lennon Abigail and Patrick C. Lennon Nicole. He was also survived by many...
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