Obituaries
Robin Hitchcock Hatch
Jan 16, 2026
Robin Hitchcock Hatch died on January 16, 2026 peacefully at her home at Breckenridge Village, Willoughby Ohio.
The only child of Jean McBain Hyde and H. Robinson Hyde. The beloved wife of the late Meacham Hitchcock and Henry R. Hatch. Mother of Douglas R Hitchcock (Gayle Fuhrer), Andrew M Hitchcock (Deborah Gertz), and Eleanor Anderson (Glenn). Grandmother of Edith Anderson (Kelli...
Jamahl Croone
Jan 12, 2026
Jamahl Croone was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 24, 1972 to William and Golden Croone. He was the third of four children and was preceded in death by his beloved father, William Croone.
Jamahl was a special-needs individual, who was surrounded by his loving family. He approached life with pure joy and a genuine warmth. He had an infectious smile...
Murad "Rod" M. Abid
Jan 12, 2026
Abid, Murad (Rod) Michael. Rod lost his 10+ year battle with Frontotemporal Dementia, a devastating incurable neurological disease, on January 12, 2026 at the age of 63. He was born on August 30, 1962, and grew up in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, where he graduated from McCluer High School in 1980 and from the University of Missouri...
Kendall Allan Pim
Jan 8, 2026
Born Dec 11th, 1940, Ken passed away in his sleep January 8th, just a few weeks after his 85th birthday.
He was a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and a friend to many.
Ken was born and raised in Alliance, OH. He graduated from Alliance High School in 1958, Case Institute of Technology (now, Case Western Reserve University) in 1963 with BS...
Kristin A. Vanni-Sallade
Jan 3, 2026
Kristin A. Sallade (nee Quintin) beloved wife of Robert C. Sallade of Cleveland Hts., dear daughter of Patricia V. (nee Vanni) and Edward Babcox III (deceased) of Mayfield Hts., and Philip D. Quintin and Barbara (nee Culwell) of Sugar Hill, GA, and Janice Girod-Law of Glendale, AZ. Dear mother of sons Robin Sallade (Jacquelyn Yarman) of Cincinnati, Griffin Sallade, and...
Barbara Ann Shindell
Dec 31, 2025
Barbara Ann Shindell was born on March 11, 1948, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, Sidney, and mother, Gloria, instilled in Barbara both intellectual curiosity and an openness to the world. As a young girl, the family moved to Paris, and then Geneva, where she became fluent in French. In France, Barbara spent time with a French chef and started to...
Byron R. Webster
Dec 24, 2025
Byron Richard Webster was born February 18,1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up in the Mercer neighborhood of Shaker Heights. His mother, Avonelle, was a piano teacher and his father, Richard, worked as a CPA. His younger brother, Greg, kept everyone busy, ordering alligators in the mail and attempting to ride his tricycle to New York City. Byron shouldered extra...
Pieter L. de Haseth
Dec 22, 2025
Pieter L. de Haseth died on December 22, 2025, at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Josephine (Jo) de Haseth; his daughter, Catarina (Katie) Campbell; and his son, Stefan de Haseth, both from his prior marriage to the late Kristine Campbell. He was a loving stepfather to Jo’s son, Michael Coxon, and a...
Adrienne Spencer
Dec 20, 2025
Adrienne Spencer - July 2, 1944 - December 20, 2025
Adrienne Spencer (nee Brula), age 81, was the beloved mother of James D. DeYoung of Shaker Hts., OH and Lorne D. DeYoung (Stacey) of Beachwood, OH and dear grandmother of Lily and Samuel DeYoung.
Adrienne always loved the arts and creative endeavors. Her first passion, ballet, was discovered at an early age....
John R. Manning
Dec 19, 2025
John R. Manning, age 79 of Tallmadge, OH.
John was the beloved husband of Melinda “Mindy” Manning (nee Fischer) and dear father of Margaret “Peggy” Rossi (Jeff) of Munroe Falls, OH. He was preceeded in death by his parents, Edward and Edith Manning, and his dear brother, Edward T. Manning, Jr.
The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in...
David W. Greene
Dec 16, 2025
David William Clay Greene, age 84 of Shaker Heights, OH, died peacefully at Hospice of the Western Reserve on December 16, 2025, surrounded by his family. Beloved husband of Evelyn for 42 years; devoted father of Byron (Delia), Anthony (Charlene), Michael, and Margaret (Mark Dalman); loving brother of Susann Matarese; proud grandfather of William, Tony, Sophie, and Harper; doting uncle...
Donald James Shimandle
Dec 13, 2025
Donald James Shimandle – March 12, 1937 – December 13, 2025
Donald Shimandle, age 88, passed away on December 13, 2025. Loving husband for 65 years of the late Carol Ruth Shimandle, devoted father of Donald Shimandle Jr., Lisa Curtis (Igor) and late David Shimandle. Beloved son of the late William and Lucille Shimandle, loving brother of Marjorie Arlene Bruening (Thomas),...
Paula Bodwell Harvey
Dec 3, 2025
Born 6/16/41, died 12/3/25
Paula was born in East Cleveland at Huron Road Hospital, which her grandfather built and later managed. Eldest daughter of the late George B. and Virginia K. Bodwell and older sister to her dear departed little sister Julia B. Welsh, she grew up in and lived her fullest life in Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights.
After graduating Shaker...
Gail Anne Stuehr
Nov 29, 2025
Gail Anne Stuehr, a pioneering voice in the world of journalism, public relations, and corporate communications, passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, on November 29, 2025, at the age of 87. Gail was the beloved mother of Laura (Raymond), David (Ruth), Eric (Janet) and Andrea; the dear grandmother of Daniel, Isabella, Elizabeth and Connor, and great-grandmother of...
Robert Targett
Nov 29, 2025
Robert was born in 1932 during the summer recess, when the Raj made its annual relocation from Delhi to the hill station of Shimla in the foothills of The Himalayas.
He underwent an arduous transition to British schooling brought about in part by the outbreak of the Second World War. After enduring time at a London "crammer" Robert succeeded in gaining...
Mary Lou DeYoung
Nov 24, 2025
Mary Lou DeYoung, age 78, formerly of Taylors, South Carolina, and widow of Larry DeYoung, passed away on November 24, 2025 at Story Point Assisted Living in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She was the beloved daughter of the late Esley Dupree “Tick” Fowler and Mary Etta Cheek Fowler.
Born on February 25, 1947, at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina,...
Adel "Tony" Saada, Ph.D
Nov 2, 2025
Adel “Tony” Saada, age 91 of Shaker Heights, OH, passed away peacefully at home on November 2, 2025. Beloved husband of the late Nancy Saada (nee Hernan); loving father of Christiane S. Blume (Benjamin) of Wheaton, IL, and Richard A. Saada of Sammamish, WA; dear grandfather of Nathaniel (Nicole) and Catherine Blume, and Caroline and Steven Saada.
Adel Antoine Selim Saada...
Trygve Cooley
Oct 26, 2025
Trygve (Trig) Cooley died October 26, 2025. Born November 5, 1930, she was the daughter of Leif and Sarah Withrow Norstrand, grew up in Scarsdale NY, and spent summers in Old Black Point CT. She graduated from Chatham Hall and attended Smith College and Katherine Gibbs in NYC.
She married Samuel Porter Cooley of West Hartford CT in 1952. Living in...
Heber MacWilliams
Oct 26, 2025
Heber MacWilliams III, age 81 of Shaker Heights, OH, passed peacefully at Hospice of the Western Reserve on October 26, 2025. Loving father of Diana C. Danner (Ray) of Cleveland Heights, OH; devoted grandfather of Morgan J. Danner; dear brother of Michael MacWilliams (Gayle) of Columbia, MD.
Heber MacWilliams III was born November 26, 1943, to Heber Jr. and Audrey Mae...
Edith Furst Howell
Oct 25, 2025
Edith Furst Howell died peacefully on October 25, 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband William Warren Howell. Edith, a fourth generation Chicagoan, was the daughter of William H. Furst and Edith E. Furst. She is survived by daughters Elizabeth (Ian) MacCallum of New Vernon, NJ and Suzanne (Christopher) Smythe of Shaker Heights, OH, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren...

