Obituaries

Anna Firkal

Anna Firkal

Dec 28, 2009

Anna Firkal nee Tenetylo, age 94 formerly of Philadelphia, PA Born in Ukraine. Anna was the loving wife of the late Frank Firkal, and the dear mother of Kay John Hogan of Cleveland Hts, OH and Lenora Tuno Anthony of Westchester, PA. She was the grandmother of Heather McManus, Laurie Lally Tim and Mark and Brian Hogan, and a great-grandmother...

Florence Griswold

Florence Griswold

Dec 24, 2009

Florence Cavanaugh Griswold, age 90, passed away on Christmas Eve, 2009, the anniversary of her father's birth, at Stratford Commons Nursing Home. She was born on October 4, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio. She went to Laurel School and attended Wellesley College before graduating from Wheelock College with a teacher's certificate. Flossie went on to get her Master's Degree in Education...

Morley Hitchcock

Morley Hitchcock

Dec 22, 2009

Morley Hitchcock, beloved husband of Elizabeth "Betty" Hitchcock nee Nelson. Dear father of Nancy Harvey of Chagrin Falls, OH and Peggy Hitchcock of Seattle, WA. Dear grandfather of Doug Harvey Marcie and great grandfather of Lucy and Ella. Dear brother of Elizabeth "Betty" Hitchcock Rose of Cleveland, OH. Morley was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the Army Air...

Clarice Haigh

Clarice Haigh

Dec 19, 2009

Clarice Haigh, dear Aunt of James Frenzo Mary of Naples, Maine and Laurence Frenzo Nancy of Peabody, MA. Also survived by several grand-nieces and nephews. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44106 or Hathaway Brown, 19600 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio...

Marie Kennedy

Marie Kennedy

Dec 18, 2009

Marie L. Guerra Kennedy, 97, formally of Pennsylvania and Shaker Heights, and resident of Judson Bruening Health Center, joined her beloved late husband of 48 years, Roscoe J. Kennedy, M.D., formally of the Cleveland Clinic, on Friday, December 18th. Loving mother of Lawrence D. Maryann Kennedy of Solon and Robert J. Kennedy deceased with two granddaughters, Heather Kennedy and Colleen...

Irene Nowak

Irene Nowak

Dec 17, 2009

Irene was the loving wife of Richard, nurturing mother of Rick, Cynthia, Carrie & Cassie and adoring grandmother of Jessie, Sarah, Robby and Hale. Everyone who knew her loved and respected her as a kind, sweet, generous and gentle lady. She was compassionate, loyal, an outstanding listener, and friend to countless. Irene was born on June 27, 1925 in Rochester,...

Jean Linsday

Jean Linsday

Dec 16, 2009

Jean W. Linsday, nee Weekes, age 92, died December 16, 2009. Jean was a member of Church of the Saviour since 1960. Beloved mother of Gale Hackett of Sunnyvale, CA, Bruce A. Linsday Inga, of Chagrin Falls, OH, Jill Kennedy of Fairfax, VA and the late Shepard A. Linsday. Dear Grandmother of James E. Thomas, Brooke Davidson Kennedy, Claire Elizabeth...

Jean Bovington

Jean Bovington

Dec 13, 2009

JEAN HOSFORD FLEMING BOVINGTON Jean Hosford Fleming Bovington, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009. She was 79. Complications from a fall she took after hosting a Christmas brunch with children and grandchildren in Louisville, Colorado, caused her death. Born September 12, 1930 at University Hospital in Cleveland, Jean graduated from Shaker Heights High School...

Edna Troxell

Edna Troxell

Dec 13, 2009

EDNA TURTON TROXELL nee Scantlebury Age 93, of Shaker Hts., OH, died peacefully in the Judson Retirement Community December 13th, 2009. Edna was the beloved wife of the late Judson F. H. Turton, who died in 1969, and the late Edward Troxell, who died in 2005. She was the dear mother of Robert J. Turton of Madison, CT and the...

Stephen Kovacik

Stephen Kovacik

Dec 6, 2009

Stephen John Kovacik III, of Pepper Pike, a published photographer and accomplished artist died unexpectedly Sunday of a pulmonary embolism at the Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stephen was with his mother, Landa P. Kovacik. Kovacik was born in Cleveland, OH. on November 6, 1957. He attended boarding school in Chasieres, Switzerland at L'Aiglon. Stephen also took to...

Edgar Zeltner

Edgar Zeltner

Dec 6, 2009

EDGAR ZELTNER Born May 23rd, 1934 in New York City, passed away December 6th, 2009. He was the devoted husband of Elene nee Honest, the loving father of Oliver and father-in-law of Laura, the joyful Papa of Gus and Theo and the brother of Herbert and Mori. Ed will be remembered best for his dry wit, endless intellectual curiosity and...

Joanne Stillman

Joanne Stillman

Dec 3, 2009

Joanne Clark Stillman, daughter of Yates and Helen, wife of the late Edward Stillman, sister of the late Tommy Clark, mother to Clark Mary, Jenny Gulliver,Allan, Elaine Orr and Wendy Huffman, step mother to Deanne and Nancy, grandmother to 8 and great grandmother to 2, died peacefully in her sleep from complications from Alzheimers on December 3rd. She was surrounded...

Charles Brainerd

Charles Brainerd

Nov 29, 2009

-- Charles Norton Brainerd, IV -- He was the beloved son of the late Marlon M. nee Bennet and the late Charles Norton Brainerd, III. Dear brother of Helen B. Newman H. Allan and a dear uncle of Kathleen Burger Joe, James Newman Carolyn and Jennifer Ba PDF Printable Version

Elisabeth France

Elisabeth France

Nov 28, 2009

ELIZABETH "LIBBY" WAY FRANCE, age 90. Beloved wife of the late Edward A. France, Jr. Dear daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Way. Dear mother of Ruth A. Litchfield of Lexington, MA and Helen France Halle Alvah Chisholm Halle of Bratenahl, OH, and Edward A. France, III of Cleveland Heights, OH. Dear grandmother of Katherine A. Litchfield;...

Jane Turnock

Jane Turnock

Nov 22, 2009

Marian Jane Hunter Turnock died peacefully on November 22, with her loving husband of 67 years, Lawrence C. Turnock, at her side. Born in Cleveland in 1920, Mrs. Turnock graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1937. After years of ballet training, she was invited to join the Royal Canadian Ballet but decided instead to attend college. In 1941 she...

James Abbott

James Abbott

Nov 22, 2009

James Samuel Abbott, III, Passed away at his Gates Mills, Ohio residence November 22nd, 2009. Mr. Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 19, 1918. He graduated from University School in 1936 and went to Cornell University where he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. During WWII, Jim served initially in Cleveland?À?s 107th Calvary, before he went...

Ronald Gardner

Ronald Gardner

Nov 14, 2009

RONALD O. GARDNER Age 70, passed away on November 14, 2009. Ronald was the beloved father of Ronald A. Gardner Candace Peavy and Jacqueline Hall, both of Cleveland, OH. He was the dear grandfather of 12 and the great grandfather of 14. Ronald was also the dear brother of Malcolm Gardner Toni of Austin, TX. Going Home Services will be...

Ethel Wilson

Ethel Wilson

Nov 3, 2009

ETHEL MAY WILSON nee Rogers Age 95, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, died November 3rd, 2009. Ethel was the beloved wife of the late Bedford Wilson, who passed away in 1977. She was the dear mother of Lovell Rogers Betty of Shaker Hts., OH; the dear grandmother of Anthony Reynolds of Louisiana, Ericka Phillips of Columbus, Ohio, Lovell Rogers, Jr., also...

Marilynn Babcox

Marilynn Babcox

Nov 3, 2009

Marilynn Babcox nee Sumner, born November 24, 1918 in Akron, OH. Beloved wife of the late Edward S. Babcox Jr; dear mother of Christine B. Vilas of Beachwood, OH, Edward S. Babcox III Patricia of Mayfield Hts, OH and Ruth B. Blair Marc of Cleveland Hts, OH; grandmother of Lindsay Tucholka Scott and Laura Vilas, Jennifer Grenwis James, Josaphine Babcox...

Virgil Vincent

Virgil Vincent

Nov 2, 2009

VIRGIL T. VINCENT Beloved husband of the late Donna Jean Vincent nee Sanders of Bratenahl; dear father of Muqit Sabur Shareefah of Cleveland and Musette Vincent of Bratenahl; cherished grandfather and uncle. Those who wish may make contributions in his name to Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio, 3500 Lorain Ave., Suite 400, Cleveland, OH 44113 or the Cleveland Music School...