Obituaries
William Charles McCoy
Mar 9, 2023
WILLIAM CHARLES MCCOY, intellectual property lawyer, former mayor of Hunting Valley, Ohio, beloved father, uncle, step-father and mentor, passed away on March 9 at age ninety-nine. Among his proudest achievements were his family, serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, arguing before the Supreme Court twice, creating case law and saving natural areas in both Ohio and Ontario,...
Richard Patrick Goddard
Mar 9, 2023
Rick Goddard was born on September 29, 1952, in South Bend, IN. He was raised in Mishawaka, IN. He was the fifth child in a family of 14 children. His strong sense of identity and self-reliance was evident at a young age. He was given a natural gift for languages which was to serve him well. When Rick was a...
Cynthia Reece
Mar 5, 2023
Cynthia Reece died peacefully at age 95 on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Devoted mother to Scott (deceased), sister to Richard and Robert (both deceased), daughter of Clarence and Beulah Reece (both deceased). She grew up in Hudson and Cleveland Heights. She had an illustrious career as a teacher, restaurant reviewer, copy editor and publicist for numerous charity events.
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Thomas Owen LaFramboise
Mar 5, 2023
On the afternoon of March 5, 2023, Thomas Owen LaFramboise of Livonia, Michigan died peacefully at the age of 89, surrounded by family.
Tom was born in Detroit, Michigan to Louis Ulysses LaFramboise and Mary Edna LaFramboise (née Murphy).
He received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Detroit after a short stint serving in...
Sara Anne Adams
Feb 28, 2023
Sara Anne Adams, age 85. Sara was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers and her best friend, her twin sister, Susan.
Sara was a proud graduate of McKeesport Hospital School of Nursing. Always kind and efficient, Sara took care of everyone, from her fellow St. Luke's nurses, to the tiny babies for whom she knitted hundreds of caps, to those who received her lovely hand-made...
Carolyn W. Barr
Feb 28, 2023
Carolyn W. Barr was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 9, 1946 to Fred R. White, Jr. and Emma R. White. Carolyn lived with her parents and sisters, Emmy and Margaret, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. As a child, she spent every summer with her grandparents in a seaside cottage in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Carolyn loved to sail along the rocky New...
Patricia Ruth (Raney) Pogue
Feb 25, 2023
Patricia Ruth (Raney) Pogue passed away on Saturday, February 25, of complications from Parkinson’s Disease. She was 91.
Pat grew up in Bowling Green Ohio and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan, where she met law student Richard W. (“Dick”) Pogue. They married in 1954 and, after living in the Washington, D.C. area for three years,...
James E. Perdue
Feb 24, 2023
James E. Perdue, a beloved husband, brother, uncle, and mentor, passed away on February 24, 2023, at the age of 98. He was born on February 17, 1925, in Tuscaloosa County, Brookwood, Alabama, to his parents, Jim Perdue and Isadora Sample Perdue. James married the love of his life, Elizabeth Crawford, on March 12, 1949. They shared a beautiful and...
Peter Joseph Larkin
Feb 16, 2023
Peter J. Larkin “Pete” The beloved husband of Anne (nee Vano), the dear father of Peter J. Larkin, III, Eileen Larkin and Daniel Larkin; dear brother of Marty and Michael Larkin. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in his name to Tunnel to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10306. Private family services were...
Mary Louise Stecher Douthit
Feb 8, 2023
Mary Louise Stecher Douthit, 95, passed away on February 8, 2023 at Judson Park where she had lived since 2017.
She was born to Dr. Robert Morgan Stecher and Florence Stecher (nee McCarthy) on March 3, 1927. She was predeceased by her sister (Sally Stecher Hollington), her brother (Robert Morgan Stecher, Jr.), and her husband of 63 years, Harold...
Suzanne I. Emerson
Feb 8, 2023
Suzanne Irwin Emerson died peacefully at home on February 8, 2023, after an eight-year battle with cancer, under the loving care of her husband Scott and the Hospice of the Western Reserve.
She was born on October 13, 1955, in Summit, New Jersey to James B. (Jim) Irwin IV of Elizabeth, NJ and June Cullen Irwin of Hallsville, TX.
Suzanne...
David G. Miller, MD
Feb 5, 2023
David G. Miller, MD, of Cleveland Heights OH and Bonners Ferry, ID was a graduate of Cleveland Heights High School and later one of their distinguished alumni; Michigan State University where he was at one time vice president of the student government; and Western Reserve University Medical School A lifelong member of Fairmount Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, his belief...
John Wingspread Howell
Feb 5, 2023
John was born in a snowstorm in Springville, NY, on November 14, 1954, to Duane and Vera Howell. John grew up on the family dairy farm in Delevan, NY, which has been and remains in the family since 1921. The farm with a high hill and extensive woodlands provided a fertile place for John’s imagination and for long walks with...
Donald MacLaren Jack
Jan 29, 2023
Donald MacLaren Jack Jr., resident of Chagrin Falls, Ohio passed away peacefully on January 29, 2023.
Don will be dearly missed by wife, Marta Lindseth Jack, sons Craig (Brooke) from Steamboat Springs, Colorado and Douglas (Courtney) from Winnetka, Illinois and grandfather to Derek, Seth, Max, Graham and Kirby.
Don was born in Hornell, NY on May 4, 1930 to Donald MacLaren Jack,...
Lillian Theresa Vrba
Jan 25, 2023
Lillian T. Vrba (nee Sottnik) The beloved wife of the late Joseph J. Vrba; dear daughter of the late Emerich and Ernestine Sottnick; dear mother of Beth Vrba (Rick Simandle) of Waukesha, WI; Joseph J. Vrba of Boise, ID and John E. Vrba of North Ridgeville, OH; dear grandmother of Madeline, Jason, Delilah and Quinn Vrba; dear great grandmother...
Charles Eugene Rohr, III
Jan 24, 2023
Charles Eugene Rohr, III passed away January 24, 2023 at the age of 86 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. Dear son of the late Charles E. Rohr, II and Loretta Kramer Rohr. Loving father of Charles E. Rohr, IV, Kevin Rohr (Ashleigh), Kelly Cameron (Scott), Hans Rohr (Kelly), Thomas Rohr (Robert) and Rebecca Rohr. Dear grandfather of Shannon, Johannes, Charlotte, Adelaide,...
George Hiran Seneviratne
Jan 19, 2023
George H. Seneviratne was called home by the Lord on January 19th, 2023. He was the beloved husband of Yolanda and the dear father of Christina. Loving brother of Rohan, Ranjan, Priyani, and Nirmalee. George was the second oldest son of the late William and Philomina Seneviratne.
He was a caring person who loved spending time with his family and friends. He was...
K.J. Montgomery
Jan 17, 2023
K.J. MONTGOMERY, Age 69, passed away peacefully on Jan. 17, 2023, in Cleveland, Ohio. She is survived by sons Martin Schultz of Sheffield Village, Ohio, and Drew Schultz (Lindsay Cronin) of Clawson, Michigan; their father, Lawrence Schultz of Naples, Florida; her loving partner Andy Haas of Avon Lake, Ohio; half-siblings Barb, Lynn, Mary, Michele, and Hal; cherished friends Loretta “Tweetie”...
Stephen A. Mahoney, lll, MD
Jan 16, 2023
Stephen A. Mahoney, lll, M.D. born in Holyoke, MA April 1st 1932 died January 16, 2023. Survived by his wife Mary Ann, daughter, Lora Mahoney and son Stephen Mahoney IV, grand daughters Raphaelle Miller, Ella Kunkel, Alidar Edmond and great grandson Nolen Miller.
Educated at Eagle Brook School and Deerfield Academy, Harvard College and Tufts Medical School. He practiced...
Juliane Irene Lynch
Jan 16, 2023
Juliane I. Lynch (née Lange), age 82 of Shaker Heights, OH. Youngest daughter of the late Dr. Joachim and Dr. Irene Lange of Frankfurt, Germany; beloved wife of the late Philip M. Lynch; loving mother of Sara I. Lynch of Obersorg, Germany, G. Patrick Lynch (Konomi) of Lino Lakes, MN and Jennifer S. Lynch-Mack (Daniel) of Berlin, Germany; dear grandmother...