Obituaries
Joan Marie Donahue Ostendorf
Dec 20, 2022
Civic Leader, Volunteer and Fundraiser.
Joan Marie Donahue Ostendorf
Joan Marie Donahue Ostendorf was born December 9,1933 in her beloved Boston, MA to Genevieve Morrissey Donahue and John Stanley Donahue. She grew up between Duxbury and Beacon Street until moving to Chestnut Hill. She was a student at the Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (1952) and...
Jean Middleton James
Dec 20, 2022
Jean Middleton James died of complications of Covid and the flu on December 20. A longtime resident of Iowa City, Iowa, for the past 12 years she resided with her daughter Catherine James LaCroix in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and subsequently in assisted living nearby in Beachwood Ohio.
Jean was born January 4, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, where she grew up...
Nancy W. Sharp
Dec 16, 2022
Nancy W. Sharp (nee Wykoff), age 97 of Shaker Hts., OH. She was the beloved wife of the late John G. Sharp; loving mother of Susan W. Sharp, Bonnie Sharp of Shaker Hts. and the late Gordon T. Sharp; dear grandmother of Jackie and Peter Greiner.
The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name...
Molly Holland-Avery
Dec 14, 2022
Molly Holland-Avery (nee O’Connor) Beloved wife of the late William Avery “Avery”; dear mother of Mary Jo Gary (James), Joseph Francis and Molly Cairnes; stepmother of Blanche Avery; dear Grandmother of Nigel, Cyrus, Desmond, Jay, Xavier, Zenzele, and Whittaker Pelligree and Edward and Grace Gary; Great-grandmother of Marco Pelligree.
Those who wish to do so may make contributions in...
William G. Scheele
Dec 12, 2022
Bill is survived by his beloved wife and best friend Elisabeth “Liz” (Prouty), stepchildren Carin Woolley (Christian), and Christopher Truden, grandchildren Elisabeth, Mason, Grant and Caroline Woolley, son Matthew Squire (Elissa), grandchildren Gunnar, Paisley and Finley, brothers John (Wendy Cutler) and Paul (Tere) along with dear nieces Georgia, Tara, and Amanda, and other extended family.
His parents Joann S. and...
Marilyn "Lynn" Young
Dec 6, 2022
Marilyn S. Young passed away December 6, 2022. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Lawrence "L.T", her daughter Deborah Coakley (Chip) and three step sons, Peter, Bill and the late Tom, Grandson Mac McLaughlin, IV, 5 step Grandchildren Angela, Ryan, Tanner, Clara, Matthew and 2 Great Granddaughters. During her lifetime, she and her husband camped in every...
Frank Howland Carpenter
Dec 3, 2022
Frank Carpenter passed away peacefully on December 3, 2022, just 11 days after the funeral of his beloved wife of 56 years, Margy.
A successful businessman, Frank started out his career as a salesman for Stouffer’s frozen foods and ended up as an executive at its parent company, Nestle. Margy used to laugh and tell stories that in the early...
John Carrington Morley
Nov 30, 2022
John Carrington Morley, age 91, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home on November 30, 2022 in the company of loving members of his family. John was born in Saginaw, Michigan on August 22, 1931, graduated from Middlesex School in 1950, earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University in 1954, and a Master of Business...
Thomas George Tucker
Nov 30, 2022
Thomas G. Tucker The beloved husband of Janis Martinez-Baylog-Tucker (nee Prince); the dear father of William Tucker (Kelly) of Austin, TX; dear stepfather of Donald (Gail) Martinez of Wickcliff, Oh; dear brother of Diana L. Lenson (Robert S.) of Chagrin Falls, OH and the late Donna Grenier (Richard); dear uncle of Michelle Lenson-Ruggie and Deborah A. Turcio (John); dear...
Sarita Burton Frith
Nov 27, 2022
Sarita B. Frith (Nee Burton) of Gates Mills, Ohio died on November 27th, 2022. Sarita, the daughter of Courtney and Marguerite Burton was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 18th, 1934. After attending Hathaway Brown School, she graduated from The Madeira School and Bennett College.
Sarita loved animals. She spent most of her life riding and showing horses, field trialing...
Robert Henry Ehlert
Nov 20, 2022
Robert Henry Ehlert of Mayfield, Ohio, formerly of Lyndhurst, passed away November 20, 2022, aged 92, after a brief illness. He was born to Frances Helen Symposium Kagy Ehlert and Carl HH Ehlert at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland. He was married for 46 years to the late Phyllis Ehlert, (Bell). He is survived by daughters, Carol McIntyre (Steve) of Strongsville, and...
Janet Loren Whitney
Nov 18, 2022
Janet Loren Whitney, PhD, 81, of Chagrin Falls, died on November 18, 2022, at Hospice of the Western Reserve, David Simpson House. Janet was a source of unconditional love and support to those who crossed her path, whether sitting at the bedsides of her patients who had no family on holidays or sharing endless giggles and joy with those...
Carlos Jesus Sivit
Nov 17, 2022
Dr. Carlos Jesús Sivit was a beloved father, husband, stepfather, cousin, colleague and friend. He left the world on November 17, 2022 at age 68, following injuries sustained during a bicycle accident.
Carlos was born to Rosendo and Olga Sivit on May 20, 1954 in Moron, Cuba. He moved to the United States with his mother in 1961,...
John E. "Jack" Horner
Nov 13, 2022
John E. "Jack" Horner, age 95, born May 25, 1927, passed away November 13, 2022. He was a longtime resident of Aurora, Ohio.
Jack served in the Navy in WWII, attended Miami University and graduated from Case Institute of Technology. He spent his entire career with the Sam W. Emerson Co., culminating in becoming owner and chairman in the last...
Waterloo Willa Clements Dobbs
Nov 6, 2022
Willa Clements Dobbs was born on April 4, 1922 to John Willis and Johnnie Myrtice Moore Clements in Woodbury, Georgia.
As a child Waterloo loved to read, was interested in Civics, and had a talent for reading and oration. She attended school in Woodbury and completed the 10th grade there. Leaving her home and family, she attended Westinghouse High School...
Anna D. Smith, PhD
Nov 5, 2022
Anna DuVal Smith passed away peacefully in her home due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease on November 5, 2022, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Riverdale, MD on November 4, 1944, the eldest child of Jane Carson Foster and William Conley Smith. Anna and siblings Hart and Margaret (Peigi) were raised in a home filled with music,...
David Alexander Rodgers, PhD
Nov 3, 2022
David Alexander Rodgers, PhD, died on November 3, 2022, in Cleveland OH, at age 96. David was the beloved husband of the late Norma Rodgers, and the loving father of the late Linda Hurst and Kathryn A. Rodgers of Shaker Heights, OH. David was born in Hugo, OK on January 12, 1926 to Wilma Mae Wickizer Rodgers and Joseph Lee...
Albert Mitchell Pennybacker, Jr.
Oct 27, 2022
REV. ALBERT MITCHELL PENNYBACKER, Jr. (1931-2022)
Pastor and ecumenical leader, the Rev. Albert Mitchell Pennybacker, Jr., 91, of Lexington Kentucky and Chagrin Falls Ohio, died on October 27th of pancreatic cancer and covid, in Chagrin Falls. Pennybacker was an associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches from 1993-99, directing its Washington office from 1996 as an ecumenical...
Joan Ruth Nelson
Oct 25, 2022
Joan Ruth Nelson, 89, of Shaker Heights, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
Joan was born to Lawrence and Ruth Dietz of Cleveland, Ohio and was the eldest of their three children. At age 14, Joan met the love of her life, William (Bill) Nelson after seeing him repeatedly ride by her home on...
John F. Herrick
Oct 25, 2022
John F. Herrick, 84, a retired Cleveland real estate executive, attorney, hall of fame athlete, and civic leader, passed away peacefully at his home in Shaker Heights, Ohio on October 25, 2022, surrounded by family.
Jack, as he insisted to be called by all who knew him, was born in Cleveland and raised in Shaker Heights. He graduated from University...
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