Obituaries

Sheldon "Pete" Towson

May 15, 2021

Sheldon K. (Pete) Towson passed away peacefully at the age of 93, surrounded by his family, at University Hospital on May 15, 2021.  For the past few years, he had enjoyed life at Judson Park in Cleveland, Ohio with his beloved wife of 69 years, Anne Towson. The majority of his life, including his childhood, was spent in Shaker...

Sara Brown

May 15, 2021

Sara (Sally) Laura Reed Brown was born June 16, 1936, to Josephine (nee Stewart) and Peter Reed.  The youngest of three children, she lived almost her entire life in Shaker Heights, having attended the Malvern Elementary and Hathaway Brown Schools.  Her only foray of living outside of Cleveland was to attend Vassar College, from which she graduated in 1958...

Martin Feller

May 15, 2021

Martin William Feller, 73, passed away May 15, 2021 at Cleveland Clinic – Hillcrest Hospital.

Marty was born on September 13, 1947 in Waukegan, Illinois to the late Robert and Virginia (Winther) Feller.  He was raised in Gates Mills, Ohio and benefited from having his parents as well as beloved maternal grandparents Martin and Marcella Winther all...

Victoria Todd

May 11, 2021

Victoria “Vicki” Anne Scott Todd was born in Cleveland, Ohio January 9, 1933 to William and Victoria Scott. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend. Victoria left this world at the age 88 on May 11, 2021.

Victoria was a devoted daughter, the oldest of three: William Scott Jr. and Demetria Stewart,...

Glenn F. "Fred" Sykora, MD

May 1, 2021

Glenn F. “Fred” Sykora, M.D., passed away May 1, 2021, following an extended illness.

Beloved husband of Mary Lou (nee Craig) for 58 years, devoted father of Lynne Stadler (Tim), Elizabeth “Betsy” Kirchner (Dean), and Karen Morrison (Jody). Loving and cherished grandfather of Carsten and Ainsley Stadler; Matthew, Ryan, and Kelly Kirchner; and Sarah, Colin, and Erik...

Christie Madsen

Apr 30, 2021

Christie Morgan Madsen died on April 30, 2021. Christie was born July 28, 1953, daughter of the late H. Stephen Madsen and the late Sarah Stewart Ruth. She and her family lived in Shaker Heights during her very early years and later moved to Novelty, Ohio. As a child, Chris contracted rheumatic fever on two occasions, with the recurrence causing serious damage...

Rachel Ruiz

Apr 27, 2021

Rachel Anna Ruiz (aged 43) quietly passed away on April 27, 2021. She was the beloved daughter of Diane Armstrong and Douglas Colwell, sister to Andrew Colwell (Sarah Jane Colwell), stepsister to Matthew Wilson and Michael Wilson, aunt to James Colwell and Brock Colwell, and granddaughter of Bernard and Louise Armstrong (deceased) and Fred Colwell and Lorraine Colwell (deceased)....

Anne Morris Feller

Apr 25, 2021

Anne Feller, born Anne Morris Gilliland on February 13, 1930 in Ansonia, CT. Died peacefully on April 25, 2021.

She was married to Robert Feller, Cleveland Indians pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame member, from 1974 until his death in 2010.

Anne is survived by her children, Morris Thorpe and Rachel Thomas, and her grandchildren, Jack...

Martha Ray

Apr 20, 2021

Martha Gibson Ray

Born:  April 12, 1946

Passed:  April 20, 2021

Daughter:  Sarah Rebecca Ray

Parents:  Doris Ink Ray and Theodore B. Ray, Jr.

Grandparents:  Hazel Dixon Ray and Theodore B. Ray, Sr. & Doris Smith Ink and Joseph Ink

Siblings:  Theodore Burt Ray III (passed 11/3/2017),...

Eleanor Kutina

Apr 14, 2021

Eleanor F. Kutina (nee Ferenczy), age 89 of Orange Village, OH.  Beloved wife of the late Franklin J. Kutina, Jr; loving mother of Bruce Kutina, Kimberly Nelson (Robert) and Diane Adams; dear grandmother of Lindsey, Christopher, Alex and Ben Nelson, Kyle and Tyler Adams;  The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to your...

John Hardin, Jr.

Apr 10, 2021

John Hardin:

A Round of Applause for A Life Well-Lived

Not a snowflake fell in Cleveland, Ohio, on the day John Robert Hardin was born during the winter of 1930. He was the third child and only boy gifted to John and Luevada Hardin, formerly of Greenville, Georgia. Everything suggests that his older sisters Barbara...

Michael Clegg

Apr 6, 2021

Michael “Mike” Ahrens Clegg passed away on April 6th due to complications from a planned surgery. He passed in peace at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mike was a force to be reckoned with in all of the best ways. He was famous for being unapologetic about his beliefs and the fact that with him you would...

Mary Anne McGinness

Apr 2, 2021

McGINNESS, Mary Anne (Rohr) passed away peacefully at home on April 2nd, 2021, Good Friday.

She was preceded in death by her devoted husband Neil McGinness and survived by her three loving children Neil, Margot, and Henry (Mac); two daughters-in-law Ellen Burns McGinness, Macy Allatt McGinness and her eight beloved grandchildren— who were the light of her...

Cecilia Distad

Apr 1, 2021

CECILIA BARTLETT DISTAD 1931 - 2021

Cecilia Bartlett Distad of Chagrin Falls, Ohio passed away on April 1, 2021 at the age of 89.  Cecilia is survived by her loving husband of 63 years Richard C.; sons Richard N. (fiancée, Brenda O’Reilly) and William E. (wife Hilde); grandchildren Jonathan M.; Henry C. (wife Jordon) and Christopher P....

Jay Starkoff

Mar 29, 2021

A service will be live streamed Tuesday, April 13th at 2 PM

John Howland Gardner, III, MD

Mar 26, 2021

GARDNER, JOHN HOWLAND, III, M.D. 89, died at Ahuja Hospital on March 25th with his loving daughters present.

Born New Haven, CT. Oct. 1, 1931 to John Howland Jr.  & Ruth (Huntley) Gardner (both deceased).

Married Anne Kates Larkin, R.N. April 23, 1960 (deceased April 2006).

Children:  Elizabeth Milgram (Tom), Helen & Sarah (deceased)....

John R. "Jack" Thalman

Mar 20, 2021

John (Jack) Redfield Thalman of Shaker Heights, Ohio passed away at the Weils of Chagrin Falls on March 20, 2021 at age 75 after a long illness. Jack is survived by his brother James Charles Thalman and sister-in-law Heather J. Richey Thalman of Bainbridge Township, Ohio; his sister Anne Elizabeth Thalman of Shaker Heights, Ohio; and his nephew James...

Jean Sheetz Greiner

Mar 10, 2021

Jean Sterner Sheetz Greiner, 92, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Born in 1928 in Culver City California, Jean was raised by her mother, Rebecca Adams Nelson and stepfather Paul Nelson along with her brother, Tom, and sister Margaret in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

Jean graduated from Stout University with a degree in Home Economics. Upon...

Ann Roulet, PhD

Mar 7, 2021

Dr. Ann E. Roulet devoted her life to her beloved family and to a distinguished career in the arts. After earning her B.A. from Toledo University and M.A./Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, Ann was a literature professor for 35 years and Dean of Students for 10 years at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Students, colleagues, friends and family...

James Marion Mills

Mar 4, 2021

James Marion Mills, beloved brother and uncle, passed away on Thursday, March 4.  He was 65 years of age.

A math and science ‘whiz,’ Jim was a Strnad Fellow at University School, an engineering major at Dartmouth College, and a valued 30-year employee of the Micro Center store in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Jim also served...