Obituaries
Florence Schauffler
Dec 24, 2017
Florence B. Schauffler (Florence Cornelia Brown) passed away peacefully early Christmas Eve Morning, 12/24/17. She had recently celebrated her 97 Birthday. Florence, known as "Flea", her nickname since her grade school days, was born on November 22nd, 1920 to Alexander Cushing Brown and Mary Bristol Dana Brown in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the first born of paternal twins. She completed...
Dorothy Hovorka
Dec 21, 2017
Dorothy Humel Hovorka was born January 4, 1921 in Cleveland, OH. She was the daughter of the late Sonia (nee Lanik) and James Humel. Dorothy was married to the late Dr. Frank Hovorka, who died in 1986. She was predeceased by her brothers James L. Humel in 1980 and Edward F. Humel in 2011. Dorothy is survived by James B....
Mary Bruner
Dec 20, 2017
Mary Ann Bruner beloved sister of Caroline B. Dean (Hank) of Cincinnati, OH, Henry B. Bruner (Norah) of Chagrin Falls, OH and the late William B. Bruner. Mary is survived by loving nieces and nephews. She will be interred with her parents in Gananoque, Ontario Canada where a Memorial Service will be held next summer.
Mary Chilcote
Dec 18, 2017
Mary Jones Chilcote died peacefully with family by her side on Monday, December 18, 2017 at the age of 91 years. Her desire was to pass at the bridge table of the Cleveland Whist Club, after bidding 7 NT with her partner having all the aces. Mary was the daughter of the late Federal Judge Paul Jones and of the...
Elisabeth Dreyfuss
Dec 17, 2017
Elisabeth Travis Dreyfuss, MA, JD, died at home on December 17, 2017. Elisabeth was born at Huron Road Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 17, 1935. She grew up a happy child on Lincoln Boulevard in a house her parents bought for 00 with a GI bill mortgage. Early on, her family gave her the nickname "Ducky," which she carried...
Judith Tobin
Dec 15, 2017
JUDITH SWEENEY TOBIN - passed away on December 15 in Aurora, OH, peacefully. Beloved wife of the late Hugh Tobin, she is survived by her brother Mark Sweeney (Ruthanne) of Toledo, and five children - Matthew (Elizabeth) of Houston, TX, Timothy (Mary) of Portland, OR, Jane Tobin (David Moore) of- San Francisco, CA, Hugh (Judy) of Shaker Heights and Ann...
Emily Garratt
Dec 14, 2017
Emily Brooke Garratt (nee Anthony) age 60, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2017 surrounded by her family. She leaves behind her husband of 36 years, David, daughters Macy Stein (Mitch), Emily and Katie, as well as her sister Kate Rogers, brothers Michael and Peter Anthony and 3 grandchildren Eleanor, Maggie and Charles Stein. Brooke was born in Long Island,...
Cara Stirn
Dec 13, 2017
Cara Smith Stirn passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 13th at the age of 90. She was born on February 23, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio to Eleanor and Kelvin Smith. Cara attended Hathaway Brown School followed by Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, NY and Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her time at Parsons was very special as...
Robert Gregory
Dec 13, 2017
Robert Erb Gregory, M.D.,97, passed away peacefully in his sleep on the evening of December 13th, 2017 in Cleveland, OH. He was born on December 31, 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Floyd and Nellie Gregory. On August 30,1945, he married Jean Shirley Lindberg (died June 29, 2004), and together they raised three children, Kristine G. Hawkins, Robert E. Gregory Jr.,...
Carole Phipps
Dec 11, 2017
Carole Phipps (nee Gardner) died peacefully on December 11, 2017, age 78. Beloved wife of the late Theodore Phipps; Dear mother of Elizabeth Owen (Christopher), Catherine Mercer (Thomas) and Warren Phipps; Devoted grandmother of Eloise, Emmet, Cabell and Jane; Cherished sister of Joseph Gardner (Ruth Ann), Edward Gardner (Donna, deceased), Warren Gardner (Susan) and the late Robert Gardner. In lieu...
William Troutman
Dec 9, 2017
William M. Troutman, age 77, passed away December 9th, 2017. Born in McKeesport, PA, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio at age 10. Bill graduated from Brush High School, Cornell University, and University of Michigan Law School. In 1961 Bill started his professional career in the mail room of Medusa Corporation in Cleveland. He became President of Medusa in 1979. In...
Joseph Cortese
Dec 7, 2017
JOSEPH ROBERT CORTESE (Cleveland, Ohio) Joseph Robert Cortese died peacefully on Thursday December 7th 2017 at Maplewood Assisted Living Community. He was 90 years old and, until recently, was living independently in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He was born on May 30th 1927 in Youngstown, Ohio to parents Clara Dorko and Dominic Cortese. He attended the local public schools in Youngstown,...
Patricia Horn
Nov 30, 2017
PATRICIA MARY HORN (nee Hogan) beloved wife of the late Richard O. Horn, dear Mother of Maria P. Horn (Thomas S. Quinn) of Salisbury, CT; dear grandmother of Margaret Maude Quinn, Abigail Resh Quinn and Henry Maxwell Quinn; dear sister of Sally Hogan Horchler, the late Margaret Hogan Scheuring and Thomas Hogan. The family prefers that those who wish may...
Frederick Bellamy
Nov 30, 2017
Frederick Stark Bellamy, born November 24, 1947 to John Stark and Molly Doan Bellamy, died November 30, six days after his 70th birthday. A lifelong resident of Cleveland Fred attended Shaker Heights schools and graduated from Howe Military Academy in Howe, Indiana. In spite of being stricken with mental illness in his late teens Fred lived a full life. He...
Elizabeth Lord
Nov 28, 2017
Elizabeth Gordon Lord (nee Topp), beloved wife of the late Robert I. Lord and mother of Gordon Lord (Laurie) of Goshen, IN, Mimi Lord (Jim Wilson) of Shaker Hts. OH and the late William Lord. Grandmother of Mary, Geoffrey and Sarah Lord, and Heather and Nathan Wilson. Libby was loved by so many and she loved everyone she knew as...
James Brown,
Nov 20, 2017
JAMES W. BROWN, Jr. passed on November 20, 2017 at the age of 84. Brown was a husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, avid pilot, successful businessman and all-weather, carrier night landing qualified fighter pilot. Brown was born on February 11, 1933 in New Jersey. He graduated from Shaker Heights High School, attended Princeton University and graduated from M.I.T., a transfer...
Dolores Acree
Nov 19, 2017
DOLORES T. ACREE The dear sister of Shirley A. Thompson, Carolyn C. Thompson Williams and the late Marjorie Thompson; beloved mother of Robert Lee Acree, III; German Thompson Acree (Carole); Deborrah L. Dobrzeniecki (Leonard); Cheryl J. Acree; Dawn Acree-Billups; Elizabeth C. Acree-Smith (Richard) and Nancy C. Acree. Grandmother of 20 and great grandmother of 19. The family prefers that those...
Dennis Kelly
Nov 18, 2017
DENNIS H. KELLY, age 79 of Cleveland, OH. Beloved husband of the late Nancy S. Kelly(nee Swearingen); loving father of Stephen D. Kelly (Julie) of Natick, MA, and Katy K. Ptacek (Jim) of Lakewood, OH; dear grandfather of Aurora and Nina Kelly, Erin Ptacek and Julie Fanara. Contributions in his name may be made to The Cleveland Messiah Chorus, c/o...
Elisabeth Alexander
Nov 16, 2017
ELISABETH HADDEN ALEXANDER Beloved wife of the late Quentin Alexander; dear mother of Mary Alexander Smith (Nathaniel T.) of Gates Mills, OH; Emily Alexander Hamilton (Frank T.) of Gates Mills, OH and Pamela Alexander of Rocky River, OH; grandmother of 8 and great grandmother of one. The family prefers that those who wish make contributions in her name to Rainbow...
Betty Jarmusch
Nov 15, 2017
Betty Jarmusch, beloved mother, grandmother and lifelong writer, died peacefully at home in Shaker Heights on November 15. She was 96 and the widow of Robert T. Jarmusch, her husband of 57 years. She was born Ruth Elizabeth French, in Andover, Ohio on January 3, 1921, and had lived in Silver Lake until the 1970s. Before meeting her future husband...