Obituaries
Salvatore Volpe
Jul 21, 2017
Salvatore L. Volpe, 88, Gates Mills, Ohio, passed away on July 21, 2017. Longtime Shaker Heights resident, where he and wife Geraldine raised their family and were active parishioners at St. Dominic Parish. Born in Garfield Heights, OH and raised in Detroit, MI, Sal attended Kenyon College and graduated from Wayne University. Sal loved music and enjoyed entertaining family and...
Louis Adams,
Jul 17, 2017
Louis was a long-time employee of Ohio Bell, Lou started out his career at age seventeen climbing poles to wire phones into homes in Youngstown, Ohio. During his career his job assignments took him to Paris, Hawaii, Nigeria, Panama and more, in collaboration with Western Electric; and, he moved the family from Ohio to New Jersey, Virginia, and Illinois, and...
Kathleen Meredith
Jul 17, 2017
Kathleen Meredith, much-loved mother, sister, and friend, died on July 17, aged 69. Kathleen was a determined perfectionist who possessed a keen eye for design and aesthetics, had a penchant for detail, and held herself to the highest standards in everything she did. Most importantly, though, she will be remembered by those who knew her for her thoughtfulness, compassion, and...
Samuel Hughes
Jul 10, 2017
Samuel Whittome Hughes, age 84 of Gates Mills, OH, died peacefully surrounded by family on July 10, 2017. He was born on July 27, 1932 to Earl W. and Marian C. Hughes as their only child. Sam attended University School, Williams College and got his MBA from Case Western Reserve University. He passed his CPA exam shortly thereafter. He was...
William Avery
Jun 28, 2017
William Avery "Avery", age 82 of South Euclid, OH; beloved husband of Molly Holland (Cairnes) and the late Jeanette (Ellison); loving father of Blanche Avery; dear stepfather of Mary Jo Gary (James), Joseph Francis and Molly Cairnes; dear grandfather of Nigel, Cyrus, Desmond, Jay, Xavier, Zenzele, and Whittaker Pelligree and Edward and Grace Gary. Avery was born in his parents,...
Joan Caminati
Jun 27, 2017
Joan "JoJo" W. Caminati, age 95 of Shaker Heights, OH, passed away peacefully on June 27, 2017, having recently shared warm memories with a significant portion of her extended family. Everybody loved "JoJo", who brought an abundance of joy and enrichment to all those she touched. Her diminutive stature concealed her hidden strengths and endearing character. She was the loving...
Barbara Sherwood
Jun 25, 2017
Barbara Lange Sherwood, beloved mother of Rob H. Sherwood of Richmond Hts., OH, Thomas M. Sherwood (Laura) of West Bloomfield, MI and Barbara Sherwood Currey (Donald) of Chagrin Falls, OH. Dear grandmother of Daniel, David and Hope Sherwood and dear grandmother of Danielle and Christopher Currey. Dear sister of Dena Lange Stegmann (Richard) of St. Louis, MO. The family prefers...
Dolores Minter
Jun 21, 2017
Dolores ("Dolly") Kreicher Minter died peacefully at home at Judson Manor in Cleveland, Ohio on June 21, 2017 at the age of 77. The cause was Alzheimer's disease. During her commencement address at Hiram College in 1992, Dolly declared, "One person can make a difference." She was living proof. Born on August 4, 1939, Dolly was raised by loving parents...
Robert Smith
Jun 12, 2017
Robert C. Smith, age 94, of Elyria, Ohio, was originally from Pittsburgh, PA. There he attended Langley High School and graduated from Carnegie Tech (Carnegie Mellon University) with a BFA in Music in 1949, as well as a BFA in Music Education and an MFA in Musicology in 1950. He served in WWII as a pilot and flying instructor, training...
Robert Neary
Jun 11, 2017
Robert Donald (Bob) Neary, age 83, former Co-Chairman of the international accounting firm Ernst & Young, died peacefully on June 11, 2017 after a 3 ½ month bout with cancer. He leaves his wife of 63 years, Janet, as well as four children, their spouses, and 12 grandchildren: Bruce and Jayme Neary of Minnetonka, MN, (Michelle, and her wife Leslie,...
Clifford Shields
Jun 6, 2017
Clifford "Cliff" Shields was a financial executive with the Standard Oil Company of Ohio (Sohio). Following retirement in 1982, Cliff served as interim president of University of Mount Union and as interim dean of Kent State University's College of Business and Graduate School of Management. He was chairman emeritus of Mount Union's board of trustees and a member of its...
Sally Menges
Jun 3, 2017
MENGES, Sally West, died peacefully on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the age of 85. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dr. Hermann "Bud" Menges, Jr., and son Fritz L. Menges. She is survived by her children, Katherine, William, Peter (Elizabeth Finegan), David (Kimberly O'Gorman), and John; and her grandchildren, Andrew, Emily, Kyle, Jake, Erin, Carly, Bobby,...
Judith Murch
May 31, 2017
JUDITH C. MURCH (nee Crawford) was the beloved wife of the late Maynard H. Murch, IV; the dear mother of Maynard H. Murch, V of Kirtland, OH and Kelley M. Corrigan (Cory) of Lexington, KY; dear grandmother of A.J. Corrigan and dear sister of James D. Crawford (Francine). She was the beloved daughter of the late Helen K. and Dwight...
Sabra Qua
May 31, 2017
Sabra Qua (nee Hansen), age 83, died on May 31, 2017, at her home, after a prolonged illness. Sabra was born on October 4, 1933 in Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington, D.C. Her husband, George Franklin Qua II, was also born there. Her parents were Paul William and Ruth Williams Hansen. Paul was the oldest of nine children and...
Caryn Foltz
May 25, 2017
Caryn Foltz died peacefully on May 25th, 2017 at the age of 78. Daughter of the late R. Franklin Outcalt and Virginia Harris Outcalt. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Henry Foltz; her son and daughter, W. Price Foltz (Kristi) of Chagrin Falls and Allison Foltz Milmoe (Andrew) Oakland, CA.; and four grand children, Alexandra Foltz, Benjamin...
Steven Sords
May 22, 2017
Steven Robert Sords died suddenly at his home in Kirtland Hills on May 22, 2017. Steve was the son of Robert and Virginia Sords and grew up in Shaker Heights, along with his brother, Paul Andrew (Sharon) and sister Katy Mercer (Guy). Home and family was always important to Steve. Living on Manchester Road, he graduated from John Carroll University...
James Nesper
May 22, 2017
James Richard Nesper, 86, died on May 22, 2017, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was born on February 10, 1931, in Woodville, Ohio, beloved son of Erwin Ludwig Jacob Nesper and Alma Carolyn (Kruse) Nesper. His brother, Thomas E. Nesper, proceeded him in death. Jim grew up in Marion, Ohio, spending one year of school at Mt Hermon High School in...
Patricia Richards
May 21, 2017
Patricia L. Richards (nee Lynch), age 77 of Shaker Hts., OH. Longtime educator for the Shaker Heights school system. Beloved wife of the late Frank G. "Buzzy" Richards, Jr.; loving mother of Frank G. "Rick" Richards, III of Shaker Hts. and Timothy L. Richards (Catherine) of Shaker Hts.; adoring grandmother of Patrick and Evan Richards; dear sister of the late...
Elizabeth Hollister
May 19, 2017
Betty Hollister, devoted wife of Jack, loving mother of John (Cindy), Tom (Diane), Ellen Whelan (Bill) and David (Dana), loving "grandmumz" of Will, Ben, Steve, Samantha, Allison and Andrew died Friday May 19 at the age of 90. Besides her immediate family, she is survived by a sister, six nephews, one niece, and two twin great grandsons. Born February 2,...
Richard Clark
May 18, 2017
Richard Wellman Clark, born October 17, 1924, in Woodbury, Connecticut. He was one of three sons of Dorris and Leland Clark. Dick spent his early years in Connecticut and attended Avon Old Farms School. Then, during World War II he was an Air Force Navigator. After graduating from The College of Wooster in Ohio he settled in northern Ohio working...
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