Obituaries
Christopher Bruch
Aug 15, 2017
Christopher Chiles Bruch, Jr., age 38. Beloved father of Mason and Kaylynn Corrigan. Cherished son of Karen (nee McKenna) and Christopher Chiles Bruch. Adored brother of Danette Bruch Bush (Christopher), Megan Bruch Zabell (Bryan) and Haleigh Bruch Babcox (Eddie). Uncle to Mackenzie, Maranda and Madison Bush; Ryleigh and Jaycob Zabell and Eddie Babcox. Cousin and nephew of many. The family...
Jeera Hayden
Aug 13, 2017
Dr. Jeera Hayden (nee Clubwala), age 74, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died on Sunday, August 13, 2017 after a short illness. Beloved wife of 46 years to Stephen Hayden; loving mother of William Hayden and Louise Hayden (John Leber); adoring grandmother to Isabelle and Emily. She was an accomplished physician much loved by her patients. A 1967 graduate of the...
Creola Alexander
Aug 10, 2017
Creola Alexander passed away August 10, 2017. She was the loving wife of the late Mack Alexander. Beloved mother of Delores Minter and Juanita Brown. Loving grandmother of Sharon L. Minter, Kimberly S. Brown, and Victoria M. Brown; great grandmother of Gregory Mitchell, Jr., and Charline D. Minter; great-great grandmother of Raven Sharae and Raquel Monica Cloud-Mitchell, Jason Leonard Charles...
Patrick Rose
Aug 6, 2017
PATRICK BRITT ROSE, Born March 19, 1975, in Warren, Ohio, and died August 6, 2017, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Patrick is survived by his parents, Mary Britt Rose of Fairfax, CA, and C.L. (Laurie) Rose of Cleveland Heights; and his two stepsisters, Meg Hiestand of Chicago, IL, and Ashley Hiestand of Los Angeles, CA. He is a beloved grandson of...
Robert Jamieson
Aug 3, 2017
Robert Reid Jamieson, 74, of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017. He was a devoted husband of the late Sara Kay Jamieson (Smith), awesome father to Robert, Bruce (Amanda), and Julia Jamieson, joyful grandparent to Hadley, Roger, Evelyn, Juniper and Indigo, and dear brother to the late Gerard Jamieson. Robert served over 40 years in the steel...
MARTIN ANDREWS
Aug 2, 2017
MARTIN BRADLEY ANDREWS was the beloved husband of Willow Kenyatta Andrews (nee Pastard) of Cleveland Hts., OH and dear father of Cooper Turner Andrews (USMC) and Cameron Bradley Andrews. He was the beloved son of Joseph (Joe) and Lisbeth (Betsy) Andrews (nee Cooper); dear brother of Allison Andrews, brother in law of Kris Andrews (nee Perkins); uncle of Alexia (Lexi)...
Jerome Gratry
Jul 30, 2017
Jérôme René Alexandre Marie Gratry died July 30th surrounded by close family members. He was 74. Born in October 1942 in Mâcon, France to Charles and Agnes Gratry, Jérôme was educated in England, Switzerland and France before moving to the United States to attend Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois. He then earned an MBA at Thunderbird School of...
Emily Hodgman
Jul 21, 2017
Emily J. Hodgman (nee Jewell) of Pepper Pike, beloved wife of Dr. James R. Hodgman of 59 years died July 21, 2017. Loving Mother of Catherine Schramm (Bart), Kenneth Hodgman, and the late Herbert Hodgman. Dear Grandmother of Julie Isaacs (Justin), Heather Schramm and Scott Schramm. Great-grandmother of Emily Isaacs. Graduate of the University of Michigan. Worked at Orange Schools...
Jean Taber
Jul 21, 2017
JEAN ELOUISE HOWER TABER, age 94, beloved wife of the late Benjamin Charles Taber, predeceased by her parents Gladys Elouise (nee Farnsworth) Ginther and John Bruot Hower, stepmother of the late Benjamin C. Taber. Also survived by Otis Ayers Hower (Kathy), James Hamilton Hower (Claudia), and the late John Otis Hower. Also survived by other loving relatives from the Taber,...
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 Charles Smith, age 94, of Sheffield Village, Ohio, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 30, 1923 to Henry C. and Marion L. Smith. There he attended Langley High School. He graduated from The Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) with a BFA in music, majoring in violin and viola, in 1949, and then in 1950 with...
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...

