Obituaries

George Grabner

George Grabner

Jan 2, 2017

GEORGE JOHN GRABNER, 98, of Chagrin Falls, formerly of Ocean Ridge, Florida, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2017. Beloved husband of the late Martha Diamond, Monica Meyer, and Martha Ebright. Loving father of George Jr. (Anne), Jan Casey (Thomas), John (Kathy), and the late Heidi and Thomas, and stepfather to Missy Shiverick (Bo), Gar Weatherhead (Anne), Olwen Modell, Mary...

Bernard Hampton

Bernard Hampton

Jan 1, 2017

Bernard Hampton Bernard was called from labor to reward on January 1, 2017 as he slept quietly in the arms of his loving wife Madeline at his home in Euclid, Ohio. Bernard made his entrance into the world on March 31, 1970 the son of Annie Marie Dorsey and Clemie Hampton. As a child Bernard and his siblings were inseparable...

Thomas Suits

Thomas Suits

Dec 31, 2016

THOMAS A. SUITS was the beloved husband for 61 years of Alice-Mae Suits (nee Buell) of Beachwood, OH and the dear father of Elizabeth S. Kaufman (Stephen) of Shaker Hts., OH and William A. Suits (Amy S.) of Olympia, WA; dear grandfather of Michael K. and Evan T. Kaufman; dear brother of Sandra S. Aaron (Richard) of Salt Lake City,...

Richard White

Richard White

Dec 31, 2016

Richard Peter White "Dick" at the age of 92, died peacefully surrounded by his family on December 31st in the afternoon at home in Waite Hill. Son of Evelyn Peter White and Martin White, Dick is survived by his devoted wife of 67 years, Polly White (nee Bruch) and his three loving girls, Cynthia White Halle, Margaret Helen White and...

Joan Kuendig

Joan Kuendig

Dec 29, 2016

Joan T. Kuendig of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died on Thursday, December 29th, after being the victim of a traumatic collision. Joan was the daughter of Dominic and Florence Torello and was raised in Wallingford, Connecticut. She is survived by her children Patricia (Roger) of Park City, UT, William III (Jesse) of Minneapolis, MN, three beloved granddaughters Audrey (9), Simone (5),...

Virginia Bruch

Virginia Bruch

Dec 27, 2016

Virginia Chiles Bruch, 96, passed away peacefully on December 27, 2016 at Fairmount Health Center, part of the senior community formerly known as Breckenridge Village, and now as Ohio Living, in Willoughby, Ohio. Longtime residents of Cleveland Hts., Ohio, she was preceded in death by her husband of more than 70 years, Karl F. Bruch Jr. She is survived by...

Katharine Sikorovsky

Katharine Sikorovsky

Dec 25, 2016

Katharine Dutro "Trina" Sikorovsky (nee Perry) age 75 of N. Ft. Myers, FL and formerly of Shaker Hts., OH passed away on December 25, 2016. She was the beloved mother of Andy Sikorovsky (Jane) of Shaker Hts., Cindy Sikorovsky Moore (Larry) of Chagrin Falls, OH and Jeffrey Sikorovsky of Charleston, WV; dear grandmother to Mary, Alison and Jimmy, Jessica, Dylan...

Marjorie Mehl

Marjorie Mehl

Dec 25, 2016

Marjorie G. Mehl (nee Gerwig). Beloved wife of Leo Mehl. Dear mother of Michael Mehl (Michelle) of Vancouver, Washington and Jennifer M. Marsico (Tony) of Ashville, North Carolina. Dear grandmother of Cameron and Victoria "Tori" Mehl; and Matthew, Benjamin and Annie Marsico. Twin sister of Jane H. Wharton (Terry) and sister Helen Albright of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The family prefers...

Bonnie Bruce

Bonnie Bruce

Dec 22, 2016

BONNIE BRUCE, beloved sister of Molly Bruce Downing, (George Downing deceased) and the late Heather Bruce Nevin (David H. Nevin). Bonnie is also survived by Matthew Downing (Debby) and Gwynne Downing Gretter (Craig), Heather Nevin (Christophe Arnaud), Bruce Nevin and Robert Nevin. She graduated from Hathaway Brown School in 1954 and attended Bradford Junior College in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The family...

Deborah Ungemach

Deborah Ungemach

Dec 21, 2016

Deborah (Debbie) Ungemach (nee Anderson) died on December 21st at the age of 59 after a lifelong battle with immune deficiency disorders. Debbie was born in Massachusetts and grew up in Ohio until her senior year of high school when her family moved to Florida. After graduating from high school, she attended Florida Technological University (now renamed UCF) where she...

Gerard DeOreo

Gerard DeOreo

Dec 17, 2016

Gerard A. DeOreo Jr., MD 75 years old of Shaker Heights passed away on December 17, 2016 of natural causes. Gerry was a lifelong resident of Shaker Heights and graduated from Gilmour Academy class of 1959. He graduated from Kenyon College with B.A. in French in 1963 and received his MD from Western Reserve University School of Medicine Class of...

Dorothy Hartley

Dorothy Hartley

Dec 17, 2016

Our mom was born at home on the family dairy farm in Northern Wisconsin, in a January snow storm. I always loved her stories of growing up on the farm - the second of 7 children, she and my Aunt Alice, as the two oldest, helped with the chores. She always told us the story of the pigs following them...

Anne Hauwaert

Anne Hauwaert

Dec 15, 2016

Anne van Hauwaert (née CREMER), beloved wife to Pierre M. van Hauwaert. Dearest Step-Mother to Pierre-François, Didier and Léo van Hauwaert. Dearest Sister to Claude Cremer. Dearest sister-in-law to Francoise Drykoning. Anne was born in Brussels, Belgium during WWII. Her first memory, as a toddler, is of cheering the U.S. Army as they liberated Brussels. Many other memories will be...

John Sweeney

John Sweeney

Dec 13, 2016

John G. Sweeney, age 92 of Shaker Hts., OH was born May 13, 1924 in Fairmount, West Virginia. He was a professor at John Carroll University. Beloved husband for 65 years of the late Regina M. Sweeney (nee Milligan); loving father of Mary Foy (John) of Bryn Mawr, PA; Cecile Muehrcke (Mike Bell) of Willoughby Hills, OH, Rosemary Hsu (Albert)...

Sue Godfrey

Sue Godfrey

Dec 10, 2016

Sue Godfrey was the beloved Mother of Alexander John Kundrat (Donna Negrelli) and Kathryn Sue Kundrat (Steve Gordon). She was a loving Grandmother to Nicholas Kundrat, Jamie Kundrat and Rebecca Gordon. Sue was an artist, naturalist, business owner, gardener, world traveler and feminist. She was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and graduated from Cleveland Heights High School. After high school,...

Edward Pembroke

Edward Pembroke

Dec 5, 2016

Edward C. Pembroke, II, age 66, beloved father of Edward C. Pembroke, III, Rev. Earle Pembroke (Vanessa), Erica C. Young, and Eileen C. Mills (Cisco); beloved grandfather of five; dear brother of Felecia Pembroke, Marc Pembroke, Lenice Giargiana (nee Buford) (Joe), and the late Tanya. Ed is survived by his mother Winifred Buford (nee Pope), and by his former wife,...

Jorge Boisset

Jorge Boisset

Dec 5, 2016

Jorge Felipe Boisset Boisset, 93, died Monday, December 5, 2016 at South Pointe Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, due to heart failure. He passed peacefully, and doctors assured the family he didn't suffer. He leaves his wife, Victoria Therencia (Silva) Boisset; his daughter, Rosa Boisset-Brindle; his son-in-law, Brad R. Brindle; his granddaughter, Maya Liza Brindle; nieces, nephews and many close friends....

Olga Dietrich

Olga Dietrich

Dec 4, 2016

Olga Helen Dietrich (nee Cordula), age 97, of Cleveland Heights, passed away December 4, 2016 at Golden Living in Kirtland, Ohio from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 55 years, George Winfield Dietrich. Dear mother of George, Richard, William, and John; dear grandmother of 15 and great-grandmother of 18. A Memorial Service...

Charles Kehres

Charles Kehres

Dec 3, 2016

Charles (Charley) Kehres of Beachwood, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016. A lifelong Clevelander, he was the son of the late Margaret Pitts and Edward Beople Kehres and brother of the late Jim Kehres (Marcia). He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Mary, his admiring sons, Charles P. , Jr of Newport, Rhode Island and Christopher...

Jacobus Severiens

Jacobus Severiens

Nov 29, 2016

Jack was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on August 6, 1936, the second child of Johannes and Cornelia Severiens. The family moved to the Dutch East Indies in 1938 but had to flee when the Japanese overran the islands in 1942. They were in the last convoy to escape safely. Their journey to the U.S. was circuitous: first Australia, then...