Obituaries

Virgia O'Bryant

Virgia O'Bryant

Feb 1, 2015

Virgia O'Bryant (nee Franklin), cherished wife of Donald (deceased), passed away February 1, 2015. She leaves to mourn her daughter, Sheliah Whitmore, son, Donald O'Bryant, Grandsons, Keith Scott, Brenton O'Bryant, Marqus O'Bryant, John Whitmore, and a Great Granddaughter, Sydney Scott, and a host of family and friends. Services were held. In memorial, donations can be made to the Hospices of...

Arthur Fullmer

Arthur Fullmer

Jan 31, 2015

Arthur Lee Fullmer (age 80), of Twinsburg, Ohio passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 31, 2015. He was born to Randall and Carmen Burk Fullmer in Lakewood, Ohio on July 16, 1934. Arthur was the husband of Anne MacLean Fullmer who passed in 1973, and Barbara Case Fullmer who passed in 2006. While on earth, Arthur was an outstanding and...

John Baker

John Baker

Jan 31, 2015

John Baker was a graduate of Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland; and then received his BA, cum laude, from John Carroll University; his JD from Boston College Law School; and a Honorary Doctor Of Laws degree from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine. He studied United States Constitutional & Legal History in the Graduate School of John Carroll. He...

Richard Gibbons

Richard Gibbons

Jan 26, 2015

Richard Gibbons was born in Cleveland in 1938. He graduated from Shaker Heights High School and attended Ohio University where he majored in electrical engineering. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1963. Richard delivered for the Cleveland Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer. He drove the Good Humor and Goodwill Truck and delivered the mail at Christmas time. Richard...

Martha Conway

Martha Conway

Jan 25, 2015

CONWAY MARTHA "MARTY" MUNN CONWAY, 91, passed away January 25 at home with her loved ones. She was born on December 7, 1923. Marty lived her whole life between Cleveland, and, in summer, Bellaire, Michigan. She was a devoted mother and grandmother, who loved her family deeply. Marty is survived by four children, Kathy Conway Murray, Susan Merriam, Tim Conway,...

James Ireland

James Ireland

Jan 25, 2015

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 25, 2015, byline: Janet H. Cho James D. "Jamie" Ireland III, a civic-minded Cleveland businessman who was passionate about promoting the arts and numerous cultural institutions in Northeast Ohio - especially the Cleveland Orchestra and University Circle Inc. - died Tuesday. He was 65. Ireland was a former managing director and former chairman of...

Donald Gruettner

Donald Gruettner

Jan 24, 2015

Donald W. Gruettner was born October 13,1930 to Hilda and Harold Gruettner. He graduated from Bayview High in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Marquette University and then went on to law school at the University of Michigan where he received his Juris Doctor degree. Don joined the law firm of Baker Hostetler & Patterson in 1955. He took the state bar...

Helen Tingwald

Helen Tingwald

Jan 21, 2015

Helen R. Tingwald (nee Reeves) Beloved wife of the late Fred R. Tingwald. Dear mother of Heidi R., Charles F. and George R. Tingwald (Ellen). Dear grandmother of Karl and Mark. Private Family Service. PDF Printable Version

William Jones

William Jones

Jan 16, 2015

William Macfarlane Jones (January 20, 1922 - January 16, 2015) Bill Jones passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on Friday, Jan. 16, just 4 days shy of his 93rd birthday, after a short struggle with pneumonia. He was blessed to have spent the recent holidays with his extended family in Cleveland. Bill's life accomplishments could fill a...

Thomas Allen

Thomas Allen

Jan 12, 2015

Thomas Theodore Allen Jr. - or- Ted Allen Age 72 of Cleveland Heights, OH died January 12, 2015 in Cleveland, OH of complications from multiple myeloma. He was born December 20, 1942 in New Kensington, PA son of Thomas Theodore Allen and Ann Amanda Giesey Allen. He is survived by his wife Jill, daughter Nicole, sisters Peg and Liz, brothers...

Doris Williams

Doris Williams

Jan 10, 2015

Doris S. Williams "Suzanne", age 78 of Cleveland, OH. Dear sister of Carolyn Lindren of Palmetto Bay, FL; dear aunt and friend to many. An Interment Service will be held at 11 am on Tuesday, January 20 at Greenlawn Cemetery, 2580 Romig Road, Akron, Ohio. A Memorial Service will be held at 11am on Friday, January 30 in the McGregor...

Nicholas Hudak

Nicholas Hudak

Jan 10, 2015

NICHOLAS M. HUDAK was the beloved husband of the late Helen L. Hudak (nee Lilly). He was the dear father of Linda A. Gorski of Solon, OH and Lucille Lee Chipps (David) of Chagrin Falls, OH and was also survived by his dear son-in-law, David Chipps. Nicholas was the dear grandfather of Kelly Gorski and Holly Gorski, Christie Peters (David)...

W. Wentz

W. Wentz

Jan 10, 2015

William Budd Wentz, M.D. died peacefully on January 10, 2015, at the age of 90. Budd was born on August 9, 1924, to Alonzo Budd Wentz and Bessie Mitchell Wentz. Growing up in Riverside, New Jersey, Budd had an adventurous and eventful childhood growing up in the Great Depression and experiencing the events leading up to World War II. Budd...

Alma Winslow

Alma Winslow

Jan 9, 2015

Alma H. Winslow (nee Hall). Dear mother of Michael Winslow of CA. Beloved sister of Lorna Hall Mierke (Harvey) of Cleveland Hts., OH and Bruce Albert Hall (Cora Lou) of Concord, MA. Dear aunt of Kathryn, Elizabeth and Sara Mierke (husband Matthew Young); Dear aunt of Stephen, David (Caroline) and Sandra (Richard). Also survived by several great nieces and nephews....

Howard Zucker

Howard Zucker

Dec 28, 2014

Howard L. Zucker, age 61 of Shaker Hts., OH. Beloved husband of Adrienne L. Zucker (nee Finney); loving father of Michael R. Zucker (Lizzy) of University Hts, Danniele E. Zucker of Cleveland and Richard J. Zucker of Atlanta, GA; dear grandfather of Edith M. Zucker; dear brother of Benita M. McElwee (the late Gregory) of South Euclid and Jerry M....

Ellen Collins

Ellen Collins

Dec 26, 2014

Ellen R. Collins (nee Rollins), beloved wife of the late Grady Collins. Dear mother of Marilyn Rox, Priscilla Lee, Grady Collins Jr., Cassie Tunstall, and the late Shirley Brown and Steve Collins. Funeral services will be held at Brown-Forward, 17022 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights, OH 44120, on Friday, January 2, at 11 am where FRIENDS MAY CALL ONE HOUR PRIOR...

Mary Bowen

Mary Bowen

Dec 25, 2014

MARY M. BOWEN of Cleveland, OH -- Former Mansfield & Warrensville Hts., Ohio resident. Mary May Bowen, nee Smidley, died Thursday, December 25, 2014. She passed peacefully at her residence in the Solon Pointe at Emerald Ridge Senior Community. Daughter of the late Blanche Lape and Remma Moody. Mary was born in Washington Courthouse, Ohio, on April 30, 1927. A...

Rodney Finn

Rodney Finn

Dec 25, 2014

Rodney Huck Finn, DDS, age 81. Dear husband of Marilyn Dell Leiser for 59 years. Dear father of the late Mary Katherine Finn Gruettner and Wendy Joan Finn Stallings. Dear grandfather of Andrew Stallings. Huck graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1951. He attended Duke University in '52 and '53 and graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Dentistry....

James Harris

James Harris

Dec 24, 2014

James Harris was born to Velma Prince and George Harris Sr. on March 15, 1929 in Brighton, Alabama. He grew up in Bessemer and spent his earlier years there. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1948. James met and married Kathleen (Harrington) Spencer in 1973. They joined together their children and created a beautiful blended family of six children. He...

Patty Frolking

Patty Frolking

Dec 19, 2014

Patty Lou Schoonover Frolking, 89, died December 19, 2014, at Arden Courts in Chagrin Falls, OH. Loving wife of James E. Frolking for 66 years, mother of Chris Frolking and Margie Nulsen (Kneeland, CA), Tod and Evelyn Frolking (Granville, OH) and Steve Frolking and Joanna Wicklein (Durham, NH). Grandmother of Erika and Simon Lee (Bloomington, IN), Jason and Lindsay Biga...