Obituaries
Kathryn Cunion
May 22, 2013
Kathryn Anne Cunion (nee Wright), age 38 of Shaker Hts., OH. Loving wife of William E. Cunion; devoted mother of William and Jessica; beloved daughter of Paul and Susan Wright of Shaker Hts.; dear sister of Margie (Jim) Wright-McGowan, Paul (Katie) Wright and John Wright; loving daughter-in-law of William and Karen Cunion of Massillon, OH; dear aunt to Megan, Emma,...
Alton Whitehouse
May 18, 2013
Alton W. Whitehouse, 85, passed away on May 18, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born in Albany, New York, grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and had lived in Cleveland, a city he loved deeply, all of his adult life. A graduate of the University of Virginia, he earned a law degree from the UVA Law School in...
Marjorie Russell
May 12, 2013
Marjorie was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. She was the daughter of Leona D. and Philip Wilkins. She was raised in Mt. Vernon, Ohio and entered Ohio Wesleyan University where she met her future husband Keith C. Russell. She graduated in 1941 and that same year married Keith Russell. Marjorie traveled with Keith during his Navy years and eventually settled...
Gerald Allen
May 12, 2013
GERALD OTIS ALLEN, 94, was the beloved husband of the late Elizabeth C. Allen (nee Carlson). Dear father of Barbara A. (Ralph) Syring. Dear grandfather of Allen L. Syring. Jerry died on Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Sandy Spring, MD. Jerry was born in Monroe, Michigan in 1918. The family moved to Cleveland in 1925. He graduated from Cleveland Heights...
Cornelia Biggar
May 11, 2013
Cornelia Ruth Biggar, age 59, died May 11, 2013 after a long journey with cancer and a longer journey through an amazing life. She was the loving partner of Jon Roehrdanz, stepmother to Dan Martinson (Lynelle), sister to Hamilton Fisk Biggar III (Terry) and Jeffrey McCrea Biggar (Margie), sister-in-law to Brian and Karen Roehrdanz, Scott and Renee Roehrdanz, Susan Prewitt...
Cornelia Biggar
May 11, 2013
Cornelia Ruth Biggar, age 59, died May 11, 2013 after a long journey with cancer and a longer journey through an amazing life. She was the loving partner of Jon Roehrdanz, stepmother to Dan Martinson (Lynelle), sister to Hamilton Fisk Biggar III (Terry) and Jeffrey McCrea Biggar (Margie), sister-in-law to Brian and Karen Roehrdanz, Scott and Renee Roehrdanz, Susan Prewitt...
Gilbert Hellwig
May 10, 2013
Gilbert Franklin Hellwig was born on July 21, 1933, the youngest of four sons, to Anna and Gustav Hellwig of Stratford, Connecticut. He attended the Stratford Schools, graduating in 1951. He then attended The University of Bridgeport and Eastern Baptist Seminary. He served Harrisena Community Church in Glens Falls, New York, from 1958-1964. He pastored the Emmanuel Baptist Church in...
Gladys Shell
May 8, 2013
Gladys E. Shell beloved mother of Jardene Shell (Maxine) of Shaker Hts., OH. Dear grandmother of Janeen Shell-Boyd (Tyrone) and Tamberlyn Reid (Kenneth, Sr.). Great grandmother of Brooklyn, Juliana, Kenneth, Jr., Khalid, Elise, Kennedy and McKenzie. Loving aunt of William Morris, Jr. The family prefers that those who wish make contributions to the American Cancer Society, 20470 Lorain Rd., Cleveland,...

Kevin Carr
May 8, 2013
Kevin McBrier Carr passed away suddenly on May 8th. Kevin will be remembered for his passion to learn and his eagerness to teach. His affection for watching the birds and his devotion to tending his bees brought him much happiness. He was a husband, father and friend and he will be truly missed. Kevin is survived by his wife, Karen,...
Donald Pensiero
May 4, 2013
Donald Allen Pensiero, M.D., died peacefully at his home in Moreland Hills on May 4th, 2013. Donald was born October 7, 1931, on the West side of Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of the late Mamie and Daniel Pensiero, Sr. Married 58 years to his loving wife, Marcine (nee Elarton). Father of three devoted daughters: Susan (mother of his...
Robert Maver
Apr 27, 2013
Robert Joseph Maver, age 87 years. Beloved husband of Virginia (Marks); Cherished and treasured father of Judith Anne, Mary Virginia Robertson, and Maureen Joan Rock (Edward); devoted grandfather of Joseph Robertson, Kathryn Mervine (Scott) and Heather Janor; great-grandfather of Dylan Rhoad and Daniel Janor; dear brother of Joseph (deceased) and Donald (deceased) (Jane) and brother-in-law of Dr. Charles Marks (Marge),...
Richard Hahn
Apr 26, 2013
Richard Hughes Hahn of Cleveland, OH, age 76, passed away on April 26th, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Mary Louise Hahn, (nee Woody) for forty-six years. Born outside Covington, Virginia, he grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He attended Harvard College on a Navy ROTC scholarship and, after graduating with honors in 1958, served in the United States...
Gorman Duffett
Apr 26, 2013
Gorman Louis Duffett was born on December 10, 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of John G. Duffett and Ruth Smith Duffett. His father was the captain of a Great Lakes ore freighter; his mother was a registered nurse. He was formerly married to Anneliese Duffett (Gruenzweig). Together they had three children, Michael (Pamela), Stephen (Liz), and Lisa Sutton (Keith)....
Elinor Dunlop
Apr 20, 2013
ELINOR T. DUNLOP (nee Toll) passed away April 20th at age 93. The beloved wife of the late R. Craig Dunlop; the dear mother of Beth Ellen Dunlop (Bill Farkas) of Miami Beach, FL, Scott Dunlop (Carol) of University Hts., OH, Robin White (Toby) of Okemos, MI, Heather Williams (Mike) of Roswell, GA and Alison Pignolet (Jerry) of Novelty, OH;...
Ulysses Grant
Apr 19, 2013
Ulysses Samuel Grant, age 80 of Shaker Hts., OH. Loving husband of the late Dolores V. Grant (nee Fuller); dear father of Dawn R. Grant of Columbus, OH, Tracy A. Grant of Columbus and Robin L. Grant-Hughes (William) of Shaker Hts; dear brother of Mary Jean Gray of Silver Springs, MD; also survived by a host of nieces, nephews other...
Mary Salamy
Apr 18, 2013
MARY THERESE SALAMY (nee Nazzal) The beloved wife of the late Abraham Salamy; dear mother of Caren Tucktuck (Khaled) of Jerusalem; Tony M. Salameh (Maria) of Monterey, CA and Irene Farah (Michel) of Pepper Pike, OH; dear grandmother of nine and dear great grandmother of nine. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to...
Seth Taft
Apr 14, 2013
Seth Chase Taft, a former Cuyahoga County Commissioner and grandson of a U.S. president, died Sunday at his home in Pepper Pike after a recent fall. He was 90. Taft, who is survived by his wife Frances, four children and 10 grandchildren, might best be remembered locally for his narrow loss to Carl Stokes in the 1967 Cleveland mayor's race....
Blocker Blocker
Apr 12, 2013
After an eighteen-month battle with renal cancer, Gene Blocker died on April 12, 2013. Born Harry Eugene Blocker III in Dallas, TX on November 29, 1937 to Margaret Sue (Hines) and Harry Eugene Blocker II, Gene was beloved husband of Jennifer M. Jeffers, and father to Samuel Reid Jeffers Blocker and Beckett Rhiannon Jeffers Blocker of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. After...
Alice Snyder
Apr 10, 2013
Alice Walling Snyder was a beautiful, cultured, intelligent woman who loved journalism, literature, poetry, theatre, travel, classical music and opera. She had a lovely singing voice and sang in numerous church choirs throughout her life. Her stereo was always tuned in to the classical music station, and later in her life, she would listen to the opera every Saturday afternoon....
Priscilla Cross
Apr 5, 2013
PRICILLA BAKER CROSS, Age 91, passed away April 5th, 2013. She was the beloved wife to her late, adored husband of 63 years, Frederick S. Cross, MD, PhD. She was the dear mother of Leslie Cross of Stony Brook, NY; Barbara Cross (Roy Call) of Bratenahl, OH; Laurie Cross (Gerald Knorr) of Seattle, WA; Steven Frederick Cross of Olympia, WA...