Obituaries
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...
Christopher Marec
Apr 5, 2013
Christopher E. Marec age 50, of Shaker Heights, OH. Dear son of Ronald and Judith Marec; dear brother of Lisa DiPaolo (John), Andrew Marec and Holly Mack (Curtis); uncle of Thomas, Melissa and Brian DiPaolo, Brittany and Brooke Mack; nephew of Elaine Marec. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in his name to a charity of...
Thomas Kahn
Apr 4, 2013
Thomas F. Kahn age 80 of Shaker Heights, Ohio passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. His loving parents, Isadore and Marjorie Kahn, preceded him in death. Tom graduated from Park Tudor School and received a B.S. degree in History from Butler University, where he was a...
Jane Stewart
Apr 4, 2013
JANE DIEHM STEWART Peacefully ended this earthly life on April 4th, 2013. She was the beloved wife of the late J. Harry Stewart; the dear mother of Lynn S. Brown (fiance Colby Hillman). She was the dear daughter of the late Ellis R. and Frances Diehm and the sister of the late Ruth Wood and Robert Diehm. Born in Cleveland,...
Howard Butler
Mar 29, 2013
Howard Edward Butler of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died March 29, 2013, seventeen days shy of his 90th birthday. He was preceded in death by his wife Barbara Jean Burroughs Butler and is survived by his daughter Susannah Marie Butler, his three sons, John Stillman, Howard James, and Richard Edward, his grandchildren Julia, Alexander, and Patrick Butler and Weston and Vivian...
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