Obituaries
Elizabeth Hitchcock
Jun 24, 2012
Elizabeth G. Hitchcock Bobbie was an active supporter of local history, specializing in Western Reserve architect Johnathon Goldsmith about whom she published a book in 1979. She died at Breckenridge Village in Willoughby at the age of 94. Mrs. Hitchcock moved to the area as a new bride in 1942 and adopted the Western Reserve as her own. As it...
Homer McDaniel
Jun 23, 2012
HOMER McDANIEL , born June 21, 1925, peacefully passed away with family by his side, on June 23 in Naples Fla. A 1944 graduate of University School, he enlisted in the Navy and attended Baldwin Wallace and University of Pennsylvania on the V-12 program. He started his machine tool builder career at the Hill Acme Co. in 1946 and retired...
Eleanor Everett
Jun 20, 2012
Eleanor E. Everett Nee Egan Eleanor was born on April 9th, 1911 to Henry Chandler and Nina McNally Egan. She graduated from Westridge School in Pasadena, California, in 1929. She then attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1933 with a Major in Art History. After college she worked as a model for Marshall and Field & Co....
John Purcell
Jun 15, 2012
John M. Purcell, Ph.D, age 79 of Cleveland, OH. Former head of the language department at Cleveland State University. Dear brother of Patricia J. Pyles Lowell of Cincinnati, OH and Robert D. Purcell Bonnie of Citrus Hills, FL; loving uncle of 4, great-uncle of 10 and great-great uncle of 3. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions...
Gustave Pekoc
Jun 15, 2012
Gustave "Gus" Pekoc, age 24 of Cleveland, OH passed away peacefully on June 15, 2012. Loving son of Roy and Jean Pekoc; dear brother of Sam Pekoc (Pam) of Warren, OH; dear nephew of Chris, Joan (James Infante), Frank (Jane), Lucy (Mike Preston), Mark (Kelly) and Tom Pekoc; Michele (Jeff Smitley), Joel (Ann), Claudia (Paul Isenhour), Paul (Colleen) and Marc...
William Bell
Jun 8, 2012
William T. Bell, age 92, an Aurora resident and formerly of Shaker Heights. Beloved husband of Diane C. Parker and the late Mildred "Phill" Bell. Dear father of Brad Bell of Chagrin Falls, OH and Barbara Harada Roy of Stockton, CA and the late Bartlett T. Bell. He is survived by daughter-in-law Marybeth Bell of Bainbridge, OH. Dear grandfather of...
Phyllis Evans
Jun 5, 2012
Phyllis H. Evans, one of founding members of the Shaker Lakes Nature Center and the Cleveland Ballet Published: Saturday, June 09, 2012, 5:35 AM By Tonya Sams, The Plain Dealer CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio a�" Phyllis H. Evans, one of the founding members of the Shaker Lakes Nature Center and the Cleveland Ballet, died Tuesday in her home in Chagrin Falls....
William Hull
Jun 1, 2012
The Reverand William W. Hull, age 81 of Cleveland, OH. Loving husband of Patricia Hull nee Heeley. Dear father of David W. Hull of Bedford, OH, Sandra L. Hull of Arlington, VA and Jonathan P. Hull Johanna Steigerwald of Cleveland, OH. Grandfather of Sophie L. Hull of Cleveland, OH. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in...
William Simon
May 31, 2012
William Simon "Bill" grew up in St. Genevieve, Missouri, hearing Fate Marable's group and other piano players from New Orleans coming up the Mississippi River on steamboats. Around 1934, he met Jess Stacy, Benny Goodman's piano player who became his friend and teacher of the 'barrel-house' style of stride piano playing. During World War II, Bill trained as a pilot...
Earnest Beardsley
May 28, 2012
EARNEST C. BEARDSLEY of West Palm Beach, Florida, passed away May 28th, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Doris F. nee O'Relland the dear father of Carol L. Rees of Lewis Center, Ohio and James E. Beardsley of West Palm Beach, Florida. Earnie was the dear grandfather of Megan A., Mackenzie L. and Carlie N. Rees and the brother...
Alan Wilde
May 25, 2012
Alan H. Wilde MD, 78 died of cancer on 5/25/2012. Until his death he practiced at Lutheran Hospital. He had been an orthopedic surgeon with the Cleveland Clinic for 25 years and was department chairman for 15 years years. He served on the Cleveland Clinic Board of Governors. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Hahnemann Medical College...
Charles Foster
May 23, 2012
CHARLES STONE FOSTER, the beloved father of Suzanne Foster Jose Esquivel of Pasadena, CA; cherished grandfather of Balám Esquivel; devoted son of Mildred Stone Foster and the late Herbert William Foster, Jr.; loving brother of Douglas Reynolds Foster of Albuquerque, NM, the late Herbert William Foster, III and David Stone Foster. Chuck attended University School in Shaker Heights, OH, graduated...
Robert Vitek
May 20, 2012
ROBERT L. VITEK, SR. The beloved husband of Marie nee Prochaska of Pepper Pike, Ohio, passed away May 20th, 2012. Bob graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1937 and went on to graduate from John Carroll University with a BS in Chemistry in 1941. While at John Carroll, he became the sports editor for school newspaper, "The Carroll News."...
Arthur Jackson
May 16, 2012
ARTHUR M. JACKSON Born February 25, 1931, passed on May 16, 2012. Beloved husband of Mattie Bell Jackson, devoted father of Larry Jay Jackson Cathey, Pasadena, California, and Jacqueline Tabb Jackie D., deceased, Cleveland, Ohio, stepfather of Elizabeth Jones, Cleveland, Ohio, and Marsha Callahan, Chicago, Illinois; beloved grandfather of Cayce and Ashley Jackson, Pasadena, California, and Demar Tabb, Cleveland, Ohio....
Nancy Womer
May 16, 2012
NANCY B. WOMER nee Blue The beloved wife of the late attorney George S. Womer, passed away at her residence on May 16th, 2012. Nancy was the dear mother of Ann H. Womer Benjamin David M. of Aurora, OH and Margaret Womer Namie Marc of Cincinnati, OH. She was the dear grandmother of Katherine Womer Benjamin Michael Carroll, Johanna Womer...
Floyd Simon
May 15, 2012
Taudie Dalton Simon, beloved wife, devoted mother and grandmother passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 15 in her home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She was 87. Taudie was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1924- the fourth child of five. Following her older sister Marjory Dalton into the music world, she toured the nation with the Jimmy Palmer Orchestra before returning to...
Gordon Plummer
May 11, 2012
An Extra-Ordinary Man Gordon Curtis Plummer died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of Friday, May 11, 2012. He was 90 years old. He died in the house where he'd lived for the last 55 years; a house he shared with his beloved wife, Barbara, who passed away in 2010. His son, Stephen was in the next room and...
Helen Meida
May 9, 2012
Helen M. Meida friend of the late Jessica A. Hopkins. Helen, a veteran of WWII, was a physical therapist. She also taught physical therapy at the then Western Reserve University. She was an artist who painted in water colors, designed and hand made fine jewelry and was a gardener. Helen was the daughter of the late Henry W. Meida and...
Corinne Willis
May 6, 2012
CORINNE ELIZABETH WILLIS, nee Lemmon, a resident of Mentor, OH. passed away suddenly Sunday morning, May 6 at age 91. Corinne was born on November 4, 1920 to Samuel Philabaum and Elizabeth Wiggins Gilmore Lemmon in Piney Fork, OH. She attended school in Smithville, OH. Upon graduation she subsequently moved north and began her working career in Cleveland, OH. She...
Keren K
May 1, 2012
Keren K. Lux nee Kendrick. Beloved wife of the late William King Lux. Dear mother of Christine Lux Graham Angus of Long Island, NY, and Michael Christopher Lux of Moreland Hills, OH. Dear grandmother of Phoebe Elizabeth Graham, Andrew Joseph Graham, Heather Rosemary Graham, Catherine Anne Lux and Nicholas William Lux. Dear sister of Bruce Kendrick of Pepper Pike, OH....
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