Obituaries
Allan Zambie
May 11, 2010
A lifelong Clevelander, Allan J. Zambie was the son of immigrant parents, his father from Lebanon and his mother from Poland. He graduated from Shaw High School, Denison University and CWRU Law School, class of 1960. He worked in private practice until The Higbee Company and Herb Strawbridge came looking for a staff attorney. He joined the local department store...
Beth White
May 11, 2010
Beth D. White. 89 years, died May 11, 2010 peacefully in her sleep. She was born April 18, 1921 in Dayton, OH to Rev. Dr. Arthur H. and Marie Trott Doescher. She attended Flora Stone Mather College. Beth married G. H. Martin White on October 30, 1941. Beth was preceeded in death by her husband, her son Thomas F. White...
Ann Aldrich
May 2, 2010
Senior United States District Judge Ann Aldrich, the first female appointed to the federal district court in Ohio, passed away last evening. She was 82 years old. Judge Aldrich served on the federal bench for 30 years, after her appointment by President Carter in 1980. Prior to her service on the federal bench, she was a professor of law at...
Samuel Scovil
May 2, 2010
Samuel Kingston Scovil, retired Chairman and CEO of Cleveland Cliffs, died suddenly on Sunday afternoon May 2nd, 2010 at his home near Cleveland, Ohio. He had recently returned to Ohio where he was recuperating after fracturing his shoulder in a fall earlier this year at the Scovil's winter home in Naples, Florida. He was 86 years old. Born in Cleveland...
Richard Leukart
May 2, 2010
RICHARD HENRY LEUKART II, of Hudson, OH, noted labor relations attorney and partner at law firm Baker and Hostetler, passed away, May 2nd, at the age of 68. Dick was the loving husband of 32 years to Barbara J. nee Gottfried, and the devoted father of Elisabeth "Lisa" Chambers Howard of Sarasota, FL, Jennifer Savitch Jonathan of Montclair, NJ, Kate...
Constance Perry
Apr 30, 2010
CONSTANCE PERRY-MACLIN is survived by two daughters Constance Cherria Maclin and Cheryl Ann Maclin-Meredith Anthony, three sons, James Darrell Maclin, Mario Lawrence Maclin Marsilee and Terrell Maurice Maclin. She is preceded in transition by her oldest son, Charles Andre Maclin. Additional survivors are two grandsons Dramal Dushone Rickey Lee Lewis Brandi Martin and James Andre Maclin and a great grand...
Dorothy Schnell
Apr 28, 2010
DOROTHY "DOTTIE" APPLE SCHNELL, beloved wife of Carleton Bryce Schnell of Pepper Pike, OH. Dear mother of Laura Schnell Mitch Pacelle of Brooklyn, NY, Margaret Schnell Healey Patrick Kevin Healey of Orange Village, OH and Heidi Schnell Arthur Leavens of Upper St. Clair, PA. Dear Grandmother of 8. Dear sister-in-law of Nancy Leedy. The family prefers that those who wish...
Janet Goodell
Apr 28, 2010
JANET C. GOODELL nee Crowell, Age 88, was the beloved wife of Robert M. Goodell. Janet was the dear mother of Roy C. Lisa of Lyndhurst, OH , Daniel E. Linda of So. Euclid, OH and the late Martha G. Baxter. She was the dear grandmother of five and great grandmother of two. Janet was a 1938 graduate of Cleveland...
Marian Ingley
Apr 27, 2010
Marian Louise Wagner Bahr Ingley's lifelong journey started on the 15th of June 1922 in Cedar Falls, IA with her birth to parents Francis and Blanche Thompson Wagner. She spent much of her childhood in Northeastern Iowa with her maternal grandparents on the family farm while her mother taught at various schools throughout northern Iowa. In the early 1930s, Marian...
Dorothy Pegg
Apr 27, 2010
Dorothy Pegg never mentioned her age. She seldom mentioned her race, despite setting countless racial firsts as a civic leader. She seldom mentioned her home's firebombing, though it inspired a nationally historic integration drive. Pegg, who died Tuesday at University Hospitals at 104, preferred to mention her many trips and the many cultural activities she promoted. "I like to think...
Michael Tucker
Apr 24, 2010
Michael R. Tucker, a Cleveland lawyer who spent more than a decade rock climbing around the world, died in a rock climbing accident on April 24. He was 27. Michael had recently returned to Cleveland to serve as the Staff Attorney for the Honorable Richard McMonagle, overseeing the newly created commercial docket of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court deciding...
Mary Roski
Apr 21, 2010
Mary Louise Roski, lovingly known by all as Maida died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 89 on April 21, 2010. Maida was born in Buffalo, New York on June 25, 1920 to Mary Ellen Wolf Howes and Roger King Howes. She moved from Buffalo to Shaker Heights, Ohio as a child and resided there until 2004 when...
Analie Huettner
Apr 21, 2010
Analie Grace Huettner died of cancer, April 21st, 2010, in the hospice house of The Hospice of the Western Reserve. She was 93 years old. Analie was born Analie Grace Henderson, in Beloit, Wisconsin. Her parents were Louis and Alice Tannehill Henderson and her siblings, both of whom have passed away, were Donald and Evan Henderson. Analie was married in...
Marcia Handke
Apr 15, 2010
MARCIA KINZIG HARVEY HANDKE nee GILLIAM. Beloved wife of the late Quay Hoyt Kinzig, the late Mylan Harvey and the late David P. Handke. Beloved mother of Gail B. Heath Byron of Austin, Texas, Karen Lee Kinzig of Chagrin Falls, OH and Gwen A. Kanastab Rob of Auburn Twp, OH. Dear stepmother of John M. Harvey, MD Debra and the...
Mundalea Worrell
Apr 13, 2010
Mundalea Worrell was a multi-talented woman! Whether she was painting, drawing, wood carving, quilting, knitting, clay sculpturing, making hand made paper, designing and building theatrical sets, doing freelance art, scenic designing or one of the many other interests she had, you can be sure she did it very well! Lee, as most of her friends called her was a 1961...
William Colquhoun
Apr 13, 2010
William Douglas Colquhoun William Douglas Colquhoun, 63, of Lyndhurst, Ohio died suddenly on April 13, 2010 while working in Cleveland. Bill was born in Cleveland on October 13, 1946, the son of Robert Seaman Colquhoun and Mary Ellen Andrus Colquhoun. He spent his early years in Conneaut, Ohio and then moved with the family to Shaker Heights where he graduated...
Marjorie Johnson
Apr 11, 2010
Marjorie Johnson loved to tell the story of her premature birth Ñ she was born at home on the kitchen floor Ñ and how she survived because her engineer father built an incubator for the three-pound baby that the doctor said would never live. That sheer determination that marked her precipitous entrance into the world remained one of her most...
Jean Lynch
Apr 1, 2010
JEAN LYNCH nee Sramek age 93. Beloved wife of the late Hugh R. Lynch. Beloved mother of Patricia Lynch Richards and the late Terrence Lynch. Dear Nana of grandsons Rick and Tim, and great grandsons Patrick and Evan. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to Church of St. Dominic, 19000 Van Aken Blvd.,...
Josefa Josefa
Mar 30, 2010
Josefa Sofie Rom was born in Hinterberg, Austria in 1914. This became Yugoslavia after the First World War and is now Slovenia. She lived on a small farm with her family. She was the oldest and brother Frank was born about a year later. When she was eight years old, her brother Peter was born. Unfortunately, something went wrong and...
Margaret Gannon
Mar 28, 2010
MARGARET VRETTOS GANNON nee Steenson, formerly of Walnut Creek, California, died March 28th at the age of 96. She was the beloved wife of the late Spyros Vrettos who passed away in 1963. She was the dear mother of Athena Vrettos Christopher Flint of Shaker Hts., Ohio and grandmother of Gray Flint-Vrettos. Margaret is also survived by many devoted nieces...
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