Obituaries

Ann Brown

Ann Brown

Mar 15, 2011

Ann Goodner Forsythe Brown came into this world February 27th, 1931 and departed this world March 15th, 2011. The beloved family members left behind to carry on Ann's unique zest for loving and living life to its fullest everyday are her loving sister, Mrs. Emily Forsythe Warren of Shaker Heights, OH. Her four loving sons, Stanley Morton Brown Jr. of...

Cynthia Black

Cynthia Black

Mar 14, 2011

Cindy K. Black is a native of Cleveland and has resided in Reminderville, OH since 2003 and prior to that had lived in Moreland Hills and Solon, OH. Mrs. Black has also resided in Orlando, FL from 1980-1986. Mrs. Black is a graduate of Rhodes High School in 1966. She worked several years as a Legal Assistant with one of...

Kathryn Herndon

Kathryn Herndon

Mar 14, 2011

Kathryn Blair Herndon died at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio Monday evening March 14th. She was the daughter of Albert Watson Blair and Kathryn Talbot Marvin Blair Laylin. Kathryn was the wife of Charles Harbison Herndon, a renowned orthopedic surgeon at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio who died in 1997. Her sons are Charles Laylin Herndon of Kelleys Island, an...

Mae Woods

Mae Woods

Mar 12, 2011

MAE ELLA WOODS nee Palmer of Highland Hts., OH, passed away peacefully after a short illness. She was the beloved mother of Madelyn Mokea, Richard Debbie and the late Malcolm; the devoted grandmother of David, Hillary, Jessica, Mia and Mequoin and the great-grandmother of many. Family services will be held. BROWN-FORWARD SERVICE 216 752-1200 PDF Printable Version

James Horsburgh

James Horsburgh

Mar 9, 2011

James N. Horsburgh lost a long battle with heart disease on March 9, 2011, at the age of 66. After earning an MBA in 1968, he joined Harris Seybold Corporation later Harris Corporation for his first job. In 1971 he began a 14 year career with the Horsburgh & Scott Co. where he was controller and later treasurer. In 1993...

Betty Taricska

Betty Taricska

Mar 6, 2011

BETTY J. TARICSKA nee Calderoneof Shaker Heights, Ohio, died March 6th, 2011 Betty was the beloved wife of the late Joseph K. Taricska, who passed away in 2007. She was the dear mother of Joseph K., Jr. Polly of Bay Village, OH and David M. Sandra of N. Olmsted, OH and the dear grandmother of Michael, Brian, Robert and Kelly....

Ann Ann

Ann Ann

Mar 6, 2011

Ann Lee, beloved wife of Jeff Kaminsky. Dear mother of Chuck Cundiff of California, Cathi Cundiff of Maple Heights, Ohio, and Craig Cundiff Nahshonda of Cleveland, Ohio. Loving grandmother and great grandmother. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 East 185th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44119. Private Family...

Joseph Kelley

Joseph Kelley

Mar 4, 2011

Joseph F. Kelley, M.D., age 83 of Shaker Hts., OH. Dr. Kelley was the beloved husband of the late Ann H. nee Higley. He was the dear father of Elizabeth K. Wyatt Jack D. of Bainbridge, OH and the late Christopher Higley Kelley and David Martin Kelley. He was also the grandfather of Angie Wyatt and Mandie Kasey, and a...

John Irwin

John Irwin

Mar 3, 2011

John Preston Irwin Jr., died March 3, 2011 at is Cleveland Heights residence. John was the son of John Preston Irwin and Josephine Saxer Irwin and the younger brother of William Pryor Irwin and the late Elizabeth Saxer Irwin Harnar Budden. John Lived at 18681 Rivercliff Drive, Fairview later Fairview Park, Ohio through childhood and school. He attended Garnet School,...

Robert Maciunas

Robert Maciunas

Mar 1, 2011

Robert Joseph Maciunas, M.D., former Professor of Neurosurgery at University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, and Director of the Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery and Vice Chairman of Neurological Surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, passed away at the Breuning Health Care Center at Judson University Circle in Cleveland, on March 1, 2011. Dr. Maciunas was born in Chicago,...

Frederick Heinlen

Frederick Heinlen

Mar 1, 2011

Fred Heinlen was born August 14, 1915 to Fred and Rose Heinlen of Cleveland. A graduate of Shaw High School in 1934, Fred received his Bachelors Degree in 1938 from Springield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Following his five year stint as an officer in the Service Air Corps during WWII, Fred went on to obtain a Masters Degree from Columbia...

Hildegarde Lund

Hildegarde Lund

Mar 1, 2011

At age 104, Hildegarde Lund is believed to be University Heights' oldest resident. When she was born Dec. 29, 1906, in Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States. She has lived through a total of 19 presidents and two world wars. She grew up on a farm in Kirtland, Ohio which now belongs to the Herb Society. Although...

Everett Dodrill

Everett Dodrill

Mar 1, 2011

Everett Dodrill was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, and moved to Flushing, NY when he was about two years old. The family of five moved to Baldwin, NY near Freeport when he was in elementary school, and had a two bedroom home with a coal furnace. He shared a bedroom with his brother, Bill. He had fond memories of his...

Mary Schneider

Mary Schneider

Feb 27, 2011

MARY PATRICIA SCHNEIDER nee Baumgartner of Aurora, OH, passed away at her residence February 27th, 2011. Pat was the beloved wife for 55 years to the late Paul J. Schneider, who died in 2005. She was the dear sister of Jean B. Erickson Wallace of Salinas, CA and Robert L. Baumgartner Connie of Novelty., OH and the dear aunt of...

Schuyler Haskell

Schuyler Haskell

Feb 26, 2011

Schuyler Haskell was born October 25, 1925 to Walter LeRoy Haskell and Margaret Lucia Schenck. He attended boarding school at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT from 1942-44. Afterwards he enlisted in the United States Army, serving during WWII from March '44-May'46. Haskell later joined the Air Force Reserve until 1963. Haskell went on to Williams College in Williamstown, MA...

Robert Haring

Robert Haring

Feb 25, 2011

The Reverend Robert William Haring was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 28, 1917. He attended Wooster College graduating in 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Philosophy. He was married to Doris Frances Bennett on September 11, 1943. She is also a Wooster graduate. They had one son, John A. Haring, born in 1946. Bob is also...

Edgar Bowerfind

Edgar Bowerfind

Feb 24, 2011

Dr. Edgar S. Bowerfind, Jr. known as Pete, died suddenly blessedly of a heart attack Thursday, February 24, 2011 at his home at Judson Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He was 86. Dr. Bowerfind was the son of Edgar S. Bowerfind, a pioneer in the field of public relations with Republic Steel, and Edna Strong Bowerfind a soloist at the...

John Farley

John Farley

Feb 22, 2011

JOHN M. FARLEY, 80 of Cleveland Heights, OH died peacefully with family at his side on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. John was the beloved husband for 51 years to Dorothy Farley nee Stacy and the dear father of Anne Sherwin Tom of Pittsburg, PA; Joan Christie Mel of Bethesda, MD; and John O. Dorothy of Pittsburgh, PA and granddad to...

Pearl Hill

Pearl Hill

Feb 15, 2011

Pearline Albertha Hill nee Taylor of Cleveland, Ohio. Born 1917 in Jamaica and retired RN with The American Red Cross. Loving wife of the late William E. Hill; dear mother of Delano H.A. Clare of Cleveland, Ohio; grandmother of Delano Lambert-Clare of Orlando, Florida and Maddeson L. Garcia of Mandeville, Louisiana; great-grandmother of Danny and Isabella Garcia; cherished friend of...

Joseph Ayers

Joseph Ayers

Feb 15, 2011

JOSEPH BURTON AYERS, III "Trip" of Ft. Lauderdale FL and a seasonal resident of Lyndhurst, OH; and the devoted life partner for 30 years of Paul David Dobrea, died peacefully in Lyndhurst, OH, Tuesday, February 15th, 2011, with Paul and Minou at his side. Trip was born January 3rd, l943 to Aileen Bruch Ayers and Joseph Burton Ayers, Jr.. He...