MARY CATHERINE “MARY KAY” RODDY (nee McDonnell) age 87, beloved wife of the late John “Jack”; loving mother of Catherine Roddy (husband Glenn Pisani), Jack, Michael, Patricia Roddy, James (wife Margrit, deceased), Brian (wife Monica), Kevin (wife Lisa) and the late Joseph; devoted grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of 5; cherished daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (nee McCarthy) McDonnell; dearest sister of Joan Coughlin (husband John), Dolores Ritt (husband John, deceased) and the late Continue reading

MATILDA  LOKAR (nee Kovac) age 88, beloved wife  of the late Slavko “Louis” Lokar for 42 years and  Stefan Korosec for 12 years; loving mother of Stoyan (wife Barbara) and Sue Kingston (husband Ken); devoted grandmother of Christina, Nicholas, Anthony and Kayla; dearest sister of Neska Pisot and Bernard Kovac of Slovenia and the late Damjan, Rados and Rajko Kovac and Loiska Jerman; dear aunt and great-aunt of many. Matilda was born in Lokavec, Slovenia on February 24, 1931 and passed away Continue reading

LAWRENCE “LARRY” M. BRAZIE age 69, retired Sergeant Mayfield Hts police department; cherished son of the late Harold and Dolores (nee Caulfield) Brazie; dearest brother of Anthony (wife Rita), Cynthia Troia (husband John), Mary Brazie and Harold (wife Cheryl); loving uncle of Christopher (wife Dawn), Juliette Marijolovic (husband Marinko), twins Justin (wife Stacey) and Steve (wife Rebecca), John Troia (fiancé Hope), Jennifer Troia, Erin Kozell (husband Michael), Rebecca Helt (husband James) and Continue reading

Marija Cirjak, age 95. Wife of Jakov (deceased); mother of Zvonko (Snjezena), Wallace (Ruth) and Julia Thornhill (Scott); grandmother of Marko, Quinn, Sofia, Aaron and Geoffrey (Rachel); great grandmother of Fiona. Friends received at the DeJohn-Flynn-Mylott Funeral Home of Willoughby Hills, 28890 Chardon Road (between Bishop Rd. and Rt. 91), Tuesday, May 14 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Mass, Wednesday, 10am at St. Paul Croatian Church, 1369 E. 40 St., Cleveland (Please Meet at Church). Interment All Continue reading

MARGARET A. “MARGIE” CUTURA (nee Vlosich) age 91, beloved wife of the late Joseph; loving mother of JoAnn Salcer (husband Rick); World’s Best Gramma to Ricky Salcer (fiancé Kayla Sharkey); cherished daughter of the late Eli Vlosich and Joseph and Mary Bezjak; dearest sister of Edith “Bubie” Matiyasic and the late George Vlosich, Mary Kelner, Helen Pokersnik, John Vlosich and Josephine Krukowski; treasured sister-in-law of Zora Franjko and Sr. Matilda Cutura, FDC; adored aunt and great-aunt of Continue reading

FRANCES P. BRITSCH (nee PARSONS) age 94, loving mother of Karl and Elizabeth; cherished daughter of Thomas and Helen (nee Kantner) Parsons. Contributions may be made in memory of Frances to Shade Tree Community Church 4249 River St., Willoughby, OH 44094, The City Mission 5310 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103 and American Bible Society 101 North Independence Mall East FL8, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Memorial Service on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at First Christian Church of Willoughby 4249 River St., Continue reading

JOHN GORICAN age 93, beloved husband of the late Mary (nee Mrak); loving father of Lea (David Herdman) and Barbara Rowane (husband Michael); devoted grandfather of Marija, Nada,  Juliana, Anja and Cecilija Rowane; cherished son of the late Miha and Marija (nee Jancic); dearest brother of Micka Prevolsek, Rudi, Tone and the late Joze, Teresa Strasek, Rozinka Gabersek, Franc and Miha; dear uncle and great-uncle of many. John was born on April 16, 1926 in Čačavas (Boč), Slovenia. He passed away Continue reading

JOSEPH B. VERDI age 92, beloved husband for 71 years of Josephine (nee Kozel); loving father of Joseph R. (wife Patricia) and Thomas (wife Margaret); devoted grandfather of Kathleen Impullitti (husband Nicholas), Daniel (wife April), Brian, Jane, Michael (wife Kara), James (wife Cassandra), Katherine (fiancé Peter DeCapua) and great-grandfather of 8; cherished son of the late Louis and Rose (nee Antenucci); dearest brother of Marie Cimorell and the late Sylvio, Mario, Louis and Donald; dear Continue reading