MARIE E. KOTAR (nee Tursic) age 89, beloved wife for 55 1/2 years of the late Edward; loving mother of Diane Polley (husband Dennis, DO); cherished daughter of the late Lawrence and Anna (nee Karan) Tursic; dearest sister of Janet Turjan (husband Fred, deceased), Margaret Pipan (husband Stephen), Ed Tursic, and the late Betty Skedel (husband Red, deceased), and Dorothy Fink (husband Benny, deceased) and the late Ronald; dear aunt and great-aunt of many. Marie was born on April 6, 1930 in Continue reading

WALTER J. BUSHER, Jr. age 91, beloved husband of Catherine “Kitty”  (nee Callinan) and the late Mary Jane (nee Brown); loving father of Mary Kasavich (husband Joseph), Raymond, Elaine Kolts (husband Alan), Thomas, Mark (wife Collette), step-father of Kevin Avery (wife Sandy), Karen Andrews, Mary Pat Avery and Timothy Avery (wife Jackie); treasured father-in-law of Penny and Sharon Busher; devoted grandfather of Claire Kasavich, Alicia, Andrew, Michael, Alex, Kendall, and Colleen Busher, Kristen Continue reading

THERESA MARIE BARATTA (nee Russo) age 100 1/2, known simply to many as “Granny,” beloved wife of the late Anthony; loving mother of Mary Kathryne Wilders (husband Richard) and Jo-Ann Stusek; devoted grandmother of Denton Stusek (wife Jackie), Laurel Kiehl (husband Jason) and great-grandmother of Sydney, Parker, and Jackson; cherished daughter of the late Mike and Josephine (nee Fratino) Russo; dearest sister of Daniel Russo (wife Dorothy, deceased), and the late Phillip (wife Christine, Continue reading

LORETTA A. LIUZZO (nee Mazzone) age 82, beloved mother of Paul (wife Sue), Gina Dougherty (husband Gene) and Tony (wife Debbie); devoted Nana of  Jack Dougherty (wife Sheila), Rhiannon and Shannon Liuzzo, Mark Torok (wife Michelle), Adam Torok (wife Marcie), and Maureen Stump (husband Dave) and Great-Nana of Calissa, Makenna, Madison, Savannah and Jack Dougherty and Phebe Liuzzo; cherished daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (nee Riola) Mazzone; dearest sister of the late Nick (wife Millie, Continue reading

DAVID E. MITCHELL age 72, beloved husband for 51 years of Carol (nee Jacobs); cherished son of the late Michael and Margaret (nee Tyzenhouse). David was born on July 4, 1946 in Cleveland, OH and passed away on May 27, 2019. He was a resident of Concord, OH and formerly Mesopotamia. He loved cars, especially Corvettes, and motor scooters. However, the greatest joy in life was time spent with his wife. David was loved by all, and for that he will be dearly missed. In lieu of flowers, Continue reading

JAKOB KOVACIC age 81, beloved husband of the late Antonija “Toncka” (nee Hribar); cherished son of the late Petar and Jaga (nee Milkovic); loving step-father of Franc Perko, Josko Perko (Slavica), and Marica Ugrin (Renato); devoted step-grandfather of Erika Perko, Renato Perko, Melita Katusic (Stjepan), Lydia DiClemente (Matthew), Danijela Vlach (Geoff), Diana Skrbis (Stan), and Robert Ugrin (Jaclyn) and great-grandfather of 13; dearest brother of Petar (Rozika), and the late Ana Kutin, Marko, Continue reading

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