Obituaries

ROSE MARIE SOPHIA ROGERS (nee Smith), aged 91 years, former wife to the late John Rogers and Lou Rogers, daughter of the late William and Rose (nee Frizek) Smith, loving cousin of Carol Selis (husband John) and Jane Sembric, dearest friend and cousin to Mary Curran, Jane Labban, Susan Heyniger and Leslie O’Donnell, and also survived by loving extended family...

Janice “Jan” C. Hubbell, age 91 of Chardon, passed away Nov.14, 2019 at The Fairmount Health Center at Ohio Living Breckenridge Village in Willoughby. Born Feb. 20, 1928 in Lima, OH to Clarence and Ruth (nee: Burtchin) Cox, she had been a resident of Gates Mills before moving to the Chardon area over 29 years ago. Jan was a nurse,...

S. ROBERT ESTEP, passed away on November 13, 2019 at the age of 83. The beloved husband for 57 years to Joan (nee Malcomb), dear father of Cynde Estep, Todd Estep (wife Anissa) and Tina Rihaly (husband James), loving grandfather of Andrew, Tamsyn, Quinn and Caitlin Estep and Tristan Rihaly, cherished brother of Kenneth and Arnold Estep, Phyllis Costill and...

ROSE MARIE PALUF (nee Papp) age 91, beloved wife for 70 years of the late George A.; loving mother of Sr. Donna, SND, Timothy (wife Darlene (nee Bozza)) and Karen Kruse (husband Kenneth); devoted grandmother of Timothy (wife Stacey), Christy Menzies (husband Nicholas), Ryan Paluf, Kevin Kruse (wife Amber), Kyle Kruse and great-grandmother of Adelaide, Bennett, Hannah, Timothy, Conor and...

Pavo Begovic, 89, of Eastlake, passed away peacefully on November 15, 2019.

He was born March 14, 1930 in Glina, Kordun, Croatia. Pavo lived in Cerna, Slavonija and immigrated to the U.S. on Sept. 18, 1969. He worked at MTD for 26 years.

Pavo was a fun loving, hard working man. He loved his Croatian heritage and worked for all...

KATHERINE “KATE” A. O’DONNELL (nee Thoren) age 63, beloved wife for 36 years of Thomas O’Donnell; loving mother of Mark (Crista), Sarah (Mike Mantilla), Matthew (Shane Hollon) and Daniel; devoted grandmother of Sophia, Abi, Evan, and Avery; cherished daughter of the late Ralph (Nancy) Thoren and Elaine Thoren; dearest sister of Susan Smith, Roger (Mary Beth) and Raymond (Kathy); dear...

RUTH K. JENNINGS (nee Kneen) age 95, beloved wife of  the late William J. ; loving mother of Ruthann Page (husband Paul) and William C. (Barbara Marchuk); devoted grandmother of Jennifer and Billy Jennings and Jill Page; cherished daughter of the late Charles and Irma (nee Goetz) Kneen; dearest sister of the late Marjorie Mann; dear aunt and great-aunt of...

VALERIA C. ROCH (nee Uszko) age 86, loving mother of Cathleen Napierkowski (husband Daniel), Leslie Rock, Victoria Stilwell (husband Michael), and Matt; devoted grandmother of 6; cherished daughter of the late Walter and Jeanny (nee Stolarski) Uszko; dearest sister of 5 siblings who preceded her in death; dear aunt and great-aunt of many.

Valeria was born on February 7, 1933...

AARON EARL ISAAC, born on September 16, 1971 in Cleveland, and passed away on November 7, 2019 in South Euclid. Aaron leaves to mourn his passing his loving parents, Robert (deceased) and Edwina Isaac. He was the dear brother of Damion and Norah Isaac, cherished grandson of the late Robert Sr. and Verda Isaac, fond nephew of Ronald Isaac (Jackie)...

VIOLA ANN WARGO (nee Mura), aged 94 years, beloved wife of the late Robert M., dearest mother of Barbara Johnson (David) and Pamela Giglio (Augustine), loving grandmother of Natalie Giglio (Jordan Holz), Christina Giglio (Antoine Balaine), Aaron Quinn and great-grandmother.

Please meet for the Mass of Christian Burial Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at St. Andrew Abbey, 10510 Buckeye Rd., Cleveland...

NADIA A. GIANNONE (nee Ina), aged 71 years, beloved wife of the late Carmen, dearest mother of Joseph M., devoted daughter of the late Jamil and Evelyn (nee Nemer) Ina, cherished sister of Anthony Ina (Cheryl), Maroon “Mike” Ina (Gizelle), Jamil (deceased) and Laura Healy, treasured  God-mother to Lauren, Danielle and Morgan, fond aunt, grand-aunt and friend to many. Mass...

THOMAS A. KONCAR age 55, beloved companion and life-long partner of Kim Miller; loving father of Tanya Miller (Ed Bregitzer), Dawn Paradise (husband Tony) and Ryan Miller (wife Brittanee); devoted grandfather of nine; cherished son of the late Florian and Marie (nee Kosir); dearest brother of John (husband Claudio), Rosemarie Krivacic (husband Jeffrey), Angela Herbst (husband Charles) and the late...

SUSAN ZEIGER (nee Miheli) age 72, beloved wife for 42 years of James; loving mother of Cheryl Pietrafese (husband Brent) and step-mother of Steven (wife Victoria) and Robert; devoted grandmother of Brent and Lillian Pietrafese; cherished daughter of the late Joseph and Marie (nee Gregor) Miheli; dearest sister of Janet Pender (husband Larry), Joseph and Gregory Miheli (wife Heleace) and...

CHARLES J. “CHUCK” LENTINI age 87, U.S. Army Veteran, Knights of Columbus Gilmour Council #310 member. Chuck will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 62 years, Theresa “Terry”  (nee Pezzino); loving father of Cynthia Onorato Micali (husband James); devoted grandfather of Matthew and Megan Onorato; cherished son of the late Guiseppe and Maria (nee Cassaro); dear friend of many.

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SHARON L. HANSON (nee Senko) age 86, former wife and best friend of James; loving mother of Karen, James (wife Shanna), Robert, Timothy, and Daniel (wife Janet); devoted grandmother of Susan Colman (husband David), Jonathan Iddings (wife Angela), Sarah Lang (husband Jeffrey), James, Austin, Carly, Daniel and Maggie and great-grandmother of Charlotte, Evelyn, Grady, Vivienne, Dean and Lucy; cherished daughter...

Sister John Mary Blaser’s 70 years of service as an Ursuline ran the gamut from education to congregational leadership to financial administration to the ministry of prayer, each carried out with professionalism and dedication. The highly respected and beloved community member died November 5 – one week short of her 90thbirthday — at Regina Health Center in Richfield where she...

Our dear Sister Mary Jane (94), (formerly Sister Mary Joanette) very quietly and peacefully went home to God on Sunday morning, November 3, at 5:30 a.m. Sister’s entire life was devoted to some form of education: teacher, administrator, director of curriculum, librarian, assistant in the province archives. She was a life-long learner, having received a Fulbright Award for study in...

STEPHEN V. PILLAR JR. age 77, beloved husband of Sharon (nee Trimbath, deceased) and longtime companion of Linda Farley; loving father of William (wife Jamie) and Rebecca Coffin (husband Patrick); devoted grandfather of Morgan Wantz, Matthew Coffin and Ethan and Grant Pillar; cherished son of the late Stephen Sr. and Adele; dearest brother of Jerome “Jerry” (Gail); preceded in death...

MARIATANA T. SALERNO (nee Santora), aged 77 years, beloved wife for 31 years to the late Frank A., loving mother of Anthony Kenney (Rosa), Salvatore (Laurie), Gina Kenney Huber (Charles), Margaret Salerno, Paul Kenney, Anne Workman, Frank Jr., Tony (Adriana) and Mariatana del Rosario (Gary), devoted grandmother of Anthony Jr., Sara, Robert, Blazine, Michael, Nicolette, Emelie, Christian, Kade, Dawn, Frankie...

ANN BARBARA McHALE (nee Cotner), aged 80 years, beloved wife of Vincent E., dear mother of Patrick (wife Tammy Kitko), loving grandmother of Quinn, Kane, Cole and Kai McHale. In lieu of flowers, contributions suggested to Communion of Saints Parish, 2475 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118. Private family services were held with entombment in All Saints Cemetery Mausoleum. Arrangements...