Obituaries

JULIE TACKLA (nee Abood), aged 103 years, beloved wife of the late Elias, loving mother of Zouheir (deceased), Shawki (deceased), Nabih (Yvette), Ramzi, Mamoon (Annette) and Raghida (deceased), cherished grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of 8, devoted sister of six brothers and four sisters (all deceased), fond aunt and grand-aunt to many. Contributions in memory of Julie suggested to St....

Our dear Sister Mary Patricia (formerly Sister Mary John Therese) went home to God on Sunday evening, June 2, at 6:45 p.m. As a cancer survivor, Sister was a support to others; as a faithful religious, she loved her community and was a selfless presence to all. The wake will be on Monday, June 10, from 2–4:45 followed by the...

BERNICE “BEA” WHITE (nee Wooster), 93, died May 4, 2019, after a long illness, surrounded by her loving family.  She had been the beloved wife of the late Robert (Bob) White; loving mother of Marty, Eric (Jackie), David, Suzi (Jose) Ramos, and Katie (Terry) Hamric; devoted grandmother of Michael (Becky) White, Emily (Derek) Cogar, and Nate, Tim (Valerie), and Sarah...

JOHN J. “JACK” ZEHE age 95, beloved husband of the late Adeline (nee Wolanin); loving father of William (wife Claudia), Jacqueline Kundrach (husband David), Robert (wife Mary) and John (wife Frances); devoted grandfather of Christina Heintel (husband Christopher), Jeanne Wiemer (husband Michael), Robert (wife Jessica), Jennifer Soros (husband David), Daniel (fiancé Katherine Szeto), Stephanie Kundrach (fiancé Joseph Santoiemmo), Mary Simon...

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...

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...

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,...

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;...

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...

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...

JOHN M. DONOHOE age 61, cherished son of Mirella “Lynn” (nee Martinazzo) and the late John; dearest brother of Anne Safko (husband Edward), Susan Swales (husband Thomas, Ph.D.), and Michael (wife Elizabeth); dear uncle of Danielle, Amanda, Peter, Sarah, and Rosalie.

John was born in Cleveland on July 29, 1957 and passed away on May 27, 2019. He graduated from...

June Ann Cook Poole, 59, climbed up onto Papa’s lap on May 23rd, 2019. Her soulmate and husband of 39 years, Charles Roy Poole III (Chuck) was by her side.

June was born and grew up in the suburbs north of Chicago. She was the youngest sister of Rod, Russ, Polly Maiman, Reid, Janie Croker, Jill Buckmaster and the late...

ELAINE M. FOX (nee Finitzer), aged 87 years, beloved wife of the late Ronald G., dearest mother of Larry J. (Vickie), David A. (Claudia) and Laura L., loving grandmother of Ashton, Spencer and Jarret Fox, and Dean, Andrew and Danny Yoder, devoted sister of the late Richard Finitzer.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Elaine suggested to St....

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)...

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...

WINIFRED M. SIPPLE (nee Zola), aged 91 years, devoted wife for 50 years to the late Conrad Robert, loving mother of CDR Richard, USN – Ret. (wife Mary Sue), Susan, Patricia, Constance and David “Duke” (wife Bernadette), beloved grandmother of Kevin and Brian, cherished sister of the late George Zola (wife Aileen) (both deceased), fond aunt of Judy Youngblood.

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WILLIAM J. “BILL” URBANCIC age 73, beloved husband for 28 years of Jacqueline (nee Zombory); loving father of Brenda Urbancic and step-father of Steve (wife Sandra) and Michael Zombory (wife Michele); devoted grandfather of Steven, Paige, Madison and Nathan Zombory; cherished son of the late William M. and Dorothy V. (nee Perse); dearest brother of Dorie Cerny (husband Lou), Bob,...

LORETTA M. TRUHAN, aged 91 years, beloved daughter of the late John and Helen (nee Kondisko), dearest sister of the late Helen, Kate, Marcella, Alexis, Paul, Andrew, Martha, Anne Louden and Cecilia, loving aunt and great aunt.

Mass of Christian Burial Thursday, May 23, 2019 at  St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church at 11:30 AM. Interment All Souls Cemetery. Family...

JOSEPH W. NUCCIO, age 91, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2019. Joe was born to Peter and Antoinette (nee Minute) on August 2, 1927 in Cleveland Ohio and graduated from Collinwood High School. A proud WWII U.S. Navy veteran, Joe built his family home in Mayfield Heights where he lived for 60 years. He was a devoted parishioner of...