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William A. Patrick
Sep 16, 2024
WILLIAM A. PATRICK, 71, passed away suddenly on September 10, 2024.
He was the beloved son of Virginia and Francis "Pat" Patrick. Loving brother of Tom (Rose-deceased) and Mary Kay (Kevin Snyder). Devoted uncle of Clare Sims (Brad), Natasha Holtpatrick (Sam), and Katy Etelman (Brian). Bill attended St. Margaret Mary and Griswold Institute.
He was an employee of the Cleveland Clinic for...
Gordon "Mac" McElhatten
Sep 16, 2024
Gordon Joseph McElhatten, 78, passed away Monday, September 16, 2024 from complications related to pneumonia.
Gordon, or “Mac” to all who knew him, was born in Kenton, Ohio on May 28, 1946. He was adopted at an early age by Herman and Mary McElhatten of Eastlake, Ohio.
Mac was an industrious and hard-working young man who would go on to join the...
Joyce Cummings
Sep 16, 2024
JOYCE ANN CUMMINGS (nee Cesa) age 78, beloved wife of the late Bruce: loving mother of Heather Haberman (husband Mark); Mark, Paul and Thomas (wife Brittani); devoted grandmother of Alex, John and Rachel Haberman and Kennedy and Lincoln Cummings; cherished daughter of the late Armand and Victoria (nee Papaleo) Cesa; dearest sister of Carmen Cesa (wife Kay), Mary Kay Jones...
Donald J. "Don" Testa
Sep 16, 2024
DONALD J. “DON” TESTA, age 88, beloved husband for 42 years of the late Agnes (nee Raycher); loving father of David (wife Rita), Donald, and Michael; devoted grandfather of Steven Testa (wife Jillian), Lauren Lorber (husband Nicholas), Brian, Jennifer Lino, and Stephanie Testa; and great-grandfather of twelve; cherished son of the late Daniel J. and Julia (nee Novak); dearest brother...
Alice Bewie
Sep 15, 2024
ALICE J. BEWIE (nee Wygal) age 80, beloved wife of the late John; loving mother of Richard (wife Susan Silverberg) and David (wife Margaret) Bewie; devoted grandmother of Gabrielle and Olivia; cherished daughter of the late Berl and Jocelyn (nee Watson) Wygal; dearest sister-in-law of Paul (wife Lyn) Bewie; beloved aunt of Elizabeth Bewie; dear friend of many.
Alice was born...
James Kinnaird
Sep 14, 2024
JAMES JOSEPH KINNAIRD age 65, loving father of James (wife Meghan), Danielle Jocek (husband Mark) and Amber Valek; devoted grandfather of Ashley, Jillian, Abigail, Colin, James, Mackenzie and Mya (both deceased), Weston, Jackson, Joseph and Madelyn and great-grandfather of Levi and Theodore; cherished son of the late Wilhelm and Joan (nee Klouda); dearest brother of the late William (wife Peg...
Cynthia S. Bezdek
Sep 13, 2024
CYNTHIA S. BEZDEK (nee Shadwick) age 78, beloved wife for 56 years of Jim; loving mother of Mark (wife Heather) and Laura Horvath (husband Steve); devoted grandmother of Zach, Alyssa, Andrew, Evan, Alexis, Brooke, Elizabeth and Mackenzie; cherished daughter of the late Orin and Betty (nee Gardner) Shadwick; dearest sister of Marilyn Kring (husband John deceased) and Steve Shadwick; treasured...
Nancy Wyona Stanley
Sep 12, 2024
NANCY WYONA STANLEY age 80, daughter of the late Mark and stepmother Betty Stanley; sister of Peggy (the late John) Wehrle and Sue (Jim) Connell; dear aunt of Joshua (Deana) Wehrle, Ashleigh Wehrle, JC (Kirsten) Connell, Rylee (Michael) Bryant, and Taylor (Rachel) Connell and great-aunt of Jaden and Sophie Wehrle, Bryce Smith, and Hadlee and Haislee Bryant.
Nancy was born on...
Daniel Zehe
Sep 11, 2024
DANIEL J. ZEHE age 38, beloved husband of Katherine Szeto; survived by his canine companions Winston and Finnian; cherished son of Robert (wife Mary) and Catherine (nee Levand) Quick (husband Robert); dearest brother of Christina Heintel (husband Christopher), Jeanne Wiemer (husband Michael), Robert (wife Jessica), and Mary Simon (husband Matthew); dear uncle of Calvin, Jillian, Cora, Audrey, Kailey, Brock, Lincoln,...
Annette "Tilly" Bojack
Sep 11, 2024
ANNETTE "TILLY" BOJACK (nee Vandetti) age 76, beloved wife for 54 years of Russell; loving mother of Michelle Hribar (husband Mark) and the late Melanie; devoted grandmother of Mark Jr, Melanie, and Matt; cherished daughter of the late Margaret (nee Papula) Vandetti and Frank Vandetti.
Annette was born on March 27, 1948, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Tilly loved her family and would...
David Crawford
Sep 10, 2024
DAVID WILLIAM CRAWFORD age 81, beloved husband of the late Mary A. Kowalski for 20 years; loving father of Tami R. Pritchard (nee Crawford) of New York, David W. Crawford Jr. of Kentucky, Tracy L. Crawford of Georgia, Stacey A. Taylor (nee Crawford) of Florida, Richard L. (Ashley) Brockway of New York, and James A. Brockway of New York; devoted...
Clara Sassano
Sep 9, 2024
Clara Ann Sassano (nee DiDonato) age 93, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on September 9, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Anthony L.
Devoted mother of Debbie (Fred Jackson), Anthony Jr. (Suzanne), Chuck (Sue), Lynn Galik (John), and Patrick; loving grandmother of Angela, Alyssa, John, Vincent, Stephanie, Gabrielle and Anthony R. Sister of John DiDonato. Great-grandmother of 4.
Mass...
Richard Minick
Sep 8, 2024
RICHARD ALLEN MINICK age 71, beloved brother of Walter Minick and the late Robert Minick; loving uncle of Lisa Holcomb (David) and the late Chris Minick; devoted great uncle of Selah Holcomb cherished son of the late Walter and Faye (nee Kempma); dearest friend of Roger Shafer (Cindy), Duane Gussler (Cheryl) and Heather Meyers.
Richard retired from Lincoln Electrics after over...
Martin Zingales
Sep 7, 2024
Martin J. Zingales age 70 of Mayfield Heights, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on September 7, 2024. Beloved husband of 50 years to Susan (nee Tagliaferri). Devoted father of Marnie Nice (Dan), and Nicole Rogal (Dan). Loving Papa of Leo, Angelina, Vinny, and Olivia. Cherished brother of Mary Rose Kellner (Edward deceased) of University Heights, Ginny LoPresti...
Marilyn Cotman
Sep 6, 2024
MARILYN JULIA COTMAN (nee Komosinski) entered into eternal rest on September 6, 2024.
Born on October 25, 1940, Marilyn was the daughter of John Komosinski and Julia Zdanowicz.
Marilyn was a Retiree of The Ohio Bell Telephone Company. She was active in her Church Community and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. Her love of theatre and the arts was shown as...
Gail Catherine Buckland
Sep 4, 2024
GAIL CATHERINE BUCKLAND (nee Debelak) age 75, beloved wife for 32 years of Rick; loving mother of Jimmy, Tammy, Donny, Danny (Shannon), Brian and Brittany (Laramie); devoted grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of many; cherished daughter of the late Frank and Ann (nee Somich) Debelak; dearest sister of Sharon and the late Beverly.
Gail was born January 21, 1949, in Cleveland,...
Sveta Panin
Sep 4, 2024
Sveta Panin, 59, passed away on September 4th, 2024. She was born in Kiev, Ukraine, spent her childhood and youth in Minsk, Belarus, and at the age of 31 she came to the United States. She had a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Cleveland State University. She worked for Progressive Insurance for over 20 years and loved programming and...
Nita M. Ramsey
Sep 3, 2024
NITA M. RAMSEY (nee Caroniti) age 46, beloved wife for 12 years of Javon Ramsey; loving step-mother of Aziza Ramsey; cherished daughter of Biagio Caroniti and Nina Bennett (nee Hogue) (husband Thomas); loved step-daughter of Paul Taddeo; dearest sister of Melissa Lazar, Jessica Sistek (husband Charles) and Leah Eastman (husband Daniel); dear aunt of Bradley, Norah, Charlie and Devon; treasured...
John Marius Argenzia
Sep 1, 2024
JOHN MARIUS ARGENZIA, 96, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2024.
Born to Dominick Argenzia, Sr. and Angeline Viscusi Argenzia in Rome, New York on June 24, 1928, he is survived by his devoted daughter Lynda Chandler (Richard), his grandchildren Lauren Chandler Thomas (George), John Patrick Argenzia (Sarah), Allison Argenzia Wallace (Joey), great grandchildren Benjamin Argenzia, Isaac Thomas, and Rosemary Thomas....
Roberta Kalaj
Sep 1, 2024
ROBERTA MARIE KALAJ, loving mother of Mario Amata and Anthony Amata (Megan Canfora); cherished daughter of George Kalaj and Maria Kastelan (nee Curovic); treasured life-long friend of Angelo Amata; dearest niece of Tony Curovic and cousin of Mark and Rebecca Curovic. Survived by her canine companion, Hades.
Roberta was born February 26, 1973 in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Willoughby South...
