Obituaries

JAMES J. WALSH age 90, former husband of Marilynne (nee Burgess); loving father of Jeffrey (wife Victoria), Susan and the late Jay (wife Eveline); devoted grandfather of Kevin and Keith; cherished son of the late Neil and Grayce (nee Royston); dearest brother of the late Robert (wife Margaret) and Mary Margaret Lybarger; dear uncle, great-uncle and friend of Bill W....

WALTER J. SMREKAR age 97, beloved husband for 71 years of the late Jean T.  (nee Ristl); loving father of Barbara Britton (husband Terry), Janet O’Hara (husband Michael), Karen O’Brien (husband Terry) and the late Carol; devoted grandfather of Lt. Commander David Britton, U.S. Navy (wife Laura), Mark Britton (wife Alice), Colleen Weston, (husband Scott), Catherine O’ Hara, Corporal Steven...

JOHN BERKOPEC age 91, beloved husband of Antonia; loving father of Linda (husband Herbert); devoted grandfather of Ronald and Myron; dearest brother of Anton, Louis, Frances and Josepina; and other relatives in Slovenia and Canada.

John was born on January 18, 1927 in Novomesto, Slovenia and passed away on January 31, 2018. He was a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic...

JOANNE L. KOHLER (nee Gebhart) age 87, beloved wife of the late Robert E. Kohler and former wife of the late William F. Merritt; loving mother of James P. Merritt (partner Roberta “Bobbie” DeCapua), and the late William Ford Merritt Jr. (wife Constance, deceased) and  stepmother of Deborah Williams and Barbara Kohler; devoted grandmother of Valerie Freeman (husband James), Dillon...

FREDDIE J. BENTOFF age 82, beloved husband for 52 years of Mary M.; loving father of Bradford (wife Ronnie), Darby Schwartz (husband Bryan), Derek (fiancée Jennifer Campbell) and Raleigh Corto (husband Paul); devoted grandfather of Sabrina and Morgan Bentoff, Tyler, Raleigh and McKinley O’Brien, Harper, Bailey “Chickie” and Wyatt Corto and Benjamin Schwartz; dearest brother of the late Jerome Bentoff;...

JANOS SZIGETI, Age 91, Beloved husband of 57 years of Veronica (nee Kovacs). Dearest father of Janos (Barbara), and Louis (Joanne). Dear grandfather of Thomas Matthew and Julianna. Dear brother of Maria Francsics. Dear brother-in-law of Edie and John Keresztes. Uncle and great uncle of many.

Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 AM on Friday, February 2, 2018 at St. Joan...

 

ALBERT F. PAOLINO, Ph.D., age 96, Clinical Psychologist, beloved husband for 61 years of Rosetta (nee Bastulli); loving father of Albert Z. (wife Katherine), Renee Paolino (husband Rick Gibson) and Andrea Paolino (husband Mark Burkhardt); devoted Pop Pop of Alex Paolino-Gibson (partner Jason Glombicki), Vincent Burkhardt, Valerie Paolino and Cora Paolino; cherished son of the late Luigi and Rose...

KATHLEEN A. NAINIGER age 48, beloved daughter of James and Judith (nee Gron) dearest sister of Karen Malcolm (husband David), Kevin, and Kristen Bobes (husband Tyler); loving aunt of Ian Malcolm, Makenzie, Bridger, Lachlan “Lucky”, and Margaret “Margo” Bobes; cherished niece of Eugene and Mary Nainiger, Delores and Thomas Roethel, Darlene and Tim Kral, Susan and Herbert Wilson, Gary and...

PHYLLIS L. KLIMAS (nee Raus), passed away on Jan. 26, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Louis M., cherished daughter of the late Stephen D. and Myrtle L. Raus.

Friends may call at THE DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF SOUTH EUCLID, 4600 MAYFIELD RD. (just East of Green Rd.) on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 from 2 to 3 PM followed by...

Nežka Agnes Vidmar, 72, of Perry, passed away at home surrounded prayerfully by her loving family on Thursday, January 25, 2018.  She was born on April 24, 1945 in Predoslje, Slovenia, daughter of Janez and Ivana (Kokalj) Ovsenik.  She had a simple childhood in a large family on the farm in the lovely village of Predoslje, until age 12 when...

PATRICK JAMES McHUGH, aged 67 years, beloved son of the late Eugene Thomas Sr. and Mary (nee Florio), dear brother of Marie Walsh, Donna Hannigan (Joseph), William (deceased), Anita Howard (James – deceased), Anthony (Donna), Eugene Thomas Jr., Evelyn Gray (Gary – deceased), his twin Michael Dennis, Richard (Patricia), Mark (Barbara) and James Patrick (deceased), loving uncle and great-uncle to...

DOROTHY FRANCES FATICA (nee Kolar), aged 91 years, beloved wife of the late Joseph, dearest mother of Marianne Nemes (husband George) and Carol Husa (significant other Paul Macko), devoted daughter of the late John and Theresa (nee Smith) Kolar, cherished sister of Richard Kolar (deceased) (wife Polly), fond aunt and grand-aunt.

Mass of Christian Burial Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 at...

CONNIE RICH (nee Clovis) age 76, beloved wife for 62 years of Arthur; loving mother of Michael (wife Deborah), Lisa Moses (husband Kenneth) and the late Alan; devoted grandmother of Brian (wife Nicole), Mark (wife Larissa), Thomas Allen (Elizabeth Douglass), Tyler Moses (fiancé Kaileigh Rowell), and Kaitlyn Moses and great-grandmother of Austin, Cali, Elise, Miranda, and Marissa; cherished daughter of...

AMERIGO “RICK” NERONE age 88, beloved husband for 64 years of Barbara (nee Dello); loving father of Richard, Thomas (wife Ann), Marianne DeLauro (husband Mario), Linda Reinert, and Carl (wife Traci); devoted grandfather of Ricky, Nick, Autumn, Theresa Urban (husband Mike), Jeniffer, Matt (wife Amanda) and Nichole Reinert, Christopher and Brad DeLauro, Lauren, Robert DeLauro, Vince, Leah, Marco, Leo and...

Margaret C. Hertrick, age 87, a 58 year resident of Mayfield Heights, OH entered into eternal life on January 18, 2018.

Margaret was born July 25, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Stanley W. and Margaret (nee Cashman) Close. Margaret graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in East Cleveland in 1949 and from Dyke College in 1951 as a medical...

MARILYN M. KADLEC (nee Wertz), aged 86 years, beloved wife for 69 years to Milton J., Sr., dearest mother of Robert (nee Villegas), Milton J., Jr. (wife Josie), Joseph, Elizabeth and Julia Kadlec-Wagner, loving grandmother of 4, devoted daughter of the late Percy and Elizabeth (nee Collins) Wertz, cherished sister of Paul Wertz, Heloise Marlaire and Marita Neifing, fond aunt...

Frank C. Amato Sr., born May 4, 1927 in Cleveland to the late Joseph and Teresa (Percaciante) Amato, passed away on January 12, 2018 at the age of 90. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Marie (Gravino).

Frank graduated from John Adams High School in Cleveland before serving his country as a US Merchant Marine during...

HELENE C. HORVATH (nee Calire), age 91; beloved wife of the late Andrew C. Horvath and William Minissale; loving mother of William Minissale (wife Janice); devoted grandmother of Melissa & Carl Falsone, Lisa & Brian Potts and great-grandmother of Alicia, Ella, Brian and Sam; daughter of the late Rose (nee Orlando) and Joseph Calire.

Helene lived in Mayfield Heights for...

Mary D. LaPonza age 90, Mayfield Heights.

Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 13, 2018.

Beloved wife of the late Frank J.

Cherished sister of Frank A. Dottore (Dorothy deceased), Josephine DeSantis (Roland), and the late Dominic.

Dear aunt of 8.

Great aunt of 12.

Great-great aunt of 4.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday...