Obituaries

ARTHUR D. PHILIPP age 71, beloved husband for 42 years of Linda (nee Hott); loving father of Adam (fiancée Mariam Keramati) and Bradley; cherished son of the late Arthur H. and Ruth (nee Jordan); dearest brother of the late Ruth Anne Salter; dear brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle and friend of many. U.S. Army Veteran.

Art was born on September 23, 1945...

JAMES O. GRAY, age 87 years, dearly beloved husband for 59 years to the late Betty Jean (nee Griffith), dear father of Robert J. (wife Linda), Debbie Beck (husband Robert) and Linda Gray, loving grandfather of Kelley Hixson, Katie Green, Daniel and David Gray, Brandon, Bryan and Brent Beck, and Heather Hamrle, great-grandfather of 12 (with one on the way),...

GRAYCE SPARANO TORRY WALKER age 89, passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at her home in Granger, IN. Beloved wife of the late Richard M. Walker and Neil Richard Torry; loving mother of Jack Torry of Leesburg, VA, Matthew Torry of Hawaii and the late Pamela Henderson Levy and David Torry; devoted grandmother of Torry Corbett, Neil Henderson, and...

JOAN L. JOHNSON (nee Anderson) age 88, beloved wife of the late Walter; loving mother of Holli Hoffman (husband Michael) and Thomas (wife Britt); devoted grandmother of Joalien Johnson, Brittany and Timothy Hoffman, Neil and Matthew Johnson; cherished daughter of the late George and Mary (nee Sullivan) Anderson; dearest sister of the late Jean McKinney and Carol Graham; dear aunt...

RUDOLPH L. “RUDY” KOZAN age 88, beloved husband for 67 years of Alice (nee Kotwica); loving father of Rudy (wife Laureen), Karen Myers (husband Craig), Richard (wife Elizabeth), Craig (wife Judy), Kevin (wife Marie) and Michael (wife Susan) ; devoted grandfather of Shannon, Erin, Sarah, Jason, Christine, Kevin, Corey, Rudy, Caitlin, Gina, Emma, Dan, Grace, Chad, David, Dana and great-grandfather...

FRANKIE A. NASSERI age 24, cherished son of Nadette Russo and Keyan Nasseri (Sheila Rubin); loving brother of Arsom Nasseri and Dominic Davis; treasured grandson of Frank Russo (husband Michael Calabrese) and Chela “Che Che” (nee Lobello) Blackburn (husband Steve) and Shamus and the late Ali Nasseri and  great-grandson of Ann Lobello; dearest nephew of Shelly Marous (husband Chip), Vince...

Jennie T. Russell, age 87, entered into eternal life on Sunday, July 30, 2017 surrounded by her family. Jennie was born in Cleveland on September 6, 1929 to the late Dominic and Josephine  (nee Martino) Tucci. She graduated from John Adam High School in 1947 and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Mathers College where she was Valedictorian. Jennie...

THERESA SHEPHERD (nee Corio) age 75, beloved wife for 30 years of Thomas; loving mother of Dominick Scheid (wife Sherry), Denise Warszawski (husband Pastor Mark), Michelle Bolden (husband Ron), Robert Scheid and Mary Jo Bajc (husband Dan); devoted grandmother of Sarah and Nikki Scheid, Christopher (wife Katie) and Steffan Warszawski, Ron, Jr and Danielle Bolden, Gregory Vencl, Jeremy Scheid, Daniel,...

DUANE N. “DUKE” FITZ-PATRICK age 73, beloved husband of the late Darlene A. (nee Robek); loving father of Kimberly Halpern (husband Peleg) and Duane T. (wife Tami); devoted grandfather of Coby, Michaela, Maya, Brady and Brianna; cherished son of the late David and Norma (nee McCreery); dearest brother of James (wife Regina), Shannon (Maureen Dobos) and the late David (wife...

JOHN H. MEDVESEK age 80, beloved husband for 55 years of Joan (nee Stanick); cherished son of the late John and Jennie (nee Stavange); dearest uncle of Sheron, Alex and Marie, great-uncle and “Papa John” of Philip.

John was born on July 27, 1938 in Cleveland and passed away on July 30, 2017. He was a resident of Euclid for...

G. DANIEL WAGNER age 78, beloved husband for 22 years of Victoria (nee Simonot) and the late Laurel (nee Engel); loving father of Kendra Ross (husband Paul), Alicia Wagner, Meghan Siegel (Brian Preuss) and the late Marsha Wagner and step-father of Jeanine Domonkos (husband Matt) and George Quay IV (wife Kerri); devoted grandfather of 15; cherished son of the late...

JOHN R. “JACK” ZELLER, beloved husband for 58 years of Patricia; loving father of M. Rita Valois of Philadelphia, PA, Maureen Coerdt (Thomas) of Novi, MI, and John; proud grandfather of Brigette Valois and Kathleen Coerdt; son of the late Rudolph and Mary (nee Conway); dear brother of the late James (Kathleen), Mary, Donald (Susan, deceased), Patrick, Kathleen O’Connor (John),...

JAMES LEONARD HARKINS, JR. Esq., aged 87 years, passed away July 27, 2017, beloved son of the late James L. Sr. and Dorothy (nee Wright), cherished brother of William W.W. Harkins (wife Elizabeth O’Neill Harkins). Jim, known affectionately as “The Hawk”, was an 87 year resident of Shaker Heights. He was a graduate of Shaker Heights High, Adelbert College, Western...

ERNEST ROBERT MIKLAVIC, aged 73 years, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly on July 23, 2017, beloved brother of Dennis (Carol), Joanne Szymczak (Ron – deceased), Jan Parmertor (Bob), Joyce Czachur (Greg) and Jackie Urdman (Dale), loving companion of Margie Osborne, devoted son of the late Ernest L. and Josephine (nee Janki), also survived by three children and 4 grandchildren, cherished...

ELEANOR A. SCOTESE (nee Dragonetti) age 93, beloved wife of the late Vito; loving mother of Charlene Scotese (Frank Sustarsic, deceased; Alisia, Matthew), Sheila Spremulli (Leonard; Jennifer, David, Leslie, Rian)  Vito (Jacqueline; Vito, Nicole, Vanessa, Anthony), Renee Mayar (John; Allison, Shauna), Terry (Lori; Sean, Kyle, Collin, Halle), Brian (Lou; Nick, Paul, Hannah, Jacob, Alyssa), Lisa Scotese-Gallagher (John F. II; Kaleigh,...

Ruth Mary Vick, age 98, entered into eternal life on Monday, July 24, 2017at University Hospital of Cleveland. Ruth was born in Cleveland on October 2, 1918 to the late Martin and Loretta (nee McAree) Malaney. She lived in Cleveland Heights and graduated from Heights High School in 1935. Ruth married the love of her life Joseph in 1943.

She...

SYLVIA INTIHAR (nee Bogataj) age 95, beloved wife of the late Pavel; loving mother of Helen Lallo (husband Ernie), Sylvia Gliebe (husband Erich), Peter (wife Denise) and the late Josef; devoted grandmother of Joseph Lallo (Maggie), Melissa (Mike) Tighe, Matthew (Megan) Lallo, Michelle (Mike) Elrod, Renee (Bob) Andree, Amanda Ticconi, Raymond Ticconi (Enza), Christine (RJ) Askoff, Paul Intihar, Alaina Intihar,...

ALFRED E. KERR age 85; beloved husband for 47 years of the late Mary (nee Dunlap); loving father of Margaret “Margie” Kinkelaar (husband Thomas) and Charles “Chuck”; devoted grandfather of twins Emma Jane and Erin Margaret and Sara; treasured brother of Connie Pringle; dearest cousin “brother-in-law” of Mary Margaret Manwell; dear uncle and great-uncle of many.

 Alfred was born...