Obituaries

STELLA L. HAZEN (nee Giannetti) age 94, beloved wife of the late William; loving mother of Linda A. Hazen and the late Penny Schulte; devoted grandmother of Heidi and William Schulte and great-grandmother of Harmony and Alexa; dearest sister of Rose Marie Danko, Bernard Giannetti (wife Theresa), Carmella Iacianci (husband Victor) and the late Contalia Klinko (husband Ray) and Frank...

JOSEPH T. FORRISTELL age 77, beloved husband for 54 years of Beverly A. (nee Burgess); loving father of Thomas R. (wife Brenda) and Cynthia Asher (husband T.J.); devoted grandfather of Madison, Adam and Michael Asher, Alyssa and Bret Forristell; dearest brother of Mary Anne Ertle (husband John, deceased), John, James (wife Karin) and the late Charlotte Forristell; dear uncle and...

ROBERT CHARLES BARKER, aged 78 years, beloved husband for 54 years to Helen (nee Romanchick), dear father of James Edward, Anne Taylor and the late Jay, fond father-in-law to Tim Taylor, special mentor “Pa” to his grandson Pvt. Matthew Taylor, U.S.A. and grandfather of Nehemiah, Justus and Kiannah, devoted brother of John (deceased) and Sally Cudrik, cherished uncle and great-uncle....

JAMES L. ARMSTRONG age 83, beloved husband for 58 years of Carol (nee Jackson); loving father of Bradley (wife Janet), Gregory (wife Susan) and Susan Townsend (husband Ben); devoted grandfather of Nicole, Heath, Riley, Courtney, Ashley, Kelsey, Andrew, Travis, Joshua, step-grandfather of Jeri Lynn, Trey and great-grandfather of Colton, Elise and Hayes; cherished son of the late Wilbur and Elena...

Edward S. (Podgurski) Hill was born May 17, 1923 as Edward S. Podgurski in Cleveland; beloved husband for 71 years of Lillian June (nee Sworan); loving father of Carol Hill Bernstein (husband Timothy J. Allen) of Arizona and the late Edward A. DDS (wife Jean) and Cynthia J. Haffey; devoted grandfather of Derek Haffey (wife Rebecca), Jacqui Ward (husband Jeff),...

NICOLINA G. “NIKKI” RINALDI (nee Taddeo) age 98, beloved wife of the late Joseph; loving mother of Karen Bradley (deceased) (husband Joseph), Deborah Blair (husband Jack) and Susan Rice (husband Craig); devoted grandmother of Joe Bradley (wife Krista), Courtney Bacik (husband Drew), Michael Bradley (wife Anna), Morgan Davis (husband Christopher), Kelly Turner (husband Mathew) and great-grandmother of Rocco, Brandon, Gemma,...

Robert E. Kozsey, age 58, loving son of Emma and John (deceased), dearest brother of John (Karen), James (Caroline) and the late Joanne Biro (Stephen). Loving uncle and special friend to many.

Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at St. Andrew Abbey, 2900 Martin Luther King Dr., Cleveland (PLEASE MEET AT CHURCH). Interment Calvary Cemetery....

Sister Mary Randal Sup, SND aged 91, died April 6, 2017, at Notre Dame Provincial Center, Chardon. Beloved daughter of the late Frank and Anna (Schumacher) Sup and siblings Ralph, Rosemary Kalla (Michael, deceased), Robert, Raymond (Helen, deceased), Francis, Paul and Anna. Loving aunt and great-aunt; dear cousin; and sister to the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame with...

CLARK VANDERSALL MILLER age 68, beloved husband for 43 years of Beth Ann (nee White); loving father of Adam of Willoughby Hills and Abby Bloch (husband Noah) of Lyndhurst; devoted grandfather of Lane, Grady and Dax; cherished son of the late Harry (former principal of Brush High School) and Mary Louise (nee Knouff); dearest brother of Harry, Jr. (wife Velma)...

JOSEPH A. BECHTOL age 90, beloved husband of Phyllis E.; loving father of Patricia Kline (husband Regis) of North Carolina and Peggy Flanigan (husband James) of North Ridgeville; devoted grandfather of Regina Bostic (husband Michael), Joseph Kline (wife Amy), Jamie Sado (husband Brad), Robert Flanigan (wife Amy) and great-grandfather of Emerson, Michael, John, Thomas, Steven, Addison and Tyler; cherished son...

PHYLLIS E. BECHTOL (nee Clasen) age 89, beloved wife of the late Joseph; loving mother of Patricia Kline (husband Regis) of North Carolina and Peggy Flanigan (husband James) of North Ridgeville; devoted grandmother of Regina Bostic (husband Michael), Joseph Kline (wife Amy), Jamie Sado (husband Brad), Robert Flanigan (wife Amy) and great-grandmother of Emerson, Michael, John, Thomas, Steven, Addison and...

DEBORAH A. DIEMERT (nee Fenell) age 65; beloved wife of the late Michael T.; loving mother of Michael T., Jr (wife Julie) and Dominic W.; devoted grandmother of McKenzie and Isabella; cherished daughter of Betty (nee Grano) and the late William Fenell; treasured sister of Charles Fenell DDS (wife Betsy) and William Fenell (wife Terri); dear sister-in-law, aunt and great-aunt...

JOHN C. KRIZNER III age 74, beloved husband of Deborah (Shea) (nee Sewinsky) and the late Kathleen (nee Brent); loving father of Tim (wife Kerrie), Dan (wife Nicole) and step-father of Nicole, Dana and Danielle Shea; devoted grandfather of Caleb, and Zachary and step-grandfather of Taylor, Sydney and Aiden; cherished son of the late John C. Krizner II and Lena...

DWYN D. KAWALEC (nee Taddie) age 60; beloved wife for 42 years of Michael; loving mother of Fr. Zachary, Jessica Noce (husband Franco), Nicholas (wife Elizabeth) and Johanna; dearest grandmother of Baby Max (deceased), Isabella, Sebastiano, Owen, Ashton and Claire; cherished daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth (nee Carson) Taddie; dearest sister of Majel Haas (husband Paul), Mark Taddie...

SARAH BOSCARELLI, aged 31 years, loving mother to Cameron and Hailey, cherished daughter of David A. and Tuesday (nee Goff), dear sister of Jason (Melissa), Cindy Gonos (Chris), James (Alyssa) and Derrick, survived by her biological father Rick Kopp (Dawn), treasured granddaughter, aunt, niece, great-niece, cousin and friend to many. Sarah lost her nine year battle with addiction on April...

MARTIN A. BITNER, aged 70 years, beloved husband for 42 years to Linda (nee Kortan), dear father of Martin A. Jr. (wife Lissa) and Anne Bitner, loving grandfather and like a father to Faith Rivera-Bitner and grandfather of Sofia Rivera-Bitner, Bruno and Nico Bitner, cherished brother of Gail Shirley, Alberta Manzi, Beverly Case, Paul, and the late Barbara Winzer, devoted...

FLORENCE J. NEUBECKER (nee Pugely), passed away April 1, 2017, aged 93 years, beloved wife of the late Thomas Forest, dear mother of Mark (Sharon), Thomas (deceased), Chris (Audrey) and Joan, loving grandmother of Joseph (Whitney), Luke, Andrew (Courtney), Daniel, John (Bekah) and Joshua, great-grandmother of Anderson and Pippa, devoted daughter of the late Frank and Jennie (nee Debevec) Pugely,...

LOIS S. SVIGEL (nee Christopher) age 89, beloved wife for 68 years of Victor J.; loving mother of Michele Ambrogio (husband Thomas) and Laura Telich (husband Michael); devoted grandmother of Nicholas (wife Amanda) and Matthew Ambrogio, Michael (wife Kori) and Colin (wife Maria) Telich and great-grandmother “GG” of Domenic, Ava Marie and Carmela; cherished daughter of the late Louis and...

JAMES T. MORRIS age 37, beloved  son of Robert and Patricia (nee Sweeny); loving brother of Joseph (wife Stacey) and Meghan; devoted uncle to Aiden James and Kennedi Rose; cherished grandson of James and the late Lillian (nee Stroyan) Sweeny and the late Thomas and Marjorie (nee George) Morris; dearest nephew of Thomas (wife Gloria), Kevin (wife Debbie) and Brian...

ROSALIE R. CARLSON (nee Crapo), aged 88 years, beloved wife of the late Malcolm H., dear step-mother of Laura Hoffmann (Walter), Malcolm A. (Deborah) and Stephen (Diane), loving grandmother of 7 and great-grandmother of 7, devoted daughter of the late Archie R. and Carola Z. (nee Macy) Crapo, cherished sister of Jean Smith and the late W. Lowell Crapo, Pearl...