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Mary A. Klemencic

Mary A. Klemencic

Mary A. Klemencic (nee Lach) age 94 of Cleveland, passed away May 14, 2017 at Euclid Hospital.

Mary was born in Cleveland where she remained a resident all of her life. She was a life time parishioner of St. Mary Church (Holmes Ave.) where she was a member of the Altar Society. Mary was also a member of the Euclid...

Bridget D’Amore

Bridget D’Amore

BRIDGET L. D’AMORE was born on Feb. 22, 1927 and died on May 14, 2017 at Hospice House of the Western Reserve at the age of 90. From her birth she was surrounded by the love of her Italian family. Her mom, Theresa, and her father, Tobia, as well as her brother Pat were the center of her life. “Bridgie”...

Charles Strell

Charles Strell

Charles was born on December 17, 1930 in Johnstown Pennsylvania. He was a resident of Euclid area for 54 years formally of Cleveland and a member of Our Lady of the Lake Parish formerly Holy Cross Catholic Church and St Christine Catholic Church of Euclid. Charles attended high school in Johnstown, PA. He is a member of the SNPJ Lodge...

George Remner

George Remner

George Remner age 95 died May 9th 2017 at Altercare in Mentor. He was born in Cleveland on August 14, 1921.  George was a graduate of East Tech High School. A Proud a WWII U.S. Army Veteran, he was in charge of guarding prisoners.

George was a retired sales consultant with an electronics company.

He was very knowledgeable with electronics...

Marie Gebura

Marie Gebura

MARIE E. GEBURA (nee Brice) age 87, beloved wife for 60 years of the late Edward A.; loving mother of Theresa “Terri” Jensen and Edward M. Gebura (wife Patricia); devoted grandmother of Matthew (wife Jennifer) and Michael Jensen, Ryan (Jess) and Kevin Gebura (Bethany), Rachael Greenwalt (husband Andrew), Allyson Reid (husband Samuel) and Crosby Craddock and great-grandmother of Soren and...

W. Thomas Donovan

W. Thomas Donovan

W. THOMAS “TOM” DONOVAN, aged 77 years, beloved husband for 53 years to Mary Beth (nee Monroe), devoted father of Teresa Todd (David), Lisa DiVincenzo (John), Thomas S. (Jamie), Susan (Ron), Kate McDade (Tim), Megan Lublin (Patrick) and Kevin (Pamela), loving grandfather of Jessica and Allison Todd, Travis and Jack Donovan, Alexa and Kayla McDade, Donovan Lublin, and Emily, Bridgette...

William J. Morton

William J. Morton

WILLIAM J. MORTON age 92, beloved husband of the late Laverne (nee Somers); loving father of Betsy Joliat and John (wife Barbara); devoted grandfather of Kiernan Reed (husband J.P.), Kylie Berry (husband Evan) and Laura Morton; dearest brother of Warren Morton and Mary Mann.

Bill was born on April 3, 1925 and passed away on May 4, 2017. He was...

Gaetano Spina

Gaetano Spina

GAETANO SPINA age 83, beloved husband for 62 years of Margherita (nee Romano); loving father of Licia Kovach (husband Andrew), Danny (wife Margaret Gray) and Tony (wife Barbara); devoted grandfather of Jennifer, Andrew and Madeline Kovach, Savannah and Brandon Spina; dearest brother of Vanda DeAngelo, Romeo Spina and Silvana Izzi; dear brother-in-law, uncle and friend of many.

Gaetano was born...

Martin Napoli

Martin Napoli

MARTIN J. “MARTY” NAPOLI age 57 died suddenly Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Florida.

He was born in Cleveland on November 11, 1959.  He graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and attended Cleveland State University. Marty was the owner operator of a home improvement company in Florida. He enjoyed playing the guitar, golf, going to the beach and watching the...

Mary Elizabeth Zembiak

Mary Elizabeth Zembiak

MARY ELIZABETH “BETH” ZEMBIAK (nee Fenton) age 72, loving mother of Daniel, Jeff (wife Nicole), Laura Ippolito (husband Mike) and Kelly Korce (husband Dave); devoted grandmother of Nicole, Jennifer and Anthony Ippolito, Sarah, Madeline, Daniel and Andrew Zembiak, Matthew, Jonathan, Joshua and Michael Korce; cherished daughter of the late Ely and Mary (nee Crawford) Fenton.

Beth was born on February...

Mark A. Psotka

Mark A. Psotka

MARK A. PSOTKA age 89, beloved husband of the late Mary Ann  (nee Garred); cherished son of the late Mark and Mary (nee Kohut); loving brother of Mary Kidon, Theresa and Constance Psotka, and the late Genevieve Haberecht and Dorothy Sabatine; dearest uncle of Gregory Dati, Jeffrey and Terry Sabatine; dear godfather of Vetus J. Syracuse and friend of Anthony...

Patricia Nemeth

Patricia Nemeth

PATRICIA ANN NEMETH age 54, cherished daughter of Joan Nemeth (nee Gallagher); dearest sister of Debbie Virost (husband John); treasured aunt of Carla Marie Virost; dear niece of Jean Gallagher.

Patricia was born on January 15, 1963 in Cleveland and passed away on April 30, 2017. She was a resident of Brunswick for 20 years, formerly of Cincinnati. Patty loved...

Loretta M. Fetko

Loretta M. Fetko

LORETTA M. FETKO (nee DeIuliis) age 82, beloved wife for 62 years of George; loving mother of Mark, Renee Hall (husband Jeff), Denise Merritt (husband G. Michael); devoted grandmother of Derek Fetko, Lauren, Beth and Natalie Hall; dearest sister of Joseph DeIuliis (wife Avis), Luke DeIuliis (wife Theresa), the late Marguerite Corsetti (husband Marino deceased) and Anthony DeIuliis (wife Concetta);...

Josip Luketic

Josip Luketic

Josip Luketic, age 89. Beloved husband of Eva (nee Rendulic); caring father of Zdravko (Cheryl), Darko (Susan) and Kathy Day (Daniel); loving grandfather of Nicole Luketic-Flaws, David, Philip, Christopher and Chelsea; loving great grandfather of Fiona and Rhys; dear son of the late Ivan and Kate (nee Gerovac); cherished brother of several deceased siblings; dear friend of many.

Family will...

Roy A. Dalton

Roy A. Dalton

ROY A. DALTON age 49, beloved son of Roy L. and the late Donna (nee Telban) Dalton; loving brother of Denise and Brad Dalton; treasured uncle of Dominique and Jessica.

Roy was a lifelong resident of South Euclid. He graduated from Brush High School in 1986 and worked as an auto mechanic. Roy will be remembered most as a happy-go-lucky,...

Carole Stone

Carole Stone

CAROLE P. STONE (nee Porter), aged 92 years, beloved wife for 54 years to the late Carl W. “Bill”, dearest mother of James (wife Patti) and Susan Lanphear (husband Lauren), loving grandmother of Will (wife Ashley), Katherine Newell (husband Nicholas), Clare Lanphear (fiancé Allan Georgia) and Kristen Letko (husband Jon), cherished great-grandmother of Christopher, Benjamin, Bradley, Maxton, Caroline and Caleb,...

Thomas Hall

Thomas Hall

THOMAS WARD HALL, Ph.D., died April 22, 2017 after a determined battle with cancer. Loving and much loved husband of Barbara (nee Smialek) for 35 years. Tom truly loved his children: Douglas (Adriana), Elizabeth (Steve) and Amy Pinkerton (Christopher), and his grandchildren Connor, Quinn, Andrew, Grace, Matthew, Lily and Cameron. Survived by his sister Joanna Martin, but predeceased by brothers...

Joseph Ivoska

Joseph Ivoska

JOSEPH A. IVOSKA, aged 97 years, beloved husband for 69 years to the late Anna L. (nee Meholick), dear father of Janice Knowles (husband William) and William J. (wife Judy), loving grandfather of Jennifer Tobin (husband Michael), Bryan Had (wife Valerie), Allison Urvan (husband Sean), Megan Johnson, Michael Ivoska, Matthew Ivoska (wife Gabriella) and Stephanie Jakosh (husband James), cherished great-grandfather...

Albert Klinek

Albert Klinek

ALBERT J. “AL” KLINEK

Prayers of Christian Burial for Albert J. “Al” Klinek, 94, will be on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 11 AM at The DeJohn-Flynn-Mylott Funeral Home 28890 Chardon Road, Willoughby Hills. Mr. Klinek passed away on April 24, 2017. He was born and raised in Collinwood and moved to Mayfield Village 23 years ago.

Al graduated from...

Peter Strahinic

Peter Strahinic

Peter John Strahinic, age 93, of Mentor, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 21. He was born August 7, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio. Peter has been a resident of Mentor for for over 50 years. He was a member of St. John Vianney, the Croatian Fraternal Union #859 and a U.S. Army Veteran. He worked as a Foreman for TRW...