Obituaries
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Deborah Diemert
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 Krizner
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 Kawalec
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
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 Bitner
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 Neubecker
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 Svigel
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 Morris
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 Carlson
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...
Cynthia Rasanow
CYNTHIA M. RASANOW (nee Sertic) age 56, passed away suddenly after a long illness; loving mother of Micayla; cherished daughter of Gloria and the late Joseph Sertic; dearest sister of Judy Millhoff (husband Mark), Susan Reschke (husband Derrick) and Debbie Gontero; dear aunt of Joseph Srebernak; dear niece and cousin of many.
Cindy was born on August 21, 1960 and...
Donald Geyer
DONALD C. GEYER age 85, beloved husband for 63 years of Marian (nee Buettner); loving father of Donna Huth (husband Troy), Nancy (DeLambo) Collin (husband David), Amy, and Alicia Guess (husband Kenneth); devoted grandfather of Laura Hilditch (husband Lee), Barbara, Troy J. (wife Emily) and Candy Huth, Scott Wright, Andrew DeLambo, Krystal and Nicholas Guess, Cody and Jessica Skora and...
Martin Rice
MARTIN JOSEPH RICE, aged 79 years, Senior Chief Submarine Service, United States Navy, Ret., beloved long-time companion to Maryjean Pawlowski, loving grandfather of Michael Burch (wife Priscilla), fond great-grandfather to Leland.
Friends may call to pay tribute to the life of Martin on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 1-2 PM at THE DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF SOUTH EUCLID, 4600 Mayfield...
Eileen Uveges
EILEEN E. UVEGES (nee Major) age 87, entered into eternal rest on March 31, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Joseph S.; loving mother of Joseph L. (wife Rosanne), Kathy Herrera (husband Greg), Diane Saluan (husband Gabriel), Loretta Rooker (husband Dennis), Christine Uveges-Loya (husband Nicholas, deceased), John (wife Sheryl), Michael (wife Carol) and the late Michael John; devoted grandmother of...
Sr. Mary Laurie Divoky, Snd
Our dear Sister Mary Laurie (74) went home to God very peacefully Friday, March 31, at 11:58 a.m. Sister treasured each of her ministries, her family, friends and all of God’s creation. She once wrote, “I am grateful to collaborate with so many God-centered, justice-orientated and Spirit-motivated people and hope my own heart longings and spiritual gifts support the local...
John Hammer
JOHN J. HAMMER age 85, beloved husband for 62 years of Carol (nee Code); loving father of John J. Jr. (wife Cheryl), Timothy (wife Karen), Deborah Gladish (husband Michael) and M. Cathleen Harris (husband Danny); devoted grandfather of Elizabeth, Kevin (wife Allison), Cassandra Orsini (husband David), Gregory, Stephen and Kristen Gladish, Caroline and Allison Harris; cherished son of the late...
Robert Winchell
ROBERT REYNOLD WINCHELL, aged 81 years, resident of Adelaide, Australia and formerly of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, beloved husband of Despina “Dessy” (nee Drikas), cherished brother of Marcelyn Winchell Owen and step-brother to Ruth Owen Scharlotte, treasured uncle of Lisa Perry, Leigh Owen (husband Tim McNichols) and Laurel Szafraniec (husband Ray), fond great-uncle of 9 and survived by the Drikas family...
Harry Lewis
HARRY J. LEWIS age 81, beloved husband for 17 years of Ann (nee Reinemeyer) and the late Nancy (nee Calbincea); loving father of Sharon (deceased), Pat and step-father of Lisa Bahr and Michelle Poling; devoted grandfather of Samantha Poling; dearest brother of Don (deceased), Kenneth “Red” (wife Pauline), Bob Johnson and Raymond (deceased). U.S. Army Veteran. Cremation by DeJohn Crematory.
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Darin Robertson
DARIN L. ROBERTSON age 52, cherished son of Rebecca Balash (husband Gerald) and the late Danny Robertson; dearest brother of Dale, Danny, Heather and Donald; dear uncle of Randy Lee.
Darin was born on March 18, 1965 and passed away on March 25, 2017. He graduated from Willoughby-Eastlake Technical Center and was owner-operator for DR Landscaping. Darin received the most...
Charles Martis
CHARLES G. MARTIS, beloved husband for 60 years of Marie (nee Della); loving father of Charles “Chazz”, Michael (wife Catherine) and Gina Della; devoted grandfather of Nicholas, Thomas, Matthew, Maria, Katie and Stephen. U.S. Army Veteran.
Charles passed away on March 24, 2017. He was a member of the ROTC at The Ohio State University and attained the rank of...
Joseph Federico
JOSEPH N. FEDERICO age 95, beloved husband for 70 years of Florence (nee Grand); loving father of Joseph A. (deceased), Susan, Thomas (wife Debra) and Annette Federico (husband Charles Dotas); devoted grandfather of Lauren Federico (husband Sean Murphy), Matthew and Tyler Federico; cherished son of the late Frank and Maria (nee Gambatesa); dearest brother of the late Dominic (wife Antoinette,...