Obituaries

DANIEL R. RATINO, age 63, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Daniel was born in Cleveland June 21, 1953 to the late Helen and Dominic Ratino. He is survived by loving wife Loretta “Lorrie” (nee Sluga); dog Mikah; family and many friends.

Danny and Lorrie lived a happy life and enjoyed 30 years of marriage. Together they have lived in...

RICHARD C. ERICKSON age 65, beloved husband for 39 years of Billie (nee Coates); loving father of Scott; cherished son of the late William R. and Mary (nee Passaro); dearest brother of William (wife Linda), Linda Shaffer (husband Paul) and Pat Hess (husband Michael); treasured brother-in-law of Leslie Coates and Scott and Vickie Coates; dear uncle of Leanne Patterson, Tom...

MARILYN J. ADELBERGER (nee Johnson), aged 90 years, beloved wife of the late William H., D.D.S., dearest mother of Susan Johnson (husband Carl), William H. and Robert B. (wife Shelley – deceased), loving grandmother of 8 and great-grandmother of 11. Mrs. Adelberger was a life-long member of the D.A. R., member of the University Women’s Club at C.W.R.U., and member...

ALVIN LEE NOWJACK, aged 85 years, beloved husband of the late Pat (nee Patisteas), dear father of Eric (Erin), Bruce (Annette) (of Bainbridge Island, WA) and Karen Baraona (Mike), loving grandfather of 6, fond brother of Betty Jarvis. Al was a U.S. Navy Veteran and member of Carpenter’s Union # 435. Contributions in memory of Al suggested to Al Koran...

EVELYN L. VAJI (nee Harvey) age 71, beloved wife of the late Walter; loving mother of Jeffrey (wife Kristina), Tina Savage (husband Randy) and Tracy Scheid (husband Dennis); devoted grandmother of Jake, Madeline, Savannah, Jack, Ryan, Ben, Nick and Sydney; cherished daughter of the late James and Sara (nee Hugland) Harvey; dearest sister of James Harvey (wife June, deceased), Samuel...

FRANK FERKULJ age 88, beloved husband for 60 years of Terezija (nee Bobic); dearest brother of Rozalija Glavan; preceded in death by 2 brothers and 5 sisters. Dear uncle of Tina, Nada, Andreja, Angela and many other nieces and nephews.

Frank was born on December 5, 1928 in Struge, Slovenia and passed away on January 28, 2017. He was...

NATALIE H. SYKORA (nee Czacherski) age 101, beloved wife of the late Rudolph; loving mother of Louise Weidner (husband Terry), Richard (wife Joyce), Gerald (wife Deborah) and Thomas; devoted grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of 17; cherished daughter of the late Teofil and Mary (nee Raczynski) Czacherski; dearest sister of the late Bruno Czacherski (wife Kay) and Joseph Czacherski; dear...

DOROTHY MONSMAN (nee Miller) age 93, beloved wife of the late Stephen; loving mother of Lawrence (wife Nancy), Kenneth (wife Margaret), James (wife Sandra) and Marlene Cardona (husband Carlos); devoted grandmother of Matt, Frank, Jason, Jared, Brian, Anthony, Erin, Arielle, Jessica, twins Hannah and Megan and great-grandmother of Isabelle, Liliah, Brandon, Maddox, and Corbin; dearest sister of the late John,...

HELEN C. JEUNNETTE (nee Retzer) age 84, beloved wife for 67 years of Paul H.; loving mother of Doug (wife Joan), Jeff (wife Diane) and Tim (wife Rachele); devoted grandmother of Leah, Andrew (wife Erin), Lauren, Sam, Holly and great-grandmother of Lincoln; cherished daughter of the late Fred and Stephanie (nee Grey) Retzer; dearest sister of the late Kay Winland...

DOUGLAS HOLT age 61, was born on March 1, 1955 in Painesville, Ohio and passed away on January 22, 2017. He was the dear brother of Mark Holt.

Graveside service on Friday, January 27, 2017 at All Souls Cemetery at 1:30 PM.

Arrangements by THE DeJOHN-FLYNN-MYLOTT FUNERAL HOME OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS.

 

TATYANA N. MIKHEYENKO (nee Harchenko) age 64, beloved wife for 34 years of the late Anatoliy Keselman; loving mother of Zakhar Keselman (wife Laura) and Inna Kolubeva; devoted grandmother of Tatiana, Zoya, and Kristina; cherished daughter of the late Nikolay and Aleksandra Harchenko; dearest sister of Boris Harchenko (wife Valentina) and Aleksander Harchenko (wife Galina) of Ukraine; dear aunt.

Tatyana...

WILLIAM L. SPRING, JR. age 92, entered into eternal life Jan. 22, 2017. Born Aug. 20, 1924 to the late William L. Sr. and Marie (nee Yelcho); beloved husband of the late Violet Mae (nee Heyl); dear brother of Marie Blasko (deceased) (husband Robert).

Cathedral Latin Alumni and Fenn College graduate.  U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran. Contributions may be made...

PHILLIP E. HADDAD, age 84, beloved son of the late Fred and Rose (nee Amor); loving brother of Gladys Haddad; dearest cousin of George and Richard Haddad of Florida, Anthony and Rosemary Asher; dear friend of many. U.S. Army Veteran.

Phillip was born on May 1, 1932 in Cleveland and passed away on January 23, 2017. He was a resident...

KEITH ALLEN TOTH age 39. Keith passed away unexpectedly on January 21, 2017 at UHHS Geauga Medical Center. Keith was born on October 28, 1977 in Newbury Ohio. He is the beloved son of Karl and Antoinette Toth. He is survived by his sister Michelle Toth, brother John (Shirley) Toth, nephew Zachary Toth, uncle Joseph Lazar, Godmother Kathleen Boldizsar and...

JENNIE R. STERLE (nee Jalovec) age 92, beloved wife of the late Leonard J.; loving mother of Marian Kelsey (husband Mark), Susan Marano (husband John), Leonard (wife Laurie) and Thomas (wife Debbie); devoted grandmother of Kevin (wife Kelsey), Scott (wife Genevieve), John and Erin Kelsey, Matthew and Michelle Marano, Lauren, Lance, Leonard III, Lee,  and Lindsay Sterle, Lisa Erman (husband...

COL ERNEST E. SWANSON, JR. age 95, beloved husband for more than 70 years of Lois (nee Johnson); loving father of Leslie Stevenson (husband Mark), Sarah Schlotterback (husband Tom), E. Victor (wife Elaine), and Kermit (wife Lynn); devoted grandfather of Kristen Knoll (husband Pat), Ryan (wife Carrie), Adam and Jenna Phillips, Peter, Linnea, and Evan Swanson; step-grandfather of Brooke and...

FRANK JEFFREY POWELL, age 58 of Wickliffe, Ohio passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017. He was born on April 26, 1958 in Euclid, Ohio, the son of the late Marion Anne Giuffre and Vincent Powell. Loving father of Brandon (wife Danielle) and Ashley; dearest brother of Ed, John, Sue, Nancy and the late Linda and Jim; dear uncle of...

AUGUST E. “GUS” KELLER, age 82, beloved husband of the late Kay L. (nee Motter); loving father of Leslie Hollman, Dawn McKinney (husband Richard) and Darryl (wife Carol); devoted grandfather of Amy Lesko, Shannon Boyd (husband Brad), Sarah McKinney, Samantha Loparo (husband Bryant), Brian, Kerstin and great-grandfather of Alaina, Ryan and Caden; cherished son of the late August A. and...

Vivian Marie Runjevac, age 66. Beloved wife of Philip; sister of Albert Stoss (Judith) and Ronald Stoss (Marshelle); sister-in-law of Patricia Cerar (John, deceased).

Not only was Vivian a devoted wife but her second devotion was to the many animals and pets for which she cared.

Family will receive friends to pay tribute and celebrate the life of...

Angela Piazza (nee LoPresti), beloved wife of the late James A.; devoted stepmother of Paul J. (Barbara), and John L. (Suzanne); loving grandmother of James, Michael, Anthony, Nicole, Christopher, and Vincent; great-grandmother of 6; sister-in-law of Rose Mass (Frank), James Zellar (Pearl deceased) and the following deceased: Lawrence Piazza (Marilyn), and Ann Versaci (Fred) dear cousin of Rosetta Finelli (Frank).

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