Obituaries

ANGELA ROSE BENEDETTI (nee Licurs), age 93; beloved wife for 65 years of Alio “Al”; loving mother of Anita, Melinda, Lisa and Mark (wife Diane DeCamillo); devoted grandmother of Jessica, Nicholas and Matthew Benedetti and Anthony DeCamillo; cherished daughter of the late Paul and Frances (nee D’Amico) Licurs; dearest sister of Mary Bryan, Paul Licurs, Jr., and the late twins...

LISA M. KEKIC age 41, born March 29, 1974 to Beatrice O’Connor (nee Stamberger) (husband Thomas) and the late Thomas Kekic and passed away on April 13, 2015 in Willoughby. Lisa was the devoted granddaughter of Clara Maltba; cherished niece of Mary Ann Mammick, Gregory Stamberger and Frank Kekic and great niece of George Rossman; dear cousin and friend of...

Robert L. “Bob” Tambascio, Jr., 70, passed away April 10, 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.  He was born on July 10, 1944 in Cleveland, OH and was a resident of Wickliffe and a former resident of Willoughby and Willoughby Hills.

Bob was a member of the Body of Christ Community for the past 12 years.  He owned and...

Joseph Robert Steed, Jr., 81, passed away suddenly April 12, 2015 at University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Joseph was born in Euclid, Ohio, January 3, 1934 to the late Joseph R. Sr. and Helen (nee Rich) Steed.  He was educated in the Euclid Schools. Joseph lived in Thompson, Montville, Hartsgrove and Briar Hill Health Care Residence for the past 3 years.   ...

Rita A. Hug (nee DeMattie) age 88 . Beloved wife of the late Robert J.. Loving mother of Jeffrey (wife Doris), Timothy (wife Patricia) and Richard (wife Sylvia). Dearest grandmother of Daniel, Scott, Nicholas, Nathanial, Victoria, Hannah, Joseph, Casandra, Sergio and Reana. Dear sister of David DeMattie, Barbara DeMattie and the late Victor DeMattie.

Rita lived in Euclid for 60...

VIOLA ROSE MILITE (nee Ceccarelli), age 89; beloved wife for 60 years of the late Dante; cherished mother of Kathleen Waggle (husband Robert), Jacqueline Minotas (husband Gregory) and Lisa Ferrando (husband John); devoted grandmother of Matthew Waggle (wife Nicole), Brian Minotas (wife Lisa), Stephanie Calabrese (husband Dave), Lauren Minotas, Julia and Nicholas Ferrando, and great-grandmother of Madison, Gianna, Rex, Braden...

DONNIE ELLA ANTONACCI, (nee Ramachati), aged 83 years, dearly beloved wife for 50 years to Michael J., dearest mother of Charisse Taddeo (husband Louis), Cynthia, Candice VonGlodfelter (husband Jeff), Christine Lotenero (husband Charles) and Denise Hillier (husband Mark), loving grandmother of Michael, Daniel, Angelica, Melissa, Raymond, Chrissy, Nicole, Colin, Brittany and Quinn, great-grandmother of Cody, Daniel, Donato, Hailey, Gianna Ann,...

MARIA “MIMI” VITULICH (nee Trselic) 87, of Wickliffe, beloved wife of Tony for 54 years, loving mother of Maria Dolores (Tom) Bielek and Annie (Steve) Kerch; Nona to Peter, Alex, Brandon, Michael, Courtney and Sarah. Sister of the late Milka and Kristina, admired sister-in-law and dear aunt of many. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Tuesday April 14, 2015 at...

JAMES JOSEPH KASCSAK, aged 78 years, beloved husband of the late Juliana Mary (nee Hromco), dear father of Andrew James (wife Deborah), Christopher John (partner Bret Manning), and Juliana Margaret, loving grandfather of Dominic James and Caitlyn Jessica, dear companion to Patricia Berland, cherished brother of Rosemary Slezak (husband Tony), Charles (deceased) (wife Marie), John (deceased) (wife Rosetta) and Florence...

RITA M. HESS (nee Schroeder), age 89. Beloved mother of Paul (wife Lin), Alan (wife Kathy), Donna Thornton (husband Keith deceased) (companion Barry Hickerson) and the late David; loving grandmother of 6 and great grandmother of 8; dear sister of the late Richard Schroeder (wife Jean).

Rita was born on February 3, 1926 in Cleveland and was a long-time resident...

MARITA A. KLEMENTS (nee Best) age 84, beloved wife of the late Bernard; loving mother of Joseph (Carol), James (Gayle), John (Donna), Susan Mason (Paul), Eugene, and Cinthia (Denise Lachowski); devoted grandmother of William, Marita, David, Thomas, Jamie, Ann, Michael, Brian, Clayton and Lucas and great-grandmother of 3; dearest sister of Eugene (Eileen), Louis (Lucy), Sr. Lois Best, S.N.D. and...

ELLEN M. SWITALSKI (nee Flanagan), age 92. Beloved wife of the late John; loving mother of Leon (wife Natalie), Louise Wieczorek (husband Joe), Martha Shapiro and Michael (wife Annette); devoted grandmother of Courtney Case (husband Jeremy), Jeffrey Switalski, Chris Wieczorek (wife Kelly), Amanda Wieczorek, Jessica Forsythe (husband Jeremy), Anthony Switalski, Sharon Switalski, Stephanie McNeal (husband Michael) and great-grandmother of Noah,...

AUSTIN J. “JOE” ADAMS, born September 15, 1929 passed away on April 5, 2015 at age 85. He was the beloved husband of the late Marion (nee Chinnock) and Carol A. (Blatnik) (nee Kattler); loving father of Barbara Dougherty (Edward), Raymond (Kathleen), Patrick (Andrea), Michael (Gail), Timothy (Julie), Martin (Barbara), Nicholas (Peggie), Katherine Zalar (William) and Mary Ellen Layman (Joseph)...

In loving memory of James (Jim) Austin Brown (91) who passed 3/27/15 and will be greatly missed by family and friends; loving father of Bonita Power (Brown) and Martin Brown; cherished grandfather of Alanna Power and great grandfather of Krystal Power-Long; loving brother of Chester Brown, Delores Corron (Brown), Austin Brown, and Norman Brown and survived by the mother of...

DENNYSE M. CAHILL (nee Healy) age 92, loving wife of 50 years to the late William E.; beloved mother of Geraldine Spisich (husband Frank), James Cahill (wife Gail) and Alice M. Cahill (CAPT, USN, Ret., PhD) (husband Kevin Hickey); cherished grandmother of  ten, great-grandmother of  15 and great-great grandmother of one; sister of the following deceased: Rev. Patrick P. Healy...

HELEN MARIE JONES (nee Kaleal), aged 75 years, beloved wife of the late Harry, dearest mother of Gary Bolinger (Tricia), Denise Coppedge (Paul), Elizabeth Papas (Bob), Therese York (Jeff), and Jennifer Malensek (Ryan), loving grandmother of Anthony, Bradley, Melanie, Connor, Nicholas, Brian, Ben, Spencer, Jacob, Emily, Taylor, Matthew, Nathan and Alex, cherished sister of Robert (Yolanda), Gerald (deceased) (Carol) and...

JAMES JUDE “JIMMY” MAZZOLA, age 45, of Mentor, loving father of Justin; beloved son of Jim and Judy (nee Vallo); devoted brother of Danny (Lisa) and Diana Tootell (Mason); dearest grandson of the late Frank & Margaret Vallo and James & Mildred Mazzola; dear nephew and cousin of many; cherished nephew and soul mate of Wendy Vallo Lewis (Bill) of...