Obituaries

HOWARD J. SCHLEIMER, age 91; beloved husband of the late Rita M. (nee Trivison); loving father of Robert of Dunedin, FL, Mary “Mimi” Werner (husband Richard) of Dunedin, FL, Barbara Lange (husband James) of Ft Myers, FL and Janet Raymond (husband Kirk) of Clearwater, FL; devoted grandfather of 7 and great-grandfather of 11; cherished son of the late Jacob and...

Mary Ellen Goodlin, 72, of Chardon since the early 1990s, formerly of Mentor-on-the-Lake, passed away May 13, 2014 at Tri-Point Medical Center.

Mary Ellen was born May 10, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA, the only daughter of the late Miller and Anna (nee Elnyczky) Senovich, and grew up in McDonald, PA. She graduated from Fort Cherry High School in 1961,...

RAYMOND C. LANN age 95; beloved husband for 73 years of the late Marjorie E. (nee Conrad); loving father of John R. (Kathleen), Claudia Valore (Thomas) and the late Lawrence C. (Nancy) and Dennis R. (Karen Russell); devoted grandfather of 5 and great-grandfather of 4; dearest brother of the late Mabel Linthicum, Francis, Leo and Adelade Lann, Leola Urban and...

IRENE P. GOMBITA (nee Kopolovich), age 85; beloved wife of the late Joseph, Jr; loving mother of Mary Ann Fink (husband Daniel), Gary J. (wife Marla), Sharon Paul (husband Dennis) and Joseph M. (wife Marina); devoted grandmother of Brian, Susan and Kevin Fink, Kimberly and Ryan Gombita, Matthew, Anthony and Michele Paul, Alexander and Mark Gombita; dearest sister of the...

JOSEPH ANTHONY FEDELE, age 86, passed away on May 12th. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ruth E. (nee Wanda); children Joseph G. (Tami), Claudia D’Arcangelo, Verona Valore (Mike), Gregory MD (Sharon), Christopher (Deborah); and grandchildren Maria Gilmour (Jim), Anthony, Dominic, Gretchen D’Arcangelo, Alexa, Marissa, Devin, Nicholas, Nicolina Valore, Reese and Vincent.

Joe was born on...

JOHN “UJ” SHEREDY age 85 of Euclid. Beloved husband of 55 years to Florence (nee Hromulak); loving father of Elaine and Gregory; son of the late Julia and Jack Sheredy; dear brother of Dorothy Gallagher, Julianna Frontino, Barbara Mehall, Carolyn Barone, Teresa (deceased), Edward, Albert, Ronald, Raymond and Stanley(deceased); cherished uncle of many.

Mr. Sheredy passed away Sunday May...

JOSEPH R. BACKOS, aged 76 years, beloved husband for 54 years to Marie (nee Vinsick), dear father of Denise Spiros (husband Guy), Roberta Suydam (husband Scott) and the late Robert J., loving grandfather of Nicholas Spiros, and Taylor, Matthew and Ryan Suydam, cherished son of the late Joseph and Mary (nee Seman), devoted brother of Edward (wife Helen), Richard (wife...

JEAN C. ZARZOUR (nee Beshara), age 88, beloved wife of David S., devoted mother of Martha Phillips (Mark), Diane Chase (Alan), Nancie Cangialosi (Michael), Tom (Liz), Laura Clines (Dennis), Merky Scibana (Frank) and Kim Schabo (Gordon, deceased), loving grandmother of 14, great-grandmother of 13, dear sister of Marcia Myers (deceased), Jack Schmeitzel, Carol Pollard, Peter Beshara, Janice Thomlinson and Bobby...

JOHN C. TIMPERIO, age 81; beloved husband of Pamela (nee Colagross); loving father of Michele (Jack) Cardinale, Patrice (Bernie) Bischof, Joseph, Chris (David) Luptak, MaryKay (Jeff) Raig, John J. and Jennifer (Steve) Maffo; devoted grandfather of 17 and great-grandfather of 14; cherished son of the late John and Mary (nee Fiorelli); dearest brother of Carmen, Marie Urbancic and the late...

RoseMary Josephine (Semich) Merrick loving wife of Jack Merrick and mother of Dale Merrick, passed away May 6, 2014 at The Slovene Home for the Aged. Born August 26, 1919, in Cleveland, Ohio, she was one of seven children born to Albert and Josephine (Hrobat) Semich. She frequently talked about growing up with her siblings “the stories of hardship” the...

All services will be private.

 

ELLEN M. BLITZ, age 95; beloved daughter of the late Frank and Anne (nee Meany); loving sister of the late Louis and Robert; dearest aunt and great-aunt; dear friend of Linda  and James Redmond, Nancy and Jeff Wilhelm.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Ellen’s memory to Mt. St. Joseph, 21800 Chardon Rd Euclid, Ohio 44117.

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Doretta “Dolly” Romaine Corbran, age 85, of Chardon, formerly of Euclid, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Arden Courts in Chagrin Falls. She was born on February 9, 1929 in Warren, PA, a daughter of the late Wallace and Dora (Taft) Warren.

Dolly was a member of St. Robert’s Catholic Church and attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She...

GARY J. BIZJACK, age 59, beloved father of Michelle Arnold (husband Douglas) and Julia Bizjack, devoted son of the late Theodore and Bertha (nee Boyance), cherished brother of Theodore, Jr. (wife Eileen), fond uncle of Theodore III and Thomas, former husband of Susan Ruzich.  Gary was a resident of Richmond Heights for 32 years.  He was a member of St....

ANTOINETTE M. MINNIS (nee DeMarco), age 90; beloved wife of the late Joseph “Nebo”; loving mother of Janet DiCillo (husband Dave) and Gail Mechling (husband Kurt) of Seneca, SC; devoted grandmother of Christy (Ross) DeJohn, David (Julie) DiCillo, Matthew (Kristy) DiCillo, Gillian and Michael Mechling, and great-grandmother (Grandma Toni) of Lola, Jake, Stella, Georgia and Cate; cherished daughter of the...

Helen Ardella Turk, nee Maiden, age 89, died on April 29, 2014 at Gateway Retirement Home. Born September 24, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio to Thomas and Mildred (nee Kreblin) Maiden, she attended Collinwood High School. She was the loving mother of  Richard R. Turk of Cleveland, Ohio, Pamela M. Turk (husband Steven Wright) of New York City, New York, Robin...