Obituaries

IRENE G. KOZMA (nee Valentin), age 69. Dearly beloved wife of the late Steve, dearest mother of Laszlo Valentin (wife Marika), Steve Jr., Irene Stecker and Laszlo, loving grandmother of Christian and Richard Valentin, Erica Kozma, Jennifer Stecker and Scott Kozma, dear sister of Istvan Valentin (wife Irene), Margaret Solcz (husband Joseph) and Terezia Papp (husband Imre), dear aunt and...

LUCILLE M. YAFONAR (nee Del Re), age 95. Beloved wife of the late Edward N. Dearest daughter of the late Nicola and Isabella (nee Fiorilli) Del Re. Loving sister of Mary Mendise (husband Sam, deceased) and the late Vincent Del Re (wife Mamie, deceased), Joseph Del Re (wife Louise), and Anthony Del Re (wife Anna Marie). Dear aunt, great-aunt and...

MICHAEL A. CHRISTOPHER age 83. Beloved husband for 55 years of the late Hermina (nee Kovalik). Loving father of Anthony (wife Rosanna)of New Albany, Oh, and the late Michael A, Jr. Devoted grandfather of Eric (wife Jessica), Amy Vallance (husband Stephen), Kate, Laura and great-grandfather of Abigail and Michael A. III. Cherished son of the late Anthony and Florence (nee...

LOUISE BELL (nee Klenoshek), aged 60 years, beloved wife for 38 years to Ted, dearest mother of Ted (wife Brigit) and Bob (finacee Cathy Zako), loving grandmother of Macie, Hayden and Garrett, cherished sister of Frank Klenoshek (wife Sheren) and Bill (wife Connie), devoted aunt and grand-aunt to many.

 

MARY F. SAROSY (nee Shea), age 84. Beloved wife of the late Joseph E., loving mother of Kathleen Sarosy (husband Scott Sissman) of WY, Peg Sarosy (partner Christine Baird) of CA, James of Mentor, Mary Jean Severin (husband James) of WI and the late Richard J. Cherished grandmother of Nicole and Allison Severin and Maggie Baird. Dear sister of Richard,...

VITO D. DeSANTIS, age 85. Beloved husband for 46 years of Elizabeth (Catalano) (nee Agresta). Devoted father of Paul (Trudy), Janice Catalano, and Lori (Chad) Gross. Cherished grandfather of Cori (Trey) Sieger, Dana (Adam) McKinney, Karli and Logan Gross. Dearest brother of Flora Allega, Betty Bruno, and the late Victor DeSantis and Nancy Blaha. Dear uncle and great-uncle of many....

LUCIEN A. AUBE, aged 84 years, beloved husband for 53 years to Dolores (nee Ernest), dear father of Larry, Mary Elizabeth (husband Yves Frenette), Yvonne M., M.D., and Edward (wife Pamela), loving grandfather of Marc-David, Gabriel and Thomas Aube-Frenette, and Michael Aube, cherished brother of Fernande, Laurette, Claudette, Jacqueline, Constance and the late Roland, Bertrand and Robert. Dr. Aube was...

ALICE B. MILLER (nee Boggess), age 73. Beloved wife of the late William M. Jr. Cherished mother of Rev. Mark A. (wife Sharon) of Romulus, MI and Martin L. (wife Barb, nee Ward). Devoted grandmother of Dylan, Alexandria and Sean. Loving daughter of the late J.C. and Lilian (nee Martin) Boggess. Dear sister of the late Grace Lee Wilcox. Loving...

BARBARA L. ROMEO (nee Noyes), aged 90 years, beloved wife of the late Salvatore M., fond sister-in-law of Louis Romeo, dear cousin to Jack Mentel and the late Gail DiSalvo. Mrs. Romeo was the office manager for over 20 years at Lipaj & Tomsik Architects, retiring in 1979. She will be missed by many.

 

JOHN J. (Jack) RIECK, Sr., aged 81 years. Devoted husband for 60 years of Margaret M. (nee Ledger). Loving father of John J. Jr. (deceased, killed in action in Vietnam Conflict), Larry (deceased) (wife Penny), Bonnie Varanese (husband Tom), and Dan. Cherished grandfather of Amy DeBaltzo (husband Nick), Julie DiCillo (husband David), Larry Jr., Jacquie and Tommy Varanese, Sarah Neff...

PETER A. PITRONE, aged 88 years, beloved husband for 62 years to the late Mollie M. (nee McGrath), dearest father of Michael P. ‘Mac ‘ (wife Jeannie), Phillip Jeffrey (wife Gayle), Russell Spencer (wife Jeri), Mark P. (wife Deborah), and Ellen C. Pitrone (husband Larry Dennis). Pete was the loving grandfather of Mollie, Patrick (wife Colleen) Jessica Jais (husband Aaron),...

MALCOLM H. CARLSON, age 90. Beloved husband for 35 years of Rosalie R. (nee Crapo) and the late Eileen C. Loving father of Laura Hoffmann (husband Walter), Malcolm A. (wife Deborah) and Stephen (wife Diane). Devoted grandfather of Stephanie Hoffmann, Matthew Hoffmann (wife Melanie), Timothy Carlson (wife Lindsey), Peter Hoffmann, Jennah, Kristina and James Carlson and great-grandfather of Joshua, Zachary...

FRANK J. POKORNY, aged 60 years, beloved son of Dorothy (nee Mitchkash) and the late Frank J.,dear brother of Marilyn,John E. (wife Colleen), James R. (wife Brenda) and Thomas M. (wife Laura), loving uncle of John, Christopher, Matthew, Michael, Andrew, Allishe and Michael.

 

MILDRED W. GARVEY (nee Salter) age 81. Beloved wife of the late James K. Loving mother of Diane Pearn (husband Thomas), Debra Howell (husband John) and William. Devoted grandmother of Melanie Popovich (husband Alex), Thomas ‘Butch ‘ Pearn, Jennifer and Robert Howell. Dear sister of Shirley Galaba (husband Daniel).

 

WILLIAM LEWIS SCHWELLER, aged 65 years, beloved son of the late William E. and Harriet F. (nee Lewis), dear and special friend to Denise L. McMichael, Joseph F. Petko, James L. Cowan, and many others. Mr. Schweller was a retired special education teacher for the Cleveland Public Schools.

 

STEVEN MICHAEL PUCK, aged 53 years, beloved husband of Eileen King Puck (nee Rebic), dear father of Katherine King, cherished son-in-law to Irene (nee Fedorchak) and the late John Rebic Sr., devoted brother-in-law to John Rebic Jr. Steve was a building inspector for the City of Lyndhurst, and formerly a City of Cleveland employee.

 

JOHN R. BOBO JR., age 81. Beloved son of the late John, Sr and Shirley (nee Frayser) Bobo. Loving brother of Ann Trivisonno (husband John, deceased). Dear uncle of Linda McQuiston (husband Merle), Karen Smith (husband Patrick), Michael Trivisonno and great-uncle of 4. World War II U.S. Navy Veteran.

 

MARGARET R. D ANGELO (nee Orichello). Beloved wife of the late John T. Devoted mother of John (wife Angela), Patricia Varricchio (husband Michael), and Nicholas (wife Colleen). Cherished grandmother of Michael, Matthew, Allison, Kathryn, Christine, Nicholas, Megan, and Mary. Dearest sister of Angela Ramacciatto (husband Charles) (both deceased), Sam Orichello (deceased) (wife Aldy), Thomas Orichello (wife Josephine) (both deceased), and...

Herman Treu, the only son of Gottfried and Christina Treu, began his life in the small town of Sugar City, Colorado, on February 22, 1925. Working the sugar beet fields and playing sports kept him occupied most of his young life until the high school band director introduced him to the sousaphone. Music became his passion. Herman enlisted in the...

TIMOTHY FREDRICK MONTGOMERY, aged 60 years, beloved husband of Carolyn (nee Fox), dear father of Matthew (deceased), Danielle, Megan and Mark, step-father to Charles Kolin (wife Rene), loving grandfather of Arias and Isabella, devoted brother of Edward, James, Patrick, Bruce, Mollie Pregibon and David, cherished uncle and great-uncle.