Obituaries

PAUL J. FARRAGHER, aged 88 years, beloved husband of the late Mary Jane (nee Harkins), dear father of James P. (wife Deborah), Jane Ann Dingenary (husband Andrew) and Kathleen Kabat (husband Brian), loving grandfather of Mark and Jenna Dingenary, Jonathan and Dylan Kabat and Eric and Katherine Farragher, cherished brother of Marjorie Yash, Firmin, Earl, and Wendell Farragher, and the...

JOSEPH E. FITZGERALD, O.D., aged 93 years, beloved husband for 65 years to Catherine (nee Keane), dear father of John (wife Irene)(of Brecksville OH), Anne (of Waltham MA), William ‘Tony ‘ (wife Jean)(of Concord OH) and Patrick J. (wife Mary Jeanne)(of Benicia CA), loving grandfather of Kevin, Pam, Keith, Bridget, Matt, Molly, Annie (deceased), Tria, Katie, Tim, Caitlin, and great-grandfather...

SR. BEATRICE FARRELL, OSU (formerly Sister mary Howard) (Beatrice E. Farrell), daughter of the late Howard J. and Mary (nee Finucan); sister of: Mary Agnes Farrell and the late Rober J. Farrell and a member of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, with whom shs shared 62 years of her life.

 

JOHN F. VIDMAR, SR, age 82. Beloved husband for 50 years of Mary R. (nee Whelan). Loving father of John F., Jr (wife Caroline of Las Vegas, NV. Cherished son of the late John and Julia (nee Bole). Dearest brother of the late Julie Smrekar (husband Clarey, deceased) and Donald Vidmar. Dear brother-in-law of Geraldine Kanter (husband Marvin, deceased) and...

VINCENT D. BALOGH, age 79, of West Palm Beach, FL formerly of Lakewood; beloved son of the late Joseph and Adelaide (nee Mahon); loving brother of Rev. Donald J. (deceased), Florence Jean (deceased), Janet Marie Hull (Edwin), Joanne Mills, and Joseph (Janet); cherished uncle of many; dearest friend of David Simmons, Frank Skully, Lee Grice and Jerry Rolka.

 

FRANCISKA SULIGOI (nee Petric) age 80; of Willoughby Hills passed away on April 1, 2009; beloved sister of Louise Krajncic (husband Konrad) of Willoughby Hills, Anna Smrekar of Valley View, Franc Petric, Ivan Petric, Maria Ribolj, Angela Meglic, Pepca Zrnec all of Slovenia, and the late Alojzij Petric; dearest daughter of the late Alojzij & Alojzija (nee Brancelj) Petric; loving...

AGNES M. KOLAR (nee McMurtrie), aged 83 years, beloved wife of the late Joseph, dearest mother of Mary DeNunzio (husband Robert), loving grandmother of Marina, cherished daughter of the late Ben McMurtrie and Virginia Vennetti (nee Teska) and step-daughter of the late Joseph Vennetti.

 

ANTHONY V. PETTINE, Sr., was born on February 2, 1929 in Cleveland, OH. He was a resident in the Woodland (Blue Rock) area of Cleveland before moving to Wickliffe 56 years ago. Mr. Pettine died Friday March 27, 2009 at Lake West Hospital.He was a retired proof-reader and printer from Judson Brooks Printing. Tony loved being with his grandchildren and...

MARTIN J. ZUGEL, age 86. Beloved husband for 62 years of Marie A. (nee Minut); loving father of Carolyn Zonar (husband Robert) of Mason, OH, Cynthia Little (husband Glenn) of St. Charles, IL, Judith Robinson (husband Revoe) of Madison, OH, and Joyce Colton (husband Terrance) of Surprise, AZ; devoted grandfather of Kristen, Kelli, and Kimberly, Joy and Vance, Kate, Revoe...

PAUL J. ROBARE, age 45, passed away suddenly on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Beloved husband of DeAnna (nee Turk); loving father of Lauren (Dan Williams), Michael and Jennifer; dearest son of Margaret and the late Paul; dear brother of Annie Robare and Lynn Brewton (Richard); son-in-law of Frank and Anna Marie Turk; brother-in-law of Frank Turk III (Jodi), Christopher Turk...

MARC THOMAS SCHERBARTH, aged 50 years, passed away March 25, 2009, beloved son of G. Thomas and the late Catherine A. (nee Martin), cherished brother of Laura (partner Paul Honeycutt), Robyn Webb (husband James) and Scott (wife Ivy), loving uncle of 6. Please omit flowers.

 

NICHOLAS M. PATRONIS, aged 84 years, dearly beloved husband for 65 years to Jennie (nee Ganelas), dear father of Jordan (wife Helen), loving grandfather of Jennifer and James, cherished brother of Angie Eliopoulous, Fr. Peter Lambert, Sophie Karas and the late Pete, devoted uncle and great-uncle to many.

 

JOSEPH FRIDRICH, aged 85 years, beloved husband of the late Doris (nee Kirton), dearest father of Joseph A. (wife Karen) and Nancy A., loving brother of the late Arthur and Helen Chowanetz, devoted uncle and great-uncle and cherished friend to many. Mr. Fridrich was a U.S. Army Veteran of W.W. II, and a 38-year T.R.W. employee and member of the...

Stacy DiJulius was the wife of John R. DiJulius III and mother of Johnni (16), Cal (11), and Bo (6). She tragically died Saturday evening March 21 at age 39. Stacy and her husband John, of 18 years, started John Robert s Spa in 1993. They named the salon after their first son, John Robert IV. It started with two...

JACK MICHAEL DAUTOVIC, born on March 19, 2009 and became an Angel of God on March 20, 2009, precious son of Luke and Emily (nee Casey), loved grandson of Steve and Michelle Dautovic, Gary Casey, and Michele and Steven Sues, cherished nephew and cousin to many.

 

RICHARD T. GAFFNEY, aged 85 years, retired So. Euclid Police Officer, dearly beloved husband for 54 years to the late Ruth (nee Sundberg), dear father of Joanne Baumgartner (husband Ken), Richard D., Frank T., Harley J. (wife Cindy) and Kathleen Jeffries, loving grandfather of Matt, Kevin, Nick and Ryan Baumgartner, Eric and Carl Gaffney, Cara and Tim Gaffney, and Renee,...

JAMES C. PLESS. age 77. Beloved husband for 35 years of Janice (nee Bennington). Loving father of Deborah Braun, Laurie Blood (husband David) and the late Thomas Braun and father-in-law of Phillip Kramer. Devoted grandfather of Thomas, Kevrin and Michael Blood and Matthew Kramer. U.S. Marine Corp Korean Conflict Veteran.

 

EDWARD W. LEIFER age 85. Beloved husband for 52 years of Mary J. Loving father of Anne Leifer (husband Jared Nedzel) of Boston, MA and David M. of Arlington, VA. Dearest brother of Donald of Whitehall, PA. Ed was a longtime employee of General Electric working as an auditor and a 50 year + member of the Mentor Harbor Yacht...

KARENJEAN DiBLASI (nee Longar), age 62. Beloved mother of Aaron and Melissa; former wife of Steven. At her request, private family services were held. Condolences may be sent via the website at www.dejohnfuneral.com