Obituaries

HELEN T. BRETZ (nee Hanahan), age 78. Beloved wife for 55 years of Richard ‘Dick ‘. Loving mother of Ellen Cooper (husband Gary), Rich (wife Nancy), Martin (wife Pamela), Dennis (wife Christine), Timothy (wife Terri), Linda Blasko (husband David), Kathleen Speth (husband Mark) and Jeffrey (wife Jennifer). Devoted grandmother of 18 and great-grandmother of two. Dearest sister of Paul Hanahan...

LEONARD EARL ANDREWS, aged 85 years, beloved husband of Carol (nee Shults), dear father of Janet Ellen Flotner (husband Cliff), loving grandfather of Natalie Anne and Kevin James Flotner.

 

GEORGE B. BAER, JR age 86. Beloved husband of the late Eleanor Louise Awig Baer. Dearest brother of Matilda S. ‘Tillie ‘ Baer and the late Rowland ‘Cubby ‘ Baer. World War II U.S. Army Veteran.

 

JOANNE R. ROWE (nee Thacker), aged 75 years, beloved wife of the late Allan E., dearest mother of Patricia Herchek (husband Harry), Robert (wife Candy) and Douglas (Lois), loving grandmother of 9, cherished sister of Barbara Hennen (husband John) and Geoffrey Thacker (wife Cliffette).

 

ANN NICOLOSI (nee Modica), aged 95 years, beloved wife of the late Leo J., dearest mother of Carole Ann Nicolosi, loving daughter of the late Luigi and Caterina (nee Magistro) Modica, cherished sister of Edith Mannino and the late Lucy Modica, Ignatius ‘Bud ‘ Modica and Yolanda Galloway, devoted aunt and grand-aunt of many.

 

ANNE CUNNINGHAM BLACK ‘BETTY ‘, 86, passed away April 16, 2008. Beloved daughter of the late James C. Black and Elizabeth M. Black (of St. Andrews, Scotland and Cleveland, OH.), beloved sister of Catherine Black Aldrich (of Cleveland Hts.), beloved aunt of Thomas Parker Aldrich, III (Janet) (of Euclid, OH.) and Kyle Elizabeth Aldrich (Richard) (of Los Angeles, CA.).

 

PEARL K. LAVIN (nee Karp), age 91. Beloved wife of the late Leo. Loving mother of Bill, Janet Ganim (husband Joe) and Lynda. Devoted grandmother of Kenneth Lavin (Stacie), Melanie Ganim, Anthony Ganim (Laura), Traci Arway (Kevin), Alex Lavin and great-grandmother of Niko Lavin and Kieran Arway.

 

FELICIA MARIE GIBSON (nee DiBiase), beloved wife of the late James, dearest mother of Joyce Gottdiner (husband Thomas) and the late Baby James, loving grandmother of Doug Gottdiner (wife Laura), great-grandmother of Benjamin and Tiffany, devoted sister of the late Benjamin Fazzino, cherished aunt of Patricia Fazzino.

 

NORMA J. SAARI (nee Cleary), aged 81 years, beloved wife for 53 years to the late William, dear mother of Craig W. (wife Carol) (of Lexington, S.C.) and Corinne ‘Cori ‘ Seifert, loving grandmother of Amanda Saari and Brent Seifert, cherished sister of Donald Cleary (wife Juanita) (of Fairport Harbor, OH.) and Richard Cleary (wife Margaret) (of Temple City, CA.).

 

LENA (LEE) AREZONE (nee Stefanoni), age 90. Beloved wife of the late Don. Loving mother of Tony and Michael KellersJ. Devoted grandmother of Nikki and Tony Kellers (wife Desiree) and great-grandmother of Elle and Joseph Kellers. Cherished daughter of the late Emilio and Assunta (nee DiGiralamo) Stefanoni. Dearest sister Michael Stoffer (wife Katherine) and the late Peter Stefanoni (wife Camille)....

NANCY J. MANN (nee Ikerman), beloved wife for 56 years to the late Robert C., dearest mother of Katherine Ann Weissbrod (husband Paul) and Megan Chester (husband Jerald), loving grandmother of Leslie Ann and Craig Arlen Weissbrod, and Matthew David and Ann Clark Chester, devoted great-grandmother to Juliana Rose Weissbrod, cherished sister of Carol Andersen (husband Tom), fond sister-in-law to...

JOHN WILLIAM KOCHER, aged 83 years, beloved husband for 50 years to Shirley (nee Patchen), dear father of Gretchen and Alyce Jo (A.J.), cherished son of the late William John and Mary Jane (nee Jones), devoted brother of the late Ruth Dutton and Faye Steed, fond uncle and great-uncle, faithful companion to Goliath ‘Golly ‘.

 

JANICE S. PFEIFER (nee Steele) age 72. Beloved mother of Laura Scott (husband Les), Dianne Austin (fiance Richard Wagner) and Paul Weizer (wife Karen). Loving grandmother of Daniel and Bryan Scott, John Lawson, Damon Austin, II, Carl Mandanici and Scott Zwiezinski (Amy) and great-grandmother of Jack and Ava. Cherished daughter of the late Orville and Anne (nee Gries) Steele dearest...

Dorothy I. Hunt (nee DeCapua) age 84. Beloved wife of the late Donald. Cherished daughter of the late Frank and Mary DeCapua. Dear sister of the late Marion Mismas (husband Rudolph, deceased). Beloved aunt of Elaine Hocevar (husband Greg), Pat Lepa (Husband Frank) and James Mismas (wife Branka). Loving great-aunt of 10.

 

FREDERIC J. TYLER, age 95. Bel

 

NADINE M. TAUBERT (nee Becheme

 

CHARLES S. LIOTTA, aged 81 yea

 

MADELINE FARINACCI (nee Iaforn

 

JOHN E. YOGER, passed away in his 93rd year of life surrounded by his family and his loving wife of 62 years, Betty; beloved father of Barry (wife Fran) and Jim (wife Deanna); devoted grandfather of Dave, Kathy, Tom, Jenny, Brian, Jimmy, Zachary, Bradley, and Melanie; Dear brother of the late Louise Russell, Frank, Bertha Maver, Paul, and Olga MacDonald;...

SUE A. MILEWSKI (nee Sciko), aged 93 years, beloved wife of the late Chester, dearest sister of Tony Legas, Josephine Kuruc, and the late Katie Kaminske, Joseph, John and Thomas Sciko, Mary Gides, Frank Sciko, Mildred Scoglietti and John Legas, cherished aunt and grand-aunt of many