Obituaries

JOSEPHINE A. ‘Jo ‘ GAETA (nee Sottosanti) age 71. Beloved wife for 46 years of Michael J.; cherished mother of Mary Beth Beebe (husband Earl), Phil (wife Maria), Cheryl Alsheimer (husband Frank), and Michael Jr. (wife Maureen); devoted grandmother of Christina, Michael, Mark and David Beebe, Nick Gaeta, Alexis and soon-to-be-baby Alsheimer, and Madeline and Morgan Gaeta; loving daughter of...

JOANN C. ZALETEL (nee Stanek) age 82. Beloved wife for 61 years of Walter; loving mother of Kathleen Ritzu (husband Joseph), Janet Harper (husband Dewey), Gail Ann Hauge (husband Eric), Christine Woodruff (husband Don), and Mary Ann Ferretti (husband Michael) of FL; devoted grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of 5; dear sister of the late John Stanek, Ann Hanko, Agnes...

CHERYL A. DeLAMBO, age 45. Beloved mother of Angie and Nina Pasto. Loving daughter of Peter A. and the late Teresa (nee Politi) DeLambo. Cherished sister of Peter M. (wife Sally) and Annmarie DeLambo. Dear niece, cousin and friend of many. Cheryl also leaves her canine babies, Tony, Fonzerelli and Bella.

 

ALEX J. SMAYDA, 88. Beloved husband for 62 years of Mary. Loving father of Marilyn, Todd and Robert. Devoted grandfather of five. Dear brother of Joseph and the late Margaret Mantz and John Smayda.

 

TERRY LEE CUCCARESE, age 51. Beloved wife for 30 years of Cindy A. (nee Warren); loving father of Carla Marie; dearest son of the late Ruth (nee Miracle) and Joseph L.; dear brother of James and Jennifer Deitz; dear brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle, and friend of many.

 

CARL T. FARONE, age 81, beloved husband for 41 years of the late Virginia Lee (nee Powalski). Loving father of Charles (wife Natalie). Devoted grandfather of Monique. Dear brother of the late Robert (wife Josephine). Dear uncle and great-uncle of many. World War II U.S. Army Veteran. Carl was a member of the ISDA, Kiwanis and American Legion. His family...

MARIAN G. SIEGMAN, aged 85 years, beloved daughter of the late Joseph and Lucy (nee Frantz), dearest sister of Robert (wife Eileen) (both deceased) and Edwin (wife Sally – deceased), loving aunt of Barbara Harshaw, Theresa Emminger, John, George, Ray, Carol Willert, Rosemary Skipper, Linda Koenig, Mark, Marie Newell and Anne Magnuson, cherished grand-aunt and great-grand-aunt.

 

LINDA L. CONNEL (nee Worstall) age 69. Beloved wife for 52 years of Bill. Loving mother of Vicki Dziura (husband Jim) of Norfolk, VA, Cheri Shade (husband Bruce) of Willoughby, OH, Allan of Lyndhurst, OH, Greg (wife Melissa) of Willoughby, OH and the late William. Devoted grandmother of Jennifer and Brian Dziura (wife Jenn), Katie and Chris Shade, Nicole Billington,...

JEFRY S. SPARANO, age 55. Beloved husband for 17 years of Loretta (nee Walls). Loving father of Joe, John and Jenna. Treasured son of John W, Sr and the late Jean (nee Rose). Cherished brother of James (wife Gloria), John W, Jr (wife Christine), Janet Turcoliveri (husband James), twin Jerry (wife Ada), and Joyce Kovalycsik (husband Terry). Dearest son-in-law of...

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...