Obituaries

PHILIP ARDIRE, age 82. Beloved father of Charlene Virostek (husband John), and Philip, Jr. Devoted grandfather of Michelle Leonetti (husband Paul), Michael Virostek and the late Philip Virostek and great-grandfather of Anthony and Angelina Leonetti. Dearest son of the late Sebastian and Theresa (nee Salvaggio). Dear brother of James (wife Alice) and Catherine Manzo (husband Clem, deceased). Former husband of...

ANTHONY M. SMERALDI, age 85. Beloved husband of Vivian J. (nee Wiknich) and the late Flora (nee Robb). Cherished father of Mark (fiance Patsy Kilbane), Ria (fiance Ken Prohn), Don (wife Vicki) of California, Jon (wife Ann Marie), and Jeri. He was a very devoted grandfather of Bret, Rick, Lani, Nick, Allison, Caleb, and Joshua. Tony was the loving son...

PATRICIA A. AMATO (nee Keane), aged 71 years, beloved wife for 51 years to William J. Sr., dearest mother of William J. Jr. and Michael J. (wife Michelle), loving grandmother of William J. III, Joseph F., Michael E. and Angelina M., cherished daughter of the late Joseph and Regina (nee Pawlowski) Keane, devoted sister of James M. Keane (wife Mary...

MARIE L. WILTSHIRE (nee Gergel), age 93. Beloved wife of the late Walter A. Loving mother of Elaine Mervis (husband Robert) and Kenneth J. (companion Barbara McGregor). Devoted grandmother of 5 and great-grandmother of 10. Cherished daughter of the late Andrew and Anne (nee Nemecek) Gergel. Dear sister of the late Frank, Henry, Edward, Clarence, Anne, Barbara and Josephine.

 

JOHN WILLIAM CAREY, aged 75 years, beloved son of the late John and Gertrude (nee Clinger), dear brother of Patricia Casella (husband James), Kathleen Dombrowski (husband Walter) and Mary Ann Carey, loving uncle and great-uncle. John was a computer programmer for J.& L. Steel. He was principal dance instructor from 1960 – 1983 at The Cleveland Institute of Dance (Ballet...

MARGARET F. PAVLI (nee Jereb), age 85. Beloved wife of the late Anthony F., loving mother of Marie Jagodnik (husband Joseph), Carolyn Jones (husband Richard) of South Carolina, Robert (wife Mary Ann, nee Cordiano), Virginia Moore and James (wife Cynthia, nee Reardon). Margaret was the devoted grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of two. She was the cherished daughter of the...

DENNIS JOHN BAYUK, aged 60 years, beloved son of the late A.J. Bayuk M.D. and Anne Kmetz Bayuk, dear brother of Darryl A. Bayuk (of San Francisco, California) and Bonny Bayuk (of Houston, Texas).

 

MARY T. MAROUN, age 80. Beloved daughter of the late Toufic and Alia Maroun. Dearest sister of Labibi Daher (deceased) (husband Youssef, deceased), Adelle Daou (deceased) (husband Youssef), Fariz Maroun (wife Madeline, deceased), Neeman Maroun (wife Nouhad), Mouna Silfani (husband Nabih, deceased), Albert Maroun (wife Jeanne), and Nabil Maroun (wife Diane). Loving aunt of 35 and great-aunt of 64 and...

WALTER E. SMITH, aged 70 years, of Hudson, OH., devoted to his family, committed to education of all ages, benefactor of many, entrepreneur, business leader, and golf nut, passed away May 12, 2007 of a stroke. Beloved husband for 45 years to Carole P. (nee Prochaska), loving father of Gregory E. (wife Jeri Anne Lee), Patrick J. (Leticia Vazquez) and...

ROBERT E. MULLALLY, age 80. Beloved husband of Alice (nee Fitzgerald). Loving father of Laura Noll (husband Bruce), Janet, and Patricia Giegerich (husband Nick). Dear grandfather of 7. Cherished son of the late Pierce,Sr., DDS and Laura (nee Lynch). Dear brother of Dr. William (wife Valerie), Dr. Pierce, Jr. (deceased) (wife Eileen), Patricia Carey (deceased) (husband Thomas), Donald (deceased) (wife...

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...