Obituaries

JOHN BITTNER, age 86. Beloved husband for 60 years of Mary (nee Selep). Loving father of Patricia Jakubec, Robert (wife Elaine), and David (wife Kimberly). Devoted grandfather of Gregory Jakubec (wife Kathryn), Robert Jr., Richard, Frank, and Kaitlynn Bittner, and great-grandfather of Bailey, Bobby, and Ashley Way. World War II U.S. Army Veteran.

 

ELSIE A. BELASKA (nee Modic) age 92. Beloved wife of the late Edward A.. Loving mother of Edward S. (wife Josephine), Elsie Fleckenstein (husband William) and Eileen Sprague. Devoted grandmother of 9, great-grandmother of 6 and great-great grandmother of one. Cherished daughter of the late Johana (nee Vidic) and Louis Modic. Dearest sister of William Modic and the late Frank...

GAETON ‘Gaetano ‘ Lanese, age 83. Beloved husband of the late Josephine (nee Urbanski). Loving father of Fred Goda (wife Karen) of FL, Lucille Casarona of VA, and Phyllis Minissale (Michael Amato). Devoted grandfather of Joseph (Maria) Casarona, Melissa (Carl) Falsone, Jennifer (Joe) Ezerosky, and Lisa (Brian) Potts, and great-grandfather of 6. Dearest son of the late Tony and Lucy...

JOHN M. ‘Jack ‘ HARLAN, aged 96 years, Beloved husband for 32 years to Grace (McCarthy) (nee DeNino) and the late Berenice (nee McCaskey). Loving father of John M. Jr (wife Vicki) of Youngstown, Thomas J. (wife Donna), William L., Robert C. (wife Susan) of CA, and step-father of Sarah Hourihan-Totty (husband John, deceased) of FL, Donna Baker (husband Lee)...

EMIL N. GALINAC, SR., age 82. Beloved husband for 47 years of the late Velma Jane (nee Skolnik). Loving father of Emil N., Jr. (wife Eleanore) and Laura A. Uguccini (husband Christopher). Devoted grandfather of Matthew and Nicholas Galinac and Steven Uguccini. Cherished son of the late Joseph and Anna (nee Butajla). Treasured brother of Katherine Penca (husband Frank) and...

RUSSELL C. BAXTER, age 53, beloved husband of Toni L. (nee Dean). Loving father of Erin, Christopher Shalek (fiance Rosemarie Puntel), Joseph Shalek and Brett Shalek. Devoted grandfather of Emma and Patrick. Dearest son of Verna (nee London) and the late Herbert. Cherished brother of Karen Pilmer. Treasured uncle of Erica and Briana Pilmer. Dearest nephew of Charles and Patricia...

HAROLD W. SCHILDT, aged 79, beloved husband for 51 years to Faith (nee Schellhorn), dear father of John (wife Beth), Harold (wife Kathy) and Susan Cantanzriti (husband Rich), loving grandpa of Eric, Meghan, Ashlee, Amy, Lena, Anthony and Jessica. U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II.

 

EDWARD A. TIMM, aged 83 years, beloved husband for 59 years to Jean E. (nee Hover), dear father of Mariellen Wood (husband David), loving grandfather of Matthew and James Wood, cherished brother of Laverne Vale and the late Erma Eiding

 

JOY E. LAWRENCE, aged 80 years, dearly beloved daughter of the late Wilbur C. and Annie Laurie (nee Leech), dear friend of John and Margaret Ann Berwald and their sons; Brad (fiance Mandy Nourse) and Kevin (fiance Kristen Columbare).

 

YUAN CHIN TIEN (nee Tai), age 101. Beloved wife for 72 years of the late Keh Ming. Loving mother of Mon Juin Tien of Taiwan, James Shaw-Tzuu (wife Sibyl) of Highland Hts and Yu Sheng (wife Susanna) of Canada. Devoted grandmother of Matthew (wife Karen), Joseph and Jeannie. Also survived by two brothers and one sister of China. Preceded in...

ANN POLITO (nee Ruggie) age 94, died Sunday January 21, 2007 in Bradenton, Florida. Beloved wife for 62 years of the late Anthony B. Sr. Loving mother of Jo Ann (Kozlowski) Greene (Edward), Rosemary Mirrotto (Pete Rhoades), Mercedes (Manning) Boyette (Marshall), Bernadette (Hogan) Creadon (Rock), Matthew A. (Elise), Dominic J. (Joan), John A. (Kathy) and Anthony B. Jr (Joanne). Devoted...

VIRGINIA (BODENGER) PUKLAVEC (nee Michel), age 90. Beloved wife of the late Morris Bodenger. Loving mother of Carolyn Bodenger, Susanne Skove, and step-mother of Tom Puklavec. Devoted grandmother of Lily and Sam. Dearest daughter of the late Marie Marcella (nee Zeller) and Ralph John Michel. Cherished sister of June Wuertz, Marilyn Callaly and the late Doris Tierney and Ralph Michel...

ANNE M. RYAN (nee Rimanoczy), aged 78 years, beloved mother of Terrance, William Patrick (wife Sue), James (wife Bonnie), Thomas, Mary Ryan Roman and the late Daniel, loving grandmother of Austin, Brianna, Daniel and Alyssa Ryan, and Allie Ryan Roman, cherished sister of Beth Rimanoczy.

 

EDWARD THOMAS COOK, aged 81 years, beloved husband of the late Mary K. (nee Mulcahy), dearest father of Colleen Dardzinski (husband Tony), Sharon Getz, Mary E. Betsa (husband Joseph) and Eileen Span (husband Michael), loving grandfather of 10, cherished brother of Marie Coyne (husband Tony) (both deceased) and Robert (wife Rosemary), devoted uncle and great-uncle of many. Mr. Cook was...

MILDRED M. McGRATH, age 81. Beloved sister of Ellen Cronk of Florida, and the late Mollie Pitrone (husband Peter), Jay McGrath and seven other brothers and sisters. Dear aunt and great-aunt of many.

 

ANTOINETTE (FALSONE) GURICH (nee Sharaba), age 94. Beloved wife of the late Milan Gurich and Carmelo Falsone. Devoted mother of Teresa M. Falsone and Carl A. Falsone Sr. (wife Josephine). Cherished grandmother of Michael Falsone (wife Carmen), Carl A. Falsone Jr. (wife Melissa), Rico J. Falsone (fiance Elizabeth) and great-grandmother of Theresa, Nicole, Alicia, and Ella. Dearest sister of Paul...

CARL PINZARRONI, aged 81 years, beloved husband of the late Merle (nee Moccabee), dearest father of Janet Ricco (husband Joseph) and Ralph (wife Sandy), loving grandfather of David, Joseph and Santino Ricco, and Christina and Carl Pinzarroni, cherished great-grandfather of Samantha, Alexa, Joseph, Jack, Dominic, Nicholas and Carlo, devoted brother of Josephine, Antoinette, Frank, Jeanne and the late Mary, fond...

CHARLES E. KELESHIAN, age 77. Former husband of Shirley (nee Sedlak). Loving father of Mark A. (wife JoAnn, nee Hartman). Dear grandfather of Matthew, Katie, Molly and Megan. Dear brother of Alvin (wife Ann), Shirley White and the late Donald (wife Fran) and Ronald. Beloved friend of Mildred.

 

DORIS K. BARTELL (nee Noble), age 87. Beloved wife for 68 years of Willis A. Loving mother of Randall (Ede) of Florida, Willis R. (Marcia, nee Jakab) of Arizona, James (Karen), and Richard (Judith, nee Rosenbaum). Devoted grandmother of Mark (Carrie), Gregory (Olympia), Julie, Theresa, Cindy, James, David and great-grandmother of Julia. Dearest daughter of the late Karl and Lula...

SUZANNE B. DeMARCO (nee Boland). Beloved wife of the late Rocco C. Loving mother of Charles (Mary) and William (Virginia). Devoted grandmother of Theresa and Christina. Dear sister of John, William and David Boland, Kaye Boesch and the late Mary Woeste.