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Allan W. Brinkmann
Dec. 11, 2016
Allan W. Brinkmann, 76, of Olmsted Twp., passed away December 11, 2016. Born in Chicago, IL, he is the son of the late Erwin Sr. and Dorothy (nee Barrett) Brinkmann. Allan is the beloved husband of 47 years to Paula (nee Elbrecht); loving father of Jodi (Eric) Toepke, Nicole (James) Reeves and...
John Theiss
Dec. 10, 2016
John Theiss, 87, of Rocky River, passed away December 10, with his family by his side. Beloved husband of 55 years to Irmgard (Ukowski), dear father of Evelyn Theiss and Corinna Fogwell (Mark), cherished grandfather of Erik, Nicole, Christina and Lara Fogwell. Loving son of the late John and...
Emily T. Zima
Dec. 10, 2016
Emily T. Zima, (nee Dabrowski) 93, passed away on December 10, 2016. Beloved wife of John J.; daughter of Waclaw and Helen Dabrowski; dear mother of Karen Zima, Lorraine Anderson (Clark), Cynthia Gioffre (Chuck), and Jacqueline Zima-Harper (Ken), grandmother of six; sister of Anne Kimpel, Frank...
Constance Fretch
Dec. 07, 2016
Constance Fretch, age 79; beloved wife of Samuel for 56 years; loving mother of Ronald (Shelly), Gregg (deceased), Deneen Koppa (James) and Kimberly Sposit (Robert, deceased); dearest grandmother of Rachel, Joshua Koppa, Brandon Sposit, Katie Kincaid (Keith), Brian Sposit, Mitchell Fretch and...
Edith A. Vale
Dec. 06, 2016
Edith A. Vale, 90, of Garfield Heights, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Devote mother of Ellen L. (nee Vale) Black, Dan (Lorrie) Vale, David (Laurie) Vale; beloved grandmother of Tracy Vega, Jennifer (Nick) Zeleznikar, Jessica (Christopher) Stanford and Elisabeth Ann Vale; cherished...
Deborah Ann Adamson
Dec. 04, 2016
Deborah Ann Adamson, 60, passed away December 4, 2016 due to complications associated with liver failure. Beloved wife of the late William L. Adamson; adoring daughter of Chester and Elsie Proppé (both deceased); cherished mother of Christine Gray (Michael) and Erin Adamson; adoring grandmother...
Donald P Pickersgill
Dec. 04, 2016
Donald P. “Don” Pickersgill, 87, of Fairview Park, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016. Beloved husband for 62 years, of Joy Pickersgill; devoted father of Debra (Edward) Zeager, Laura (Tony) Quintile, Donna (Bill) Staryarsky, Donald A. Pickersgill and Doug (Laura) Pickersgill; cherished...
Marsha Campbell
Dec. 03, 2016
Marsha M. Campbell, 75, of Olmsted Falls, passed away at her home Saturday, December 3, 2016. Devoted mother of Katherine “Robin” (Ernie) (nee Sliva) Myers and Michael (Barbara) Sliva; beloved grandmother of Erin (Chris) (nee Myers) Sisung, David Myers, Miranda Sliva, Halle Sliva and the late...
Earl Kline
Dec. 02, 2016
Earl M. Kline, 77, of Grafton, passed away Friday, December 2, 2016, at Fairview Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born March 28, 1939 in North Ridgeville and was a Grafton resident for most of his life.Earl worked as a machine operator at the Ford Motor Company for 40 years, retiring...
Ronald A. Alten
Dec. 02, 2016
Ronald A. Alten, 62, of Mantua, passed away December 2, 2016. Ronald was born in Cleveland, the son of the late Leo and Elizabeth (nee Bindas) Alten. He is the loving brother of Betty Crawford (Joseph), Robert (Marilyn), and the late Carol Steenstra (William) and Mary Thomas (Robert); adored...
Trudie L. Taylor
Dec. 01, 2016
Trudie L. Taylor (nee Kurz), 67, of Columbia Station, passed away December 1, 2016. Her beautiful life will forever be cherished in the lives of her daughters: Lorrie Buchdrucker (Jeffery), Anne Wickert (Thomas), Stephanie Crouch (Brian) and stepdaughter Pamela Johnson (Jason). Loving daughter of...
Ernest Bloch
Dec. 01, 2016
Ernest Bloch, 94, of Broadview Hts.; beloved husband of the late Bernice N. Bloch (nee Stephens) who passed away in December 1999; loving father of Robert K. Bloch (Joan), and Raymond C. Bloch (Susan); dear grandfather of Adam Bloch (Paula), Julie Bloch, and Jacqueline Riggle (Brian), and...