Obituaries

Sep 26, 2023

Boris Nelko, age 73, Loving father of John, David, and Michael (Lyndsey).  Cherished grandfather of Brodie, Brooklyn, and Emma.  Dear brother of Gose and Cane.  Uncle of Sanja and Sasha.  Close friend of Dominika.  Friend of many in US and Serbia.

FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE DONALD A. FAULHABER FUNERAL HOME, 7915 Broadview Road (at Sprague) where...

Sep 22, 2023

Joseph Pokrandt, age 89, passed away September 22, 2023.   Beloved husband to Mary (nee Wilson) for 63 years.  Loving father of Catherine Smith (Kelton), Matthew (Nancy), Michael (Kelly), and Stephen.  Cherished grandfather of Ashely, Harrison, and Hadden.  Dear brother of Ronald (Agnes), Maria, and, Mark.  Joseph was a US Army veteran-Korean era, pólice officer for city of University Heights,...

Sep 17, 2023

Bozo Djukic, age 83, Beloved husband of Connie (nee Tomaselli) for 51 years.  Dear father of Nick (Lonnie).  Cherished grandfather of Geno, Izabella, and Tony. Dear brother of Ilija (Rose), Mico (deceased), and Stevo (Smiljana) (both deceased).  Kum to Cynthia Gale.  Uncle and friend of many.

FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE DONALD A. FAULHABER FUNERAL HOME, 7915...

Sep 3, 2023

Thomas Palladino, age 65, Loving husband of Christine (nee Konkol) for over 45 years. Dear father of Kenneth, Nicholas, and Brian. Dear brother of Ronald (Julie) and Emilie Ann (deceased).  Brother-in-law of Susan, Florence, Mary, Michael, and Timothy.  Dear uncle and friend of many,.

Tom loved playing and listening to music, especially the Beatles.  He was a...

Aug 30, 2023

Anthony Costanzo, age 86, Loving husband of Sebastiana (nee Conti) for 55 years.  Dear father of Nina Ciancio, Claudio (Genevieve), Bruno (Julie), and Gino.  Cherished grandfather of Morgan (John), George, Cole, Tessa, and Evie.  Great-grandfather of Jack and Genevieve.  Dear uncle and friend of many.

Member of Bricklayers Local 5 for over 50 years.  Anthony loved music,...

Aug 26, 2023

Patricia Lee Wilson Clark

December 23, 1936 - August 25, 2023

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Patricia Lee Wilson Clark, a beloved mother, loving wife, grandmother, great-grandmother, cherished aunt, and loyal friend. Pat passed away in her husband's arms on August 25, 2023, in Canal Fulton, Ohio.

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Aug 22, 2023

Alice Deyling, age 94, Loving wife of Fred (deceased).  Dear mother of Gwen (Dave) Mullen, Allen, and Jeanette (Alan) Nowac.  Beloved grandmother of Cherish (Clarke), Renee (Jason), Kimberly (Kyle), Brandon (Amy), Garrett, and Libby.  Great-grandmother of 4.  Dear friend of many.

Alice was a lifelong resident of Independence where she enjoyed community events.  She was a longtime...

Aug 19, 2023

Alison N. Rieman, age 26 of North Royalton, Ohio. Beloved daughter of Brady and Michelle Rieman; Loving partner of Jake Weinstein; Sister of Justin (Erin); Grandparents George and Grace Fertig, John (Deceased) and Dorothy Rieman; first cousin to Abra, Bre, Levi, Noah, Kevin, Brandon and Ryan; niece of Tracey & Peter (Deceased), Jean (Ed), Holly (Greg), Cally (Ken) and...

Aug 15, 2023

RoseAnn Rinella Coso, age 65, passed away on August 15, 2023.  She was born on June 7, 1958 in South Euclid to Michael (dec) and Divine Rinella (Valente), and had enjoyed 39 years of marriage to her surviving husband, Steve.

RoseAnn is survived by the following family members:  her children; Steven, Maria, and Paul, her grandchildren; Jackson...

Aug 15, 2023

Lenore Marie Smith, (nee Hartman), 83, of Richfield, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Devoted wife of 62 years to James Sr. (deceased ).  Loving mother of Tammie Smith, James Jr, and Wendy (Dave) Matheny: Cherished grandmother of Alison, Daniel, Amanda, Jeremy, Aaron, Clinton, Grace, Justin, Samuel, Jack, Lenora and Meredith; plus 15...

Aug 8, 2023

Herbert L. Wolfel, age 84, Beloved husband  of Betty (nee Sklenar).  Dear step-father of Glen, Christina, and Teresa.  Cherished grandfather of Melissa   Great-grandfather of Sidney and Ramona.  Son of Frank and Elizabeth (both deceased).

Herbert was past-president of Cleveland Maennerchor, loved to travel the world with Betty,  was a Sergeant in the US Army, and enjoyed sipping...

Aug 1, 2023

Ana Smiljanic, age 62, Beloved wife of Milutin for 40years.  Dear mother of Danijela Jovicic (Josip) and Darijo Smiljanic.  Sister of Pero (Ika) Snejak.  Beloved aunt and friend of many.

ALL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON Friday, August 4 at 12 noon at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, 6306 Broadview Road.  PLEASE MEET AT CHURCH.  V. Rev....

Jul 28, 2023

Theresa Chronister Bazar (1966 – 2023) of Culver City, CA, passed away on July 28, 2023, in Southern California Hospital in Culver City. She was born in Warren, OH on November 16,1966 to David and Carol Chronister. She graduated from Badger High School in 1985. She attended Kent State University and Los Angeles Technical School of Design, and she...

Jul 27, 2023

Donaven Eskander, age 12, passed away July 27, 2023.  Beloved son of Beshoy and Barbara.  Dear brother of Mervina, Julina, and Ikleara.  Loving grandson of Hoda and Eshak (deceased) and Mooris and Treiza of Egypt.  Cherished nephew of Mina (Lauren), Michael (Christine), Maria, Maryann (Fadi), Sarah (Magdy) and Lidia.  Dear cousin and friend of many.

VISITATION WILL...

Jul 25, 2023

Elizabeth Kaufman (nee Yanko) loving wife of Gerald J Kaufman, Sr (deceased) and devoted  mother to Gerald, Jr (deceased), Michael (Pamala), Deborah and cherished aunt to her nieces  and nephews.

Elizabeth was born in Cleveland the youngest of four siblings. She learned to speak and sing in  Slovak from parents who emigrated from Austria-Hungary, now Slovakia. Even...

Jul 24, 2023

Louis Rosati, age 91, passed away July 24, 2023. beloved husband of Carmella (nee Seggio) (deceased).  Loving father of Marie Kerr (Steve), Louis, Jr. (deceased) (Debra Meade), Anita Sidoti (Sam), Theresa Sanson (Tony) and Joseph. Grandfather of 16, Great grandfather of 18.  Brother of Theresa Rosati and Anita Neidi (deceased).

In lieu of flowers contributions may be...

Jul 13, 2023

Borka Bjelicic, age 90, loving wife of Stanisa (deceased).  Dear mother of Manojle (Vera) and Ljube (Olivera).  Cherished grandmother of Veljko (Daliborka), Slavica (Dane), Stevan (Ashley) and Nenad.  Dearest great-grandmother of Lana, Kristian, and Daniel.  Dear sister of Rajka and Radojka.  Aunt of Radomir, Daniella, Milija (Nanette), and George (deceased) (Vida).  Great aunt of Gordana, Goran,  Milijana, and Ana...

Jul 13, 2023

Slobodan Zivkovic age 80, passed away on July 13th, 2023. He was born on October 27th, 1942 in Glogovac, Serbia to the late Cvetko and Milunka. Loving husband of 54 years to Milenija. Dear father of David (Leposava) and Dejan (Nada). Cherished grandfather of Nenad, Nikola, Mia, Neven, Maya, and Luka. Dear brother to Slavoljub (DEC) (Mila), Jagoda (Zvonimir),...

Jul 10, 2023

Nancy A. Hartman

On the morning of July 10, 2023, Nancy passed away peacefully at home, comforted by family members and assisted by Holy Family Hospice.  She was 92.

Preceded in death by her husband, Edwin A. Hartman; parents John and Sarah Bird; brother, Robert Bird; and son, David “H” Hartman.

Dear mother...

Jul 8, 2023

Dorothy  Hoover (nee Miho), age 96, Loving wife of Raymond (deceased).  Dear mother of Abbot Gary, OSB and Mark (Kris).  Cherished grandmother of David and Jennifer (Brendan).  Dearest Great-grandmother of Benjamin and Henry.  Dearest daughter of Michael and Katherine (both deceased).  Sister, aunt and friend of many.

Family suggests contributions to Benedictine Order of Cleveland, Monk Retirement...