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Funeral Date August 28, 2018Visitation, Monday, August 27 from 4 – 8 P.M.MICHAEL ROBERT KOSTELNIK, SR., age 92. Beloved husband of Julie (nee Hustek) for 67 years; devoted father of Michael, Jr. (late Jacqueline), David and Doug (Bonnie); dear “Poppy” of Jenny, Mickey and Ava; great grandfather of Jack, Gianna, Evan and Owen; son of the late John and Mary...
Funeral Date August 27, 2018Visitation, Monday, August 27, from 3 – 6 P.M. with a closing service at 5:30 P.M.PAULA J. PALMENTERA (nee Hall), age 71, of Bedford. Loving mother of Angela Palmentera (fiancé – Patrick Hester); beloved sister of James (Bonnie) Hall, Margaret (late Ronald) Hovan and the following deceased: Ann (Guy) Bargo, Robert (Tula) Hall, Irene (Palmy) Wilson...
Funeral Date September 1, 2018Visitation from 10 A.M. until 12 Noon Closing service at 12 NoonRALPH W. DUNN, age 76, of Bedford Hts. Beloved husband of the late Rosalind (nee Reiprecht); cherished father of Star (Jim) Windsor and Aaron Dunn; loving grandfather of Nicole (Dustin) Leer and Candice (Chris Kinsler) Windsor; proud great grandfather of Dalton and Skylee; dear brother...
Visitation at the funeral home on Tuesday, August 21 from 5 – 8 P.M. Funeral services and burial in Pennsylvania.ROBERT J. NOVAK, age 76, of Maple Hts. Beloved husband of Patricia (nee Kokoszka) for 55 years; loving father of Vicky Ann, Robert W. and Jeffrey (Laura); dearest grandfather of Savannah and Sarah; dear brother of Dolly (late Arnold) Schoepe; brother-in-law...
Funeral Date August 20, 2018ROSEMARY M. O’BRIEN (nee Murphy), age 87, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Tim; loving mother of Nancy (Jim) Adams, Tim (Jane) and Bill (Tammy); cherished grandmother of Tim, Kate, Colleen, Ann, John, Megan and Sean O’Brien, and Grace, Tyler and Maggie Adams; dearest sister of the late Bill (Jean)...
Funeral Date August 18, 2018LORRAINE D. CHLEBOWSKI, age 79, of Macedonia. Beloved wife of John; loving mother of David Therrien, Juliet Dombos and Jim (Ben Guess) Therrien; dear sister of Jim, Danny and JoAnn Fox and Barbara Storm and the following deceased: Shirley Warren, Raymond Wolf, Neeley Howell and Frank Fox. Lorraine retired from Bird Electronics after 30 years of...
Funeral Date August 21, 2018WILLIAM J. “BILL” WEIGAND, age 87, of Northfield, formerly of Bedford. Beloved husband of Jackie (nee Samodell) for 62 years; loving father of Joseph, Eleanor (Joseph) Fiore, Deborah (Tom Watrobski) Weigand and Cynthia (Paul) Beutell; dearest grandfather of 11; dear great grandfather of 2. Friends received at THE ST. JOHN FUNERAL HOME, 923 BROADWAY, BEDFORD (ONE...
Funeral Date August 16, 2018JAMES R. CHATAL, age 78, of Walton Hills. Beloved husband of Carol A. (nee Cecelic) for 51 years; loving father of Edward (Andrea), Daniel (Joelle) and Jason (Rachel); dearest grandfather of Sophia, Sabrina, Charlie and Joey; dear brother of Gladys (late Paul) Bartos and the late Eugene and late Jack (late Bernice); brother-in-law of Robert (Claudia)...
Funeral Date August 17, 2018JOSEPH J. “POPPY” BACKO, SR., age 85, of Bedford. Beloved husband of Jane (nee Zembiak) for 63 years; loving father of Joseph Jr., Richard (Chris), Kim (Brian) Navratil and Michael (Kara); dearest grandfather of Joshua (Alisha), Jeremy, Leah, Noelle, Collin, Savanna and McKenna; dear brother of the late Steve and the late Paul(Frances); uncle and great...
Funeral Date August 16, 2018LORI M. MURPHY (nee Sankovic), age 59, of Bainbridge Twp. Beloved wife of Daniel for 37 years ; loving mother of Danny, Mike and Jack; cherished daughter of Anthony and Ana (nee Peloza) Sankovic; dearest sister of Denis (Kathy) Sankovic and Ann Marie (Michael) Schlessel; dear daughter-in-law of Mary Alice Murphy; aunt, great aunt and cousin...
Funeral Date August 11, 2018RICHARD LEWANDOWSKI, age 88, of Hartville, formerly of Bedford Hts. Beloved husband of the late Marcia F. (nee Hudson); loving father of Robin (Butch) Williams, Joel (Wendy), Matthew, Miracle Dillon and the late Mark; dearest grandfather of 11; dear great grandfather of 10; brother of Diane Brown and the late Bernard. Friends received at the ST....
Funeral Date July 28, 2018Norma M. Palmeri (nee Ferrara), age 90 of Bedford. Beloved wife of the late Frank C.; loving mother of Deborah Ann (Thomas) VanHouten; Rose Marie (Robert) Stone; and Frank Jr. (Donna); devoted grandmother of Robert Jr. (Nicole) Stone, R.J. Stemkowski and Zoey Riley; dear great grandmother to be of Baby Stone; sister of the late Martin...
Funeral Date July 30, 2018BRIAN G. BURNS, age 55, of Lyndhurst, formerly of Seven Hills. Beloved husband of Gail (nee Roberts) for 18 years; devoted father of Kathryn, Libby and Robert; cherished son of Robert W. and Marilyn E. (nee Wilk) Burns; loving brother of Robert Jr., Kevin (Jill), Karen, Michael (Maureen), Laura (Greg) Cochran and Jennifer (Geoff) Allman; dedicated...
Funeral Date July 23, 2018JEROME J. “JERRY” TRISKA, age 81, of Cleveland made his “last delivery” and passed away on July 18, 2018. Beloved husband of Darlene F. (nee Gumeny) for 58 years; loving father of Stephen (Wendy), Kelly (John) Palasics, Amy (John) Krajewski, late Katherine (Mark) Magovac and the late infant Edward; dearest grandfather of Lauren and Peter Triska,...
Funeral Date July 10, 2018CHERYLE L. KASICKI (nee VanDyke), age 71, of Bedford. Beloved wife of Hugh; loving mother of Edward (Mary), Donald (late Michelle), Raymond (Gina) and Michelle (Troy) D’Agostino; grandmother of 9; great-grandmother of 7; sister of Harold VanDyke, Patricia McCabe and the late Anna Mae Baker. Friends received at THE ST. JOHN FUNERAL HOME, 923 BROADWAY, BEDFORD...
Funeral Date July 13, 2018Patricia Mayo Hargrave passed peacefully on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at the age of 80 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. “Trish” was born in Manchester, NH on October 27, 1937, the daughter of Arthur M. and Katherine Mayo (Haverkamp). Her family moved to Queens, NY before settling in Oyster Bay, NY. She attended St. Dominic High School...
Funeral Date July 8, 2018ELSIE R. KOLANZ(nee Karst), age 92 of Chagrin Falls, formerly of Cleveland. Beloved wife of the late Edward F.; loving mother of Wendy Kolanz(Dave Magee), Pamela Nyhan and Marc (Pam); dearest grandmother of Matthew (Beth), Olivia, Justin (Leigh), Aaron (Brandi), and Amanda (Beau); dear great-grandmother of 7. Long-time member of the United Church of Christ. Friends...
Funeral Date July 11, 2018ELAYNE J. STEFANEK, age 94, of Bedford. Beloved daughter of the late John and Camilla Stefanek; dearest sister of John Stefanek, Marie Vleek, and Mary Ann Greif (all deceased). Served in Canadian Army. Retired from Cleveland Press. Friends received Wednesday July 11 at Our Lady of Hope Church, Bedford, from 9-10 a.m. followed by Mass of...
Funeral Date July 7, 2018JOHN A. WEYHENMEYER, age 71, of Oakwood Village. Beloved husband of Harriet (nee Morand). Loving father of Ann Marie (Dale) Adamic, Renee Bogater and the late Danielle Bogater; dearest grandfather of Rachael, Nick, Joshua and Jacob. Veteran, U.S. Army, Vietnam War. NO VISITATION. Burial services Saturday July 7 at 10:00 a.m. in section 3 of All...
Funeral Date July 7, 2018PAUL J. FLASK SR., age 98, of Bedford. Beloved husband of the late Eliza (nee Jewett); loving father of Paul Jr.; dearest brother of Tony, Rose Raft, Angie, Frank, Martin, Claudia Stakes and Johnny (all deceased) ; dear uncle and great uncle of many. Veteran, rank of Sgt., U.S. Army, WWII. Retired after 50 years as...