Obituaries

John A. "Jack" FICKEL, age 93. Beloved husband of the late Helen (nee Borowicz). Dearest father of Joyce Ruminski (Larry). Loving grandfather of Christopher Ruminski (Mary) and Lauren Morrissey (Brendan). Dear great grandfather of Gabriel, Ethan, Clare, Brynn, Rose and Jack. Dear brother, uncle and friend to many. Jack was a US Army Vet, Pearl Harbor Survivor and member of...

JOSEPH J. KULWAY. Age 91. Beloved husband of the late Sally Kulway (Casella) and Loving father of JoAnn Smith (Dewey) and James Kulway (Sherry). Beloved grandfather of Fr. James and Kristen (Vince). Great grandfather of Gabriella. Dear brother of Michael (Joanne) and Sophia Gilbert (Jack deceased). Later married Shirley Manson (deceased). Veteran of the USA Navy. Funeral Mass Saturday,...

Thomas G. GRUHN, age 88. Beloved husband of the late Catherine (nee Tabar). Dearest father of Gail Jarowski (David), Timothy and the late Thomas. Loving grandfather of Nicole Crum (John), Robert Jarowski (Jennifer) and Bryan Gruhn (Ashley). Dear great grandfather of Owen, Benjamin, Alex and Parker. Dear brother of Marilynn Burton (David, deceased).

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL,...

Margaret L. VARGO, age 85 (nee Faulhammer). Beloved wife of the late John. Dearest mother of Cheryl Kuppe (Chris) and the late Dennis Paul. Loving grandmother of Craig Paul, April Lyn and Shawn Philip. Dear great grandmother of Donald, Sabrina, Carolyn, Evelyn, Sylvia and Jayden. Dear sister of the late Richard and Al.

FUNERAL MASS, TUES. JAN....

GRACE D. ABARCA (nee Favazza). Age 91. Beloved wife of the late Aplhonso. Loving mother of Dennis (deceased), and Debbie Hogan (David). Dear sister of the late Salvatore (Collette deceased), Sophie Wolf (Ron deceased), Joseph (Vickie), Delores Castellie (Gino). Dear aunt to many. Retired from Firestone Central Operating.

Funeral Mass 11am  Wednesday, January 4th at St. Bartholomew...

HELEN F. MARGOCS (nee Szabo). Age 91. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Louis II. Loving mother of the late Joseph Louis III, Alan (Helen Mittler), Andrea Stainbrook (Robert Jr.), and Gary (Mary Todl). Beloved grandmother of 11. Great grandmother of 17. Dear sister in law of Lucy Margocs.

Please come to celebrate her life and share...

Han C. ONG, age 51. Dearest husband of 27 years to Suney T. Ong (nee Tran). Loving father of Grace, Andrew and Allan. Dear brother of Tracie, Lucie and Han Kung Ong. Dear uncle, brother in law and friend to many.

FUNERAL MASS, SAT. DEC. 31, 10:00 AM AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, STRONGSVILLE. VISITATION, FRI. DEC. 30,...

Margaret A. THORNTON, age 66. Dearest daughter of the late Thomas J. Sr. and Janet H. (nee Scott). Loving sister of Thomas J. (Mary Ann)(Susan, deceased). Dear friend of Rebecca Palmer. Beloved companion to canines "Lily & Toby". Long time employee of Glidden-Durkee (Akzo-Nobel).

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL, THURS. DEC. 29, 11:30 AM AT ST. BASIL THE...

Mary Catherine BYRNE (nee Scullin) age 83. Beloved wife of the late William J. Dearest mother of Catherine Corrigan (Jack), William (Sandra), Daniel (Karen), Mary Therese Martin (Jim), Peggy Maloney (Brian), Thomas (Monica) and Patty Moran (Jim). Dearest grandmother of fourteen, great grandmother of 5. Dear sister of the late George, James and Charles Scullin.

MASS OF...

Shan CHAN (nee Hsiung) age 62. Beloved wife of Ray. Dearest mother of Y (Betty) and Dr. Alex. Loving grandmother of Callia. Dear sister of Dr. James, Dr. Christopher and Dr. William Hsiung. Dear aunt and friend of many. It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of long time community leader and volunteer Shan...

Bertha C. BRACIC (nee Moore) age 90. Beloved wife of the late Matthew. Dearest mother of Michael H., Monica C. Rogers, Kathy M. Bracic and Matthew R. (Sue). Loving grandmother of Jeremy, Jackie and great grandmother of Jordan. Dear sister, aunt and friend to many.

PLEASE MEET THE FAMILY AT CHURCH FOR THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL,...

PETRO, Shirley M. (nee Rickard), age 81.  Beloved wife of the late William.  Loving step-mother of William T. Petro, Jr.  Loving mother of Stephen Petro (Karen) and Krista Cooper (Sean).  Cherished grandmother of William, Beth, Addison and Paige.  Dear sister of James Rickard (Patty) and several deceased siblings. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at...

Virginia M. "Ginny" MURACH (nee Chiella), age 94. Beloved wife of the late Henry V. Dearest mother of Tom, Linda Hobbs (Bob) and John (Suzanne "Cooky"). Dear sister of the late Angelina, Santina, baby Santina, and Joseph. Devoted aunt and friend to many. Dear companion of "Georgie".

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL, SAT. DEC. 17, 10:00 AM AT...

GORMAN, Sally A., age 66.  Beloved daughter of Ann E. (nee Gallagher) and Richard F. "Twitter" Gorman (deceased).  Loving sister of the late Patricia Kern (James), Theresa Ochocki (Robert, deceased), Mary Rose Palfy (deceased), and Katie Bockmiller.  Beloved aunt of Kathy O'Neill, Tom Ochocki, Mary Kay Vyhnalek, Rosie Palfy, Michael Palfy, and Nick, K.C., and Luke Bockmiller.  Dear great...

Eileen J. JOHNSON, age 68 (nee Bremenour). Dear daughter of the late Ted & Pauline (nee Sinko) Bremenour. Dearest wife of 36 years to David L. Loving mother of Kenneth Tyburski. Beloved sister of Ted Bremenour (Vicki) and Nancy Voska (Richard).

Memorial donations in Eileen's name may be made to "Shop with a Cop". Private services were...

Hilda Ann Loew (nee Michitsch). Age 86. Beloved wife of the late Richard. Loving mother of Laura Gentilcore (Patsy), Raymond, and Allen (Laura). Beloved grandmother of Erica Zoellner (Jeffrey). Dear aunt of Carole, and the late Christina Bialoskurski. Dear sister of the late Rose Bialoskurski (Richard deceased).

Funeral Mass Friday, December 9th at 10am at St. Joseph...

SINGLETON, Robert J., age 93.  Beloved husband of the late Lois (nee Wolf).  Loving father of June Carmean (Les) and Teri Ondo (Dave).  Dear grandfather of Scott and Cory (Katie) Ondo, and great-grandfather of Ellie, Evan and Abby Ondo.  Brother of ten deceased siblings.  Proud US Army WWII and Battle of the Bulge Veteran.  Special thanks Kyley NP, the staff...

Mary Ann LABUTTA (nee Steiger) age 94. Beloved wife of the late Victor. Loving mother of David (deceased), Victor John (Joan), Rosemary Miller (Don)(with whom she lived the last 7 years), William (Cindy) and Dr. Robert (Melissa). Dearest "Nana" of Jacqueline, Rocky, Jennifer, Clair, Paul, Zachary, Elizabeth, Maryann, Emily, Mark and great grandmother of Annabelle Rose, Nolan and Abigail...

SAKMAR, Gerald J., age 67.  Beloved son of the late Joseph and Rose (nee Andras).  Loving brother of Eugene (deceased), and Susan Perhacs (Carl).  Dearest uncle of Pamela Jasinski (B.J.), and Cynthia Ladimir (Ron).  Cherished great-uncle of Allison, Kirsten, Nathan and Ryan.  Proud U.S. Navy Vietnam Veteran. Mass of Christian Burial, Saturday, December 3 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Charles...

GERBER, LaVonda R., (nee Hooker).  Beloved wife of the late Robert.  Dearest mother of Gerald (Elaine), Roberta Ahern, Wayne, and Robert (Janet).  Dear grandmother of 7 and great-grandmother of many. MEMORIAL SERVICE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 AT 12:00 NOON AT THE ZABOR FUNERAL HOME, 5680 PEARL RD., PARMA (between Ridge and Snow), PRECEDED BY VISITATION BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. UNTIL TIME...