Obituaries

  • Betty Ann Palazzo

    Betty Ann Palazzo, age 90, passed away peacefully on Oct. 8, 2024, with her loving family by her side. Betty was born Nov. 14, 1934, to Peter I. and Elizabeth (nee Schmidt) Goertz in the small town of Goessel, Kan., where she was raised Mennonite. After graduating from high school, she met the love of […]

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  • Vincenzo Licata

    Vincenzo Licata, age 85, of Hambden Township, formerly 50-plus years of Mayfield Heights. Born July 29, 1939, in Licata, Sicily, he came to this country in 1967, when he met his lovely wife and married her at Christ the King Church in East Cleveland. Prior to coming to Cleveland, Vincenzo served as a barber in […]

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  • Sandra Lee Stumpf

    Sandra Lee Stumpf (nee Fuller), 72, of Chester Township, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Sandy was born in East Cleveland on Jan. 6, 1952, to Miles and Irene Fuller. She grew up in Eastlake and graduated from Eastlake North High School in 1970. Upon graduation, Sandy […]

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  • Janis A. Janecek

    Janis A. Janecek, 87 of Chardon, passed away Oct. 7, 2024, in Cleveland. She was born Oct. 12, 1936, in Burton. Janis attended Kirtland High School and graduated from Pawling High School in Pawling, N.Y. She worked as a legal secretary for over 30 years, and was a devoted attendee of Grace Church. Janis loved […]

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  • FredaMay Jordan

    FredaMay Jordan (nee Artman), 89, of Troy Township, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Oct. 5, 2024, surrounded by her two remaining daughters after a lingering illness. FredaMay was born Sept. 12, 1935, in Ashtabula, to Florence Artman. After the death of her mother in 1950, she and her younger siblings […]

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  • Shannon L. Young

    Shannon L. Young, 57, passed away Oct. 3, 2024. She was born in Hammond, Ind., to Evan and Patricia Liechty. Shannon spent her youth in Chardon before moving to Stow. She was a 1985 graduate of Chardon High School and went on to attend Kent State University. Shannon has been an employee of Huntington Bank […]

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  • Ellen Joyce Imhof

    Ellen Joyce Imhof, age 96, of Hiram, died on July 24, 2024, at Ohman Family Living in Middlefield. Joyce was born in Girard, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 1927, the daughter of Richard and Ellen (nee Welshman) Pope. She graduated from Girard High School in 1945 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from […]

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  • Craig Thomas Cox

    Craig Thomas Cox, of Put-In-Bay, Ohio, passed away suddenly Sept. 19, 2024, in the warm embrace of his wife, Sharon Cox, and with family by his side. He was 68 years young. Born in Cleveland, on June 11, 1956, to Margaret Elizabeth (nee Negrelli) and Nelson Henry Cox Jr., Craig had a true zest for […]

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  • Carl H. Speck

    Carl H. Speck, age 99, beloved husband for 71 years of Nancy (nee Norris); loving father of Cherise Simecek (husband Joseph), Carl Norris Speck (wife Chick) and Susan Speck Callahan (husband David); and his American Field Service son, Reinhard Eisen from Germany. Devoted grandfather of Courtney Speck, Jessica Plickert  (husband Daniel), Calvin Callahan (Fiancé Jessica […]

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  • Marguerite Joanne Hrabak

    Marguerite Joanne Hrabak, born March 27, 1930, died Sept. 26, 2024, age 94 in Newbury Township. She is predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Mia Jost; and husband, Franklin. Marge is survived by her sister, Marilyn Sogo, of San Diego, Calif.; children, Michelle (Don) May, Christopher (Pat), Margo (former son-in-law Matt Pokopac), Karen (Chuck) Walder, Karla […]

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