Alio Benedetti

Al was born in Cleveland’s Collinwood area on January 16, 1922, the youngest of seven children.  His parents were Italian immigrants.  At the age of nine, his family moved to Cleveland Heights around the Noble Road area where his father opened a tailor /dry cleaning shop.  He delivered the dry cleaning on a bicycle.  His mother died when...

BETTY A. FENELL (nee Grano) age 91, beloved wife of the late William E.; loving mother of Charles P., DDS (wife Betsy), the late Deborah A. Diemert (husband Michael deceased) and William T. (wife Terri); devoted grandmother of Jessica Dragar (husband Michael), Angela Grady, DPM, Celia Fenell, DDS, Michael Diemert (wife Julie), Dominic Diemert, William (wife Michelle), Zachary, and Nicholas...

DOROTHY CATHERINE HENRY (nee Doughty), aged 95 years, beloved wife of the late Robert, loving mother of Catherine Henry (husband Jan Frandsen) and Mary Henry, dear grandmother of Amanda, cherished daughter of the late John and Mary (nee McCluskey) Doughty, fond sister of the late Isabelle Culler, Lillian Russolillo, Herbert Doughty, Maryann Puttick and Agnes Cloud. In lieu of flowers,...

JAMES T. JACKSON age 96; beloved husband for 63 years of the late Frances (nee Costa); loving father of Deborah Sobey (husband Peter), Jo Ann Jackson- Geisinger, MD (husband Michael, MD) and Janet Hess (husband Ronald); devoted grandfather of Jeanette Kruse, Ronald Hess Jr., Jason Hess, Jamie Sobey, Garrett Hess, Jeffrey Geisinger, Rebecca Geisinger, Tyler Hess and great-grandfather of 7;...

JOYCE O SODERLIND (nee Gipson) age 72, loving mother of Tony Canali, Sherry Crain (husband Kelly) and Gina Oesterling (husband Mike); devoted grandmother of Joe Dodson, Chuck Tromm, Martina (husband John) Cerda, Lindsey (husband Noah) Henson, Joyce Tromm, Megan Simmers. George Canali, Gina Sanchez and adoring great-grandmother of many; cherished daughter of the late Annie (nee Lane) Champion (husband Joe)...

SELENA M. NYSTROM (nee Breece), aged 88 years, beloved wife for 53 years to the late Maurice M. “Hank”, dearest mother of Eric, Neil (wife Joanne) and Brenda Kuvin (husband Brad), loving grandmother of Al (Elyse), Amber Sonnie (Matt), Holly (fiancé Eric Bossart), Sarah Limbert (Dan), Ryan and Jonah Kuvin, great-grandmother of Ronan and Gunnar, cherished sister of the late...

Anna M. Vesel (nee Rauter), 84, entered into eternal rest May 19, 2017 at Grande Pointe Nursing Home after a battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born in Berg, Austria on October 11, 1932. She immigrated to the United States in 1949. Anna lived in Cleveland and was a member of St. Vitus Church before moving to Mayfield Heights 15 years...

John Frank Kramer, Jr. 94, of Richmond Heights, died on Friday May 19, 2017 at the Hospice of the Western Reserve after Alzheimer’s and lymphoma.  John was born March 23, 1923 in St. Peter, Yugoslavia (Slovenia) and immigrated to the United States in 1934 at the age of 11. He lived in Cleveland and was a member of St. Vitus...

William J. “Bill” Kern age 91 a lifelong resident of Euclid, passed away May 17, 2017, at his home.

Bill was born in Euclid and attended Euclid High School before enlisting in the Navy at the age of 17. He was a radar specialist on the U.S.S Craven in the South Pacific during W.W. II. Once he completed his service...

Derek K. Poindexter, age 52, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 15, 2017 at the Cleveland Clinic while awaiting a double lung transplant. Derek was born in Philadelphia, Pa. to Donald Poindexter and the late Montez Webster Poindexter.

Derek grew up in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated from Walbrook High School in Baltimore, Maryland in 1982. After...