Obituaries

Feb 28, 2014

Services for Violet L. Elliott, 71, of Madison, will be at 1 PM on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. The family will receive friends from 11 AM until the time of the service at 1 PM. Miss Elliott passed away Friday, February 28, 2014. Born March 29, 1942 in Barber County, WV,...

Feb 28, 2014

Services for William H. “Big Bill” Hayward, 82, of Eastlake, will be at 11 AM on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. The family will host a celebration of Bill’s life at Trader Jack’s Restaurant on Lakeshore Boulevard in Eastlake following the funeral service. Mr. Hayward passed away Friday, February 28, 2014 at...

Feb 27, 2014

Memorial services to celebrate the life of Charles J. “Chuck” Mallue, Jr. of Willoughby, will be held on Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Lyons Chapel at the Nason Center of Breckenridge Village, 36859 Ridge Road, Willoughby. The time of the service is pending, and will be announced at a later date. Mr. Mallue passed away peacefully on February...

Feb 26, 2014

Services for Georgia M. “Billie” Bistrican, 83, of Eastlake, will be at 10 AM on Monday, March 3, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. Mrs. Bistrican passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Born February 22, 1931 in Cleveland, she had lived in Eastlake for the past 45 years. She enjoyed...

Feb 25, 2014

Feb 21, 2014

Celebration of Life for Mark R. DiRosa Jr., age 35 of Mentor will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Ave., Willoughby. Family will receive friends from 12:00-3:00 p.m. Saturday before the service. To celebrate his life, the family asks everyone to PLEASE WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS ATTIRE. A gathering at The Wright...

Feb 17, 2014

Chapel services and interment for Helen L. (Polansky) Bahrt, 90, of Mentor, will be at 11 AM on Thursday, February 20, 2014 in the chapel at Western Reserve Memorial Gardens, 11521 Chillicothe Road, Chester Township. Mrs. Bahrt passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at Salida Woods Assisted Living in Mentor. Born September 13, 1923 in Cleveland, she was a...

Feb 15, 2014

Marjorie E. (Hart♥) Lange, 92 of Mentor, gently drifted to eternal peace at her home on Saturday, Feb 15, 2014, surrounded by her family and cherished pets. Marge was born at home in Willoughby on a snowy February 18th in 1921 to Lisle and Elizabeth Hart. The doctor and nurse (Marjorie) came to the home by streetcar from downtown...

Feb 15, 2014

JOHANNE A. IRISH, (nee: Allen), 83, of Bratenahl. Beloved wife of 44 years of the late Charles F. Irish, Jr., dear mother of Timothy A. (Kathy) Irish, Margaret I. (John J.) Polder, Charles F. (Toni) Irish, III and Elizabeth I. (Michael) Woods; grandmother of Ryan, Adam, Chas, Patrick (deceased), Brian, Andy, Nikki and Jacquie. An active community volunteer, she...

Feb 12, 2014

Services for John T. Knox, 92, of Mentor, will be at 4 PM Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. The family will receive friends from 2-4 PM on Sunday, prior to the service. Mr. Knox passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Born March 17, 1921 in Cleveland, he had lived in Mentor for...

Feb 11, 2014

Services for Shirley Martz, 69, of Kirtland, will be at 10:30 AM on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Kirtland Christian Fellowship Church, 10001 Chillicothe Road, Kirtland. The family will receive friends one-half hour prior to the service on Saturday at the Church. Mrs. Martz passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at her home. Born February 16, 1944 in Macon,...

Feb 10, 2014

Memorial services for Lorant A. Pogany, 84, of Kirtland, will be at 2:00 p.m on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home 4154 Clark Ave., Willoughby. The family will receive friends from 12-2 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service. The Rev. Robert A. Gaston will officiate at the service. Mr. Pogany passed away Monday, February 10, 2014 at Heather...

Feb 9, 2014

Services for Wesley Michael McCauley, Sr., 76, of Eastlake, will be at 10 AM on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. Mr. McCauley passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Golden Living Center – Western Reserve in Kirtland. Born March 24, 1937 in Cleveland, he has lived in Eastlake for the past 51...

Feb 8, 2014

Services for Hassell C. Harmon, 76,of Mentor, will be at 1 PM on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. Mr. Harmon passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at his home. Born September 3, 1937 in Big Rock, VA, he was a longtime Mentor resident. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed gardening and...

Feb 1, 2014

Memorial services for Mary Jolan (Kostura) Szampias, 91, of Willowick, will be at 1 PM on Friday, February 7, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. The family will receive friends from 11 AM until 1 PM on Friday, at the funeral home prior to the service. Mrs. Szampias passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Mentor-Way...

Jan 24, 2014

Memorial services for Richard R. Brunkala, 67, of Mentor, will be at 7 PM on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. The family will receive friends from 6-7 PM, prior to the service. Mr. Brunkala passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at Hospice House in Cleveland. Born January 30, 1946 in Cleveland, he...

Jan 24, 2014

Mass of Christian Burial for Rose K. “Chi Chi” Grano (nee Consolo) age 90 of Richmond Heights will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at St. Paschal Baylon Church, 5384 Wilson Mills Rd., Highland Hts. PLEASE MEET AT THE CHURCH. Mrs. Grano passed away peacefully January 24, 2014 at Altercare of Mentor in Concord Twp. Born August 6,...

Jan 23, 2014

Mary A. Jablonski (nee Bartucci) age 82 of Euclid passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 in Euclid. Born July 12, 1931 in Cleveland Ohio. Survivors include her husband Walter J. for 66 years; brother Rocco Bartucci of Richmond Heights; sister Rosemary Laffey of Willowick. She was preceded in death by her parents Nick and Angelina Bartucci; brothers John and...

Jan 19, 2014

Josephine Marie DiFranco (nee: Orlandi), 90, of Kirtland passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014. She was born April 25, 1923. She leaves behind her loving husband of 68 years, Joseph, and a daughter, Diana (Mrs. Morris Everett, Jr.), and a son Steven (Linda) DiFranco, II. Her grandchildren are John Winthrop Ours, Jr. (Alicia), Dr. Alice Ours Vitiello (Anthony), and...

Jan 18, 2014

Services for Edward L. Harris, 63, of Willoughby, will be at 10 AM on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. The Rev. Robert Gaston will officiate the service. Ed passed away Saturday, January 18, 2014 at the Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland. He was born December 8, 1950 in Braddock, PA,...