Clara Zahorcak, Beloved Wife and Mother

Clara passed away on Tuesday, March 26.

Clara I. Zahorcak "Kaye", 90, of Strongsville, passed away on Tuesday, March 26. Clara was the beloved wife of the late Paul; loving mother of Paul (Amy), Donna Reese (George), Carol Gibbons (Walter), and Kenneth (Jayne); devoted grandmother of Paul " P.J.", Kelly Bishop (Bill), Renee Scheck (Darren), Michael Reese (Brigid) and Allison; great-grandmother of Sandy, Fran, Gavin, Dylan and Maura; cherished sister of Dolores and the late Eleanor, Anne, Laverne, Elizabeth and brother, Edward, according to tributes.com. Clara's memorial mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 2 at St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church, 16271 Pearl Rd. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at the Busch Funeral Home, 21369 …

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Strongsville Remembers Bill White, Beloved Husband and Father

White, 55, a retired Cleveland police detective, died March 7.

William Francis White, 55, of Strongsville, died March 7. White, a proud St. Ignatius alum, was a retired Cleveland police detective and worked as a regional representative for the Ohio Treasurer's Office according to the Jardine Funeral Home. White's funeral mass was held Wednesday at St. Joseph Church in Strongsville. White was the beloved husband of Rachelle, and loving father to William, Daniel and Katherine, In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The William F. White Fund, Fifth Third Bank, 14092 Pearl Rd., Strongsville, Ohio, 44136. When friends, family and fellow residents received word of White's passing, they submitted the following responses to the Jardine Funeral Home comment section: Danny Crawford -- Billy had the most …

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Joan Elenore Gasior, 89, Beloved Wife and Mother

Gasior passed away on Jan. 11 due to complications caused by an autoimmune disorder.

Joan Elenore Gasior, 89, Strongsville, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Parma Community General Hospital, following complications from an autoimmune disorder. She was born March 20, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio to Anne and William Ferguson. She graduated from James Ford Rhodes High School in Cleveland and lived her entire life at residences along Pearl Road in Cleveland, Parma, Parma Heights and Strongsville, according to Busch Funeral and Crematory Services. Gasior was primarily a homemaker but also worked part-time at both Higbee's and Minnesota Fabrics. She was a long-time member of the Brooklyn Heights United Church of Christ, was active in the Women's Circle, worked in the nursery and regularly assisted at dinners and various functions…

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Alva G. Stone Chaired Brook Park Tax Review Board

A member of the West Tech Alumni Association Hall of Fame

Alva Grant Stone, an independent sales representative, owned ANS Sales and chaired the Brook Park Tax Review Board for more than 20 years. The Strongsville resident died Nov. 9, 2010, at age 80. He graduated from West Technical High School in 1949 and was inducted into the West Tech Alumni Association Hall of Fame in 2005. He attended night school classes at Baldwin-Wallace College, where he received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1980. Stone, who had served as an U.S. Air Force topographer, volunteered with United Seamen's Service to welcome merchant sailors from foreign ships to Cleveland. He belonged to North Star Masonic Lodge 638, Lake Erie Consistory and Al Koran Shrine. He also was a member of Aircraft Owners and …

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Joanne Connolly, 49, Library Clerk, Bruce Springsteen Fan

She was also a volunteer at Kinsner Elementary School

Joanne L. Connolly, a circulation clerk at the North Royalton branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, made friends around the world through Internet forums for Bruce Springsteen fans. The Strongsville resident died of complications from a brain tumor Nov. 28, 2010. She was 49. Connolly, who was born in Newark, N.J., frequented such Springsteen-friendly websites as GreasyLake.org to share stories about concerts and studio sessions. She also traded bootlegged copies of live concerts, which are not commercially available. She met many of her online pen pals in person at Springsteen concerts and tailgate parties at such places as The Q in Cleveland, Giants Stadium in New Jersey and Hershey Park in Hershey, Pa. Connolly, who was known to …