• Mario Fazio spent life in food service in groceries, restaurants -- Obituary
Concord Township -- Mario Fazio was a hot foods department manager and a produce supervisor in his cousins' grocery stores before striking out on his own in the restaurant business.

• Maudie White Hopkins, 93, widow of Confederate soldier
Little Rock, Ark. - Maudie White Hopkins, who grew up during the Depression in the hardscrabble Ozarks and married a Confederate army veteran 67 years her senior, has died. She was 93.

• Don Helms, musician who performed with singer-musician Hank Williams
Nashville, Tenn. - Don Helms, 81, the steel guitarist who became one of country music's most influential musicians through his association with singer-composer Hank Williams in the 1940s and early 1950s, died Aug. 11 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville after a heart attack.

• James Albert Hughes, ex-Diamond Shamrock CEO
James Albert Hughes, retired chairman of Diamond Shamrock Corp. and First Union Real Estate Investment, died July 13 at age 95.

• Richard M. Rip' Ruhlman, advertising executive -- obituary
Cleveland Heights -- Richard M. Ruhlman, who died of complications from lung cancer Aug. 9, at age 69, retired in 2003 as executive vice president and executive creative director of Liggett-Stashower Advertising Inc. of Cleveland.

• Stanley B. Horowitz, led Jewish agencies locally, nationally -- Obituary
Stanley B. Horowitz, retired chief executive and president of the National United Jewish Appeal and past executive director of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, died Wednesday at age 74.

• Barbara Schultz never thought her polio a burden too heavy to bear - A Life Story
Richmond Heights - Barbara Schultz led caravans of vehicles packed with mentally retarded adults to Chautauqua, N.Y., to see Frankie Avalon.

• Katherine 'Kay' Cremer, on committees for Lakeland Community College, Metroparks - obituary
Willoughby- Katherine "Kay" Cremer was a member of the planning committees for the development of Lakeland Community College and Lake Metroparks.

• Barbara Schreibman, worked as volunteer, political activist - obituary
Pepper Pike - Barbara Schreibman retired in 2003 after 41 years as director of merchandising at Schreibman's Jewelers, which her husband, Arnold, owned at Landerwood Plaza South in Pepper Pike.