OBITUARIES

Northeast Ohio obituaries, life stories and death notices

• Dr. Neil Stanley Cherniack
Parsippany, N.J.- Dr. Neil S. Cherniack, known for laughing and strolling the hallways, pioneered breathing treatments and boosted research as head of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

• Clifford Raymond Simms, 91, co-founded Wyatt Co.
Clifford Raymond Simms led the Wyatt Co., now Watson Wyatt Worldwide, an actuarial giant grossing $1.8 billion per year.

• Richard St. John, two-term Richmond Hts. mayor
Richard St. John won a write-in race to become mayor of Richmond Heights.

• Richard St. John, two-term Richmond Hts. mayor
Richard St. John won a write-in race to become mayor of Richmond Heights.

• Rev. John Harris Burt, Ohio Episcopal bishop
The Right Rev. John Harris Burt led Ohio's Episcopalians, fought to integrate Youngstown, championed steelworkers and helped to bring different faiths together.

• Kurt Loebel
Kurt Loebel once said, "The Nazis did me a great favor."

• Martin Joseph Cleary
Martin J. Cleary was a good match for Dick Jacobs. The tall, slim pair worked hard, spoke softly and kept their far-flung business private.

• Dr. Jonas Stankaitis, survived attack on Dresden
Dr. Jonas Stankaitis sur vived the Dres den bombing in a cemetery and chaired the Ohio Society of Lithuanian Physicians.

• Rebecca Presti, former Oberlin Library director
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• Robbie Mae (Franklin) Penman
A single woman who raised four sons and five grandsons, Robbie Mae Penman became an award-winning civic leader, a congressional intern and a delegate in 1980 to the United Nations' World Conference on Women in Copenhagen.

• Dr. Shattuck Wellman Hartwell, was Cleveland Clinic chief of staff
Dr. Shattuck Wellman Hartwell helped to lead the Cleveland Clinic and local arts groups.

• Roland Mayer Kraus, printer, horse breeder
Roland Mayer Kraus was a teenage show man, a top printer, a Plain Dealer colum nist and a breeder of prize- winning horses.

• William B. Consolo
Sagamore Hills -- Visiting California, Bill Consolo saw condominium complexes used for warehouses and small offices.

• Dr. Electa Allegra (Dingus) Green
Dr. Electa D. Green's father forbid his children to leave the hamlet of Taft, Okla.

• William Joseph McCarthy
Fairview Park -- The story goes that strike breakers at a local business years ago were driven away by a gas leak.