In Memoriam
The OFDA staff extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to those who have lost a loved one, family member, or friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with each of you.
Online OFDA memoriams are limited to those within the membership and their immediate family members. They will remain online for two years from posting date.
Please email death notices to Rachel@ofdaonline.org and include complete information, along with a contact name and telephone number. If a death notice has been published online, please include the link.
If you are notifying us of the death of an immediate family member, please state his/her relationship to the funeral director and affiliation to the funeral home.
Death notices will be considered for publication on the OFDA website, The Digital Director e-newsletter and membership email notification.
03/06/2023
Wife of Steve Shopp, Longtime Secretary of the Embalmers Association of Cleveland
03/06/2023
Former Owner and Father of Retired Owner, Gary Cromes, both of Cromes Funeral Home
02/23/2023
Father of Nicholas Previte, Vitantonio-Previte Funeral Home, and Grandfather of Anthony Previte, Orlando-Donsante-Previte Funeral Home
02/16/2023
Mother and Mother-in-Law of Mitch and Laurie Babcock, Owners of Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, Inc.
02/10/2023
Mother of Bryan “BJ” Westbrock, Funeral Director and Owner of Westbrock Funeral Homes
02/09/2023
Mother-In-Law of Robert Mazzarella, Owner of American Coach Sales and American Limousine Service
02/06/2023
Funeral Director at Cox-McNulty Funeral Home
02/06/2023
Funeral Director, Former Co-Owner, Father-in-Law of Jim Donovan, and Grandfather of James Donovan, all of Donovan Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services
01/31/2023
Funeral Director and Father of Tim Jagers, Co-owners of Jagers & Sons Funeral Home
01/16/2023
Mother and Mother-in-Law of Brenda and Rick Snider; Grandmother of Abby Robinson, all of Baker-Hazel and Snider Funeral Home
01/13/2023
Mother of Jon Deitloff, OFDA Past President, Tobias Funeral Home
01/13/2023
Father-in-law of William Smith, Managing Funeral Director at John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
01/11/2023
Mother-in-Law of Lori Hicks, OFDA Past President, Mueller Funeral Home
12/29/2022
Mother of Jordyn Lynne Schaich, Funeral Director at Penwell Turner Funeral Home
12/27/2022
Licensed Funeral Director and Salesman at Bass-Mollett Funeral Supply
12/22/2022
Former Owner of The DeJohn Funeral Home & Crematory (formerly Ritondaro)
12/14/2022
Mother of James C. Birchfield, Owner of Birchfield Funeral Home
12/13/2022
Wife of the late John Brinkman, former owner of Brinkman-Dress Funeral Home
12/08/2022
Sister of Diana Greenspan, Golden Considerations
12/05/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of Shields Funeral Home
12/05/2022
Father of Pamela Reber Jones, Co-Owner of Dovin and Reber Jones Funeral & Cremation Center
11/21/2022
Former Owner of Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel
11/18/2022
Retired Funeral Director of Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Funeral Home
11/18/2022
Mother and Mother-in-Law of Susan Jones and Donald C. Jones, Retired Funeral Directors of Rutherford Corbin Funeral Home
11/17/2022
Brother of Ralph F. Scott, II, Owner of Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home, Inc.
11/16/2022
Funeral Director and Owner of Lamiell Funeral Home
11/04/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Founder, Father of Keith Redmon, both of Redmon Funeral Home, Inc.
10/26/2022
Retired Funeral Director, Husband of Judy Warehime
10/03/2022
Retired Funeral Director, Brother of the late Roger W. Davis, OFDA Past President, and Uncle of R. Scott Davis, OFDA Past President and Owner of Roger W. Davis Funeral Home
10/03/2022
Funeral Director and Owner of Bond Funeral Home
09/22/2022
Mother of Catie Thompson of Vorhis & Ryan Funeral Home
09/06/2022
Funeral Director, Brother of Jerry Jagers, and Uncle of Tim Jagers, all of Jagers & Sons Funeral Home
08/29/2022
Retired Funeral Director/Owner, Husband of Rosemary, Father of Micheline and Terence Guerriero, all of Guerriero Funeral Home
08/24/2022
Mother of Daniel Berry of Berry-McGreevey-Martens Funeral Home, Thomas Berry of McGorray-Hanna Funeral Homes, and Sean Berry, Trade Embalmer
08/19/2022
Sister of Rebecca J. Krill and Sister-in-Law of J. Michael Krill, OFDA Past President, Former Co-Owners of Krill Funeral Service
08/10/2022
Mother-in-Law of Poul Lemasters, OFDA Member
08/09/2022
Wife of E. Lynn Hartman, Owner of Hartman Sons Funeral Home
08/04/2022
Brother of Tom Wisniewski, Founder of Wisniewski Funeral Home
08/03/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of Hennessy-Bagnoli Funeral Homes
08/01/2022
Mother of Rebecca J. Krill and Mother-in-Law of J. Michael Krill, OFDA Past President, Former Co-Owners of Krill Funeral Service
07/25/2022
Brother and Brother-in-Law of Carl and Carolyn Vensil, Co-owners of Vensil & Chute Funeral Homes
07/20/2022
Funeral Director and OFDA Member
07/05/2022
Funeral Director and Owner of Vito-Nero Funeral Home
06/29/2022
Funeral Home Owner, Husband of Donna Koch and Father of Addison Roth, all of Conner & Koch Funeral Home; Son of Steve and Kathy Conner and Brother of Bradley Conner, all of Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home
06/22/2022
Mother of Mary Susan McGorray, Funeral Director at McGorray-Hanna Funeral Homes
06/13/2022
Funeral Director and Owner, Husband of Charlotte Evans, Father of Charles and Andrew Evans, all of John H. Evans Funeral Home, Inc.
06/13/2022
Daughter of Robert L. Cisco and Sister of Robert N. Cisco, both of Cisco Funeral Home and Sister of Tammy Vernon and Sister-in-Law of David Vernon, both of Vernon Funeral Homes
06/07/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of McGowan-Reid and Santos Funeral Home
06/03/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Partner and Co-Owner of Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home
06/02/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Co-Owner of Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home
06/02/2022
Retired Funeral Director and OFDA Member
05/05/2022
Mother of Richard Dunbar, Former Owner of Richards, Raff and Dunbar Memorial Home
05/04/2022
Father-in-Law of Ty J. Dierkes and Grandfather of Cody D. Dierkes, both of Bolin-Dierkes Funeral Home
04/27/2022
Sister of Frederick Grisier of Grisier Funeral Home
04/08/2022
Brother of OFDA Member, Kevin Gaffney and Brother Shaun Gaffney, both of FDL
03/17/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Previous Co-Owner of Mast-Mock-Hoffman Funeral Home, Inc.
03/14/2022
Retired Funeral Director, Father of Sherri L. Morgan and Father-in-Law of Mark A. Morgan, both of Morgan Funeral Home
03/09/2022
President, and Father of Megan M. Coyle, both of Coyle Funeral Home and Cremation Services
03/07/2022
Mother of David J. Kyle, Mother-in-Law of Janice L. Kyle, and Grandmother of Benjamin A. Kyle, all of Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home
03/01/2022
Father of Keith Jenkins, Grandfather of Andrew Jenkins, and Founder of Jenkins Funeral Chapel
03/01/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of Greenisen & Tilton Funeral Homes
02/28/2022
Mother-in-Law of Kenneth A. Cahall, OFDA and NFDA Past President, and Grandmother of Clayton A. Cahall, both of Cahall Funeral Homes, Inc.
02/21/2022
Former President, Father of Nicholas C. Hogenkamp and Brother of B. Jay Hogenkamp, all of N.J. Hogenkamp Sons, Inc.
02/09/2022
Grandmother of Michael T. Smith, OFDA President and Funeral Director at Snyder Funeral Homes
02/07/2022
President/CEO and Father of Ingrid Ragland, both of Diehl-Whittaker Funeral Service
02/03/2022
Father of Diana Greenspan, Golden Considerations
01/19/2022
Retired Funeral Director/Embalmer, Former Manager, and Father of Susan Dill, both of Snyder Funeral Homes
01/12/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Owner of the Former George C. Martin Funeral Home
01/03/2022
Former Owner and Funeral Director, Wife of David A. Boyer, Mother and Mother-in-Law of Gregory D. and Kristen Boyer, all of Boyer Funeral Home
11/29/2021
Father of Katy M. Wilson-Clark, Funeral Director at Cox-NcNulty Funeral Homes
11/29/2021
Mother of John J. Fortuna and Mary Ann Fortuna-Trzaska, Mother in-law of James R. Trzaska, Grandmother of Joseph A. Fortuna, all of Fortuna Funeral Home, Inc.
11/24/2021
Father of Kyle A. Eveland, Funeral Director at Goebel Funeral Home & Cremation Services
11/17/2021
Retired Funeral Director of Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home
11/15/2021
Wife of Barry A. Richardson, Retired Funeral Director and OFDA Member
11/12/2021
Mother of Donald B. Ferfolia, Sr., Mary A. Ferfolia Lansky, Grandmother of Donald B. Ferfolia, Jr., all of Ferfolia Funeral Home
11/05/2021
Advance Planning Coordinator at Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Homes
11/03/2021
Husband of Patricia C. Vales Kleve, Retired Funeral Director and OFDA member
10/25/2021
Vice President and Co-Owner, Sister of James V. Moore, both of Schlientz and Moore Funeral Homes
10/22/2021
Former Owner of Bamber Funeral Home and Retired Funeral Director at Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Homes
10/18/2021
Co-Owner of Corrigan Laumer Funeral Home in Fairview Park
10/15/2021
Father of Kent Berkheimer, Funeral Director at Busch Funeral and Crematory Services
10/15/2021
Brother of Andrea Graumlich, Leigh Graumlich, and Jeffrey Graumlich, all of Graumlich Funeral Home
10/11/2021
Father of Anthony Jr. and Nicholas (Nick) DiCicco, Funeral Directors at DiCicco & Sons Funeral Home
10/08/2021
Wife of Robert M. Potti, Funeral Director Emeritus at Potti & Marc F. Burr Funeral Homes
10/07/2021
Office Manager at Grisier Funeral Homes
10/03/2021
OFDA Past President and Former Owner of Swigart-Easterling Funeral Home
10/03/2021
Wife of John Kuhn, Funeral Director and Retired Manager at Johnson-Romito Funeral Home
10/03/2021
Owner of Short Funeral Home
09/21/2021
Funeral Director at Swigart-Easterling Funeral Home
09/16/2021
Sister of Joshua L. Majors, Funeral Director at Richards, Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home and Trostel, Chapman, Dunbar & Fraley Funeral Home
09/16/2021
Owner of Sauder Funeral Products
09/15/2021
Funeral Director and Brother of J.C. Battle, III, both of J.C. Battle & Sons Funeral Home
09/10/2021
Funeral Director and OFDA Member
09/10/2021
Funeral Director, Co-Owner, Brother of James C. Brickner, Father to Sarah Brickner, all of Brickner Funeral Home
09/09/2021
Son of Jim Hoskins and Brother of Jennifer Hoskins-Long, Former and Current Owner of Hoskins Funeral Homes
09/07/2021
Mother of Lawrence T. and Terry Schildmeyer and Grandmother of Larry and Terrence Schildmeyer, all of Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Home
08/10/2021
Co-founder of Trostel, Chapman, Dunbar & Fraley Funeral Home
08/09/2021
Father of Colin Evans, OFDA Assistant Executive Director
07/01/2021
Father of Evan Dobrozsi, Funeral Director at Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home
06/01/2021
Funeral Director, Owner and Father of John W. Croxton II, both of T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home
05/24/2021
Father of Tom McWilliams, Owner of McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston
05/24/2021
Wife of Roger E. Linsley, Former Owner of the Linsley-Royal Funeral Home
05/07/2021
Sister of David Hicks, Secretary of the Ohio Embalmers Association
05/04/2021
Retired Funeral Director of Schoedinger Funeral Home and Cremation Service
04/29/2021
Funeral Director and Owner, Husband of Jean Moore and Father of Joe and Jared Moore, all of McCoy-Moore Funeral Homes
04/28/2021
Father of Rocco “Rocky” Wellington, Owner of Wellington Funeral Service and Funeral Director at F.D. Mason Funeral Home
04/26/2021
OFDA Past President, Owner of Robert C. Carter Funeral Services and Funeral Director at John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
04/23/2021
Funeral Director and Former Owner, Father and Father-In-Law of Matthew R. and Letty Willis and Father-In-Law of Kent M. Shawver, all of Willis Funeral Home
04/23/2021
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of the McFarland & Son Funeral Services Company
04/15/2021
Father and Father-in-Law of Richard and Andrea Traunero, Owners of Traunero Funeral Home and Crematory
03/26/2021
Grandfather of Jordyn L. Schaich, Funeral Director at Penwell Turner Funeral Home
