The Plain Dealer Monday, April 19, 2004 Northeast Ohio Deaths The following list of recent deaths is provided pared by our staff and published at the discrefree as a public service and is compiled from in- tion of our editors. formation we receive from the funeral directors We give preference to those submitted and memorial societies identified. within 48 hours of a person's death and before The Plain Dealer also offers death notices, services are held. We rarely run obituaries later which are paid advertisem*nts and can be than seven days after the death. placed by calling 216-999-4860, sending a fax To suggest a news obituary, call to 216-999-6350 or sending an e-mail to 216-999-4800, or send a fax to tions for 216-999-6366 obituaries, or biographical 216-999-6354.
information SuggesIn addition, news obituaries, which are bio- and other material may be sent to graphical sketches of the deceased, are pre- Cuyahoga county appraiser, died Cleveland. Lorain David Carpenter, 71, of Saturday. Services will be Thomas Sheehan Roheny, Helene L. Hyman, 71, of Lakewood, died Thursday. Saturday.
Lucas, Bed- 2 days, of Westlake, died Elyria, teacher, Planned Services Tuesday. ford Heights. Friday. Services Saturday. Parenthood receptionist, McGorray Lake- John P.
Klingbeil, 55, of Chambers, North Olm- died Thursday. Services wood. Olmsted Township, Ford sted. were Sunday. BuschZane A.
Chlus, 75, formerly employee for 39 years, Willie Smith 52, of Curtis-Scheuffler, Elyria. of Parma Heights, entre- died Saturday. Services Cleveland, meatcutter, Lewis Kirby McKain, 77, of preneur, lived in Green- Tuesday. Humenik, died Wednesday. Services Avon, former North Ridgeville, N.Y., died Saturday.
Brook Park. Tuesday. R.A. Franklin, ville resident, died SaturServices Wednesday. Louise Ellen McKeon, 86, Cleveland.
day. Services Wednesday. Cunningham, Greenville, of Broadview Heights, died Robert Louis Thompson, Liston, North Ridgeville. N.Y. Friday.
Services Wednes- 57, of Shaker Heights, First Medina John S. Dudkowski, 78, of day. Humenik, Brook Energy supervisor, Air Geraldine M. Perek, 78, of Bay Village, died Park. Force veteran, died Friday.
Brunswick, enjoyed travelServices Wednesday. Mattie Philpot, 41, of Services Wednesday. ing, died Saturday. ServBerry, Westlake. Cleveland, homemaker, Baines Hunter, East ices Wednesday.
Tomon Ernestine Y. Evans, 77, of died Monday. Services to- Cleveland. Sons, Middleburg Maple Heights, retired day. Wm.
A. Gaines, Heights. DEATHS ELSEWHERE Rex Hardy, one of Life magazine's early photographers From wire reports vant Lucius Beebe and ing U.S. relations with Latin comedian Harpo Marx. American countries.
MONTEREY, CAIF. Rex In 1940, Hardy joined the He was executive secretary of Hardy, one of the photographers Naval Reserve and was a junior the Accountability Review hired by Life magazine in 1936 officer on the USS Saratoga Board that investigated the 1988 for its first year of publication, when it arrived at Pearl Harbor bombings of U.S. embassies in died April 7. He was 88. less than a week after the Dec.
7 Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es SaJust 21 and recently gradu- attack by Japanese forces. He laam, Tanzania, Secretary of ated from Stanford University, later had flight training he al- State Colin Powell said in a Hardy was the youngest of the ready had a private license to fly statement. initial Life photographers, and spent much of the war as As a junior officer in the forwhich included renowned a B-24 commander in the South eign service, Brown worked on a shooters such as Alfred Eisen- Pacific. special Cuban information projstaedt, Peter Stackpole and Carl After the war, Hardy worked ect and then served in Vietnam Mydans. in aviation for Northrop, Lock- and Spain.
Hardy initially was based in heed and finally NASA. As deputy director and later Los Angeles, and much of his director of the Office of Caribwork involved taking pictures of Richard Brown, was bean Affairs from 1982 to 1985, Hollywood stars including veteran U.S. diplomat Brown directed the diplomatic James Stewart, Robert Taylor, task force that planned and imGary Cooper, Joan Crawford TULSA, OKLA. Richard plemented the invasion of Greand Clark Gable. Hardy later Brown, a Tulsa native who be- nada in 1983.
worked out of the magazine's came an ambassador to Uruguay He served as U.S. ambassador New York office. during his 36 years in the for- to Uruguay for more than three Three of Hardy's pictures eign service, died Monday at 66. years in the early 1990s after made the cover of Life: the danc- Brown spent much of his ca- working as deputy chief of mising duo of Fred Astaire and Gin- reer in Latin America or on sion at the embassy in MonteviDeath Notices Death Notices Death Notices Death Notices In Memoriam SCHNEIDER KENNETH SCHNEIDER, beloved husband Carolyn (nee Nordland); loving father of Kevin (Susan) of Chapel Hill, NC, Eric of Sagamore Hills, Mark (Sandy) of Streetsboro, and the late Scott; devoted grandfather of Paul and Kate of Chapel Hill, NC, Erica and Mackenzie of Tampa, FL, Clay and Reese of Streetsboro; brother of (Suzanne) of Orlando, FL, and the late Robert (Barbara); foster father of the late Rick McCarthy. Mr.
Schneider was a church member for over 35 years, and was employed by B.F. Goodrich Chemical Co. for over 33 years. Friends may call at the FERFOLIA FUNERAL HOME, 356 W. AURORA RD.
(RT. 82), SAGAMORE HILLS, FOR VISITATION TUESDAY 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the United Methodist Church of Macedonia, 1280 E. Aurora Rd. (Rt.
82), Macedonia, OH 44056 at 11 a.m. VISITATION will be held at the church ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICES. Interment Northfield Macedonia Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorials in his name to the United Methodist Church of Macedonia, or the VNA of Cleveland. www.cleveland.com/obitsSUMMERS SECUNDE LAWRENCE SECUNDE, Beloved husband of the late Margaret M.
(nee VanBelleghem) for 72 years; dear father of Richard (Jeanne), Judy Foliano (Nate), Linda Hronek (William) and Susan Dewey (Larry); loving grandfather of 14 and great-grandfather of 20; brother of the late Raymond (Margaret, surviving), Stephen (Bernice) and Agnes Hearns (Joseph). Prayer Service at A. NOSEK SONS, GERBERMcCREERY FUNERAL HOME, 8150 BRECKSVILLE SMITH STELLA T. SMITH (Schmidt), age 90, beloved wife of the late Walter dear mother the late Wil-1 liam loving sister of Wanda Krusinski, Joseph Piatkowski and the deceased; Helen Jaskolka and Irene Malecki, dear aunt. Friends may call at RYBICKI SON, A GOLDEN RULE FUNERAL HOME, 4640 TURNEY where services will be held Tuesday, April 20, at and at Holy Name Church, Broadway at Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
VISITING HOURS MONDAY 4-8PM www.cleveland.com/obits STEWART BETTY STEWART, beloved wife of Warren devoted mother of Ricki (David) Bunkin and Michelle (Dougless) Sheliga; cherished grandmother of Heather and Wayne Bunkin and Shawn Smith; dear sister of the following deceased: Helen Scragg, Shirley Zeleznick, and Rose Newman Haas. Services will be held Tuesday, April 20, at 12:30 p.m. at Mt. Olive The family will receive 27855 I Aurora Solon. Cemetery (J.W.V.
Section), friends at the residence of Mr. Mrs. David Bunkin, 8380 Dines TUESDAY WEDNESDAY. Contributions are suggested to a charity of choice. ARRANGEMENTS BY BERKOWITZ-KUMINBOOKATZ.
216-932-7900 SUMMERS ANNA M. SUMMERS (nee Giarda), passed away April 16, 2004. Loving daughter of the late Ann Giarda; beloved mother of Colleen (Bill) Ulbrich and Lorraine Summers; dear friend of many; sister of Rudolph (deceased) and Edward. Mass of Christian Burial, Corpus Christi Church, Wednesday, April 21 at 9:30 a.m. Entombment, Holy Cross Mausoleum.
Family will receive friends on TUESDAY 2-4 AND 6-8 P.M. AT THE TOMON SONS FUNERAL HOME, 4772 PEARL RD. OF BROOKPARK CLEVELAND. In lieu of flowers, donations in Anna's name may be made to a charity of one's choice. www.cleveland.com/obits 8150 THOMPSON TUESDAY, APRIL 20 at 10:30 A.M.
followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St. Basil Church at 11 A.M. Interment All Saints Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the St. Basil Honduras Mission, 8700 Brecksville Brecksville, 44141.
Friends may call at the Funeral Home, Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 www.cleveland.com/obits TIPPER ALICE M. TIPPER (nee Williams), age 69, formerly of Lakewood, passed away Saturday, April 17. Beloved wife of the late Paul R. Tipper; lovmother of Glenn (Cindy) Tipper of Amherst; dear grandmother of two; dear sister of the late Ron Williams. Funeral services Wednesday, April 21 at 8 p.m.
at HEMPEL FUNERAL HOME, CLEVELAND AMHERST, where friends may call FROM 6 P.M. UNTIL TIME OF THE SERVICE. 440-988-4451 www.cleveland.com/ol TOBIN. See CHLUS Notice. TROUT See OSICKI Notice TUFTS See ROBEY Notice.
TYRPAK See McKEON Notice UHR Patricia A. and the late John T. (Jean) and Carl T. (Marilyn), grandmother of April Pemberton and Matthew Uhr, sister of the late John and Theodore Tichy. Service at the ZEISMcGREEVEY FUNERAL HOME, 16105 DETROIT TUESDAY, APRIL 20 at 11AM.
Interment Lakewood Park Cemetery. Memorials to the American Heart Association. Friends received AND 7-9PM UHR WILMA M. UHR (nee Tichy), beloved wife of the late Carl, mother of Timothy A. (Bonnie), VanBELLEGHEM See SECUNDE Notice.
VIGH ILDIKO VIGH, age 79, beloved wife of the late Josef; dear mother of Judith (Michael) Brennen, Agotha Susel (Andrew) Sternberg, and Peter (Kathy); sister of Sandor Asztalos of Austria; aunt of Andrea Asztalos; grandmother of Robert (Bridget) and Gregory (Rhonda) Susel, Peter Brennen, Danielle and Hilary; great grandmother of Anna and Adam Susel, Channing, Chierstin, Braidy, Nolan and Luke Susel. The family will receive friends 5-8 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT BODNAR FUNERAL HOME CREMATION SERVICE, 3929 LORAIN CLEVELAND. 216-631-3075 www.bodnar-mahoney.com VODRAZKA See ROBEY Notice. WALLIS ALBERT WALLIS, a age 88, beloved husband of the late Albina P.
(nee Kadis); dear father of Patricia (George) Furst and William; grandfather of Kristen Furst; brother of Helen Kirsch and Frank (both deceased). U.S. Navy veteran of W.W. Il. Retired Electrical Engineer at Wright- Air Force Base in Dayton, OH.
Funeral Mass Thursday, April 22, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church at 9:30 a.m. Interment All Souls Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the JAKUBS SON, A GOLDEN RULE FUNERAL HOME, 936 E. 185 ST. (216-531-7770) WEDNESDAY 2-4 and 7-9.
www.cleveland.com/obits WENDELL See LUCARELLI Notice WILD See HENDRICKS Notice. ZEHNER VODRAZKA FUNERAL HOME, 216-524-3900. lieu of flowers, family suggests contributions St. Peter United Church Christ. ORLIN A.
ZEHNER age 88, formerly of Independence, beloved husband of Pauline O. Craig Zehner of 56 years, loving father of Audrey M. Harries (James) and Timothy R. Zehner, dear grandfather of Bonnie Harries Carbone, James Harries and Michael Harries, loving great grandfather of Austin and Benjamin Carbone, brother of the late Richard Zehner and Helma Baril. Memorial Service Tuesday, April 20 at 11 a.m.
at St. Peter United Church of Christ, 125 E. Ridgewood Seven Hills, OH. ARRANGEMENTS BY ZEWALK See ROBEY Notice. HELPFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Social Security Administration 1-800-772-1213 Service available from 7:00 o.m.
10 7:00 p.m. on business days. Call to report the death of Social Security or SSI beneficiory or to inquire about survivor benefits. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 1-800-827-1000 Call this nationwide toll free number for survivor benefits, burial benefits or to provide notification of death.
United Way First Call for Help 216-436-2000 Service is available everyday, oll day. Call if you need to know where turn for help. Information and referral to health and human service agencies in Cuyahoga County is free and confidential. ROBERT L. THOMPSON, age 57.
Beloved husband of Jean; dear father of Mark, Michael and Tracey; grandfather; brother; and friend to many. Services Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 11 a.m. at St. Henry Catholic Church, 18200 Harvard Ave. WAKE 10:30 A.M.
ARRANGEMENTS BY BAINES HUNTER FUNERAL SERVICE, 216-702-2835. In Memoriam Card of Thanks May be placed in The Plain Dealer by calling (216) 999-5555 do Metro B5 ALIFESTORY James R. Foster 1912-2004 COURTESY OF PJ'S EXECUTIVE BARBER SHOP Jim Foster, whose once-stocky build earned him the nickname "Big Jim," last worked at this shoeshining station at PJ's Executive Barber Shop in the Midland Building in downtown Cleveland, before he retired in 2002. This photo was taken that year on what folks at the shop believed to be Foster's 94th birthday. He was only 90.
It is unclear how or when his age was augmented, but he didn't dispute it. Bootblack, His special mix gave ALANA BARANICK Plain Dealer Reporter ith the rhythmic popW "Big boop-a-pop Jim" of Foster a could towel, restore the luster to a patentleather wing-tip and bring a smile to its wearer's face. When Foster, who died March 16 at age 92, was shining shoes, "You had the best craftsman, plus you were entertained," said Curtis English, owner of Cleveland Shines shoeshine stands at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. "You came not only for the incredible service, but also for the Jim Foster experience." Foster had several decades as a bootblack under his belt before he showed up at English's new shoeshine stand i in 1997. "He told me how to run that business, to give top service, to assess the customer, manage the technicians," English said.
"Now, we have five locations. Thanks to Jim, we've been able to develop quite a name for ourselves." After two years, freshening shoe sheens for the rush of early morning business commuters at the airport became too much for Foster. He left for the quieter atmosphere of PJ's Executive Barber Shop at Public Square. Every morning, he arrived at the shop wearing a spiffy, threepiece suit and, of course, perfectly shined shoes. Like television icon Fred Rogers, Foster put his jacket and shoes in a closet and changed into slippers and more comfortable work clothes.
"You could tell he was an institution by the way he carried himself," Bill Witt, a customer at PJs, said. "The guy had a lot of class about him. He had a twinkle in his eye. I loved to hear him tell stories. Whether they were true or not, I didn't care." He was born in Trezevant, and grew up in Cleveland.
His father worked at a steel mill. His mother was a maid. COURTESY OF MARY FOSTER Jim Foster, shown in 1941, shined shoes at several Greater Cleveland barbershops, office buildings and hotels, including Alfredo's International Hair Spa and at the Marriott, both in Beachwood. He believed a man wasn't properly dressed unless his shoes were shined. craftsman shine to shoes, his stories James R.
Foster Jan. 31, 1912 March 16, 2004 Triedstone Baptist Church member Evie James, his son from his first marriage, died in 1988. Told customers: A man treats his shoes like he treats his woman. A Life Story is a regular feature in Monday's Plain Dealer introducing you to some Northeast Ohioans you most likely never got to know. Foster, one of four siblings, started shining shoes at an early age.
He was 12. Or maybe 8. Or as young as 3 or 4. The older he got, the younger he said he was when he launched his career. As a youngster, he set up a two-seat shoeshine bench at East 12th Street and Euclid Avenue.
At night, he slept inside the bench's large storage compartment so he would be ready for the morning rush of foot traffic. The enterprising shoe-shiner put a gloss on the fancy footwear of the fabulously wealthy industrialist John D. Rockefeller, who paid a dime for the shine but failed to give him a tip. Celebrities, such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Red Skelton, Lou Rawls and Paul Newman, whose shoes got the Foster treatment years later, were more generous, tipping him as much as $100. He developed his own secret polishing formula to use on rep- of polish smiles to faces SCHMIDT See BREWER Notice.
BAKER Jim Baker A million times we've needed you, a million times we've cried, if love alone could have saved you, you never would have died. In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still, in our hearts you hold a place no one else can ever fill. It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn't go alone, for part of us went with you the day God took you home. Happy Birthday, Jimmy. LOVE YOUR FAMILY CARMEN N.
BRUNELLO 12-27-1955 to Mom, we can't believe it's already been a year, not a day goes by that we don't think of you. Continue to look over us and guide us with your loving ways until the day we can all meet again. We love and miss you very much. LOVE YOUR SONS, CHUCK AND JOE COPORA Ann Corpora to 5-31-2001 Happy birthday mom. Just so you know, you're always on my mind and in my heart.
LOVE YOUR SON VINCE FAMILY In TUROCZY 1, Edward Turoczy to One year has passed oh of that sad day the one we loved was called away, God took him home, it was his will, but in our hearts he lives still. LOVING WIFE, CHILDREN GRANDCHILDREN Lost and Found FOUND DOG, Beagle female, way wearing Garfield collar, no HIs, tog, on 440-442-8394 Broad- LOST Miniature POODLE, white, downtown E. area, REWARD. 216-881-8227 Cemetery Lots and Monuments CALVARY, 2 lots together, Section 91. CEMETERY Lots (3), Sunset Memorial Park, directly in front of chapel, $2200 ea.
1-505-623-1338 or CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE (4) in Masonic Section Sunset Memorial Park N. Olmsted. 706-379-3235 CROWN Hill Cemetery Twinsburg, Section 38, all 8 Lots, $5300 Or Best Offer, 440-845-0981 SUNSET Memorial Park, single Call grave lot, 216-267-5055 $900. that matched peculiar shades of blue and oxblood. When his customers couldn't find him because he had moved from one shop to another, they'd show up at his home with their flashy footgear.
Foster held a variety of other jobs after he quit school at age 16. He hauled ice, drove a streetcar and worked at General Motors Fisher Body Plant. He was a personal valet, chauffeur and bouncer. He also hustled at pool halls, bet on boxing matches, ran numbers and resorted to other under-the-table or illegal means to make a buck. He told friends that when he got older, he turned from his crooked ways.
"He told me he went to church every Sunday that he could for almost 30 years," said Susan Ward, a Cleveland Shines manager. "When I went to the funeral service, the pastor confirmed that Jim had his seat in church, and he was in it every week." In spite of his newfound faith and his advancing age, Foster would not let anyone push him around. When a young co-worker at the airport disrespected him, Foster offered to meet him outside and teach him a lesson. The lout was too intimidated to take him up on the challenge. Foster liked to discuss cultural, social educational issues with co workers and customers.
He presented the history of Cleveland, the civil rights movement and the jazz scene through stories about his own life and the famous people he'd met. "All these people I had heard about, Jim Foster had a relationship with some of them," English said. "Racketeers, scholars, legitimate businessmen. They all knew and liked Jim Foster." To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: tile-skin shoes. He made polishes 216-999-4828 -in 3 COURTESY OF MARY FOSTER Jim Foster took a liking to Mary Watkins, who worked at the Benjamin Drug Co.
at East 55th Street and Central Avenue, in 1943. It was love at first sight "for him, but not for me," Mary said. "He said, when he first saw me in that drugstore, he knew I was going to be his." They were married within a year. This photo was taken at Club Rum Boogie in Chicago in 1946..
