Memorials
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Ralph ZZ Wroblewski
1935-08-12 2015-04-25RALPH H. WROBLEWSKI, age 79; beloved husband of Christine (nee Klonowski) for 52 years; loving father of Ralph (fiancé, Kelly), Mark, Jean (fiancé, Tim Keehn), and Eric (Janet); loving grandfather of Ian, Corinne, Benjamin, Genevieve, and Marissa; brother of Henry (Maryanne) and Mary Ann McClain; Ralph retired full colonel US Army reserves and was a teacher for the Diocese of Cleveland, St. Joseph High School, Holy Name High School, and past Principal of Cleveland Central Catholic High School, Mass of Christian Burial St. John Bosco Church Friday, May 1, 2015 at 10 AM, Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends received at RIPEPI FUNERAL HOME 5762 PEARL RD (AT SNOW RD) THURSDAY 2-4 AND 6-8 PM
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Branko ZZ Yirka
1918-12-13 1977-08-13Dr, Branko A. Yirka Ph.D, a prominent member of the Croatian Academy of America and a former member of the Academy's Executive Council, died at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, on Saturday, August 13, 1977 after suffering a heart attack. Yirka was born on December 13, 1918 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He studied classical and Slavic languages and literature at the University of Zagreb. After the end of World War II, he lived as a political exile in Austria and studied at the University of Graz until 1950, when he immigrated to the United States. He settled in Cleveland and continued his studies at John Carroll University and at Western Reserve. He obtained his M.A. from Western Reserve and then...
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