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John A. Young, served 22 years in House
Arlington, Va. - John A. Young, 85, a Texas Democrat whose 22 years in the House of Representatives was marred by a sex scandal in the 1970s, died Jan. 22 of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Arlington.
A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Young was elected to the House in 1956, from the 14th Congressional District. He held the seat until 1979.
In 1976, Young's former secretary, Colleen Gardner, accused him of demanding sexual favors in exchange for higher pay. A Justice Department investigation, however, concluded there was no evidence to support criminal charges.
Young denied the charges to reporters, while acknowledging that he had held clandestine meetings in area motels.
In 1979, a federal judge dismissed Young's $6 million libel suit against the New York Times and Sol Rosen, the lawyer who encouraged Gardner to go public with her charges.
01/31/02
Walter C. Cooper
Cleveland - Walter C. Cooper, who became the symbol of veterans of the World War II battle at Remagen to newspaper readers across the United States, died of complications of cancer Monday at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky.
Cooper, a lifelong Clevelander, was 83.
The retired asbestos worker traveled to Germany in 1995 to attend the 50th anniversary observances of the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, which hastened the end of the war. Cooper was a combat medic with the 9th Armored Division, which took the bridge over the Rhine on March 7, 1945.
When the American flag was raised during the anniversary ceremony, Cooper stood up and saluted in honor of his country and his fallen comrades. His picture was taken and distributed by the Associated Press, appearing the following day in newspapers throughout the United States.
"We had people call us from Florida, " said his sister, Mary Jane O'Brien of Columbus. "He loved the Army and went to all the reunions."
After the war, Cooper remained in the Army. He also served in the Korean War.
Besides his sister, his survivors include a brother, George of Parma; and sisters, Margaret O'Brien of Cleveland and Isabelle McKay of Liverpool Township.
Services were yesterday. Chambers Funeral Home of Cleveland handled arrangements.
02/01/02
James 'Larry' Stricklin, 62, CPA
Rocky River - James "Larry" Stricklin, 62, a retired certified public accountant who also worked with mental health programs, died Sunday in his Rocky River home.
He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
In 1990, Stricklin established an accounting firm, Stricklin & Co., in Westlake. It merged with Wm. Skaryd & Co. in 1999 and retired in 2000.
Earlier, Stricklin worked at Card, Palmer & Sibbison, and Frauenthal and Associates, both in Cleveland.
Stricklin served 10 years with the Cuyahoga County Drug Abuse Services Board, and served as chairman.
He also served 10 years as a trustee and chairman for the West Side Community Mental Health Center.
He was recognized for his longtime commitment to the special needs of the mentally ill in 2000 when the James L. Stricklin Crisis Shelter was dedicated in his honor. The shelter, at 8301 Detroit Ave. in Cleveland, is part of Bridgeway Inc., a network of mental health and recovery services.
Stricklin also was a trustee for the Alzheimer's Association and the Far West Center and was a community investment volunteer for United Way Services.
Stricklin was born in Cleveland and graduated from John Carroll University.
He was a 30-year member of the Cleveland Athletic Club and played with the Cleveland Barons Junior Hockey team in the 1950s.
He was in the Navy from 1957 to 1961 as a fleet sonar specialist.
Surviving are his wife of 34 years, Mary Lou; daughters, Marla Mangione of Lakewood and Alison Talarcek of Avon Lake; his mother, Mary, of Rocky River; and four sisters.
Services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Patrick Church, 3602 Bridge Ave.
Donations may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland or the Northern Ohio ALS Association NE Ohio Chapter, both at 2500 E. 22nd St., Cleveland, Ohio 44115.
Arrangements are by the Busch-Corrigan-Berry Family Chapel, 21369 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River.
02/01/02
Harry G. Seitz
Berea - Harry G. Seitz, 84, retired Rhodes High School business and driver education teacher and past president of the Ohio Driver Education Association, died Friday at his home in Berea.
Seitz, who served as an Army motor officer during World War II, ran AAA-Ohio Motorists Association driving schools in Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton.
He taught teacher training courses at Ohio University, the University of Illinois and Cleveland State University. He also appeared on television programs in Cleveland and Columbus.
For 10 of his 28 years at Rhodes High, Seitz also supervised driver education for the Cleveland public and parochial schools.
He graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College and earned a master's degree from Western Reserve University.
Seitz volunteered at Southwest General Health Center, belonged to the Berea Kiwanis and was a past president of the Great Lakes Woodcarving Club.
Survivors include his wife of 18 years, Alice; daughter, Dianne Cravens of Casa Grande, Ariz.; sons, Robert of Twinsburg and Terry of Trumbull, Conn.; stepson, James Westlake of Palm Springs, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were private.
Donations may be made to the Festival of Lights, Southwest General Health Center, 18697 Bagley Rd., Middleburg Heights 44130.
Arrangements were by the Baker Funeral Home of Berea.
02/01/02
Dorothy Teare, community activist
Rocky River - Dorothy Teare, founding president of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival and a community activist, died of complications from a stroke Tuesday at Lakewood Hospital.
The 96-year-old Rocky River resident was president of the Lakewood school board in 1961 when she learned that a summer Shakespeare company directed by Arthur Lithgow of Princeton University was looking for a home.
Teare offered the theater group the use of the Lakewood Civic Auditorium at Lakewood High School for the summer of 1962.
She also organized a women's committee to handle tickets, sew costumes and let out-of-town cast members stay at their homes.
The festival remained a fixture in Lakewood with Teare at its head until moving its operation to the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square in 1982. The company later became the Great Lakes Theater Festival.
Teare, a life trustee, continued attending performances through the be ginning of the current season.
The Cleve land native, whose maiden name was Schaefer, lived most of her life in Lakewood before moving to Rocky River in 1994.
Teare graduated from Lakewood High School in 1924 and from Oberlin College in 1928. She earned a master's degree in English literature from Radcliffe College in 1929.
She taught at the Harcourt School for Girls in Gambier, Ohio, and was a social worker before marrying Wallace G. Teare in 1933.
Teare had been president of the Cuyahoga County League of Women Voters, chairwoman of the Women's Forum of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs and vice president of the Oberlin College Alumni Association board. She also served as president of the Women's City Club, which gave her its Margaret A. Ireland Award in 1976 and honored her as a Jewel of Cleveland in 1998.
Her husband died in 1989.
Teare is survived by her son, Richard W. of Washington, D.C.; daughter, Virginia Teare Katz of Duluth, Minn.; five granddaughters; a great-granddaughter; and a sister.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River.
Donations may be made to Oberlin College, earmarked for the Class of 1928 Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Office of Stewardship, Room 108, Bosworth Hall, 50 W. Lorain St., Oberlin 44074-1089.
Busch-Saxton-Parker-Daniels Family Chapel of Lakewood is handling arrangements.
02/01/02
Noel Pinkerton Jr., insurance executive
Aurora - Noel T. "Ted" Pinkerton Jr., 67, an insurance executive and champion sailor, died of complications from stomach cancer Thursday at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
The Aurora resident joined the Pinkerton Insurance Agency, which was founded by his father, in 1959. He was president of the firm for 10 years before ill health caused him to retire in 1993.
He was 7 when his grandfather taught him to sail in ocean waters near Duxbury, Mass., and steered him toward his lifelong avocation.
With family members on his crew, Pinkerton raced sailing vessels with names like Himlen, Tandem, Twain, Toucan and Perfect to victory on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
During his sailing career, he won trophies in the Roberts Trophy Race, the Falcon Cup, the Deep Water Race to Put-in-Bay and the Super Mac, a race from Port Huron to Chicago by way of the Straits of Mackinac. He also raced in Miami on the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit.
"Ted was always so humble about winning a race, " said his wife of 38 years, Patricia. "He would say it was the luck of the wind or being in the right slot."
The perennial winner became a trophy sponsor in the 1970s. The Pinkerton Trophy is awarded to members of the Mentor Harbor Yacht Club for racing outside their home base.
Pinkerton also was known for filming races and setting the movies to classical music soundtracks.
He was born in Cleveland and grew up in Hudson, where he graduated from Western Reserve Academy in 1953. He attended Cornell University, served a two-year stint in the Army, then graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1959.
In addition to his wife, Pinkerton is survived by his sons, Noel "Teddy" III of Hudson, Douglas A. and Geoffrey S., both of Portland, Ore., and Christopher C. of Shaker Heights; four grandchildren; a brother; and a sister.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Unitarian Church, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights.
Donations may be made to:
Hope Hospice, 2430 Diplomat Parkway E., Cape Coral, Fla. 33909.
Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 East 185th St., Cleveland 44119.
Western Reserve Academy, 115 College Street, Hudson 44236.
The Brown-Forward Funeral Service of Shaker Heights is handling arrangements.
05/21/02
