Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) Newspaper Obituaries (1845 - Current)

Obit Rudy Beck Funeral 13 Dec, Burial Calvary cemetery; wife Jane Zorie Beck, children Deborah Ann, Robert F, Ronald J; siblings Frank Beck, Mrs Frank (Victoria) Gomboc, Julia Potokar (Dec'd), Albert (Dec'd), August Beck and Joseph Beck. Plain Dealer Cleveland , Ohio December 12, 1973 - Page 48

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Obituary Richard J Eisenhardt (Cleveland, OH) Plain Dealer Cleveland , Ohio August 13, 1987 - Page 87

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Plain Dealer Obituaries in Cleveland, Ohio

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