OBIT: WITWER, STANLEY S: Husband of Bernice-ObitPlain Dealer 11 Jun, 1995, pg. 11 sec. B
Stanley S. WITWER, beloved husband of Bernice, father of Leonard and Margaret Leonard., Brother of Genevieve Tomczyk, Eugene, and the late Walter and Louis, grandfather of Kenneth, Deborah, and Katherine. Thursday, June 8 1995. Funeral Monday 12 noon at the Jardine Funeral Home 14701 Pearl Rd., Strongsville, where friends may call one hour before service.

MARRIAGE: MERMAN, BERNICE and WITMER, STANLEY 0190 0277
MERMAN, BERNICE and WITWER, STANLEY 0191 0229

OBIT: BERNICE C. WITWER (nee Merman), beloved wife of the late Stanley; dearest mother of Leonard Witwer and Margaret (Allen) Leonard; dearest grandmother of Kenneth Leonard, Deborah (Scott) Beran and Katherine Leonard. Funeral services, Saturday, Sept. 30 at THE JARDINE FUNERAL HOME, 14701 PEARL RD., STRONGSVILLE, OH. (1/4 MILE SOUTH OF RT. 82). Interment Calvary Cemetery. VISITATION 9-10:30 A.M. SATURDAY ONLY.

1. 1. Leonard WITWER
2. Margaret WITWER

RESIDENCES:1938 - 3726 E.57th St., Cleveland, Ohio (per death certificate)

DEATH:
Died from injuries sustained in a truck accident at E.57th and Fleet Ave. (skull fracture)

OBIT:
Name: Witwer, Theophil
Date: 1938
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #087.
Notes: 1875 - 1938. Calvary Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

MARRIAGE: BRZUSKA, FRANCISCA and WYTWER, THEOPHIL 0047 0167

1. 2. Stanley S. WITWER b. 1901, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Jun 1995, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Walter (Wladyslaw) WITWER b. 29 May 1904, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 7 Apr 1936, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Genevieve WITWER
4. Aloysius WITWER
5. Casimir WITWER
6. Eugene WITWER

This family on file simply because a daughter, Bernice, was married to a Witwer. Since I'm not sure if her husband was related to the Witwers from our line, I've collected what information I could and am holding onto it in case it becomes useful in the future.

OBIT: Name: Merman, Valeria
Date: Jun 11 1957
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #135.
Notes: Merman, Valeria, of 10916 Mountview Ave., Garfield Heights, beloved wife of the late John, dear mother of Frank, Walter, Bernice Witwer, Sister M. Richard, Helen Brzuski, and the late Leo, grandmother and great-grandmother. Friends received at Mosinski Funeral Home, 3675 E. 65 St. Funeral Wednesday, June 12, at 8:30 a. m., St. Stanislaus Church 9 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1. Leo MERMAN b. 1905, ,, Pennsylvania, USA; d. Bef 2004.
2. Frank S. MERMAN b. 1907, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Apr 1988, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Walter MERMAN b. 1909, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Dec 1965, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 3. Bernice (Bertha) MERMAN b. 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Sep 2006.
5. Mary Richard (Casmira) MERMAN
6. Helen J. MERMAN b. 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Apr 2004, Sagamore Hillls, , Ohio, USA.

The 1900 census has a John (Apr 1867) and Catherine (Aug 1882) BRZUSKA living at 877 Tod St. (ED 179, Sheet 19A). Some of the couple's children's names match this family but not others. I'm not sure if they are related.

VARIATIONS: Brzoski, Broski, Brzuska, Brzuski