1918 - 1994

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• Suffix	(Batule)
  Birth	2 Nov 1918	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Nov 1994	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I345	Wanicki/Rozhon and Kapusta/Jemiola
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2005 08:56:26
  Father	Banadas (Benjamin) BATULEWICH, (Barton), b. 7 Feb 1889
  Mother	Ona (Anna) WANICKI, b. 26 Jul 1897, Sapiegiskis, Kaunas, Lithuania
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet
  Family	Elma Jean IRVINE, b. 5 Jul 1925
  Children	1. Casey A. BATULEWICH, Batule
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet

• Notes

  NEWS: Gallagher's Steak House on Euclid Ave will turn out the lights; ravages of crime times too deep Plain Dealer 19 Feb, 1986, pg. 03 sec. A OBIT: Attorney Casmere K. Batule, age 76, beloved husband of Elma Jean (nee Irvine), loving father of Casey (Aggie), dear brother of Anne Barton and brother-in-law of Angela Batulewich and the following deceased, Alphonse J., Harvey V., and Olga L. Batulewich, dear uncle. Funeral Services Friday, December 2 at 10:00 am at the Yurch Funeral Home, 5618 Broadview Rd. Parma, Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Family will receive friends Thrsday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. CLEVELAND -- Casmere K. Batule was a real estate broker in Parma before he bacame a lawyer in Cleveland in 1955. His legal aspirations got a big boost in 1953 when Cleveland's police prosecutor hired him to screen complaints. He heard 100 stories a day. "all the law books in the world couldn't explain what goes on in this office day by day, " he said in 1954. In a Plain Dealer feature about Mr. Batule, Chief Police prosecutor Bernard J. Conway said at the time: "He saves us hours of daily work by handling that mob outside the office. When a case comes into our office for a hearing, we know it's a bona fide police complaint." The contacts he made at the real estate office and the prosecutor's office made it possible for Mr. Batule to open a practice when he graduated from law school in 1955, according to his sister, Anne Barton of Cleveland. Mr. Batule, 76, of Cleveland, died of heart failure Tuesday at Lakewood Hospital after receiving kidney dialysis. He was working in both his professions up until his death. On Monday, he appeared in court on behalf of a client. Tuesday morning, he worked in the real estate office on Snow Rd. He was born in Cleveland to Anna and Banadas Batulewish, immigrants from Lithuania. He changed his name to Batule after graduating from college. From 1959 to 1962, Mr. Batule worked as an assistant attorney general for Ohio. In his law practice, most recently on W. 25th St., he did a lot of free work for the poor. In addition to brokering properties for others, he invested in residential real estate in Parma and Cleveland. Mr. Batule enjoyed cooking and was owner of the former Gallagher Steak House at E.32nd St. and Euclid Ave. from 1971 until he sold the business in 1986. In addition to his sister, Mr. Batule is survived by his son, Casey of Cleveland. Services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Yurch Funeral Home, 5618 Broadview Rd., Parma. [Obituary correction published the next day] Casmere K. Batule, 76, a Cleveland lawyer and real estate broker, is survived by his wife of nearly 44 years, Elma Jean, whom he married while studying law at John Marshall Law School. An obituary yesterday omitted her name from the survivors. BURIAL: Holy Cross Cemetery MILITARY: Army Air Corps RESIDENCES: 3487 WEST 63RD ST

• Sources

  [S6] Birth Records - State of Ohio, (Public Records), #18879. Casmere, 2 Nov 1918, Batulevic, Benedict & Anna Vanicki, 8108 Sowinski [S30] Ohio Death Index (1958 - 2000), (Ohio Department of Health), v. 30048, cert.#093759. Place of Death: Hospital/ER-Outpatient. Time of death 5:40pm.