Mary Rose “Shanie” (Schoenbachler) Monroe, age 100, passed away on October 23, 2025. Born in Louisville, KY to the late Joseph and Theresa Schoenbachler, she was retired from Goldsmith Elementary and ...

Rose Mary Nelson (Rosa) passed away from natural causes on the evening of October 6th at the age of 88 at the beginning of her favorite season, autumn. She was born on January 30, 1937, in the ...

Mass of Christian Burial for Rose Mary Smrekar (nee Cubbison), age 94, of Willoughby, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, September 22, 2025, at Immaculate Conception Church, 37932 Euclid Ave., ...

CLEVELAND — Last week, Cleveland area U.S. Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, who served eight terms as the first Democratic woman from Ohio elected to Congress, died at 85. On Wednesday, Oakar's funeral details ...

Former Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, the first Arab American woman in Congress and a political casualty of the 1992 House banking scandal, died on Sept. 13 in Lakewood, Ohio. She was 85. A Democrat from ...

Yes, this is a movie about a woman on the verge, both the star and director agree. But it is not delivered in the grandest convention of that niche genre – as made by men. “I wanted to express a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Pioneering public official U.S. Rep. Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio City passed away at 85 Saturday, upon which Governor Mike DeWine ordered flags flown half-mast. An Arab-American of ...

In her 16 years on Capitol Hill, she emerged as a champion of women’s rights, especially equal pay for comparable work. By Trip Gabriel Mary Rose Oakar, who in 1977 became the first Arab American ...

Three members of Congress who visited Lebanon held a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Aug. 2, 1982. From left are Reps. Paul McCloskey, R-Calif., Nick Rahall, D-W. Va., and Mary ...

OHIO (WJW) – Ohio Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar, who was the first democratic woman elected to Congress from Ohio, has died. According to a statement from Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) on Sunday, ...

CLEVELAND — Former Cleveland area U.S. Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, who served eight terms as the first Democratic woman from Ohio elected to Congress, has died. Oakar was 85. Oakar was born in Cleveland on ...

Oakar co-founded the Congressional Women’s Caucus and fought for institutional equity, including granting women access to congressional gyms and pools. She rose through Democratic leadership to serve ...