Stephen Ambrose, author of more than 30 books including New York Times bestseller “Band of Brothers,” said Lt. Robert “Bob” Mathias “was the first American officer killed by German fire on D-Day” after being hit by a shell burst as he prepared to jump from a C-47 during the invasion of Nazi-held Normandy.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 9:38 am
Mary Anna Blair, 67, passed Sunday, March 7, 2021, in a local Cleveland health care facility.
She was a lifelong member of the Church of God Sanctified of Cleveland.
She attended Cleveland High School. She loved to eat, and her favorite was a cup of coffee and a coke. She loved fashion, many times changing her outfit two and three times a day.
She was known by her favorite saying. Anytime she left or departed a room she would say, “Love you now.”
Mary Anna was preceded in death by her parents James and Essie Blair, along with brothers and sister: William Cansler, James ‘Rico’ Blair Jr., Walter Blair and Ruth Cox.