Ronald Louis Gliebe

Ronald Louis Gliebe, age 90, of Concord Township, OH, passed away peacefully at his residence on September 5, 2025. He was born on November 3, 1934, in Cleveland, OH, to the late Louis and Cecelia Gliebe. Ron grew up in East Cleveland and attended St. Joseph Collinwood Grade School, graduating in the Class of 1948. He was a 1952 graduate of Cathedral Latin High School. In 1956, he married Donna Corsillo at Holy Rosary Church in Murray Hill and the two recently celebrated 69 years of marriage. He proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957, receiving an honorable discharge at the rank of SP-4. Ron then began a long career with Ohio Bell, where he held several positions before retiring as a manager in 1991. Sports were a lifelong passion. Ron played baseball and football as a child and enjoyed racquetball and golf as an adult. He also loved attending and watching basketball and football games at every level, from high school to professional. He attended nearly every sporting event for his five children. A true music enthusiast, Ron enjoyed all genres and loved to dance. He and Donna could be seen at every family event doing the jitterbug ,and polka dancing. He found his greatest joy working in his backyard tending to his flower garden. In 2010, Ron received local recognition for having the nicest landscaping in his neighborhood. Ron was a devoted member of both St. William’s Parish in Euclid and St. Gabriel’s Parish in Concord Township. A longtime volunteer at St. Gabriel’s as a greeter and at the food bank, he also assisted with maintenance of the St. Gabriel Shrine and he was a key contributor to the establishment of a personalized brick pathway at the entrance to the Shrine. Ron’s children remember their father as a loving, hard-working man who loved God, his family, his country and his community. Ron and Donna enabled all five of their children to attend Catholic grade school, Catholic high school and college. He worked nearly his entire life, starting out as a newspaper boy and ending up as a volunteer at the local hospital supporting veteran patients. Ron had a special relationship with each of his children and was very proud that the family remains very close to this day. He is survived by his wife, Donna (Corsillo); children, Michael (Julie Hetlage) Gliebe, Greg (Jeanel) Gliebe, Mark (Beth) Gliebe, Jeff (Gina) Gliebe and Lisa (Todd) Zeitz; grandchildren, Jessalyn (Robert) Keywork, Christine (Mickey) Cox, Karalyn (Stuart) Holden, Adam (Shelby) Gliebe, Megan (Neal) Riutta, Benjamin (Caitlin) Gliebe, Alexa Bernard (fiancée Christopher Lowe), Maria Bernard, Alec Gliebe, Julia Gliebe and Olivia Gliebe; great-grandchildren, Brayden, Cade, Mabel, Finnegan, Kennady, Remington and Jaxon. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Joan Gliebe Raggets (Joseph). The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 8466 Mentor Ave., Mentor, OH 44060. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 12, 2025 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 9925 Johnnycake Ridge Rd., Concord Twp., OH 44066. Please meet at the church. Live Stream link: https://boxcast.tv/view/gliebe-fnrl-mass-hfcvlitwi8bhtjeaib86 Interment will be in All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, OH and afterward family and friends are invited to a Celebration of Life at the Kirtland Country Club, 39438 Kirtland Rd., Willoughby OH 44094. Contributions may be made to either St Gabriel’s Catholic Church; online at https://pushpay.com/g/stgabrielohio or to The Christ Child Society of The Western Reserve; online at www.christchildwesternreserve.org/donate. Additionally, friends and family may send flowers and offer condolences at www.brunners.com.

Ronald Louis Gliebe

November 3, 1934 - September 5, 2025