A little late but ...

Here's a link to the very well written obit about obit writer Alana Baranick who died April 10, 2015.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/04/alana_baranick_brought_the_dea.html

And from the Chronicle Telegram:

An opportunity to extend your sympathies to the family of Alana Baranick will be held from 4 P.M. until 7 P.M., Saturday, May 16, 2015, at the Hempel Funeral Home, 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst, Ohio 44001.

Alana was born December 12, 1949 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the town of New Eagle and grew up in Monroeville. Eventually she moved to the Cleveland area. Chattanooga, Tennessee had been her home for the last 2 1/2 years. She worked locally at the Cleveland Plain Dealer from 1992 until 2008 where she excelled at writing obituaries. She co-authored a book with Jim Sheeler and Stephen Miller entitled “Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers.” Alana went on to write a regular column for the Elyria Chronicle Telegram called, “The Dash Between,” which ran from November 2009 until February 2012. Alana lost her battle with cancer April 10, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her art and craft of detailing the lives of those we have loved and lost will be greatly missed.

She leaves to cherish her memory her sons and their wives, Zack and Hollie Baranick of Chattanooga, Tennessee and Michael and April Baranick of Amherst; as well as two grandchildren.