Whiton Rd with Adjacent Washington Blvd People Pics

from the 1950’s and beyond

WHITON ROAD

The Neighbors

The Weiss's  2610 Whiton Rd.

Al and Eda Weiss

"John Weiss, if you're in this thread, we're friends with a couple in Phoenix and found out that the wife (Jen) dated you eons ago. Small world." Jeff Kraus

"Dear Val, What a delight to hear from you. Of course I remember your wonderful babysitting -- you alerted us kids to the pending appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. We had never heard of the Beatles and so would have missed this landmark cultural event. So ever since your memory has been linked to first seeing and hearing the Beatles -- and the amazing thing is, our three daughters (Allie, Leah and Emily) are themselves big Beatles fans. My wife Carol and I would love to see you if you get to Cleveland or we get to S. California. " Mike Weiss

"I remember one night while babysitting for the four Weiss kids, I heard a cat screech and I was afraid it was my cat Rusky, so I looked out the door and somehow the door closed and I couldn't get back in! I had to ring the bell and woke Mike up and he came and let me in. Hope his parents never heard that one! Hey, I was only ten years old..." Val Iberall O'Connor

"I ran into Michael years ago. He was living in Chicago and belonged to my synagogue. Lost touch years ago." Jeff Kraus

Eda Weiss and Renee Kraus Barnow Cleveland, OH 2014

The Splavers 2614 Whiton Rd. 1953-?

Joel Splaver

The Honigs  2614 Whiton Rd.

The Sydneys  2614 Whiton Rd.

The Schwimmers 2620 Whiton Rd.

The Pollacks   2620 Whiton Rd.  (sold house to Coneglio)

Two daughters

The Coneglios  2620 Whiton Rd.

Joe Coneglio, a banana wholesaler

The Eisenbergs 2624 Whiton Rd. 1953-1976

"The mother of the Eisenberg's tried to teach me some special dishes she was cooking, she would go into detail. I liked talking to her." Helene Iberall

The Goltons  2628 Whiton Rd. 1953-?

The Grogers  2632 Whiton Rd.  

Tilda Groger

Herbert Groger, Cleveland, Ohio, Travel Agent, married to Myrna

Jeanne Groger

The Hibshmans 2636 Whiton Rd. ?-1958 (sold the house to the Perskys)

Norbert Hibshman

June Hibshman

Kay Hibshman and another sibling

The Perskys  2636 Whiton Rd. 1958-1985

Merle and Norma Persky

 "My husband knew Marvin Persky when they were kids." Esther Eisenberg Moss

"Oh yeah, I remember Marv Persky reporting me to my folks because I had a party when they were away and he said he told because I didn't invite him. Boy did I get into trouble." Penni Iberall Rubin

The Iberalls  2640 Whiton Rd.  1956-1965 (sold house to Marks)    

Arthur and Helene Iberall

Arthur Iberall (dod Dec. 2002)	The Iberalls in the 1980's
Helene Iberall, Laguna Woods, Ca (dod May 2016)	The Iberalls-Helene's 100th birthday 7/2013		Helene's 100th birthday get together
Norrie Iberall Robbins, La Mesa, Calif, Geologist, USGS-retired, adj. fac. SDSU		Norrie’s husband Brian Robbins, Zoologist	Family get together in Laguna Woods, CA and on the right Helene with two of her great grand-children Brandon and Brigit
Penni Iberall Rubin, Shaker Hts.,Ohio/San Diego, Calif,  Writer/Artist/Preschool Enrichment		Penni with her husband Richie and their two children Melanie and Rory with his wife and granddaughter Brigit on right	Helene with grandkids Melanie, Eric, and Rory when they were young on the left and Melanie and Eric grown with his kids and Norrie on the right
Helene, Penni, Norrie, and Thea		Penni and Richie Rubin with Brigit, Thea, Helene, Penni's kids Rory with his wife Jami and Melanie and Thea's partner Shirley and a dear friend Madge Levinson	Helene with her two grandchildren, Melanie and Eric and on the right is Brigit her other grandson's daughter
Thea Iberall, Laguna Woods, Calif. Writer, Playwright and PhD in Robotics		Thea and her partner Shirley	Thea, Helene and Shirley

Val Iberall O'Connor, Davie, Florida Website Designer, Artist, Editor	Val is with husband Tom and his kids and one son’s wife and her son Eric is on the right with his wife	Val’s son and his kids

 "We all had great times in that neighborhood, it was wonderful looking back at all that we had. Today's kids don't know what they were missing. We were outside playing all day. Our street was a fort, behind us and the Kraus's when we were little kids were old sheds and shacks, we used to pretend they were haunted. Riding our bikes around, snowball fights. You name it. Thank god video games didn't exist!" Val

Val 8 yrs old Val and 1st Husband- Mike Miss Goodman from Kindergarten- Belvoir	Brownies Val and Friend with Rusky and Helene looking on.	Iberall girls 1960
		Norrie teaching Val the guitar, 1961 Helene's mom, Val on right with  cousin 1957, house looks new

"The Goltons and the Honigs, the Pollucks and the Sydneys were the only other ones there when we (The Eisenbergs) moved in (1953). The rest was former farm field and there was a barn and a decrepit swimming pool where your house was built. My sister's friend who lived on Washington remembered having her picture taken on a pony at the barn when she was little. The building of your house was special because the boy fell down the chimney and when the fire dept. knocked a hole to straighten his leg so they could pull him out, they found that the ceramic flue lining was not in the whole chimney,but only the top where the inspector could see it. The house originally was designed with no closets and the plan had to be revised. The builder, Mr. Shore lost his building permit and could never build in University Heights again. He had to sell the other lots he owned and so other, more legal builders did the rest of the houses on the street. I don't remember who did which anymore." Esther Eisenberg Moss
 

"I remember buying the house from Mr. Shore himself. He kept coming over to ask if everything was alright. He liked my family. We liked him too. He is the one who took me around to the few new houses he said he just built. I just looked at the two five bedroom houses. I always wanted an extra room for visitors to come and stay with us." Helene Iberall

Norrie, Renee Kraus Barnow, Helene, Howard Buckholtz, Penni, Thea in Laguna Woods, CA 2014

The Marks  2640 Whiton Rd.  1965-

Fran Marks Glasser, Laguna Woods, CA

"I went to Israel with my daughter Norrie and a whole group of people on a guided tour and we were at some kind of event sitting at a table outside and there were people sitting all over at tables. The woman across the table and I started to talk and she asked me where I was from. I said Ohio. And she replied she was from Ohio originally too. I told her I had lived in University Heights. And she said she lived in University Heights also. And I told her I lived on Whiton Rd. And she said she lived on Whiton Rd. and had bought the house from the mad scientist who had four daughters! And I told her that's me!!! That was Fran Marks who bought the house from us. Arthur was at the closing so I never actually met her until now.  We are now both living in Laguna Woods, CA in Leisure World and are still good friends." Helene Iberall

The Goldsteins  2640 Whiton Rd.  ?- present

Beverly Goldstein

The Sterns 2644 Whiton Rd.

Eileen Stern Kolins

The Chesnicks

The Kronenbergs 2648 Whiton Rd.

Marvin Kronenberg

The Kraus's  2649 Whiton Rd.  1959-2010

Herb and Ruth Kraus

Herb and Ruth Kraus	Ruth Kraus, University Hts., Ohio	Kraus Family
Renee Kraus Barnow, San Diego, Calif.	Renee, Ron, and Jeff	Renee and Jeff
Ron Kraus, Rochester, NY, PhD in Psychology, learning Specialist with Ruth and Jeff	Cherie and Jeff and Renee	Ruth, Jeff and Herb
Jeff and Cherie Kraus, Chicago, IL Attorney have two kids, Josh and Jamie	Ruth and Renee	Kraus Family

"Having a fun winter in Chicago. Reminds me a bit of the Cleveland winters when we were kids. But it was a lot more fun building forts out of the snowplow piles on the circle and having snowball fights than it is now. All the Whitoners who went to California and Florida sure made the right call!" Jeff Kraus

"We were in Chicago 1993-1999 in the same congregation with Jeff K; it was great to have reconnected then." Mike Weiss

"I remember being in the Kraus's backyard late at night with others and if our Moms called us, we could run through the backyards and make it look like we were at our own houses, alone! Wonder if the kids there today do that trick?" Penni Iberall Rubin

Renee visited Helene Iberall, Penni and Thea in Laguna Woods and Melanie in San Diego, CA 2014

Renee and Jeff and Cherie Kraus visiting with Thea, Helene and Penni Iberall, Del Mar, CA 2014

Penni's husband Rich Rubin and Renee visiting in Cleveland, OH 2014

The Buckholtz's  2645 Whiton Rd.  1959-1972

Leo and Arlene Buckholtz

	Leo Buckholltz
The four Buckholtz's at Anita's wedding, 1994	Howard's son David and his wife Suzanne and grandson Levi	Marjorie (Neil's wife), Howard, Neil, Shelly, Anita, Eileen (Howard's wife) 1994
Neil Buckholtz, Bethesda, Maryland, PhD in Physiological Psychology	Neil's kids and grandchildren and Shelly	Neil and Howard and Levi, Howard's grandson
Howard Buckholtz with wife Eileen, Baltimore, Maryland	Howard’s family, Howard, his wife Eileen and her mom, sons Ryan and David and wife Amy	Howard’s family with his wife Eileen, son David, his wife Suzanne, grandson Levi, Ryan and his wife Amy Smith on top
Shelly Buckholtz, Elkgrove, Calif.	Shelly's son Jacob Kay and daughter Jennifer	Shelly's daughter Jennifer Wickes Carter
Anita Buckholtz (dod Aug. 2008)	Shelly, Marjorie and Anita	Howie and Anita 1994
Anita with Neil 1994	Shelly and Anita in 1968	Shelly with son Jacob and Anita in background 1994
Anita's daughters and cousins	Cousins	Anita and her daughter Sylvia and Jennifer, Shelly's daughter
Anita's daughters grown Anna, Samantha and Sylvia Kimmey	Anita's daughters as kids, Samantha, Anna  and Sylvia Kimmey 1994
Sylvia Kimmey	Samantha Kimmey	Anna Kimmey

Val and Anita the day before her wedding and the day of the wedding in Cincinnati, OH 1994. 

The Asher's  2639 Whiton Rd. 1956-1985

Peter and Hermine Asher

"Peter Asher taught me how to count when I was young. He told me that he had 11 fingers. On one hand he would count with me, Ten Nine Eight Seven Six. And on the other hand we would count, One Two Three Four Five. And then he would say, Six plus Five is Eleven! And I never forgot it!"  Val

"The houses in the circle were brand new. We moved in first because I had my choice of the house I wanted. I also chose the one that was ready to move in and it had five bedrooms. The Ashers had the other five bedrooms, I was looking at both and I am glad I chose mine, I loved the fireplace. That was in 1956.  Loved everything about that house, it was so beautiful with that bay window and everything else." Helene Iberall

The Kests  2635 Whiton Rd.

Mildred Kest

Layton Kest

"When Layton was in medical school a worker fell while painting our garage. University Heights didn't have a rescue squad, just a station wagon with a stretcher in back, and the guys wouldn't pick up a man with a broken leg. Layton came over and splinted it so the poor fellow could be taken to Doctor's Hospital, where Jon Asher later worked as an orderly. Layton went on to become a highly esteemed doctor." Esther Eisenberg Moss

The Sansons  2627 Whiton Rd. 1962 - 1987

averio (Junior) and Vivian Sanson, Highland Hts., Ohio

The Skimins 14462 Washington Blvd.

Lee and Carol Skimin

Lee Skimin

Jimmy Skimin

Nora Skimin

Border Collie

"We always thought the Skimins house was haunted when it was empty because I and the Weiss and Persky boys peeked in the windows from the back porch."  Jeff Kraus

The Houses

Iberall house 2640 Whiton in 2009	Buckholtz house 2639 Whiton Rd. 2009
Tree by Asher's house 2006	Whiton Rd thru 2649 Whiton Rd window in 2010
Tree on Whiton Rd. in Cul de Sac 2009	Looking down on Whiton Rd. adjacent to Washington Blvd.
The Kest's house and the Asher's house 1960	Coneglio house 2620 Whiton Rd in 2014
Kraus house 2649 Whiton Rd in 2014	Persky House 2636 Whiton Rd in 2014
Sanson House, Kest House and Asher House 2014	Kraus House, Kronenberg House 2014
Asher House, Buckholtz House and Kraus House 2014	Kronenberg House, Stern House 2014
Iberall House, Persky House, Groger House and Golton House 2014	Persky House, Groger House, Golton House and Coneglio House 2014
	The Stern's House 2014
Tree in the Cul de sac	The Skimins House 2014
Corner Sign Whiton and Washington Blvd. 2014	No Outlet sign on corner of Whiton 2014
Skimons House 2014	Sanson House 2014
	Whiton Rd. Sign
	Weiss House 2014 on Washington Blvd.
Eisenberg House 2014
Bass House Adjacent Washington Blvd. 2014	Bass House Adjacent Washington Blvd. 2014
Greene's House Adjacent Washington Blvd. 2014	Abt's House Adjacent Washington Blvd. 2014
	This is a representation of the shacks we used to have behind the houses when we first moved in.

Present Facts about Whiton Rd.

Washington Blvd. Neighbors Adjacent to Whiton Rd.

"I remember we used to play as kids when you lived on Whiton. I "rescued" a kid who fell down the chimney of your home there when it was under construction. My Dad passed away in 1992 and Mom lived in the house until she passed away in 2006. The area was and is still a great place to grow up and raise a family. Our street had so many kids on it. Some nicer than others. I remember Kenny Smith trying to make Penny eat grass. But I also remember playing all sorts of games with so many kids on the street, I can't even remember them all. I also remember shoveling snow off your driveway. Kids would do that back in those days. My sister, Carol, lives in Orlando. Her husband is a CPA from Shaker. Carol is in several singing groups and performs all over the world." Rick Greene

4/25/2024 More memories from Rick Greene

"I watched your home get built, when the house was under construction, my next door neighbor (we lived at 14447 Washington Blvd., at the entrance to Whiton), well, my next door neighbor-Douglas Fogem-a kid our age-which at the time was about 5 or 6. Well, we were playing on Whiton-because no traffic-and when the builders at your home left for the day, Douglas decided to play Santa Claus and could not get out. Yikes! I ran home to my house and blurted the story out to my older sister, who had a boyfriend over. They seemed skeptical, but the boyfriend walked up Whiton to check it out. When he saw Douglas was stuck, we went back to my house and he called the fire department/rescue. The fire department came out and delicately sledge-hammered the chimney apart - so it would not collapse on Douglas, and finally pulled him out- with a broken arm. Douglas's family was extremely grateful for my heroic rescue effort and bought me a terrific red toy truck as a reward."

"I got a great Tonka tow truck out of it, so I am pretty sure my memory is right. Some time after that, the Fogems moved away and sold that house (14443 Washington) to the Berkowitz family-of Berkowitz Kumin funeral home. Their home had creeping bent-grass-a real short grass, the only one I have ever seen. Sort of like a carpet. Stu Berkowitz taught me how to play football."

"Back in 1959 through 1961, I was the Sun  Press delivery boy for the entire neighborhood-Thursdays. When I collected, it was Sun Press 10 cents every 2 weeks, of which I got to keep 5 cents. I also earned 'bonus bucks' which I could turn into prizes. I got a bow and arrow set, and shot an arrow straight up from my back yard, which came down and through the Berkowitz garage roof. I got that arrow, can't imagine it made a very bad leak-oops! If you google maps the home now, you can see a bunch of junk in the front yard. Great shot."

"Eventually they sold to the Zlotniks. On the other side of the Greene home were the Acks (14451). Fern Ack and Hank Ack were sister and brother. Next to them were the Abts (14455) - Norman, my best friend in those early years. Mr Abt was a co-owner of Mor-Flo water heaters - one of the leasing heater companies. He always made great gardens, and I helped in those. And next to them were the Claystacks (14459). They had a large standard poodle. I really liked that dog. One day, the dog got out, and I chased the dog through our hood and over to Milton Rd. near Bellefaire. Ran through hedges and got all scratched up. Went back to the Claystacks, and their dog was inside their house. Don't know what happened to the other dog. On the corner of Whiton and Washington, on one side was a doctor (opposite my home). On the other corner was a wonderful old gentleman-who was in a wheelchair. Gave out the best trick-or treats!"

"It was a great neighborhood to grow up in. Much more relaxed than the the world of today. How I wish my grandkids can enjoy such un-supervised freedom, without having to worry about turning into the 6 o'clock news." 

Norman Abt, Menlo Park, Calif.

"Norman lives out in California. His mom passed away several years ago, but his dad married Mrs. Ann Roth - who lived 2 doors up the street. They may still live in the neighborhood. He has an older brother David and older sister Barb and younger sister Sheryl. Norm has a wife - Maggie. He is/was a physicist or astronomer." Rick Greene

"I remember Norm and I playing poker with other friends from school. Boy, it brings back memories." Ron Kraus

Dr. Thomas Fleeter, Reston, VA, with family, Orthopedic Surgeon

"Who would have figured that my fall from a skateboard in 8th grade while riding double with Valerie Iberall would have led me to meet an orthopedic surgeon who would later convince me to become an orthopedic surgeon as well." Tom Fleeter

"Tommy and I were skateboarding down the Persky's driveway when we were kids and I jumped off and he crashed and broke his leg and because of all the therapy that went along with it later became an orthopedic surgeon because of me! You are welcome Tommy.“ Val

The Basses

Ronnie Bass

Robin Bass

Mike Bass