About Joseph O'Sickey

  • Biography

    Following is the obituary of the artist by Steven Litt, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 22, 2013

    Joseph O'Sickey was a leading Northeast Ohio artist beloved for his approachable vision:

    Joseph O'Sickey, the much beloved Northeast Ohio artist who depicted his backyard garden in Twin Lakes as an earthly paradise, and whose work radiated the warmth of his long and happy marriage to his late wife, Algesa O'Sickey, died Monday after a two-year battle with lymphoma. He was 94.

    O'Sickey was admitted to hospice care on Thursday at Robertson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, said his longtime friend, Cleveland Heights architect Robert Blatchford.

    "He was like a father to me," Blatchford said Monday. "I grew up withou...

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