JAMES D. ATHERTON born in Browder, KY to the late Hettie (nee Tucker) and Homer. Beloved husband of Nancy (Clare); loving father of Lisa Smith (Ken) and Lora Atherton; step-father of Walter Clare, Cindy Pikovsky (Michael), Vicki Unterbrink (Roger), Paul Clare and Matthew Clare (Doris); grandfather of Adam and Charlotte Albainy, Amalie Eichas (Brian), Ariel and Callie Smith, Lt. Col. Lee Clare (Nella), Jennifer Clare, Michele Pikovsky, Will Clare, Erin Clare Sconberg (Brian) and David Karkoff (Jean); great-grandfather of Caleb and Jacob Eichas, Luca and Giana Clare, Reesie, Javin, and Alaina Karkoff and a dearly loved part of our family Cathy Mittler; brother of Josephine Finnen, Myrtle Dobson and the late Betsy Butts, Gwen Jones and an infant brother. Passed away September 3, 2014. U.S. Army Veteran. James had a 46-year career at Penton Publishing. When he retired to Naples, FL for winters, he always loved coming back to the Cleveland area which he loved, residing most of his life in Bay Village and Westlake. He was a member of the American Legion and Lakewood Country Club. Mass of Christian Burial Saturday September 13 St. Ladislas Church (2345 Bassett Rd) at 11:00 A.M. Inurnment St. Joseph Cemetery, Avon, OH. If you wish, memorials can be made to St. Ladislas Church in his name.