Jeana Knighton Stanley

Earley. She passed away after an unexpected

health issue on June 26.

She graduated Chardon High School in 1983. Her

lifetime of over achievement began with a school

career that included honor roll, school newspaper,

band school plays, basketball, volleyball and track.

After graduating from the University of Toledo in

1987, her career started as a CPA in Cleveland at

Ernst & Young, then WUAB in Cleveland, WCPX in

Orlando and WKYC in Cleveland. She started

working for Hearst in 2004 at WBAL-TV in Baltimore.

She joined the Hearst TV corporate staff in New York

in 2007 and become part of the Hearst corporate

finance team in August of 2018.

She married Tim Knighton in 1992 and from that

union two children, Tyler and Hannah Knighton were

born. She vigorously supported her children’s

pursuits. Tyler graduated from University of South

Florida with a degree in environmental policy and

Hannah graduated from Jacksonville University with

degrees in marine biology and English. She is

completing a Master of Arts in Science Writing.

Jeana’s life was much more than her resume. She

was a person full of passion, always the life of any

party, the leader of any project and a friend of

everyone who crossed her path. Nobody can plan

events like family reunions, trips or special occasions

and execute them flawlessly like Jeana.

In 2003 she married her present husband Randal

Stanley, adding stepdaughters Rachel Williams and

Sarah Stanley to the family. He was her travel

partner, booster and best friend. Well, best friends

except for her cousin Darlene Tucker, Terry Moir,

Carol Hetman, Kim Kerr and the rest of her

Strongsville volleyball team. Randal accepted this

arrangement without complaint.

She was proceeded in death by her father Ronald

and brother Ronald “Skipper.” She is survived by

her mother, husband, children, stepchildren, brother

James Earley and his wife Roslyn and many aunts,

cousins and friends.

Jeana lived her life like there may not be a tomorrow,

I think you join us in describing her as the rock and

energetic force for so much good in this world. The

family would like to express our thanks to family and

friends for the overwhelming love and support.