Evan H Komito

Evan Harris Komito died on October 7th, 2025. He was a loving and attentive husband, a caring and thoughtful father and stepfather, and an adoring grandfather. He battled Parkinson’s disease for many years.

Evan was born 1947, and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, the fourth of five children of Morton and Fay (Sobel) Komito: Sharon Smith, Vicki Cantor, Gail Warshaw (deceased) and Ron (Mary) Komito.

He was among the first students to attend Milliken Elementary School and later attended Monticello Middle School and Cleveland Heights High School. He graduated in 1965 and went on to study mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

His passion for problem-solving led him into the new field of computer science and engineering and a long career that began with punch cards and room-sized terminals, involved some high-level work for defense contractors, and ended designing databases for Case Western Reserve University.

In 1972, Evan married Shelly Lefton. Together they raised their children, Jeremy and Lauren, in Upper Merion, PA, near Philadelphia. His children fondly remember a childhood of baseball games, apple orchards, whitewater rafting, and camping. The Phillies figured prominently in those days, and Evan would enjoy each game in scientific fashion, by meticulously keeping score. His children never quite took to that level of engagement with baseball, but they remain fans, nonetheless.

Though his first marriage ended, Evan would fall in love again. Just weeks before his 50th birthday, he went on a first date that would change the course of his life, ultimately leading him back to Cleveland Heights. He went out that day with Jewel Moulthrop, and exactly 17 years after that first date, they were married. In the intervening years, they became grandparents, moved back to his hometown, and settled into a full life of theater, concerts, book clubs, film groups, travel, and baseball. Always baseball.

Known as Zayde to his grandchildren, Evan delighted in watching them grow. He particularly enjoyed leading Passover seders, creating and reading from a Haggadah custom-made for their delight.

His memory will be a blessing to his wife Jewel; his surviving siblings; his grandchildren: Reece, Nico, Elisa, Hayley, Gabriel, Sarah, Isabelle, and Ivy; his children: Jeremy (Jennifer) Komito and Lauren Komito; Jewel’s children: Peter (Tava) Auslan, William Moulthrop, and Dan (Dorothy) Moulthrop; and his nephews: Jeff Komito, David Komito, Michael Oliver, Steven Oliverio, Scott Cantor, and Brian

A memorial service is being planned for later this Fall. Donations in Evan’s memory can be made to InMotion, in Beachwood, Ohio, whose mission is to help people with Parkinson’s disease feel better every day.

Arrangements entrusted to Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel.