Sonia Ann Solomonoff, 92, of Wooster passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Brookdale after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
She was born July 5, 1933 in Cleveland to Edward and Josephine Andel.
Sonia was a former resident of Richfield; she graduated from Revere High School then moved to Cleveland. She received a B.S. from Kent State and Master degrees in both Social Science and Library Science from Case Western Reserve University. She had a long career and retired as a librarian from the law library at Case Western Reserve University in 1999. Sonia moved to Wooster in 2001 where she volunteered at the Fredericksburg Community Library and Wooster Community Hospital. She was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County and a former member of the Wayne County Democratic Women’s Caucus.
She was a very generous, caring, humanitarian as she donated not only her time and skills to many, many organizations.
Sonia is survived by her son Alex Solomonoff of Somerville, MA; daughter-in-law Carola Solomonoff of Nassau, NY; nieces Amy Boreman of Wooster, Kay (Robert) Moore of Charlotte, NC, Coral Eash of Orrville, Diana (Alan) Millington of Powell; nephews Steve (Julie) Raines of Shirley, AR, Keith Wilson of Grafton, WV and her longtime good friend Betty Schuler of Wooster.
She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter Nicole; son David; sister Barbara Wilson; brother-in-law Robert C. Wilson.
Private family services will be held.
McIntire, Bradham & Sleek Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster is assisting the family.
The family requests the in lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed to the Wayne County Humane Society, 1161 Mechanicsburg Rd., Wooster, OH 44691 or to Friends of the Wooster Library, 304 N. Market St., Wooster, OH 44691 or to Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare, 1900 Akron Rd., Wooster, OH 44691.
The family would like to offer a special thanks to the teams at Brookdale and to Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare for all their love and support over the years.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.mcintirebradhamsleek.com
I’m sorry to hear Sonia passed. I worked before her ar the hospital.
So impressed with all that Sonia accomplished in her life. She was a very good person. And I know that her son David (my late husband) loved her deeply.
My dearest neighbor Sonia had a great love for all things beautiful. She missed her garden in Cleveland and attempted to cram in many of her loves in her tiny bed at the condos in Wooster she joined us on the HOA board for 3 years and helped add some color to the fronts of the buildings and gazebo in fact this spring I grew some tomatoes and basil under a plant light she gave me
I loved visiting her and her cats and we had some nice meals together
During Covid she gratiously accepted many offerings from my kitchen which may not all have been that great!
I will miss her as a most gentle and caring friend Ken McDonald Wooster
I worked with Sonia at Case Western Reserve, and she inspired me to learn about library cataloging. I’m sorry to hear of her passing.
I worked with Sonia for 10 years at Case Western University Law Library. She was very patient and I don’t recall Sonia ever saying anything unkind or disagreeable. She was a very knowledgeable law librarian and was highly regarded by her colleagues. Even more important, she was liked and respected by her co-workers. I had stayed in touch with Sonia after her retirement and I shall miss her.