Fred Bratschi
Aug 2, 2013
Fred E. Bratschi , 93, formerly of Brownhelm Township, died Friday, August 2, 2013 at the Ohio Veteran's Home, Sandusky where he had been a resident for the past 6 years. Fred was born February 19, 1920 in Cleveland, OH, and had been a lifelong Brownhelm Township resident before moving to the veteran's home. He was a veteran of...
Virginia E. Reese
Jul 30, 2013
Virginia E. "Babe" Reese (nee DelSignore), 83, of Lorain, passed away after a short illness on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. She was surrounded by her loving family. Virginia was born on March 12, 1930 in Lorain and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of the Catholic Church of St. Peter. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with...
Olen Abercrombie
Jul 26, 2013
Olen Abercrombie, 58, of Vermilion, died Friday July 26, 2013, at Mercy Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Olen was born August 4, 1954 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, moving to Ohio in 1955. He was a graduate of Admiral King High School, and attended Ohio University, majoring in engineering. He worked for Higbee's, and Napa Auto Parts in...
Albert Allen Bias
Jul 24, 2013
Albert "Allen" Bias, 49, of Collins, died Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at his home after a 3 year illness. Allen was born January 30, 1964 in Hamlin, WV. He had been a Collins resident since 2002 moving from Berlin Heights. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Albert worked as a Crane operator for Leimeister Crane Service,...
William Edward Bassett
Jul 23, 2013
William Edward Bassett, 93, of Tallmadge, died Monday, July 22, 2013 at Essex Healthcare of Tallmadge after a lengthy illness. William was born June 29, 1920 in Cleveland. He was one of eight children with one sister remaining. He had lived in Beulah Beach, Vermilion, Ohio, since 1984 moving from Brookpark. He was a veteran of the United States...
Stephany G. Kurowski
Jul 22, 2013
Stephany G. Kurowski (nee Tesarek ), 92, of Lorain, passed away Monday, July 22, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Lorain October 30, 1920. In being the prototypical Grandma, Stephany smiled through each day with only kind words to say to everyone she came in contact with. Complaints were not in her vocabulary and she wished no...
Angela Mary Springowski
Jul 21, 2013
Angela Mary Springowski died on July 21, 2013 at New Life Hospice following a brief illness. She was born in Lorain on August 14, 1918 to Michael and Jadwiga Maziarz but was raised in Zarzecze, Poland. She came back to Lorain in 1932. Angie enjoyed cooking, traveling and gardening and had an incredible passion for slot machines! She lived...
Mary Ellen Ayars
Jul 17, 2013
Mary Ellen Ayars (nee Gunderson ), 90, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at her home in Kingston Residence of Vermilion. Mary Ellen was born in Madison, WI, Aug 21, 1922 and has lived in San Antonio, TX, Clarksville, IN, Dearborn, MI and Wakeman, OH. Vermilion, her last home, was her final residence since 1961. Mary Ellen earned...
Charles Louis Renouard
Jul 16, 2013
Charles Louis Renouard Charles transitioned from this life on July 16, 2013 at the age of 86 years old. He was born in Elyria, Ohio on May 22, 1927. Chuck was a veteran serving in the Merchant Marines and the US Army during the Korean War. He met the love of his life, Fay Hebert, at a USO dance...
Gary Hamza
Jul 12, 2013
Gary Hamza, 70, of Florence Township, died Friday, July 12, 2013 at his home . Gary was born Gerfried Klaus Bansbach on May 19, 1943 in Karls Ruhe, Germany. He emigrated to the United States with his Mother in 1948, was adopted by his step father in 1949 with name change to Gary, and became a United States Citizen...
Gertrude Baron
Jul 11, 2013
Gertrude Baron (nee Peganz), 87, of Vermilion, died Thursday, July 11, 2013 at Towne Center Main Street Care Center in Avon Lake. Gertrude was born September 30, 1925 in Leoben, Austria. She moved to the United States in 1960 from England and had lived in Vermilion since 1962. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion and...
Katherine E. Elker
Jul 10, 2013
Katherine Elizabeth Elker (nee Leach), 60, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, July 10, 2013 after a lengthy illness. Katherine was born July 23, 1952 in Morgantown, WV. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 23 years and had lived in Texas, Florida and West Virginia. Katherine worked as a house painter for Ken Cassel. She loved arts and...
Joseph R. Mannillo
Jul 6, 2013
Joseph R. Mannillo, 91, of Amherst, died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at EMH Elyria Medical Center after a short illness. Joseph was born June 3, 1922 in Lorain, and had been a lifelong Lorain resident moving to Amherst last year. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was extremely proud of his service during W.W. II....
Robert Williams
Jul 6, 2013
Robert A. Williams ("Pro") Robert -- affectionately known as "Pro" -- lived an active and compassionate life from November 25, 1922 through his death on July 6, 2013. Born in Lorain, Ohio, he graduated from Lorain High School in 1941. Bob took great pride in his role during World War II with the 69th Infantry Division, serving with the...
Wilda M. Hubach
Jun 27, 2013
Wilda May Hubach (nee Clodwick), 93, of Vermilion, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. Wilda was born May 14, 1920 in Wellington, OH. She had been a Vermilion resident and also lived in Melbourne, Fl for many years. She is survived by her son, James (Lynette) Hubach of...
Lance Douglas Teaman
Jun 24, 2013
Lance Douglas Teaman, 65, of Sheffield Lake died Monday, June 24, 2013 at his home after a lengthy illness. Lance was born on March 13, 1948 in Lorain and had been a Sheffield Lake resident the last 3 years moving from Findlay, Ohio. He owned his own architectural firm and had also been the associate architect for Bowling Green...
Hughey Ellsworth Kirkwood
Jun 23, 2013
Hughey E. Kirkwood Jr., 69, of Sheffield Lake, died Sunday, June 23, 2013 at his home after a lengthy illness. Hughey was born Sept. 15, 1943 in Euclid, Ohio. He had been a Sheffield Lake resident for the past 3 years and had lived on Cleveland's East side and Vermilion. He was a veteran of the United States Army...
Larry Dale Morris
Jun 19, 2013
Larry Dale Morris, 55, of Lorain, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at his home after a sudden illness. Larry was born May 30, 1958 in Clay County, WV. He had been a Lorain resident for the past 25 years, moving from Amherst. Larry worked for Chris's Restaurant as a cook since 1981. He was a member of Everspring Baptist...
Bonnie Jean Kudela
Jun 15, 2013
Bonnie Jean Kudela (nee Cox), 79, of Vermilion, died Saturday, June 15, 2013 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. She was born August 12, 1933 in Indianapolis, IN, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 60 years. Bonnie owned and operated the Encore Shoppe, Vermilion for 44 years, retiring in 2006....
John Samual Franklin
Jun 12, 2013
John Samuel Franklin, 88, of Lorain, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at Kingston Residence of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born June 28, 1924 in Batesville, MS, and had been a Lorain resident for the past 53 years recently moving to Vermilion. John was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII. John worked for Ford...
