Obituaries

Obituaries

Jessica Marie Fernandez

Jessica Marie Fernandez

May 22, 2012

Jessica Marie Fernandez, 16, of Vermilion, died suddenly Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Jessica was born September 20, 1995 in Lorain and had been a Vermilion resident for 1 year moving from Amherst. She was an ecot online student, previously attended St. Joseph Elementary and Amherst Schools, and loved dancing modeling and horse back riding. She was a member of...

Calvin Phillips

Calvin Phillips

May 22, 2012

Calvin C. Phillips, 86, of Fairchance PA formerly of Brunswick, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Horizon Personal Care in Fairchance PA. Calvin was born April 18, 1926 in Point Marion, PA and had been a Brunswick resident for 40 years. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Calvin worked for Ford Motor in Cleveland for 30...

Hilary Nicole Mankin

Hilary Nicole Mankin

May 16, 2012

Hilary Nicole Mankin, 20, of Vermilion died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Bowling Green, Ohio after a brief illness. Hilary lived in Vermilion all of her life. . She graduated from Vermilion High School with the Class of 2010. She was a student at Bowling Green State University where she was majoring in drama and theater. Hilary was an...

Paul A. Hering

Paul A. Hering

May 16, 2012

Paul A. Hering, 61, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 after a motorcycle accident. Paul was born November 19, 1950 in Lorain, OH, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 13 years moving from Lorain. He worked for Ford Motor Co., Lorain on the assembly line retiring after 37 years. He was a member of the...

Dorothy M. Lengyel

Dorothy M. Lengyel

May 16, 2012

Dorothy M. Lengyel (nee Hauff), 92, of Wakeman, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the home of her son in Plymouth, Ohio after a 5 month illness. Dorothy was born December 15, 1919 in Vermilion Township. She had been a Birmingham resident since 1940. She was a member of Birmingham United Methodist Church. She had her own greenhouse and...

Bobby Stidham

Bobby Stidham

May 15, 2012

Bobby Gene Stidham Sr., 81, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Bob was born March 8, 1931 in Wise Co. , VA and spent his childhood in Jenkins, KY. He had been a Vermilion resident for the past 49 years moving from Huron. He was a veteran of the...

Esther Viola Jackson

Esther Viola Jackson

May 15, 2012

Esther Viola Jackson (nee Krapp), 98, of Vermilion, departed this earth Tuesday evening, May 15, 2012 at Mercy Regional Hospital after a sudden illness. Esther was born February 25, 1914 at the family home on Grand Street. She was the ninth child of George B. and Dora A. Krapp (nee Jaeger). Esther graduated from the Vermilion High School in...

Evelyn Iris Horner

Evelyn Iris Horner

May 14, 2012

Infant Evelyn Iris Horner, of Lorain, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her parents, David Horner and Candace Gulas- Mulica of Lorain; a brother, Jacob Mulica at home; maternal grandfather, John Gulas, Huron; paternal grandparents, Ernest and Joan Horner of Vermilion; great grandmother, Kitty Watson, Vermilion; aunts; uncles and cousins. She...

Julia Margaret Winson

Julia Margaret Winson

May 13, 2012

Julia Margaret Winson (nee Kotora), 89, of Vermilion, died Sunday, May 13, 2012 at New Life Hospice, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born February 19, 1923 in Lakewood, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 60 years moving from Michigan. Julia worked for Thew Shovel as a Machinist for 30 years. She was a member...

Lloyd 'Hap' Adams

Lloyd 'Hap' Adams

May 10, 2012

Dr. Lloyd Gene "Hap" Adams, DC, formerly of Vermilion, died at his home in West Palm Beach, FL on May 10, 2012 at the age of 79 while holding the hand of the former Jerri Zalar, his wife of 48 years. Hap was born in Oklahoma City, OK on February 16, 1933 and grew up in Independence, MO, graduating...

Marie Kathryn Rhodes

Marie Kathryn Rhodes

May 8, 2012

Marie Kathryn Rhodes (nee Evans), 92, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at New Life Hospice after a 9 year illness. Marie was born August 3, 1919 in Baltimore, MD. She had been a Vermilion resident since 1938. She enjoyed knitting and reading. She is survived by her son, Robert Rhodes of Vermilion; daughter, Margaret Rhodes of Vermilion;...

Agnes Rose Kishman

Agnes Rose Kishman

May 8, 2012

Agnes Rose Kishman (nee Schmitz), 91, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Firelands Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Agnes was born November 1, 1920 in Amherst, and had been a Vermilion Township resident since 1948. . She was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard serving during World War II. She was a member...

Roberta Dean

Roberta Dean

May 7, 2012

Roberta. Dean (nee Bullard ), 81, formerly of Vermilion and New London died May 7, 2012 at New London Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. Roberta was born October 27, 1930 in Cleveland and had lived in Vermilion most of her life moving to New London to live with her daughter. She was a mental health worker...

Don Kaltenbach

Don Kaltenbach

May 7, 2012

Don Kaltenbach, 84, of Vermilion, died Monday, May 7, 2012 at Stein Hospice, Sandusky after a lengthy illness. Don was born October 25, 1927 in Fostoria, OH and had been a Vermilion resident for 54 years, moving from Tiffin. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Korean War as a corporal. Don worked as the...

Joseph Pritt

Joseph Pritt

May 4, 2012

Joseph M. Pritt, 63, of Rotonda West, FL, formerly of Vermilion, died Friday, May 4, 2012 at EMH Regional Health Center after a 12 year illness. Joseph was born August 30, 1948 in Charleston, W V. He had been a Florida resident for the past 10 years moving from Vermilion, OH, where he lived most of his life. He...

Craig R. Caire

Craig R. Caire

May 4, 2012

Craig R. Caire, 73, of Elyria died Friday, May 4, 2012 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after losing his battle with cancer. He was born September 2, 1938 in Westwego, Louisiana and was always proud of his Southern heritage. He lived in Vermillion the past 43 years (until recently) and loved to compete in local running...

Marian Louise Greene

Marian Louise Greene

May 3, 2012

Marian Louise Greene (nee Lohr), 96, of Vermilion, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Mercy Regional Hospital after a sudden illness. She was born May 30, 1915 in Vermilion, OH, where she had been a life long resident. Marian graduated from MB Johnson School of Nursing Class of 1936 and worked as a Registered Nurse at Elyria Memorial Hospital,...

Ernest L. Ratliff

Ernest L. Ratliff

Apr 27, 2012

Ernest L. Ratliff, 63, of Vermilion, died Friday, April 27, 2012 after an automobile accident. He was born June 9, 1948 in Raven, Virginia, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 49 years moving from Raven, Virginia. Ernie worked as a Concrete Mixer Truck Driver for Hull's and Consumer's Builders Supply for 32 years retiring in 2010....

Dorothy Ann Koontz

Dorothy Ann Koontz

Apr 25, 2012

Dorothy Ann Koontz (nee Schroeder), 88, of Huron, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Stein Hospice after a short illness. She was born October 18, 1923 in Lakewood , OH and has been a Huron resident for the past 37 years, moving from Vermilion in 1975. Dorothy grew up in Vermilion graduating from VHS in 1941. She attended Wooster...

Mary E. Hamrlik

Mary E. Hamrlik

Apr 24, 2012

Mary E. Hamrlik (nee Gerega), 87 of Lorain, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Anchor Lodge Retirement Village where she had been a resident for the past 4 years. She was born July 21, 1924 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania where she was raised and married her late husband Steven R. Hamrlik in 1941. Mary was a member of the Catholic...

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