Frederick J. Stevens
May 13, 2011
Frederick James Stevens, Jr., 68, of Vermilion, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at his home. Fred was born July 21, 1942 in Elyria and worked as an inspector for Bettcher Industries. He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving from 1960-1963. He was preceded in death by his wife, Debra Stevens, March 24, 2011 and his parents,...
Lillian May Showman
May 11, 2011
Lillian May Showman (nee Hillen), 76, of Wakeman, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at EMH Regional Health Center after a 6 month illness. Lillian was born June 1, 1934 in Indian Head, PA and has been a Wakeman area resident for the past 60 years. Lillian had worked at Kathy's Kitchen, Vermilion, Green Circle Growers and Welch's Fruit Farm....
Helen Nestor
May 9, 2011
Wakeman- Helen (Lorenz) Nestor, 82, died peacefully at her Florence Township home Monday evening May 9,2011. She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio February 5, 1929 to Thomas Francis and Clara Emma (Webber) Lorenz. She was a Licensed Professional Counselor and served as a teacher and a guidance counselor for many years in the Firelands and Vermilion School Systems, and...
Carolyn V. Cottrell
May 6, 2011
Carolyn V. Cottrell (nee Fisher), 69, of Vermilion, went home Friday, May 6, 2011 after a long illness. Born October 23, 1941 in Cedarville, WV, she had been a Vermilion resident for the past 51 years moving from Huron. She was a homemaker and loving mother. She is survived by her husband of 52 years Harold Cottrell; daughters, Diane...
Thomas Gerald Pudloski
May 4, 2011
Thomas Gerald Pudloski, 70, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a two year illness with renal cell cancer. Born January 1, 1941 in Ravenna, Ohio he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 27 years moving from Mayfield Hts. He was a veteran of the United States Navy....
Tammi Lee Board
May 3, 2011
Tammi Lee Board (nee Branscum), 52, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at her home after a 2 year illness. Born November 1, 1958 in Oberlin, she had been a Vermilion resident for the past 30 years moving from South Amherst. Tammi worked for the Vermilion Schools as a bus driver for 20 years retiring in 2011. She...
Marjorie Sniezek
May 2, 2011
Marjorie E. Sniezek (nee Siebert ), 88, of Lorain, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center, Lorain after a lengthy illness. Marjorie was born September 6, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Joseph and Catherine (nee Lynch) Siebert. She resided in Glassboro, NJ for 30 years and moved to Lorain in 1956. She graduated from...
Kenneth Bailey
Apr 30, 2011
Kenneth D. Bailey, 79, of Lorain, died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky after a lengthy illness. Born September 18, 1931 in Ivyton, KY he had been a Lorain resident for the past 54 years moving from West Virginia . Kenneth was a veteran of the United States Army. He served during the Korean War...
Jack Valentine
Apr 27, 2011
Jack L. Valentine, 74, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Elyria Memorial Hospital after complications due to a lengthy illness with Multiple Sclerosis. Born August 18, 1936 in Bradford, PA, he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 34 years moving from Cleveland. He was a veteran of the US Army serving from 1959 to 1962....
Evelyn V. Kocian
Apr 23, 2011
Evelyn Virginia Kocian (nee Lizalek ), 89, died Saturday, April 23, 2011 at Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. Born August 10, 1921 in Erin, NY, she had been a Vermilion and Westlake resident for the past two years moving from Oklahoma City, OK and Delray Beach, FL. Evelyn graduated from Watkins Glenn High School, Watkins Glenn NY...
Charlotte Rusin
Apr 14, 2011
Charlotte V. "Lottie" Rusin (nee Trunice ), 92, of Lorain, OH, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at the Country Club Retirement Center, Ashtabula, OH, moving there from the Anchor Lodge Retirement Village. Charlotte was born August 29, 1918 in S. Amherst, OH to the late Joseph and Pauline (nee Yuricz) Trunice. She graduated from South High School in...
Joanne M. Kamholz
Apr 9, 2011
Joanne M. Kamholz (nee Lindstrom), 72, of Vermilion, was called home to the Lord Saturday, April 9, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph surronded by her loving family after a long battle with lung disease. Born November 14, 1938 in Bowmansville, NY, she had been a Vermilion resident for 45 years moving from Lorain. She was...
Marceline D. Gray
Apr 8, 2011
Marceline D. Gray (nee Laws), 82, of Vermilion, died Friday, April 8, 2011 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Marceline was born December 7, 1928 in Harlan County, Kentucky. She had been a Vermilion resident since 1986 moving from Harlan County. She worked as a private duty nurse, worked in a doctor's office, and in Harlan Hospital,...
Edwin Rivera
Apr 8, 2011
Edwin Rivera,74, of Vermilion, died Friday, April 8, 2011 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Born June 20, 1936 in Mayaguez Puerto Rico, he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 35 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the US Army. Edwin worked at the Morning Journal as a pressman for 35 years....
Donald A. Chevalier
Apr 8, 2011
Donald A. Chevalier, 73, of Vermilion, died Friday, April 8, 2011 at his home after a lengthy illness. Born February 23, 1938 in North Irwin, PA, he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 42 years moving from North Irwin, PA. He was a veteran of the US Army and the Army National Guard. Don worked as a...
Martin 'Marty' Fisher
Apr 7, 2011
Martin Blaine Fisher, 69, of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 7, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a one and a half year battle with cancer. Born April 14, 1941 in Gassaway, WV, he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 33 years moving from Lorain. Martin worked for the City of Vermilion in the...
Teddy Tokarczyk
Apr 3, 2011
Teddy J. Tokarczyk, age 80, of Lorain passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Lorain on November 22, 1930 to the late Joseph and Anna (nee Jakubowski) Tokarczyk. Teddy was a custodian at St. Adelbert's Church in Berea, and had also been employed by Fruehauf Trucking, and...
Marion Winterfield
Apr 3, 2011
Marion Winterfield (nee Judson), 87, of Vermilion, died Sunday, April 3, 2011 at her home after a lengthy illness. Marion was born in Cleveland and had been a Vermilion resident since 1975. Marion worked for The Sherwin-Williams Company in the booking-accounting department for 26 years. She was a member of Birmingham Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and engaged in preaching...
Lucy Lee Joyce Idol
Apr 2, 2011
Lucy Lee Joyce Idol, founder of the Lucy Idol Center, passed away peacefully at her home in Vermilion on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Lucy had celebrated her 90th birthday on October 12, 2010 at a party held in her honor at the Lucy Idol Center. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Winston Salem, North Carolina...
Bronislaw Krol
Mar 31, 2011
Bronislaw "Bruno" Krol, 89, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center, Lorain after a lengthy illness. Bruno was born July 26, 1921 in Zawada, Poland, to the late Jan and Maria (nee Dyrkowna) Krol and left there at the start of W.W. II. He and his family were captured by the Russians and...
