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Patsy Irene Buchanan
Sep 28, 2010
Patsy Irene Buchanan (nee Ford-Doak), 67, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Mill Manor Nursing Home after a 2 year illness. She was born October 10, 1942 in Hotsprings, AR and had been a Vermilion resident most of her life. She graduated from Bowling Green State University. Patsy worked as a medical records specialist at St. Joseph...
Ruth Miller Ruetenik
Sep 28, 2010
Ruth Miller Ruetenik (nee Kishman) 97, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born on November 13, 1912 in Vermilion; and remained a lifelong resident. Ruth was the co-owner and operator of Ray E. Miller Hardware and Liquor store in Vermilion. She was a member of Vermilion Evangelical and...
Ruth A. Whyte
Sep 22, 2010
Ruth A. Whyte (nee Haag) 100, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Kingston of Vermilion. Born October 30, 1909 in Elyria, she had been a Vermilion resident since 2008 moving from Lorain. She graduated from Elyria High School. Ruth had worked for the pharmacy at Elyria Memorial Hospital and she had also worked for a dentist in...
James R. Brown
Sep 22, 2010
James Robert Brown II, 33, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at his home. Born June 17, 1977 in Oberlin, OH he had been a Vermilion and Amherst resident. James worked at Tuffy's Auto Body, Lorain and Tomco Tree Service. He was raised in the First Baptist Church of Vermilion and enjoyed hunting, fishing, motorcycles and race cars....
Edward F. West
Sep 19, 2010
Edward F. West, Jr. 60, of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 19, 2010 at his home after a lengthy illness. Born January 13, 1950 in Amherst, he had been a lifelong Vermilion resident. Ed worked for Ford Motor Co., Avon for many years as a transporter and had been a volunteer firefighter with Sheffield Twp. He enjoyed fishing, following the...
Charles Robert Lehner
Sep 10, 2010
Charles Robert Lehner, 63, of Lorain died Friday, September 10, 2010 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. Born July 3, 1947 in Delaware, Ohio he had been a Vermilion resident most of his life. Charles graduated from Vermilion High School in 1965. He was a veteran of the Army Reserves and had worked at...
Dean Louis Osberg
Sep 7, 2010
Dean Louis Osberg 74, of Lorain, formerly of Vermilion, died Tuesday, September 7, 2010 in Lorain after a lengthy illness. Born February 28, 1936 in Sandusky, OH he had lived in Vermilion until moving to Dataw Island, SC in 1988 and Sebastian, FL in 2002. He was a veteran of the US Coast Guard serving from 1954 to 1958....
Genevieve Mae Clark
Sep 5, 2010
Genevieve Mae Clark (nee Smith) 86, of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 5, 2010 at home. A lifelong resident of Vermilion, Genevieve Clark was a gifted musician and retired business owner. Her stores, the Musik Box Haus and Musik Box Doll Haus, delighted visitors in downtown Vermilion for nearly 20 years. She studied classical pipe organ at Oberlin Conservatory of...
Edward Nyfenger
Sep 4, 2010
Edward E. Nyfenger , age 90, of Vermilion, died Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Community Health Partners Emergency Room in the company of his daughter, Laurie, and son-in-law, Jeff, following a 6 month illness. Born August 25, 1920 in Cleveland, he was a graduate of Shaker Heights High School, where he was a track star, setting many state records,...
Rocky Dean Mercer
Aug 31, 2010
Rocky Dean Mercer, 53, succumbed to the complications of cancer after a long courageous fight August 31, 2010 at the Cleveland Clinic. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Claudia (nee Dusek); his three children, Brandon (Heather) of Mantua; Genevieve (Jeremy) of Vermilion, and Felicia of Vermilion; and grandsons Ethan and Aydenn. He is also survived by...
Alida Mae Leimbach
Aug 27, 2010
Alida Mae Leimbach (nee van der Oord) 83, of Brownhelm, died Friday, August 27, 2010 at her home after a short illness. Born December 31, 1926 in Detroit, she had been a Brownhelm resident most of her life. She graduated from Brownhelm High School Class of 1944. She was a member of the Brownhelm Congregational United Church of Christ...
Peter M Siano
Aug 26, 2010
Peter M. Siano, 97, of Vermilion, died Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. Born October 18, 1912 in Hazlet, NJ he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 21 years moving from Nutley, NJ. Peter owned and operated Siano Grocery Store in Newark, New Jersey for 40 years retiring in 1989, had...
Harry J. Pishura
Aug 24, 2010
Harry J. Pishura, 85, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at his home after a lengthy illness. Born August 27, 1924 in South Euclid, Ohio he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 25 years moving from Madison. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served as a pilot of B24 bombers during...
Brian Bachman
Aug 22, 2010
Brian L. Bachman, 33, of Sandusky, died Sunday, August 22, 2010 at his home. He was born January 15, 1977 in Amherst and had been a Sandusky resident for the past 8 years moving from Vermilion. He graduated from Vermilion High School, enjoyed the outdoors, and spending time with his dog, Stella. Brian worked as a plasterer for the...
Clarence Jacob Wolf
Aug 21, 2010
Clarence Jacob Wolf 86, of Vermilion, died Saturday, August 21, 2010 at Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, after a short illness. He was born April 9, 1924 in Lorain, Ohio, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 70 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving as an Electrician's Mate, 1st Class, during...
Michael A Carone
Aug 20, 2010
Michael A. Carone passed away Friday, August 20, 2010 at the New Life Hospice Center in Lorain after a courageous two year battle with cancer. He was born October 8, 1930 in Toledo, Ohio to Lorenzo and Vincenza (nee Ancona) Carone. He was a 1949 graduate of Toledo Macomber High School and a 1962 graduate of University of Toledo...

Carl Kovalick
Aug 18, 2010
Carl G. Kovalick 79, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010. He is survived by his sister, Mary Ann Grisez (John R. Knoll -Fiancé) ; and his beloved nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a nephew, Joseph Grisez, his parents John and Mary (nee Barney) Kovalick, brother John H. Kovalick, and sister Katherine Borovic. The family...

Irene M. Thomas
Aug 14, 2010
Irene M. Thomas (nee Horvath), 85, of Lorain, died Saturday, August 14, 2010 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. She was born September 4, 1924 in Lorain where she had been a life long resident. Irene graduated from Lorain High School and worked in the office at American Ship, Lorain. She had also...

Sandra Bradley
Aug 14, 2010
Sandra M. Bradley (nee Fosdeck), 74, of Amherst and formerly of Hamburg,NY died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at New Life Hospice, Lorain. Born July 24, 1934 in Olean, NY, she has been an Amherst resident for the past year moving from Florida and Hamburg, NY. Private family servcies will be held.
Anna Mae Baumbaugh
Aug 12, 2010
Anna Mae Baumbaugh (nee VanThorne) 98, of West Chester, Ohio, passed away peacefully Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Heritage Springs of West Chester.⯠Born April 17, 1912, in Sandusky she had been a West Chester (north of Cincinnati) resident for the past five years. Anna Mae grew up in Vermilion; her father's farm is now Beulah Beach.⯠She graduated...
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