Obituaries
Obituaries
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...
Saranne Riggs
Mar 31, 2011
Saranne Riggs (nee Harvey), 70, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at New Life Hospice, Lorain after a lengthy illness. Saranne was born January 10, 1941 in LaGrange, Ohio. She has been an area resident most of her life. Saranne worked for Firelands High School as a custodian. She also worked for Harrison Manufacturing, McGarvies Restaurant and Burger...
Cecilia Margaret Fabrizio
Mar 30, 2011
Cecilia Margaret Fabrizio (nee Zappa ), age 99, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Bath Manor Nursing Home in Akron, OH where she had been a resident for the past 2 years, prior to that living with loving care with her daughter for 4 years. Cecilia was born November 27, 1911 in Glenco,OH, to the late...
Ruth E. Fletcher
Mar 29, 2011
Ruth E. Fletcher (nee Long), 86, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Kingston Residence of Vermilion. Ruth was born November 23, 1924 in Carnegie, PA, She had been a Vermilion resident since 1969 moving from Elyria. . She is survived by her son, William Renick of Butler, PA; sister, Lillian Brown of Poland, OH, 5 grandchildren and...
Robert A. Braden
Mar 28, 2011
Robert A Braden, Jr. 68, of Lorain, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at Amherst Specialty Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born May 21, 1942 in Burbank, CA, he had been a Vermilion resident for 41 years moving to Oberlin for 9 years and recently moving to Lorain. Robert graduated from Vermilion High School in 1961 and began working as...
Debra Stevens
Mar 24, 2011
Debra Stevens (nee Ashley), 56, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 at her home. Debra was born October 7, 1954 in Madison, OH. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 26 years Debra was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Lorain. She enjoyed growing roses and making beaded jewelry. She is survived by her husband,...
Rush Williams
Mar 22, 2011
Rush E. Williams Sr., 65, of Sheffield Lake, died unexpectedly Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at his residence. He was born April 3, 1945 in Logan County, WV to the late Denny and Ruby (nee Adkins) Williams and had been a Sheffield Lake resident for the past 26 years. Rush worked for Arrow Aluminum Casting Co., Avon Lake, for 39...
John Richard Friel
Mar 22, 2011
John Richard Friel III, 42, of Monroeville, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 after a lengthy battle with MS at his home in Monroeville where he has lived the past 10 years. He was a supervisor at Lorain Ford Motor, Sandusky Ford Motor, a Ford Plant in Michigan and Bellevue Visteon. Born April 26, 1968 in Lorain, he was raised...
Mary Langham
Mar 20, 2011
Mary M. Langham (nee Mundy), 81, of Vermilion, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. Born December 31, 1929 in Nelsonville, OH, she had been a Vermilion resident for the past 47 years moving from Lorain. Mary was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregational, Vermilion and...
Florence Maiden
Mar 19, 2011
Dombrowski-Riddle 1939 Oberlin Avenue Lorain, OH 44052 (440) 246-2314 (440) 967-4040 Florence R. (nee Bylicki) Maiden , age 96, of Gahanna, OH and formerly of Lorain, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011 at her residence. She was born July 30, 1914 in Lorain to the late Joseph and Rose (nee Nowicki) Bylicki, and had lived in Gahanna for the...
Elmer Dean Martin
Mar 17, 2011
Elmer Dean Martin, 64, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. Elmer was born August 25, 1946 in Hindman, KY; he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 58 years. He graduated from Vermilion High School in 1965. Elmer worked for Ford Automotive Plant in Lorain...
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