Obituaries

Obituaries

Rush Williams

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

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

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

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

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...

Carla Widdowson

Carla Widdowson

Mar 17, 2011

Carla S. Widdowson, 72, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Carla was born September 1, 1938 in Indiana, PA. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 51 years, moving from Johnstown, Pa. She graduated from Dennison University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received a Masters...

Bertha C. 'Chip' Hofecker

Bertha C. 'Chip' Hofecker

Mar 10, 2011

Bertha C. "Chip" Hofecker (nee Engbert), 79, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. Bertha was born April 20, 1931 in Johnstown, PA, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 47 years moving from Indiana, PA. Bertha worked in the store at Miller's Orchard, Acme Market in the Meat...

Ernest Hobson

Ernest Hobson

Mar 9, 2011

Ernest Hobson Jr., 60, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Lake Pointe Health Center, Lorain after a lengthy illness. Ernest was born August 18, 1950 in Pikeville, KY and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 26 years moving from Sheffield Lake. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during Vietnam with the 101st...

Jonathan Merle Houff

Jonathan Merle Houff

Mar 8, 2011

Jonathan Merle Houff, 97, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Kingston Residence of Vermilion after a 2 month illness. Born October 12, 1913 in Lorain he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 60 years. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII. Jonathan worked as an inspector for the B&O Railroad for...

Dorothy Eleanor Scharra

Dorothy Eleanor Scharra

Mar 7, 2011

Dorothy Eleanor Scharra (nee Rugg), 95, of Vermilion, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. Dorothy was born August, 25 1915 in Buffalo, NY and had been a Vermilion resident for the past year moving from Buffalo, NY. She worked for Grace Parkridge United Church of Christ, Buffalo, NY as the Church Secretary...

Laura J. Joseph

Laura J. Joseph

Mar 7, 2011

Laura J. Joseph (nee Sedensky), 53, of Vermilion, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at Oak Hills Nursing Center after a short illness. She was born February 12, 1958 in Amherst and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 20 years moving from North Ridgeville and Elyria. Laura graduated from Elyria West in 1976. She worked at Giant Eagle...

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Mar 5, 2011

Robert Munson Brown, 87, of Vermilion, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011, at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain after a 5 month illness. Bob was born May 19, 1923 in Cortland, NY, to the late Samuel Keator and Agnes (nee McGraw) Brown. He earned an engineering degree from Cornell University and after graduation worked for Boeing and...

Glenni S Wilsey

Glenni S Wilsey

Mar 3, 2011

Glenni S Wilsey V, 20, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain. Glenni was born November 30, 1990 Pikeville, KT and had been a Vermilion resident most of his life. He worked as a nurse's assistant at Kingston of Vermilion (Inn at Chapel Creek). He had recently enlisted in the United States Army....

Ida Ruth Coolidge

Ida Ruth Coolidge

Feb 27, 2011

Ida Ruth Coolidge (nee Laurence), 90, of Vermilion, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center after a short illness. She was born April 21, 1920 in Cleveland and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 40 years moving from Euclid. During WWII Ida worked as a riveter on B-29 bomber wings at the bomber plant...

Arthur Berta

Arthur Berta

Feb 22, 2011

Arthur Berta, 93, passed away peacefully from old age on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home in Lorain. He was born on February 8, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from Brownhelm High School and was a Vermilion resident since the early 1930's. Arthur was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII and worked as...

Rodger Dotson Morgan

Rodger Dotson Morgan

Feb 19, 2011

Rodger Dotson Morgan,74, of Vermilion, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Lake Pointe Health Center after a lengthy illness. Rodger was born June 13, 1936 in Lorain, OH. He attended Lorain High School, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 38 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the US Marines. Rodger worked for Lorain...

Evelyn L. Maurer

Evelyn L. Maurer

Feb 19, 2011

Evelyn L. Maurer (nee Stokes), 92, of Vermilion, Ohio died Saturday, February 19, 2011 in Stein Hospice, Sandusky, Ohio. Evelyn was born July 13, 1918 in Dover Center, Ohio (now Westlake). Evelyn was a 1937 graduate of Vermilion High School, an 85 year member of the Vermilion Evangelical & Reformed Church and a member of Madeline Chapter #204, O....

Jose R Lopez

Jose R Lopez

Feb 12, 2011

Jose R. Lopez, 58, of Lorain, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain after a lengthy illness. Jose was born September 14, 1952 in Lares, Puerto Rico. He had been a Lorain resident for the past 50 years moving from Puerto Rico. He worked for Bob Evans, Amherst for 20 years retiring in 2009. Jose...

George E. Fletcher

George E. Fletcher

Feb 12, 2011

George E. Fletcher, 97, of Vermilion, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. George was born December 16, 1913 in Fryburg, PA; he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 41 years moving from Elyria. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII. George worked as an assembler for...

Debra Ann Leshinski

Debra Ann Leshinski

Feb 11, 2011

Debra Ann Leshinski, 47, of Toledo, died suddenly Friday, February 11, 2011 at her home after a lengthy illness. Debra was born March 19, 1963 in Elyria, OH and had been a Toledo resident for the past 25 years moving from Vermilion. She graduated from Vermilion High School and Toledo University. Debra worked as a Financial Secretary for Omni...

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