Josephus Cornelis Vandengoorbergh
Dec 18, 2009
Josephus "Joe" Cornelis Vandengoorbergh, Past Commander of AMVETS, 72 of Vermilion, died Friday, December 18, 2009 at home surrounded by his family and loved ones while under the care of Western Reserve Hospice. He was born March 1, 1937 in Haarlem, Netherlands and for the past 40 years resided in Vermilion. Joe was European educated, spoke 3 languages, served...
Lillian T. Gibson
Dec 17, 2009
Lillian T. Gibson (nee Kapron), 92 of Lorain, died on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at Kingston of Vermilion following a brief illness. She was born on January 8, 1917 in Buffalo, New York. She was raised in Lorain, then later moved to Weslaco, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona. She was employed as a punch press operator at General Motors in...
Jean M. Beursken
Dec 17, 2009
Jean M Beursken (nee Horning), 76 of Vermilion, died Thursday, December 17, 2009 in at her home after a 11 month illness. She was born March 8, 1933 in Lakewood and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 55 years. She worked in Vermilion Schools cafeteria for 21 years retiring in 1993. She was a member of St....
June N. Varadi
Dec 13, 2009
June N. Varadi (nee Logan Myers), 94 of Lorain, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 in Community Health Partners following a short illness. She was born August 10, 1915 in Cuyahoga Falls and lived most of her life in Lorain. June was a homemaker to her three children and found her greatest joy in life in spending time with her...
Phyllis L. Blackwell
Dec 9, 2009
Phyllis L. Blackwell (nee Laurie), 94, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born May 29, 1915 in Orono, Maine, lived most of her life in Kipton and Eustis, FL and had lived in Vermilion the past 19 years. She worked as a 4th grade teacher in Midview...
Becky Ann Hausserman
Dec 7, 2009
Becky Ann Hausserman, 39 of Cary, North Carolina, formerly of Vermilion, died Monday, December 7, 2009 in Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born October 1, 1970 in Cleveland and lived in Michigan until moving to Vermilion in 1984. She moved to North Carolina 3 years ago. She graduated from Vermilion High School in...
Daniel L. Bollinger
Dec 5, 2009
Daniel L. Bollinger, 65 of Vermilion, died Saturday, December 5, 2009 in Community Health Partners following a lengthy illness. He was born March 27, 1944 in Mansfield and has lived in Vermilion for the past 30 years. Danny served for 4 years in both the United States Army and the Peace Corps. He worked as an accountant for several...
Hilda Jean Arnold
Dec 3, 2009
ARNOLD Hilda Jean Arnold, 95 of Avon Lake, formerly of Brookville, died Wednesday, December 3, 2009 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph She was born in Cincinnati, lived in Avon Lake since 2004 and spent most of her life in Brookville, Ohio. She was the beloved wife of George Arnold; dear mother of David (Lois) Arnold of Vermilion;...
Florence Mildred Craig
Nov 26, 2009
Florence Mildred Craig (nee Eutsey), 95, of Vermilion, died Thursday, November 26, 2009 at the Inn at Chappel Creek, Vermilion. She was born March 19, 1914 in White, PA. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 3 months moving from Clarksfield where she made her home for 40 years. She was a member of Methodist Church in...
Melvin R. Jackson
Nov 26, 2009
Melvin R. Jackson, 88 of Vermilion, died Thursday, November 26, 2009 in Amherst Manor Retirement Community after a lengthy illness. He was born September 26, 1921 in Kipton, OH and spent most of his life as a Vermilion resident, living in Norwalk for 10 years. Melvin was a veteran of the US Army. He served during WWII in the...
Charlotte D. Zakowski
Nov 23, 2009
Charlotte D. Zakowski passed on Monday, November 23, 2009. Charlotte (Chuckie) has dedicated her life to her husband, John Zakowski and her two daughters, Jacqueline Cooper of Spring Hill, Florida and Charlene Swendsboe of Nashua, New Hampshire and her 5 grandchildren and new great-grandson. Charlotte gave unselfishly to the City of Lorain. In 1960, she was the first woman...
John Leonard Ratliff
Nov 17, 2009
John Leonard Ratliff, 56 of Vermilion, passed away Monday, November 16, 2009 at his home after fighting a courageous battle with multiple myeloma. He was born May 21, 1953 in Welch, West Virginia and had been a resident of Vermilion since 1964. He graduated from Vermilion High School in 1971, attended Miami University (Ohio) and graduated from Asbury College...
Raymond C. Boyd
Nov 17, 2009
Raymond C. Boyd, 72, of Milan, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Fisher-Titus Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born July 6, 1937 in Dana, Kentucky, and had lived in Vermilion since the 1960's. He worked in the paint department, and was a line transfer and utility relief set up man for Ford Motor, Lorain, for 30...
Woodrow Wright
Nov 5, 2009
Woodrow "Woody" Wright, 92, of Lorain, died Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky after a short illness. He was born Feb. 5, 1917 in Gassaway, W.V. and has been a life long Lorain resident. Woody was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII. He worked for National Tube, Lorain as a crane operator...
Bonnie Ann Greenwood Paterson
Nov 4, 2009
Bonnie Ann Greenwood Paterson, 60, died on November 4, 2009 from complications of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. She had resided in Vermilion, Ohio and Mercer Island, Washington. Bonnie loved her family, friends, homes, church and the occasional stray pet. She thoroughly enjoyed good music, dance, theater, books, travel, cooking and a good glass of wine. Her humor was quick and sarcastic;...
Kenneth Lee Brock
Nov 3, 2009
Kenneth Lee Brock, Sr., 63 of Wakeman, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009 in Southwest General Hospital, Middleburg Heights, Ohio after a short illness. He was born June 15, 1946 in Broadhead, KY. He has been a Wakeman resident since 1974 moving from Lorain. He worked as a assembler for Ford Automotive Plant in Lorain, retiring in 1997. He was...
Rose K. Miechur
Nov 3, 2009
Rose K. Miechur, 91 of Lorain, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at Golden Acres Nursing Home in Amherst. She was born August 15, 1918 in Lorain, where she lived most of her life. She moved to Golden Acres in 2001. Rose was employed as a domestic, having worked in that capacity for several Lorain families during her working...
Herbert Charles Myers
Nov 2, 2009
Herbert Charles Myers Jr., 92, of Vermilion, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. He was born December 31, 1916 in Lakewood and has been a Vermilion resident since 1928. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy amphibious forces, and served in the 7th Beach Battalion in the Atlantic and Pacific...
Faith R. Housel
Oct 29, 2009
Faith Romaine Housel (nee Horner), 70, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain She was born May 4, 1939 in Conemaugh, PA and lived in Vermilion since 1974. She owned and operated Village Square Tea Room in Vermilion and also worked as a recruiter for Meijer Co. She was a...
Eugene Sebastian Ptacek
Oct 29, 2009
Eugene "Gene" Sebastian Ptacek, Sr., 74, of Huron, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 in Stein Hospice, Sandusky. He was born December 27, 1934 in Cleveland, lived in Vermilion since 1986 and moved to Huron in 2005. Gene worked as the owner and operator for Gene Ptacek and Son Fire Equipment Inc. for 25 years and retired in 1999. He...
