Obituaries
Obituaries
Jean Walker
Sep 3, 2009
Jean Walker (nee Kramer), 79 of Vermilion , died Thursday, September 3, 2009 in Good Samaritan Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Avon after a lengthy illness. She was born January 13, 1930 in Lorain, Ohio and had been a Vermilion resident since 1992 and had also lived in Cape Coral, FL. She worked as an Executive Secretary for U.S....
Carleton William Vobbe
Sep 3, 2009
Carleton William "Bill" Vobbe, Jr., 72 of Vermilion, died Thursday, September 3, 2009 in Fairview Hospital. He was born October 2, 1936 in Akron and has been a Vermilion resident since 1999, moving from Silver Lake, OH. He was a Wittenberg University and Ohio State University graduate where he was involved with the ATO fraternity. He served in the...
Bettie Ellen Hornig
Sep 2, 2009
Bettie Ellen Hornig (nee Collen), 89, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lenghty illness. She was born July 30, 1920 in Alliance and had been a Vermilion resident since 1946. She worked as a cashier for Eagle Market, Vermilion for 19 years and had also worked at IGA, Vermilion, Harts Drug Store...
John E. Fury
Sep 1, 2009
John Eugene Fury, Sr., 78 of Vermilion, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born January 30, 1931 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He has been a Vermilion resident since 1961 living in Wakeman for a short time. John was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving during the Korean War. He...
Alice H. Falencki
Sep 1, 2009
Alice H. Falencki (nee Leshinski), 84 of Lorain, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at the Jewish Hospital of Louisville, KY following a brief illness. She was born November 27, 1924 in Lorain, Ohio where she lived all of her life. Alice graduated from Lorain High School and was a member of the Catholic Church of St. Peter. She is...
Elizabeth Claire Gleason
Aug 31, 2009
Elizabeth Claire Gleason (nee McGuire), 89, of Vermilion , died peacefully, surrounded by her family, Sunday, August 30, 2009 at Inn at Chappel Creek after a short illness. She was born November 11, 1919 in Elyria. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 53 years moving from Elyria. She was a graduate of Oberlin Business College and...
Louis W. Wilson
Aug 24, 2009
Louis W. Wilson, 77, of Vermilion, died Monday, August 24, 2009 at his home, after a brief illness. He was born January 14, 1932 in Dayton, was raised in Dayton and moved to Vermilion in 1968. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force serving from 1950-1953. He worked in sales for Independence Insurance Co. retiring in...
Rita L. Mangus
Aug 23, 2009
Rita L. Mangus (nee Duffy), 85 of Vermilion, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born February 6, 1924 in Alliance and lived in Vermilion since 1964 moving from Sandusky. She was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregational where she was a member of Marmaru and Adah Circles. She enjoyed her church,...
Betty Loretta Beiner
Aug 17, 2009
Betty Loretta Beiner (nee Mone), 87, of Vermilion, died August 17, 2009 at Kingston of Vermilion following a long illness with cancer. She was born July 25, 1922 in Sandusky, Ohio, and lived in Vermilion since 1946, where she assisted her husband, Earl, with Beiner Real Estate. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, the Gourmet Girls Luncheon...
John Dale Ratliff
Aug 16, 2009
John Dale Ratliff, 83 of Vermilion, died Sunday, August 16, 2009 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a sudden illness. He was born March 14, 1926 in Thorpe, WV and has been a Vermilion resident since 1964 moving from West Virginia. He worked as an industrial carpenter out of the Lorain Carpenters Union #305 for 20 years, retiring in...
Roberta Jane Bulan
Aug 16, 2009
Roberta Jane Bulan, 28, of Ashland formerly of Vermilion, died Sunday, August 16, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident in Harrisville Township. She was born December 18, 1980 in Lorain and has been a life long Vermilion resident moving to Orange Twp. in May of this year. She was a graduate of Vermilion High School and worked...
Steven E. Brown
Aug 10, 2009
Steven E. Brown, 54 of Wakeman, died Monday, August 10, 2009 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born February 11, 1955 in Montpelier, Ohio. He has been a Wakeman resident for the past 4 years, moving from Vermilion for 15 years and previously living in Florida. He worked for the Laborers Union Local # 758 in...
William E. Peasley
Aug 9, 2009
William E. Peasley, 58, of Oberlin, died Sunday, August 9, 2009 at his home. He was born October 22, 1950 in Lorain and has been a life long area resident. He worked as a machinist for Lear Romec in Elyria for 34 years, and recently for Stand By Screw in Berea. He attended Firelands High School. He enjoyed working...
Amelia M. Sexstella
Aug 8, 2009
Amelia M. Sexstella (Ventrone), 87 passed away peacefully with her daughters at her side Saturday, August 8, 2009 in Kingston of Vermilion following a lengthy illness. Born August 28, 1921 in Lorain, Amelia moved to Akron, Ohio when she was a young girl where she attended Bryan Elementary School and was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, and...
Hazel Mae Hauff
Aug 1, 2009
Vermilion - Hazel Mae Hauff (nee Policy) died Saturday, August 1, 2009. It doesn't matter why or how. What matters is that she lived. Born on August 25, 1936 in Cleveland, she was a woman of strength and courage. A woman who was loving and kindhearted. Wife, mother and grandmother, her greatest legacy is the family left to cherish...
Nelle E. Rundle
Jul 30, 2009
Nelle E. Rundle (nee White), 102, of Vermilion, died Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Kingston of Vermilion after a 4 month illness. She was born August 25, 1906 in Youngstown, Ohio. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 25 years moving from Youngstown. She worked as a bookkeeper for Republic Steel in Youngstown and at the Mahoning...
Walter E. Kuykendall
Jul 29, 2009
Walter E. Kuykendall, 84 of Vermilion, formerly of Youngstown, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in Community Health Partners in Lorain following a brief illness. He was born March 8, 1925 in Westernport, Maryland. He grew up in West Virginia and moved to Youngstown in 1957, where he lived until moving to Vermilion last year to be near his daughter....
Alice May Orsine
Jul 26, 2009
Alice May Orsine (nee Schneider), 89, of Lakewood, formerly of Vermilion, died Sunday, July 26, 2009 at her home. She was born May 19, 1920 in Cleveland, and had lived in Vermilion and Lakewood. She worked as a hairdresser for a hotel in Cleveland and with her husband, owned Cask Villa in Vermilion. She enjoyed reading, crocheting and bingo....
Vada May Hauff
Jul 24, 2009
A light was extinguished on July 24, 2009 when our little girl, Vada May Hauff, died. She fought brain cancer for a year with courage and grace, while living each joyful day to the fullest. Born on July 4, 2000 Vada entered this world with a bang and touched more hearts in her short life than most people do...
Linda Lee Acord
Jul 23, 2009
Linda Lee Acord, (nee Black), 60 of Berlin Heights, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at Community Health Partners West after sudden illness. She was born February 19, 1949 in Lorain and has been a life long Vermilion resident until this year. She had worked at the Inn at Chapel Creek, the Vermilion High School and Middle School cafeterias and...
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