Obituaries
Obituaries
Mary R. Weber
May 18, 2009
Mary R. Weber, 89 of Lorain, died Monday, May 18, 2009 at Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a sudden illness. She was born September 7, 1919 in Bannock, Ohio and lived in Lorain most of her life. She graduated from Lorain High School with the class of 1937B. Mary worked at the Lorain Garment Company ( Printz Biederman),...
Patricia Ann Bowen
May 16, 2009
Patricia Ann Bowen (nee Reinshell), 78 of Vermilion, died Saturday, May 16, 2009 after short illness. She was born July 16, 1930 in Hocking Co., OH and has been a Vermilion resident for over 40 years, moving from Forest, OH. She graduated from Star Washington High School where she played the trumpet in the band. She then took many...
Lorraine E. Eberle
May 13, 2009
Lorraine E. Eberle (nee Nickley), 88 of Vermilion, passed away on May 13, 2009 at her home following an extended illness with cancer. She was born in Lorain on May 2, 1921 and spent most of her life living in Vermilion. She was a graduate of Vermilion High School as a member of the class of 1940. Mrs. Eberle...
Neal Clayton Johnson
May 12, 2009
Neal Clayton Johnson, 16, of Vermilion died suddenly May 12, 2009 in Vermilion. Born in Amherst, Neal was a life long Vermilion resident. He was a Junior at Vermilion High School and enjoyed basketball, play station III, fishing, mushroom hunting, and spending time with his sister, friends and his girlfriend, Caroline Wiley. He is survived by his mother, Candice...
Emma Charlotte Strittmather
May 11, 2009
Emma Charlotte Strittmather (Doerzbacher), 92 of Vermilion, died Monday, May 11, 2009 at Community Health Partners West after a short illness. She was born October 11, 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved from Belmont, New York to Vermilion in 1948. Emma worked with her husband, Elmer Strittmather, at the family business, Strittmather Plumbing and Heating. She was a member...
Lavonne Croll
May 11, 2009
Lavonne Kathryn (Gerber) Croll, 74, of Corona, CA passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at her daughter's home in Ontario, CA. She was born May 21, 1934 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Sandusky. She was the youngest child of her parents, Frederick and Pearl (Fitch) Gerber who resided in Vermilion where Lavonne grew up and graduated from Vermilion...
Donna Mae Reisinger
May 9, 2009
Donna Mae Reisinger (nee Polansky), 76 of Toledo, formerly of Vermilion, died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at her daughter's home, following a lengthy illness. She was born November 3, 1932 in Glenwood, New York and live in the Vermilion area for most of her life, moving to Toledo in September 2008. She worked as a deli clerk for Geyers...
Cynthia Lou Carroll
May 6, 2009
Cynthia Lou Carroll (nee Jones), 63 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Community Health Partners, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born August 4, 1945 in Norton, VA. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 45 years moving from Lorain. She attended Mount Olive Church in Lorain. She enjoyed playing cards, puzzles, flowers, Elvis...
William T. Stark
May 6, 2009
William Trinter Stark, 77 of Vermilion, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Community Health Partners, Lorain. He was born December 25, 1931 in Chicago, Ill and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 29 years moving from Lorain. He attended Cleveland Heights High School, Case Institute of Technology and graduated from Western Reserve University in 1953. He...
Gilbert B. Moyer
Apr 29, 2009
Gilbert B. Moyer, 81, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Lake Pointe Health Center, Lorain . He was born August 17, 1927 in Akron, and had lived in Vermilion for 22 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a graduate of the University of Illinois. He owned and operated Akron Advertising Art for 25...
Pauline J. Wood
Apr 27, 2009
Pauline J. Wood, Ph.D., 86, formerly of Vermilion, died Monday, April 27, 2009 at the Wesleyan Village, Elyria. She was born November 7, 1922 in Springdale, PA. She lived in Lavonia , Michigan, where she was a professor of biology at the University of Detroit. She was also chairman of the Biology Department. She retired in 1989 after 27...
Danny R. Halcomb
Apr 23, 2009
Danny R. "Bird Man" Halcomb, 60 of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 23, 2009 after a lengthy illness. He was born June 25, 1948 in Fleming-Neon, KY and has been a Vermilion resident since 2004 moving from Amherst. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during Vietnam. He worked in the paint department of Ford Motor Co., Lorain...
Daniel S. Paluch
Apr 19, 2009
Daniel S. Paluch, 60 of Vermilion, died Sunday, April 19, 2009 at his home after a year long battle with lung cancer. He was born December 22, 1948 in Brownsville, PA. His family moved to Ohio when he was one. He spent most of his youth in Lorain and Amherst and moved to Vermilion in 1989. He graduated from...
Bernice M. Bescak
Apr 14, 2009
Bernice M. Bescak (nee Ciula), 93 of Lorain, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph following a short illness. She was born on December 8, 1915 in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident. Bernice graduated from Nativity BVM School and Lorain High School class of 1934-A. She was a licensed cosmetologist and...
Virginia M. Cobb-Emslie
Apr 9, 2009
Virginia M. Cobb-Emslie (nee McKenzie), 91 of Vermilion , died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at the Inn at Chappel Creek, Vermilion after a short illness. She was born June 15, 1917 in Delphos, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 12 years moving from Boynton Beach, FL and Oberlin. Virginia graduated from the Ohio State University...
Anne M. Stevens
Apr 7, 2009
Anne M Stevens (nee Faber), 72 of Vermilion , died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. She was born July 18, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 6 years, moving from Westlake where she had lived for 35 years. She worked in...
Lela May Nagy
Apr 5, 2009
Lela M. Nagy Vermilion � Lela May Nagy (nee Gerber), 76, of Vermilion, passed away on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born July 22, 1932, the first of twin girls of her parents, Frederick & Pearl (Fitch) Gerber, at Sandusky Memorial Hospital, and was a lifelong Vermilion resident....
Ronald E. Staron
Apr 5, 2009
Ronald E. Staron, 63 of Huron, died Sunday, April 5, 2009 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a sudden illness. He was born March 29, 1946 in Cleveland and has been a Huron resident since 1997 moving from Brownhelm. He worked on the line at Ford Motor Co. Lorain and most recently Avon Lake for 13 years, retiring in...
Norman Cox
Apr 5, 2009
Norman Cox, 84, of Vermilion died Sunday, April 5, 2009, at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky after a short illness. He was born February 20, 1925 in Sistersville, WV, had lived in Chicago since 1961 and moved to Vermilion in 1994. He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during WWII. He retired as an inspector...
Arthur Orville Murray
Apr 1, 2009
Arthur Orville Murray, Sr., 88, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Golden Acres Nursing Home, Amherst. He was born on June 14, 1920 in Maloneton, KY and has been a Vermilion resident since 1958. He worked as a sheet metal worker for Ford Motor Co. Lorain and a skilled trade rep. for Local Union #425 for 23...
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