Obituaries
Obituaries
Robert N. Zych
Dec 27, 2008
Robert N. Zych, 54 of Millersburg, formerly of Lorain, died Saturday, December 27, 2008 in Affinity Medical Center, Massillon. He was born July 15, 1954 in Lorain where he had been a life long resident until moving to Millersburg 5 years ago. He had worked for Lake Terminal Railroad and was a member of St. Laudislaus Church and the...
Timothy S. Masten
Dec 27, 2008
Timothy Masten, 70 of Vermilion, died Thursday, December 27, 2007 at his home. He was born May 22, 1937, in Lorain and had been a Vermilion resident since 2002. He was a graduate of Wittenberg University. He was a music teacher at Elyria Public Schools retiring in 1990. He had also taught at Southeastern High School, South Charleston, Ohio...
Jane Hardy
Dec 26, 2008
Jane D. Hardy (nee Burnette), 68, of Henrietta Twp., died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. She was born April 4, 1939 in Carmichaels, PA and moved to Henrietta Twp. in 1978 from Huron. She had worked on her husband's orchard (Hardy's Orchard) and had attended Henrietta Methodist Church....
Joan George Jakubowski
Dec 25, 2008
Joan Jakubowski, 67 of Lorain, died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in St. John West Shore Hospital following a brief illness. She was born November 19, 1940 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She was a lifetime member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Lorain where she served as a Eucharistic minister. She was...
Chester Smtih
Dec 25, 2008
Chester E. Smith Sr., 74 of Vermilion, died Thursday, December 25, 2008 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a short illness. He was born July 3, 1934 in Chambersburg, PA and has been a Vermilion resident since 1960. Chester retired from the Lorain Ford Plant as a tug driver in 1991 after 31 years. He was a member of...
Ned D. Stiles
Dec 25, 2008
Ned D. "Henry" Stiles Jr., 61 of Berlin Hts., died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a lengthy illness. He was born September 9, 1946 in Kingston, WV and has been a Berlin Hts. resident for the past 18 years moving from Lorain. He worked in the paint division of Ford Motor Co. Lorain for...
Bertha Elizabeth Lewis
Dec 24, 2008
Bertha Elizabeth Lewis (nee Wall), 89 of Vermilion, went home to be with her Savior, Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at the home of her daughter. She was born March 30, 1919 in Lawrence Co., OH and has been a Vermilion resident since 1987 moving from Elyria. She had worked at General Industries for 19 years. Bertha is a member...
Robert E. Reinhardt
Dec 24, 2008
Robert " Bob" Edward Reinhardt,89 of Vermilion, passed into the loving arms of God on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph. He was born April 24, 1919 in Buffalo, NY and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 30 years moving from Sheffield Lake. Bob served two separate tours of duty...
James R. Henson
Dec 23, 2008
James R."Sonny" Henson, Sr., 77 of Vermilion, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in Community Health Partners, Lorain. He was born July 7, 1931 in Addison, Alabama and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 48 years moving from Memphis, TN. He worked as a truck driver for E&L Transport, retiring in 1993 after 34 years. He had attended...
Ruby Boyd
Dec 13, 2008
Ruby Boyd (nee Perry), 82 of Vermilion , died Saturday, December 13, 2008 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born January 18, 1926 in Warfield, KY and has been a Vermilion resident since 1962, moving from Huron. She worked as a cook for Liberty Tavern in Vermilion for several years. Ruby was a life member of...
Genneda Kay Hicks
Dec 12, 2008
Genneda Kay Hicks (nee Goodman), 69, of Wakeman, died Friday, December 12, 2008 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born September 19, 1939 in Oneida, TN, and has lived in Birmingham since 1959 . She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Birmingham and a member of Eastern Star in Tennessee. She enjoyed reading,...
Betty J. Mccue
Dec 11, 2008
Betty J. McCue (nee Corbett), 83 of Lorain, died Thursday, December 11, 2008 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph in Lorain. She was born May 21, 1925 in Saginaw, Michigan, grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Lorain in 1951. In 1945, she married Ralph H. McCue and together they raised a family of 3 sons and...
Laurie L. Tillack
Dec 8, 2008
Laurie L. Tillack, 48, of Lorain, died on Monday, December 8, 2008 at Fairview Hospital after a long illness. Laurie was born August 24, 1960 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lorain. She graduated from Nativity Catholic School and attended Admiral King High School. She also was in the nursing program at Lorain County Community College. She enjoyed following her...
John S. Kendzel
Dec 7, 2008
John S. Kendzel, 57, of Lorain, died on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at University Hospital of Cleveland, following an 18-month fight against brain cancer. John was born on February 17, 1951 in Lorain, attended St. Stanislaus grade school and graduated from St. Mary High School in 1969. An active football player and scout, he played on the 1968-1969 St....
Harold Kenneth Welker
Dec 5, 2008
Harold K. Welker, 93, of Vermilion, died Friday, December 5, 2008 at St. Thomas Hospital, Akron after a 1 week illness. He was born July 27, 1915 in Birds Run, Ohio. He graduated from Plainfield (Linton Twp) High School in 1933. He received a B.S. in Education with Distinction at Ohio University in 1940 and Masters in Education at...
Eileen Ruth Ford
Dec 3, 2008
Eileen "Hutch" Ruth Ford (nee Hutcherson), 86, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. She was born April 13, 1922 in Bay Village, and had been a Vermilion resident for 54 years. She was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregational, Vermilion, the Vermilion Lagoons...
Eleanor Josephine Kelm
Dec 1, 2008
Eleanor Josephine Kelm (nee Kotey), 80, of Vermilion, died Monday, December 1, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a 2 month illness. She was born April 13, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 51 years moving from Cleveland. She enjoyed playing bingo, sewing, and caring for her cats...
Trinity Metz
Nov 30, 2008
Trinity Metz, infant daughter of Don and Andrea (nee Showman) Metz, of Vermilion, was still born Sunday, November 30, 2008 at Community Health Partners West, Lorain. She was survived by her sisters, Faith Canter and Allie Metz, and brothers, Christopher Canter, Nicholas Canter, Alexander Canter, and Austin Metz all at home; maternal grandmother, Ann Anderson of Vermilion; paternal grandparents,...
Elizabeth A. Bowen
Nov 28, 2008
Elizabeth A. Bowen (nee Moore), 86 of Vermilion , died Friday, November 28, 2008 at her home after a short illness. She was born November 4, 1922 in Erie, PA and has been a Vermilion resident since 1947 moving from Westfield, NY. She was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregation, Vermilion. Elizabeth was a devoted mother...
Thomas P. Dlugos
Nov 27, 2008
Thomas P. Dlugos, 59, of Vermilion, died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Community Health Partners West, Lorain. He was born May 22, 1949 in Lorain and was a life long resident of Vermilion. He worked as a construction worker for Erie Blacktop. He had been self employed at one time and had also worked for Kessler Excavating and the...
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