Clara S. Petro
Oct 2, 2008
Clara S. Petro (nee DeSilvester), 85 of Lorain, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. She was born June 10, 1923 in Lorain where she has been a life long resident. Mrs. Petro was a 1941 graduate of Lorain High School. She was a life long member of St....
Arlene Gertrude Gerber
Oct 1, 2008
Arlene Gertrude Gerber (nee Yates), 90, of Avon Lake, died Tuesday, September 30, 2008 in EMH Regional Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1918 in North Olmsted and was a lifelong resident of Lorain County. She pursued an education at Bowling Green State University where she graduated and received a teaching degree. She taught 2 years in Berlin...
Basil V. Mihu
Sep 27, 2008
Basil V. Mihu, MD, 88, of Oberlin, died on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Kendal of Oberlin. He was born in Romania and received his medical degree from the University of Rome, Italy. He came to the United States in 1951. He served as staff psychiatrist at Cleveland State Hospital and Cleveland Pyschiatric Institute. He was subsequently a consultant...
Betty L. Taylor
Sep 27, 2008
Betty L. Taylor (nee Allison), 78 of Vermilion, died Saturday, September 27, 2008 in Community Health Partners in Lorain following a short illness. She was born July 30, 1930 in Raleigh, West Virginia and had lived in Vermilion most of her life. She attended the Vermilion local schools and later was a cafeteria worker for 25 years in the...
Clinton J. Guthrie
Sep 26, 2008
Clinton John Guthrie, Sr., 57 of Lorain, died on Friday, September 26, 2008 at this apartment in Lorain, following a sudden illness. He was born on June 3, 1951 in Washington, Pennsylvania, living most of his life in Lorain. He attended St. Anthony of Padua Parish School and graduated from Lorain High School. He also attended Lorain County Community...
Deborah M. Myers
Sep 25, 2008
Deborah M. Myers (nee Myers) 56, of Birmingham, died Thursday, September 25, 2008 at her home after a five year illness. She was born April 6, 1952 in Lorain. She lived in Birmingham 25 years moving from Vermilion. She retired from Ford Motor, Lorain where she had worked as a assembler. She was a member of the UAW. She...
Norma Jean Blankinsop
Sep 19, 2008
Norma Jean Blankinsop (nee Grimm), 78 of Wakeman, died Friday, September 19, 2008 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, following a sudden illness. She was born January 1, 1930 in Washington, Pennsylvania and has lived in Wakeman for the past 35 years, moving from Lorain. Raising her 6 children and making a home for her husband and family was...
Lynda L. Kaple
Sep 18, 2008
Lynda Kaple, wife of Karl Lakstigala, passed away September 18, 2008 from a prolonged battle with lung cancer. She is survived by her three children, Jamison and Meghan of Sheffield Lake, and Dave Kaple of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Lynda was born in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1948 and relocated to the U.S. in 1994. She enjoyed living here because...
Julia A. Macbane
Sep 16, 2008
Julia Annette Daugherty MacBane, beloved wife of Dr. William C. (Mac) MacBane, a resident of Vermilion, Ohio and formerly of Lakewood and Rocky River, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. She was born in Salem, Ohio, on December 15, 1921 to Edith Smith Daugherty and James Robinson Daugherty. For twenty years she served...
William D. Ksiazak
Sep 14, 2008
William "Bill" D. Ksiazak, 58 of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 14, 2008 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. He was born November 21, 1949 in Bristol, CT and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 37 years moving from Southington Connecticut. Bill worked as an over the road truck driver. He was...
Judith Trout Bartlett
Sep 9, 2008
Judith Trout Bartlett (nee Paulson), 68 of Vermilion, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born April 27, 1940 in Elyria, Ohio and lived in Columbus for a short time before moving back to Vermilion where she has resided most of her life. She worked for Franklin County Welfare Department as a...
Myrtle Louise Dewitt
Sep 8, 2008
Myrtle Louise DeWitt (nee Hearring), 84 of Vermilion, died Monday, September 8, 2008 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a short illness. She was born September 18, 1923 in Miami, Florida and has been a Vermilion resident since 1961. Myrtle had enjoyed roller skating and crocheting. Survivors include her sons: Wesley and Barbara DeWitt, Jr. of...
Mary Maxine Fury
Sep 5, 2008
"Max" Mary Maxine Fury (nee Maley), 76 of Wakeman, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born May 11, 1932 in Grafton, WV and has been a Vermilion area resident since 1961 moving from Elyria. She had been a sales clerk for Fisher Big Wheel, Vermilion for 20 years, retiring in 1992....
Louise T. Young
Aug 30, 2008
Louise T. Young (nee Thompson), 90 of Vermilion, died Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. Louise was born on February 4, 1918 in Lorain to Charles and Bernice (nee Graham) Thompson and had lived there until moving to Vermilion in 1946. She graduated from Lorain High School and also from...
Glenn F. Risdon
Aug 25, 2008
Glenn F. Risdon, 94, of Vermilion, died Monday, August 25, 2008 at Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. He was born December 4, 1913 in Vermilion where he has been a lifelong resident. He worked as a custodian for Vermilion Schools from 1946 until his retirement in 1978. Glenn was a member of the Vermilion Grange #2171, Pomona...
Mary Ann Shaw
Aug 22, 2008
Mary Ann Shaw (nee Ignatko), 67, of Inverness, Florida, formerly of Lorain, died on August 22, 2008 at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, following a brief illness. She was born on September 4, 1940 in Lorain where she lived for over 40 years, moving to reside in Vermilion for 10 years and in Florida for the past 10...
Mary Jean Brill
Aug 21, 2008
Mary Jean Brill (nee Niemeth), 77 of Vermilion, died Thursday, August 21, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born August 7, 1931 in Lorain and has been a Vermilion resident for 50 years. She had worked as an executive assistant for US Steel, Lorain. She was a member of...
Patricia Ann Hartman
Aug 16, 2008
Patricia Ann Hartman (nee Koller), 73, of Waterford, Michigan formerly of Vermilion died Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Canterbury on the Lake Nursing Home in Waterford, Michigan. She was born February 26, 1934 in Lorain, lived in Vermilion over 50 years and in Huron from 1996. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Vermilion, where...
Georgine M. Davis
Aug 13, 2008
Georgine M. "Jean" Davis (nee McKee), 87, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at her home after a three year illness. She was born June 1, 1921 in Rockwood, TN. She lived in Memphis until moving to Amherst in 1959. She has been a Vermilion resident since 1962. She devoted most of her life to her family, but...
Jack W. Lehman
Aug 12, 2008
Jack W. Lehman, 74 of Amherst, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born March 19, 1934 in Lorain and lived there until moving to Amherst 22 years ago. He graduated from Clearview High School in 1952, where he was captain of his basketball team. He worked at the Ford Motor Company...
