Pauline Roberta Johnson
Oct 14, 2008
Pauline Roberta Johnson (nee Urbanik), 86 of Vermilion , died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born June 22, 1922 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 53 years moving from Amherst. She was a member of the Vermilion Evangelical & Reformed Church, Merry Makers,...
John Francis Varga
Oct 13, 2008
John Francis Varga, 76 of Forest Hill, Maryland, formerly of Vermilion, died Monday, October 13, 2008. He was born June 2, 1932 in Cleveland, OH and had been an Amherst/Vermilion area for 42 years, until moving to Forest Hill Maryland in 2004. Mr. Varga graduated from Cathedral Latin High School, Cleveland, OH. Following service with the US Air Force,...
Edna Burke
Oct 11, 2008
Edna Burke, 86 of Vermilion, died Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the Rehab and Nursing Center of Firelands in New London. She was born January 18, 1922 in Vermilion where she lived most of her life. She most recently made her home in LaGrange and in New London. She is survived by her children, Linda Shoulter of Cambridge Springs,...
Margaret V. Michalek
Oct 11, 2008
Margaret V. "Margie" Michalek (nee Vargo), 94 of Lorain, died Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. She was born July 18, 1914 in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident. She worked as a private secretary for the Nelson Stud Welding Company and the Townsend & Bottom Company, both in...
Gerald W. Love
Oct 10, 2008
Gerald W. Love, 68 of Vermilion, died Friday, October 10, 2008 at his home, following a several month illness. He was born March 1, 1940 in Parkin, Arkansas and had lived in Vermilion since 1959. He worked as an industrial mechanic for the Ford Motor Company for 38 years, retiring in 1997. A member of Lakeview Baptist Church in...
Gertrude Rose Banaska
Oct 8, 2008
Gertrude Rose Banaska, 85 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008 in Community Health Partners West after a sudden illness. She was born June 22, 1923 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 16 years moving from Vinemont, AL. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Vermilion. She enjoyed...
William A. Wood
Oct 8, 2008
William "Bill" Ashley Wood, 72 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a lengthy illness. He was born March 20, 1936 in Ansted, WV and has been a Vermilion resident since 1968 moving from WV. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Korea. He worked as a repairman for Ford...
George Arthur Gullett
Oct 6, 2008
George Arthur Gullett, 71 of Vermilion, died Monday, October 6, 2008 at his home, after a sudden illness. He was born June 5, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been a Vermilion resident since 1969 moving from Elyria. He graduated from Danville High School in 1956 and served in United States Air Force from 1956 to 1958. Mr. Gullett...
John Eric Anderson
Oct 4, 2008
John Eric Anderson, 19 of Vermilion , died Saturday, October 4, 2008 at MetroHealth Medical Center as a result of an auto accident. He was born August 5, 1989 in Amherst and has been a life long Vermilion resident. He had worked in the automotive department at Sam's Club in Sandusky. He was a Vermilion High School and Ehove...
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...
