Sebastian T. Poltrone
Dec 11, 2007
Sebastian T. "Yano" Poltrone, 85 of Lorain, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 in Community Health Partners following a short illness. He was born May 10, 1922 in Buffalo, New York and has lived in Lorain most of his life. He attended the Garden Avenue School in Lorain and before entering the service, he worked with the CCC from 1939-1940...
Jerald Albert Osler
Dec 10, 2007
Jerald Albert Osler, 61, of Vermilion, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at his home following a short illness. He was born March 1, 1946 in Pasadena, CA, was raised in Nebraska and moved to Vermilion in 1965. He worked as a lineman and relief man for Ford Motor, Lorain. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church...
Martin William Binder
Dec 9, 2007
Martin W. "Bill" Binder, 90 of Lorain, died Sunday, December 9, 2007 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy illness. He was born June 4, 1917 in Lorain where he has been a life long resident. He was a veteran of the US Army serving in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe...
Floyd Stanford
Dec 5, 2007
Floyd A. Stanford, 78 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 at Hospice of the Ozarks, Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born June 11, 1929 in Amory, Mississippi and had lived in Vermilion since 1958 moving from West Memphis, Arkansas. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in April 2007. He worked as a power tool engineer for Ford Motor...
Kenneth M. Alloway
Dec 2, 2007
Kenneth M. Alloway, 56 of Lorain, died Sunday, December 2, 2007 in Community Health Partners following a long illness. He was born September 30, 1951 in Lorain and had been a life long resident. He served in the United States National Guard and had worked for the Ford Motor Company in Lorain. He is survived by his daughters, Tamara...
Mary R. Haynie
Dec 2, 2007
Mary R. Haynie (nee Kestner), 66 of Huron, died Sunday, December 2, 2007 in the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. She was born March 26, 1941 in Yukon, WV and has been a Vermilion area resident since 1965. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Vermilion, the American Legion Aux. #397, and had been the secretary...
Helen E. Minnich
Dec 1, 2007
Helen E. Minnich (nee Hildebrand), 90 of Lorain, died Saturday, December 1, 2007 in Community Health Partners West after a short illness. She was born April 12, 1917 in Painesville, OH and has been a life long Lorain resident. She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Lorain. She enjoyed quilting, braiding rugs, baking, bingo, music and...
Phyllis Jean Blair
Nov 30, 2007
Phyllis Jean Blair (nee Weaver), 71 of Lorain, died Friday, November 30, 2007 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born January 2, 1936 in Lima, Ohio and had lived most of her life in Vermilion until moving to Lorain 7 years ago. She was an active member of Harbourtown Community Church in Vermilion and enjoyed gardening....
Mary Kaye Koperdak
Nov 27, 2007
Mary Kaye Koperdak, 53, a former Lorain City Schools teacher, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, after a lengthy illness. After undergoing brain surgery, Ms. Koperdak spent years as a volunteer visiting cancer patients to encourage and lift their spirits, said her sister, Michelle Bottenhorn. "She faced her own illness with strength and grace," Mrs. Bottenhorn said. "The goodness in...
Shirley Branham
Nov 26, 2007
Shirley Branham (nee Kidd), 70, of Grayslake, IL died Monday, November 26, 2007 in Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines, IL. She was born September 1, 1937 in Dana, Kentucky and had lived in Vermilion from 1979-2003 moving from Lorain. She was a member of the Sonshine Baptist Church in Lorain and enjoyed flowers, gardening, and cooking. Survivors include...
Leonard B. Cooksey
Nov 25, 2007
Leonard B Cooksey, 85, of Huron, died Sunday, November 25, 2007 at the Norwalk Memorial Home after a lengthy illness. He was born January 1, 1922 in Bowling Green, KY, and had lived in Huron for 51 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked as a carpenter for American Ship, Lorain....
Georgie Ruth Gladish
Nov 25, 2007
Georgie Ruth Gladish (nee Hathaway), 86, of Vermilion, died Sunday, November 25, 2007 at Community Health Partners, Lorain, after a brief illness. She was born May 7, 1921 in Clarksburg, WV. She has been a Vermilion resident the last 66 years moving from Millersburg, Ohio. She worked as a practical nurse at Halls Nursing Home. She attended the Harbourtown...
Kyle Matthew Hall
Nov 23, 2007
Kyle Matthew Hall, 26 of Vermilion, died Friday, November 23, 2007 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born October 16, 1981 in Lorain where he grew up and had lived in Vermilion for the past 3 years. He had also lived in Louisville, Kentucky for 5 years. He attended Clearview Schools and had recently been working...
Alice Jane Mcclurkin
Nov 16, 2007
Alice Jane McClurkin, 88 of Vermilion, died Friday, November 16, 2007 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born January 31, 1919 in Lorain and has been a life long Vermilion resident. She graduated from Vermilion High School, Miami University, Oxford, OH and took graduate courses at Cleveland College and Cleveland Institute of Music. She briefly worked...
Pearl M. Bialorucki-Palsa
Nov 11, 2007
Pearl M. Bialorucki-Palsa (nee Domanski), 90 of Lorain, died Sunday, November 11, 2007 in Anchor Lodge Nursing Home following a short illness. She was born in Lorain where she lived most of her life, with the exception of 20 years in Rocky River. She graduated from Lorain High School where she excelled and lettered in three sports. She played...
Theresa Costello
Nov 11, 2007
Theresa (Teresina) Costello (nee Furci), 94 of Lorain, died on November 11, 2007 at Lutheran Medical Center in Cleveland after a 3-month illness. She was born on July 30, 1913 in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident. She attended the Lorain City Schools, was a member of St. John Roman Catholic Church in Lorain, where she volunteered in...
James E. Morrison
Nov 9, 2007
James E. Morrison, 67, of Lorain, died Friday, November 9, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a one year illness. He was born December 21, 1939 in Lorain and was a life long resident. He worked at B.F. Goodrich/Noveon as a lab technician and retired in 2002. He was a veteran of the United...
Dolores Waite
Nov 7, 2007
Dolores Alaimo Waite, age 76, died peacefully in Chapel Hill, NC on Wednesday, November 7, 2007. Dolores was born in Buffalo, NY to the late Joseph and Jennie Cirrincione Alaimo on August 12, 1931. Dolores resided in Huron, Ohio for many years before relocating to Chapel Hill to be near her daughter and help care for her grandchildren. She...
Nora J. Brown
Nov 4, 2007
Nora J. Brown (nee Keener), 75 of Vermilion, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain.. She was born December 25, 1931 in Strange Creek, West Virginia and had lived in Vermilion more than 50 years.. She worked for 17 years as a bus driver for Vermilion Local Schools and had also worked...
Eugene Francis Boyd
Nov 3, 2007
Eugene Francis �Gene� Boyd, 87, of Caney, KS, former longtime Vermillion, Ohio resident, passed away Friday, (November 2, 2007) at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born June 13, 1920 at Worland, Missouri to John and Sadie (Brendal) Boyd. He grew up in Knob Noster, Missouri where he attended school and graduated from high school in...
