Jack E. Lavriha
May 13, 2008
Jack E. LaVriha, a leader in Lorain�s civic and veteran�s affairs and longtime local journalist, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was 93. Born on March 12, 1915 in Lorain, he was a lifelong resident, only moving to North Carolina in July 2007. Jack graduated from Lorain High School with the 1934-B class. He...
Lawrence B. Smith
May 11, 2008
Lawrence B. Smith, 89 of Vermilion Township, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born February 23, 1919 in Vermilion and has been a lifelong resident. He was a self-employed farmer and had also worked for Maurer Dairy, the Vermilion Street Department, Landmark in...
Anne C. Wenzel
May 10, 2008
Anne C. Wenzel (nee Cherven), 94 of Vermilion, died at home Saturday, May 10, 2008. She was born June 17, 1913 in Lorain, moving to Vermilion in 1947. She graduated from Lorain High School and was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Vermilion and their Altar and Rosary Society, and had also worked as their housekeeper for...
Ronald C. Gerken
May 10, 2008
Ronald C. Gerken, 69 of Vermilion, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at home following a three month battle with cancer. He was born July 3, 1938 in Whipple, Ohio and has lived in Vermilion since 1963, moving from Amherst. He was a United States Army Veteran. Ron worked in management for the Ford Motor Company in Lorain for 30...
Joan Marie Taylor
May 9, 2008
Joan "Juanita" Marie Taylor, 79 of Vermilion, died Friday, May 9, 2008 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born May 23, 1928 in Logan County, WV. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Vermilion. Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Henry A. Taylor; sons, Allen (Diana) Taylor of Sugar Grove , IL, and...
Paul Curtis Mckinney
May 6, 2008
Paul Curtis McKinney, Jr., 53 of Lorain, died suddenly on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at his home. He was born January 2, 1955 in Charleston WV and has been a life long Vermilion area resident. He was a veteran of the US Air Force. He was the director of facilities management for Crothall Services Group for several hospitals. Paul...
Eugene F. Redinger
May 4, 2008
Eugene " Gene" F. Redinger, 86 of Vermilion, unexpectedly died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at his home. He was born July 31, 1921 in Lorain, and has been a life long Vermilion resident. He was a WW II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force, serving State side. He owned and operated Redinger Excavating since 1947 and was still...
Edna Mae Klaar
May 2, 2008
Edna Mae Klaar (nee Maurer), 88, formerly of Vermilion, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at Spring Meade Health Center, Tipp City, Ohio. She was born February 26, 1920 in Elyria. She lived in Lorain and moved to Vermilion in 1934. She had lived in Tipp City the past year. She graduated from Vermilion High School in 1937. She attended...
Judith Ann Kallas
Apr 26, 2008
Judith Ann Kallas, 66 of Lorain, died Saturday, April 26, 2008 in Community Health Partners in Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born October 31, 1941 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. Judy was employed at Nationwide Insurance Ken Roberts Agency and secretary for Genie Sales. She was an active member of St. John's United Church...
Mark E. Schudel
Apr 25, 2008
Mark Edward Schudel, 41 of Berlin Heights, died Friday, April 25, 2008 under the care of Stein Hospice in Sandusky, following a long illness. He was born August 23, 1966 in Cleveland and had lived in Vermilion most of his life. He graduated from Vermilion High School where he excelled in sports. He was employed as a design welder...
Josephine Repko
Apr 24, 2008
Josephine Repko, 84 of Lorain, died Thursday, April 24, 2008 in the emergency room at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a sudden illness. She was born March 2, 1924 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She was a member of Local 880 Retail Workers, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church and also attended the...
Patricia Ann Bailey
Apr 23, 2008
Patricia Anne Bailey (nee Goodwin), 57 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008 in Hospice of the Western Reserve, Cleveland after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was born December 18, 1950 in Lodi, OH and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 25 years moving from Sandusky. She worked as a sales associate for Kaplan's Furniture...
Jacob Andrew Thayer
Apr 21, 2008
Jacob Andrew Thayer, infant son of Joseph and Lindsay (nee Furci) Thayer, of Lorain, was stillborn on Monday, April 21, 2008 at Community Health Partners in Lorain. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Regan and his twin-brother, Evan Anthony Thayer; maternal grandparents, Rick and Donna Furci of Lorain and Jerry and Jeannie Webb of...
Gail F. Kotab
Apr 19, 2008
Gail F. Kotab (nee Westenhaver), 73 of Huron, died Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky after a lengthy illness. She was born April 2, 1935 in Cleveland, OH. She had been a Vermilion resident for 14 years before moving to Avon Lake in 1992, and Huron in 1998. Gail worked as a Telemarketing Operator for...
Mildred A. Pinter
Apr 18, 2008
Mildred A. "Goby" Pinter (nee Duer), 96, of Vermilion, died Friday, April 18, 2008 in Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. She was born April 30, 1911 in Philadelphia, PA. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 17 years, moving from Altamonte Springs, Florida. She was a jazz singer and an accomplished pianist. She shared a...
Helen L. 'Adamowicz' Walentynowicz
Apr 18, 2008
Helen L. (Walenty) Walentynowicz (nee Adamowicz), 94 of Vermilion, died Friday, April 18, 2008 in Kingston of Vermilion after lengthy illness. She was born December 28, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 20 years, moving from Garfield Heights, Ohio. She worked as a dental assistant for Sagamore Hills Hospital. Helen was a...
Virginia Mildred Pezzin
Apr 15, 2008
Virginia (Ginny) Mildred Pezzin (Hall), 79, of Port Charlotte, FL died April 15, 2008 in peace at her home in Port Charlotte, FL. She was born January 18, 1929, in Alpena, Michigan. She moved to Detroit in 1941 then Toledo in 1960. She spent winters in Punta Gorda, Florida since 1986, moving to Port Charlotte, FL in 2004. Ginny...
Arnold Paul Bigler
Apr 14, 2008
Arnold Paul Bigler "Bee Man" , 83 of Vermilion , died Monday, April 14, 2008 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a lengthy illness. He was born January 15, 1925 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and has been a Vermilion resident since 1989 moving from Elyria and Chillicothe, OH. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII....
Paul M. Peltz
Apr 14, 2008
Paul M. Peltz, 81 of Lorain, died Monday, April 14, 2008 in Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a sudden illness. He was born July 29, 1926 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. He graduated from Lorain High School class of 1944B, then enlisting in the United States Navy in the fall of the same year. He...
Ronald E. Fleming
Apr 13, 2008
Roland "Ron" E. Fleming, Sr. Roland E. Fleming, 79, Englewood,Florida; formerly of Vermilion, Ohio, died April 13, 2008. Memorial Services will be announced by the Riddle Funeral Homne at a later date.
