Obituaries

Obituaries

Kenneth M. Alloway

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Leonard E. Scott

Leonard E. Scott

Nov 1, 2007

Leonard "Lenny" E. Scott, 46 of Vermilion, died November 1, 2007 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born January 29, 1961 in Davenport, Iowa. He has been a Vermilion resident since 1986 moving from Illinois. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served as an engineer 1979 to 1984. He operated...

Eugene George Kropf

Eugene George Kropf

Oct 30, 2007

Eugene Kropf, 83 of Vermilion , died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain. He was born October 17, 1924 in Vermilion where he was a life long resident. He graduated from Vermilion High School and attended Cornell University and graduated from the National Electrical Institute, Washington, DC. He was a veteran of the US Navy...

Joanne T. Tyler

Joanne T. Tyler

Oct 27, 2007

Joanne T. Tyler (nee Thompson), 66 of Grafton, died Saturday, October 27, 2007 in Life Care Center of Elyria after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born December 29, 1940 in Amherst and grew up in South Amherst where she worked at Thompson�s Dairy Store, owned by her parents. She has been a Grafton resident for the past...

Marie K. Ziemba

Marie K. Ziemba

Oct 25, 2007

Marie K. Ziemba (nee Cavallo), 81 of Lorain, died Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Community Health Partners in Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born August 28, 1926 in Lorain where she has been a lifelong resident. She graduated from Lorain High School and worked as a waitress for Sutters Restaurant in Lorain and was also well know...

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