Obituaries
Obituaries
John Allen Reising
Sep 16, 2007
John L. Reising, 78 of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 16, 2007 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a short illness. He was born July 17, 1929 in Vermilion where he has been a life long resident. He worked 30 years as a Truck Driver for Chapin Truck Lines, Elyria and retired in 1987. He was a member of the...
Shirley Jane Leahy
Sep 14, 2007
Shirley J. Leahy (nee Van Cleef), 84 of Vermilion, died Friday, September 14, 2007 in Community Health Partners West. She was born May 31, 1923 in Millstone, NJ. She lived in New Jersey, on the eastern shore of Maryland, and for the last 40 years in Vermilion. She worked as a switchboard operator, housewife and mother, worked at Trade...
Cara Sue Whorton
Sep 13, 2007
Cara Sue Whorton (nee Holland), 66 of Vermilion died Thursday, September 13, 2007 as a result of an auto accident. She was born August 1, 1941 in Moundsville, WV, and was a Vermilion resident since 1954. She was employed at Vermilion Public School System as a respected teacher�sassistant. Cara�s interests and passions include gardening, interiordecorating, day trips and especially,...
Dennis Earl Wohlever
Sep 12, 2007
Dennis Earl "Skip" Wohlever, 72 of Amherst, died Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at his home in Amherst after a lengthy illness. He was born July 28, 1935 in Amherst and graduated from Amherst High School with the class of 1954. He attended Ashland College for two years before entering the Pittsburgh School of Mortuary Science, graduating with honors with...
Lottie J. Nibert
Sep 11, 2007
Lottie J. Nibert, 88 of Lorain, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at the Northridge Health Center in North Ridgeville, following a brief illness. She was born March 19, 1919 in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident. She was a homemaker and at one time employed as an inspector for the Western Automatic Company in Lorain. She was also...
Joseph J. Skapin
Sep 9, 2007
Joseph J. Skapin, 83 of Lorain, died Sunday, September 9, 2007 at St. Mary of the Woods in Avon, following a long decline of health. He was born February 8, 1924 in Lorain where he lived most of his life. He was a graduate of Lorain High School class of 1942A and also graduated from Bowling Green State University...
Betty Lou Rosso
Sep 6, 2007
Betty Lou Rosso, 79 of Lorain, died Thursday, September 6, 2007 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born October 8, 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has lived in Lorain since 1950. She was a beautician for 50 years and the owner and operator of Betty Lou's Beauty Salon. She was an avid...
Irene Rose Marshall
Sep 6, 2007
Irene Rose Marshall (nee Thomas), 91 of Lorain, died Thursday, September 6, 2007 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born August 18, 1916 in Lorain and had been a Tucson, Arizona resident for 35 years before moving back to Lorain in 2004. She was a member of St. Peter and...
Starr Truscott
Sep 3, 2007
Starr Truscott, Jr., 79, of Birmingham, died suddenly September 3, 2007 at his home. Born Mar 11, 1928 in Washington DC, he had lived in Birmingham since 1951. He worked for 29 years for NACA, the agency that became NASA. He was one of the first employees at NASA Plumbrook. He was a veteran of the US Army and...
Stephen M. Demko
Sep 3, 2007
Stephen M. Demko, 62 of Vermilion, died Monday, September 3, 2007 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born July 1, 1945 in Lorain and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 35 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the US Army serving in Vietnam. He worked as the Assistant Principal for Marion...
Sarah Welker
Sep 1, 2007
Sarah Elizabeth Welker (nee McMahon), 94, of Huron, died on Saturday, September 1, 2007 at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a sudden illness. She was born on August 14, 1913 in Groton Township and graduated from Sandusky High School in 1930. She received a B.S. in Education fro the Ohio State University in 1935, and also attended Hiram...
Arthur N. Woodall
Aug 31, 2007
Arthur N. Woodall, 67, of Vermilion, fell aspleep in the Lord Friday, August 31, 2007 at Community Health Partners, Lorain. He was born November 22, 1939 in Salt Rock, W. Virginia, and had lived in Vermilion the past 44 years. He worked as a Fork Lift Operator for Ford Motor, Lorain. He was a member of First Assembly of...
Margaret S. Yerico
Aug 29, 2007
Margaret S. Yerico (nee McPhie), 95 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. She was born April 4, 1912 in Coatbridge, Scotland and has been a Vermilion resident since 1967 moving from Lorain. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Lorain and SOS (Serving Our Seniors) where she enjoyed playing...
Olga Mazur
Aug 27, 2007
Olga Mazur, 86 of Lorain, died Monday, August 27, 2007 at her daughter's home in Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 24, 1921 in Lorain and attended Lorain schools. She was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Lorain. She worked as a sales associate at the W.T. Grant Co. in...
June Marion Eppink
Aug 26, 2007
June Marion Eppink, 83, of Willoughby Hills, died Sunday, August 26, 2007 at Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights after a brief illness. She was born June 10, 1924 in Cleveland, had lived in Rochester, NY until 1946 when she returned to Cleveland. She graduated from Oberlin College as an English literature major. She was editor of Sohio News when she...
Walter Joseph Mcmanus
Aug 25, 2007
Walter "Joe" McManus, 93 of Lorain, died Saturday, August 25, 2007 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born December 29, 1913 in Cambridge, OH and had live in Lorain County most of his life. He had worked at Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, OH, Patterson Field, Dayton, and most recently he had worked as a Tool Grinder...
John P. Karpinski
Aug 16, 2007
John P. Karpinski, 91 of Lorain, died Thursday, August 16, 2007 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph following a short illness. He was born November 27, 1915 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. He grew up with a love for sports, and following high school was signed with the St. Louis Cardinals Major League...
Clifford Alexander Terry
Aug 12, 2007
Clifford Alexander Terry, 82 of Vermilion, died Sunday, August 12, 2007 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. He was born January 25, 1925 in Trenton, TN and has been a Vermilion resident since 1958. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army. He was transferred from Ford Motor, Memphis as a Utility...
Wilfred John Babbitt
Aug 10, 2007
Wilfred John Babbitt III, 57 of Lorain, died Friday, August 10, 2007 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a sudden illness. He was born March 31, 1950 in Mount Clemens, MI and has been a Lorain resident for the past 13 years moving from Indianapolis, IN. He had worked as a Store Manager for K-Mart in Elyria prior to...
Rosemary V. Krause
Aug 9, 2007
Rosemary V. Krause (nee Bybee), 83 of Amherst, died peacefully at the side of her husband of 52 years, Thursday, August 9, 2007 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born August 26, 1923 in Lansing, MI and lived most of her life in Vermilion. She was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WWII and...
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