Obituaries
Obituaries
Mary A. Lawson
Feb 3, 2007
Mary A. Lawson (nee Hector), 62 of Vermilion, died Saturday, February 3, 2007 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a brief illness. She was born February 22, 1944 in Osceola, Arkansas and has lived in Vermilion most of her life. She was a devoted homemaker and member of the Church of Christ in Vermilion....
Phyllis L. Friend
Feb 2, 2007
Phyllis Friend,80 of Vermilion, died Friday, February 2, 2007 in Community Health Partners in Lorain following a 2-month illness. She was born February 26, 1926 in West Virginia and has lived in Vermilion for over 50 years, moving from Lorain. She had worked at the South Shore Packing Company in Vermilion as an olive packer and was a former...
Michael A. Knott
Feb 1, 2007
Michael A Knott, 42, of Wakeman, died Thursday, February 1, 2007 at him home after a short illness. He was born May 30, 1964 in Amherst and was a lifelong Wakeman resident. He worked as a mechanic for Mullinax Ford in Amherst and had worked at Liberty Ford in Vermilion. He was a member of the Florence Township Fire...
Orpha Jean Wolfe
Jan 30, 2007
Orpha "Jean" Wolfe (nee Cramer), 68, of Wakeman, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 in Allen Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was born September 7, 1938 in Grafton, WV, and was raised in Terra Alta, West Virginia. She lived most of her adult life in Lorain before moving to Wakeman 8 years ago. She had worked as a...
Robert Paul Petee
Jan 22, 2007
Robert Paul Petee, 80, died Monday, January 22, 2007 at the Inn at Chappel Creek, Vermilion. Born in Blissfield, Michigan he had lived in Toledo and Ashland. He was the production manager for Packaging Corporation of America. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan, a veteran of the United States Army, and a member of the Elks...
Clare Ivey
Jan 21, 2007
Clare Ivey (nee Gallagher), 80 of Vermilion, died Sunday, January 21, 2007 at Admiral's Pointe Health Care Center in Huron following a lengthy illness. She was born February 21, 1926 in Cleveland and graduated from West Tech High School. She has lived full time in Vermilion for the past 10 years and summering at their cottage in Volunteer Bay...
Linda L. Messaros
Jan 20, 2007
Linda Lou Messaros, 61 of Vermilion, died Saturday, January 20, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born October 28, 1945 in Cambridge, Ohio and has lived in Vermilion since 1969, moving from Mansfield. She worked as a nursing assistant at Mill Manor Nursing Home in Vermilion from 1984-2003....
Betty A. Stanford
Jan 18, 2007
Betty A. Stanford (nee Perry), 75 of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 18, 2007 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a short illness. She was born August 25, 1931 in Earle, Arkansas and moved to Vermilion in 1958 from West Memphis, Arkansas. She worked as a bookkeeper for 35 years for Erie Electronics in Vermilion, retiring in 1998. She was...
Leonard L. Matuzek
Jan 18, 2007
Leonard L. Matuzek, Sr., 68 of Vermilion , died Thursday, January 18, 2007 in EMH Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born September 14, 1938 in Lorain was a military career man and lived in Vermilion for the past 30 years. . He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and served as a staff seargent...
Hazel Marie Hill
Jan 16, 2007
Hazel Marie Hill (nee VanHyning), 96 of Norwalk, died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in Norwalk Memorial Home. She was born February 21, 1910 in Jefferson Twp., OH. She had been a Vermilion resident for 51 years, moving to New London in 1998 and Norwalk in 2000. She graduated from High School in 1929. She was a member of the...
Dorothy K. Smith
Jan 14, 2007
Dorothy Smith (nee Suchey), 69 of Vermilion, died Sunday, January 14, 2007 in EMH Regional Health Center after a short illness. She was born November 23, 1937 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 10 years. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion and enjoyed shopping, water aerobics, and visiting with...
Christopher Pauley
Jan 14, 2007
Christopher Allen Pauley, 19 of Vermilion , died Sunday, January 14, 2007, following an auto accident. He was born December 18, 1987 in Amherst, Ohio. He has been a life long Vermilion resident. He attended Vermilion High School and was employed by Platinum Restoration Construction, Inc. in Elyria. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, football and baseball. He is survived by...
David Dickerhoff
Jan 11, 2007
David Paul Dickerhoff, 66 of Vermilion , died Thursday, January 11, 2007 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born February 26, 1940 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a life long Vermilion resident. He was a graduate of Vermilion High School and a veteran of the U.S. Navy,...
Bernice Garrett
Jan 8, 2007
Bernice "Bernie" E. Garrett, 83 of Lorain, died Monday, January 8, 2007 at his home, after a short illness. He was born August 29, 1923 in Crocket, Co., TN and has been a Lorain resident since 1958, moving from Memphis, TN. He worked as a repairman for Ford Motor Co. Lorain for 31 years, retiring in 1977. He was...
Dorothy Kowalewski
Jan 7, 2007
Dorothy K. Kowalewski (nee Striker), 81 of Lorain, died Sunday, January 7, 2007 in Community Health Partners in Lorain following a short illness. She was born May 17, 1925 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She graduated from Lorain High School. She retired from York International where she worked as a secretary and had also worked for...
Dale Morris
Jan 4, 2007
Dale B. Morris, 71 of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation following a 7-year battle with cancer. He was born August 19, 1935 in Clay County, West Virginia and has been a Vermilion resident for over 40 years. He worked for Ford Motor Company in Lorain as an assembler and relief man for 27...
Andrew J. Mayer
Jan 4, 2007
Andrew J. Mayer, 83 of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 in Mill Manor Nursing Home after a lenghty illness. He was born September 19, 1923 in Vermilion and has been a life long resident. He worked for Ohio Edison Company as a line serviceman for 41 years, retiring in 1987. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic...
William Williamson
Jan 4, 2007
William "Bill" H. Williamson, 74 of Vermilion, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born April 14, 1932 in Birkenhead Cheshire, England and has been a Vermilion resident since 1978. He had also lived in Vermilion between 1968 and 1971 moving to Montreal Canada and South Africa. He worked as a Marine...
Jean Salva
Jan 1, 2007
Jean L. Salva (nee Knapp), 60 of Grafton, died Monday, January 1, 2007 at the home of her sister and brother, after a lengthy illness. She was born June 5, 1946 in Elyria, Ohio and has been a Lorain County Resident most of her life, recently moving to Grafton. She was attending the Community United Methodist Church, Elyria. She...
Harvey Sugarman
Dec 29, 2006
Harvey Sugarman, 60 of Lorain, died Thursday, December 29, 2005 in St. John West Shore Hospital, Westlake, after a sudden illness. He was born October 10, 1945 in Cleveland and has been a Lorain resident for the past 16 years. He was a veteran of the US Army. He graduated from the Ohio State University and for the past...
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