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Vermilion, Ohio Obituaries

Helen Bober

Helen Bober

Apr 16, 2006

Helen Bober,86 of Lorain, died Sunday, April 16, 2006 at Community Health Partners in Lorain. She was born January 17, 1920 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She worked as an assembler for Moen in Elyria for 35 years. She attended Nativity School and was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in...

Henry Wikel

Henry Wikel

Apr 16, 2006

Henry L. Wikel, 91, formerly of Vermilion died Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in Florida Hospital Altamonte, Altamonte Springs, Florida. He was born May 27, 1914 in Tomas Edison's niece's house and met Edison as a boy. Henry was a 1932 graduate of Milan High School. He owned and operated Wikel Dairy of Vermilion and was awarded Future Farmer of...

Helen L. Gardinier

Helen L. Gardinier

Apr 15, 2006

Helen L. Gardinier, 87, of Lorain, died Saturday, April 15, 2006, at Ohio Extended Care Center, Lorain. She was born in Buffalo, N.Y., and lived in Vermilion for more than 30 years. She had also lived in Amherst. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion, and its Altar and Rosary Society, and also attended St. Joseph...

Michael E. Tomshack

Michael E. Tomshack

Apr 8, 2006

Michael E. Tomshack, Sr., 68 of Vermilion, died unexpectedly from a ruptured aneurysm, Saturday, April 8, 2006 in Community Health Partners, Lorain.. He was born August 10, 1937 in Battle Creek, MI he was a Vermilion resident for the past 30 years, moving to the area from Sheffield Lake. Mr. Tomshack was the Eastern Regional Sales Manager for Sara...

Jessie V. Jeffrey

Jessie V. Jeffrey

Apr 8, 2006

Jessie V. Jeffrey, 92 of Lorain, died Saturday, April 8, 2006 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain following a short illness. She was born November 2, 1913 in West Rutland, VT and lived most of her life in Lorain. She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Lorain and was active with their Senior...

Wayne G. Boone

Wayne G. Boone

Apr 7, 2006

Wayne G. Boone, Sr., 68 of Vermilion, died Friday, April 7, 2006 in Community Health Partners West after a sudden illness. He was born January 25, 1938 in Vermilion, OH and has been a life long area resident. He worked for the City of Vermilion on the streets department for 39, years retiring in 2001. Prior to working for...

Wanda Fay Unger

Wanda Fay Unger

Apr 7, 2006

Wanda Fay Fouts Unger (nee Elam), 68 of Lorain, died Friday, April 7, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born August 4, 1937 in Hazard, KY and has been a Lorain resident since 1969 moving from Kentucky. She had formerly attended Bethel Baptist Church, Lorain and enjoyed fishing, sewing, and flower arrangements. Survivors include 4...

Harry N. Gray

Harry N. Gray

Apr 6, 2006

Harry N. Gray, 79 of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 6, 2006 in Community Health Partners West after a short illness. He was born June 19, 1926 in Equality, Alabama and has been a Vermilion resident since 1959, moving from Detroit, MI. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WWII and also a veteran of the Conservation...

Helen M. Washtak

Helen M. Washtak

Apr 6, 2006

Helen M. Washtak (nee Yelensky), 84 formerly of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 6, 2006 in Northridge Health Center. She was born December 12, 1921 in Lakewood, OH and had been a life long Vermilion resident moving to Abbewood Retirement Community in 2003. She was a 1939 graduate of Vermilion High School. She graduated as a registered nurse form St....

Carol I. Kurowski

Carol I. Kurowski

Apr 5, 2006

Carol Kurowski (nee Herman), 83 of Lorain, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born September 25, 1922 in Lorain were she has been a lifelong resident. She worked for the Lorain County Clerk of Courts in Elyria, retiring after 22 years. She was a member of St. John Roman Catholic...

Arthur Lucas

Arthur Lucas

Mar 31, 2006

Arthur Lucas, Jr., 84 of Vermilion, died Friday, March 31, 2006 in Kingston of Vermilion. He was born August 29, 1921 in Lakewood, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 55 years. He had also lived in Ashland and Oberlin. He worked for Freuehauf Trailer Corporation in Avon Lake for 25 years, and also worked as...

Eleanor G. Mcnally

Eleanor G. Mcnally

Mar 31, 2006

Eleanor G. McNally (nee Strauser), 90, of Fairview Park, formerly of Lorain, died Friday, March 31, 2006 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born February 11, 1916 in Lorain where she grew up and later lived in Fairview Park for over 40 years before moving to Kingston of Vermilion. She graduated from St. Mary School in Lorain and attended...

Donald G. Witting

Donald G. Witting

Mar 30, 2006

Donald G. Witting , 70, of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 30, 2006 at his home after a 6 month illness. Born September 29, 1935 in Cleveland, he lived in Middleburg Heights 32 years before moving to Vermilion in 1967. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked as a sales rep and was district manager of...

Jean Marie Nitchman

Jean Marie Nitchman

Mar 30, 2006

Jean Marie Nitchman (nee Kerns), 68, of Wakeman, died suddenly on Thursday, March 30, 2006 at University Hospital, Cleveland. She was born December 9, 1937 in Toledo, Ohio. She had been a Wakeman resident for the past 26 years, moving from Vermilion. She was a high school graduate of Libby High School in Toledo. She graduated Summa Cum Laude...

Stella M. Broski

Stella M. Broski

Mar 28, 2006

Stella M. Broski, 93, of Lorain, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a year long illness. She was born July 22, 1912 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She attended Lorain Schools and was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Lorain. She enjoyed gardening,...

Dorman E. Elliott

Dorman E. Elliott

Mar 21, 2006

Dorman E. Elliott, 87, of Vermilion, died Monday, March 20, 2006 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born April 4, 1918 in Port Clinton, OH and has been a Vermilion resident since 1966, moving from Sandusky. He worked as a receiving inspector for the Ford Motor Plant, Lorain for 27 years retiring in 1982. He...

Borgia W. Campbell

Borgia W. Campbell

Mar 21, 2006

Borgia "Soup" W. Campbell, 78, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 in Grace Hospital, Amherst, after a 9 week illness. He was born June 27, 1927 in Gallitzin, PA. He has been a Vermilion resident for the 26 years after moving from Solon. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. He retired after 37 years...

Frank A. Bramley

Frank A. Bramley

Mar 19, 2006

Frank A. "Dell" Bramley, Sr., 77, of Vermilion, died Sunday, March 19, 2006 at his home. He was born December 22, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio and has lived in Vermilion for the past 8 years. He had lived in Georgia and Florida. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was the owner and operator of Bramley Florist...

Jeanne M. Lutzko

Jeanne M. Lutzko

Mar 18, 2006

Jeanne Margaret Lutzko, 39, of Vermilion, graduated to heaven on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at the New Life Hospice Center in Lorain after a long battle with cancer. She was born on October 4, 1966 in Fairview to Donald G. and the late Catherine Lewis Bohr. She was a graduate of Westlake High School and South Carolina University. Jeanne...

Edna Beam

Edna Beam

Mar 15, 2006

Edna A. Beam (nee Hamill), 93, formerly of Lorain, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006 in Admiral's Pointe Nursing Home, Huron, after a short illness. She was born March 9, 1913 in Lorain, moved to The Inn at Chappel Creek, Vermilion in 2000 and had been a Lorain resident most of her life. She graduated from Lorain High School in...

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