Obituaries
Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Robert Higley
Mar 10, 2006
Robert "Bob" E. Higley, 52 of Vermilion, died Friday, March 10, 2006 at Firelands Regional Medical Center, after a sudden illness. He was born January 3, 1954 in Toledo and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 13 years moving from the Dublin area. He was the owner and operator of the Vermilion Wendy's and The Pump Bar...
Robert W. Richards
Mar 7, 2006
Robert Watson Richards, 87, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born September 21, 1918 in Hartville, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 20 years. He was a veteran of the Navy Air Corp. As a Lieutenant, he flew in the South Pacific during WWII....
David Martincak
Mar 5, 2006
David C. Martincak, 43 of Vermilion, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at the home of his daughter after a sudden illness. He was born September 4, 1962 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 22 years, moving from Lorain. He worked as a machinist for Ohio Screw, Elyria for the past 10 years and...

Wilma B. James
Mar 5, 2006
Wilma B. James, 70, of Vermilion, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a sudden illness. She was born December 2, 1935 in Huntingdon, Tennessee and has lived in Vermilion since 1959. She retired from the Ford Motor Company Lorain Assembly Plant after 26 years of service and was a member of the U.A.W....

Gervase Rita Weber
Feb 24, 2006
Gervase G. Weber, 85 of Lorain, died Friday, February 24, 2006 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a short illness. He was born March 23, 1920 in Lorain and has been a life long resident. He was a veteran of the US Navy serving during WWII as a Naval Pilot. He worked as a Pipefitter...
Norman J. Skufeeda
Feb 24, 2006
Norman Joseph Skufeeda, 72, of Lorain, died Friday, February 24, 2006 at his home after a 1 year illness. He was born August 24, 1933 in Lorain and was a life long resident. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. He worked as a supervisor and engineer for Lorain Telephone, Centel and Century Tel for 43...

Carl T. Scarborough
Feb 23, 2006
Carl T. Scarborough, 90, formally of Vermilion, died Thursday, February 23, 2006 in Presbyterian Matthews Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born March 7, 1915 in Marmaduke, Arkansas. He moved to his daughter's house in Charlotte in 2002 from Vermilion where he was a resident since 1958 moving from Memphis, TN. He worked in receiving for Ford Automotive...
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