Obituaries

Obituaries

Wanda Yankey Huff

Wanda Yankey Huff

Jun 24, 2006

Wanda Yankey Huff, 74 of Vermilion, died Saturday, June 24, 2006 in Kingston of Vermilion following a lengthy illness. She was born February 29, 1932 in Anchorage, KY, where she lived until moving to Vermilion in 1966. She worked as a food and beverage manager for Howard Johnson in the Cleveland area, retiring in 1987 after 25 years. She...

Lottie M. Kardel

Lottie M. Kardel

Jun 22, 2006

Lottie M. Kardel, 95 of Lorain, died Thursday, June 22, 2006 at her home following a sudden illness. She was born December 5, 1910 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has lived in Lorain since 1957. She worked in the custodial department for the Washington Elementary School in Lorain and had also worked for the Heinz Company in Pittsburgh. She was...

Zachariah T. Hurn

Zachariah T. Hurn

Jun 18, 2006

Zachariah Thomas Hurn, 22 of Wakeman, died Sunday, June 18, 2006 in MetroHealth Medical Center as the result of an automobile accident. He was born December 19, 1983 in Fairview Park, OH and has been a Wakeman resident for the past 12 years, moving from Sheffield Township. He graduated from Vermilion High School and had attended Pittsburgh Institute of...

Elizabeth V. Jakubowski

Elizabeth V. Jakubowski

Jun 11, 2006

Elizabeth V. Jakubowski, age 97 of Lorain, died Sunday, June 11, 2006 at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home in Lorain. She was born September 3, 1908 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She worked as a seamstress for the Ravenna Casket Company and the Weitz Clothing Company. She was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary...

Cecil A. Greenless

Cecil A. Greenless

Jun 10, 2006

Cecil A. Greenless, age 82 of Lorain, died Saturday, June 10, 2006 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a short illness. He was born on May 20, 1924 in Cheboygan, Michigan where he lived until moving to Lorain in 1954. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard serving from 1942 -...

Margaret Ruth Read Wakefield

Margaret Ruth Read Wakefield

Jun 9, 2006

Margaret Ruth Read Wakefield, M.D., 88, died Friday, June 9, 2006 at her Vermilion, Ohio, home after a lengthy illness. She was born May 20, 1918 in Akron and lived in Vermilion from 1945 to 1985. She was a resident of Florida since 1985 but made her summer home in Vermilion, Ohio. Dr. Read's practice included two specialties, Internal...

Henry Joseph Golembiewski

Henry Joseph Golembiewski

Jun 8, 2006

Henry J. Golembiewski, 77 of Birmingham, died Thursday, June 8, 2006 at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland as a result of an automobile accident. He was born January 19, 1929 in Dixon, PA. He has been a Birmingham resident for the past 50 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean conflict. He worked...

Curtis Carter

Curtis Carter

Jun 4, 2006

Curtis A. Carter, 51 of Vermilion, died Sunday, June 4, 2006 as a result of an automobile accident. He was born July 14, 1954 in Bellevue and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 21 years moving from Norwalk. He worked on the assembly line at Ford Motor Co., Lorain for 29 years and recently moved to the...

Helen Domaleski

Helen Domaleski

May 31, 2006

Helen Domaleski, age 89 of Lorain, died Wednesday, May 31, 2006 in Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain . She was born October 27, 1916 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. She worked for the Standyne-Moen Company in Elyria as an inspector, retiring in 1982. She was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church...

Carol L. Randall

Carol L. Randall

May 30, 2006

Carol L. Randall (nee Besserman), 42, of Birmingham, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006 in Gaymont Nursing Center, Norwalk after a short illness. She was born June 6, 1963 in Barberton, Ohio and had lived in Birmingham for the past 3 years. She had also lived in Lorain. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church, Vermilion. She enjoyed cooking...

Daniel Edward Ott

Daniel Edward Ott

May 26, 2006

Picture by e-mail Daniel Edward Ott, 31, of Burton, died Friday, May 26, 2006 at his home as a result of a violent crime He was born April 17, 1975 in Amherst lived in Vermilion most of his life before moving to Burton 3 years ago. He worked as Head Grower and manager for Urban Growers in Burton for...

William Edmund Morehouse

William Edmund Morehouse

May 24, 2006

William Edmund Morehouse, Sr., 94, of Vermilion , died Wednesday, May 24, 2006 in Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. He was born December 8, 1911 in Erie, PA. and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 6 years, moving from Avon. He worked as a Engineer for Nickel Plate Railroad for 40 years. He was a...

Kenneth Robert Evenson

Kenneth Robert Evenson

May 19, 2006

Kenneth Robert Evenson, Sr. 88, formerly of Vermilion, died Friday, May 19, 2006 in St. Ann Hospital, Westerville . He was born June 30, 1917, in Cleveland and had lived in Vermilion for more than 50 years. He lived in Florida before moving to Westerville in 2006. He graduated from Avon High School in 1934. He received two bachelor's...

James Edward Adkins

James Edward Adkins

May 19, 2006

James Edward Adkins, 56, of Wakeman, died Friday, May 19, 2006 in Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH. He was born January 11, 1950 in Logan County, WV. He was raised in Man, WV moved to Vermilion and lived the last 6 years in Wakeman, OH. He owned and operated Adkins Auto Sales in Wakeman for the last 2...

Dorothy N. Flazynski

Dorothy N. Flazynski

May 18, 2006

Dorothy N. Flazynski, 76, of Sheffield Village, died Thursday, May 18, 2006 at the family home in Sheffield Village after a short illness. She was born August 27, 1929 in Cleveland and had lived in Sheffield Village for 51 years. She worked as a receptionist and Senior Citizen Assistant for over 25 years at the Lorain Community Action Agency...

Helen Wecht

Helen Wecht

May 16, 2006

Helen Wecht, age 91, of Lorain, died Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at Autumn Aegis Nursing Home in Lorain. She was born June 18, 1914 in Cleveland and had worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for several companies throughout the country. She enjoyed flowers, sewing and traveling. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. She was preceded-in-death by her...

William A. Shawver

William A. Shawver

May 14, 2006

William "Bill" A. Shawver, 71 of Elyria, died Sunday, May 14, 2006 at the EMH Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born March 30, 1935 in Lorain and has lived in Elyria for the last several years. He had also lived in Berlin Heights and Birmingham. He worked as a process technician for the B.F. Goodrich...

Robert Eller Garman

Robert Eller Garman

May 14, 2006

Robert Eller Garman, 77, of Vermilion, died Sunday, May 14, 2006 in Erie County Care Facility after a lengthy illness. He was born April 26, 1929, in Cleveland and has been a Vermilion resident since 1997 moving from N. Olmsted. He graduated from Shaw High School and received at BA from Fenn College. He served as a Corporal in...

Mark Russell Eavenson

Mark Russell Eavenson

May 13, 2006

Mark Russell Eavenson, 55 of Vermilion, died Saturday, May 13, 2006 at home following a lengthy illness. He was born on July 25, 1950 in Berea, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident most of his life. He served with the United States Marine Corp and worked as a union carpenter. He was a life member of the VFW...

Loyd Corder

Loyd Corder

May 11, 2006

Loyd "George" Thedford Corder, 68 of Vermilion, died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at his home, after a lengthy illness. He was born July 9, 1937 in Ritner, KY and has been a Vermilion resident since 1957 moving from Amherst. He worked as a cushion builder for the Lorain Ford plant for 31 years, retiring in 2001. He was a...

Obituaries for Riddle Funeral Home & Cremation Services

Obituary Notifications

Subscribe to get alerts for new obituaries when Riddle Funeral Home & Cremation Services posts tributes

A logo for grief steps with an orange wave on a white background.
A Year of Grief Support

Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.