Obituaries
Obituaries
Michael J. Yarsa
Jul 19, 2006
Michael J. Yarsa, 98 of Lorain, died Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born April 19, 1908 in McKees Rocks, PA and has lived in Lorain for over 70 years. He had also lived in Iowa and in South Amherst. He worked as an inspector and retired from the Moen Company in...
Otto H. Fuerst
Jul 18, 2006
Otto H. Fuerst, 85 of Lorain, died Tuesday, July 18, 2006 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain after a short illness. He was born October 21, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up in Lakewood, and has been a resident of both Shaker Hts and Aurora. He has been a Lorain resident for the past 7 years moving from...
Ernestine F. Tansey
Jul 16, 2006
Ernestine F. Tansey (nee Sartor), 88 of Vermilion , died Sunday, July 16, 2006 at her home, after a short illness. She was born October 6, 1917 in Sandusky, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident since 1945. She was the secretary for Erie County Agricultural Extension Agency from 1937-1942. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church...
Ruth E. Hazelwood
Jul 15, 2006
Ruth E. Hazelwood (nee Lambert), 75 of Vermilion, died Saturday, July 15, 2006 in Community Health Partners, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born July 28, 1930 in Elgood, WV and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 16 years moving from Princeton, WV. She was an active member of New Freedom Gospel Church, Vermilion. She enjoyed...
John T. Marsh
Jul 15, 2006
John T. Marsh, 75 of Lorain, died Saturday, July 15, 2006 in Community Health Partners West after a lengthy illness. He was born November 12, 1930 in Humboldt, TN and has been a Lorain area resident for the past 36 years moving from Memphis, TN. He was a WWII veteran of the the US Army. He worked in the...
Lynford West
Jul 14, 2006
Picture by email Lynford "Lindy" Orlo West, 84 of Vermilion, died Friday, July 14, 2006 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born December 24, 1921 in Florence, Ohio and has been a life long Vermilion area resident. He was a WWII Navy veteran, serving in New Zealand, Alaska, and Japan. Mr. West graduated from Mt....
Kimberly Metcalf
Jul 9, 2006
Kimberly Lynn Metcalf (nee Pease), 40 of Sheffield Lake , died Sunday, July 9, 2006 at her home, after a lengthy illness. She was born October 28, 1965 in Rochester, PA and has been a Sheffield Lake resident for the past 15 years moving from Lorain. She had been a member of St. Anthony of Padua, Lorain. She enjoyed...
Rosemary Brammer
Jul 7, 2006
Rosemary Brammer (Wilburn), 85 of Vermilion, died Friday, July 7, 2006 in Kingston of Vermilion following a lengthy illness. She was born February 2, 1921 in Ironton, Ohio. She has been a Vermilion resident for the past 36 years. She was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church and also attended First Baptist Church in Vermilion. She enjoyed...
Patricia Ann Walker
Jul 6, 2006
Patricia Ann Walker (nee Fritz), 77 of Vermilion , died Thursday, July 6, 2006 in Burton Health Care after a lengthy illness. She was born July 31, 1928 in Elyria, Ohio. She was a Vermilion resident since 1992 moving to Burton in January 2006. She lived as a serviceman's wife. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church...
David A. Hoefle
Jul 3, 2006
David A. Hoefle, 68 of Vermilion, died Monday, July 3, 2006 in Aristocrat Nursing Home, Berea after a lengthy illness. He was born December 15, 1937 in Euclid, OH and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 13 years moving from Montpelier, Vermont. He worked in the janitorial department at Elyria Methodist Home. Survivors include his wife of...
Phyllis Szabo
Jul 1, 2006
Phyllis Jacqualine Szabo (nee Konieczny), 78 of Lorain, died Saturday, July 1, 2006 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a sudden illness. She was born April 17, 1928 in Lorain, OH where she has been a life long resident. She graduated from Lorain High School and worked for Sutters Restaurant, Aldens Catalog Store, and Joseph and...
Margaret Eve Killen
Jun 30, 2006
Margaret Eva Killen (nee Zuck), 96, of Lorain, died Friday, June 30, 2006 in Community Health Partners West after a lengthy illness. She was born February 25, 1910 in Rochester, PA. She has been a resident of Anchor Lodge Nursing Home since 2003 moving from Vermilion. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting. She was survived by her sons, Frank B....
Florence E. Kropf
Jun 29, 2006
Florence E. Kropf (nee Schmitz), 87, of Vermilion Twp. , died Thursday, June 29, 2006 at the Inn at Chappel Creek after a lengthy illness. She was born August 29, 1918 in Amherst, Ohio. She has been a Vermilion Township resident since 1971 moving from Amherst. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Vermilion and former member...
Dorothy Buerger
Jun 29, 2006
Dorothy L. Buerger , 83 of Lorain, died Saturday, June 24, 2006 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. She was born November 18, 1922 in Berea and has lived in Lorain most of her life. In addition to being a homemaker, she had taught kindergarten class at Nativity School, worked as a machinist from...
Helen M. Parker
Jun 27, 2006
Helen M. Parker, 93 of Lorain, died Tuesday, June 27, 2006 in Community Health Partners in Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born April 20, 1913 in Lorain and has been a resident most of her life. She worked as a clerk in the pipe mill at the National Tube Company in Lorain for 30 years. She was...
Kelly Marie Keller Morrison
Jun 24, 2006
Kelly Marie Keller-Morrison, 28 of Amherst, died Saturday, June 24, 2006 in Cleveland Clinic Foundation after a short illness. She was born June 7, 1978 in Fairview Park, Ohio, she was a Vermilion area resident for the past 5 years, moving from Lorain. She had previously attended the Church of the North Coast, Lorain. She enjoyed collecting dolphins, the...
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
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
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
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...
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