Bernice Rathbun
May 28, 2005
Bernice A."Be" Rathbun (nee Niklas) lived 83 active years and died suddenly on May 28, 2005. A resident of Avon for over 50 years, she recently moved to the Brownhelm Township area and fulfilled a lifelong dream of living in a log cabin home. An avid antique collector for 60 years, she owned "Be's Antiques" in Avon specializing in...
Sophia Lengyel
May 25, 2005
Sophie Lengyel (nee Makowski), age 88, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born on April 8, 1917 in Cleveland and had lived in Cleveland and Lakewood before moving to Vermilion in 1971. She had worked for the Eaton Heating Company in Cleveland for several years. She enjoyed the company of her nieces...
Donald L. Garber
May 24, 2005
Donald L. Garber, 71 of LaGrange, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 in EMH Regional Health Center, Elyria after a sudden illness. He was born July 17, 1933 in Lorain and has been a LaGrange resident for the past year, moving from Vermilion where he resided for 29 years. Mr. Garber was a veteran of the US Navy and Naval...
Murray Weinot
May 22, 2005
Murray D. Weinot, 61, of Brookpark, died Sunday, May 22, 2005 in MetroHealth Medical Center. Cleveland, after a 3 month illness. He was born November 4, 1943 in Nova Scotia. He has been a Brookpark resident for the past 21 years, moving from Elyria. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked in housekeeping for MetroHealth...
Warren Joseph Young
May 22, 2005
Warren Joseph Young, 78 of Lake Oswego, Oregon, died Sunday, May 22, 2005 in St. Luke�s Hospital, Boise, Idaho, after a brief illness. He was born September 26, 1926 in Cleveland. He and his family lived in Parma Heights and spent the summers in Vermilion. In 1961, he built a cottage in Volunteer Bay with the help of his...
Anna L. Siennicki
May 20, 2005
Anna L. Siennicki, (nee Zajkowski), 94, of Vermilion, died Friday, May 20, 2005 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain after a 5 year illness. She was born May 23, 1910 in Lorain, and moved to Vermilion in 1951. She and her husband, Stanley were co-owners and operators of Oberlin Avenue Carpet Shop, Lorain, for 27 years. She had also...
Mary F. Braun
May 19, 2005
Mary F. Braun (nee Nelson), 59, of Vermilion, died Thursday, May 19, 2005 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after surviving breast cancer for 11 years. She was born May 30, 1945 in Barboursville, WV. She has been a Vermilion resident since 1964 moving from Amherst. She is the owner/operator of "Grafitti Plus", a monogramming business in...
Lola Dillon
May 16, 2005
Lola M. Dillon (nee Blesedell), 65 of Vermilion, died Monday, May 16, 2005 in Community Health Partners West, after a short illness. She was born February 10, 1940 in Columbus, OH and has been a Vermilion resident since 1980, moving from Columbus. Mrs. Dillon enjoyed contributing to various religious organizations. She was dedicated to several non-profit organizations including the...
Herbert Lewis Barry
May 14, 2005
Herbert Lewis Barry, 78, of Bellevue, died Saturday, May 14, 2005 in St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, Ohio after a short illness. He was born June 6, 1926 in Lorain, lived in Vermilion from 1957-1988, traveled South for the winters and moved to Bellevue in 1998. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving during WWII in the...
Clarence F. "Casey Grote
May 13, 2005
Clarence F. "Casey" Grote,77, of Vermilion, died Friday, May 13, 2005 in the Inn at Chappel Creek, Vermilion after a lenghty illness. He was born May 15, 1927 in Vermilion and had been a life long resident. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II. He worked at Wakefield Brass and Lilthonia Lighting...
Clara Mae Bookmyer
May 12, 2005
Clara Mae Bookmyer (nee McVicker), 83 of Amherst, died Thursday, May 12, 2005 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, after a 3-year illness. She was born May 22, 1921 in Toledo, OH, and had lived in South Amherst and Vermilion, OH, Zephyr Hills, FL, and mostly recently at Golden Acres, Amherst. She worked as a licensed...
Charles G. Parker
May 10, 2005
Charles "Chuck" G. Parker, 70, of Lorain, died Tuesday, May 10, 2005 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. He was born November 29, 1934 in Lorain and was a life long resident. He worked as a general superintendent for American Ship for 30 years. He also worked for Industrial Security as a security guard for...
Robert E. Stevens
May 9, 2005
Robert E. Stevens, 72, of Vermilion, died Monday, May 9, 2005 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a 2 year illness. He was born September 29, 1932 in Cleveland. He lived in Westlake for 34 years before moving to Vermilion a year and a half ago. Mr. Stevens was a veteran of the United States...
Antonette Mannillo
May 3, 2005
Antonette Mannillo, age 81, of Lorain, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at Community Health Partners and Surgical Center in Lorain following a sudden illness. She was born June 16, 1923 in Lorain, Ohio, graduating from Lorain High School in 1941. She was a homemaker, a member of the Catholic Church of St. Peter in Lorain and its Holy Name...
Catherine J. Gonnella
May 2, 2005
Catherine J. Gonnella (nee Caruso), 95 of Lorain, died Monday, May 2, 2005 in Anchor Lodge Nursing Home, Lorain, after a short illness. She was born September 11, 1909 in Calibria, Italy. She has been a Lorain area resident since 1916 moving from Italy when she was 6 years old. She was a member of the Catholic Church of...
Geraldine L. Tait
Apr 30, 2005
Geraldine ("Gerry") Louise Tait (nee Smith), 86 of Vermilion, died Saturday, April 30, 2005 in University Hospital after a sudden illness. She was born December 21, 1918 in Norwalk, Ohio. She was raised in Norwalk and graduated from St. Paul's High School. After marrying, she and her husband moved to Elyria and then to Lorain in 1953. She moved...
Caden Wells
Apr 29, 2005
Caden Casper Wells, 2-month old son of Walter and Tammy (nee Casper) Wells of Lorain, died suddenly on Friday, April 29, 2005. He was born on February 25, 2005 in Lorain. Along with his parents, he is survived by a brother, Collin James Wells at home, 2 half-brothers, Vincent and Eric Wells, both of Lorain and a half-sister, Kayleigh...
Floyd Richard Bachman
Apr 23, 2005
Floyd Bachman, 74, of Vermilion died suddenly Saturday, April 23, 2005 at Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland. Born December 28, 1930 in Vermilion, he was a life long resident. He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving as a Class "A" Engineman from 1952 to 1961. He was a mechanic at E & L Transport for 30...
John Rhoades
Apr 22, 2005
John Albert Rhoades, 27 of Vermilion , died Friday, April 22, 2005 at his home after a 3 year illness with cancer. He was born August 10, 1977 in Amherst, Ohio and has been a life long resident of Vermilion. He worked in the maintenance department at the Great Lakes Historical Society/ Inland Seas Maritime Museum, Vermilion. He was...
Anna Reid
Apr 16, 2005
Anna Reid (nee Mahkovic), age 85, of Lorain, died Saturday, April 16, 2005 in Lorain following a short illness. She was born on July 14, 1919 in Claridge, PA and has lived in Lorain since 1952. In her early years, she was proud to have worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and later worked until retirement for the Bazley's Meat...
