Kelley Diane Looks
Apr 13, 2005
Kelley Diane Looks (nee Young), 44 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born October 15, 1960 in Lorain, Ohio. She has been a Vermilion resident most of her life, and had lived in Cleveland Heights. She worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for Lakewood Hospital and also worked in...
Helen C. Radke
Apr 11, 2005
Helen C. Radke (nee Dorsz), age 88, of Lorain, died Monday, April 11, 2005 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a short illness. She was born on November 27, 1916 in Lorain, Ohio where she had lived most of her life. She also lived in Long Beach, California from 1941-1946. She was a graduate...
Lorene C. Neal
Apr 5, 2005
Lorene C. Neal (nee Fletcher), 86, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born June 30, 1918 in Rose Bud, Arkansas and has been a Vermilion resident since 1960 moving from Arkansas. She worked for Watkins Products out of Memphis while she was in Arkansas and worked in the Day...
Kenneth Vincent Kollen
Apr 5, 2005
Kenneth Vincent Kollen, 63, of Huron, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005 in the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland. He was born March 2, 1942 in Cleveland, lived in Parma and moved to Huron 36 years ago. He worked as a manager for LTV steel, Cleveland (now ISG) for 40 years. He enjoyed golf, playing cards, boating, fishing, swimming, and motocross....
Ruth Kugler
Mar 30, 2005
Ruth B. Kugler, 91 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005 in Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. She was born September 25, 1913 in Orange, NJ and has been a Vermilion resident for the past seven years, moving from New Jersey. She was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Orange, NJ and enjoyed...
Stephen J. Sklarek
Mar 27, 2005
Stephen J. Sklarek, Jr., age 60, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of Lorain, died Sunday, March 27, 2005 in Dallas, Texas. He was born May 5, 1944, in Lorain, Ohio. He attended Lorain High School and was a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include his mother, Dorothy Sklarek (nee Bonk) of Lorain; brothers, Ronald Sklarak, Frank Sklarek and Ralph Sklarek, all of...
Sarah A. Meyers
Mar 26, 2005
Sarah A. Meyers, 71 of Lorain, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 in Castallia, at the home of her nephew. She was born June 10, 1933 in Garrison KY and had been a Lorain resident since 1957, moving from Sandusky. Mrs. Meyers graduated from Sandusky High School in 1951 and had attended Lorain County Community College. She worked as a...
Ernest Wakefield
Mar 25, 2005
Photo e-mailed Ernest Henry Wakefield, 90, of Silver Spring, Maryland died Friday, March 25, 2005 in Mariner Health of Silver Spring after a lengthy illness. He was born February 11, 1915 in Vermilion, Ohio where he lived until moving to Chicago, IL in 1943. He was a resident of Evanston, IL from 1957 until 1997. He was a veteran...
William J. Hrivnak
Mar 24, 2005
William "Bill" J. Hrivnak, 93 of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 24, 2005 at the Inn at Medina. He was born November 25, 1911 in Cleveland, he has been a Vermilion resident for the past 31 years moving from Cleveland. Mr. Hrivnak retired from Sears & Roebuck Co., Cleveland, where he worked as a salesman. He had owned his own...
Peter F. Chula
Mar 23, 2005
Peter F. Chula, age 94, of Lorain, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 in Anchor Lodge Nursing Home. He was born on February 14, 1911 in Lorain, Ohio and was a lifetime resident. Growing up in Lorain, he attended Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School and the Lorain City Schools. He was a survivor of the 1924 Lorain Tornado...
Joseph G. Passinisi
Mar 22, 2005
Joseph G. Passanisi, age 75, of Lorain, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a long illness. He was born on July 13, 1929 in Lorain, Ohio and was a life-long resident. He graduated from Lorain High School. He was a WW II veteran having served in the Army from 1950-1952. During...
Ruth E. Blaser
Mar 16, 2005
Ruth E. Blaser (nee Koehler), 76 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born November 25, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 65 years. Mrs. Blaser worked as a Teller and Bookkeeper for Erie County Bank, Vermilion for 19 years and Blaser...
Anna D. Simsic
Mar 14, 2005
Anna D. Simsic (nee Kielar), 95 of Lorain, died Monday, March 14, 2005 in Community Health Partners West. She was born April 26, 1909 in New Castle, Pa., and had lived most of her life in Lorain. She worked in housekeeping at Admiral King High School and retired after 10 years of service. She was a member of the...
Lucas Paul Cramer
Mar 13, 2005
Lucas Paul Cramer, 32 of Vermilion, died Sunday, March 13, 2005 in University Hospital, Cleveland after a lengthy illness. He was born January 4, 1973 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a life long resident of Vermilion. He was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Vermilion. He was an accomplished guitar player and enjoyed playing blue grass and...
Stanley A. Porter
Mar 10, 2005
Stanley Ashby Porter, 90 of Brownhelm Twp., died Thursday, March 10, 2005 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain, after a lengthy illness. He was born January 16, 1915 in Elyria, Ohio and has been a Brownhelm Twp. resident since 1940 moving from Elyria. Mr. Porter graduated from Elyria High School in 1933. He was a Veteran of the U.S....
Frank C. Martin
Mar 9, 2005
Frank C. Martin, 81, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at the Inn at Chappel Creek, Vermilion following a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was born November 30, 1923 in Lorain, and has been a resident of Vermilion for the past 42 years moving from Maple Heights. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during...
Nita Bruce
Mar 8, 2005
Nita V. Bruce (nee Naumann), 91 of Vermilion, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born June 2, 1913 in Traverse City, MI. She was raised in Bridgeport, MI and had lived in Mio, MI before moving to Vermilion in 1999. She and her husband, William H. Bruce, owned and operated...
Bernice Redinger
Mar 7, 2005
Bernice Redinger (nee Seals), 84 of Vermilion , died Monday, March 7, 2005 in Kingston of Vermilion after a 3 years illness. She was born April 10, 1920 in Sandusky, Ohio. Bernice has been a life long Vermilion resident. She was a member of United Church of Christ Congregational. She enjoyed jewelry making and collecting teddy bears. She is...
Edith Ingalls
Mar 7, 2005
Edith M. Ingalls (nee Brown), 81, of Milford,CT, died Monday, March 7, 2005 in Welcome Nursing Home, Oberlin, Ohio. She was born August 20, 1923 in Bridgeport, CT and had been a resident of Milford for over 50 years. She worked as a postal worker in New Haven CT. She was a graduate of Pratt Art Institute in Brooklyn,...
Salvator L. Petro
Mar 5, 2005
Salvator L. Petro, age 81, of Lorain, died Saturday, March 5, 2005 at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 12, 1923 in Lorain and has been a lifetime resident. He was a 1942A Class graduate of Lorain High School and was a lifetime member of the Catholic Church of St. Peter...
