Obituaries
Vermilion, Ohio Obituaries

Rebecca Benedict
Dec 7, 2004
Rebecca Lee Benedict (nee Brouse), 53, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at her home after a four year illness. She was born July 5, 1951 in Tiffin, Ohio, was raised in Sycamore, Ohio and moved to Vermilion in 1971. She worked as a Lab Technician for Community Health Partners both at St. Joseph Hospital and CHP for...

Arthur Patterson
Dec 7, 2004
Vermilion - Arthur Irwin Patterson, 84 of Vermilion, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born June 24, 1920 in Steubenville, Ohio. He has been a Vermilion resident since 1960, moving from White Landing, Ohio. He was United States Army Veteran serving during WWII in Trinidad and France. He worked as...

John William Keller
Dec 5, 2004
John William "Bill" Keller, Jr.,88, of Vermilion, died Sunday, December 5, 2004 at Kingston of Vermilion after a brief illness. Born August 2, 1916 in New Haven, Connecticut, he was a Vermilion resident since Oct. 2002. He lived in Cocoa Beach, FL for 15 years before coming to Vermilion and had lived in Cranford, New Jersey most of his...

Alynne Carol Grauel
Dec 3, 2004
Alynne Carol Grauel (nee Hasenflue), 65 of Huron, died Friday, December 3, 2004 in Firelands Regional Medical Center Main Campus, Sandusky after a lengthy illness. She was born October 1, 1939 in Lorain, OH. She lived the past 12 years in Huron, moving from Vermilion. She had worked as the General Manager for WLRO, Lorain, was in sales for...

Barbara M. Matuzek
Dec 2, 2004
Barbara "Bobbie" M. Matuzek, (nee Owens), 64, of Vermilion, died Thursday, December 2, 2004 at her home in Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born March 7, 1940 in Seattle, WA, and had lived in Vermilion 25 years moving from Lorain. She worked as a assembler for Lithonia Down Lighting for 15 years. She was a member of...
Loretta Young
Nov 30, 2004
Loretta Young, 81 of Vermilion, died suddenly at her daughter's home on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 She was born December 7, 1922 in Sutton, WV and has been a Vermilion resident since 1989 moving from Sutton. Mrs. Young enjoyed crocheting, quilting, traveling and spending time with her family. Survivors include 2 Daughters: Carol Greenleaf and her husband Don of...

James Iglewski
Nov 26, 2004
James "Jimski" Iglewski, age 63, of Vermilion, died Friday, November 26, 2004 at Community Health Partners and Surgical Center in Lorain following a sudden illness. He was born on June 14, 1941 in Kenmore, New York and has lived in Vermilion for the past 4 years, moving from Clarksfield. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served...

Louis Chesky
Nov 24, 2004
Vermilion - Louis Chesky, 95, of Morton Grove, Illinois, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Kingston of Vermilion after a short illness. He was born May 25, 1909 in Chicago, Ill. and was a life long resident until moving to Vermilion 2 weeks ago. He was the owner of Chicago Window & Door Screen Company for 50 years. He...

Weber Novella Gentry
Nov 15, 2004
Weber Novella Gentry, 89, of Vermilion, died Monday, November 15, 2004, at her home after a lenghy illness. She was born September 13, 1915 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and has lived in Vermilion since 1953. She was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Vermilion and took care of the nursery and cleaned the church for many years....

Alex E. Paukst
Nov 8, 2004
Alex E. Paukst, 90, of Lorain, died Monday, November 8, 2004 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain after a lengthy illness. He was born January 1, 1914 in Lorain, lived in South Amherst until 1949 when he moved to Lorain. He worked as a floor inspector for Nordson Corporation retiring in 1978 after 20 years of service. He was...

Cecilia V. Halas
Nov 2, 2004
Cecilia V. Halas (nee Stencil), 95 of Lorain, died Tuesday, November 2, 2004 in Kingston of Vermilion after a brief illness. She was born August 4, 1909 in Lorain, Ohio, and lived her entire life in Lorain. She was a lifelong member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Lorain, and its Altar & Rosary Society. She had...

Elizabeth Irene Dearth
Nov 1, 2004
Vermilion - Elizabeth Irene Dearth (nee Burkey), 54, of Vermilion, died Monday, November 1, 2004 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born March 13, 1950 in Fort Knox, KY, and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 24 years moving from Cleveland. She was a member of the Vermilion on the Lake Lot Owners Association....
Anna E. Ross
Oct 29, 2004
Anna E. Rosso (nee Briches), 89 of Lorain, died Friday, October 29, 2004 in Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born June 19, 1915 in Gallitzin, PA, and moved to Lorain in 1920. Before she was married she had worked for Lorain Towel Supply. She was a member of the Catholic Church of St....

June Ann Thomas
Oct 25, 2004
June Ann Thomas, 80 of Amherst, died Monday, October 25, 2004 in Amherst Manor after a sudden illness. She was born June 24, 1924 in Shawnee, Ohio. She grew up in Newcomerstown, OH, and graduated from Newcomerstown High School, class of 1942. She has lived most of her life in Lorain, moving to the area when she was 20....

John J. Martin
Oct 23, 2004
John J. Martin, age 52, of Vermilion, died Saturday, October 23, 2004 in the emergency room at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a sudden illness. He was born on October 27, 1951 in Clydebank, Scotland and has lived in Vermilion since 1956. He worked as an assembler for the Ford Motor Company Avon Lake Plant until his death....

Leonard Galehouse
Oct 21, 2004
Leonard H. Galehouse, age 94, of Vermilion, died Thursday, October 21, 2004 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born on November 26, 1909 in Wakeman, Ohio and had been an Elyria resident for most of his life, before moving to Vermilion in 2003. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army from September 18, 1927...
Gary Mccord
Oct 19, 2004
Gary Wayne McCord, 44, of Amherst, died Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at his home after a short illness. He was born August 21, 1960, in Amherst and had been a Vermilion resident most of his life. He was a graduate of Vermilion High School Class of 1978. He worked for 22 years as a tool and die maker for...

Beverly Clark
Oct 18, 2004
Beverly A. Clark "Bev" (nee Tamkin), 71 of Vermilion, died Monday, October 18, 2004 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born December 17, 1932 in Lakewood, OH and has been a Vermilion resident since 1977, moving from North Olmsted. She graduated from St. Joseph's Academy in Lakewood. She had attended St. Mary Catholic Church,...

George Allgauer
Oct 14, 2004
George Floyd Allgauer, 70, of Norwalk, died Thursday, October 14, 2004 in Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk. He was born July 3, 1934 in Morgantown, West Virginia. He lived in Norwalk the past 5 years moving from Berlin Heights. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked as a die setter for Lithonia Down Lighting, Vermilion, retiring in...

Arbell G. Mikulski
Oct 14, 2004
Arbell G. Mikulski (nee Emerick), 87 of Lorain, died Thursday, October 14, 2004 in The Hospital for Orthopaedic and Specialty Services, Amherst, after a short illness. She was born December 12, 1916 in Lorain, OH, and has been a life-long resident of the area. She enjoyed being a homemaker, mother and grandmother. She was a member of St. Vincent...
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