Obituaries
Obituaries
John C. Hartman
Jun 24, 2005
John C. Hartman, age 71, of Huron, died Friday, June 24, 2005 at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation following a short illness. He was born on June 24, 1934 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania and had lived in Huron since 1996. He had previously lived in Vermilion for over 50 years. He worked as a tool & die maker for General Motors...
Charles Cantrell
Jun 23, 2005
Charles W. Cantrell, Jr., 66 of Vermilion, died Thursday, June 23, 2005 in Community Health Partners West after a lengthy illness. He was born June 4, 1939 in Newark, Arkansas. He has been a Vermilion resident for the past 31 years, moving from Lorain. He worked for the Ford Motor Company in Lorain in the stock department, retiring in...
John Roth
Jun 22, 2005
John Roth, 85, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, June 22, 2005 in Mill Manor Nursing Home, Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born on July 31, 1919 in Cleveland and graduated from West Tech High School. He was a longtime resident of Seven Hills and a summertime resident of Vermilion since 1965. He was a United States Navy Seabee...
Elizabeth Haber
Jun 22, 2005
Elizabeth Haber, 83 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, June 22, 2005 in Parkvue Health Care Center, Sandusky after a short illness. She was born July 7, 1921 in Elyria, OH and has been a life long Vermilion resident. She worked as a nurses aid for Lorain Community Hospital (Community Health Partners) retiring after 23 years. She was a member of...
Richard John Karkellie
Jun 14, 2005
Richard John Karkellie, age 62, of Lorain, died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 in Community Health Partners. He was born November 30, 1942 in Amherst and lived in Lorain until his retirement in 1985. He had lived in Griffin, Georgia until 2002, moving back to Lorain due to health problems. He was a graduate of Lorain High School and a...
Edward Roy Masley
Jun 13, 2005
Picture by e-mail Edward Roy Masley, Jr, 46, of Vermilion, died suddenly, Monday, June 13, 2005 at his home in Vermilion. He was born July 16, 1958 in Lorain, had lived in Vermilion the past 11 years moving from Amherst. He worked as an assembler for Ford Motor in Lorain for 28 years. He was a member of St....
Jonathon Daniel Louis Barth
Jun 13, 2005
Jonathon Daniel Louis Barth, 16, of Vermilion died June 13, 2005 after a Lake Erie swimming accident. He was born August 19, 2988 in Sulfur Springs, TX, and has been a Vemilion resident for the past 15 years. Jon attended Vermilion High school and was a member of the Church on the North Coast, Lorain. He enjoyed fishing, basketball,...
Roberta P. Reed
Jun 12, 2005
Roberta P. Reed (nee Ries), 57, of Vermilion, died Sunday, June 12, 2005 in Cleveland Clinic Foundation after a sudden illness. She was born November 20, 1947 in Lorain, Ohio. She has been a life long area resident. She worked as a toll collector on the Ohio Turnpike for the past 7 years. She also had worked at Fifth...
Anne T. Coghlan
Jun 11, 2005
Anne T. Coghlan (nee Reilly), age 80, of Vermilion, died Saturday, June 11, 2005 in Kingston of Vermilion. She was born on July 22, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA and has lived in Vermilion since 1965, moving from Berea. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Vermilion, a former member of the VFW Post 7576; AMVETS Post...
Lillian M. Martin
Jun 11, 2005
Lillian M. Martin, age 86, of Lorain, died Saturday, June 11, 2005 at her home following a longtime illness. She was born on February 15, 1919 in Lorain and has been a lifelong resident. Mrs. Martin was a dedicated homemaker and had at one time worked for the Kenco Pump Company in Lorain. She was a life member of...
Frank Raymond Horvath
Jun 9, 2005
Frank Raymond Horvath, 69, of Vermilion, died Thursday, June 9, 2005 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a 12 year illness. He was born March 15, 1936 in Carolina, WV. He had lived in Vermilion the past 42 years moving from Lorain. He worked in the stock department of Ford Motor, Lorain. He was a...
Pauline Putnam
Jun 7, 2005
Pauline A. Putnam (nee Cunningham), 93, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in Briarfield of Milan. She was born November 11, 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland, and had lived in Vermilion since 1946 moving from Cleveland. She was co-owner of the Putnam Furniture Store in Vermilion, now Erie Electronics and a former member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church,...
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...
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