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...
Arlene R. Redinger
Mar 4, 2005
Arlene R. Redinger (nee Friday), age 78, of Vermilion, died Friday, March 4, 2005 at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a lengthy illness. She was born on March 2, 1927 in Vermilion and has been a lifelong resident. She had worked for the Wakefield Brass Company in Vermilion for 20 years, retiring in 1973. She was a member...
Harriett M. Parkinson
Feb 28, 2005
Harriett M Parkinson (nee Mercer), 88 of Vermilion , died Monday, February 28, 2005 in Welcome Nursing Home, Oberlin after a lengthy illness. She was born May 11, 1916 in Donora, PA, and had been a Vermilion resident since 1990. She was a member of Trinity Luthern Church in Vermilion; volunteered at Lorain Community Hospital, was a member of...
Edna Ellen Chester
Feb 27, 2005
Edna E. Chester (nee Buell), 84 of Vermilion, died Sunday, February 27, 2005 at her residence. She was born September 23, 1920, in Virginia. She moved with her family to Avon, Ohio, when she was a young child. She graduated from Avon High School in the class of 1939. She has been a Vermilion resident since 1978. She was...
Mary G. Volchko
Feb 27, 2005
Mary G. Volchko (nee Mislinski), age 93, of Amherst, died Sunday, February 27, 2005 at the Golden Acres Lorain County Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 30, 1911 in Lorain, where she spent much of her life. She had also lived in Amherst for many years. She had worked as a presser for the...
Julie Ann Mccourt
Feb 27, 2005
Julie Ann McCourt, 31 of Cleveland, died suddenly, Sunday, February 27, 2005 at her home. She was born November 27, 1973 in Lorain, OH and had been a Cleveland resident for the past 4 years moving from Vermilion. She attended Vermilion High School and graduated from high school in Houston, TX. She had attended the Vermilion Evangelical & Reformed...
Kathy Lou Layberger
Feb 25, 2005
Kathy L. Layberger (nee Kenfield), 51, of Vermilion, died Friday, February 25, 2005 in Community Health Partners West after a 3 year illness. She was born October 30, 1953 in Lorain, Ohio. She has been a life long resident of Vermilion. She was a graduate of Vermilion High School. She had been a member of the Pentecostal Church of...
Jean Lois Martin
Feb 24, 2005
Jean Lois Martin, 77 of Vermilion, died Thursday, February 24, 2005 at The Inn at Chappel Creek, Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born May 29, 1927 in Lakewood, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident since 1960. Ms. Martin graduated from Bay Village High School, the University of Cincinnati and Conservatory in 1950 with a BS and...
Tommasina Delsignore
Feb 23, 2005
Tommasina DelSignore (nee Leone), age 84, of Lorain, died Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 2, 1920 in Barrea, Italy, moving to Lorain with her family at the age of 3. She was a Class A graduate of Lorain High School in 1939. She had began working at a...
