Mary Lou Dechant
Apr 25, 2004
Mary Lou DeChant (nee Chapman), 64 of Vermilion, died Sunday, April 25, 2004 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a battle with cancer. She was born September 21, 1939 in Kilburn, New Brunswick, Canada and has been a Vermilion resident since 1986, moving from Avon. Mrs. DeChant had worked as an accounting clerk for the Lorain...
Mary A. Zrelak
Apr 24, 2004
Mary A. Zrelak (nee Tisler), age 80, of Waverly, OH, formerly of Lorain, died Saturday, April 24, 2004 in Adena Hospital, Chillicothe, Ohio. She was born on January 7, 1924 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a lifelong resident, until moving to Waverly in June 2002 where she was a resident of the Bristol Village Convalescence Home. She worked...
Robin Pennington
Apr 20, 2004
Robin R. Pennington (nee Parsons), 49, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born May 10, 1954 in Amherst, and had been a life long resident of Vermilion. She worked as a dispatcher for Automobile Transport and Shermoco Inc., both of Lorain and she had a Plain Dealer...
Orvel Leisure
Apr 19, 2004
Orvel L. Leisure, 83, of Huron, died Monday, April 19, 2004 in Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain, after a 2 1/2 month illness. He was born May 26, 1920 in McHenry, KY, and lived in Vermilion since the 1960's. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army. He served in Tunisia, Po Valley; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno and the North...
Ann Chapman
Apr 19, 2004
Ann C. Chapman (nee Moss), 84, formally of Vermilion, died Monday, April 19, 2004 in Mariner Health Care, Toledo after extended illness. She was born November 18, 1919 in Welshpool, Great Britain. She had been a Vermilion resident for the past 13 years, moving from Elyria. She worked for Pfaulder Co in Elyria, for 10 years, and had worked...
Carl Nazelrod
Apr 18, 2004
Carl Nazelrod, 57, of Vermilion, died suddenly Sunday, April 18, 2004 in Community Health Partners West . He was born June 20, 1946 in Romney, W.V. He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1965-1971. He worked as a sub assembler for Ford Assembly Plant, Lorain. He had attended West Virginia University. He was a member of the...
Ellis Griffith
Apr 16, 2004
Ellis "Pete" Griffith, age 74, of Lorain, died Friday, April 16, 2004 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 14, 1929 in Randolph County, WV and has lived in Lorain since 1966. Mr. Griffith served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years, achieving the rank of Sergeant. He was a member of the...
Charles C. Fury
Apr 16, 2004
Charles C. Fury, age 83, of Vermilion, died Friday, April 16, 2004 at Ohio Extended Care Center in Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born on October 14, 1920 in Marlington, W. Virginia and has lived in Vermilion since 1953, moving from West Virginia. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII in Europe, North...
Walter F. Dembinski
Apr 13, 2004
Walter F. Dembinski, age 78, of Lorain, died unexpectantly on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at Community Health Partners in Lorain. He was born on October 9, 1925 in Lorain, Ohio, and had been a life-long resident, graduating from Lorain High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Europe and Japan and received the Bronze Star....
Hugh Martin
Apr 12, 2004
Hugh Martin, 55,of Vermilion, died Monday, April 12, 2004 in Community Health Partners West after a 10 year illness. He was born December 19, 1948 in Delmuir, Scotland, and had lived in Vermilion the past 50 years. He worked as a diesel mechanic for Stoneco Quarries. He enjoyed traveling, motor sports and the lake. Survivors include his mother, Betty...
Irene Mary Paskvan
Apr 11, 2004
Irene Mary Paskvan, 77 of Vermilion, died Sunday, April 11, 2004 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born March 5, 1927 in Lorain, Ohio and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 54 years. Mrs. Paskvan was a manager at Avon Oaks Country Club for 20 years, retiring in...
Nick P. Tokar
Apr 11, 2004
Nick P. Tokar, 86, of Huron, died Sunday, April 11, 2004, in Kingston of Vermilion. He was born July 11, 1917 in Lorain, Ohio and had been a Huron-Vermilion resident since 1924. He worked as an assembler for Ford Motor in Lorain and had done masonry work. He was also a self-employed farmer. He served in the United States...
Virginia Bober
Apr 10, 2004
Virginia Bober, age 83, of Vermilion, died Saturday, April 10, 2004 in Community Health Partners in Lorain following a sudden illness. She was born on December 29, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio where she was raised and has lived in Vermilion since 1952. She graduated from St. Mary High School in Lorain and had worked at the Lake Erie Lanes...
Amos Anderson
Apr 8, 2004
Amos Lincoln "Andy" Anderson, 78, of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 8, 2004 in Community Health Partners West after a 2 week illness. He was born July 25, 1925 in Washington, DC. He has been a Vermilion resident for the past 46 years moving from Billerica, Massachusetts. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII. He worked...
Nancy Jean Pogorelc
Apr 6, 2004
Nancy Jean Pogorelc (nee Dovala), 67 of Lorain, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004 in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph. She was born November 20, 1936 in Lorain, Ohio, and was a life-long resident. She graduated from Lorain High School. She worked for 30 years as a secretary for Lorain City Schools, retiring in 2001. She was a...
Elizabeth J. Visci
Apr 4, 2004
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Visci, 85 of Elyria, died Sunday, April 4, 2004 in Elyria United Methodist Village. She was born July 4, 1918 in Amherst, Ohio, and was a lifelong resident of the area. She graduated from Amherst High School and attended Lorain Business College. Elizabeth was a homemaker and a lover of music, card playing and traveling and...
Frances Hegewaldt
Apr 3, 2004
Frances Hegewaldt,85 of Vermilion, died Saturday, April 3, 2004 in Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. She was born April 3, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio . She worked as a hair dresser with her husband Herbert in their hair salon, Herbert's Coiffures. She sold real estate in Westlake and Vermilion and sold wigs to cancer patients. She was...
Raymond Hernandez
Apr 1, 2004
Raymond Hernandez, 77 of Vermilion, died Thursday, April 1, 2004 in Community Health Partners West, Lorain after a lengthy illness . He was born September 30, 1926 in Chicago, IL and has been a Vermilion resident for the past 9 years moving from Lorain. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for American Ship in...
Bernell R. Kovach
Mar 31, 2004
Bernell R. Kovach, 84 of Lorain, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 31, 2004 in Community Health Partners West. She was born March 3, 1920 in Lorain, Ohio, where she resided most of her life. Mrs. Kovach was a Lorain High School graduate, then attended the University of Michigan on a scholarship and a graduate of Kent State University. She had...
Frank Joseph Jasinski
Mar 20, 2004
Frank Joseph Jasinski, age 83, of Sandusky, died Saturday, March 20, 2004 at the Ohio Veteran's Home in Sandusky. He was born on February 26, 1921 in Lorain, Ohio where he lived much of his life. He had lived in Sandusky at the Ohio Veteran's Home for the past 3 years. He had also lived in Cortland, Ohio for...
